I never understood why Al acts like having sex with his hot wife is a chore. Boomers sure are different.
As a millennial who is now the same age as Al, I get it a lot more. When you are 40, come home from a job you hate that doesn’t pay enough, and are physically and mentally exhausted, yeah, sex isn’t as appealing, even if married to Katey Sagal. You just want to plop down on the couch, turn off your brain, and be left alone. Peggy being horny is just a reminder that his wife refuses to work (neither outside nor inside the home) and has more energy.
But also remember they originally offered the role to Rosanne Barr, which would have been even more understandable.
Al Bundy spends all day working on his hands and knees for women only to come home to more demands from a woman he’s not emotionally attracted to.
It’s supposed to be ironic that he can’t derive joy from the one bright spot in his life, a sexy wife who’s DTF.
DTF?
Dancing the Fandango
Drugs, Tobacco, Firearms
Not everyone has, or keeps their desire for sexual activity
No matter how hot an individual may be, somebody, somewhere, is tired of fucking them.
This episode aired 23 years ago.
We’ve moved into boomer territory when we joke that kids today don’t get a joke older than the actual kids today
As usual, “Who the fuck is GenX?!”
The people who wrote the culture war Boomer vs Millennial articles and are all the rising stars of MAGA.
And the reference is a show that ran until 1997. So a small slice of the audience was too young at the time.
Oh fuck me. For a moment I started to think “no. Married with Children was already over 23 years ago” then I quickly realized that holy shit, Futurama is already over 23 years old.
I’m to scared to verify this…
And when did the MWC episode air?
Multiple generations.
I guess it depends on how restrictive your parents were with TV access, Millennials born between 1990 and 1995 could have easily seen Married with Children and then Futurama and understood the reference from a young age, but Gen Z wouldn’t be very likely to see Married with Children at all, and I dispute the existence of a Gen Alpha yet because there is no way Gen Z are old enough to have kids with opinions in any sizeable demographic so therefor it isn’t a generational gap.
I am refiering to generation alpha. (2010 on since there is not really an agreed on date.)
To be Gen Alpha you must be the child of Gen Z who had to be the child of Millennials.
So if you agree that a millennial was born in 1980 and had kids at 18 who then had a kid at 18 then a Gen Alpha would be like 6 or 7 years old maximum.
To be Gen Alpha you must be the child of Gen Z who had to be the child of Millennials.
This is not true. I’m a millennial (1989) but my parents are boomers (1950s), not Gen X, as are the vast majority of my friends. Not everyone has kids in their early 20s, infact the average age to have your first kid in the UK is 29.
Listen if there is no generational gap between you and boomers, then you’re just a Gen X, mate. One generation to the next, no skipping.
Literally not how it works at all. Generations are defined on the year you were born, not who you were born to.
Mick Jagger was born in 1943, making him part of the Silent Generation. When his wife had their latest kid, in 2016, Jagger was 73. That child is not a baby boomer.
You can read more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation#List_of_named_generations
Do you know what the word Generation means? Literally in no other context is it defined that way, but you’re using Wikipedia as a source so clearly I don’t expect you to have any learning capacity at this point. Maybe you really are Gen Alpha at your mommy’s tablet.
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it’s on hulu, and in higher quality than this torrent
But is it free tho?
i would think “the best tv show ever” is worth at least a little more than nothing
Agreed. I want a better torrent.
You can’t buy it where I live. I usually respect copyright, except when I’m prevented to buy something which is the case right now.
that’s totally fair in my book
Just because you didn’t pay for it doesn’t mean it was free.
Where can I buy all those things outside of the US?
What things? A VPN and a Hulu subscription?
Your comment made me sad.
Fuck Hulu, there are plenty of torrents with actual HD. Join a private tracker for actual quality in general
Hulu is American, I’m not.
I don’t remember which service but at one point it was streaming without “Love and Marriage” playing over the intro credits. I’m too lazy to dig into why, but seeing Hulu having that back made me smile. Overall not a really big deal but watching that show with the wrong intro music really bothered me for some reason.
Wooooooooooooh
toilet flushes
Exactly the scene I was thinking of :)
I’m 35 and got the joke
I’m 25 and did not
Incase you still don’t, it’s referencing a late 80s to mid 90s sitcom Married with Children. It’s surprisingly good. Katey Segal who voices Leela played one of the main characters, Peggy.
i recognized all the characters, but my TIL was that they were preformed by the same actress 🤯
Well I didn’t get it at first but I certainly watched married with children. Mainly because there wasn’t anything else to watch at the time on TV.
That was one of Futurama’s weaker episodes even if you understand the actor allusion. If you don’t get the reference, a lot of screentime is spent on a couple of the characters behaving in slightly strange ways for no apparent reason.
Married With Childrens last episode aired in 1997 so it was in recent memory, and I’m sure you could watch a rerun of MWC same day this episode aired (March 19, 2000).
…if you cared to, which at least some of the audience likely did not. I’m sure the demographics of a live action present day dysfunctional family sitcom and a sci-fi cartoon don’t perfectly overlap.
Then 23 years went by.
It’s one of my favorites (when I saw it two decades ago) but I guess I get the references. I just thought Fry pretending not to know what a video game was and the internet being full of ads and sex still relevant? Bender also stealing everything was a delight.
Basically explains all communication.
He’s missing his hand down his pants but otherwise perfect
In a toga, that changes the audience age rating.
There’s a joke?
The voice actor for Leela (Katey Sagal) played Peggy Bundy in the tv show Married… with children, which was hugely popular in the 90s. The above picture was a very common scene from the tv show. Peggy with huge hair, sitting on the couch with her husband watching tv and eating junk food. So, it’s a fun reference to her previous work.
In my headcannon Peggy left Al behind and joined up with a biker and his gang, creating a whole new life for her. Al meanwhile took the kids, left chicago for california and used his knowledge about sales to create a solid closet company. Out of that lead infested house, Kelly got her act together and met Phil - while Bud Was finally done with overcompensating.
Unfortunately that new life was full of hardship and abuse, if Sons of Anarchy is her sequel.
Peggy then eventually married Josh Lyman, who became a pilot after leaving President Santos. They had a son who became the greatest detective that the NYPD has ever known!
I love it.
So, it’s a fun reference to her previous work.
So then not a joke, but a reference. I understood the reference but failed to see the joke. Maybe I am just overly pedantic.
No worries! I always thought of a “joke” as something that was intended to make me laugh. When I first saw this, I laughed as I didn’t expect a reference to her old show. So I personally consider it reasonable to call it a joke. Either way, this all has made me want to go back and watch an episode or two of Married with children. Cheers!
Yep. You’re the type of motherfucker nobody enjoys having a conversation with.
Katey Sagal speaks both Charakters and play one real and in this episode…
I don’t see any in the image. Do I need the audio or knowledge of the Futurama universe to get it?
I’m glad you asked. Mind if I ask you how old are you, and where are you from?
I didn’t get it, and I’m 29 from Canada
Same and I got it
I didn’t know they were the same actor originally but with reruns it’s not like they weren’t on at the same time
It does also require a knowledge of the acting credits of Leela’s voice actress, though.
I’ve been drawn to Futurama because of Katey Sagal. I’m a huge fan of MWC. Watched both of them dozens of times.
Old McBundy had a farm EIEIO…
Hey Al…
Well, I now need rule34 of Leela as Peggy, specifically those clothes with the top pulled down.
bonk
Show us your true form!
