Fiddleford H. McGucket
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Post by Fiddleford H. McGucket on Nov 28, 2009 10:55:26 GMT -5
Family Matters seemed reasonable. I blame The Simpsons or The King of Queens for the trend of hot wifes and fat husbands. You know, it feels like its been a long time since we've had a dumpy housewife on TV. I get the feeling that trend is going to last a while. Hoo Boy.....I can think of a vastly revered TV show with a "Hot" wife for BOTH male leads.  |
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Post by ritt works hard fo da chickens on Nov 28, 2009 10:59:31 GMT -5
Family Matters seemed reasonable. I blame The Simpsons or The King of Queens for the trend of hot wifes and fat husbands. You know, it feels like its been a long time since we've had a dumpy housewife on TV. I get the feeling that trend is going to last a while. Hoo Boy.....I can think of a vastly revered TV show with a "Hot" wife for BOTH male leads. Which was based off of...  Which aired a season or two before Simpsons or King of Queens. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2009 11:06:43 GMT -5
Not really fat and dumpy, but the Jeffersons come to mind. Pudgy, balding husband and an equally plump wife.
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Fiddleford H. McGucket
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Post by Fiddleford H. McGucket on Nov 28, 2009 11:14:38 GMT -5
Hoo Boy.....I can think of a vastly revered TV show with a "Hot" wife for BOTH male leads. Which was based off of... Which aired a season or two before Simpsons or King of Queens. Yeah It might predate them by a few years.....and oddly enough only ran for 39 episodes, proving that you don't have to be a long-runner to be a classic |
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Post by Jay Peas 42 on Nov 28, 2009 14:00:33 GMT -5
Actually, I remember reading that Jackie Gleason originally opposed casting Audrey Meadows as Alice, on the grounds she was too pretty for the role. So, it's nice that someone cared at the start.
Honeymooners came out five years prior to the Flintstones, and is universally considered to be a ripoff of the show. Then again, most sitcoms trace their roots to Lucy and the Honeymooners.
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Post by BayleyTiffyCodyCenaJudyHopps on Nov 28, 2009 15:50:28 GMT -5
While I don't regularly watch it, I think Tyler Perry's House of Payne has a heavyset wife.
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Post by The Charismatic Enabeler on Nov 28, 2009 15:55:39 GMT -5
As soon as I started reading this I thought of 227. Probably the first time in 20 years that anyones thought of 227.
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Post by TuneinTokyo on Nov 28, 2009 23:46:57 GMT -5
Nel Carter was pretty big.
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Nov 29, 2009 0:45:19 GMT -5
As soon as I started reading this I thought of 227. Probably the first time in 20 years that anyones thought of 227. I think of Jackee everyone once and a while. But I also watch Sister, Sister reruns too. |
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Post by wildojinx on Nov 29, 2009 0:50:08 GMT -5
They weren't all fat but most of the parents in 80's sitcoms looked like normal couples. Michael and Elaine Keaton, Jason and Carol Seaver and Cliff and Clare Huxtabell all looked like average or slightly above average middle to upper middle class parents in their mid 40's. Add Kate and Willie Tanner from Alf to that list as well. |
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Post by WhiteFu on Nov 29, 2009 0:55:53 GMT -5
Hank and Peggy Hill
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Post by thunderbolt89 on Nov 29, 2009 2:00:08 GMT -5
I think both married couples in Yes,Dear are evenly matched and the parents from Boy Meets World seem realistic also.
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Post by Rorschach on Nov 29, 2009 2:09:28 GMT -5
Family Matters seemed reasonable. I blame The Simpsons or The King of Queens for the trend of hot wifes and fat husbands. You know, it feels like its been a long time since we've had a dumpy housewife on TV. I get the feeling that trend is going to last a while. I'd actually mark for a sitcom with a hot plumper wife and a slim husband. Like if they could have Leah Remini gain forty pounds and cast her opposite someone slender like a Neil Patrick Harris type. Reverse the dynamic for a change. ;D |
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Post by Milkman Norm on Nov 29, 2009 2:11:26 GMT -5
As soon as I started reading this I thought of 227. Probably the first time in 20 years that anyones thought of 227. I think of Jackee everyone once and a while. But I also watch Sister, Sister reruns too. I think of the 227 add jingle everyone in a while: 227 is a comedy/about Marla Gibbs and her family. |
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Post by The Charismatic Enabeler on Nov 29, 2009 2:56:26 GMT -5
Family Matters seemed reasonable. I blame The Simpsons or The King of Queens for the trend of hot wifes and fat husbands. You know, it feels like its been a long time since we've had a dumpy housewife on TV. I get the feeling that trend is going to last a while. I'd actually mark for a sitcom with a hot plumper wife and a slim husband. Like if they could have Leah Remini gain forty pounds and cast her opposite someone slender like a Neil Patrick Harris type. Reverse the dynamic for a change. ;D Already happened. It was Yes, Dear and it was awful. |
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Post by Milkman Norm on Nov 29, 2009 2:58:28 GMT -5
Yeah but it was awful for other reasons. Mostly because it sucked.
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Post by Cavs for Mavs Mafia on Nov 29, 2009 3:09:24 GMT -5
 They looked like they followed the typical attractive wife and fat slob husband sitcom formula to me. |
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Post by fw91 on Nov 29, 2009 3:13:25 GMT -5
Cleveland and Loretta
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Post by Rorschach on Nov 29, 2009 3:34:46 GMT -5
I'd actually mark for a sitcom with a hot plumper wife and a slim husband. Like if they could have Leah Remini gain forty pounds and cast her opposite someone slender like a Neil Patrick Harris type. Reverse the dynamic for a change. ;D Already happened. It was Yes, Dear and it was awful. Wait, what? They had a hot sexy chubby wife? What the.....I demand pictures! For uhhhh....research purposes. ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2009 5:07:06 GMT -5
The couple from Grounded for Life are pretty well matched I think as well
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