Married With Children-Kelly the Entertainer
shaggy77
(fictional story about fictional characters)
(Recently I caught a rerun of this show and fondly remembered how it was one of my favorites in the early '90's. Hopefully this will stir some nostalgia in others.)
Al Bundy liked to consider himself a "man's man;" a common simple man with simple tastes. He had played high school football; married his high school girlfriend (when she had gotten pregnant),and had two children. They were both grown now: his son Bud, although quite intelligent, a real disappointment because he had absolutely no athletic ability and couldn't get a date if he paid for it...certainly not a chip off the old block. His daughter Kelly, although not the brightest candle on the birthday cake, was the apple of his eye. Blond, pretty and way too popular with the boys, she was his favorite. Al liked to watch the Cubs, drink beer, and frequent his favorite "nudie bar:" The Jiggly Room.
His life certainly had not turned out the way he had envisioned: paying halfback for the Bears. No, instead he had found, seemingly, lifelong employment as a women's shoe salesman. If you had asked him for a job description, he would have said: "smelling fat women's smelly feet all day." To top it off: his boss was a woman. Thankfully she was mostly absentee. His sales partner, and best friend, was Griff; a hulking black man who had also played high school football. There was hardly any business in the store and Gary, the female owner, kept it open merely for a tax deduction. Al and Griff spent their days tossing the shoes around like footballs. Finally though, Al had something to look forward to: that Saturday Griff was throwing a private party at The Jiggly Room.
When Al got home that evening, he wasn't surprised to find his wife Peg sitting on the couch eating bon-bons and watching Oprah. She hadn't worked a day in her life and was completely content to do nothing. "Oh Al," she began, "I hope you didn't have any plans for the weekend because we have to go to Wanker County. Mom fell out of bed, landed on Dad's foot and now neither one of them can get around. We have to go and take care of them for a few days."
"What...oh no...not this weekend," Al protested. "Griff's party is this weekend. He's celebrating his divorce...he finally got his get-out-of-jail-free card. Besides, I have to work. You don't think all this luxury grows on trees do you." He was desperate and tried to think of something...anything, to get out of going to hillbilly purgatory. "What about the kids...you know, Kelly and what's his name...we can't just leave them alone."
"The kids will be fine," Peggy told him, "Bud is in college and Kelly is twenty-one...you're going. At least for the weekend; but I may have to stay longer."
"Kelly's twenty-one," he mused, "it seems like she just graduated from high school."
"She did, but that's another story," Peggy remarked, "you're going and that's that."
"Could my life get any worse," Al thought, "I have to go visit Hee Haw AND miss Griff's party. That red-headed anaconda is squeezing the life out of me...I was so great in high school...what the Hell happened."
When the kids got home that evening and Al told them the news, he added: "you be a good girl this weekend Pumpkin; and Bud...well...whatever." Kelly had gotten and lost several jobs since graduating, but considered herself an actress. She had enrolled in an acting school run by Larry Storch, who had played a character named Corporal Agarn in an ancient and very forgettable TV show called F-Troop. She had actually landed a spot in a commercial for one of Al's favorite snacks: Weenie Tots. Bud had volunteered to be her Manager and he "only" kept seventy per-cent of her pay as his commission. It had been a dry spell though and Al had convinced Ray, the owner of The Jiggly Room, to give her a job waiting tables.
Kelly would have been more that happy to be one of the dancers there, but Al would have none of that. She kept assuring him that she was "a good girl," but Al knew better. This way he could keep an eye on her and have an excuse for being a more frequent customer. When Bud heard the news of Griff's party and his parents going away; a lightbulb flashed in his mind.
The next day when Kelly got home from work, Bud met her at the door: "OK Kel, you say I never find you work, well I got you a job that pays $500 for one night."