"Married... with Children" The Joke's on Al (TV Episode 1996) Poster

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Tee hee.
BA_Harrison13 January 2023
Griff has been a member of NO MA'AM for a year, so the guys plan to prank him; while they prepare their practical joke, Dan has Griff arrested for cannibalism to keep him out of the way. Al comes up with the idea of sending Griff ten pizzas, while Jefferson thinks setting Griff up with a cross-dresser would be funnier. This prompts Al and Jefferson to start a prank war to see who is the best practical joker.

When an attractive woman, June Morgan, shows up claiming to be an old friend of Peggy's, Al thinks that she is one of Jefferson's jokes and plays along, even when June makes amorous advances towards him. To try and send the woman running, Al proposes to her, to which she says 'Yes'. The wedding is arranged, but still Al won't back down. Meanwhile, everyone has forgotten about Griff, who is facing the electric chair!

As far as I am concerned, NO MA'AM outstayed its welcome ages ago - their puerile antics weren't that funny in the first place. This one had the potential to change my mind, but the gags that Al and Jefferson play on each other just aren't that funny (I realise that the mundanity of Al's pranks is deliberate, the guy not having the imagination to come up with anything clever and unpredictable, but this doesn't make for much hilarity). Once again, it is up to Bud to provide the funniest moment: "She's got dad's entire face in her mouth."

The end titles show Griff strapped in the electric chair: does he get fried? We shall have to see...
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