Meanwhile there is a whole generation that doesn't understand this joke : futurama

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 140 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I never understood why Al acts like having sex with his hot wife is a chore. Boomers sure are different.

[–] derf82@lemmy.world 92 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a millennial who is now the same age as Al, I get it a lot more. When you are 40, come home from a job you hate that doesn’t pay enough, and are physically and mentally exhausted, yeah, sex isn’t as appealing, even if married to Katey Sagal. You just want to plop down on the couch, turn off your brain, and be left alone. Peggy being horny is just a reminder that his wife refuses to work (neither outside nor inside the home) and has more energy.

But also remember they originally offered the role to Rosanne Barr, which would have been even more understandable.

[–] acceptable_pumpkin@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Rosanne Barr would have absolutely ruined the show and it would never have been as popular.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 85 points 2 years ago (12 children)

Al Bundy spends all day working on his hands and knees for women only to come home to more demands from a woman he’s not emotionally attracted to.

It’s supposed to be ironic that he can’t derive joy from the one bright spot in his life, a sexy wife who’s DTF.

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[–] thedarkfly@feddit.nl 31 points 2 years ago

Not everyone has, or keeps their desire for sexual activity

[–] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 26 points 2 years ago

No matter how hot an individual may be, somebody, somewhere, is tired of fucking them.

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[–] digger@lemmy.ca 106 points 2 years ago (10 children)

This episode aired 23 years ago.

[–] ShustOne@lemmy.one 87 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We've moved into boomer territory when we joke that kids today don't get a joke older than the actual kids today

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

As usual, "Who the fuck is GenX?!"

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The people who wrote the culture war Boomer vs Millennial articles and are all the rising stars of MAGA.

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[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 2 years ago

Oh fuck me. For a moment I started to think "no. Married with Children was already over 23 years ago" then I quickly realized that holy shit, Futurama is already over 23 years old.

[–] ook_the_librarian@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

And the reference is a show that ran until 1997. So a small slice of the audience was too young at the time.

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[–] Icaria@lemmy.world 89 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Reddit once voted the end of an ep of Archer as the greatest moment in TV history or some such.

The moment in question was a shot-for-shot homage to an episode of Magnum PI. No one seemed to acknowledge this.

[–] Zahille7@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Was it the end of the LA arc when he gets shot in the pool? Or wasi t from the Vice season?

[–] Icaria@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Earlier than that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlaHvnkvtbA

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[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It does also require a knowledge of the acting credits of Leela's voice actress, though.

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I actually had forgotten that Leela is Katey Segal. I thought it was funny without that extra context.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Unfortunately I'm exceptionally good at matching voices. I knew it was Peg Bundy before I finished episode 1, and then I went online to verify that.

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[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 41 points 2 years ago (14 children)

Multiple generations.

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[–] JdW@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

Nonsense. Cultural history transferrence is a thing, I did not have to have watched Gilligan's Island or the Honeymooners to get the references in every 80s tv show, it became clear from the context and its own meta joke.

So no, just like a GenX-er did not need to have been a Baby Boomer to undestand the "One of these days Alice, Bang! Zoom! Straight to the moon!" reference, a Gen Z-er can quite easily get references about Gen X series from the frequency and context they encounter them.

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[–] nobleart9932@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean I am like 30+ and I didn't get this joke.

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Leela's voice actress played Peggy Bundy on Married with Children. Ed O'Neill played Al Bundy and is playing the shape shifter pretending to be one of Leela's supposed alien race (she's not an alien, but she didn't know that yet then). They are re-enacting the look and dynamic of Married with Children in this scene.

EDIT: I was mistaken, the voice actor is not Ed O'Niell, as kindly pointed out below.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is that Ed O'Neill? Shit I never made that connection, he sounds way different.

Futurama, Modern Family, Wayne's World. Guy is an American national treasure.

[–] derf82@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (4 children)

It was not Ed O’Neill. He was voiced by David Herman, who also voiced Scruffy and Leela’s father.

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[+] glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (13 children)

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Only fans of Married with Children would ever get the joke. Plenty of people who grew up while it was running didn't necessarily see it though.

[–] theKalash@feddit.ch 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Only fans of Married with Children

Where do I subscribe?

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 8 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately, it only has pictures of Bud in his underwear.

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[–] Sharpiemarker@feddit.de 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm 35 and got the joke

[–] Daxtron2@lemmy.ml 34 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm 25 and did not

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@kbin.social 51 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Incase you still don't, it's referencing a late 80s to mid 90s sitcom Married with Children. It's surprisingly good. Katey Segal who voices Leela played one of the main characters, Peggy.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago

i recognized all the characters, but my TIL was that they were preformed by the same actress 🤯

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[–] ringwraithfish@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wooooooooooooh

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

toilet flushes

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[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago

He's missing his hand down his pants but otherwise perfect

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (5 children)

There's a joke?

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[–] M137@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Well, I now need rule34 of Leela as Peggy, specifically those clothes with the top pulled down.

[–] altec@midwest.social 26 points 2 years ago

bonk

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[–] Slagathor@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Peggy was so hot!

[–] HaKeNdoR@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

I've been drawn to Futurama because of Katey Sagal. I'm a huge fan of MWC. Watched both of them dozens of times.

[–] Ryan213@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hey Al....

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[–] Spendrill@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Old McBundy had a farm EIEIO...