Ed O’Neill was pursuing a career as a stage actor when he was offered the role of the Bundy family patriarch, a bitter Chicago shoe salesman who spends his time loafing on the couch and reminiscing ...

It takes a lot to get Al Bundy off the couch, but on Tuesday, he (or rather Ed O'Neill, the man behind the beleaguered family patriarch) had a good reason to zip up and head out — as did the rest of ...