Buck
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).
Buck wasn’t just a dog on a sitcom. He was a cast member with his own timing, personality, and fan base. Here’s the real story behind the Briard who stole scenes without saying a word.
Buck wasn’t just the family dog. He was a cast member. Played by a Briard named Michael who hit marks better than some humans (not naming names), Buck became the silent witness to Bundy chaos. Tired eyes, low ears, permanently exhausted. He wasn’t a pet. He was the Bundy spirit animal.
When Buck retired, the writers couldn’t just swap in another dog and hope nobody noticed. The solution was peak Bundy: Buck would be reincarnated. Here’s how Lucky became a continuation instead of a replacement.
Steve Rhoades returns to reclaim Marcy and finds she has remarried, which puts both her husbands in the same room. He is also on the run from the police, so the Bundys have to decide whether friendship beats the reward money.
Bud rents his father out to the neighborhood as a professional woodsman to raise concert money, and sends him into the woods with a party of local children. Al knows nothing about camping. Back home, Peggy hosts the women’s answer to season one’s poker game.