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- Season 1 overviewApr 5-Jun 28, 198713 episodesSeason 1 episodes1. Pilot Apr 5, 1987
- Al wants to spend a night out with the boys, but Peggy has other plans for him.
- 2. Thinergy Apr 12, 1987
- Peggy hopes to rekindle the flame in her marriage when Al's interest in romance wanes.
- 3. But I Didn't Shoot the Deputy Apr 19, 1987
- Al accidentally shoots his neighbor's dog when he investigates a strange noise in the night.
- 4. Whose Room Is It Anyway? Apr 26, 1987
- Peggy and Al stir up trouble when their neighbors make plans to build an addition on their house.
- 5. Have You Driven a Ford Lately? May 3, 1987
- Peggy and Marcy feel neglected when Al and Steve become preoccupied restoring a '65 Mustang.
- 6. Sixteen Years and What Do You Get? May 10, 1987
- Al is unable to buy Peggy an anniversary gift when his family overcharges his credit cards.
- 7. Married ... Without Children May 17, 1987
- Marcy and Steve offer to baby-sit the Bundy children for the weekend.
- 8. The Poker Game May 24, 1987
- Al takes Steve to his poker game, but Steve ends up losing his mortgage money.
- 9. Peggy Sue Got Work May 31, 1987
- The Bundy family suffers when Peggy lands a job at a department store.
- 10. Al Loses His Cherry Jun 7, 1987
- Al spends time at a swinging co-worker's apartment after a spat with Peggy.
- 11. Nightmare on Al's Street Jun 14, 1987
- Marcy is concerned when Al figures prominently in her dreams.
- 12. Where's the Boss? Jun 21, 1987
- Al hears his boss was killed in a plane crash, and purchases an extravagant gift for the family.
- 13. Johnny B. Gone Jun 28, 1987
- Delays at home threaten to keep Al and Peggy from going to the closing of their favorite restaurant.
Pilot: Directed by Linda Day. With Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, David Garrison, Amanda Bearse. Peggy forces Al to sacrifice a basketball game and spend a torturous evening in conversation with new neighbors, idealistic newlyweds Steve and Marcy Rhoades.
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- Linda Day
- 1987-04-05
A page for describing Recap: Married With Children S 1 E 1 Pilot. Actually Pretty Funny: Hearing Marcy talking about how her and Steve don't want their …
"Pilot": A down-on-his-luck shoe salesman named Al Bundy, unhappily married to his former party girl girlfriend, Peggy, with two children (a brainy, yet dateless son named Bud and a promiscuous bimbo named Kelly), is forced to choose between goings to a basketball game or joining his lazy wife in meeting their new neighbors, Steve and Marcy ...
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A down-on-his-luck shoe salesman named Al Bundy, unhappily married with two children, is forced to choose between going to a basketball game or joining his lazy wife, Peg, in meeting their new neighbors, Steve and Marcy Rhoades.
Peggy Bundy is sitting at the kitchen table clipping coupons, when Kelly Bundy crosses the kitchen and sits down on the couch in the living room to do her homework. Behind her her brother Bud Bundy jumps out of a pot plant, grabs her hair, pulls her head back, and draws a rubber knife across her throat, saying "Die, commie bimbo!" Peggy looks at th...
Regular Cast
1. Ed O'Neill as Al Bundy 2. Katey Sagal as Peggy Bundy 3. Christina Applegate as Kelly Bundy 4. David Faustino as Bud Bundy 5. Amanda Bearse as Marcy Rhoades 6. David Garrison as Steve Rhoades 7. Buck the dog as Buck Bundy(uncredited)
Recurring Cast
1. Ritch Shydner as Luke Ventura
Guest Stars
1. Linda Dona as Tawny 2. Victor DiMattia as Arnold(as Victor Di Mattia) 3. Diana Bellamy as Customer #1 (Nancy) 4. Sue Ann Gilfillan as Customer #2 (Lisa) 5. Holly Fields as (uncredited) 6. Dee Giffin Scott as Peggy's Shopping Friend (Uncredited)
Kelly:Let go of my hair, you little psychopath!Bud:Die, commie bimbo!The original Pilot version taped on December 12, 1986, was different from the broadcasted Pilot. The producers weren't happy with the original child actors Tina Caspary (as Kelly) and Hunter Carson (as Bud). Therefore they reconsidered the casting and finally chose Christina Applegate (as Kelly) and David Faustino (as Bud), so the scenes including ...
Title
1. Pilot is the common title for a first episode of a series as it is taped and pitched to the network before the series gets picked up.
Trivia
1. The 1987 airing premiere of this pilot was also the premiere of the Fox Network; it was followed by The Tracey Ullman Show pilot. 2. On its premiere night the pilot was repeated twice, airing at 7:00pm, 8:00pm, and 9:00pm. 3. On April 22, 2012, FOX re-aired the episode in recognition of the show's 25th anniversary. 4. This is one of the only two episodes that lists the writer/director credits at the beginning of the episode instead of at the end. The other is "Peggy Loves Al, Yeah, Yeah, Y...
Cultural References
1. When Al hears his neighbors' first names for the first time, he asks Peggy, "What is their last name, Gorme?" This indicates that the Rhoades' first names "Steve and Marcy" could be a reference to "Steve and Edie" aka Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme, a husband-and-wife singing team who do light songs. 2. When Kelly's date arrives, his van horn plays a slightly altered version of "Danger Ahead (Dragnet Theme)", the opening theme song for the police procedural television series, Dragnet. 2.1....
External Links
1. Pilot at the Internet Movie Database 2. Unaired Pilot at the Internet Movie Database 3. Pilot on Bundyology 4. Pilot - As Broadcast Script PDF 5. Pilot - Second Draft Script on albundy.net 6. Pilot - Final Draft Script on albundy.net 7. Pilot - Illustrated Transcript on albundy.net 8. #01 Pilot - MWC Podcast on Horrorphilia
S01E01 Pilot Summary. In this pilot we meet Al and Peg Bundy, a very dysfunctional Chicago family. In the pilot, Al and Peg, who have no friends, meet their new neighbors Steve and Marcy Rhoades. Steve and Marcy are a very happily married couple until they learn from the Bundys.
Episode Reviewed: "Pilot"Matthew Thornbury guests as the group discusses one of FOX's most famous and infamous shows Married... with Children, FOX's longest-...
On episode 7 the panel reviews the Pilot episode of the television comedy The Married... With Children which aired April 5, 1987, The show's stars Ed O'Neill, Christina Applegate, David Faustino...
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