HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT MY THING...

[jack]

I'll find it.

 

[Volpone]

Yup. A classic. Parody of "It's a Wonderful Life," where Sam, the angel fails to convince Al to live because everything is actually better if he'd never been born--but gets his wings anyway because he wants to live for spite of his miserable family.

 

[The Question]

He was only on like one episode.

He was Al Bundy's "Guardian Angel" -- because who else would that have been?

It was the absolutely perfect-est, most inspired casting decision ever.

 

[jack]

I hadn't seen it before. It was fun. He was always awesome and never out of character. There of videos somewhere of when he was actually a preacher,, which he did as a gig before he got straight and did what he was called to do.

 

[Starship Coyote]

 

[Volpone]

I really need to get around to rewatching Rodney Dangerfield's "Back to School," which Kinison was in. Saw it back when I was 18 and thought it wasn't a complete waste of 2 hours. But for some reason I think there's a lot of stuff in it that I missed at the time.

It was actually on TV a year or so ago but I just didn't have the time to sit and watch it at the time.

 

[The Question]

Interesting tidbit on the MWC + Sam Kinison connection -- apparently, Kinison was the showrunners' original vision for Al Bundy, along with Roseanne Barr as Peggy Bundy.

YOU’LL NEVER BELIEVE WHO WAS GOING TO PLAY AL BUNDY … SECRETS OF ‘MARRIED WITH KIDS’

COSMO Kramer as Al Bundy? It could have happened. Actor Michael Richards was among those who auditioned in 1986 for the lead role in “Married With Children.” And his failure to win the …

nypost.com

 

[Starship Coyote]

Oh that would have been hilarious.