Here's Lookin' at You, Kid is the 22nd episode of Season 3 of Married... with Children, also the 57th overall series episode. Also the Season 3 finale, the episode originally aired on FOX on August 27, 1989, right before the season four premiere (even though it was taped as the final episode of season three). Directed by Gerry Cohen, the episode was written by Jeanne Baruch, Jeanne Romano & Len O'Neill.
Synopsis[]
The neighborhood women become the targets of a Peeping Tom — except for Peg, who takes it as a sign that she's not attractive anymore. Meanwhile, Al convinces Bud to help Kelly with her studies.
Full episode summary[]
When a serial peeper is on the loose, Al makes the ultimate sacrifice to alleviate Peggy's despair about being the only one not fall victim. Bud must tutor Kelly so she can pass to the next grade; unfortunately in order to make room, new information pushes out old, basic knowledge.
Recurring cast/Guest stars[]
Regulars[]
Guest starring[]
- LaRue Stanley as Fanny
- Shirley Prestia as Marsha
- Dolores Albin as Mrs. McGinty
- Healy Cunningham as Lois
- Luann Lee as Fifi
Quotes[]
- [Peg joins Al on the couch and hints that she wants sex. Al tries to ignore her by watching TV and reading a newspaper]
- Peg: Isn't this nice? [puts her head on Al's shoulder. After a moment she changes her tune] Let's have sex!
- Al: [squirming] Wait a second, Peg! Didn't we do it last month?!
- Peg:[grinning] Yeah, but let's finish it. Now sit up, shut up and brace yourself.
- [Peg quickly pushes Al down and makes him lay flat on the couch]
- Al: [yelling] Ahhh! Help! Kids! Save me!
- Peg: No one can help you, Al. Take me on a thirty second trip to the moon.
- [Peg continues kissing Al as he panics. Just then, Bud and Kelly walk in and stop at the entrance]
- Bud: Damn! It's Mom's birthday. [Peg quickly gets off of Al]
- Al: Kids! Come in here. Don't ever leave me alone with your mother again!
- Al: Now wait a second Peg, the kids are here. If you want to have sex, they'll have to leave. And if you want it to be good, you'll have to leave.
- [Several of the neighborhood women, who are either overweight or old and unattractive, are at the Bundy residence complain about the peeping tom]
- Fanny: He peeped me last night. [the women gasp and comfort her]
- Peg: [in disbelief] He peeped you?!
- Fanny: Yes. It was horrible.
- Al: And how was it for you?
- [Fanny gives Al a dirty look as Steve takes a seat next to Al]
- Steve: Al, please. The fat and unattractive have rights, too.
- [Suddenly, a younger and attractive blonde woman steps forward]
- Fifi: So do the beautiful. I was peeped, too.
- [Al and Steve stare at her and then change their tone]
- Al: The beast! Could you show us what he saw?
- [Al is sitting at the edge of the bed and sees Peggy, who is standing by the bedroom window in her lingerie, waiting for someone to peep her]
- Peg: [calling out through the window] I have cookies... [defeated] He's not coming. Nobody wants to look at me. Nobody wants me. Nobody loves me. [begins sobbing and wailing]
- [Al sighs and has a defeated look on his face as he realizes he has to comfort Peg]
- Al: [voice over] You know what you have to do, Cowboy.
- Al: [swallows his pride as he turns to Peg] I care about you, Pookie.
- Peg: Really, Al?
- Al: [unenthusiastically] Oh, yes. Do I ever. Just seeing you over there by the window... [pauses as he struggles to continue] really turns me on. [slowly crawls back to lay on the bed] Come to Daddy.
- Peg: [enthusiastically] Oh, Al!
- [Peg quickly walks over and joins Al in bed as he turns off the lamp next to him]
- Al: [horrified] Oh, God!
Notes[]
Title[]
- This episode's title is a quote from the film, Casablanca. Later in the series, mimicking Humphrey Bogart and wearing a fedora during his "Bundy World Tour 1992" (actually consisting of Al sitting in a fence-sorrounded couch, watching movies during his week off), Al says this line out loud while watching Michael Curtiz's classic in the 22nd episode of the 6th season, "The Goodbye Girl".
Trivia[]
- As noted above, although this was designated to be the Season 3 finale and should have aired in May (when most television shows air their season finales), it didn't actually air until late August 1989.
- Bud mentions to Al that due to Kelly's limited capacity to retain information, she looses basic information to obtain the new knowledge. Eventually, she forgets who Al is, confuses Bud for Buck Bundy and doesn't recognize the sound of a doorbell. This issue would later be seen again in the season 8 finale, "Kelly Knows Something" when Al tries to teach Kelly about sports trivia.
- In the latter episode, Kelly forgets that her Dad scored 4 touchdowns in one game.
- One of the neighborhood women, Fifi, is played by Luann Lee, who was the Playboy's Playmate of the Month for January 1987.
- Peggy points out that Kelly is currently a junior in high school and then officially becomes a senior at the very end of the episode.
- Bud points out its their last week in school, indicating that he is a freshman at Polk High School.
- It is revealed that Al and Peggy have sex about once a month and it last for 30 seconds.
- Kelly confuses Theory of Relativity with being related to Al and Peggy.
- This is the only appearance of their neighbor Mrs. McGinty. The McGintys have been mentioned several times throughout the show.
- The blue blouse and black pants that Peggy wears at the end of the episode is the same outfit she wears for the season 4 opening credits.
- The outfit that Kelly is wearing at the beginning of the episode (red and black tank top, a necklace with a cross on it, a metal bracelet, short black skirt and dark pantyhose) is very similar to the one that she wears in the season 4 opening. In the season 4 version, she has the same red and black top and pantyhose, but instead, she wears denim shorts, a smaller wristband, and the cross on her necklace is much smaller
- Bud's use of TV shows to inspire his tormenting of Kelly is very similar to the "Robinson Crusoe/Gilligan's Island" fiasco seen in Season 2's "Guys and Dolls" and two episodes earlier in "The Computer Show" where Bud mixed up Moby-Dick and Mister Ed.
Cultural References[]
- Kelly confuses U.S. President Thomas Jefferson with George Jefferson from the TV series The Jeffersons, mixing up various facts about them:
- Kelly claims that Thomas Jefferson was a renaissance man, stating that he was both an architect and the owner of a dry cleaner.
- George Jefferson was the owner of several successful dry cleaners in New York City, while Thomas Jefferson was known to have mastered many disciplines such as classical architecture, painting, linguistics and horticulture aside from his career in law and politics.
- Kelly sings The Jeffersons theme song, "Movin' On Up" after telling Al and Peg about Thomas Jefferson, claiming he wrote it on the back of the Declaration of Independence.
- Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the document.
- Kelly tells Al and Peg that Thomas Jefferson's wife was black, mistaking her for Louise "Weezy" Jefferson.
- Though it is believed that following the death of his wife, Thomas Jefferson did have children with one of his slaves, Sally Hemings who was partially black.
- MWC creators Ron Leavitt and Michael G. Moye were producers for The Jeffersons during its run.
- Kelly claims that Thomas Jefferson was a renaissance man, stating that he was both an architect and the owner of a dry cleaner.
- Bud tries to suggests that he could teach Kelly "Shakespeare The Friendly Ghost" or "I Dream of Lincoln". in reference to the television series Casper The Friendly Ghost and I Dream of Jeannie, English playwright William Shakespeare and U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
- This story line might be further inspired by an Archie Comics story where Archie and Reggie teach Jughead nonsense history.
- Al mentions that he watches the television series Get Smart by putting a small television on the bed while having sex with Peg.
- Notably, in the Season 5 episode, "Top of the Heap" Al mentioned that he was watching Get Smart when Kelly was being conceived.
- Al tells Steve that when he was a kid, his mother would light him up a "Lucky" for his breakfast and then send him off to school.
- "Lucky" in this case refers to the Lucky Strike brand of cigarettes.
- As Bud and Kelly come downstairs to show off how much she actually learned and ask what Al is doing, he tells them "Sitting by the dock of the bay, wasting time."
- This is in reference to the chorus from the 1967 song "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding.
Music[]
- Kelly and Bud sing "Movin' On Up", which was the theme song for the sitcom The Jeffersons.
- Peg sings "Love For Sale" by Cole Porter while in the bathroom as Al tries to peep her.
Locations[]
Sets[]
- Bundy Living Room / Kitchen
- Al and Peggy's Bedroom
Goofs[]
- Peggy mentions the first night that she left a ladder for the peeper. However that ladder can only be seen the second time, when Al peeps her.
- Al is standing on a ladder outside his own bedroom window pretending to be a peeping Tom. Peg pushes the ladder back and Al falls. Had they really been on the second floor, Al's fall would have made a very wide arc, due to the height of the ladder. Instead, Al falls back immediately in a tight arc, revealing that the prop ladder he's actually on is only a few feet tall.
External Links[]
Here's Lookin' at You, Kid at the Internet Movie Database- Here's Lookin' at You, Kid on Bundyology
- Here's Lookin' at You, Kid - First Draft Script on albundy.net
- Here's Lookin' at You, Kid - Transcript on albundy.net
- #58 Here's Lookin' at You, Kid - MWC Podcast on Horrorphilia
