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Originally Posted by zplonk

3. Has anyone EVER complained about Married with Children?

Actually, yes.

On January 15, 1989, Terry Rakolta and her children watched the Married... with Children episode "Her cups runneth over" (306). She was shocked by several things she saw when Al and Steve were shopping at a lingerie store in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. There was a homosexual, a man in stockings and a woman who took off her bra (see the picture of topless Playboy Miss June 1985 Devin Velasquez playing "Vicki"). Therefore she wrote letters to all Married... with Children sponsors, protesting against their support for such a scandalous show, and several sponsors decided to cancel their commercials. This encouraged Terry Rakolta to leave her home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, to visit some talkshows. On March 2, 1989, this story made it to the front page of The New York Times. Other newspapers and TV shows also reported about her campaign against the show. Finally Rakolta even founded the group "Americans for Responsible Television" to fight for traditional values on US TV. However, this publicity made the people curious about the show and its ratings increased tremendously. The producers have sent a fruit basket to Rakolta every Christmas since then, and she was even mentioned twice on the show: we can hear a TV announcer refer to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in episode 414 (talking about sluts!), and Marcy mentions Rakolta as "woman from Michigan" in episode 909. Hustler magazine made her "Asshole of the Month".