Futureraven: Beelzebruv
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Apr 7, 2017 3:46:50 GMT -5
Well, you guys can sit around and talk about an old TV show.
I'm going to the nudie bar.
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Ben Wyatt
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Apr 7, 2017 9:46:37 GMT -5
I can't disagree with her stance, really, particularly since the best parts of the show were outside of the random hot women pandering. You had a great cast, and that made it shine, but I could see it being too sleazy to be fun in lesser hands. It's also important that for as much as a misogynist as Al was, very seldom did he come away as a "winner" at the end of most episodes. |
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Futureraven: Beelzebruv
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Apr 7, 2017 10:51:05 GMT -5
I was watching an episode the other day.
The sexism... I mean it's SO over the top it's hard not to see it as a total parody.
I have a feeling it might be a bit of the Archie Bunker thing, where the writers mean one thing, but the audience just takes it at face value and love it.
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Post by Sparvid on Apr 7, 2017 11:27:57 GMT -5
There was actually a UK version of MWC called 'Married...For Life' (Al Bundy became Ted Butler) which was shown around 8pm in the mid 90s. Tellingly, it only lasted six episodes...  |
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Post by SmashTV on Apr 7, 2017 13:16:36 GMT -5
There was actually a UK version of MWC called 'Married...For Life' (Al Bundy became Ted Butler) which was shown around 8pm in the mid 90s. Tellingly, it only lasted six episodes... Touché, sir! |
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Apr 7, 2017 19:13:13 GMT -5
I just binge watched the entire series like 6 months ago. It's still hilarious, especially Al's chicken jokes about Marcy. Did the same last year. Got the complete series boxed set. Watched the entire run over the course of 2 months. |
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Apr 7, 2017 21:10:47 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2017 21:21:45 GMT -5
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Post by Jiren on Apr 7, 2017 21:51:29 GMT -5
It was always shown in the middle of the night here in the UK circa 1993. I'd make sure to set the VCR, as I enjoyed the idea of seeing a show that a lot of my friends had never heard of. There was actually a UK version of MWC called 'Married...For Life' (Al Bundy became Ted Butler) which was shown around 8pm in the mid 90s. Tellingly, it only lasted six episodes... It was shown more on Sky at a much better time of 6:00pm, that's where I always watched it |
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 7, 2017 22:06:44 GMT -5
It was always shown in the middle of the night here in the UK circa 1993. I'd make sure to set the VCR, as I enjoyed the idea of seeing a show that a lot of my friends had never heard of. There was actually a UK version of MWC called 'Married...For Life' (Al Bundy became Ted Butler) which was shown around 8pm in the mid 90s. Tellingly, it only lasted six episodes... It spawned a ton of rip off versions all over the world. Including the US with Unhappily Ever After. The Russian version, called "Happy Together", actually lasted so long that they wound up adapting every original episode of Married and ended up contacting some of the shows original writers to get help with making 60 new Russia-only episodes. |
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Post by SmashTV on Apr 8, 2017 7:09:40 GMT -5
It was always shown in the middle of the night here in the UK circa 1993. I'd make sure to set the VCR, as I enjoyed the idea of seeing a show that a lot of my friends had never heard of. There was actually a UK version of MWC called 'Married...For Life' (Al Bundy became Ted Butler) which was shown around 8pm in the mid 90s. Tellingly, it only lasted six episodes... It was shown more on Sky at a much better time of 6:00pm, that's where I always watched it 6pm? I'd have thought it was too risqué for an early evening time slot. |
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 8, 2017 15:42:52 GMT -5
It was shown more on Sky at a much better time of 6:00pm, that's where I always watched it 6pm? I'd have thought it was too risqué for an early evening time slot. They used to run it earlier than that, pretty much any time in the 12pm-4pm range. |
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Post by Surfer Sandman on Apr 8, 2017 15:46:34 GMT -5
Bundy Sunday Funday!
Grandmaster B!
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Post by andrew8798 on Apr 8, 2017 22:11:27 GMT -5
Perfect timing with Best Buy having the complete Series set for $25
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Post by brody on Apr 8, 2017 23:14:05 GMT -5
The opening theme song used to scare me as a kid. As a kid, I thought that was Ed I Neil singing - not Sinatra |
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Post by Tessmachers-Ass-Fan on Apr 9, 2017 12:48:03 GMT -5
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Post by Big Bad Kahuna on Apr 9, 2017 14:46:05 GMT -5
Watched a few S1 and S2 episodes over the past months or so Those early seasons were so wellwritten and nuances and FILLED with social commentary, brillant stuff Soon after, it became the catchphrase show with gimmicks (Bud has no luck with women, titty bar, No Ma'am, Al's toilet, Peg's overweight mother, Kelly is dumb/ditzy, shoe salesmen are the worst etc), more easy laughs, less criticizing of the American Dream Oh, and similar to Homer Simpson, Al's German (synchronizer) voice was WAY better suited for the character youtu.be/pDsDVN8ZxSw |
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Apr 9, 2017 16:39:49 GMT -5
Marcy, needing something from Peggy, comes by carrying a chicken in a tray.
"Why, Marcy, congratulations, I didn't know you were expecting."
"As you can see, Marcy have been using some of your vanishing cream on her breasts."
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