Al and Peggy get tickets thanks to Bud spending a night at Johnny Be Good's for it's final night. Johnny Be Good's was Al and Peggy's place growing up and it probably was a symbol of a dying breed of restaurants at the time. Anyway, Al and Peggy think they have it easy but Kelly doesn't get invited to a cool party and Bud has something that Al has to fit together. Also, Steve and Marcy come over and try to help console Kelly that she might not be cool anymore. While Al and Peggy are solving their kids' problems, the clock at Johnny Be Good's is clicking away. Will Al and Peggy get there before it's too late where Al set records on how many French fries he could eat or something like that.
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Deep down in Illinois...
BA_Harrison16 November 2020
Al and Peggy are excited about attending the party marking the closure of their favourite burger joint, Johnny Be Goods. Unfortunately, a series of problems with their children and neighbours prevent them from making it to the event.
I wouldn't say that Season One of Married WIth Children ends on a high, but it's still a very funny episode, and notable for having the first instance of Al comparing Marcy to a chicken (which always made me giggle). However, the best line comes from Kelly: "Sitting there with my natural hair colour fondling a dead fish" (it's funnier in context).
N.B. Look out for the Come 'n' Go Motel bath towel, half-inched by Al and Peggy in a previous episode.
I wouldn't say that Season One of Married WIth Children ends on a high, but it's still a very funny episode, and notable for having the first instance of Al comparing Marcy to a chicken (which always made me giggle). However, the best line comes from Kelly: "Sitting there with my natural hair colour fondling a dead fish" (it's funnier in context).
N.B. Look out for the Come 'n' Go Motel bath towel, half-inched by Al and Peggy in a previous episode.
Greatest sitcom ever (dvd)
leplatypus22 July 2012
It's simple to be so sure because this show has everything.
A true concept: for a rare time, the production didn't submit to conformism but chose rebellion. Bye bye the courageous doctors, the honorable lawyers or detective, here, the main characters are a couch potatoes mother and a shoes salesman father. In other words, networks were discovering that there was an untapped world of inspiration, that's to say, the plain reality, that's to say the lives of common people!
An inspired creative team: you can pick any episodes, it's fun and you laugh very hard. It's an amazing feat because it lasts all the episodes during 11 seasons! Their stock of fun was also very particular: sex clichés, couple relationships, neighbors friendships, American way of life (tv, sports, cars), money, loosy jobs. Well, everything that everyone can face in its real life except for sure if you are the always happy family of the other elitist sitcoms, making a good lot of money and void of any consciousness of its own. In addition, that pool of gifted writers really knew how to put their crazy ideas into lines and build coherent script where everything is used to make fun. Thus, the 23 minutes are fast paced as all the jokes are delightfully crafted and oiled a delicate mechanism as the best comedy needs.
At last, an amazing cast: All were truly excellent artists with evident comedy skills. Each knew how to portray their characters with a few distinctive traits and could make in addition, funny faces, funny voices. Sure, i have not heard of any of them since but this Bundy and Rhoades families are always in my heart!
To conclude, contrary to the opinions that would rate this show as sexist, macho, crude, coarse, insulting or depraved, i think it's united around strong morals values (sure told in a crazy ways!) and acknowledges that humans aren't gods or robots but imperfect people.
When i review a show, i pick always my best episode of the season. Here, even with a shortened season, it's hard to choose. The wedding anniversary (1.6), the patrol dog (1.3), the poker party (1.8) were irresistible but finally i choose the last show because it's like a play with people coming in and out, and Al has terrific lines with everyone or everything (especially, the instruction manual!)
A true concept: for a rare time, the production didn't submit to conformism but chose rebellion. Bye bye the courageous doctors, the honorable lawyers or detective, here, the main characters are a couch potatoes mother and a shoes salesman father. In other words, networks were discovering that there was an untapped world of inspiration, that's to say, the plain reality, that's to say the lives of common people!
An inspired creative team: you can pick any episodes, it's fun and you laugh very hard. It's an amazing feat because it lasts all the episodes during 11 seasons! Their stock of fun was also very particular: sex clichés, couple relationships, neighbors friendships, American way of life (tv, sports, cars), money, loosy jobs. Well, everything that everyone can face in its real life except for sure if you are the always happy family of the other elitist sitcoms, making a good lot of money and void of any consciousness of its own. In addition, that pool of gifted writers really knew how to put their crazy ideas into lines and build coherent script where everything is used to make fun. Thus, the 23 minutes are fast paced as all the jokes are delightfully crafted and oiled a delicate mechanism as the best comedy needs.
At last, an amazing cast: All were truly excellent artists with evident comedy skills. Each knew how to portray their characters with a few distinctive traits and could make in addition, funny faces, funny voices. Sure, i have not heard of any of them since but this Bundy and Rhoades families are always in my heart!
To conclude, contrary to the opinions that would rate this show as sexist, macho, crude, coarse, insulting or depraved, i think it's united around strong morals values (sure told in a crazy ways!) and acknowledges that humans aren't gods or robots but imperfect people.
When i review a show, i pick always my best episode of the season. Here, even with a shortened season, it's hard to choose. The wedding anniversary (1.6), the patrol dog (1.3), the poker party (1.8) were irresistible but finally i choose the last show because it's like a play with people coming in and out, and Al has terrific lines with everyone or everything (especially, the instruction manual!)
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