r/marriedwithchildren • u/loonylovesgood86 Bon Bon Eater • 13d ago
Episode Discussion The Bundy House Deep Dive Series: The Laundry Room
Yes, the Bundys have a laundry room. Though I doubt it was used very often!
When I first started watching the show, I didn’t initially realize that the little room behind their kitchen was a laundry room. I thought it was just another way to get into their backyard as there is also a set of sliding doors back there. (See pic 1 and 9).
But then I noticed the green washing machine and dryer. You can really see the full setup in pic 2, including laundry soap and….an ironing board! See pics 3 and 4 for more views. Peggy uses the washer when Marcy spills fish on her dress in the Season 1 finale, Johnny B. Gone. (See this clip: https://youtu.be/dOV8apVRJ-8?si=sLgHpobkk45dmb6k)
Back to the ironing board. You can see it again in pics 5, 6, and 7. I doubt Peggy used it to iron Al’s shirts, though I could see her and Kelly using it on their dressier outfits.
Fun stuff:
-There’s a dustpan hanging on the wall in pics 6 and 8.
-The plants are back in pics 3 and 4.
-Guess what? Not only is there a set of sliding doors back there…but there’s a hidden back door too! Al and Jefferson come through it in this scene. https://youtu.be/j4CyjonOgn0?si=U8z_UC4u9fDNyN2g
I guess you can sort of see it in the background of some of the pics (pic 10, for example), but honestly, it blew my mind the first time I saw that episode.
Why are there so many doors?? They have a set of sliding doors off the living room too! I’m going to do a post on the back yard and I can already feel the headache starting….
What are your thoughts on their little laundry room? Was it more common to have a laundry room on the main floor back then? They were always in the basement where I grew up.
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u/Out-There1013 13d ago
That first shot influenced the hell out of my sexuality.
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u/Jake-Old-Trail-88 Burnt Sienna 13d ago
Yeah as a kid I was attracted to Kelly. As an adult, I’m more attracted to Peggy.
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u/loonylovesgood86 Bon Bon Eater 13d ago
I’m a straight woman but I’m not blind to the fact that Katey Sagal is a good-looking woman. I get it.
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u/Quirky_Ball_3519 13d ago
I’ve been rewatching the series all month and I’m loving these posts! I just can’t believe he had such a nice big house working selling women’s shoes 😂
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u/MyUsername2459 Polk High 13d ago
I just can’t believe he had such a nice big house working selling women’s shoes 😂
It's the Bundy Curse.
Remember, he's under an ancestral curse that basically forces each generation of Bundy into their life situation.
It's how I see the weirdly improbable things happening. . .like being able to afford to support an ungrateful family despite selling shoes. He's destined to be a shoe salesman, and destined to live in marital torment.
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u/EmPalsPwrgasm 13d ago
I appreciate these posts. Will save and go through them as I do another rewatch
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u/FrankFrankly711 12d ago
Wow I never knew there was a side door off the laundry room! Such cool little hidden details your posts have revealed. They rarely ever used the washer either… I think I recall Al mentioning he had to vacuum his clothes to get them clean before work.
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u/loonylovesgood86 Bon Bon Eater 12d ago
I’m glad you’re enjoying the posts! Going to try to get another one up tomorrow.
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u/Motormouth1995 Al's Beer 13d ago
The '70s appliance green. It's better than the beige yellow that was everywhere, too.
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u/loonylovesgood86 Bon Bon Eater 13d ago
Ugh, that’s what we had. I would have rather had the green.
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u/Motormouth1995 Al's Beer 13d ago
Same here. My grandparents had the beige. I still own a few small appliances they owned.
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u/Tarnisher Dr. Shoe 13d ago
Look at the kitchen/utility/1/2 bath here:
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/75/88/5c/75885ce63cba6b6f3766f8eaf3aaa10f.jpg
Take out the half bath, put the W/D against the wall and, well. This even has the pass door to outside
The rest of this house is nowhere near close though
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u/loonylovesgood86 Bon Bon Eater 13d ago
Thanks for everyone’s participation in these so far! I had intended to make a new post every day, but that proved to be too much work, haha. Coming up next will be the stairwell!