Season 9, Episode 26: The Undergraduate
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Synopsis: Kelly's 12 year-old secret admirer bribes her into escorting him to his junior prom.


5/10: Very average episode, with the best laughs coming from Bud being grateful to God for the trick he's played on Kelly, some various lines from Kelly, and also Al being happy because a rich guy wants to marry Kelly.

Dialogue:
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Kelly: What's the big deal? Lots of attractive starlets go out with younger guys. To name a few: Cher... Madonna... Liberace.
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Robby Bennett: The Bennett family motto is "we see it, we want it, we get it."
Kelly: Well the Bundy family motto is "it sees us, insults us, we kick its ass."
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Peggy: Al, how come you never send me roses?
Al: I don't like you, Peg.

Season 10, Episode 1: Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner



Synopsis: Bud finally decides to move out of the house and converts the basement into his love palace. But his old bedroom doesn't stay vacant for long when Peggy's parents split up, sending her gargantuan mother fleeing to Chicago to take up residence with the Bundys, much to Al's horror. Seeing the only possible solution, a miserable Al ventures to Wanker County with the hope of convincing Peg's father Ephraim to make up with his wife.



6/10: Pretty good season opener, with tons of jokes about Bud's lonely sex life. Plus Al's reaction whenever the mother-in-law is involved is priceless.

Dialogue:
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Marcy: I do remember my first apartment. My roommate and I were both single, both bursting with ripe, flowering womanhood. The sexual revolution was in full swing and we were a-happening.
Peg: Wow. I'll bet you were having sex all the time.
Marcy: No, that cheap slut of a roommate stole all my boyfriends. I've never forgiven Mom for that.
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Jefferson: Well, let me tell you a little bit about my own swinging bachelor pad: mirror ball on the ceiling, water bed on the floor, fake medical degrees on the wall. Oh God, I have fun at that place.
Marcy: Have? Jefferson, you don't still own that place, do you?
Jefferson: Um... No. And it's not where I go Thursdays when I say I'm playing racquetball.
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Peg: My parents had a terrible fight and now Mom left and Dad can't find her.
Al: Did he look behind the Rockies?
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Peg: Al, you failed me. You failed to bring Dad back here so he could take her back. You know what this means?
Al: Oh no, not sex Peg! Please, I just need a little more time until I find him.
Peg: No, not that. I want you to help me give Mom a sitz bath.
[Al's eyes widen with horror]
Al [whimpering]: Can't we just have sex instead?

Season 10, Episode 2: A Shoe Room with a View



Synopsis: Al convinces his boss Gary to open an aerobics studio next to the shoe store thinking it will attract beautiful women to the mall. However, his grand plan backfires upon discovering the studio caters to those who are "metabollicaly challenged". To solve the problem, Al, with the help of Kelly, persuades Gary to hire Latino hunk Ramon to teach classes in an effort to attract a more desirable clientele.


6/10: Another solid episode from the team, and season 10 is shaping up nicely. I particularly liked some solid gags about Oprah, and fat women


Dialogue:
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Matilda: I swear, my foot was a size six before I went to practice... all that jumping must have expanded my foot.
Al: Then I guess you must have fallen on your ass a couple of times...
Matilda: How dare you say that to my face!
Al: Well, I'd say it behind your back, but my car's only got half a tank of gas!
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Bud: Mom, I've had a lousy day, I could really use some Motherly advice.
Peg: Shut up Bud! Oprah's doing a show about Mothers who don't pay attention to their sons.
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Al: All this, Peg, and you haven't mastered the sandwich. You know, "bread, meat, bread".
Peg: Says the guy that hasn't mastered "lift, pee, flush".

Season 10, Episode 3: Requiem for a Dead Briard



Synopsis: As the Bundys return from Buck's funeral, we cut to The animal after life where Buck is waiting for judgement. He believes that due to his pathetic life, his spirit will be reassigned. Meanwhile, the family tries to console Kelly by bringing her new pets and holding a seance to contact Buck. When a puppy shows up at the house, we realize (to Buck's dismay) that he has been reassigned to the Bundys in the form of the puppy, called Lucky.




6/10: Again, another decent episode for season 10, with some tasteless jokes from the boys about Buck's death, and a pretty good fake seance.

Dialogue:
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Thomas: Bundy? Bundy? Buck Bundy?
Buck: That's me. I'm Buck Bundy.
Thomas: I'm Thomas, your guide.
Buck: Where exactly am I?
Thomas: You're where animals go when they die.
Buck: I'm in Oprah's refrigerator?
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Lucky: [after Buck gets reincarnated] Those voices sound familiar. Let's see if I can focus these new puppy dog eyes.
[sees the Bundys]
Lucky: Noooooooo!

OK SWEET I DIDNT MISS IT!! totally. In.

Season 10, Episode 4: Reverend Al



Synopsis: Al and the NO MA'AM guys decide to form the "Church of NO MA'AM" in order to avoid paying beer tax. The movement gains momentum and Al becomes a televangelist preaching the NO MA'AM way of life. Marcy breaks into the studio during a taping and exposes Al as a fraud with photographs of him taking Peg to a nice dinner, the theater and a motel.




6.5/10: HAHAHA. Another solid one from this season. Season 10 is really shaping up to solid episodes, and it's an even bigger bonus that I've not seen most of them (unlike the first 9 seasons)...I have a feeling season 10 and 11 were never broadcast in the UK. Anyway, some great moments in this one, particularly Al doing a Swaggert and crying like a baby.

Dialogue:
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Bob Rooney: I'll get leopard skin seat covers to match my underwear.
Ike: I guess I won't be getting seat covers
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[members of NO MAAM complaining about terrible beer]
Al: If you want better beer, you need to get more beer money from your wives by having sex with them.
[members go quiet and start drinking]
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[When Al starts confessing he went out in public with his wife]
Bob Rooney: Please, reverend Al, tell us you were really with a hooker.
Ike: Or at least a guy dressed as a hooker.

Season 10, Episode 5: How Bleen Was My Kelly



Synopsis: Kelly is researching to play the part of a scientist and discovers a new color "bleen", (a cross between blood and green) when she mixes some chemicals together. She brings the mixture home and Al discovers that Bleen grows hair, but it also has a terrible side effect.




6/10: Not quite as good as the first 4, but not bad. It's funny the side effect is guys actually desiring their wives, which they hate, and decide they cannot release this brilliant hair restorer if the side-effect remains.


Dialogue:
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Bob Rooney: Guys, am I the only one in the Bleen group with the horrible urge to do the girlfriend thing with the wife?
Ike: The other day, I carried my wife across the threshold. I told her I loved her. I even had foreplay.
Griff: Hey, so what? Last night I pleasured my ex-wife... and payed her back alimony!
Jefferson: Yeah, well that's nothing. Last night while I was making love to Marcy, I was fantasizing about... Marcy.
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Al: You put something I don't have into something I don't understand.
Peg: You know, that reminds me of our sexlife.
Al: That's putting something I have in something I don't like.
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Al: Gentlemen, we are on the horns of a dilemma. By marketing Bleen, we will make millions. Well... I will. But we'll also be condemning mankind to a lifetime of lights-on, bags-off, wife-pleasing sex.
Jefferson: Then it's settled. We can't sell Bleen otherwise we'll be hated across the world as much as that guy who discovered the G-spot.

Keep em coming!! I am caught up and a little ahead (started with season 10)

Season 10, Episode 6: The Weaker Sex



Synopsis: Peggy and Marcy enroll in a self-defense class, much to the chagrin of Al, who thinks that a woman could never be as manly as a man. But when Peg wrestles a pickpocket while Al stands idly by, the local news hears about it and labels Al a weasly man; he then must devise a scheme to win back his self respect.


5.5/10: Reasonably entertaining, with a few good parts. The shoe race contrived by Al and Griff is pretty good ('Shoe Horses'), as are Jefferson's comments about Al's manliness.


Dialogue:
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Al: Jefferson, this can't continue! Everyone will think I'm a nerd!
Jefferson: Technically, Al; you're not smart enought to be a nerd. You're more a pantywaister or a limp-wristed sissy boy.
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Kelly: Daddy, if you want Mom to give up the self defense class, you need to take her out.
Al: Don't you think I would have tried that a long time ago if I thought I could get away with it?
Kelly: No, I mean on a date. Try something nice; romantic movies always work for me.
Bud: A Happy Meal and a 'Hello Kitty' pencil always works for you.

Season 10, Episode 7: Flight of the Bumblebee



Synopsis: In order to join the NO MA'AM group, Bud must go through an initiation process where he must crash a televised wrestling match in order to get a photograph with King Kong Bundy. Bud not only gains backstage access by dressing up in a bumblebee suit, he ends up in the ring facing the star wrestler as well.

6/10: Some funny stuff, especially seeing the gang of losers that make up No MAAM giving their version of 'This is a Mans World', and Bud getting pulverised.

Dialogue:
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Jefferson: Main event featuring 'King Kong' Bundy. Hey, Al, is he a relative of yours?
Al: No, but we're letting him use Peg's nickname.

Season 10, Episode 8: Blonde and Blonder



Synopsis: Kelly and her best friend from high school go to their class reunion to find out that the nerdiest guy is now a rich hunk. The girls decide to compete to see who can have their way with him first. Back at home, Marcy's bank is having a "guns for toys" drive. In the spirit of giving, the Bundys donate some toy guns for the occasion.

6/10: The main story was so-so with the odd solid laugh, but the minor story about Peg, Al, Marcy and Jefferson playing their version of Twister called 'Bottoms Up' was pretty great.

Dialogue:
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[Al and Peggy are playfully shooting each other with Nerf Ball guns]
Marcy: What is going on here?
Al: Foreplay.
Peggy: No, this can't be foreplay. I'm enjoying it.
Al: And, I'm in the room.
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Marcy: What's Mr. Potato Head doing in here?
Al: I don't know, you married him.
[he and Jefferson laughs as Marcy is mad]
Marcy: Not that Mr. Potato Head, the one that's actually worth something.
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[Al, Peggy, Jefferson and Marcy are playing a Twister board game]
Peggy: All right Al, left hand on blue.
Al: [thinking to himself; voice-over] What is it about this game that's so sexy? I'm touching Peg's rear, and for some reason, it feels pretty good.
Jefferson D'Arcy: [voice-over] I feel someone touching my rear. I think it's Al. Well, he's not as strong as Marcy, but at least he knows what I like.
Peggy: [voice-over] Wow, I like this game with all these hands across my back and groping my tush. This is just like sex except I have a partner.
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[Kelly's friends are talking]
Ashley: Boy, look at all these losers here!
Fawn: And to think that I slept with every guy in this room. What was I thinking that night?

The only thing that makes this show annoying is the hollering of the crowd at every joke.

True....True....but sign of the times.

GSOMS*


*Still the greatest sitcom of most sitcoms

tx Die for keeping it going, sad to see I came in too late and it is almost over

Almost over? Have you seen how long it's taken to get this far? I've got > a season and a half left