David Faustino’s Blog
Married with Children: Why Ed O’Neill’s Thick Chicago Accent Vanished After the Pilot
Richard Gurman noticed something wild rewatching the pilot: Ed O’Neill’s thick Chicago accent completely vanished by episode three or four. David Faustino breaks down how Ed naturally evolved Al Bundy from a raw, angry South Side guy into the universal everyman we all know.
Married with Children: My Childhood Crush on Alyssa Milano Across the Hallway
When Married with Children started shooting in 1987, the kid actors had a schoolroom on the lot. Mine was down the hall from Alyssa Milano’s, where she was filming Who’s the Boss. I was 13, already a fan, and the first time she walked by I went full tongue-tied. Vicious and unrequited.
Sam Kinison Screamed Happy Birthday to My Dad and It Made His Year
Folks, this is one of those stories I never get tired of telling, mostly because every time I tell it I can still hear Sam Kinison’s voice ringing through the phone. If you were around for season 4 of Married with Children, you remember the two-part Christmas episode It’s a Bundyful Life Part 1 and…
Zoom with Ed O’Neill (Al Bundy) on June 11th 6PM PT
Ed O’Neill, the one and only Al Bundy, is joining our Bundy Breakdown Zoom Watch Party on Thursday, June 11th at 6PM PT. We’re reviewing Season 5 Episode 13 “The Godfather,” the one where Al turns into the big shot of the neighborhood. This is as close as it gets to drinking a beer on the Bundy couch with the king himself. Don’t miss it.
The Banned Married with Children Episode and the Spinoff That Almost Happened
A fan who was actually in the Sunset Gower audience asked two of the all-time great Married with Children questions on the latest watch party. What really happened to the Next Gen Bundy spinoff? And what was the one episode Fox banned? I took the first one. Richard Gurman, who wrote the show, took the second. Here’s both stories.
Married with Children: 10 Years on Set and Why the Bundy Cast Is Still Best Friends Today
David Faustino and Amanda Bearse on what 10 years filming Married with Children was really like, why the Bundy cast is still extremely close today, and the Ed O’Neill phone call that David’s wife has learned to hide the phone from.
Married with Children: Harold Sylvester from Tulane Basketball and Pete Maravich to Hollywood
Harold Sylvester (Griff) tells me about being the first African American scholarship athlete at Tulane, going up against Pete Maravich at LSU, and walking off the court into Sounder, An Officer and a Gentleman, and Uncommon Valor before he ever sat down with No Maâam.
“If Al Had a Hammer”. Season 6, Episode 3. oh, and also, moving blows…
Hello my Bundy Club family. Hope this memorial day is finding you well. Just wanted to check in and tell you first of all, I’m super excited to have comedian Greg Fitzsimmons as my guest this Thursday night on the Bunty breakdown. For those of you who haven’t seen his work, I highly recommend you…
Married with Children: No Maam Crews Wacky Neighbor Dream and Fan Trivia Geniuses
The No Maam reunion gets honest: one of the guys grew up dreaming of being a wacky sitcom neighbor and MWC made it real. Plus me getting roasted by fans for claiming Ed never broke the fourth wall.
Married with Children: The Secret Behind Kelly Bundy’s ‘Bleen’ Joke
David Faustino and the No Ma’am guys reveal the hilarious backstory of ‘How Bleen Was My Kelly,’ including Amanda Bearse’s custom crayons gift and the writers’ room secret behind Kelly’s greatest invention.
Married with Children Star David Faustino on the Wild Mad TV Three Stooges Coke Sketch
David Faustino on the early Mad TV sketch where he played a coke dealer in a Three Stooges takeoff at the Wilshire Ebell Theater, powder flying everywhere, when Mad TV was still throwing big budget money at single-location bits.
Married with Children: The 1994 Northridge Earthquake That Shut Down Our Set
David Faustino on January 17, 1994 — coming home from the club, riding out the Northridge quake on the epicenter, and how Married with Children went dark for two weeks.
Married with Children: David Faustino Met Ted McGinley on The Love Boat at Age 9
David Faustino reveals he worked with Ted McGinley on The Love Boat at age 9, years before Ted joined Married with Children as Jefferson D’Arcy. Amanda Bearse shares her own Ted crossover from the show Hotel.
Married with Children: How Ike Cost Tom McCleister His Musical Opening Night
Tom McCleister (Ike) was supposed to open in Eating Raoul: The Musical the same Friday he taped his first Married with Children episode. He took the one Friday off, became every Friday, did 23 episodes, and his understudy ran his musical without him.
Married with Children: Hilarious Voice Acting Evolution of Buck, the Bundy Family Dog (Seasons 1-9)
David Faustino on the three iconic voices behind Buck the dog: writer Kevin Curran (the regular deadpan), Cheech Marin (featured episodes), and Catherine O’Hara (Buck’s girlfriend).