Al Bundy

Last update October 24, 2004

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Important Basic Facts

Al Bundy, played by Ed O'Neill, is married... with children. He works as a shoe salesman for a minimum wage at "Gary's Shoes & Accessories for Today's Woman" at the "New Market Mall". Al usually wears a blue shirt and grey pants. He hates women who bother him all day, especially his wife Peggy and fat women in his store - telling about it with his famous line "a fat woman came into the shoe store..." when he comes home. Al also hates his wife's family and the French. Above all he hates to have sex with Peggy, but he never cheated on her (and he never would). On the other hand, he likes beer, putting his right hand into his pants and watching sports on TV. He loves to be on the toilet for a long time and he often mentions the peak of his life: a high school championship football game where he scored four touchdowns in a single game. His hobby is bowling. You can call him the exact opposite of the loving father who always knows best. Al showers very rarely, he lies and refuses to hug anybody. He rarely eats since his wife doesn't cook. He also beats up Kelly's boyfriends if he thinks that's necessary. Al also founded NO MA'AM. His favourite magazine is "Big'Uns" and his favourite line is "let's rock!" On the show we never learn what Al is short for.


Useless Additional Facts

Several amounts of Al's salary are mentioned throughout the seasons (e.g. US$ 3.20 per hour in episode 515, US$ 3.25 per hour in episode 612, US$ 12'000 a year in episode 723 or US$ 30 a day in episode 1116). His shoe store opens at 10 am (301) and closes at 6 pm (218). Al buys clothes at "Bob's Pre-Owned Socks 'n Stuff" (313). His underpants are size 34 (509). He was 'Shoe Salesman of the Year' in 1968 (302). Al scored four (since 501, without the number already in 304) touchdowns in a single game with the "Panthers" (304, 418, 516, 910) on November (318, 418) 17 (318) 1966 (304, 516, 615) versus Andrew Johnson High (516), where his team won the High School City Championship. In that year, he was also Polk High Panthers Most Valuable Player (418) since he also scored the most touchdowns in one season for the team (304). At that time, he was 18 years old (804). Al's football position was full back (304, 305), jersey number 33 (520, 601, 613, 615, 621, 626, 722 t-shirt, 910, 1114, 1120) (but number 12 in ep. 523). His nickname in high school was "Touchdown Bundy" (304, 613). According to ep. 808, he already had a scholarship for college, but he couldn't start to play because of a broken leg. His birthday was given as 11-07-48 (720 - but "23" in 110). In episode 305, he bought his dream toilet, a Ferguson ("the king of bowls", "the Stradivari of toilets"). His favourite toilet paper is "Aurora White" (618, 722 wrapped) and his favourite TV show is "Psycho Dad", shown for the first time in 501 on Fox (823). It was definitely cancelled in ep. 914. Al has to cry when he listens to the theme of 'Lassie' (811, 1116) or watches 'Shenandoah' (623), 'Shane' (105) or 'Bambi' (612). He even cried once after a TV commercial (105). Al likes his pizza with extra cheese (505, 726). He never gets the chance to watch 'Hondo' on TV (222, 824). By mistake there is a Lakeside Mall sign in front of Al's store in ep. 726. The Lakeside Mall was the competitor of Al's mall in 213, but Al had to work there as a Santa in 712. His favourite swear is "Gadzooks" (from "God's hooks", ie the nails on the cross). He calls a bread roll "humma" (eg 1012). Al's favourite food are "Weenie Tots" (517, 1026, 1101, 1120, 1124). His name was spelled or pronounced the wrong way often: Al Bumby (108), Alf Bundy (418), Al Budny (821), Al Boondy (902) or Al Birdie (911).



Many thanks to "Access Denied", Sagy Neumann, StuartM, Christian Zelger, Anders Johansson, Konstantin Volkmann, Marriedaniac and Mikolaj.

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