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Married... with Children was a 1987-1997 U.S. television sitcom starring Ed O'Neill (Al Bundy), Katey Sagal (Peg Bundy), Christina Applegate (Kelly Bundy) and David Faustino (Bud Bundy).

The show has been referenced several times in The Simpsons.

References to Married... with Children in The Simpsons

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
4	80	"Marge in Chains"	When Todd is sick from Osaka Flu, Ned wonders what the family did to upset God. He then recalls watching Married... with Children, and remembers the network slogan "watch FOX and be damned for all eternity"..
5	96	"Deep Space Homer"	Dr. Babcock showed an episode of Married... with Children to the scientists at NASA to show them what the average American liked watching. The scene cut to Al Bundy refusing to make love with Peg, whereupon he literally flushes a toilet seen next to him in the living room.
5	Special	"Homer and Bart visiting NFL on FOX"	At the start of the special Homer and Bart are watching Married... with Children.
8	173	"The Canine Mutiny"	An episode is mentioned in which the Bundys spend money a credit card actually credited to their dog, Buck.
26	556	"Treehouse of Horror XXV"	An extraterrestrial alien version of Married... with Children appears on Syfy, with Peggy Bundy being an alien from Alien and Al Bundy being a black hole alien.
36	769	"Bart's Birthday"	According to host Conan O'Brien, one of the shows an artificial intelligence device used to write this entire episode was Married... with Children.

Non-canon

The contents of this article or section are considered to be non-canon and therefore may not have actually happened or existed in-universe.

When Homer Simpson was flicking through all of the channels on his television, Married... with Children was playing on each channel: Al Jazeera, Animal Planet, BET, FXXXXXX, The Herstory Channel, and Syfy.^[1]

Common cast members

Name	Role in Married with Children	Role on The Simpsons
Greg Berg	Voiced a commercial actor in "But I Didn't Shoot the Deputy".	Voiced Rory in "Bart vs. Thanksgiving".
Joyce Brothers	Portrayed a judge in "Sue Casa, His Casa".	Voiced herself in "Last Exit to Springfield".
James Brown	Portrayed himself in two episodes.	Voiced himself in the special episode Homer and Bart visiting NFL on FOX.
Dan Castellaneta	Portrayed Pete in "Death Show" and a funeral director in "Death of a Shoe Salesman".	Voices Homer Simpson and many other recurring characters.
Gary Coleman	Portrayed a Property Inspector in "How Green Was My Apple" and a Reverend in "The Joke's on Al".	Voiced himself in "Grift of the Magi".
Tim Conway	Portrayed Ephraim Wanker in four episodes.	Voiced himself in "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase".
Robert Englund	Portrayed Lucifer in "Damn Bundys".	Voiced Freddy Krueger, the character he played on Nightmare on Elm Street, in the season 10 episode "Treehouse of Horror IX".
Brian George	Portrayed a chef in "Look Who's Barking".	Voiced several British men in "The 7 Beer Itch" and "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A.".
Bobcat Goldthwait	Portrayed Zemus in "Magnificent Seven".	Voiced himself in "The Last Temptation of Krust".
Robby Krieger	Portrayed himself in "Rock of Ages".	Voiced himself in "The Great Money Caper".
Howie Long	Played himself in "A Bundy Thanksgiving".	Voiced himself in the special episodes Homer and Bart visiting NFL on FOX and Super Bowl Promo.
Jon Lovitz	Played Jeff Littlehead in "Kelly Does Hollywood: Part 2".	Voiced Professor Lombardo, Aristotle Amadopolis, Artie Ziff, Llewellyn Sinclair and Jay Sherman.
Jane Lynch	Portrayed Greta in "Valentine's Day Massacre".	Voiced Roz Davis in "Replaceable You" and Jeanie in "'Tis the 30th Season".
Cheech Marin	Voiced Buck the Dog in three episodes.	Voiced himself in "A Midsummer's Nice Dreams".
Joe Namath	Played himself in "Dances with Weezie".	Voiced himself in "Bart Star" and "Four Regrettings and a Funeral".
Katey Sagal	Portrayed Peg in Married... with Children.	Voiced Turanga Leela in "Simpsorama".
Jerry Springer	Played himself in "No Ma'am".	Voiced himself in the season 10 episode "Treehouse of Horror IX". He was also interviewed in The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!.
Fred Willard	Portrayed Stan in "My Dinner with Anthrax".	Voiced Wally Kogen in "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday".

References

↑ "Treehouse of Horror XXV"

External links

Married... with Children at Wikipedia

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[1] "Treehouse of Horror XXV"

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