Married with Children: The Complete Series

but I love the show and well the pricing makes the packaging bearable. The box comes with two plastic spindles which hold the dvds, so six seasons share one season and five the other spindle. while this is a great space saver. I do not understand why the spindles are so cheap why not make the tray/spindle a hard plastic? and the slip cover is ok, but not as sturdy as it should be.now onto the show itself. I lost track of the series during the last few seasons. I did not realize it was on for 11 seasons. and even though fox was screwing around with the schedule I had seen more of these episodes than I thought I did. But watching them straight through and seeing the evolution of the characters worked out great. there are a few featurettes that have interviews with the cast as well as easter eggs that have additional unaired clips from a reunion special. and there is an episode from the third season that wasn't aired (or so it says, but I swear I've seen it before...and in hindsight I wonder why it wasn't shown originally as they had done far more controversial episodes throughout their run.One thing I did notice (which is the beauty of watching a show season by season...as you can see things you missed when they first aired) is that the show never really jumped the shark, as it pretty much was an over the top production to begin with. the show seemed to relish in its absurdities. There were times when a character fell off the roof and it was obvious it was a dummy, and someone would say, ok we can see that's not a real person, well those people didn't get the joke. the writers invited us into their twisted little world. and they let us in on the jokes, so in some ways the show was a satire of all other family based sitcoms, and on the other hand it was a very unique take on the family sitcom. The cast was perfect, the writing was spot-on and no matter how absurd it got, you couldn't help but laugh. It never took itself too seriously and it never tried to be something it wasn't. this was blue collar tv, before Rosanne (though many give that show credit for being the one that started the trend, even though Married with Children did it first....and best).Perhaps fueled by the controversy that surrounded it, the show became rather iconic even if it never was a number one show (fox was just starting out after all). But, I had never heard of a show that had such strong word of mouth and was as identifiable without being a Nielsen powerhouse. Well, not until this show turned up, same as with The Simpsons, everyone knew of the Simpsons and the catchphrases without it being a number one show either. My favorite part is how when the show started you find Bud playing a believable son to fictional Al (who was a bit of a caricature unto himself, perhaps a character no one else could have played but Ed O'neil) and you kind of saw him as a "bundy" and you saw Kelly as what Al could never be (popular, loved and happy) so when the show progressed and it was Kelly who became more like Al, you kind of find it more believable when Al says what his life could have been. The young and beautiful Kelly seemed to have a promising life ahead of her, but in the end you find that life can shatter even the most promising of dreams. She was more like Al than you would have thought. He was popular in high school too. now...he's married with Children.Katy Segal plays Peggy perfectly. You can see why Al can both love her and be frustrated with her at the same time. Though you really can't understand why he wouldn't want to go to bed with her. as she is a beautiful woman, perhaps too extreme at times. There were times when the writers made her rather unlikable. I guess it helped the story along, but at the same time it made you wonder why Al would have put up with her for so long.though the details can be rather inconsistent, I don't think it matters, or that they care. Obviously they could not have done anything they did or have what they had if he really didn't make any money as a shoe salesman, and at times the over-exaggeration can be a bit trying, but they somehow managed to make you forget all of that with some great lines. Though I found Peggy wasn't given as many great lines as Al. maybe they needed more female writers I am not sure. But overall the show was great and highly rewatchable.One last thought, since this show got a lot of bad press about it's dysfunctionaltiy I would like to say that with this show, no matter how over the top they got, no matter how mean they would be to each other at times, when it really got down to it they loved each other. and they always had each other's back. While they might harass each other without a second thought no one else could. They had each other's back. that's something you don't really see in most family oriented shows, or they were more talk than action. In Married with Children you got the sense that even though they seemed like they hated each other when it came right down to it they actually cared about each other. You get the feeling too that the cast got along in real life as well, as the chemistry is strong, and though the supporting characters may seem to despise the bundys you feel as if the actors respected each other. and in the end, I believe that if a show is to be successful you not only need talented actors but you need them to have the right chemistry together. The actors all seem to respect and care for each other (you can see this more when you watch the featurettes) and that comes across In the show, and that's why it's not hard to like this rather strange but relatable family

Great price for an all time classic. Box was sealed in plastic and packaged great for delivery. I haven’t tried using one of the dvds just yet so not sure if they’ll work but box was in great shape and wrapped in plastic so I’m assuming it’ll all be just fine

Was very happy although watching the shows were blurry sometimes.

Awesome price but the second time I bought from them and got a duplicate disc with another disc missing. 2 disc 18s no disc 17. Same thing happened when I got roseanne. So just a heads up this may happen to u. Overall great but definitely bummed about the missing disc

Great collection of original edits. If you are used to reruns over the years on Fox, TBS, Logo, etc., you’ll notice the difference between the re-edits on those channels and the original edits on these discs. It’s cool seeing a lot of takes I’d never seen before but the re-edits are funnier.Great collection for fans but I’d like a collection of re-edited episodes as well.

I was a little hesitant on this Married With Children complete set. The price seemed too good to be true and it seemed to be a no-name off-brand seller/manufacturer. BUT, I received it with no problems. I'm into the third season (disk #4) and every episode is playing correctly. This show will probably never be remastered to 4k and will probably never be on television reruns as it would be considered politically incorrect today. But, put that aside and enjoy the humor. I don't laugh out-loud often but I have with some of these episodes!

If your looking for a good set of MWC then this is it. Just don't expect Hi Def quality. Remember it as it was when you watched it years ago. Laugh until you drop!!!

Great, I watched every disc and selectivity put in a disc for daily enjoyment.

This UK released DVD set, Released 29 Oct. 2018, disappointed me only in one respect: The original "Love and Marriage" by Frank Sinatra, has been replaced with some somehow-identical music, with no lyrics, as the producers were too cheap to pay for using the original theme.Having said that, I love the Bundy's! They are outrageous, deeply immoral, even at times seriously violent, and it is so much fun! The extras consist of David Faustino and Katey Sagal separately talking about doing the show, and then there is the "Al Bundy Sports Spectacular" from season 10. If the music had been the original version, I would have given this set five stars.

Well finally the UK get a full release of married with children and it's well worth the wait!This show is so funny it will leaving you wanting to binge the whole boxset this over and over again.My only gripe with this is the original Frank Sinatra theme song for the show has been edited out and replaced with a terrible alternative.Not sure why this is the case as the USA release has rectified this and released it over there with the original theme song.However it still doesn't take away from the comedy genius this show really is.I'm all for a Married with children reboot , casts that work this well together is just pure magic.For the price it's a complete bargain folks. Buy it you won't regret it!I remember it being on ITV in the 90s but missed the remainder of the show as it moved to sky.So it's fantastic to finally find the full series released in the UK after all this time.Please please bring us more married with children I'm sure many feel the same.

I had to write a review for this classic sitcom as I’d seen the odd episode on itv 2 , years back and then bought the complete series box set on region 1 about 10 years back , it wasn’t available on region 2 until about 2018.The premise is simple you’ve got hard working dad Al whose claim to fame was scoring 4 touchdowns in a football game for Polk high. Yet he only ended up selling shoes . You have then lazy spendthrift wife Peggy who Al refers to as the ungrateful redhead.Finally you have ditzy daughter Kelly and unlucky in love son Bud.The box set is rated as a 15 cert and this likely because of all the busty women that feature for Al and neighbour Steve to drool over yet there’s no bad language in the series . Some of the best episodes are the 2 parters , my favourites are you’d better shop around parts 1 and 2 where the Bundys compete against their neighbours Steve and Marcy in a supermarket race .In the box you get all 262 episodes from all 11 seasons and is well worth the £40 I paid at time of purchase . As other reviews mention the love and marriage tune is replaced by some similar sounding Muzak after season 2 which isn’t a big deal for me personally.All in all I can’t rate this sitcom highly enough. As they say , they don’t make them like this anymore so buy and prepare to binge-watch.

Ich habe die Box schon vor langer Zeit bestellt. Und habe sie erst wirklich letztes Jahr angefangen öfter zu gucken. Sonst immer nur mal ein paar Folgen. Als ich bei der Staffel 7-11 angekommen bin musste ich feststellen, dass dort nicht eine CD vorhanden ist !!! Kontrolliert eure Boxen Leute, ob wirklich alle CDs vorhanden sind !!

Comes in a proper case with two hinged sections for central discs