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** He tried to find better jobs, but since he's TheChewToy and StatusQuoIsGod he always failed. A few jokes in episodes like "Married...With Prom Queen" referred to him trying (and failing) to pass the exam to become a garbageman. The episode "Tis Time To Smell The Roses" made this its entire plot, as Al had the chance to own his own sporting goods store. Naturally, [[TheMillstone Peg]] ruined it for him.
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** He tried to find better jobs, but since he's TheChewToy and StatusQuoIsGod he always failed. A few jokes in episodes like "Married...With Prom Queen" referred to him trying (and failing) to pass the exam to become a garbageman. He actually got other jobs, like as a topless bartender in "Al On The Rocks" or a school security guard in "All Night Security Dude", but he got fired. When Jefferson offered to get Al a job as a busboy at his country club, he [[HonorBeforeReason stupidly refused out of pride.]] The episode "Tis Time To Smell The Roses" made this its entire plot, as Al had the chance to own his own sporting goods store. Naturally, [[TheMillstone Peg]] ruined it for him.
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** Officer Dan makes an offhand remark that apparently people think Al's house is an abandoned property.
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** He tried to find better jobs, but since he's TheChewToy and StatusQuoIsGod he always failed. A few jokes in episodes like "Married...With Prom Queen" referred to him trying (and failing) to pass the exam to become a garbageman. The episode "Tis Time To Smell The Roses" made this its entire plot, as Al had the chance to own his own sporting goods store. Naturally, [[TheMillstone Peg]] ruined it for him.
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** It's ''Wanker'' County. Meaning ''everyone'' in the county is related to Peg, including the Sheriff and the Justice of the Peace.
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* In a late season 2 parter, Peggy and Al split up for a week or so with Al moving completely out the house and Peggy got a new wealthy boyfriend. Did Peggy ever sleep with that guy? Considering how sex starved Peggy is, I can't imagine that she wouldn't. We've seen Al with the chance to sleep with other women and turn them down, but the same can't be said of Peggy.
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* In a late season 2 parter, 11 two-parter, Peggy and Al split up for a week or so with Al moving completely out the house and Peggy got a new wealthy boyfriend. Did Peggy ever sleep with that guy? Considering how sex starved Peggy is, I can't imagine that she wouldn't. We've seen Al with the chance to sleep with other women and turn them down, but the same can't be said of Peggy.
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** I just can't see sex-starved Peggy refusing or turning down sex with her new, handsome, wealthy boyfriend.
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** Aside from the Bundy's being literally cursed, Al is also just too beaten down by life to even conceive of that being possible. Al Bundy is suffering major Depression, and is just coasting on his life. It is tragic, really.
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* Why didn't Al at least attempt to find a better job? True, he lacked the skills to do anything besides retail, but with some effort he could have likely found a better store to work in. Perhaps something more suited to him, like a sporting goods store?
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* Why didn't Al at least attempt to find a better job? True, he lacked the skills to do anything besides retail, but with some effort he could have likely found a better store to work in. Perhaps something more suited to him, like a sporting goods store?
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** Al was the first ever sub-prime mortgage customer.
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* Fun fact: If you look up the modern home values in the Chicago suburb where the Bundys are said to live, those houses are ''easily'' worth a half a million dollars in 2022, even assuming being neighbors with - y'know - would drag property values down. It's a 3-bedroom, (presumably) 1.5-bath home with a garage. I like to think eventually Al got on Zillow, and when he recovered from his heart attack he and Peg sold the house, didn't tell the kids, and rode off into the sunset together singing "I got you babe." ...Then maybe the house exploded due to a gas leak and took the D'arcys with it, possibly when Marcy lit a celebratory cigar.
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* Fun fact: If you look up the modern home values in the Chicago suburb (Deerfield, Il) where the Bundys are said to live, those houses are ''easily'' worth a half a million dollars in 2022, even assuming being neighbors with - y'know - would drag property values down. It's a 3-bedroom, (presumably) 1.5-bath home with a garage. I like to think eventually Al got on Zillow, and when he recovered from his heart attack he and Peg sold the house, didn't tell the kids, and rode off into the sunset together singing "I got you babe." ...Then maybe the house exploded due to a gas leak and took the D'arcys with it, possibly when Marcy lit a celebratory cigar.
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* Fun fact: If you look up the modern home values in the Chicago suburb where the Bundys are said to live, those houses are ''easily'' worth a half a million dollars in 2022, even assuming being neighbors with - y'know - would drag property values down. It's a 3-bedroom, (presumably) 1.5-bath home with a garage. I like to think eventually Al got on Zillow, and when he recovered from his heart attack he and Peg sold the house, didn't tell the kids, and rode off into the sunset together singing "I got you babe." ...Then maybe the house exploded due to a gas leak and took the D'arcys with it, possibly when Marcy lit a celebratory cigar.
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*** In one episode when they're out dancing, an absolutely ''smoking'' blond asks her husband why he doesn't find her attractive anymore. His response? "Because, I see you every day." He then gestures to ''Peg''. "Now, that redhead over there...!"
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*** In one episode when they're out dancing, an absolutely ''smoking'' blond asks her husband why Also, he doesn't find her knows how attractive anymore. His response? "Because, I see you every day." He then gestures to ''Peg''. "Now, Peg is, it's just sometimes he forgets. In the brief period where they split up and he rents an apartment, he discusses her with a visitor - "Redhead, real pistol, can't keep her hands off me-" And in that redhead over there...!"exact moment he realizes the gravity of his mistake.
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*** In one episode when they're out dancing, an absolutely ''smoking'' blond asks her husband why he doesn't find her attractive anymore. His response? "Because, I see you every day." He then gestures to ''Peg''. "Now, that redhead over there...!"
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** Lots and lots and ''lots'' of credit card debt. It's a real problem for many Americans, so it's only natural that Peggy would take it UpToEleven. The episode "976-SHOE" opens with Officer Dan confiscating Peggy's credit card, while a later-season episode features Al trying to hold a "Bundy Financial Crisis Summit Meeting" with the "Bundy Big Box O' Bills". This is why Al threatens to put Bud and Kelly "in the will" as punishment, since they'll inherit all the debts he's built up.
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** Lots and lots and ''lots'' of credit card debt. It's a real problem for many Americans, so it's only natural that Peggy would take it UpToEleven.up to eleven. The episode "976-SHOE" opens with Officer Dan confiscating Peggy's credit card, while a later-season episode features Al trying to hold a "Bundy Financial Crisis Summit Meeting" with the "Bundy Big Box O' Bills". This is why Al threatens to put Bud and Kelly "in the will" as punishment, since they'll inherit all the debts he's built up.
