Bud’s Episode Vault

Al is asked to appear in an athletic shoe commercial. Al, being Polk High’s 1966 all city running back and shoe salesman is glad to reclaim his glory days. But Al ends up being a punching bag by Ed “Too Tall” Jones, Steve Carlton and Sugar Ray Leonard for the…

As Grandmaster B, Bud does his coolest best while all over a girl who takes him out to non-traditional Bundy things such as rafting and sky diving. Meanwhile, Al and Peggy invite Marcy and Jefferson over to play a new board game called “Ethical Dilemma.”

Al tries to retrieve his game ball from a former girlfriend after he takes stock of his life and finds he has nothing.

Peggy sends Bud and Kelly to spy on Al at the shoe store for the day to confirm her suspicion that Al’s recent giddiness is the work of an extramarital affair rather than Al’s claim that he’s only been flirting with a “shoe groupie” at the shoe store.

Al dreams he’s a detective on the verge of a big case.

Al, Kelly, and Bud travel to Hollywood after Kelly’s talk show becomes a hit with the TV networks in which Al tries to get into show business with his lame TV show ideas, Bud tries to score with some of the actresses, and Kelly is happy to be a star.

Al finally gets cable TV installed in the Bundy household, but he cannot find anything good to watch. All that changes when Kelly, gibed out of an appearance on a public access TV by her modeling school teacher, gets her own talk show on the air with just $35 from…

After Al falls out of his bedroom window and passes out, he claims he saw God’s shoes. He decides to make and sell these shoes in order to make it big. Jefferson wants to join in and invests in Al’s project with Marcy’s money.

After barely avoiding a few minor accidents, Bud and Kelly finally convince Al to get some glasses. Will he cave in to his kids’ request or keep insisting his vision is perfect?

While Jefferson suffers through a sympathetic pregnancy, Peggy is upset that Al is immune. Even worse Buck is listless and getting all the attention due Peggy.