You Better Shop Around, Part 1
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You Better Shop Around, Part 1 is the 101st episode of Married... with Children during the 5th season of the long running series. The Original airdate of the episode was April 14, 1991. This episode's Production Code is 519.
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[edit] Plot
At the beginning of the episode the Bundy Family is caught in a rigorous Chicago heat wave. Al's solution to the problem is sitting in a kiddie pool while his other family members fan him. After denying his family's request to buy a good air conditioner, Al brings home a vintage Kaiser air conditioner from World War II Germany. His family is still not satisfied with the air conditioner Al brings home, and the excessive amount of power needed makes Al steal electricity from the City's transformer, which causes a black out in the neighborhood. Al sets Plan B into place, which is living in the local supermarket "Foodie's". Al encounters a beautiful young blonde woman, and makes her bend over constantly by throwing food on the floor and telling her she dropped it. A stockboy becomes suspiscious of the Bundy's ways, so Al tells him that he is a cheese theft agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation going undercover to catch "The Velveeta Bandit of the Midwest". The stockboy is still uncertain of Al's motives since the suspected "Velveeta Bandit of the Midwest" is an elderly woman named Mrs. Gillis who has shopped at "Foodie's" for over ten years. Al frames Mrs. Gillis by placing a jar of nacho cheese in her purse, but the stockboy still turns Al in to the store manager. The manager tells Al that he has to buy something in cash due to the fact that Al's checks have been notorious to bounce, or he and his family would go to county jail. Al decides to buy a piece of gum for 18 cents, and finds that his neighbor Marcy D'Arcy is ahead of him in line. After asking if he could cut her because he only has a piece of gum, Marcy refuses, then in a last ditch effort by Al, he diverts her attention by pointing out a National Enquirer Headline and cuts ahead of her. The stick of gum is purchased and a siren sounds. The Bundys put there hands up in the air like they usually do when they hear a siren. Al then learns that he is the 1,000,000th "Foodie's" customer, giving him a $1,000 dollar shopping spree. Al decides that he can use the $1,000 to buy a new air conditioner. Marcy disagrees with Al being awarded the 1,000,000th customer prize and says that she was next in line, which would rightfully award her the $1,000 shopping spree. Marcy also complains that she has shopped at "Foodie's" for years, and that she knows the "Foodie's Jingle" by heart. The president of Foodie's tries to come up with a way to settle the problem. Marcy suggests that they both get shopping sprees. The president then claims that that isn't "fair for Foodie's". The conflict is then said to be resolved with Al and Marcy both going on the shopping spree, but whoever gets $1,000 worth of groceries first gets to keep them. The episode then ends abruptly with a "To Be Continued".
[edit] Guest stars
- Louise Rapport — Mrs. Gillis
- Bruce Jarchow — Manager
- John Mallory Asher — Bob
- Bobby Brown — Nibbles
- Helena Apothaker — Butter
[edit] Trivia
- The method suggested to resolve the situation dealing with the winner of the shopping spree is similar to the main concept of the game show Supermarket Sweep, in which the contestants go on a shopping spree around a supermarket with the hopes of racking up the highest product value.
- This marks the sixth time in Married... With Children's history where the episode is split into two separate parts.
- The website TV.com lists "You Better Shop Around" as the 8th most popular episode ever, receiving a review of 9.2 out of a possible 10.
[edit] DVD Release
- The episode "You Better Shop Around, Part 1" is featured in the "Most Outrageous Episodes" DVD. Part 2 of the episode is also featured on the "Most Outrageous Episodes" DVD.
[edit] Quotes
Al: (While laying in a kiddie pool) "What do you think the poor people are doing right now?"
Kelly: "Good aim Mommy!"
Peg: "Not really, I was aiming for Daddy."
Foodie's Stockboy: "Sir, are you going to buy something or not?" (Peggy then puts potato chips in a cart) "You've been here for four hours."
Al: "I'm a very conscientious shopper. Peg, read me the ingredients of those potato chips."
Peggy: "Potatoes."
Foodie's Store Manager: "Buy something or you're going to be living in county jail!"
Al: "Peg, give me a check."
Manager: "In cash. You're notorious in these parts for writing bad checks."
(Points at a sign that says "Do Not Accept Checks from this Man" then showing a picture of Al.)
Attractive Blonde: Aren't you the guy who was rubbing against me at the bus stop?
Al: No!
Attractive Blonde: Not you, him! (Points at Bud)
(Al high-fives Bud)
Marcy: (Complaining) "I was the next one in line!"
Al: "What are you complaining about, you still are!"
Marcy: "I know the Foodie's jingle by heart. Foodie's, we're full of food, and heart."
Foodie's President: "There's only one way to settle this fairly."
Marcy: "Give us both shopping sprees."
Foodie's President: "I mean fair for Foodie's!"
