In the 1980s, there ran a show on the television called “Married With Children.”  It was the first anti-family family show.  It’s star and hero was a man by the name of Al Bundy.  Al was a long suffering shoe salesman, absentee husband and the only man to ever score four touchdowns in a single high school football game.

I love Married With Children.  It was the anti-Cosby and it really thumbed it nose at a lot of things sitcoms were famous for at the time, like happy endings and children that obey their parents.

An episode of Married With Children that I recall with much joy is the one where Al and the family travel to England.  They go to the town of Lower Uncton, which was plunged into total darkness as the result of the some kind of evil deed done by some previous Bundy.  Then Al joists (and takes his shoes off) and takes the city out darkness.

Sometimes living in Boston, I’m convinced I actually live in Lower Uncton because this city seems to be plunged into total darkness: