Peggy's birthday is spent at the bowling alley where she decides to bowl and is close to scoring a perfect game while Al is in the dumps. Marcy is there for support and she met two nice men who went home with each other but she is still trying to find another husband. While Peggy is getting support much to Al's dismay, her perfect score potential is high while Al is in the dumps. It's not a bad episode. I feel sorry for Al who only wanted to ditch his wife on her birthday and go bowling with the guys. Instead, Peggy comes along to the bowling alley and steals his thunder so to speak. It's an okay episode but not one of my personal favorites.
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Championship Bowling.
rmax30482321 October 2010
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Almost all of the episodes are enjoyable but this may be better than most. Al is determined to break his rival's top bowling score of 256 (or whatever it is) and is primed up for the match. He takes his family to watch him set a new record at the bowling alley. And for a change he actually succeeds. The crowd goes wild, while the dethroned rival sulks.
But before he can savor his victory, he finds that Peggy is bowling strike after strike in the next lane and threatening Al's score.
The story is well written and some of the exchanges are hilarious. To reassure himself while Peggy continues to bowl a perfect game, Al tries to explain to Bud that skill is more important than luck, but he keeps getting interrupted by shouts from the next lane.
"See, Bud, anybody can have a stroke of good luck. It doesn't mean anything that your mother has a good run." ("STRIKE!") "The important thing is practice. Keep on top of your game. Luck doesn't count in the end." ("STRIKE!") "What I'm trying to tell you is --" ("STRIKE!") Al's face collapses, he runs to Peggy and does everything possible to foul up her game.
Later, sitting at home in front of the TV, which is turned off, and holding an imaginary remote control, Al fantasizes himself being interviewed on the tube by a sports caster, who introduces Al with all sorts of commendations for his achievements -- "Al Bundy, Polk High's Most Valuable Player. Sportsman. Aviator. Bullfighter. Inventor of the seven-day underwear." The final frame is on Al's face frozen into an insane smiling mask.
But before he can savor his victory, he finds that Peggy is bowling strike after strike in the next lane and threatening Al's score.
The story is well written and some of the exchanges are hilarious. To reassure himself while Peggy continues to bowl a perfect game, Al tries to explain to Bud that skill is more important than luck, but he keeps getting interrupted by shouts from the next lane.
"See, Bud, anybody can have a stroke of good luck. It doesn't mean anything that your mother has a good run." ("STRIKE!") "The important thing is practice. Keep on top of your game. Luck doesn't count in the end." ("STRIKE!") "What I'm trying to tell you is --" ("STRIKE!") Al's face collapses, he runs to Peggy and does everything possible to foul up her game.
Later, sitting at home in front of the TV, which is turned off, and holding an imaginary remote control, Al fantasizes himself being interviewed on the tube by a sports caster, who introduces Al with all sorts of commendations for his achievements -- "Al Bundy, Polk High's Most Valuable Player. Sportsman. Aviator. Bullfighter. Inventor of the seven-day underwear." The final frame is on Al's face frozen into an insane smiling mask.
WARNING ATHLETES
beauleaumail12 April 2022
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I am a huge fan of Ed O'Neil and his work, this episode however is a huge disappointment. Al Bundy (played by Ed) is not the reason this episode is a disappointment. Anyone watching this one that has played in sports, be it professional all the way down to the lowly high school or jr. High sports may know what it feels like to be cheated out of a big win or have someone try and sabotage your play. It would have been one thing if Peg had just out played Al, but there was a frame where Peg yelled in the middle of Al's back swing causing him to bowl a split. After Al is done with his game, Peg gets a higher score, and she acts like she got it fare when it was so clear that she never would have gotten that score without screwing with his game. I understand this is meant to be funny but when stuff like that hits close to home....... I hate the act of cheating and have no respect for cheaters in any event. Sports, politics or even in marriage. I despise cheats!!
A Perfect Episode?
BA_Harrison11 November 2022
When Al is at the bowling alley, calling 'Steee-rike!', fun is guaranteed, but it's even more entertaining when Peggy is doing it as well, threatening to break the record that her husband has set only minutes before.
Even though it is his wife's birthday, Al takes Peggy to the local bowling alley so that he can beat the record score of 256 held by his rival Puggy Weaver, who is leaving the neighbourhood. Al's act of selfishness backfires when his new high score is beaten by Peggy, who achieves a perfect game, despite Al's best efforts to put her off (Al making loud noises and using mind games to try and distract her is hilarious).
The episode opens with Kelly asking, "What goes 'Quack!'?" and just keeps on getting funnier, closing with a shell-shocked Al sitting in front of his TV, imagining that he's being interviewed on a sports programme, the poor man summing himself up in a single word... winner. Will he snap out of his delusional state in time for the next episode? Let's hope so...
Even though it is his wife's birthday, Al takes Peggy to the local bowling alley so that he can beat the record score of 256 held by his rival Puggy Weaver, who is leaving the neighbourhood. Al's act of selfishness backfires when his new high score is beaten by Peggy, who achieves a perfect game, despite Al's best efforts to put her off (Al making loud noises and using mind games to try and distract her is hilarious).
The episode opens with Kelly asking, "What goes 'Quack!'?" and just keeps on getting funnier, closing with a shell-shocked Al sitting in front of his TV, imagining that he's being interviewed on a sports programme, the poor man summing himself up in a single word... winner. Will he snap out of his delusional state in time for the next episode? Let's hope so...
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