David Faustino took over the role of Bud. Christina Applegate initially rejected the chance to audition for Kelly because she found the script “disgusting.” After watching the pilot, she had a change of heart.With the cast assembled, the show prepared for launch with the promise of autonomy over its material.But, Fox broke its vow before the show even aired.
The pilot script had Al saying, “I’m not a doctor, but I think that PMS stands for ‘Pummel Men’s Scrotums,’” and Fox insisted the line be cut.
Barry Diller, then the CEO of the fledgling network, “hated the joke,” writes Gurman. “So either we cut it or change it, or they would shut down the show.”They killed the line, but it became a bonding experience for the crew, which celebrated a birthday soon after by swinging away at a scrotum-shaped piñata.
The show’s critical reception was mixed, but the more important reaction was that of a Michigan mom named Terry Rakolta.Rakolta was so offended by a season three episode titled “Her Cups Runeth Over,” and the jokes about vibrators and other sexual topics that she saw as she watched it with her young children, that she launched a letter-writing campaign to the show’s advertisers.
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