Should you watch Married... with Children?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Married... with Children
Series · 1987
Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.
The sides of Married... with Children
- A shoe salesman who hates his life
- A wife who never leaves the couch
- A family that insults each other at dinner
Married... with Children is good for you if…
- you like Al Bundy's endless bad luck.
- you like a family that is mean to each other and proud of it.
- you like rooting for a bitter, lazy dad who brags about his high school football days.
Married... with Children is bad for you if…
- you won't commit to eleven seasons.
- you want a sitcom family that ends each episode with a hug.
- you find late 1980s sitcoms dated.
About: marriage · failure · family
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