The Shocking Way Ed O’Neill Found Out Married… with Children Was Canceled: ‘I Said, What Do You Mean?’

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1. > “A car pulled in with the ‘Just Married’ things hanging off the back, you know, the tin cans … and I thought, ‘Oh, they, you know, just married.’ So I was standing there, and they got out of the car, and it was the husband and wife,” the Modern Family star recalled.

   > He continued, “She was in the gown, and he was in the tux. And he said, ‘Oh my god. It’s Al Bundy, in Ohio.’ And I said, ‘Yeah. Congratulations. You got married.’ ”

   > It didn’t take long for the festivities to turn into an uncomfortable moment. “The woman said, ‘We’re so sorry about your show,’ ” O’Neill said. “And I said, ‘What do you mean?’ And the guy said, ‘Oh my god. He doesn’t know. It’s on the radio. You got canceled.’ “

2. Geez, I had no idea Ed O’Neill is 78.

3. This is paint by numbers article. This shit happens hundreds of times a year when you actually have the ability to contact them immediately with a smart phone. While Ed probably had a cell phone at the time it’s is very odd for any celeb to find out in a direct phone call a show has been cancelled.

4. 10 year and 259 episodes is a crazy run that they should be proud of. 

5. They were kinda not good with the cast. I believe it was even cut short during telecast.

6. Al Bundy couldn’t win for losing…even when the show was over.

7. Seeing as how t was on the air for 10 years one would think they would at least get some sendoff…

8. It was on fox

   Fox cancels everything

   Do not grow attached to any show on fox

   The mantra of the 2000’s

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10. The least they could do is notify the cast and crew before the media.

11. One of the most boring article headlines I’ve ever read