Rain Girl is the 21st episode of season four of Married... with Children, also the 78th overall episodes of the series. Directed by Gerry Cohen, the episode was written by Kevin Curran. The episode originally aired on FOX on April 29, 1990.
Synopsis[]
Kelly takes a job as an intern at Channel 83, and winds up as their Weather Bunny, and then its "meterlolologist".
Episode summary[]
When Kelly realizes that she's not intelligent or literate enough to attend college, she has to take a job at a TV station where she quickly moves from an intern to a $1,000-a-week weather bunny forcing the current weatherman to storm off now leaving Kelly with her new manager Al, a $250,000 a year contract offer.
Recurring cast/Guest stars[]
- Regulars
- Amanda Bearse as Marcy Rhoades
- Buck the dog as Buck Bundy
Guest starring[]
- Ben Lemon as Bill Palomino
- Fran Montano as Station Manager
Quotes[]
- [Al walks over from the garage to join Peg and Bud on the couch]
- Al: Well, I still think it's a pretty unfair world when someone who doesn't even have a high school diploma makes more than someone important, like a PhD, or a shoe salesman.
- Peg: Oh Honey, you may not make much money, but Kelly will never have the satisfaction of saying: [in a deep voice, miming Al putting his hand down his pants] "I used to play a little high school ball".
- Al: You know, son, one day you'll have a girl just like the girl that's killing dear old Dad.
- Kelly: [reading off teleprompter with difficulty] There is a... "strom".. coming to...
- Peggy: [back at Bundy house, to Al] You know, that reading tutor is really paying off [Al nods].
- Kelly: To... "Chic-a-go"!
- Station manager: [off-screen] "Chicago"!
- Kelly: Uh-oh. There's a "strom" coming to us? What's a "strom"?
- Station manager: [off-screen] "Storm"!
- Bud: Why don't they just put some peanut butter on her gums, like they did with Mr. Ed?
- Kelly: [gets up and sits on the table to read the teleprompter] Winds are up to... 30... "mphs". [smiles and clasps her hands]
- Station manager: [off-screen] That's "Miles Per Hour", you idiot!
- Kelly: Hey, I'm not an idiot. I happen to be a "meterlolologist"... Dork! Anyway, "strom clods" are forming...
- Station manager: [off-screen] "Clouds"! "Strom clouds"! Oh, never mind! Somebody get her off, I'm ripping up her contract, she's gone.
- [Kelly awkwardly smiles, then begins to move the side of her black skirt up to show more of her thigh while staring into the camera]
- Al: [grimaces and then turns to Bud] All "A"'s, huh?
Notes[]
Title[]
- The title of this episode is a reference to the 1988 Dustin Hoffman / Tom Cruise film, Rain Man and Kelly working as a weather girl at the television station.
Trivia[]
- As indicated by the production code, this was the 19th episode filmed, but aired as the 21st episode.
- Bud reveals that he tosses the frisbee to Al and Buck. In the Season 6 episode, "Buck Has a Belly Ache" the kids toss Al a frisbee and note how high he jumped to get.
- Peggy reveals that Al has a credit of $55 on his "Mastercharge"
- Al and Bud wash windows by the freeway off ramp to earn extra money.
- Al and Bud reveal that they hates eating veal while Kelly seems to like it.
- Bud tells his tour group that Kelly was conceived in Al's Dodge and born in the garage.
- Kelly's conception in the Dodge was confirmed in "Requiem for a Chevyweight (Part 1)" after Al's Four Touchdowns.
- Marcy reveals that she has a younger sister who is a physicist and that she also has to work in a butcher's shop to pay for her sister's education, since her mom viewed her as too pretty to do any work. She also reveals that she missed out on her prom.
- This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Costuming for a Series.
- Adjusted for inflation, Kelly making $1,000.00 a week in 1990 is equal to $2,037.86 a week in 2020.
Cultural References[]
- After Kelly talks about facing the dilemma of quitting school, Al sarcastically calls Peggy "Mama Walton" in reference to the CBS family drama series, The Waltons.
- Bud compares Kelly to the talking horse from the television series, Mister Ed.
Music[]
- Al sings "Cha, Cha, Cha" to Peg and Bud in regards to the bills that are piling up.
Locations[]
- Bundy Residence
- Channel 83 Studio
Sets[]
- Bundy Living Room / Kitchen
- Channel 83 Action News Set
Goofs[]
- During the last portion of the episode, while Al walks around and then sits down in the living room in his new suit, the studio lights are reflected on his sunglasses.
- Marcy said that she missed out on various high school events during her younger years, including prom because she had to work. But a few episodes earlier, in "A Taxing Problem" she said that she went to prom with her male cousin after paying him $5 to not tell anyone and had to walk home.
External Links[]
Rain Girl at the Internet Movie Database- Rain Girl on Bundyology
- Rain Girl - Transcript on albundy.net
- #79 Rain Girl - MWC Podcast on Horrorphilia
