Married... with Prom Queen: The Sequel is the 18th episode of Season 3 of Married...With Children, also the 52nd overall series episode. It originally aired on FOX on April 23, 1989. Directed by Gerry Cohen and written by Ellen L. Fogle, it was the second part of a 2 part episode story arc.
Synopsis[]
Conclusion. Peggy recruits Bud and Kelly's help in rigging the Prom Queen election so Peg can win. Meanwhile, Al squares off with high school rival Jack in a parking lot fight.
Plot[]
The begining of the episode starts off with Peggy back at the Bundy house, walking to the couch with a photo album in hand and then a voice over describing what happened in the previous episode through pictures, as Peg goes through the photo album:
"Last week, on Married...With Children, Peggy was excited about going to their reunion, because she was sure she would be named reunion queen...Al was excited too...
Meanwhile, the kids are starving.
Peggy's compettion for the crown is her old high school rival, Connie Bender. Al meets his rival, Jack, who wants to pick up the fight they never had in high school.
At the reunion, Peggy learns that Connie has bought enough votes to win the crown and it looks like Peggy is not going to be the queen.
The kids are still starving.
And now, Married...With Children continues..."
Description[]
At the high school reunion of Al and Peggy, Al and his rival Jack, continue to circle each and throw insults at each other, while Peggy does the same with her rival, Connie Bender, before walking away with her husband, Jack. Al and Peg get together, with Peg saying that Connie smells like she's been with a bunch of men. She tries to get some pity from Al, telling him that she'll never what it feels like to wear the crown, but Al tells her that he'll never know what cooked eggs and hot coffee will taste like in his own home.
Suddenly, Al old friend, Eli, is yellng across the room, saying that he has $10 that says that Al can put his head through the door. Peggy looks frustrated as Eli moves across the room to greet Al and then rejects him when he offers her a hug. He tells Al that "you marrying Peggy was the only bet I ever lost" and then reveals that he is a psychiatrist now, while Al continues with his lie that he is a garbage salesman, though Eli shows he obviously not listening and then tells him to join the fellow jocks over at the table he was at.
Al is greeted with cheers from his fellow teammates, Jimbo, Rick and Speedy, who appears to be obese now and coughing on Al. Speedy comments that Al looks like he could still play the game and he tells them that he is able to stay fit by "running from Peg on sex night" getting laughs from the guys while Peggy looks annoyed. Jimbo then points out that the nerds they used to pick on, Tyron and Milton, are still sitting with each other at the table behind them. As the gang turns to see them, the nerds, who are apparently wealthy now and sitting with some sexy ladies, waving to them and Milton tells the jocks "You should have done your own homework, guys!", before a bitter Al tells him to go eat a pen again.
Speedy then asks Peggy if she heard that Connie is going to win and a rather annoyed Peggy responds by asking him if he's heard of breath spray and then walks off to get more votes. As she leaves, Eli reassures her that he's going to keep an eye on Al and then brings out a nail, saying he's got $10 that Al can drive a nail through the table with his head. He tries to convince the gang that he's too old for immatures things like this, but the guys egg him on and he finally agrees to do it.
Meanwhile, back at the Bundy house, Bud and Kelly are making boot soup and then Bud convinces Kelly that since reunions have food, they will find a way to crash it and convince Steve and Marcy to help them out making them think that they are helping the kids with their history homework. Marcy gleefully tells them about how it was for them: Incense and peppermints, Young Republican meetings and rebelling by protesting the dress code at their school though not tucking in their shirts and takin the penny out of their loafters. Realzing they might have asked the wrong people for information, Bud decides that they would be better off getting information at the local library.
At the reunion, Peggy is talking to two men and tells that while she really could use the votes, she doesn't do those kind of sexual acts anymore, but still pleads with them to get their votes. Hearing that, they shake their heads no and walk away from her. Seeing a table full of women, she calls out a woman she recognizes, Thelma McKecknie and asks how she's doing, before reminding them that she's running for reunion queen. Thelma bitterly tells her she's fine, even though Peggy stole her one and only true love, only to dump him a week later. The other girls start to chime in too, saying that Peggy also stole their boyfriends and in one case, her father, before walking away realzing that its a Connie Bender table. Feeling sad now, she talks to Al, who is now wearing small bandaid over his forehead.
In the hotel lobby, Bud and Kelly, dressed in 1960's hippie fashion and using the names "Moonbeam" and "Piece" respectively, try to work their way into the room casually, walking around saying "Groovy" over and over before Bud pulls out a 1960s vocabulary book and test out other phrases Seeing the buffet table, they walk over and get some food while talking to a lady who is in between them:
Bud: Love!
Kelly: Aquarius.
Bud: Hair
Kelly: The answer my friend, is blowin' in the wind. Turn on, tune in, kill whitey.
Back at the jocks table, Al is talking with Peggy's friend, Vicky, who is asking him to tell the story about his City Championship win: "Well, I'm not sure I remember much. Let's see, it was, uh, November 17th, 4:40 P.M. The wind was coming out of the Southeast, at twelve miles an hour gusting to thirty." As Al tries to continue, Peg interupts him, saying she's giving up now and just wants to go home, but obviously not caring enough to hear her plea, he tells her that he's busy talking to Vicky (calling her "Hooter", though she doesn't seem too offended by it) and to "go run for something. Y'know, Queen, a man, a bus" before continuing his story with Vicky.
A very sad Peggy now walks up to the crown and admires it, but upon seeing her, Connie tells Peggy:
"Oh, Peggy. I see you're a little down. Let me make you feel better. I'll only be Queen for one night. But you, why you've got your whole life to be nothing. Feel better? 'Cause I know I do"
As Connie walks away and laughs at Peggy's depression, Peg takes a seat near the crown and stares at it while the band begins to play "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted"
At the jocks table again, a bitter Peg stares at Al, who is staring at a blond woman's chest, grunting and listening to her question about if he really gave up a chance to play with the Chicago Bears for his wife. He tells the lady that "If I'm going to take a kick to the groin, might as well be for love" while another lady tells Peggy that she must be lucky to be married to him.
Back on the stage, Tim Potter, the senior class president and now owner of Tim's mortuary, informs the crowd that they still have 20 minutes left to vote and the winner will also receive a half price burial through his business. Al is laughing and seems to be enjoying himself, wondering why did he ever leave high school, before Peg tells him it's because he was 30 years old. Meanwhile, Kelly and Bud are pigging out on food and even stop the waiters from taking the food trays. A girl walks over to them and tells them "Long time between feedings?" and Bud, with a piece of deli meat hanging from his face, tells her "Long time between lovin's, too, sweet thang", causing her to walk away from them. Milton walks up them, thinking they were his classmates, Andy and Lola, and tells them they haven't changed a bit, but Kelly tells him to get lost, before walking away happy and reaffirming that they still haven't changed.
Peggy tells Al that she'll try to be mature about this, but as Connie walks by, she makes a comment that she smells like cows. Calling Peg "Piggy", she tells her that she has a good view of her coorination and then asks if she can use her hair as the red carpet to walk on when she wins. But Peggy tells her that she could just as well shave the fur off of her back instead. Jack comes by Al's table and tells him that he had been thinking and realzied that the whole rivalry was silly, as there was nothing Al could do better than him, before Al tells to ask his wife about that. Pissed off now, Jack says that it wasn't the bet about jumping the Mustang that prevented their fight from happening, but rather that Al punked out. Mad, he gets up and tells him its on now, but Peg steps inbetween them and reminds him that he promised that there wouldn't be a fight at the reunion.
As Tim announces that there's only a minute left till they tally the votes up, Jack and a couple of his friends start clucking at Al, calling him a chicken. Feeling defeated, Peg takes a seat next to Al and tells him " You know Al, there's no way I'm going to come out a winner tonight. But at least you can. You want him? Go get him." Taking off his coat and rolling up his sleeves, he walks up to Jack and tells him "Let's rock!". Eli shouts out "Fight! Fight!" and announces he's got $20 on Al to win, causing the entire room to empty out. As Peggy shouts out words of encouragement to Al, she slyly walks backwards until the room is completely empty and starts trying to figure out how to change the votes, but notices the lock on the box.
Suddenly, she notices a over stuffed Kelly and Bud, who is laying face first on the food table. She tells them that she is ashamed of them for sneaking out, but then changes her tone and asks Bud if he pick a lock. As they make their way to the box, Al and Jack can be heard fighting. Bud and Kelly recongize it as a Jackobson 360 single barrel two tumbler, laughing at how inefficient that this lock is. Pulling out a small tool kit, Bud and Kelly use a tweezer and graphite to pry it open, while Peggy looks out the window and tries to encourage Al to take his time with it. Finally getting it open, Peggy goes through the ballots while Bud and Kelly serve as lookouts.
Peggy finally locks up the box just as the crowd start to come back in and asking who won, a disheveled and beaten up yet cocky Jack walks up to Peg and gives her a thumbs up, before suddenly passing out on the floor. Suddenly, Al, looking as bad as Jack, is grining and followed by a crowd cheering "Bundy! Bundy! Bundy" as they come back inside. Eli, boasting that he has enough money to buy a car, gives Al a dollar and tells him to buy a tooth. As the jocks pick Jack up from the ground, Peggy comes up to Al and asks him how his doing, and just as he's about say he's hurt and really needs a doctor, Peggy tells him to shut up as they are about to announce the winner.
After Tim acknowledges how amazing the fight was, he announces that its time to announce the winner and for the nominees to come up to the stage. Connie, who was up to this point holding an unresponsive Jack up, runs to the stage, causing him to fall face first into the table hard and takes her place alongside Peggy and the other contestants, Larry Fleishman and Louise. Tim finally announces the winner, who turns out to be...Larry Fleishman...but then reveals he was just joking, causing Larry to angrily walk off the stage. He finally gets serious and says "Our winner is, by a landslide, every boy's fantasy, every Mother's nightmare..." and Connie steps forward, thinking she's the winner, is now surprised when "Peggy Wanker Bundy" is announced as the queen.
As the crowd cheers her on, she calls a disappointed Connie a she-dog and pushes her as she accepts her crown and gets ready to dance with her king. Al joins her in the center of the room under the spotlight and they start to dance. As Al tries to convince her that he really needs to go to the hospital now, she tells him to shut up and not ruin the moment with his whining. She then goes on to say "Y'know, I really am lucky. Of all the guys here, I got the best one." She asks him if he feels the same way, but he responds by asking her if the go-go dancer was in their class, and realizing that she wasn't, he tells Peg that he did in fact marry the prettiest girl in the school. She finally suggests that having sex would make their night perfect, but Al tries to get out of it. She thinks that he might be in the mood because of what's in his pocket, but he reveals, as they continue to dance, that it is actually his rib.
Recurring cast/Guest stars[]
Regulars[]
Guest starring[]
- Lisa Raggio as Connie Bender
- Jack Yates as Jack
- Catherine Carlen as Vicky
- Carol Mansell as Edna
- Bill Applebaum as Tim Potter
- Andrea Parker as Go-Go Dancer
- Barbara Lee-Belmonte as Silky
- Patricia Matthews as Velour
- Ric Stoneback as Speedy
- John Apicella as Rick
- Eric Tull as Milton
- Laura Mellencamp as Melinda
- Claudia Harrington as Thelma Mckeckney
- Lynda Lenet as Geena
- Lynne Austin as Sable
- Bill Bateman as Larry Fleishman
- David L. Lander as Eli
Quotes[]
- Eli: You know, you marrying Peg was the only bet I'd ever lost.
- Al: Me too!
- [Al takes a seat next to Speedy, Eli, and several of his fellow Polk High Panthers]
- Speedy: Aww, you look like you could still play football, Al, huh?! How do you stay in shape?
- Al: Running from Peg on sex nights! [Al and the guys burst into laughter]
- [Al is sitting and flirting with Vicky at the jocks table, while Peg stands behind him, looking upset]
- Vicky: [flirtatiously] Al, tell us again about your winning touchdown for the City Championship.
- Al: [smiling] Ahahaha, Well, I.. I don't know if I can remember that much about it... Uh, let's see... Uh...[suddenly becomes focused] It was November 17th, uh, 4:40 P.M. Wind was coming out of the Southeast, at twelve miles an hour, gusting up to thirty.
- Peg: Al, let's go home!
- Al: Peg, home is where the horror is! Now, I'm talking to Hooter! [points to Vicky]
- Vicky: Vicky...
- Al: V-v Vicky, here! Now, why don't you go run for something. Y'know, Queen, a man, a bus.
- [Peggy briskly leaves, just as Vicky clings onto Al's arm. He pats her hand and resumes his football story]
- Al: With grim determination, I strode out onto the field...
- [Sable, a much younger, attractive blond is standing in front of a seated Al, with her hand on his shoulder as he stares at her chest. Peggy is behind Al and looking upset]
- Sable: Oh, Mr. Bundy, you are so magnificent!
- Al: [staring at her chest for several seconds before letting out a grunt] Uh!
- Sable: Did you really gave up a chance to play for the Bears for your wife? [Peg scoffs upon hearing this]
- Al: Well, yeah, I figured that if I'm going to take a kick to the groin, might as well be for love!
Notes[]
Title[]
- The title of this episode is a reference to the show's title and Peggy's attempt to become reunion queen.
- Alternate title: MARRIED... WITH QUEEN: THE SEQUEL
Trivia[]
- David L. Lander, the actor who played Eli, was probably best known for his role as Andrew "Squiggy" Squiggman from the 1970s sitcom, Laverne and Shirley.
- Squiggy was previously mentioned by Kelly's love interest, Matt, in "Poke High".
- He also appeared in episodes of Happy Days and The Love Boat, both of which also starred Ted McGinley in their later seasons.
- Al reveals that he scored his four touchdowns in a single game on November 17, stating he took the field at 4:40pm.
- The DIRECTED BY/WRITTEN BY/etc credits in the final scene appear smaller than usual, under Al & Peggy's heads.
- When Peggy finds Bud and Kelly at the reunion, he lifts his face, covered in food, from the table and says "Wow! The colors! The colors!". The same line was later used by Scott Ian of Antrhax after trying Peggy's Mystery Pack in the episode, "My Dinner with Anthrax".
- Bud and Kelly are shown to be rather knowledgeable in lock picking, with Kelly actually carrying pin/tumbler lock picks in her bag.
- There are some notable differences between the final draft script, as seen here and was what filmed:
- After Al insults Milton, all the jocks that sit with Al are instructed to say "garbage man" by their wives when he asks them what they do now.
- The scene with Peggy talking to two men and stating that she no longer does a certain unnamed sexual act before they walk away is not in the script and instead it begins when she calls out to Thelma McKecknie and her table, who are upset that Peggy stole their boyfriends (and one of their fathers).
- After Bud and Kelly steal food and say random phrases to the red headed lady standing between them, the script further mentions that they then take a seat and he tells her to shut up, while she says "It's your thing".
- The script says that Peggy sits down with her face resting on her hands when Al is talking to Sable, the attractive blonde woman about giving up a chance to play for the Chicago Bears for Peggy. In the actual episode, she is standing behind a seated Al who is focused on Sable's breasts that are in front of him.
- Al's reasoning for passing on the chance to play for the Bears is different, as he says in the script, "Well, y'know, the human body can only endure so much, so I had to decide. Do I risk life and limb for money or do I do it for love?" making it sound more noble than his deadpan response in the actual episode.
- When Tim, the senior class president comes up, there is additional dialouge where he suggests that they should take one of his business cards before saying that everyone is anxious to hear the results for reunion king and queen.
- After Milton is insulted by Bud and Kelly, there is an additional scened that followed where Tim, the senior class president, hops on stage after the Why performed and tells the audience "Yes, that was The Why, Polk High's answer to The Beatles, with their ever-stirring rendition of "I'm Black and I'm Proud". Now don't forget folks. Get those votes in for Reunion Queen. We tally them in five minutes."
- Al line about Peggy ruining a good time like on their wedding night after Jack makes chicken sounds at Al was not in the script and instead, it goes to the next part where Peggy lets Al be a winner and fight Jack.
- After Kelly says "Viola" upon opening the ballot box, Bud tells her its "Voila". In the script, she says "It was viola in the sixties." while in the actual episode, she says that its because she failed Spanish class.
- After the ballot box is opened, the script shows that there was more dialogue as Peggy sorts through the ballots. She is surprised that her friend Vicki lied and voted for Connie. She then reveals that Connie could have won with 4 votes, so she decides to remove 5 and then even more to ensure that Connie loses in a landslide.
- Sable, the attractive blonde woman that Al talks to about giving up playing for the Chicago Bears for Peggy, is played by Playboy Playmate Lynne Austin.
- Lynne Austin previously appeared on MWC a few episodes earlier in "Her Cups Runneth Over" as Peaches, the blonde female customer that Al uses to compare what Peggy's bra size would be.
Cultural References[]
- When Bud and Kelly asks Steve and Marcy about the 1960s, Marcy mentions it was about "Incense and peppermint...Young Republican Meetings" before making a scowling face and putting up two "V-Signs" with her fingers
- "Incense and Peppermints" is a 1967 psychedelic rock song by the band, Strawberry Alarm Clock.
- Young Republicans is an organization for the Republican Party of the United States consisting of members between 18 to 40 years old. It promotes social events and networking as well as assist Republican political candidates and causes.
- Marcy's scowling face and V-sign are in reference to U.S. President Richard Nixon who became the 37th U.S. President in 1969 after previously losing the 1960 U.S. Presidential election to John F. Kennedy.
- When Kelly says "Turn on, tune in, kill whitey", it is her mixing up the actual phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out" that was popularized by Timothy Leary, a psychologist who advocated the use of LSD during the psychedelic period of the 1960s.
- One of the phrases Bud and Kelly pick from their 1960s slang book is "Free Huey", a slogan related to Black Panther cofounder Huey P. Newton who was arrested for being involved in the shooting death of a police officer in 1967. Newton was himself killed in an unrelated incident four months after this episode aired.
- After Bud says "Free Huey", Kelly chimes in and says "and Dewey and Louie", in reference to Huey, Dewey and Louie the nephews of cartoon character, Donald Duck.
- "Viola," which Kelly mentions could mean two things in this episode.
- Viola is a stringed musical instrument that is generally bowed or plucked.
- Frank Viola: a baseball pitcher who was the reigning American League Cy Young winner for the Minnesota Twins.
Music[]
- The song that the band, The Why, play after Peggy mopes in front of the crown is "What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?" by Jimmy Ruffin.
- The song playing during Al and Peggy's slow dance is "This Guy's in Love with You" by Herb Alpert
Locations[]
- Bundy Residence
- Polk High School Reunion
Sets[]
- Bundy Living Room / Kitchen
- Banquet Hall
Goofs[]
- At the start of the episode we hear a voice over explaining what happened during the previous episode, while Peg looks at a photo album containing photos from the previous episode. Was there an invisible photographer? Because nobody was taking pictures in the last episode in those scenes.
- When Tim comes on stage to introduce himself as the class president and owner of Tim's Mortuary, his hands are open and out to the side. After the camera shows the crowd looking at him blankly, it cuts back to him and he looks like he is putting back a card into his dress shirt pocket, despite not having one at first.
External Links[]
Married... with Queen: The Sequel (Part 2) at the Internet Movie Database- Married... with Queen: The Sequel (Part 2) on Bundyology
- Married... with Queen: The Sequel (Part 2) - Final Draft Script on albundy.net
- Married... with Queen: The Sequel (Part 2) - Transcript on Springfield! Springfield!
- #54 Married... with Queen - MWC Podcast on Horrorphilia
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