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Married With Children : Season 1 (Complete) [DVD] [1987]
enlarge	Actors: Ed O'Neill, Katey Sagal, Amanda Bearse, Christina Applegate, David Faustino Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £8.07 as of 22/11/2009 01:36 GMT details You Save: £11.92 (60%) New (12) from £8.07 Seller: great_entertainment Rating: 4 reviews Sales Rank: 6019 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 2 Running Time: 302 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5035822159617 ASIN: B000SKATBM Theatrical Release Date: 1987 Release Date: August 27, 2007 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk pWhen iMarried... with Children/i debuted on Fox TV on April 5, 1987 (followed by iThe Tracey Ullman Show/i a half-hour later), the grungy sitcom became an instant flagship for Rupert Murdoch's upstart network. The program's much-publicised working title, iNot the Cosbys/i (a dismissive reference to the cheerful vitality of Bill Cosby's hugely popular television clan on NBC's iThe Cosby Show/i) was a dead giveaway. iMarried... with Children/i was going to be a trashier, raunchier, and far more cynical view of the American nuclear family. But it turned out the series actually fell into other caustic-domestic entertainment traditions, notably the Don Ameche and Frances Langford radio comedy series from the 1940s, iThe Bickersons/i, and Jackie Gleason's TV classic, iThe Honeymooners/i./p pThe jokes were savage, key relationships were marked by ennui and indifference, and the Bundy family name couldn't help but make one think of America's most notorious, real-life serial killer at the time. Yet the show had a hint of Golden Age Hollywood gloss, a retro-screwball feel that one could detect in the snappy verbal warfare between husband Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill) and wife Peggy (Katey Sagal). The characters, and the show, eschewed sentimentality, which certainly opened the floodgates to comic cynicism but also kept a door ajar for moments of genuine sweetness. A decade later, however, by the time Fox cancelled the increasingly expensive series, iMarried... with Children's/i first-season tone would be considerably different, replaced by a stronger reliance on running jokes and character stereotypes, particularly concerning Bundy children Kelly (Christina Applegate) and Bud (David Faustino)./p pThat evolution makes watching iMarried...with Children's/i first 13 episodes, once again, quite instructive. Those programs are all on this two-disc set, including the startling pilot, in which Al and Peggy lock horns over marital politics and enlist naive new neighbors Steve (David Garrison) and Marcy (Amanda Bearse) in a battle of the sexes. There's also the classic "Whose Room Is It, Anyway," concerning the Bundys' competition to connive Steve and Marcy into building a recreation room, and "Thinnergy," a very funny piece about a diet that supposedly boosts sexual interest. i--Tom Keogh/i/p

Customer Reviews: Absolutely Brilliant!! - Buy it !! September 9, 2007 Mr. Stephen Bowling 11 out of 11 found this review helpful This show is all about the "wars" that go on in real families - I defy any married person to watch this find a situation, attitude, phrase, etc that they can't relate to. It is simply brilliant. Buy it with caution though cos you WILL end up watching it over over!! Long over due! September 21, 2007 Mr. T. Goodearl 6 out of 6 found this review helpful This should have been released on DVD here in the UK years ago and now it's finally here. This was truly a ground breaking TV series. Forget the Brady Bunch, forget the Partridge family, this is the Bundy's. A show that dared cross the line before anyone else, showing US family life as it was for so many people. br / br /Al Bundy, a man who had the chance for a life as an American Football Player, instead got his girlfriend pregnant and now lives a life as a Ladies shoe salesman while supporting a money grabbing wife, a man eater of a teenage daughter and a destructive son and to top it off, lives next door to two very annoying neighbours. br / br /Staring Ed O'Neill Kathy Sagal (who played the voice of Leela in Futurama) and others. Married with Children is truly a gem of American TV and lasted 11 years, buy series one and laugh for hours, guaranteed. br / I'm home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! August 29, 2007 Paul Tapner (poole dorset england) 9 out of 10 found this review helpful A long overdue region two dvd release for the complete first season of married with children, an american comedy that ran for eleven years from 1987. Focusing on the bundy family, father al is a loveable loser, a washed up high school football star trading on past glories and working in a shoe store. Wife peggy is a formidable woman who'd rather watch talk shows than do housework, daughter kelly is a bimbo, and son bud likes the ladies. but they don't like him. strait laced new neighbours marcie and steve fit uneasily into all this. br / br /the style of this season is more traditional sitcom, later years having gotten into fantasy territory and character jokes instead, and a few elements that appear later, such as al's lack of hygiene are surprisingly absent this early on. br / br /Anyway, the bundys are a realistic and believable family, and easy to like, over the course of this season. all thirteen half hour episodes are presented over two discs. the only extra is a forty two minute long special programme from 2003, in which the cast get together again to look back at the show, complete with lots of clips. br / br /A great start to a great show. hope we don't have to wait too long for season two Comedy for the ages April 6, 2009 C. OSBORNE (UK) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill) is a Chicago shoe salesman who pretty much hates his life. He has a crummy, minimum wage job, a wife (Peggy) who spends all day watching chat shows while gorging on bon bons and two kids (Kelly and Bud) who appear to have more respect for the family dog than him. Al's claim to fame was his four touchdown feat in a college football game that he constantly reminds everyone of, which only serves to make his current situation appear more tragic. br / br /Life isn't made much better by living next door to the Rhoades; Steve and Marcy who represent the parallel to Al's life. Happily married and successful, Steve and Marcy's self-aggrandising and moralising serve only to wind Al up even more. br / br /What makes Married with Children still feel contemporary is the sharp, cynical, almost satirical humour that feels as fresh now as it did when the show debuted back in the 80's. This is the anti-sitcom. There are no fluffy endings; nothing works out right for the hapless Al and on no occasion do the family come together to work things out. Al and Peg (played wonderfully by Katey Sagal) spend much of the episodes bickering, playing off each other in the insult stakes. br / br /The show served as the precursor to the likes of `The Simpsons' and `My Family'. The writers had no intention on playing it safe and that is why, some 22 years on, MWC still remains an influential comedy. br / br /The show ran for 11 series, 2 of which are available to buy in the UK. Series 1 contains 13 episodes and having the pleasure of watching all 11 series (thanks mainly to importing foreign DVD's); I would say that the early ones are the best. Ed O'Neill himself has stated that the show became less realistic as the years progressed, relying more on slapstick and physical comedy. It is fair to say that later series lack the consistency of the earlier years, there isn't a stinker in sight here... br / br /Features are sparse, it would have been nice to hear some commentaries however you do get the reunion special which was filmed a few years after the show was cancelled and is a nice bonus. br / br /I recommend series 1 of Married with Children. If you watched the show during its original run and remember it with fondness you won't be disappointed. br /

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