FAQ
(Frequently Asked Questions)

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Subject: 1. Internet resources
Subject: 1.0. Where can I get Dean Adams' MWC program guide?
Subject: 1.1. Is there a list of interesting quotes from MWC?
Subject: 1.2. Are there MWC ftp sites? WWW pages?
Subject: 1.3. Is there a MWC drinking game?
Subject: 1.4. How do you know the names of the episodes?
Subject: 1.5. How can I buy a NO MA'AM T-shirt?

Subject: 2. About the show itself
Subject: 2.0. What was the deal with Seven? (The little blond boy)
Subject: 2.1. What happened to David Garrison (Steve Rhoades)?
Subject: 2.2. Peggy and Marcy were pregnant and suddenly they weren't. What happened?
Subject: 2.3. What was The Lost Show?
Subject: 2.4. What was the deal with the episode about the radio station? ...the episode about the Verduccis? ...the episode with Alan Thicke?
Subject: 2.5. Who sings the MWC theme song?
Subject: 2.6. What was the deal with the red convertible?
Subject: 2.7. What was the deal the strange scene at the end of "The Unnatural", where Al plays baseball?
Subject: 2.8. What does "NO MA'AM" stand for?
Subject: 2.9. What name is "Al" short for?
Subject: 2.A. How come in some episodes Peggy only has one scene, talking on the phone from some faraway place?

Subject: 3. About the stars
Subject: 3.0. Has Christina Applegate ever posed nude? (No)
Subject: 3.1. Isn't Amanda Bearse a lesbian?
Subject: 3.2. Why did they replace Buck The Dog?
Subject: 3.3. How can I write to members of the cast?

Subject: 4. About the stars other projects
Subject: 4.0. What else have the MWC stars appeared in?

Subject: 5. The obvious.
Subject: 5.0. What's the best show on TV?

Subject: 1.0. Where can I get Dean Adams' MWC program guide?

The latest copy may be gotten from ftp.netcom.com, directory: /pub/gu/guides

In www, it may also be reached thru:

ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/gu/guides/.index.html

http://www.nyx.net/~dnadams

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Subject: 1.1. Is there a list of interesting quotes from MWC?

Yes, or at least there has been. It is posted from time to time by Bob Pack (ktgst+@pitt.edu,rpack@uunet.uu.net).

The most up-to-date quotes are available at

http://www2.webbernet.net/~bob/mwc.html

http://www.pitt.edu/~ktgst/bundy.html

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Subject: 1.2. Are there MWC ftp sites? WWW pages?

I have made these as up-to-date as I was able, but the net changes all the time and I don't have time to constantly recheck everything. If the addresses given don't work and you can get me better information, please do.

ftp anonymously to baldrick.eia.brad.ac.uk (same site) fsp to "baldrick.eia.brad.ac.uk" port 21

Having been informed that it's unwieldy to type in the URL's by hand, I have placed an index of all the MWC web pages I know of at:

http://world.std.com/~tob/mwc.htm

Note that the extension is 3 letters. The page also includes links to Dean Adam's guide and Bob Pack's list (Subject 1.1 and Subject 1.2), an interview with David Faustino, and miscellaneous MWC-related material. Email me if there are any problems.

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Subject: 1.3. Is there a MWC drinking game?

If there weren't, would this be an entry? There is one, created by Anil (Bob) Kapur <akkapur@artshh.watstar.uwaterloo.ca>, at:

http://watarts.uwaterloo.ca/~akkapur/mwcdg.html

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Subject: 1.4. How do you know the names of the episodes?

There are several ways. The Sony site has them (See Subject 1.2), Dean Adams' program guide has them (See Subject 1.0), and at least one electronic TV guide has them.

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Subject: 1.5. How can I buy a NO MA'AM T-shirt?

Contact Russ Ahlberg, rahlberg@engr.csulb.edu

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Subject: 2.0. What was the deal with Seven? (The little blond boy)

In the 7th season, in what appeared to be an attempt to appeal to a more mainstream audience, the producers hired Shane Sweet to play the recurring character Seven.

The storyline (in the 7th season opener) is that relatives come to visit the Bundys and stick them with their kid.

It quickly became clear that the fans were not happy with the new direction or the new character. The writers at first wrote fewer lines for him, and then wrote him out altogether. His disappearance was never explained in the show, although "Rock Of Ages" (NOT his last show) hints at an explanation.

Shane Sweet's last appearance was on "Peggy and the Pirates". However, his face appeared in two later episodes. I will not spoil the jokes by explaining this.

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Subject: 2.1. What happened to David Garrison (Steve Rhoades)?

David left the show to further his broadway career. He was not fired.

The last show that aired with Steve Rhoades as a regular character was "Rock and Roll Girl". However, "A Taxing Problem" was originally scheduled to be his last show, which makes more sense when you see it.

In "You Gotta Know When To Fold 'Em", his disappearance is explained -- he left Marcy to become a forest ranger in Yosemite national park.

He has returned 4 times, in "The Egg And I", "Peggy and the Pirates", "Get the Dodge out of Hell", and "Radio Free Trumaine".

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Subject: 2.2. Peggy and Marcy were pregnant and suddenly they weren't. What happened?

Katey Sagal was pregnant in real life, as she was in the first half of the sixth season. Unfortunately she miscarried. She was reportedly willing to continue the story line, but the producers decided against it. In the episode "Al Bundy, Shoe Dick", both pregancies were explained as a bad dream.

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Subject: 2.3. What was The Lost Show?

"The Lost Show" was slated to be episode 310, "I'll See You In Court". The producers could not come to an agreement with the network censors, and the episode has never aired in the US. It has aired in Europe.

Producer Michael G. Moye has said about the episode: "If it aired today people would wonder what the problem was."

There is a much fuller explanation in Dean Adams' program guide. (see Subject: 1.0.)

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Subject: 2.4. What was the deal with the episode about the radio station? ...the episode about the Verduccis? episode with Alan Thicke?

Married... With Children is Fox's longest-running show. As such, they have used it three times as a "launching pad" for attempted spinoffs:

"Top of the Heap" (the episode that begins with Charlie Verducci throwing a cat out a window)

"Radio Free Trumaine" (the episode about a college radio station).

"Enemies" (the episode where Kelly is dating a guy who cheating on his girlfriend who is cheating on him with Alan Thicke)

These three are technically episodes of MWC, but focus mostly on the new series' characters. In my opinion, they are better considered the first episodes of the spinoffs.

The episode "Top Of The Heap" in the fifth season introduced the spinoff "Top Of The Heap". Al Bundy appears in one scene, and also very briefly at the end; other than that, no regular characters appear. The spinoff lasted a short time, with several cameos by Bundys.

The episode "Radio Free Trumaine" in the ninth season introduced an unnamed spinoff. All of the regular characters appear in the episode, but only Bud, Marcy, and Steve Rhoades appear more than briefly. Fox changed its mind about actually ordering and airing the spinoff, so that's all there is of it, to the best of my knowledge.

The episode "Enemies" in the tenth season introduced "Enemies". All of the regular characters appear in the episode, but only Kelly appears more than briefly.

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Subject: 2.5. Who sings the MWC theme song?

Yes, that is Frank Sinatra.

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Subject: 2.6. What was the deal with the red convertible?

This is actually the answer to 2 frequently asked questions:

What happened to the car that Peg won in "Just Married... With Children"? (The episode where Al & Peg go on a game show where newlyweds torture their spouse for prizes, "How Do I Love Thee?")

Where did the Bundys get the red car they left on the freeway in "We'll Follow The Sun"? (The episode where the Bundys are stuck in a traffic jam on the freeway for most of the show)

Each question answers the other.

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Subject: 2.7. What was the deal the strange scene at the end of "The Unnatural", where Al plays baseball?

It is a takeoff on "Eight Men Out", a movie about baseball's Shoeless Joe Jackson.

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Subject: 2.8. What does "NO MA'AM" stand for?

National Organization of Man Against Amazonian Masterhood.

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Subject: 2.9. What name is "Al" short for?

On the show it has always been simply Al. One of the few names short enough that Peggy can scream it out during sex.

It has been said that Ed O'Neill was on AOL and said Al was short for Alfonz. But was it really Ed?

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Subject: 2.A. How come in some episodes Peggy only has one scene, talking on the phone from some faraway place?

Because in real life Katey was/is pregnant. (See Subject 2.2) In the show her absence is explained by:

Returning to Wanker county to be taken care of / it was all a dream "BUCK HAS A BELLY ACHE" (606) thru "AL BUNDY, SHOE DICK" (611)

Returning to Wanker county to take care of her heart-attacked mother. "SHOEWAY TO HEAVEN" (901) thru "BUSINESS SUCKS (part 1)" (905)

Travelling to find her wayward father. "Calendar Girl" thru "Torch Song Duet"

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Subject: 3.0. Has Christina Applegate ever posed nude? (No)

We used to get this question a lot. There exist nude pictures that claim to be her, which fall into 3 categories:

* Other people who bear a small resemblance to her. Notably Penthouse model Brianna Rae, Neriah Davis, Heather Lere and playmate Barbara Moore. The Moore photo usually has attached the story that it was sent "by an angry ex-boyfriend". If so, he very oddly sent Ms. Moore's picture instead.

Incidentally, Barbara Moore played Dee Anna in "The Wedding Repercussions" and Neriah Davis played Anytime in "Flight of the Bumblebee".

* Cut-and-paste jobs: Modified versions of genuine, non-nude pictures of her. Usually her head or face pasted onto another woman's body. I know of at least half a dozen, ranging from very poor fakes to an almost-convincing picture on a white background with flowers.

* Stills from "Streets". These are really her, they just aren't very nude.

Among the disputed claims about the scenes in "Streets":

That she used some sort of fake breasts or fake top. (This seems plausible to me, given the positioning and the proportions.)

That there was a body double. (This does not seem plausible to me because her face is visible. I'm reliably told that it is really her)

If you want to be very technical, many years ago she appeared naked as a baby with her mother in a commercial for Playtex baby bottle liners. [ Thx to Stan Hill <shill@lonestar.jpl.utsa.edu> and j#d#.moore@canrem.com (J. Moore) ]

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Subject: 3.1. Isn't Amanda Bearse a lesbian?

Yes, she has said so publicly.

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Subject: 3.2. Why did they replace Buck The Dog?

Because the original Buck was very old. 12 1/2 years when he retired, which is longer than most briards live. Remember, Buck was a trained adult dog in the first season. Buck the character-dog died in "Requiem For A Dead Briard" and was re-incarnated as Lucky; Buck the actor-dog retired and has since died.

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Subject: 3.3. How can I write to members of the cast?

Your best bet would be care of Fox:

<name> c/o Fox Broadcasting Box 900 Beverly Hill, CA 90213

You could also write c/o the studio:

<name> c/o Sony Studios Stage 23 3970 Overland Ave. Culver City, CA

Or you could write c/o their agent, which addresses I don't have. [Anyone?]

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Subject: 4.0. What else have the MWC stars appeared in?

This list was mostly compiled by e141-bc@scorpius.berkeley.edu (John Rinck). My own additions have attributions in []. Obviously I've only seen a small percent of these personally, so corrections will be appreciated.

I am trying to seperate brief appearances such as presenting at awards shows from weightier projects, but I've obviously missed at least a few.

Ed O'Neill (Al Bundy):

MOVIES:

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Katey Sagal (Peggy Bundy):

MOVIES:

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David Faustino (Bud Bundy):

MOVIES:

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Christina Applegate (Kelly Bundy):

MOVIES:

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Amanda Bearse (Marcy Rhoades/Marcy D'arcy):

MOVIES:

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David Garrison (Steve Rhoades):

MOVIES:

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Ted McGinley (Jefferson D'arcy):

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Subject: 5.0. What's the best show on TV?

Married... With Children.

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