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'''''Married... with Children''''' was a 1987-1997 U.S. television sitcom starring Ed O'Neill (Al Bundy), [[Katey Sagal]] (Peg Bundy), Christina Applegate (Kelly Bundy) and David Faustino (Bud Bundy).
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'''''Married... with Children''''' was a 1987-1997 U.S. television sitcom starring Ed O'Neill (Al Bundy), [[Katey Sagal]] (Peg Bundy), Christina Applegate (Kelly Bundy) and David Faustino (Bud Bundy). [[Katey Sagal]] would later voice Turanga [[Leela]] in ''[[Futurama]]'' and the episode "[[Simpsorama]]". [[Dan Castellaneta]] appeared in the ''Married with Children'' episode "The Dance Show" as Pete, who befriended [[Al Bundy|Al]], while his husband Andy spent time with Peggy at a night club. [[Jon Lovitz]] played TV Executive, Jeff Littlehead, in "Kelly Does Hollywood, Part 2". [[Bobcat Goldthwait]] appeared in the Season 7 premiere "Magnificent Seven" as Peggy's cousin, Zemus Wanker.
 
  
 
The show has been referenced several times in ''The Simpsons''.  
 
The show has been referenced several times in ''The Simpsons''.  
  
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{{TB| When [[Todd Flanders|Todd]] is sick from Osaka Flu, [[Ned Flanders|Ned]] wonders what the family did to upset [[God]]. He then recalls watching ''Married... with Children'', and remembers the network slogan "watch [[FOX]] and be damned for all eternity"..}}
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{{TB| An extraterrestrial alien version of ''Married... with Children'' appears on [[Syfy]], with [[Peggy Bundy]] being an alien from ''Alien'' and [[Al Bundy]] being a [[Black hole aliens|black hole alien]].}}
 
{{TB| An extraterrestrial alien version of ''Married... with Children'' appears on [[Syfy]], with [[Peggy Bundy]] being an alien from ''Alien'' and [[Al Bundy]] being a [[Black hole aliens|black hole alien]].}}
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When [[Homer Simpson]] was flicking through all of the channels on his television, ''Married... with Children'' was playing on each channel: [[Al Jazeera]], [[Animal Planet]], [[BET]], [[FXXXXXX]], [[The Herstory Channel]], and [[Syfy]].<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XXV]]"</ref>
 
When [[Homer Simpson]] was flicking through all of the channels on his television, ''Married... with Children'' was playing on each channel: [[Al Jazeera]], [[Animal Planet]], [[BET]], [[FXXXXXX]], [[The Herstory Channel]], and [[Syfy]].<ref>"[[Treehouse of Horror XXV]]"</ref>
  
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{{TB|Portrayed a Property Inspector in "How Green Was My Apple" and a Reverend in "The Joke's on Al".}}
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{{TB|Voiced [[Professor Lombardo]], [[Aristotle Amadopolis]], [[Artie Ziff]], [[Llewellyn Sinclair]] and [[Jay Sherman]].}}
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Married... with Children was a 1987-1997 U.S. television sitcom starring Ed O'Neill (Al Bundy), Katey Sagal (Peg Bundy), Christina Applegate (Kelly Bundy) and David Faustino (Bud Bundy).

The show has been referenced several times in The Simpsons.

References to Married... with Children in The Simpsons[edit]

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference
Married... with Children Marge in Chains.png 4 80 "Marge in Chains" When Todd is sick from Osaka Flu, Ned wonders what the family did to upset God. He then recalls watching Married... with Children, and remembers the network slogan "watch FOX and be damned for all eternity"..
Married... with Children Deep Space Homer.png 5 96 "Deep Space Homer" Dr. Babcock showed an episode of Married... with Children to the scientists at NASA to show them what the average American liked watching. The scene cut to Al Bundy refusing to make love with Peg, whereupon he literally flushes a toilet seen next to him in the living room.
5 Special "Homer and Bart visiting NFL on FOX" At the start of the special Homer and Bart are watching Married... with Children.
8 173 "The Canine Mutiny" An episode is mentioned in which the Bundys spend money a credit card actually credited to their dog, Buck.
Married... with Children.png
Alien Married... with Children.png
26 556 "Treehouse of Horror XXV" An extraterrestrial alien version of Married... with Children appears on Syfy, with Peggy Bundy being an alien from Alien and Al Bundy being a black hole alien.
Shows fed to Hack-GPT.png 36 769 "Bart's Birthday" According to host Conan O'Brien, one of the shows an artificial intelligence device used to write this entire episode was Married... with Children.

Non-canon[edit]

Donut Homer.png The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened or existed.

When Homer Simpson was flicking through all of the channels on his television, Married... with Children was playing on each channel: Al Jazeera, Animal Planet, BET, FXXXXXX, The Herstory Channel, and Syfy.[1]

Common cast members[edit]

Picture Name Role in Married with Children Role on The Simpsons
Greg Berg.jpg Greg Berg Voiced a commercial actor in "But I Didn't Shoot the Deputy". Voiced Rory in "Bart vs. Thanksgiving".
Joyce Brothers.jpg Joyce Brothers Portrayed a judge in "Sue Casa, His Casa". Voiced herself in "Last Exit to Springfield".
James Brown.jpg James Brown Portrayed himself in two episodes. Voiced himself in "Bart's Inner Child".
Dan Castellaneta.jpg Dan Castellaneta Portrayed Pete in "Death Show" and a funeral director in "Death of a Shoe Salesman". Voices Homer Simpson and many other recurring characters.
Gary Coleman.jpg Gary Coleman Portrayed a Property Inspector in "How Green Was My Apple" and a Reverend in "The Joke's on Al". Voiced himself in "Grift of the Magi".
Tim Conway.jpg Tim Conway Portrayed Ephraim Wanker in four episodes. Voiced himself in "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase".
Robert Englund.jpg Robert Englund Portrayed Lucifer in "Damn Bundys". Voiced Freddy Krueger, the character he played on Nightmare on Elm Street, in the season 10 episode "Treehouse of Horror IX".
Brian George.jpg Brian George Portrayed a chef in "Look Who's Barking". Voiced several British men in "The 7 Beer Itch" and "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A.".
Bobcat Goldthwait.jpg Bobcat Goldthwait Portrayed Zemus in "Magnificent Seven". Voiced himself in "The Last Temptation of Krust".
Jon Lovitz.jpg Jon Lovitz Played Jeff Littlehead in "Kelly Does Hollywood: Part 2". Voiced Professor Lombardo, Aristotle Amadopolis, Artie Ziff, Llewellyn Sinclair and Jay Sherman.
Jane Lynch.jpg Jane Lynch Portrayed Greta in "Valentine's Day Massacre". Voiced Roz Davis in "Replaceable You" and Jeanie in "'Tis the 30th Season".
Cheech Marin.jpg Cheech Marin Voiced Buck the Dog in three episodes. Voiced himself in "A Midsummer's Nice Dreams".
Katey Sagal.jpg Katey Sagal Portrayed Peg in Married... with Children. Voiced Turanga Leela in "Simpsorama".
Jerry Springer.jpg Jerry Springer Played himself in "No Ma'am". Voiced himself in the season 10 episode "Treehouse of Horror IX". He was also interviewed in The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!.
Fred Willard.jpg Fred Willard Portrayed Stan in "My Dinner with Anthrax". Voiced Wally Kogen in "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday".

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