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Alphonse Hercules Bundy (born ca. 1948) is a fictional character from the U.S. television series Married… with Children, played by Ed O'Neill. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... The Pilot is the 1st episode of season one of the television sitcom Married. ... Michael G. Moye (along with Ron Leavitt) created the wildly succesful American television sitcom Married with Children. ... Married With Children Ron Leavitt (along with Michael G. Moye) created the wildly succesful American television sitcom Married with Children. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alice, a fictional character based on a real character from the work of Lewis Carroll. ... “Married With Children” redirects here. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Fictional character history

The series never specified what name "Al" was short for, but the creators of the show said it was short for "Albert" or just "Al" (it should be noted that in the episode dealing with the overdue library book, the librarian called him Alphonse Bundy). He is a slovenly character who finds himself constantly downtrodden by life and forever regretful of the turns his life has taken since the end of high school, when an injury prevented him from playing college football. The character was so popular that it has left O'Neill somewhat typecast since the series ended production. He Thought He Could is the 1st episode of season three of the television sitcom Married. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... A college football game between Colorado State and Air Force. ... For other meanings, see typecasting. ...

Al Bundy is married to Peg Bundy, a shopping-crazed housewife who is unemployed, and does not cook or clean. He mistakenly asked her to marry him after he got drunk and was forced to follow through by her shotgun-wielding father. He has two children: Kelly, a promiscuous, dumb blonde, and Bud, a perpetually horny nerd. It is widely theorized that Al was not the real father of Bud Bundy, but this is false. Al is the proud owner of a '73 Dodge (actually a Plymouth Duster), built back in the era of American automotive T-Rex cars (although in one episode it is revealed that, "The Dodge" is constructed out of the parts of other broken-down, destroyed Dodges) and lives in Chicago. He works as a shoe salesman at the fictional Gary's Shoes and Accessories in the fictional New Market Mall. Al hates his job, loses it several times throughout the series, yet always ends up coming back to it. While it is suggested throughout the show that Al makes minimum-wage, it is likely an exaggeration, as the Bundys have a rather typical home that would be impossibly out of reach for a minimum-wage worker. However, in one episode, Al is offered early retirement and given a year's pay - $12,000. It is also worth noting that throughout the series Al is saddled with massive debts, and yet never seems to miss a mortgage payment or have to file for bankruptcy. “Married With Children” redirects here. ... Drunkenness, in its most common usage, is the state of being intoxicated with alcohol (i. ... “Married With Children” redirects here. ... “Married With Children” redirects here. ... The first Plymouth Duster was a semi-fastback version of the Plymouth Valiant automobile, produced in the US from 1970 to 1976. ... This article is about the legal mechanism used to secure property in favor of a creditor. ... Notice of closure stuck on the door of a computer store the day after its parent company, Granville Technology Group Ltd, declared bankruptcy (strictly, put into administration—see text) in the United Kingdom. ...

It is implied that Al is not very well liked by his neighborhood. In Route 666 Marcy said that when they found out on what was believed to be Al's death, they all started dancing and singing Ding Dong, the shoe man's dead and called it a cruel, cruel hoax.

Despite being a somewhat phlegmatic and slow person, Bundy has a very dry sense of humor, and a definite love for his family, though that can still be traded for a fair amount of money. On the rare occasions where he enjoys luxury and money, Al indeed expresses love for his family, perhaps indicating his distaste for them is spawned merely by his blaming them for his poor quality of life.

However, once annually Bundy has an anti-social episode, which he calls 'Bunday'. For that twenty-four hour period Al (sometimes aided by Bud) gains vengeance on all and sundry who have annoyed him over the past year. For family, this tends to consist of one sublime prank, but for the rest of humanity at large, divine judgment. Antics include torching of cars, blackmail worthy picture publishing, boss prank calls, outing of secrets, and shoplifting. After Bunday, life returns to normal, and Al gets a little peace for at least a month.^{[citation needed]}

He hates fat women, his job, the prospect of having sex with his wife, his feminist neighbor Marcy D'Arcy, and the French. He loves dirty magazines, free beer, bowling and "nudie" bars, and often cherishes the glory moment of his past - scoring four touchdowns while playing for the fictional Polk HS Panthers in the 1966 city championship game vs. fictional Andrew Johnson High School, including the game winning touchdown in final seconds against his old nemesis “Spare Tire” Dixon (played by Bubba Smith in episode All-Nite Security Dude) His favorite movie is Hondo, favorite sitcom - Psycho Dad. His favorite magazine is "Big'uns." He enjoys watching sports and dirty movies on television, with his right hand tucked into his pants (he switches to his left hand on Sundays). Feminism is a social theory and political movement primarily informed and motivated by the experience of women. ... “Married With Children” redirects here. ... For other uses, see Beer (disambiguation). ... A bowler releases the ball. ... A touchdown is the primary method of scoring in American and Canadian football, in which the ball carrier causes the football to break the plane of the end zone, thus earning 6 points for his team (in both codes). ... Charles Aaron Bubba Smith (born February 28, 1945 in Orange, Texas) is an American actor and former athlete. ... Hondo is a western film starring John Wayne. ... Psycho Dad was a fictional show-within-a-show on the long-running sitcom Married. ...

Al's talents include playing baseball, going bowling, cooking on the barbecue (wearing an apron that says "Kiss the Cook, Kill the Wife"), getting into and winning fistfights, and being able to survive incredible injuries ranging from falling off the Bundy roof when installing a satellite dish, to getting electrocuted by that same dish, to getting pulverized by a massive woman wrestler in Las Vegas. Al also has an encyclopedic memory for sports trivia, which usually serves to demonstrate how he has almost no life whatsoever. This article is about the sport. ... A barbecue in a public park in Australia A barbecue on a trailer at a block party in Kansas City Pans on the top shelf hold hamburgers and hot dogs that were grilled earlier when the coals were hot. ... Sky Digital mini-dish Astros mini-dish. Special dish for up to 16 satellite positions (Ku-band) Satellite dish antenna for C-Band Satellite Dishes installed on an apartment complex A satellite dish is a type of parabolic antenna designed with the specific purpose of transmitting signals to and... The term electrocution can mean either: death by electric shock, usually by accident or deliberate execution by electric shock, in an electric chair See also: Capital punishment (death penalty) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Vegas redirects here. ...

Bundy and his friends founded "NO MA'AM," the "National Organization of Men Against Amazonian Masterhood". Its purpose is to fight the increasing power of women all over society. NO MAAM, or the National Organization of Men Against Amazonian Masterhood, is a fictional organization from the American sitcom Married. ...

Jobs held by Al Bundy

• Shoe Salesman
• Kelly's agent
• Garbage Man
• Fast Food Employee
• Department Store Santa
• Gas Station Attendant
• Male Erotic Dancer at a Women's Bar
• Founder of NO MA'AM
• Security Guard of Polk High
• NO MA'AM President
• Calendar model
• Policeman on COPS
• National Guardsman
• Hotel Bellhop
• Can Man
• Reverend and leader of the Church of NO MA'AM ("Reverend Al," episode 10x04)
• Baseball player on the Chicago Cleavage during the baseball strike
• Burger trek
• Psychic a.k.a. Mademe Zelda
• Director of "Sheos"
• Actor in Kelly's performance of Phantom of the Opera and star of "A Day in the life of a Shoe Salesmen"
• Shoe maker when inspired to create "the shoes of God"
• Telephone operator dedicated to providing shoe advice.

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Al Bundy Famous Quotes

• Let's rock.
• Go away, Peg.
• I'm the only guy in the world who has to wake up to have a nightmare.
• A man's home is his coffin.
• Women - can't live with them.... The End.
• Women - can't live with them, can't deport them all to Canada.
• Entertainment for the cave man was simple: Man kills food, woman burns it, giant pterodactyl swoops down, chases woman, woman falls in mud. A good laugh is had by all.
• Peg, I suspect your mind, much like the lost continent of Atlantis, no longer appears on any map.
• I'm so upset I can hardly eat this sandwich. (He says so but eats the sandwich anyway)
• I'm so hungry I can eat a vegetable.
• I feel so good I'm almost happy.
• Am I truly nothing? Could the neighborhood children be right?
• Now wait a second. My pretty teenage daughter with the brain of a fruit-fly earned a thousand dollars in three nights. Should I be worried?
• The only power I sensed was that of the mighty forces unleashed by beans.
• Ok, here's another idea. Let's toss this in the oven and see if it bakes. There's a shoe-salesman in the 23rd century. It's called Shoe Trek.
• Peg, you can stab me with knives, you can beat me with clubs, you can make me open my eyes when we're having sex, but there's no way on earth you can make me get a second job.
• The opera isn't over until the last heterosexual falls asleep.
• The last thing a guy wants to look at at the end of the day is a woman.
• How about if I get my gun and shoot you with a nice silver bullet?
• Back then mother meant cooking but then, gay meant happy.
• I was driving home, God knows why...
• I hate my life. Can't eat, can't sleep, can't bury the wife in the backyard.
• Peg, feed me, or feed me TO something. I just want to be part of the food chain. (from "The Dance Show" episode)
• It's only cheating when you get caught.
• Sure selling shoes is fun. But behind the glamour, it's like any other minimum wage slow death.
• Damn, does my life suck!
• But Peg, we've been married for seventeen years - can't we just be friends?
• Sorry, Peg, I didn't hear you. I was thinking of killing myself.
• Peg can you explain her the difference between expend and earning? who I am asking to, of course you can't !

Al Bundy's verbal exchanges with people around him

Peg : You haven't been very nice to my family.
Al : Neither has nature, go bother it!

Marcy : I am Marcy D'Arcy here on behalf of the Coalition for the Aesthetically Challenged.
Al : Challenged? I'd say defeated, exiled and left for dead!

Peg : Ooh baby! Is that a nightstick or are you just happy to see me?
Al : It's a nightstick, Peg, and I'm not afraid to use it!

Al : Have I told you today, I love you Peg.
Peg : Why, no Al.
Al : Good!

Al : Any last words, punk?
Teenage gang leader : Yeah, your wife's good in bed!
Al : So you're a liar, too!
(Al and Bud proceed to beat up the entire street gang)

Peg: Al, I want sex.
Al: Well, so do I. But I don't see the need to bring you into it.

Peg: Did you miss me?
Al: With every bullet, so far.

Kid: I want my mommy!
Al: So does your dad's brother.

Peg: Al are you gonna miss me ?
Al: Well I can't until you leave.

See also

• Married… with Children

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External links

• Al Bundy Blog - latest Married… with Children news
• A tribute to Al's Ferguson