Married With Children – The Complete Sixth Season
Picture:
C+ Sound: C+ Extras: D Episodes: B-
Married with Children is a classic show that started in
1987 and lived beyond its years to the year 1997, having a massive 11
seasons. Unlike this reviewer’s fellow
counterparts, this reviewer feels the Bundy’s had a great deal to offer
TV. For being a sitcom with little depth
or groundbreaking concepts the show captured the interests of television
viewers for an astonishing 11 seasons with steady ratings. The first good thing about Married With Children was that it was
consistently fun and humorous, but more importantly the casting of the family
and their nerdy neighbors was excellent.
Ed O’Neill (Al Bundy), Katey Sagal (Peggy Bundy), David Faustino (Bud
Bundy), Christina Applegate (Kelly Bundy) all amount to a dysfunctional family
who even after all the yelling, penniless, disgusting moments love each other
unquestioningly. The series by no means
offered great intelligence or a poetic nature, but it did leave a positive mark
on the hearts and minds of television viewers.
With Season Six of Married With Children we have most likely the peak of the sitcom
creatively. During this season, which
many fans deem the trip season, the Bundy’s not only go to Hollywood but take
the insanely funny, 3 part finale, trip to merry ole England. Whereas this sitcom does not have much to
comment on content wise, it remains a television classic that retains a sense
of heart and comedy to the end.
The
technicals of this set are not the greatest.
The picture has color issues at times in its 1.33 X 1 Full Screen format
(shot on professional NTSC analog tape) is unimpressive, being to reminiscent
of its original broadcast with a touch of grittiness. The sound is also unimpressive in its Dolby
Digital 2.0 stereo often sounding distant and bland. The extras are nonexistent, which will be
quite disappointing for fans of the sitcom who want cast commentaries, and
behind the scenes footage.
In the
end, for those who grew up watching bad 80’s situational comedies it is right
here for you on DVD to watch forever.
This reviewer finds the series still amusing to an extent but the studio
needs to spend time fixing up picture and sound (as well as extras) before most
should run out to purchase.
- Michael P Dougherty II
