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Pilot

Name: Pilot
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1987-04-05
Duration: 23 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, David Garrison

Episode aired Apr 5, 1987
TV-PG
23m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

1.3K

YOUR RATING

Ed O'Neill in Married... with Children (1987)

Comedy

Peggy forces Al to sacrifice a basketball game and spend a torturous evening in conversation with the new neighbors, idealistic newlyweds Steve and Marcy Rhoades.Peggy forces Al to sacrifice a basketball game and spend a torturous evening in conversation with the new neighbors, idealistic newlyweds Steve and Marcy Rhoades.Peggy forces Al to sacrifice a basketball game and spend a torturous evening in conversation with the new neighbors, idealistic newlyweds Steve and Marcy Rhoades.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

1.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The 1987 airing of this pilot was also the premiere of the Fox Network. It was followed by ''The Tracey Ullman Show'' pilot. Both pilots were repeated twice on that night.

Goofs
As Marcy makes coffee for the men, she turns on the tap to get water from the sink. Running water is heard, but it's obvious none is coming out.

Quotes
Al Bundy: Anything else I can do to make your life a little easier?
Peggy Bundy: You could shave your back.
Al Bundy: Hey, that hair is there for a reason. Keeps you off of me at night.

Connections
Spoofs The Cosby Show (1984)

Soundtracks
Love and Marriage
Music and lyrics by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen

User reviews8

Featured review

9/10

Who's Afraid of Al Bundy?

The pilot episode of this show reminded me of the Edward Albee's play, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," but funny and worth watching. Al and Peg Bundy are a veteran married couple with two children in Chicago, Illinois. Al gets tickets to a basketball game thanks to his co-worker and single guy but Peggy has other plans including inviting their new neighbors, Steve and Marcy Rhoades, who happen to be newlyweds to their home for the evening. Peggy reminds Al, "The credit cards are in our name. The checkbook is in our name and the stores are still open." Al already is upset that he can't go to the game. The newlyweds played by David Garrison and Amanda Bearse do an excellent and believable job. The kids, Kelly and Bud, aren't the most delightful around. This show was the beginning of the dysfunctional family sitcoms. It was the virtual opposite of the popular family sitcoms of the day. We don't have many family sitcoms any more. Maybe that's why I'm nostalgic for it.