"Unhappily Ever After" TV Series 1995-1999 - ABC does a brazzen, unabashed, unapologetic rip-off of "Married With Children". How sad. Every nuance of Unhappily is straight out of Married. They don't even try to disguise it! The characters are pathetically exactly the same. Older daughter that acts just like Kelly Bundy, only she has bigger tah tahs. Younger brother that acts just like Bud Bundy. Dad is supposed to be like Al Bundy. Oddly, Dad, Geoff Pierson, looks and sounds just like Ed O'Neill! They even brought in a stuffed talking rabbit that looks like a stuffed dog that only talks to Jack Malloy (Dad) because it is his alter-ego speaking. The dog, played by Bobcat Goldthwait, is funny as heck. // I do have to say, Unhappily comes off pretty good with some snappy jokes and decent writing. I even laughed a few times. But my problem is, it all comes off as being satirical. Not towards Married, but towards everything that liberals hate about America. Oddly, it's never clear if they are trying to appeal to rednecks, or if they are making fun of rednecks. I get the feeling it is the latter, and it is a slap in the face. I never got that feeling about Married With Children. I always felt that Al Bundy really is a redneck. I get the feeling that ABC was just trying to outdo SNL with their liberal, leftist, aren't-we-the-wise-ones, BS. Sorry ABC . . huge miss. // The Bushwacker 12/16/2021.
Review of Unhappily Ever After
