The Bundys were a family of exaggerated dysfunction. They weren't educated people, they didn't come from money, and they were more along the lines of White trash.
Basically, everything that I would do in my outside life ended up in the [Married... with Children (1987)] script, whether it was my battle with zits, or just growing up.
[about the first season's terrible ratings] After the show was on for
two or three weeks, I went to the mall and I wore my Married... with Children (1987) shirt,
just waiting for someone to say, "Oh, you're the guy...!" And not one
person said anything.