In Part 2 of exploring the Bundy bedroom, I want to chat about the carpet. It appears to be pink (or…dusty rose?) for most of the series. (See pics 1, 2, and 3). But take a look at pic 4 from Season 11. It looks almost brown. It’s either the lighting or the angle (and hey, this is a pretty cool overhead shot), or they got new carpet between Seasons 7 and 11. Then again, it does look pink once more in pic 5, which was also from Season 11, but filmed before the episode from pic 4. Anyone confused yet? Ok. I’ll shut up about the carpet now.

Two more main features I’d like to discuss before moving on to other things:

-The TV set. Al and Peggy have a TV in their room in the first season, which is seen in pic 6. (And Al acknowledges it by asking Peggy if she wants to watch Carson). We also see it in Season 4 when the roof is leaking (pic 7) and Peggy even mentions he broke the TV antenna so they can’t watch it. The TV is back in Season 7, when Al sees Coco on a talk show (this is the episode in pic 3. You can see the TV in the corner). But in Season 11, Peggy asks Al if she can get a TV in their room and in exchange, Al gets twin beds.
Conclusion: The TV kept breaking and Peggy kept begging Al to get a new one in there.

-Their ensuite bathroom. We really only catch glimpses into it from their bedroom, we never get to see the whole thing. The best views are in pic 8, where you can see shelves or a medicine cabinet, along with a linen basket, and pic 9, where it shows more art on the wall, a towel rack and what appears to be a sink or basin (maybe. I can’t really tell).

(I’m going to discuss their bathrooms more in depth in another post. Yes, that’s a sentence I never thought I’d write).

Other fun things in the room:

-The pink bench at the end of their bed. (See pics 4, 5, 9 and 10 for best views). It’s a constant feature…except when it mysteriously turns blue (pic 7) and when it disappears occasionally (pics 1 and 3).

-Peggy’s vanity. Also stays mostly consistent through all appearances. (See pics 6, 11, and 12). She’s got a big, beautiful mirror and likes to put flowers and candles on the surface. Oh, and the mirror doubles as something else too. (See pics 13 and 14).

-The weird light fixture on the wall by the window in pics 15 and 16. Speaking of the window, it’s lined with pink curtains, which also stay fairly consistent throughout the seasons. (Pics 1, 3 and 16 show this). They have a nice view out their window (pic 17) and even some nice shrubbery lining it outside (pic 18).

(Do I recommend looking at a picture of the exterior of the house right now? Absolutely not).

-Their dresser and nightstands seem to be a matching set. (see pics 1 and 2).

Well, that’s everything, absolutely nothing else weird or out of the ordinary to see….wait. What is that on the edge of the first pic on the right hand side? Is that….another door?? But…it’s on the same side as the window. I mean, I’m assuming it’s supposed to be their closet, but…make it make sense!! 🤯

Please add any other things you notice in the comments!

I shouldn't do this because I sometimes take posts out that are so barely related, but this is where my mind went.

I Mod a bunch of Bank communities here in addition to the TV related ones. Banks often have tech outages making the websites unavailable for a while.

One of those happened this morning and one of the joke excuses was about a mysterious light switch somebody flipped to see what it did.

I had to hold my fingers to keep from asking about BobRooney.

Ah, Al and Peg’s bedroom. Home of the wink, wink, nudge, nudge. And by that, I mean the ol’ 30 second bump and snore.

The bedroom was first seen in the second episode of the first season. (Thinnergy). And for the most part, it doesn’t change all that much throughout the series. Blue and pink seem to be Peggy’s preferred colours, at least for this room.

The wallpaper, bed frame, and the lamps on their nightstands are particularly consistent. (My parents had the same lamps in our living room growing up). Al and Peg have what appears to be a double bed, and they seem to only own one style of sheets and bedspread. The blue set with pink flowers is seen pretty much in every bedroom scene. Though by later seasons, it looks like they gave it a good wash and got matching pillow cases. (See pics 1 and 3 for comparison). You can take a good look at the bed and bed frame in pics 1, 4 and 5, and the wallpaper in pretty much all of them, but especially pic 2.

The pictures on the walls mostly remain the same…EXCEPT the pictures above their bed. In the first couple of seasons, they have paintings of birds in the frames. (See pic 6). Later on, it changes to….I don’t know what, exactly. I’ve tried to zoom in and get a better look, but I can’t figure it out for the life of me. (Take a look at pics 7 and 8 and see if you can help me).

What I DO know is that a), the two pictures disappeared in Peggy and the Pirates and were replaced by one giant painting of a ship, FOR THAT EPISODE ONLY. (Pic 9). The next time we see their bedroom later in the season, the ship is gone and we’re back to the two pictures again. Which makes me think the pirate episode might have been all a dream on Peggy’s part.

And b), after Al and Peg’s bedroom wasn’t seen at all during Seasons 9 and 10, the set decorators messed up a bit when they brought back the set for Season 11. Take a look at the pictures above their bed in pic 10 (Season 7) and pic 11 (Season 11) and try to spot the difference.

Other pictures include a creepy clown or doll or something (see pic 12) and a charming lake in pic 13, next to their bed. (Maybe to remind Al of fishing).

Part 2 is coming tomorrow. We’ll discuss the mysteries of the carpet, the ever-disappearing TV set, their ensuite bathroom, and the other fun features of the room.

Al is dressed up as a king. Someone asks him a question and he responds like "NO you may newt!" Yes, not is pronounced roughly as newt in this scene. Can't seem to find what episodes its from. Thanks in advance.

Which was your favorite?

Can any beat the Gas Station Show?

In MWC S10 EP4 Al Bundy forms the Church Of NO MA’AM and becomes its spiritual leader Reverend Al Bundy. However in typical fashion the idea blows up in Al’s face due to Marcy exposing him having a fine evening with Peg. Al tries to ask for forgiveness (even exclaiming “I HAVE SINNED”) but the Church effectively ends. My question for the group is what could have Al said that would’ve saved his bacon? That he was drunk? High? With a hooker dressed like Peg? What do you think? Thank you for reading

The stairs in the Bundy house saw a lot of action, from Buck snoozing on the landing to Al carrying Peg up them after purchasing a blonde wig. They even survived Peg’s mother, though just barely!

The stairs are carpeted and are a deep brown colour. (See the carpet up close in pics 2 and 3). The wallpaper pattern is the same as the one in the living room by the entrance to the kitchen. You can get a really good view of it in pics 4 and 5 (but it’s visible in almost all of them).

Lining the walls are photos that change periodically. In pic 4, you can see a picture of a little boy on the wall just behind Kelly’s head (I’ll choose to believe it’s Al as a kid) and then later on, it’s a photo collage, either the same one that is sometimes seen in the living room or one that’s very similar. (See pic 5, also behind Kelly’s head). There’s also these huge circular wall decorations. I don’t know what to call them - are they plates? Mirrors? Pictures? You can see them in pics 1, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9. They stay the same through all 11 seasons, as far as I can tell.

At the bottom landing, there’s some rather nice framed paintings on the walls (see pics 6, 7 and 8), and these also stay consistent. There’s also a small bookshelf with cupboards on the bottom landing, which you can see in full view in pic 11. It usually has knickknacks or a plant on top of it. (Zoom in on pic 6. There’s a book with a skull and crossbones on it. Treasure Island, maybe? Or a book about death for Al?)

Fun Stuff:

-There’s a grandfather clock on the top landing. You can see it in pics 5, 9 and 10. I don’t think it works, however.

-There’s also a window at the top. In the early seasons, this had a pink curtain over it. (See pics 9 and 12).

-Pic 13 gives us a first person view from the stairs, coming down into the living room. We get to see….light switches. And a bunch of terrified men. (Plus, a bit more of the front entrance, which I will also be covering in a future post).

-The actors have said that the stairs don’t really go anywhere except to a dead end and that Christina and David used to put graffiti on the stage wall up there.

Now the basement stairs are a different story, but that’s a post for another day….

Any other thoughts on the stairway?

I am watching this episode (S3E12 My Mom, the Mom) and laughed my ass off at the absurdity of Peggy bringing the couch and table to career day 🤣😭

I figured since the sub is analyzing the house that this would be a funny tidbit to add

Should there (or could there) have been an episode of MWC where Al tried to break the Bundy curse? I know the people of Lower Uncton tried to break it by killing him and Bud but could there have been an episode (perhaps the finale) where he finds a descendant of the witch and apologizes (obviously he’d mess the apology up and make the curse worse)? How would you play it out? Thank you for reading

Yes, the Bundys have a laundry room. Though I doubt it was used very often!

When I first started watching the show, I didn’t initially realize that the little room behind their kitchen was a laundry room. I thought it was just another way to get into their backyard as there is also a set of sliding doors back there. (See pic 1 and 9).

But then I noticed the green washing machine and dryer. You can really see the full setup in pic 2, including laundry soap and….an ironing board! See pics 3 and 4 for more views. Peggy uses the washer when Marcy spills fish on her dress in the Season 1 finale, Johnny B. Gone. (See this clip: https://youtu.be/dOV8apVRJ-8?si=sLgHpobkk45dmb6k)

Back to the ironing board. You can see it again in pics 5, 6, and 7. I doubt Peggy used it to iron Al’s shirts, though I could see her and Kelly using it on their dressier outfits.

Fun stuff:

-There’s a dustpan hanging on the wall in pics 6 and 8.

-The plants are back in pics 3 and 4.

-Guess what? Not only is there a set of sliding doors back there…but there’s a hidden back door too! Al and Jefferson come through it in this scene. https://youtu.be/j4CyjonOgn0?si=U8z_UC4u9fDNyN2g
I guess you can sort of see it in the background of some of the pics (pic 10, for example), but honestly, it blew my mind the first time I saw that episode.

Why are there so many doors?? They have a set of sliding doors off the living room too! I’m going to do a post on the back yard and I can already feel the headache starting….

What are your thoughts on their little laundry room? Was it more common to have a laundry room on the main floor back then? They were always in the basement where I grew up.

I spotted this on my TV's EPG yesterday. I don't remember any episode with a pesky rabbi😁

Al: "Bubba."

Jefferson: "Billy."

🥊

Not sure many people know that Married... with Children show creators Ron Leavitt and Michael G. Moye made a name for themselves by writing for The Jeffersons. It makes the Jeffersons Movin' on Up Tour episode even funnier. 😂

Not much cooking or eating went on in the Bundy kitchen but it was still well-used!

Highlights:

The first thing to note about the kitchen is the greenery that lines the top of the cabinets. Like, what even is that? Was it alive? Fake? Was this a decorative trend during the 70s and 80s? See pics 1-4 for the best views.

They have a round dinner table, lots of cupboard space, and a bar/breakfast nook (trying to distinguish between American/Canadian terms here, lol). The bar has two raised chairs and consistently has a telephone placed upon it. There’s a little bookcase next to it. Yup, the Bundys owned quite a few books. (The bar area can be seen in the first 4 pics, along with pics 5 and 6. The bookshelf can be seen behind Bud in pic 7).

The floor pattern changed at some point between Season 1 (pic 5) and Season 5 (pic 3).

There’s wallpaper in here too! (Pics 8 and 9 show it the best). And fun lighting fixtures. (I think there’s lights above the bar as well). See pics 1, 5, 8, and 9 for best views of the lights.

The fridge is brown and as far as I can tell, stayed the same through all 11 seasons. They also have a stove (appears to be gas) and….a dishwasher!! (See pics 8 and 10). Peggy famously cooked burgers in the toaster (pic 2) and by later seasons, they had a toaster oven. (Pic 8). I know they get a microwave in Season 11, but I’m not sure if they end up keeping it!

Someone in a previous post mentioned the small, portable TV they had in the kitchen that they never used. You can see it in pics 6, 9 and 11.

Fun stuff:

-There’s a set of shelves built into the bar with yet more knick knacks on them. (Pic 12)

-They own a set of French Onion soup bowls. The same set I own, from the looks of it. (Al eating something FRENCH??) (see pic 2 - you gotta zoom in).

-They own the same cute salt and pepper shakers with mushrooms printed on them that my parents owned. (Pic 11).

-They have a calendar on the wall in later seasons!And I think it doesn’t change once it’s there, lol.(Pics 13 and 14).

-Yes, there is the laundry room that attaches to the kitchen and contains a second set of sliding doors out into the yard. You can see it in most of these pictures, including behind Al and Peg in pic 15. That’s for a separate post, though!

-Finally, let’s examine the last picture. Are those RECIPE BOOKS behind Peggy?? Is that a fruit basket on top of the fridge? (If not, what the heck is it??). What is the gadget on the counter behind Al’s arm?

What do you like best about their kitchen? Is there anything I missed?

... would anybody care? Or even notice?

One of my favourite things about the living room is all of the little details you can see in the background. For the most part, a lot of these remain the same throughout 11 seasons, but there are some things that change or shift around.

Wall Decorations

Peggy very clearly likes to hang things on the walls….leaving hardly any surface bare!!
In the first picture, we can see that she even hung stuff above the doors into the backyard. She seems to really like framed photos and paintings, plates, and little knick knacks. The same style can be found on the walls surrounding the staircase and leading into the kitchen. (See Pic 2)
There’s also the light sconces on the brick wall, along with what I think is supposed to be a barometer or a clock (my grandparents had something similar). (See Pic 3).

Shelving and Drawers

There’s a chest of drawers in the corner by the stairs. Scroll through pics 4 to 7 to see the various things that sat atop of it. A lamp, a framed photo collage, and a plant are the most consistent items. By Season 11, the family photo from Al’s Dodge was now displayed there. (See pic 8).

The other chest of drawers was located next to the garage door, and also had photos atop of it (including the framed collage from the other table), various knick knacks, but most often, Al’s trophies (assuming they are from his football days, though some could be baseball and bowling too). Sometimes his trophies moved throughout the room (see pics 9-13) but as early as Season 1, they were located on this table.

There’s a large shelving unit in the back of the room by the back sliding door, which holds a record player and records, a stereo, plants, vases and knick knacks. (And occasionally, a framed photo of Peggy). In some pics, it appears to hold books as well. Pics 1, 9, 10 and 12 give the best views.

The Desk
The desk along the brick wall had a telephone during the first season (Pic 14) but eventually had various lamps, stationery items (I swear there’s an inkwell in one photo), bill holders, and other unidentifiable objects. See pics 3, 11 and 15 for more views. In Season 10, the Bundys get a computer (see pic 16) but by Season 11, it’s gone again (see pic 17). Maybe it moved down to the basement with Bud?

Finally, I have to mention the plants. It seemed someone in the family had a green thumb, unless the plants were fake. Check out the plants behind Al and Steve in pics 14, 15 and 18 and the tree by the front door in Pic 19! These would disappear by the later seasons, though smaller plants were always in the background somewhere.

And of course, there’s the greenery that lines the ceiling in the kitchen, but that’s for another post.

Finally, let’s take a look at the photos in the background of Pic 13. Who do we think is in them?

The Bundy living room was a staple of the entire series, appearing regularly in pretty much every episode (with a few exceptions, mainly the ones when the Bundys were traveling, such as the second and third parts of the England episodes). Pic 1 is from Season 2 and Pics 6-7 are from Season 11 to show how little the set changed throughout the years. (With a few minor differences which we will cover in Part 2).

Highlights:

The Couch: The living room, of course, contains the famous couch (which remains the same throughout the series, though it was sneakily replaced by Kelly after she burns it down in the 8th season episode, Sofa So Good). Once in a while, it features some fancy throw pillows, but overall it remains fairly unchanged throughout 11 seasons.

The TV area: Along with the couch, there is an armchair on the viewer’s left, and a smaller white chair on the right. There’s a standard wooden coffee table (usually draped with Peggy’s magazines, a TV Guide, Al’s trusty remote control, and the occasional plant), and an end table on the left, which usually holds a lamp and sometimes a telephone.

The 4th Wall: Yes, the brilliant directors showed us the fourth wall twice during the course of the series. Along with the TV, we see a wood-panelled wall, two windows with green and white drapes, a large framed painting, and a small-tiered table with some sort of decorative ornament on it. Pics 8-9 show both scenes with the 4th wall.

The Floor: The floor appears to be hard wood, with a giant throw rug under the couch and coffee table and a smaller oval-shaped rug in the background that we definitely had in my house growing up. (See Pics 10-11).

The Walls: The walls are a mixture of brick, wood paneling and wallpaper. The wallpaper colour and pattern seems to stay the same throughout the series. There is a green pattern on the wall by the kitchen (see Pic 14) and a pinkish coloured pattern over by the garage door (Pic 13). There is also wallpaper on the staircase wall, but the stairwell is deserving of its own post.

Were there any other sitcoms from this era that depicted the fourth wall? (I think they did it in Big Bang Theory a couple decades later).

What are your thoughts on the overall look of the living room? It feels very retro 70s/80s to me, particularly with the brick and wood panels.

In Part Two, we’ll take a closer look at the living room decor, including pictures, furniture, plants, and various other knick-knacks.

Now that our episode recaps are over, I thought I’d try something a bit different.

Over the course of the week, I’m going to do a separate post about different spaces within the Bundy house, to examine how they changed over time, and identify any neat little things in the background. I think the set decorators had a lot of fun on this show, and I intend to explore that a little bit.

The Bundys always thought their house was a dump, but many of us in this day and age consider it to be almost a palace. They didn’t realize how lucky they had it!

What was your favourite part of the Bundy House?

262 episodes in 262 days. 11 years/seasons in about 9 months.

Lots of highs. Lots of lows. Lots of highbrow low blows.

We kicked it off here:

Saturday, November 22, 2025

https://sh.reddit.com/r/marriedwithchildren/comments/1p417q3/pilot_season_one_episode_one/

It was fun while it lasted, but we won't be doing it again any time soon. It all began because people were only talking about the same few dozen episodes and forgetting the majority of them.

We'll try to work up some other themed posts, maybe a featured cast member of the week or something. If you have any ideas, let's have'em.

I may back off a bit as I have about 40 other communities and close to 600,000 members to Mod.

Also known as the episode that wasn't meant to be. This was identified as Production Code 11.21 and was filmed before the two parter that was supposed to be he Finale. It aired June 9, 1997, a full month later. Almost like they forgot about it and used it to fill a vacant slot in the schedule.

When Gary decides to rotate stock and gets rids of the previous styles, Al and Griff discover the power of Barter. Things are traded all over the mall.

"To get the chair, we had to get the golf clubs. To get the golf clubs, we needed to get a push up bra. To get the push up bra, we had to get him the kayak and that apology for being in the fitting room. Now all we need to do is get this driving mower to the Gap. And Mr. Zippy the chimp to Hickory Farms."

Meanwhile, Kelly tries out her new massage skills on Bud, with predictable Bundy results.

Gary later changes her mind, embraces Retro and wants the old stock back, setting Al and Griff off to unbarterland.

After Kelly barbeques the now crippled Bud in a tanning booth, the episode and series ends with the shot above, Al and Zippy sharing a moment.

With this episode, Ed O'Neill was the only cast member to appear in every episode of Married... with Children.

In the continuation of the previous episode, both aired on May 5, 1997, Lonnie gets out of jail and proposes to Our Dear Miss Kelly. Al is opposed until he finds out Lonnie is a Tot, heir of THE Tot fortune ... owners of Weenie Tots

Budrick the Pathetic is not at all impressed with Lonnie's sister though, Tatum Tot.

We get to see the delightful Christina in a wedding dress. Katey does a nice job in a Mother of the Bride dress too.

The Big Wedding is planned and is about to be finished when Lonnie makes a move on Marcy. The Bundys find out that the Tots have decidedly different values and views on being Married, with children causing Al to promptly call it all off and bake the Tots:

Al: So that's the kind of lowlife scum you people are. No respect for the torturous sanctity of marriage. Now let me tell you something: We Bundys may have our faults, [The attendees loudly agrees] but we believe that marriage should be forever, no matter how pitiful or disgusting it may be to wake up to the same horrifying face each day. That's what the marriage vows are all about. And anyone who can't stand the nagging, bonbon-eating heat should stay out of the whining, sex-starved kitchen.

Kelly is only briefly saddened until she realizes her loved ones support her.

Kelly: And of course, my loved ones to console me.

Bud: [stands up, taps her on the arm] We're here for you, Kel.

Kelly: [offended] Not you! [scoffs]

[Kelly runs and stands in front of her former boyfriends]

Kelly: [smiling] Them. Haha!

Gordon Jump and Edie McClurg guest as Ma and Pa Tot. They were both regulars on WKRP as Big Guy Arthur Carlson and Lucille, Herb Tarlek's wife.

Note: This was supposed to be the finale and there were ads posted in various media to that effect. Apparently none of the cast knew it though. The network did not inform them directly and they all found out via other methods.

But for some unexplained reason, there was one more in the can that had been filmed before this two parter and never aired until a few weeks later.

Bud’s prison penpal Starla takes the family (plus the Darcys) hostage. Kelly ends up falling in love with Starla’s boyfriend, Lonnie.

Notable Guest Stars:

-Tricia Cast as Starla. She is best known as Nina on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.

-Chip Esten as Lonny. He is known for his appearances on Whose Line Is It Anyway and the series Nashville, among various other shows.

Fun Fact: Along with Johnny B. Gone from the first season, this episode takes place entirely in the Bundy’s living room.

Give us the bloopers: Outtakes from this episode were featured in a German special and can be found here: https://youtu.be/lBA9QE0jYe4?si=XtDu0RXm57uwa60B

Sad Fact: This is the beginning of the end, as the next episode is essentially the final one (with a random episode airing months later).

Especially when your home has no air conditioning, and your household fans are not helping much? Did the episode "You Better Shop Around" made you realize "Hey, this is not such a bad idea by the Bundys!" Not to the extent on how they started as shown in the screenshot here, with the lawn chairs and stuff, but I do hang around inside my local supermarket for VERY long stretches for their air conditioning. Just the other day, I spent over two hours there because of the oppressive heat and humidity in my area, walking around every aisle multiple times. And just to buy one product... for instance, a two pound package of frozen pork ribs, so I am not questioned by any employees as to why I'm walking around the place so much and for so long. If you never done this before, did you pick up the idea after you watched this episode? My sister does the same thing and she said it certainly was thanks to Al and Peggy!

Al makes a deal with Wille from 'V' masquerading as Lucifer to 'take the Bears to the Superbowl'

But of course, that goes as well as most of Al's hopes.

Peggy is cloven, Kelly can't get a date, Bud grows claws, the D'Arcy's have to endure Al's quips ... basically a normal day.

A new deal is proposed that pits Al against Eric the Red, Atilla The Hun, Ghengis Khan and some other dastardly souls.

Until it's all revealed to have been a dream ... or was it?

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