The Complete Married... With Children Book

<p><em>Married . . . with Children</em> premiered on Fox TV in 1987 and updated the Don Ameche and Frances Langford radio comedy series <em>The Bickersons</em> and Jackie Gleason's TV classic <em>The Honeymooners</em> with a raunchy cutting-edge slant that focused on a lovable yet laughable family headed by endearingly flawed Al (Ed O'Neill) his housework-hating wife sexy daughter and randy son. For 11 seasons the brilliant team of talent put the funk in dysfunctional.</p><p>Rediscover the exhilarating humor and intellectual excitement in Denise Noe’s first book. She delves behind-the-scenes with Michael Moye Ron Leavitt Ed O’Neill Katey Sagal Christina Applegate David Faustino David Garrison Amanda Bearse E. E. Bell and Ritch Shydner.</p><p>You’ll be fascinated by the story of how two rogue writers created a deliberately off-the-wall program; how it almost got derailed before production began; how a controversy could have plucked the series off the air but ended up injecting a much needed shot in the arm; how a reality-based show occasionally—and courageously—ventured into comedy with a fantasy horror and/or science fiction spin.</p>