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I was 12 years old blew their blather blew their bladder. OK that’ll work was auditioning against a kid from New York. His mom said she was gonna give him champagne in the room if he got it that night, but no champagne for him.
Protected: Bud Bundy Unzips the Family Jewels: The Dirt You’ve Been Dying For
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# Bud Bundy Unloads: The Real Dirt from the Bundy Basement Hey, club fam. David Faustino here, your original Bud Bundy, kicking back on my couch with a brew in hand, just like Al after a long day at the shoe store. You know the vibe. BundyClub.com only, motherfuckers. No…
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE SHOW’S EARLY BACKLASH (AND WHY IT HELPED US)
Hey, Bundy fam. Yeah, you exclusive crew right here on BundyClub.com. Grab a No Ma’am burger, crack a beer, and pull up a spot on this ratty old couch with me. We’re diving deep tonight into the real dirt from the early days of Married… with Children. The backlash? Oh…
Tents, Tantrums, and Total Bundy Bedlam: Why “The Camping Show” Is My Go-To Married… with Children Escape
As a die-hard Married… with Children fan who’s binged the entire series more times than Al Bundy has dodged Peggy’s shopping sprees, I have a confession: Not every episode is a gut-busting masterpiece. But oh man, Season 3, Episode 4—”The Camping Show” (sneakily retitled “A Period Piece” for those delicate…
THE PILOT THAT ALMOST NEVER AIRED (AND WHY)
The first pilot of Married… with Children is a piece of lost TV history. Most fans don’t know that the very first version of the show-filmed with a different Kelly and Bud-never aired. It exists, but it lives in the vault for a reason. When you create a sitcom, you…
HOW FOX’S RISKY GAMBLE TURNED INTO A TV REVOLUTION
To understand the rise of Married… with Children, you have to understand Fox in 1987. This wasn’t the Fox you know today. It wasn’t a major network. It wasn’t known for hits. It was an underdog—scrappy, new, and desperate to make noise in a TV landscape dominated by ABC, NBC,…
WHY THE BUNDYS LIVED IN CHICAGO (AND NOT LOS ANGELES)
A question I get a lot is: “Why Chicago?” Why didn’t the Bundys live in L.A. like every other sitcom family, or New York, or any of the big TV cities? There’s a good reason—and it says everything about the show’s tone. Michael Moye and Ron Leavitt were very deliberate…
THE REAL STORY BEHIND RECASTING KELLY AND BUD
A lot of fans don’t know this, but during the very first pilot—before the show ever aired—Kelly and Bud Bundy were played by completely different actors. That’s right. There exists a version of Married… with Children out there in the universe with a different Bundy brother and sister. The original…
HOW KATEY SAGAL CREATED PEG BUNDY OUT OF THIN AIR
Peg Bundy didn’t start out as Peg Bundy. At least not the Peg you know—the queen of big red hair, wilder-than-life outfits, sky-high heels, and that unstoppable attitude. When the role was written, the producers originally imagined a more traditional sitcom mom look. Casual clothes, maybe an apron, hair pulled…