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.
It’s also a nod to sooooo many married couples who got together for all the wrong reasons
Al nailed Peg because she was hot, not because he actually liked her. Peg got knocked up
Suddenly, Al, who was a star at the time and had many gals, is stuck with one annoying chick he only liked when he was drunk at a party.
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
The people who wrote the culture war Boomer vs Millennial articles and are all the rising stars of MAGA.
I assumed it was a shot for shot parody of an episode. Guess it could just as easily be of all of them.
Reddit once voted the end of an ep of Archer as the greatest moment in TV history or some such.
The moment in question was a shot-for-shot homage to an episode of Magnum PI. No one seemed to acknowledge this.
Was it the end of the LA arc when he gets shot in the pool? Or wasi t from the Vice season?
Earlier than that.
It does also require a knowledge of the acting credits of Leela’s voice actress, though.
I actually had forgotten that Leela is Katey Segal. I thought it was funny without that extra context.
Unfortunately I’m exceptionally good at matching voices. I knew it was Peg Bundy before I finished episode 1, and then I went online to verify that.
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).
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.
