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 Kelly grudgingly agrees to lend her bowling skills to a family bowling match against Mimi, a high-school nemisis of Peg's, and her family in the episode "Alley of the Dolls" in Season 2 of MWC. | ||||
| Season 2, Episode # 9 Number (#22) in series (259 episodes) | ||||
| Guest star(s) | Amanda Bearse David Garrison Deborah Harmon Bill Kalmenson Larry Spinak Darren Modder Jennifer Sophia | |||
| Network: | FOX | |||
| Production code: | 2.9 | |||
| Writer(s) | Sandy Sprung & Marcy Vosburgh | |||
| Director | Linda Day | |||
| Taping date | ||||
| Original airdate | November 8, 1987 | |||
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Alley of the Dolls is the ninth episode of Season 2 of Married... with Children, also the 22nd overall series episode. Directed by Linda Day and written by Sandy Sprung and Marcy Vosburgh, it originally aired on FOX on November 8, 1987.
Synopsis
Al and his family (with the unwilling help of Steve and Marcy) bowl against Peggy's high school rival and her family.
Episode summary
When Peggy bumps into her old school nemesis, Mimi, in the ninth episode of season two, then the stage is send for a "bowl off" between their two families. Mimi has three children, however, so Steve is brought in to belch his way to Bundyhood, and help them secure victory, which seems assured when Steve agrees to join the Bundys for the bowling match against Mimi and her obnoxious family. But, when Bud reveals that he doesn't know how to bowl because he has squandered his bowling lesson money, it then prompts Steve to coach Bud on the pointers of bowling.
Recurring cast/Guest stars
- Amanda Bearse as Marcy Rhoades
- David Garrison as Steve Rhoades
- Deborah Harmon as Mimi Stoatz
- Bill Kalmenson as Chuck
- Larry Spinak as Frank
- Darren Modder as Roscoe
- Jennifer Sophia as Didi
Trivia
- The title is taken from "Valley of the Dolls" (1967).
- Debrorah Harmon, who plays Peggy's rival, Mimi, would later appear again on MWC as another rival of Peggy, June Morgan, in the season 10 episode, "The Joke's on Al".
- This episode shows the first time the Bundys perform the "Whoa Bundy!"
Goofs
- Among other errors on the bowling score sheet, Al is shown with a 140 in the 7th frame. The scorecard shows he bowled a strike in the 8th and a spare in the 9th. In the 10th frame, with the game on the line, he bowls 2 strikes and a zero, which would give him a total score of 200. A few minutes later in the episode, Al says "I still bowled a 175!"