Ephraim Wanker is the husband of Peg's Mom and father to Peggy Bundy. He is only mentioned until Season 10, when he makes his on-screen debut.
He was played by Tim Conway in several episodes during Season 10.
Description[]
He is depicted as a stereotypical hillbilly who lacks an understanding of modern society and technology and is contently consuming alcochol (and possibly is part of an inbred family). He is typically shown wearing a cowboy hat, denim overalls and a thick tan jacket. He appears to be bald (or balding).
Ephraim as depicted in the comic book special, Flashback
In the comic book special, Flashback, he wears a red baseball cap and and white shirt. He also had some facial stubble and more hair peaking through his hat. It also mentioned that he was a friend of Al Bundy’s Father.
Background[]
Al mentions that Ephraim had spiked his lemonade with vermouth to get him to marry Peg.[1] It has implied in multiple episodes, that after Al got Peggy pregnant, he was forced to marry her, with a shotgun wedding organized by her family.
In the season 10 episode, "The Joke's on Al", after Peggy forces Al to renew their wedding vows, a drunken Ephraim is shown standing behind Al with his shotgun pointed at Al, with Al commenting "Just like ol' times, eh Ephraim?", indicating that it was just like how their originally wedding was. Though, the drunken Ephraim let it slip out that unlike the original wedding, the shotgun he has is actually loaded this time, before revealing that so he is (indicating he had too much alcohol).
He calls Peggy by her full name, "Margaret".
According to Al he is 70 years old.
Appearances[]
Trivia[]
- Some DVD subtitles (such as English subtitles on French DVDs) spell his first name "Efrum".
- Ephraim did one thing Al could never do, is divorce aka dump his wife for a beautiful young girl.
- Ephraim, like his wife, was set to be played by Divine, who died before production.[2]
References[]
- ↑ Master the Possibilities
- ↑ Kaltenbach, Chris (March 24, 2009). Frances Milstead, mother of Divine, dies at 88. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved on 2009-03-31.