A Day in the Life of was a special on FOX that showed the lives of several actors from the television shows Married... with Children, Roc and Martin . It originally aired on June 7, 1993.
Synopsis[]
A camera crew follows Amanda Bearse (Marcy D'Arcy) and Ted McGinley (Jefferson D'Arcy) for a full day and shows what they do before, during and after they film the season 7 episode, "Un-Alful Entry".
Description[]
Amanda Bearse is first introduced, showing off her house and picking up a meal before she heads off to the studio where she will be directing an episode of Married... with Children.
Ted McGinley is shown stopping by the Nike store in West Hollywood to do some shopping and then visit an office to discuss a charity that he is involved with before heading to the studio.
As the cast arrives, Amanda is shown dealing with challenges as a director, such as having to inform an unnamed guest star over the phone that they will not be needed anymore, as their scene was cut due to it running over the show's allotted time. She is then shown having some fun with the cast and crew by giving them a "show bribe", which in this case, was a t-shirt that was to be used for the original segment that was cut.
Ted walks around the set and briefly chats with several of the actors and crew members before he rehearses for his scene. He then heads to his dressing room to work on his lines and change for the actual taping begins.
As filming of the actual episode begins, Amanda gives the actors last minute directions before running back to the director's booth to observe and then back to the set to follow up. Once the episode has wrapped, they eventually change, say goodbye to the cameras and head back home.
Cast and Crew who appear onscreen[]
- Amanda Bearse
- Ted McGinley
- Ed O'Neill
- Christina Applegate
- Dan Tullis, Jr.
- Frank Lloyd
- Brooke Stacy Mills
- Kevin Curran
- Robert A. Bowen (technical director)
- Sal Baldomar (stage manager)
- Thomas W. Markle (director of photography)
- Andy
- Vance
- Vincent
- Carson Smith (production staff)(mentioned)
- Steven Ritt (dog trainer)
Trivia[]
- As revealed by the actors:
- Amanda lives in Studio City, California with two dogs and is just down the street from the house used for the 1970s show, The Brady Bunch.
- Ted has been involved with a charity called Dream Street for over 10 years. It provides camping programs for children with chronic and life-threatening illnesses.
- Christina Applegate has a dog named D'artagnan that hangs out in her dressing room.
- Ted likes to eat crumb donuts with a cucumber and banana from the craft service table on Monday, Thursday and Friday.
- MWC guest star and stunt actor Frank Lloyd makes a brief appearance where Ted talks about how he would defend himself and then proceeds to jokingly punch him several time. Though he doesn't actually appear in "Un-Alful Entry".