WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF THE BUNDYS
US SITCOM 1987 TO PRESENT
REGULAR CAST
AL BUNDY - ED O'NEILL
PEGGY BUNDY - KATEY SAGAL
BUD BUNDY - DAVID FAUSTINO
KELLY BUNDY - CHRISTINA APPLEGATE
STEVE RHODES - DAVID GARRISON
MARCIE RHODES/DARCY - AMANDA BEARSE
JEFFERSON DARCY - TED McGINLEY
USELESS MWC TRIVIA
AL BUNDY HAS A PATHETIC LIFE.HIS WIFE,PEGGY,
NEVER COOKS OR CLEANS,AND IS ALWAYS IN A ROMANTIC MOOD,MUCH TO AL'S DISMAY.TO
MAKE MATTERS WORSE,HE IS A SHOE SALESMAN AT GARY'S SHOES AND ACCESSORIES
FOR THE BEAUTIFUL WOMAN AT THE MALL.
THEIR DAUGHTER,KELLY,IS BLONDE AND BEAUTIFUL...AND
DUMB! BUD,THEIR SON IS A GIRL CRAZY TEENAGER WHO CANT GET A DATE.
THE FAMILY DONT MUCH LIKE TALKING TO EACH
OTHER,AND AL ALWAYS FORGETS HIS KIDS NAMES.
THE BUNDY PHILOSOPHY IS 'IF YOU'RE GONNA
LOSE...LOSE BIG' AND THE BUNDY CREDO IS 'WHEN ONE BUNDY IS EMBARRASSED,THE
REST OF US FEEL GOOD ABOUT OURSELVES'.
THE BUNDY'S DOG,BUCK,IS MORE INTELLIGENT
THAN HIS OWNERS,AND THE VIEWERS OFTEN HEAR HIM 'THINKING',AND HE UNDERSTANDS
EVERYTHING THEY SAY TO HIM.
AL WENT TO JAMES K.POLK HIGH SCHOOL,AND
HOLDS THE RECORD FOR THE MOST NUMBER OF TOUCHDOWNS IN ONE GAME(4).A FACT
WHICH HE CONSISTENTLY PLAYS ON THROUGHOUT THE SERIES.HE MET PEGGY AT A
HAMBURGER JOINT CALLED JOHNNY B GOODE'S,AND CONSIDERS THIS TO BE THE POINT
AT WHICH HIS LIFE WAS RUINED.AL HOLDS THE RECORD FOR EATING TEN BAGS OF
FRIES AT ONE SITTING AT JOHNNY'S.
PEGGY SPENDS ALL OF AL'S MONEY,BUT NOT
ON FOOD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT,APART FROM BON BONS WHICH SHE EATS WHILST
WATCHING OPRAH ON TV.THEY DO HAVE A KITCHEN,BUT PEGGY ISN'T SURE HOW TO
OPERATE THE COOKER ETC,SO THEY LIVE ON TAKEAWAYS.AL EVEN GOT SO DESPERATE,HE
ATE A TANG SANDWICH,AND ALMOST ATE A TOOTHPASTE SANDWICH.
PEGGY'S MAIDEN NAME WAS WANKER,WHICH IN
THE UK IS USED AS A SWEAR WORD.WHEN THE SERIES WAS SHOWN ON THE SKY ONE
TV CHANNEL IN THE UK,THE BITS WHICH MENTIONED THE WORD 'WANKER' WERE EDITED
FROM THE SHOW.
KELLY,WHO USUALLY DRESSES IN TIGHT SKIRTS
OR JEANS,IS CALLED A HUSSY BY PEGGY,WHO DRESES UP PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.KELLY
GOES TO JAMES K POLK HIGH SCHOOL,BUT NOT TO GET AN EDUCATION.INSTEAD SHE
USES IT TO PICK UP MESSAGES,SUPPLY THE FAMILY WITH PENS AND PENCILS,AND
TO GET A HOT MEAL.ITS NOT REALLY SURE WHETHER SHE HAS A BRAIN INSIDE HER
BLEACHED BLONDE HEAD,AND CLAIMS THAT BECAUSE HER BIRTHDAY IS IN FEBRUARY
THAT SHE IS AN AQUARIUM.SHE IS CALLED PUMPKIN BY ALSHE WAS ASKED TO MAKE
JELLO FOR HER FINAL ASSIGNMENT IN HER HOME ECONOMICS CLASS,BUT COULDNT
DO IT,NOT KNOWING WHERE SHE COULD GET HOT WATER.EVENTUALLY SHE MANAGED
TO COOK IT,BOX AND ALL,AND GOT AN A MINUS SCORE.
BUD BUNDY IS A COUPLE OF YEARS YOUNGER
THAN HIS SISTER,AND SHE CALLS HIM HAIRY PALMS.HE ALSO GOES TO JAMES K POLK
HIGH SCHOOL,WHERE THE GIRLS THINK HE IS A BIT OF A WEENIE.
THEIR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOURS ARE STEVE AND
MARCIE,WHOM AL HATES.STEVE LEFT THE SERIES AFTER A FEW SEASONS AND WAS
REPLACED BY JEFFERSON DARCY,WHOM MARCIE MARRIED WHILE SHE WAS DRUNK.."OH
NO,MY NAME IS MARCIE DARCY"
STEVE'S MIDDLE NAME IS BARTHOLOMEW,AND
HE WORKS AS A BANK LOAN OFFICER,AND LOST HIS JOB FOR LENDING AL $50,000
WHICH AL LOST.HE THEN BECAME A CAGE CLEANER AT SLITHERS PET EMPORIUM,AND
THEN A RANGER AT YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK,AT WHICH POINT HE LEFT THE SERIES.HIS
PET NAME FOR MARCY IS ANGEL CUPS,AND SHE CALLS HIM SUGAR TUSH.MARCIE IS
ALSO A BANK LOAN OFFICER AT THE LEADING BANK OF CHICAGO.AL CALLS HER CHICKEN
BECAUSE OF HER SPINDLEY LEGS.
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