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A Hysterical Christmas Tale, July 28, 2000
This review is from: Married With Children: It's a Bundyful Life [VHS] (VHS Tape)
"Married...with Children," became one of the FOX network's first hits when it premiered on the fledgling network in the mid 1980's. Originally part of Fox's debut lineup, the show revolved around the life of Chicago shoeseller, Al Bundy, his chimney smoking housewife, Peggy, and their two dysfunctional children, Kelly and Bud. In this spoof of "It's A Wonderful Life," Al Bundy has to find a way to keep the promise he made to his family. Promising them the best Christmas ever, Al has to find a way to make up for his Christmas bonus. However when that fails, he starts to ponder what would life for his family be like if he never lived. After an accidential electrical shock outside his home, Al awakens to find an angel played by the late Sam Kinison, who wants to convince him that he needs to live. However instead of finding a family full of misery and grief without their father, Al discovers that his family is living a charmed wife where Peggy cooks and cleans, Kelly is smart and virginal, and Bud is a gentlemen. Peggy who is married to the picture perfect husband (Ted McGinley, who later would become a regular cast member in the role of Jefferson D'Arcy) seems to be the happiest homemake ron this earth, and after seeing this Al wants to live so that they will never be as happy as he saw them. Very funny in every sense, this series was a pioneer for daring comedy, and being the only episode of the entire series on videocassette, "A Bundyful Life," is a hysterical holiday classic to watch for years to come.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Everytime A Shoeman Cries, An Angel Gets...., December 13, 2003
This review is from: Married With Children: It's a Bundyful Life [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This homage - of -sorts to the Jimmy Stewart classic is already a classic of its' type. With a shock to his system, Al awakens to find an angel - his angel, who has been called to help Al decide if his " loved ones " would be better off without him, if he had never been born. With anger, angst and humor, The Angel ( Sam Kinison ) arrives, not without his own issues and proceeds to give Al a look of how life might have been. Peggy somehow became a Leave It To Beaver style mom, complete with apron and french Twist...Bud, a sweater and tie wearing geek who has become almost courtly and Kelly - a plaid skirt and ponytailed Virgin Barbie. Did Peggy Sue get married ? You bet your Bundy she did, but to a handsome man who lifts them all from drudgery and middleclass living to life in a mansion. The lucky husband later was signed to the show as jefferson D'Arcy - also known as Mr Marcy. Here, he is somewhat of a snob, but loving the family. Obviously, Al comes to a few self - realizations and makes the decision of a lifetime. OK, it ain't Shakespeare, but it is a welcome respite from the usual holiday fare.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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It's A Bundyful Christmas!, October 3, 2005
This review is from: Married With Children: It's a Bundyful Life [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This episode of Fox's Married..With Children is a true Christmas classic. It first aired on December 24,1989(not the 17th as stated on tv.com). Steve Rhoades(David Garrison) spends the holidays with his widowed mother. She came to get him via taxicab from her Cincinatti home! So his wife Marcy(Amanda Bearse) spends Christmas alone. Marcy is "getting down" at the Christmas Eve party at the bank where she works as a drive-thru window teller,her demotion from accountant. After patriarch Al Bundy(Ed O'Neill) receives a shock from a faulty live wire from his Christmas light set,he falls asleep and dreams what life would be like if he were dead. In the dream sequence,a guardian angel(the late great Sam Kinison) shows Al what is happening in his wife Peg's(Katey Sagal)(fictitious)second marriage. Peg married a sophisticated man named Norman Jablonski(guest star and future MWC cast member Ted McGinley). Daughter Kelly(Christina Applegate) and son Bud(David Faustino) are college students. Take note of how all four are dressed in 1950's fashions. "I want my family back!",exclaims a desperate Al. Also,at the shoe store where Al works and manages as well,he entertains an army of young children,only for them to be met with disappointment. Their parents pay for them to be babysat and are later refunded. This episode is from Married...With Children-The Complete Fourth Season in two parts. This episode had a special closing montage. Instead of Al and Peg sitting on their living room sofa,we see a night scene of the Bundy house with a snow-covered ground and we hear IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS performed by an unknown ensemble. McGinley, of Happy Days fame,joined MWC in late 1990,playing Jefferson D'Arcy,who would become Marcy's second husband(her marriage to Steve ended in sudden divorce). Another episode similar to this is YOU BETTER WATCH OUT from 1987. In that episode,Santa Claus is found dead in the Bundys' backyard.
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