Married With Children - Season 1 (1987)

11 out of 11 people found the following review helpful:

Depressing but hugely funny!

Clifford Rutley from Northumberland, England, 18th January, 2006

When all other American sitcoms, of the time, always had to have the ‘American Values’ life lesson in them because that’s what the bosses of the US TV networks wanted, Married With Children didn’t. This is what makes it truly genuinely funny, original and brilliant all at the same time. This is what also makes it one of America's truly greatest ever sitcoms. The show centres on Al Bundy’s misery in life and his realisation that he’s not going to ever be any better off. A far cry from the other fake corporate American sitcoms that always have some sickly fake ‘positive’ message or (as I’ve said before) life lesson to learn. There is nothing to learn here, except the frail sad dilemma that matches most real people’s lives and this is why it hits such a funny cord with so many people.

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4 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Hilarious

Andrew Campbell from Scotland, 9th September, 2007

Married With Children is hilarious, one of the best comedy series to watch. Watched it on tv when it was first shown, and it is just as good the second time. It's a must have, for anybody who likes a good comedy !

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One of the best Sitcoms to come from America

GeekyPaul from , 31st January, 2010

Far from being the sickly sweet,sentiment coated trite that passed as US sitcoms in the 60's.70's and 80's (Taxi and Bilko excluded)
Married with Children brought a refreshing dose of ..well reality of sorts to US television.The most dysfuncional family BEFORE The Simpsons dominated the planet in 1989...
Every character is well written,masterfuly acted and observed,sure they are charictures but the fact is not all families get on or even like each other that much.Here,we see a family slagging off,insullting,stealing from each other with such reckless aplomb it brings tears to eyes when you hear all the various insults and put downs they throw at each other,and their gullible whiter than white next door neighbours who only visit because they have no other friends.
Apart from the talking dog,Buck this is class comedy.Shame the audience became so bloody irratating in the later seasons.

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BRILLIANT

walkerc25 from , 4th September, 2009

This has got to be one of the most underated tv shows in the uk. Well worth watching cant wait for the other nine seasons to be released in the uk. So what are you waiting for give it a go you wont be dissapointed.

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