Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner was the season opening episode aired of Season 10 of Married... with Children and the 212th overall series episode. Directed by Gerry Cohen and written by Russell Marcus, the episode originally aired on FOX, premiering on September 17, 1995.
Synopsis[]
Mama Wanker moves in with the Bundys after fighting with her husband Ephraim, as Al then goes to Wanker County to try to talk Epphraim to reconcile with her, in his attempt to get the two back together.
Summary[]
Al is excited when Bud decides to move out after he gets embarrassed by his parents while he is with a girl. He is a bit disappointed when Bud moves back in to the basement, and horrified when Peg's mother comes to live with them after splitting up with Peg's father.
Cast[]
- Ed O'Neill as Al Bundy
- Katey Sagal as Peggy Bundy
- Christina Applegate as Kelly Bundy
- David Faustino as Bud Bundy
- Amanda Bearse as Marcy D'Arcy
- Ted McGinley as Jefferson D'Arcy
- Buck as Buck Bundy
Guest starring[]
- Tim Conway as Ephraim Wanker
- Kathleen Freeman as voice of Peg's Mom
- Eric Floyd as Twichy
- Jennifer Aspen as Jaime
- Gunther Jenson as Clyde
Quotes[]
- [Bud is in his bedroom with a girl named Jaime. He tries to unhook her bra, but it snaps hurting the both of them]
- Jaime: Bud, have you ever done this before?
- Bud: What? You mean have sex? [Jaime nods] Yeah. Hundreds of times.
- Jaime: Oh, I mean, with someone.
- Bud: Well, girls don't usually ask me that until after the deed. [quickly smiles, before looking down in embarrassment]
- Jaime: I'm sorry, I'm just a little nervous, what with your parents right next door.
- Bud: Look, Jamie... [gets up and walks to his door with several locks] You see these locks? [Jaime nods] I have never, ever been caught doing anything with myself. [suddenly realizes what he just said and tries to correct himself] Look, no one can possibly disturb us.
- [Jefferson and Marcy enter the Bundy residence with gifts for Bud on moving day]
- Jefferson: So where's the cool guy who is ready to leave home and bag some babes?
- Al: Right here! [smiles and pumps his arm. Peggy slaps his arm and gives him a dirty look]
- Marcy: Please, you can't even bag your own wife.
- Al: Oh, I can bag her, but it doesn't do me any good, I remember what she looks like.
- Kelly: [looking out the front door] Hey, you guys, here comes Bud across the lawn.
- Al: Everybody get down, be quiet. [everyone in the room squats down and finds a place to hide]
- Marcy: I think it'd make him feel good if we all yelled, "Surprise".
- Al: Forget that. We are gonna yell, "Get out!"
- [Bud finaly walks in causing the rest of the group to stand up]
- Group: Get out!
- Bud: What?!
- Al: [slowly walks over with the D'Arcy's fruit basket in hand] Yeah. Turn in your key. All your stuff is in the street. Here is a lovely fruit basket from your mother and father.
- Bud: Hold on to your filthy grapes, Dad. [pushes Al arm away] I couldn't find an apartment I could afford.
- Al: You know, son, the best way to ruin a heartfelt goodbye party is to stay where you're not wanted. Now, we bought you a lovely cake. The least you could do is get out. The most you can do is take your mother with you. [quietly, while shoving Bud out of the house] Now, go on.
- Peggy: Al, you cannot just throw him out in the cold.
- Bud: No, no, no. Dad's right. [puts his hand on Al's shoulder to stop him, while also giving him a him look of disdain] He deserves to be "Menendez-ed" but he's right. No, I can't go on living upstairs. [defeated] I guess I'll just go find a box somewhere.
- Al: [shrugs] Fine.
Notes[]
Title[]
- The title is a reference to the 1967 comedy-drama film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
Trivia[]
- Starting with this episode, Christina Applegate wears a long blond wig for most of Season 10. She had actually cut her hair short and dyed it red for her role in the film Nowhere which was filmed during the summer between the ninth and tenth seasons.
- Starting with this episode, David Faustino begins sporting a noticeably shorter haircut compared to Seasons 8 and 9. Specifically it appears to be an ivy league haircut.
- Gunther Jenson, who plays Clyde, the mover that asks Al where he wants Bud's belongings moved to, previously appeared on MWC in the season 1 episode "Married... without Children" as Kelly's friend, Dweep.
- Marcy reveals that her apartment roommate in college was her mother and she stole and slept with all of Marcy's boyfriends at the time.
- Jefferson mentions that he still has a bachelor's apartment.
Cultural References[]
- In Bud's sob story to Jaime, he tells her that Al cried while watching "Desert Storm" on CNN.
- "Operation Desert Storm" was the name of the airland combat phase of the Gulf War that took place between January and late February of 1991 in Kuwait.
- Bud tells Peggy "No, no, dad's right! He deserves to be 'Menendez-ed', but he's right!".
- The term "Menendez-ed" is in reference to Lyle and Erik Menendez, a pair of brothers who brutally murdered their mother and father in 1989, eventually being convicted in 1996 and are serving life sentences without possibility of parole.
- After Kelly suggest that Bud move downstairs to the basement, she mentions "Uncle Fester, Cousin Itt, that silly guy with the butterflies from 'Silence of the Lambs'."
- Uncle Fester is a bald, hunched character from the The Addams Family franchise.
- Cousin Itt is a hairy creature also from the The Addams Family franchise.
- The "silly guy with the butterflies" is in reference to Jame Gumb, the serial killer known as "Buffalo Bill" from the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs.
- Al tells Jefferson "Don't you know that all horrible things happen in threes: Celebrity deaths, Pauly Shore movies and Wilson Philips".
- "Celebrity Deaths Comes in Threes" or "Death Comes in Threes" is an urban myth that states a cluster of three celebrities will die within a short span of days or weeks from each other. The myth stems from humans trying to find patterns in random data.[1][2][3]
- Some notable celebrities who fall into this category include Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher, who passed away in December 2016 (in the same month as actor Alan Thicke and pop singer George Michael); actor John Ritter, who died on September 11, 2003 (one day before singer Johnny Cash and four days after singer Warren Zevon); and pop singer Michael Jackson (who died on the same day in June 2009 as actress Farrah Fawcett and a week after The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson co-host Ed McMahon).
- Pauly Shore is an actor and comedian, who at this time, starred in several films that were panned by audiences. He previously guest starred on MWC in the season 3 episode "A Three Job, No Income Family" as the Captain from Burger Trek.
- Wilson Phillips is a pop trio who members are the daughters of members from The Beach Boys and The Mamas and Papas. They were best known for their 1990 single, "Hold On" before breaking up in 1992. The trio reunited in 2004, and are still together as of 2020.
- "Celebrity Deaths Comes in Threes" or "Death Comes in Threes" is an urban myth that states a cluster of three celebrities will die within a short span of days or weeks from each other. The myth stems from humans trying to find patterns in random data.[1][2][3]
- The vibration of the teacup that indicated the approach of Peggy's mother is take from the 1993 film, Jurassic Park.
Locations[]
Sets[]
- Bundy Living Room / Kitchen
- Bud's Bedroom
- Bundy Basement
- Wanker Residence
Goofs[]
- After Al finds Bud's rubber woman, he throws it on top of Jaime's leg and she immediately kicks it away from her, with its head off the bed and laying at the foot of the bed. Then, when Al screams "Oh! Chain gang!" and leaves, the doll is in a different position with its head still on the bed, but pointing to the corner by the door and its legs close to Jaime's foot.
- After Al leaves, Bud quickly takes his doll and throws it onto the floor behind. But after Jaime says that she's buttoning up her shorts and hopes that Bud finds his own place, the doll is somehow propped up on the chair by his desk. After giving his sob story about Al and Desert Storm, the doll back on the floor by the door
- The female cousin at the "Deevorce sale" starts towards the door before Ephraim finishes his comment about picking off cousins.
- At the beginning of the episode, when Al is searching under Bud's bed and says "I can't find my Big 'Uns!", the shadow of a crew member can be seen moving over Al.