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Married with Children - The Complete Second Season

Married with Children - The Complete Second Season

List Price: $39.95
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: love & marriage!
Review:
During Married With Children's sophomore run, the show became the erratic masquerade party that lead the trail for all other seasons to follow. Television's lovable clan of losers became the talk of the town and it seemed as if everyone was on the edge of this new controversial showcase. If not, they were sure in for some surprises.

Some vital episodes emerged from the wings of its second year. The Christmas classic, "You Better Watch Out", "Just Married.. With Children" and the two parter "Poppy's by the Tree". It's also great to see the development of the characters through the vehicle of dvd sets. It may sound funny, but this was one show that truly evolved through the years.

What hurt this dvd set, isn't the writing, or anything to do with the show. The producers once again failed to leave any assurance for the fan base that literally embraced the show through its eleven year run. Ironically, this show was canned by Fox the same abrupt way. This show made the network into the staple it is today and it feels like it hasn't gotten the true treatment it deserves.

Just like season one, the second season was without a doubt great television that poked fun at the serious side of life. For those who took it for what it was worth and could laugh at ourselves as a society. I say, enjoy The Bundys. They're my kind of dysfunction.


Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the best sitcoms ever
Review: "Three's Company" and "Taxi" are my all time favorite sitcom of the 70's, "F.R.I.E.N.D.S" and "Seinfeld" of the 90's and of course "Married...With Children" of the 80's. The complete second series is just as good and funny as the first, you simply can't stop laughing!! Al Bundy is helarious. One complaint though, why is Columbia taking so much time to release the rest of the series?? There are 11 series and if each year Columbia releases one, then it's gonna take 11 years to own the whole collection!! Columbia is releasing the first three series of Seinfeld altogether in November and that's great but what about Married...With Children??

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: YES!! Season 2 is coming! This is a must have dvd set!
Review: About time they are coming out with season 2! I cann't wait for it. Hopefully they add some special features in this one.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: More Great stuff from the Bundys.. Second season
Review: After the groundbreaking success of their first season the Bundys return for a complete 2nd season with 22 episode in 1987-1988.

More funny than before, the caracthers are more defined, and more participation of the whole cast is included, personal favorites:

1. Poppy's by the Tree.- A 2-episode plot that find the Bundys on vacations and being stalk by a ax-murderer.
2. Alley of the Dolls.- The Bundys have a bowling competition with an old nemesis of Peggy's.
3. The Razor's Edge.- After refusing to shave his newly beard, Steve is forced to seek refuge with the Bundys.
4. You better watch out.- A Christmas Classic, when a Mall Santa Clous crash lands in the Bundy's backyard, Al must impersonte Santa.
5. Impo-dent.- When Marcy accidentally dents Steve's new Mercedes, she finds it affects his performance in bed
6. Just Married.. with children.- Peggy and Al impersonate Steve and Marcy on the game show "How do I love thee".

Each episode a classic, and one of teh few shos where you can laugh a lot every time you see them.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: MWC rocks until the post-Steve Rhoades era
Review: Another reviewer seems confused whether MWC was better with-Steve or post-Steve.

Clearly, with-Steve -- the writing was fresh & clever, and Al & Peg were the anti-thesis of Steve & Marcy. The kids were young enough that clever innuendos carried some edge, while storylines seemed to intertwine wit with surprise.

Then gradually, in the post-Steve era {sorry, I don't know exactly when the dividing line was between seasons}, Marcy became just as dysfunctional as the Bundys, and even added another dysfunctional character as a husband. Meanwhile, the kids as adults were only rehashing the same shticks they had mastered earlier. Most importantly, Al & Peg became slapstick props & channels, goofiness ruled the sets, and clever writing/dialogue migrated elsewhere.

I'm not one to buy TV "complete seasons" ... MWC is actually my first, and may end up being the only ... Even so, I'll only invest in the "with-Steve" seasons, & I suggest the same for everyone.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: What is the point of DVD?
Review: Better picture and sound. That's what it was hyped on, and that is what we must expect - AND GET.

Columbia/Sony's TV season releases are sub-par, especially in video quality.

I'm not here to praise the show. In its earlier years (the "Steve Rhoades" era) the show was funniest. Or maybe the Ted McGinley era was better. I dunno. Most seasons had their share of great episodes. But I taped a lot of MWC. Why should I buy the DVD, for $30? What should I be getting?

While it's nice to see company's logos look crisp and clear, it becomes a disappointment to see fuzzy TV show afterward. (there is a big difference between the quality of the master tapes/film and the transfer quality. The latter pertains to how the DVD image looks on your screen. Master tape quality is the condition of the tape (a degrading studio tape looks far different than a poor DVD transfer). Many tools and tricks are used to restore picture and sound quality, but all of that time and money spent to clean the episodes by the company is wasted if the DVD transfer is poor.)

Pity I can't post pics...

Season 1 wasn't all that great. For Columbia, it's pretty much standard. Bog standard.

I refuse to buy another Columbia/Sony TV series on DVD until they clean up their act OR make their prices reasonable. Not for the amount of money customers spend... (and just wait until you see these on HDTV...) Should Good Times season 2 be $30? Try $15. MWC season 2 being $34? Try $15 instead. Three's Company season 1 being $13? Try $6. OR give consumers and fans of these shows some RESPECT and push out high quality releases. We work for a living and if we don't put out good material, we get fired and blacklisted. Why should you expect any different treatment?

Why is it that FOX will release a season's worth of TV shows, with extras, and make them look clean and crisp - whereas Columbia's look like near-VHS quality? (Okay, it's better than VHS in some shots, but all in all it's not better enough to be enthused about.)

These shows more than made up their money via the original sponsors airtimes and syndication reruns. MWC made MILLIONS. Surely you'd think that the owner would take a little care for the sake of their fans? How much extra does a disc cost? Or a dual-layer disc?! Squeezing 9 episodes onto one disc instantly tells me "crud quality"; especially when I've seen Columbia release series (Good Times, The Critic, etc) with 8 eps per disc and they look mediocre~fair.) Sheesh, even "Family Guy", with 8 eps per disc, still look stunning (dual layer discs).

Hey, Paramount improved their act. FOX was great to start with. It's Columbia's turn to show they've got guts.

I refuse to be taken to the cleaners any longer. I'm not that desperate to replace VHS with... well... VHS.

I will asy this in this set's favor: 13 easter eggs, each revealing an interview. It's a nice thought, especially if the interviews were worth it, but I much prefer to see the eps in good condition.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I waited forever
Review: Both the MWC first and second seasons have been released on DVD, and there amazing. I read that some people didn't like them. I don't understand why they wouldn't, a true married with children fan doesn't need extra stuff on the dvd, they just need the classic shows themselves. Though the show does have the Married with Children Reunion, Trailers and Easter Eggs, so I believe they're mighty impressive. Al, Peg, Bud, Kelly and the neighbors Marcy and Steve Rhoades are all hilarious in this second season Married With Children. I give it an A. I just wish they'd release the other seasons quicker, its hard to wait on them. At this rate, it will be a decade before all of them come out.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: AWSOME TV SITCOM
Review: DA BUNDYS WERE PART OF MY UP BRINGING AND THE EARLY SEASONS WERE DA BEST,SEASON 2 IS GOOD BUT PLEASE BRING OUT SEASONS 3 AND 4 BECAUSE THESE ARE PRIMO LAUGHS ALL DA TIME.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Married with Children season 2
Review: Hands down the best television sitcom ever made. The only thing I can't understand is why it is taking so long to release seasons 3 and up. It makes no sense.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Bundys' first full season
Review: Here is Married...With Children's second season and the first full one. These episodes aired between September 1987 and May 1988. I said "the Bundys' first full season" because the series premiered in April 1987 and typically a television season begins in either September or October. The female cast members,Katey Sagal as Peggy,Christina Applegate as Kelly and Amanda Bearse as Marcy,changed their hairstyles. Toward the end of this season,David Faustino's voice deepens. One memorable episode is the one that aired just before Christmas.


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