| By Fred Topel
Thursday Nights on Fox
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The new fall comedy Til Death thinks it’s so funny that married couples don’t get along. They’re hardly the first to derive entertainment from that subject. Check out our picks for the 10 worst couples in TV or Movies and then see if Til Death holds up.
10. Home Improvement - This was supposed to be a good marriage but it seemed clear that she hated the very essence of his being. If she didn’t like his obsession with tools why did she think she could change him? Not cute.
9. Friends - Ross and Rachel are a bunch of whiny babies. They were so on a break, but then Ross proposed considering marriage? What a loser.
8. Cheers/Frasier - Lilith was a babe even though she was stone cold, but Frasier could do way better, as he proved on his own series. Sharing brains doesn’t automatically make you compatible.
7. Collision Course - Jay Leno and Pat Morita did not make a good buddy cop duo. There was no chemistry and it was just embarrassing for both parties.
6. The War of the Roses - This dysfunction may have turned the most violent of any bad marriage.
5. Star Wars Prequels - Padme and Anakin had no chemistry and no communication. They just went about their business professing love with wooden delivery. Everything would have been fine if he’d just said, “I’m learning how to bring you back from the dead” and she said, “Just don’t kill me and we’re cool.”
4. Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - For an oldie, you can’t get much more vicious than this couple. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton yelling at each other all night, breaking each other down until there’s nothing.
3. Spanglish - At least the Woolf couple seemed to have a lot in common, even if it was hatred of each other. Why was nice guy Adam Sandler with neurotic wreck Tea Leoni?
2. Moonlighting - Bruce Willis was fun to watch but I wouldn’t want to work with him, let alone date him. If someone’s that irresponsible, don’t try to make it work. Just learn to pleasure yourself.
1. Married With Children - The Bundies were the ultimate dysfunctional family. It’s hard to top 11 years of hating each other. |
