Married… With Children – A Cynical, Hilarious Middle-Class Circus.
Married… With Children – A Cynical, Hilarious Middle-Class Circus ☆☆☆☆ — Excellent — 10/10 — Don’t Miss It. Let’s be honest: Married… With Children wasn’t just another sitcom. It was a razor-sharp satire, a cynical portrait of the American middle class, and a gleefully inappropriate antidote to the squeaky-clean family comedies of the late ’80s and ’90s. Acidic, sexy, and unapologetically crude, this show turned mediocrity into comedy gold. Created by Michael G. Moye and Ron Leavitt, the series ran on FOX from 1987 to 1997, delivering 11 seasons and 259 episodes of dysfunctional brilliance. At its core was Al Bundy, played to perfection by Ed O’Neill: a washed-up shoe salesman whose greatest glory was scoring four touchdowns in a single high school football game. His wife Peggy (Katey Sagal) was a chain-smoking, shopping-obsessed queen of sarcasm, while their kids Kelly (Christina Applegate) and Bud (David Faustino) embodied every exaggerated teenage stereotype imaginable. ...