I see many similarities between the two. Jay is a slightly more polished and mature version of Al Bundy, right?
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bgresham17 — 14 years ago(April 09, 2011 11:24 PM)
I agree. It's as if he divorced Peggy; therefore, Al became utterly successful and remarried a super hot South American woman with huge, luscious hooters. Sofia Vergara is one fine 40 yr old seenyoura. Anyway, it's almost as if he fulfilled the prophecy that he'd find a big hootered Oriental woman with big 'uns and no vocal cords who could fry a steak like a Texan.
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Milo_Jeeder — 14 years ago(February 06, 2012 08:16 PM)
Oh, no if you ask me, they're very different. Al was pretty much HORRIBLE. Let's see: he was intolerant, close-minded, rude to women (especially fat women) and well, just plain nasty most of the times. He was always being mean to everyone, he hated life, he didn't take care of his children and he felt no shame. He wasn't succesful, he didn't have any goals in life and he certainly showed no interest in other people's feeling. Yes, he clearly had his moments of kindness, but most of the times, he was horrible to everyone.
Jay is a mature guy who struggles with a few things that make him different from the rest of the characters on the show. Clearly, he is not as open-minded as the others, but he has a possitive attitude towards the other. He has shown affection and interest in his family, he came around with his son's sexual orientation and he's very affectionate to Manny, as if he was his own son. Also, Jay seems to be succesful in his business since he owns a really nice house, which wasn't Al's case.
I think Jay is way nicer than Al. If "Marriedwith Children" was still on tv, I'm sure Al would be even MORE horrible than he was when the show started.
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buster_hyman — 13 years ago(May 01, 2012 01:03 PM)
I agree. I like both shows and both characters, but Al Bundy and Jay Pritchett are total opposites. Jay has his own funny character traits to make him interesting, but he is not like Al Bundy at all. Al Bundy was a hilarious character, but that character would not fit Modern Family.
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TheFatDruidofNacyl — 13 years ago(April 04, 2013 09:40 PM)
I think they are two different characters. Al was the underdog that you could root for but he was also a bad husband and father. Jay may make a few mistakes but he is all about his family. And example would be Al would take his son to a nudy bar and get in a fight to bond with him. Jay takes Manny to help him get into a prep school and lets him know he is proud of him. Al would beat up all of his daughters boyfriends, but Jay would learn to appreciate his daughters husband.
Also on a different note I would take someone that looked like Peggy over Gloria.
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