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                MARRIED... WITH CHILDREN
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 TITLE:  BUCK CAN DO IT
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 PRODUCTION #:  0201
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 EPISODE NUMBER ORDER: 017
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 ORIGINAL AIR DATE:  OCTOBER 11, 1987
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 DIRECTED BY: LINDA DAY
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 WRITTEN BY: MICHAEL G. MOYE & RON LEAVITT
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 SUMMARY OF EPISODE:

 Al is loath to have Buck the dog neutered, despite the 
 threat of a lawsuit from neighbors angered by Buck's 
 "carnal trespassing", and the resulting "stupid, ugly 
 puppies".

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 CAST:

 ED O'NEILL..............AL BUNDY
 KATEY SAGAL.............PEGGY BUNDY
 DAVID GARRISON..........STEVE RHOADES
 AMANDA BEARSE...........MARCY RHOADES
 DAVID FAUSTINO..........BUD BUNDY
 MIKE THE DOG............BUCK

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 GUEST CAST:

 DEREK MCGRATH...........BUCK (IN DREAM)
 DICK DUROCK.............CHAINSAW
 MITCHELL GREENBERG......MR. PITTMAN

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 SHOULD I KNOW ANY OF THESE PEOPLE?

 DEREK MCGRATH may be a familar to you. He's been in a lot 
 of TV shows (like "Dallas") and also popped up on "Cheers" 
 a few times playing Andy Andy (who wanted to kill Diane)

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 REFERENCES
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 PEOPLE:

 ALLEN, PETER
  - In Al's dream, a neutered Buck would like to see a 
    Peter Allen concert

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 PLACES:

 KANKAKEE
 OLYMPUS

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 MOVIES/TV SHOWS/NETWORKS:

 FOX (nework)
  - An announcer on the TV says "Please, please watch the 
    Late Show on FOX." (first network joke)

 LATE SHOW, THE
  - Show on FOX from the late 80s, hosted by Joan Rivers 
    or Arsenio Hall (see joke above)

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 FOOD/DRINK/MEDICINE:

 ASPIRIN
 RIBS

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 GENERAL:

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 OTHER:
 
 BEARS TEAM

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 SELF:
 
 None in this episode

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 EPISODE STUFF
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 FACTS:

 Kelly does not appear in this episode.

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 GOOFS:

 Steve is trying very hard not to laugh after his "Mr Mike" 
 line.

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 IN-JOKES:

 FOX is MWC's network (see REFERENCES)

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 MUSIC:

 "WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN" by Percy Sledge

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 RUNNING GAGS AND REFERENCES:
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 TRIVIA:
 
 Derek McGrath, who plays Buck in Al's dream, was in 
 "Mary" with Katey Sagal in 1985.

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 TRANSCRIPT:

 Not yet available

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 PICTURES:

 MWC Capture Gallery

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 REVIEWS:

 By Grail

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 MISCELLANEOUS:
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 BUNDY STUFF
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 BELIEFS:

 BIRTH CONTROL
   - Al believes that birth control is always the woman's 
     responsibility because "they have the babies."

 MEN
  - Al: "Guys were put on this Earth to roam, to rule, to 
    conquer. Then we got married and it was all over for us"

 NEUTERING THE DOG 
  - Al refuses to get Buck neutured - "That's the way God 
    made him, that's the way he stays."
  - Al believes that getting a male dog neutured will turn 
    him into "a thing... like a girl"

 WOMEN
  - Al: "There's a woman for you. All day long it's 'hack
   'em off, hack 'em off, hack 'em off'... when the sun 
    goes down it's 'here boy, here boy, here boy'"

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 CHARACTERS:

 AL
  - Likes his ribs soaked in grease
  - Lives his life through Buck, because he "has the life"
  - Bought a male dog because he wanted a male dog

 BUCK
  - "Tips over when he lifts his leg" (Al)
  - His puppies are "very cute, but they seem awfully 
    stupid" (Marcy)
  - Is "not capable of thought, much less repoduction" (Al)
  - Had to have his head pulled out of his water dish to 
    keep him from drowing when he was two.
  - Has as much chance of finding his way out of the house
    as Peg does (Al)
  - Eventually found his way out (through the broken fence) 
    and knocked up every dog in the neighbourhood

 BUD
  - Buck belongs to him
  - If Al and Peg are an inspiration to the kids, "Bud 
    will get a job that will slowly kill him" (Al)

 KELLY
  - If Al and Peg are an inspiration to the kids, "Kelly 
    will grow up to believe that two incomes is a house 
    with two husbands" (Al)

 MARCY
  - Belongs to an Animal Rights group
  - Says that she and Steve will have two children - one 
    girl and one boy, and then stop, i.e. Steve will have 
    a vasectomy

 PEGGY
  - Sex changes her mind
  - Her mother weighs 200lbs and broke the Bundys' fence
  - Yells instructions to Al when having sex
  - She and Al "bring down the average of a nursery home"

 STEVE
  - Refuses to have a vasectomy
  - Other than bathing, Buck is everything Steve has ever 
    wanted to be
 
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 NICKNAMES:

 DR. HACK 'EM OFF
  - Al to Steve

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 NEIGHBOURS:
 
 MR. PITTMAN
  - Buck impregnated his dog, a champion poodle
  - His son might be gay -- Pitman: "Keep your daughter 
    away from my son." Al: "She was probably just lending 
    him a dress."

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