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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 3:17 pm
I haven't seen it, but the first one that comes to mind is According to Jim with Jim Belushi and Courtney Thorne-Smith from Melrose Place. And there's Married With Children and the Simpsons -- maybe the wives aren't 'hot,' but they take good care of themselves and are married to slobs.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 3:18 pm
King of Queens
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 3:19 pm
King of Queens, Still Standing...and the Honeymooners, kickin' it old school.. I like Still Standing tho, that husband-wife team is quite funny....
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 3:35 pm
Archie Bunker
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 5:26 pm
Family with Sada Thompson and James Broderick. She was a stout woman and he was a avery attractive middle age man. http://www.gasolinealleyantiques.com/celebrity/images/Artwork/tv-family.jpg
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 6:36 pm
Fred and Ethel Mertz
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 6:39 pm
Mr. Grant and Mary Richards? (Mary Tyler Moore show)
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 6:47 pm
LOL - Thanks for trying. I'm sorry but I just think we're reaching pretty far back there. Married With Children. He wasn't fat. He was a bit of a slob but she was no treat either. Honeymooners. That was in the fifties or sixties wasn't it? All in the Family (Archie Bunker). He wasn't slim but neither was Edith (and Edith wasn't hot). The Simpsons. A cartoon about a chubby guy and a woman with big hair? Marge Simpson is hot? Mr. Grant and Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore) – he was her boss. Fred and Ethel (I Love Lucy) from the fifties and Ethel was sweet but I don't think anyone would describe her as "hot"?
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 6:56 pm
Ha ha ha Jimmer, I think that was the point of the original poster: <<For example, when was the last time you saw a sit-com with a fat wife and a hot husband? Now flip it and see how many you can name.>>
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 9:09 pm
Beauty and the Beast? LOL..
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 8:43 am
On the Drew Carey Show did he ever marry? He's fat and I know his girlfriend was slim and cute.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 8:44 am
Never mind above, I got it twisted around again. Scheesh, this is hard. We want a fat woman married to a hunk.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 9:05 am
LOL - I'll even settle for the other way around. Drew Carey might be a good one. The point is that most TV couples are fairly well matched size wise unlike the original comment that there were a lot of hot slim women with overweight guys (or vice versa). By the way, I've seen quite a few couples who are very different sizes in real life. Just look at the Biggest Loser for example. Many of the spouses (both male and female) are not at all overweight.
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Couchtomato
Member
09-09-2008
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 10:28 am
How about Good Times or The Jeffersons?
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 10:44 am
Hey, there you go, CT. Weezie was large woman married to, if not a hunk, at least he was a lot smaller than her.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 10:47 am
OH, and in real life averge-sized Gerald McRainy married Delta Burke at about her largest. They will have been married 20 years in May.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 10:59 am
If any one ever watched Y&R yrs ago, Brad was married to 'that Abbot sister' cant remember her name....but I think he was a money grubber....but she was def not slim..
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 11:34 am
http://www.slate.com/id/2111762/ Here's an article on mismatched husbands and wives in tv. They give quite a few examples. The only soap I watch is Bold and Beautiful, but even there they have Eric Forrester, where the actor is about 65 and the character must be similar, who's currently married to a 35 year old.
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Sharinia
Member
09-07-2002
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 11:36 am
Beauty and the Beast Why are fat sitcom husbands paired with great-looking wives? Slate
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 12:00 pm
Of course, there are lots of comedies and dramas where the spouses are similar sized. I guess they do it in these comedies for humor (I haven't watched any of the ones mentioned in the article). I have to admit that I've kind of lost track of the original point to this question anyway?
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 12:09 pm
Days of Our Lives. There was a pretty big nurse and her hot doctor husband that were the weirdest couple to put together, but they were partners in evil. I can't remember their names, but I'm ashamed that I a) watched the show ever and b) thought it was weird for a very big girl to be with a pretty hot guy like that.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 12:23 pm
I am watching the I love Lucy Bowl today and am thinking Ethel doesn't look overweight but when I was a kid I thought she was fat. In the 50s she must have been seen as overweight. Our society as a whole has gotten much fatter over the decades. If someone made a fat joke about someone her size today it wouldn't even make sense. of course I am about 20lbs bigger than I was in my 20s so maybe since I am bigger I judge differently. I have a feeling the avg weight is much higher today. I see 200lb + people on a daily basis and in my 20s I don't remember seeing as many.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 1:02 pm
That's a good point Pamy. From what I can recall, Ethel wasn't overweight. She didn't look like Lucy but she wasn't large. I think weight is regional as well. For example, I suspect that people in California tend to be slimmer.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 1:08 pm
Fred just seemed a lot older than Ethel, but neither one of them seemed like prizes.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, February 01, 2009 - 2:08 pm
Fred was 22 years older than Ethel. Vivian Vance would be 100 this year. Fred was born in 1887.
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