wouldn't be awesome if...... they would get back together?

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Al Bumby....?!?!?
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Re: wouldn't be awesome if...... they would get back togethe

Post by Al Bumby....?!?!? » Tue Sep 16, 2014 3:48 pm

976-Shoe wrote:what was the problem?
Ed and david weren't invited to Amanda's wedding (same sex) because she knew they would be laughing through the whole thing...something about them looking like like little penguins in penguin suits, referring to tuxedos for the bride and bride. Plus something about Ed admitting that he used to threaten amanda by telling her that his chair had a "get rid of amanda button" whereas she couldn't do the same to Ed. You could tell just by watching her character that she herself was pretty stuck up. I'm sure she has very opposite political views as compared to her male castmates. I think the interview was by mr. Pollack? Forget his first name. Looooong interview. Find it on you tube.

Sal

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Re: wouldn't be awesome if...... they would get back togethe

Post by ButterWanker » Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:49 pm

Here is the interview where Ed talks about it. He starts talking about it around the 9:20ish mark re: Christina and then he goes into Amanda.

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Post by Dr. Shoe » Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:56 am

AlFan wrote:
Dr. Shoe wrote:
Dr. Shoe wrote:I still think we should draft David Faustino for a new series called "Bud's World." Maybe featuring some of the NO MA'AM gang and Ted McGinley or something. Then some of the rest of the cast can make guest appearances. The big stumbling block I see is that nobody will want to watch it. :D But if some crumby network (like FOX used to be) is desperate to launch something, it could sell.
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Re: wouldn't be awesome if...... they would get back togethe

Post by marriedaniac » Wed Sep 17, 2014 12:29 pm

Al Bumby....?!?!? wrote:
976-Shoe wrote:what was the problem?
Ed and david weren't invited to Amanda's wedding (same sex) because she knew they would be laughing through the whole thing...something about them looking like like little penguins in penguin suits, referring to tuxedos for the bride and bride. Plus something about Ed admitting that he used to threaten amanda by telling her that his chair had a "get rid of amanda button" whereas she couldn't do the same to Ed. You could tell just by watching her character that she herself was pretty stuck up. I'm sure she has very opposite political views as compared to her male castmates. I think the interview was by mr. Pollack? Forget his first name. Looooong interview. Find it on you tube.

Sal
Sal - this one?


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Post by AlFan » Wed Sep 17, 2014 2:20 pm

You must have a crystal ball...[/quote]

Just call me Madam Zelda, my little fortune cookies...[/quote]


ha,ha you made my day LOL
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Re: wouldn't be awesome if...... they would get back togethe

Post by chicago » Fri Oct 03, 2014 4:34 pm

Al Bumby....?!?!? wrote:
976-Shoe wrote:what was the problem?
Ed and david weren't invited to Amanda's wedding (same sex) because she knew they would be laughing through the whole thing...something about them looking like like little penguins in penguin suits, referring to tuxedos for the bride and bride. Plus something about Ed admitting that he used to threaten amanda by telling her that his chair had a "get rid of amanda button" whereas she couldn't do the same to Ed. You could tell just by watching her character that she herself was pretty stuck up. I'm sure she has very opposite political views as compared to her male castmates. I think the interview was by mr. Pollack? Forget his first name. Looooong interview. Find it on you tube.

Sal
I'm going to have to jump in here. What Ed said was completely homophobic, not to mention juvenile and flat out embarrassing. This wasn't the first time he got trashed for a quote he gave to the media over the last couple of years. Ever since he got his "Modern Family" gig, he seems full of himself. He went off on Jane Lynch for winning an Emmy over his tv wife. It was completely inappropriate and he sounded unhinged.

"You could tell just by watching her character that she herself was pretty stuck up."

Amanda was playing a character, a character she didn't write nor create. She was totally invested in MWC, acting and directing it. I'm not sure what political views have to do with anything.

I don't see how anything you recall makes Ed sound like a great guy.

I love Ed's portrayal of Al Bundy. I grew up with MWC. That being said, the character and the actor are two different people. I grew up with MWC, and collect MWC memorabilia. I should also mention that Amanda's portrayal of Marcy Rhodes/D'arcy was amazing.

I'm totally for a spin-off series. I'm sure the cast would put in appearances. I remember each actor except Katey saying that they would be totally up for a reunion episode. We should all come up with what the characters would be doing today. Al would still be working at the shoe store as he can't retire; Peggy's addicted to online shopping... I can't come up with a premise for Kelly. Maybe she would be the head of a modeling agency, handling a whole bunch of blonde airheads.

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Post by ARMAN » Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:17 pm

Amanda, relax :mrgreen:

I dont see that 3 peice interview, gotta watch it right away. I didnt know they had problems. Amanda should take it less seriously and grow a pair, men are men and Ed is a typical dude that gonna find things like that funny. I would find two chinks in tux hilarious too.

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Post by marriedaniac » Sun Oct 05, 2014 10:08 am

Great comments, chicago.
What Ed said got a little bit of attention in the (written) press but nothing much else was said about it. I would love love love to hear Amanda's take on things/her side of the story, because it's a bit perplexing that this is the first we've heard of any hint of animosity within the cast.

The whole interview is very interesting to watch, so get on it, Arman! :D
chicago wrote:OT: I was a longtime member of the boards, but I lost my username. I'm not new. ;)
Hmm, you got me wondering who you are! :)
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Post by marriedaniac » Sun Oct 05, 2014 10:11 am

Getting back on topic somewhat, here's some discussion about possible reunion ideas from the old alt.tv.mwc newsgroup (remember newsgroups?)

http://alt.tv.mwc.narkive.com/GEGhDubL/ ... l-question

My viagra idea still stands. (pun not necessarily intended!)

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Post by marriedaniac » Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:06 am

Steven Ritt is on Facebook. So is Gerry Cohen. Probably a lot of other crew is too.
I just saw this and freaked slightly:
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Post by Dr. Shoe » Sun Oct 12, 2014 2:50 am

They all really miss Buck, no mention of Lucky.

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Post by AlFan » Sun Oct 12, 2014 9:16 pm

David also misses buck not much Lucky, see from 12:59, nice anecdotes from Buck...

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Post by Dr. Shoe » Mon Oct 13, 2014 12:26 am

I didn't know about the two tapings. That's probably how that water glass goof happened. Wouldn't it be cool to see both sets of tapes!

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Post by esthermoffit » Sat Oct 01, 2016 6:24 am

i watched the interview with ed o'neill and ad much as i love, respect and appreciate him as a comedic actor i do agree that his comments seem pretty biased and rude. honestly i get it though, not that i'm condoning it. oddly enough i watched a documentary about hp lovecraft recently that really shed light on people from earlier generations. lovecraft was very racist and had a lot of opinions that most would deem unpopuular, if not rude in the modern world. many respect him as a writer and it doesn't make it right for him to say the things he said or belivee the things he did but you really have to consider that different generations see things in different ways. homosexuality definitely existed in the past but it was not the norm for many cultures. i guess it's like saying you're the product of your environment. my grandfather was a bartender throughout most of his life. they made fun of everyone and every race and sexual orientation was free game. maybe the understanding wasn't there because honestly it seemed incredibly weird to many people, but it's not to say that there wasn't a respect. ed and amanda worked together for years and on a professional level they respected one another enough to work together and get the job done. they play off each other in many scenes, not out of bias, but to make comedy. al was as much the target of ridicule as marcy was. marcy played the straight person, well established and successful in her career and moving forward. al was a dinosaur of the past. many guys identified with that but the real comedy pointed out that his character's ideas on the world were outdated. i think many folks view the no ma'am episodes as a knock against women. to many extents that is true but the joke was that the world is changing and has changed and the ideas of the past were on their way to extinction.

since the beginning of the series, mwc has never been about positive support of modern ideas. the bundys only gained success by being the opposite of that. the working title for the series title was "not the cosbys". they wanted to be the antithesis of the wholesome, righteous family and anyone who ever assumed the series would bend to political correctness was obviously watching the wrong show. what i personally loved was that the bundys were dysfunctional and self aware. perfection was never within their scope. that's what made this show so great and i would never trade that in for anything. the cast's personal views are a different matter. much like you might not agree with the politics of your plumber, accountant or garbage man, so long as they do the job their tasked with that's really all you need them to be. they can have abrasive opinions that clash with your own but at the end of the day it's their performance in their profession that matters. they don't have to be someone who you want to share a beer with or invite to a party. hell, i don't like ted nugent's politics but i still enjoy listening to cat scratch fever. i guess what i'm saying is that you're not required to love the actor just to love the characters they play. ed comes from a different time when the world was simpler and weird was weird. many of us grew up in a different world where different was more tolerated, accepted and understood. we each have our respective status quos and it's not realistic to assume that the generations of the past should be made to adhere to the politics of the contemporary. if some people can do that, great! good for them for evolving. it's not a requirement though. i think it's very presumptuous to assume that you can make your parents and grandparents adhere to your world views on tolerance. some can but most won't. we each make sense of this world around us as we choose and there really is no one universal correct opinion.

mwc may not have taught ideal family values but i cherish it for being more real to me than any other show on television at the time. my family was thick with sarcasm and finger pointing. we took jabs at each other often and while i know that's not ideal it is the reality i grew up with. the bundys were the first family on tv that i identified with and what's more they made me laugh at times when little else could. this was a sitcom and as ed said in the interview, it's not meant to be used as a template for advice or life choices. it's jokes! laugh at them! don't take any of it seriously because these are fictional characters and they have never aspired or attempted to be anything more. scrutiny on any joke will only ever serve to destroy the humor and i prefer not to do that with this show or it's cast. they can differ in politics and i love that they do. it's that conflict of opinion that allows each actor to bring a unique perspective to the character they play. each has their time to be heard and the mwc cast were consummate professionals that never stepped on another's line nor tried to outstage each other. whether they were friends off screen, who really cares? why should it even matter?

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