Married . . . with Children [TV Series] (DVD)
Season 10
APPROX. 588 MINS. - PROD. YEAR: 1987 - MPA RATING: NR
" By the 10th season, Married . . . with Children was showing its age, and the jokes were getting as tired as Al after a day at the shoe store.
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Twenty-six episodes are included on three single-sided discs that are housed in two slim clear-plastic keep-cases and tucked inside a cardboard slipcase. Episode titles and descriptions are on the backs of each case:
1) "Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner." When Bud decides to move out, Peggy's mother arrives to stay.
2) "A Shoe Room with a View." Al arranges for an aerobics studio to open next door to the shoe store. (Actually one of the better episodes)
3) "Requiem for a Dead Briard." The family tries to console Kelly when Buck dies.
4) "Reverend Al." Al and his friends turn NO MA'AM into a tax-exempt church.
5) "How Bleen was My Kelly." Kelly accidentally invents a baldness cure with some unusual side effects.
6) "The Weaker Sex." Al suffers public scorn when Peggy is declared a hero for taking out a pickpocket.
7) "Flight of the Bumble Bee." Bud takes on wrestler King Kong Bundy as his initiation into NO MA'AM.
8) "Blonde & Blonder." Kellly's class reunion becomes the scene for an ex-nerd's revenge. (Also one of the better episodes)
9) "The Two That Got Away." Bumped from their fishing lodge cabin, Al and Jefferson seek revenge against actress Shannon Tweed.
10) "Dud Bowl II." Marcy is determined to keep Polk High's new football scoreboard from being named after Al.
11) "Bearly Men." Al must prove himself a man so his father-in-law will take Peggy's mom back home.
12) "Love Conquers Al." Peggy takes Al and her parents to a marriage therapy retreat.
13) "I Can't Believe It's Butter." Al forces Peggy's mom to get a job right before Christmas.
14-15) "The Hood, The Bud, and the Kelly" Parts 1-2. To keep Kelly as a client, Bud sets out to produce a sexy exercise video. In order to save his life, Bud must finish his exercise video on time.
16) "Calendar Girl." Al uses Bud's class project to beat out a rival shoe store owner.
17) "The Agony and the Extra C." A Jefferson anniversary surprise is ruined when a drunken tattoo artist misspells Marcy's name.
18-19) "Spring Break" Parts 1-2. As Kelly and her friends trick Bud's fraternity out of their spring break in Florida, Al and Griff (Harold Sylvester) join Jefferson in Fort Lauderdale to judge a college co-ed beauty contest. While Al prepares to cheat to see that Kelly is named Miss Spring Break, Marcy and Bud lead some burned fraternity brothers to Florida for revenge.
20) "Turning Japanese." To secure a big promotion at the bank, Marcy must first buy Al's car for her Japanese boss.
21) "Al Goes to the Dogs." Al and Marcy clash over a doghouse for Lucky.
22) "Enemies." A philandering delivery man's affair with Kelly causes problems with his own suspicious girlfriend.
23) "Bud Hits the Books." Bud's unauthorized use of the library threatens his graduation.
24) "Kiss of the Coffee Woman." Al and Marcy object to Kelly and Jefferson appearing as a couple in a suggestive TV commercial.
25) "Torch Song Duet." Al helps Griff win a pair of tickets to the Olympic games.
26) "The Joke's on Al." Al and Jefferson vie to claim the title of King of Practical Jokes.
Video:
The picture is in color and full screen (1.33:1), of course, and the quality isn't as grainy as some of the TV-on-DVD has been. But it's still not as sharp as many of the old black and white shows. Color isn't as forgiving in the transfer process, and there's a slight haloing around the edges--but not enough to spoil the fun.
Audio:
Except for the now-infamous Frank Sinatra version of "Love and Marriage" that introduces the show, it's all dialogue, and so the Dolby 2.0 Surround is all that's needed, and the sound actually relies less on center speakers than many of the 2.0s.
Extras:
None, unless there's an Easter Egg lurking somewhere I didn't look.
Bottom Line:
By the 10th season, "Married . . . with Children" was showing its age, and the jokes were getting as tired as Al after a day at the shoe store. The show at its height was shocking, but with the same gags running year after year, the shock value was long gone by now. Collectors will want it to round out their bundle of Bundys, but everyone else will find better things to do with their time . . . and money.
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