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[–] 36 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Don't they switch with each other later in the scene/episode?

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  • [–] 26 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    I can't help but remember the old image of a millennial going "Al has a stable job, a hot wife that always wants sex, and a large home. I'd love to have his life" or something to that effect.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Bro had a two story house in the suburbs raising two kids on a shoe salesman job. Who wouldn't want that?

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  • [–] 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    I mean, he also had a car that he had to push both to and from work (since it would be too far to walk) and frequently ate Tang sandwiches. Probably not the best life.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (6 children)

    I actually think the idea of Married with Children could be a fun show. I tried watching an episode and shut it off about 3 minutes in after I heard the laugh track. It’s probably got some funny moments, but I wouldn’t know.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    It's very much a product of its time. There are still a ton of good jokes in there, but there are at least a few jokes per episode very clearly punching down and mean-spirited in a way that's very uncomfortable, or just plain tone-deaf to modern sensibilities. If you can let those roll off you as being a product of 30 years ago, you can still enjoy it.

    Incidentally, it's not just Married With Children... there's tons of problematic stuff from this era. Family Matters was a very progressive family sitcom for the time, but it still eventually turns into Jaleel White doing an offensive generic Asian accent pretending to be Bruce Lee.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    I wonder if there were blacks in the Russian remake.

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