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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.
The episode that opened FOX’s first night of prime time, on April 5, 1987. Al has to choose between a basketball game and meeting the new neighbors, Steve and Marcy Rhoades. Nancy becomes the first of the shoe store’s oversized customers, and Kelly gets the series’ first line.