After watching Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) last night,I decided to check other X-Mas specials of Comedy programs. Despite being one of my favourite Comedy shows,I've not seen the MWC specials during the holiday seasons, so I decided to spend Christmas with the Bundy's.
View on the ep:
Going against the sickly sweet (false) moral high ground that The Cosby Show had taken, the script by Michael G. Moye and Ron Leavitt unwraps a hilarious trailer-trash, Redneck X-Mas of the Bundy family being utterly crass in to the point dialogue, over the only meaning they have of Christmas is shaking presents out of Al. Wisely avoiding avert moralising, the writers do very well at finding spaces for Al to display (some) level of awareness over how his family are solely focused on consuming presents. Backed by the unique studio audience, director Gerry Cohen stages lively background gags such as Al getting into a fight with Santa's. Getting into the groove of the series, the ensemble cast give very funny performances, with Ed O'Neill having Al Bundy find out that the holiday season is not a Bundyful life.
View on the ep:
Going against the sickly sweet (false) moral high ground that The Cosby Show had taken, the script by Michael G. Moye and Ron Leavitt unwraps a hilarious trailer-trash, Redneck X-Mas of the Bundy family being utterly crass in to the point dialogue, over the only meaning they have of Christmas is shaking presents out of Al. Wisely avoiding avert moralising, the writers do very well at finding spaces for Al to display (some) level of awareness over how his family are solely focused on consuming presents. Backed by the unique studio audience, director Gerry Cohen stages lively background gags such as Al getting into a fight with Santa's. Getting into the groove of the series, the ensemble cast give very funny performances, with Ed O'Neill having Al Bundy find out that the holiday season is not a Bundyful life.