The Rerun Show was a short lived comedy sketch show on NBC. It ran from August 1 to August 20, 2002 with a total of seven episodes aired.
Each episode was split into two segments, with each part reenacting a particular episode from a classic sitcom. It featured a unique premise in that it would take dialog from classic sitcoms and repeat them word-for-word, while adding some minor twist to the story itself.
Two episodes features a sketch that parodies the Married... with Children episodes, "The Dance Show" and "Weenie Tot Lovers and Other Strangers".
Several guests stars appeared on the show, including David Faustino who appeared in one of the MWC sketches, and MWC guest stars Gary Coleman and Danny Bonaduce appeared in sketches for their respective shows, Diff'rent Strokes and The Partridge Family.
One of the music composers for the show was Johnathan Wolff, who served as the composer for MWC from Season 7 onward.
Two of the show's cast members, Paul Vogt (who plays Andy in "Married... with Chimps" and Al/Ozzy Osbourne in the seventh episode) and Daniele Gaither, would later join the FOX sketch comedy show, Mad TV. The show was also produced by Columbia Tri Star Domestic Television (now under Sony Picture Television), which also produced MWC.
References to Married...with Children[]
In both sketches, the set used for the Bundy residence are similar to the original MWC set. Both also have a cover version of "Love and Marriage" playing during the opening. They also feature what appears to be a stuffed animal that looks similar to Buck that is at the top of the stair case.
Episode 6[]
Episode 6
The sixth episode features a sketch called "Married... with Chimps", and parodies the film franchise, Planet of the Apes . The sketch parodies the Season 5 episode, "The Dance Show", but with anthropomorphic apes (who look similar to those from the movie franchise) portraying The Bundys, Marcy and most of the people at the dance club, while Andy and Pete are portrayed as human men in loincloths held captive by the primates.
Married... with Children actor David Faustino appears in this sketch, playing the role of Pete, originally played by Dan Castellaneta , who confronts Al about his husband Andy going out with Peggy.
Some of the differences from the MWC episode:
- The beginning of the sketch starts from when Al arrives home and the kids rob him of his remaining cash at the front door. Also they take a banana from his coat pocket, whereas in the original episode he is knocked back onto the couch and Bud get his cash from his shoe
- Peggy has to pay for Andy to dance for her, rather than dance with her.
- Peggy almost kisses Andy before he is taken away, whereas in the original, they didn't get that far as they both admit that they're married.
- Al is shown watching the ABC talk show The View, which premiered several months after MWC was already cancelled in 1997.
- The primates can be seen doing the "Macarena Dance" (from the song "Macarena" by Los del Rio), which didn't gain popularity until 1996, when MWC was in its last season.
- Pete walks into the Bundy residence immediately after Al jumps back and begins his dialog on the couch, while in the original, he talks to Al from outside and doesn't enter until much later.
- Most of the dialogue between Al and Pete is shortened significantly
- Pete gives Al fruits and vegetables at the kitchen table and jumps into his plea to Al to help bring Andy back home. In the original, Al eats steak from a plate on the couch and then Pete brings Al some cake served in Buck's bowl, while talking about how he enjoys seeing his man eat.
- When Al confronts Andy, he simply tells him to go home to be with a man who can bake before cutting back to Peggy calling him jealous. In the original episode, Al's speech is much longer and justifies why Pete is a great guy to be with.
- In the original, Al and Peggy dance while talking about how she could have been with Andy, before he smiles and tells her "He was a homo, Peg", alluding to Andy being a homosexual. In the sketch, they simply stand there as she tells Al about almost being with Andy and once he tells Peg that Andy was a homo, he steps back and points to a poster that reads "Homo Sapiens".
- In the original ending, after Al reveals to Peggy about Andy being gay, they continue to dance. In the sketch, after Al point out that Andy is a Homo Sapiens, they laugh and are joined by Bud and Kelly as the entire club dances to "(Theme From) The Monkees"
Episode 7[]
Episode 7
In a sketch from the seventh episode, which parodies "Weenie Tot Lovers and Other Strangers", the sketch is named "Married...with Children" but includes a wall of text, discussing how The Bundys are America's most beloved dysfunctional family, but the British have been hellbent on dethroning them. It is then revealed that the Bundys are played by metal singer Ozzy Osbourne and his family, in reference to his realty TV show, The Osbournes.
Some of the differences from the MWC episode:
- Notably, the Bundys are speaking with a British accent, with parts of the dialog bleeped out, due to the Osbournes penchant for cussing on-air.
- The footage is shown to be somewhat shaky and jittery with quick cuts, imitating the realty television style of filming used on The Osbournes.
- Al is depicted as someone who slurs his speech, is hard of hearing, constantly shaking and needs an oxygen tank. In the Osbournes, Ozzy was often shown slurring his speech, often yelling or asking people to repeat what was said, and having involuntary tremors due to his heavy drug and alcohol use and later, being diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.
- The Bundys are dressed in all black Hot Topic inspired fashion that was popular during the early to mid 2000s.
- The sketch opens with Bud running in and telling his parents about his chance to go to the White House. The original episode opens with Al warming up a single M&M that he found before Peggy takes it from him.
- When Bud points out that he got Al's last check, he and Kelly get into a slap fight. In the original episode, Al immediately grabs the check from Bud after his dialog and sits with Kelly on the couch.
- When Kelly becomes Miss Weenie Tot, The original scene featured Al going with Kelly to the Weenie Tots factory, watching various girls impress the judges, Al flirting the receptionist and pleading to God to let Kelly win, with Kelly eventually announcing her win. In the sketch, the scene is is replaced with Al performing at Ozzfest making a plea for her to win to the tune of "Paranoid" by Black Sabbath. Kelly eventually joins him onstage to announce her win. She is booed the audience and he then drops his pants and moons them in retaliation.
- After Al brings the Weenie Tots home, Bud puts on a helmet and picks up a rifle, telling his parents he's going out. In the original, Bud gets up after Al fail to throw a Weenie Tot into Bud's mouth and then tells his parents that's going out to lay down into oncoming traffic.
- Al brings the Weenie Tots home and opens them in the living room and immediately Peggy finds the information about the Scratch n' Sniff contest. Then Peg, Al and Bud join in and look for the winning ticket. In the original Al brings the Tots into the kitchen, and after looking for a lunch box, pleads with Peg not to open the rest of them, after pointing out the warning about disintegrating upon being exposed to air. By the time Al get home, Peggy opened all but one of them by herself.
- Bud is the room when they win and then immediately points how they are ineligible to win due to Kelly now being an employee and runs out the door. In the original, Bud doesn't know they won until he after comes home and sees that Al and Peg were about to go to the airport. He then blackmail them and takes Al's remaining cash, before pointing about their ineligibility and how they will be poor forever, and then runs up the staircase.
- When Marcy and Jefferson join Al and Peggy, they are sitting far apart and after agreeing, Al tries to join them in their handshake, but can't. He then opts to bite the head off of a bat and pass it to each of them, alluding to an incident in 1982 when Ozzy actually bit off the head of a bat. Originally, all four of them sat on the couch close together, with Marcy giving a longer speech about why they shouldn't participate and then they all shake hands upon agreement.
- When Marcy and Jefferson pick up the check, they are shown outside in front of a business. In the original, they are indoors and have the president of Weenie Tots with them.
- In the original, when the IRS agents come to arrest Jefferson and Marcy, they list out what Jefferson will be doing to pay for his crimes. Marcy tells the camera that this was Al's fault and then punches Jefferson. In the sketch, there is only one IRS agent to quickly arrest Jefferson and Marcy looks on in sadness as she reaches out for him.
- When Al gets up, Peggy tells him he can be glad that its over now. He walks over to the study desk and then picks up a ham and throws it out in the backyard saying that its now over. This is in reference the fourth episode of The Osbournes, where the Osbournes get into an argument with their noisy neighbors, eventually causing Shannon Osbourne to toss a moldy ham into their backyard and the cops warning them not to do that anymore.
- After Al tosses the ham, Peggy then walks to the front door and is greeted by cops ready to arrest Al. In the original, he gets up and walks directly to the front door and says its now over when the door reveals Officer Dan and his partner standing there to arrest him.
- When Officer Dan tells Al that they are serving Weenie Tots in the jail, in the original, Al smiles and says "Book me!" as he is escorted out of the house. In the sketch, Al says "Fuck me!" (although bleeped out) as he is escorted out.
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