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Peggy Bundy
Margaret “Peggy” Bundy (née Wanker) (Katey Sagal) is Al’s lazy wife. She refuses to cook or clean the house, and prefers looking for new clothes to washing them. She does not even think of having a job. During the day, she likes to watch all the daytime talk shows, sitting on the beloved family couch, and eating tons of bonbons (without getting fat). Her favorite TV shows are Oprah and Donahue, but she also enjoys watching the Home Shopping Network. Peggy is a red-head with a bouffant hairdo, and usually wears 1960s, and later, 1970s-styled fashion with skin tight spandex pants and shirts, and Stiletto heels, which make her walk in a unique way. Peg was a cigarette smoker in early seasons, but soon quit. In tune with Peggy’s character, it was revealed in the fourth season that she did not graduate high school like she thought, failing to meet a half-credit in home economics. She got her diploma, but only by stealing Kelly’s final exam, and tricking her into going to summer school. She continually spends what little money Al makes on everything from expensive clothes to useless junk, even stealing from her children to get extra cash.
Her maiden name is Wanker, and her family hails from the fictitious rural Wanker County, Wisconsin, where “As Einstein put it, everyone’s relative.” At Peg and Al’s high school reunion, her rival muttered, “Peg…Peggy Wanker…Leave a tip, don’t bother to thank her.” What is never made clear is how she managed to go to high school with Al when her parents apparently never left Wanker County. The choice of the word wanker, is likely to be a private joke, since in British English, the word “wank” is a slang term for masturbation, and “wanker” is often used as a strong insult, applicable either to an inadequate or obnoxious person.
Despite her inappropriate behavior, she generally appeals to men, including Al whenever she does work. Like Al, she would never cheat on her partner — but unlike Al, enjoys marital sex. She does not seem to mind her husband ogling other women, reading pornographic magazines, or going to strip joints — most likely because she does the same things herself with other men. Her enthusiasm has caused some of the male strip joints she visits to establish the “Bundy rule” — where women can no longer go into the back rooms to meet the dancers. During Season 6, Katey Sagal got pregnant in real-life, so it was written into the show. However, Katey suffered a miscarriage, so in true Dallas fashion, the writers made the whole storyline into one of Al’s nightmares. Katey was pregnant again twice during the series’ run, but instead of writing her pregnancies into the show, the producers either used camera shots from above the stomach, or wrote episodes without the character of Peggy, explaining her absence by having her set out in search of her missing father (who appeared in a few episodes, played by veteran comic Tim Conway), and only occasionally calling home.
The producers originally wanted Roseanne Barr to play Peggy Bundy, but she declined, and the producers cast Katey Sagal, who came up with Peg’s final appearance, wanting to satirize the TV housewives of the ’60s and ’70s.
