Bud’s Episode Vault

Season 7 Episode 19: Go for the Old

March 14, 1993

After Al passes for a senior citizen to get into the movies cheap he worries that he’s getting old. He then starts acting old but a senior decathlon brings him back to life.

Season 7 Episode 18: Peggy and the Pirates

February 28, 1993

Peggy narrates her own pirate fantasy to Seven as a bedtime story. In the story, Peggy plays Princess Scarlett. Al is Captain Courage, her pirate captor and Jefferson is Prince Paco, her savior. Rounding out the cast is Bud playing the hunchback first mate Fluvio; Kelly as the dim-witted ship’s…

Season 7 Episode 17: You Can’t Miss

February 21, 1993

After one too many dateless Saturdays, Bud appears on a new TV dating game show called “You Can’t Miss” for the less experienced, but not quite with the expected results. Meanwhile, the low IQ Kelly believes that there’s a conspiracy to keep her from knowing what day it is.

Season 7 Episode 16: Mr. Empty Pants

February 14, 1993

Peggy decides to take up a hobby by drawing Al and in so doing, creates her own magazine cartoon of Al makes him famous: the hapless shoe salesman titled “Mr. Empty Pants”. Al would prefer the fame to be fleeting, until another magazine (Playgirl) declares him to be a sex…

Season 7 Episode 15: Heels on Wheels

February 7, 1993

Working at the diner is getting to Kelly, so she decides to rebel by getting a motorcycle which Peggy deems as too dangerous, until Peggy tries it for herself and gets some good vibrations. But it’s Al who really takes to the new bike and imagines himself as an “easy…

Season 7 Episode 14: It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This

January 24, 1993

It’s no vacation for Al when Peggy and Marcy join him on his winter fishing trip and make him referee to their constant bickering. Meanwhile, Kelly, Bud and Seven, left behind with no food or money, help Jefferson spend all of Marcy’s money.

Season 7 Episode 13: The Wedding Show

January 10, 1993

The Bundys are going to a family wedding for Al’s cousin. But Peggy can’t decide what to wear, so while she dresses (and redresses) Al waits and daydreams. Meanwhile, Kelly color coordinates with two fellow bridesmaids, deciding that tight black leather is always best, and Bud gets to know the…

Season 7 Episode 12: Christmas

December 20, 1992

In the company of his peers at a bar with other Santas, mall Santa Al recalls Christmases past when he managed to avoid getting gifts to Peggy, Kelly, and Bud by turning them against each other (shown in a pseudo flashback to 1974). But this year the family shows a…

Season 7 Episode 11: Old College Try

December 13, 1992

Thanks to a college grant of $25,000, Bud is ready to leave home and start the good life at college, until Al and Peggy discover the money. Being the selfish petty criminals they are, they grant the money for themselves, and go on a wild spending spree in just one…

Season 7 Episode 10: Death of a Shoe Salesman

November 22, 1992

When Al’s favorite movie character dies, Al buys the plot next to him for his own eternal home. But Peggy wants to be buried next to Al and will do anything to spend her life after death with him.