Thanks, Rakolta
After season three, the show really took off and when “Her Cups Runneth Over” aired that season, Terry Rakolta (a Michigan housewife and “family values” activist) was deeply offended by the episode. So much so that she wrote to the show’s sponsors asking them to withdraw their sponsorship. She even asked FOX to drop the show. Some sponsors did cancel their commercials. However Rakolta’s efforts only caused the ratings to jump even higher and FOX was really on the map. Every year that the show was renewed, the cast and crew sent Rakolta flowers.
Thanks Terry Rakolta
An Idea
Ed O’Neill said during an interview that when he learned about the cancellation, he spoke to a FOX executive about creating an episode to finish the show. He recommended that the Bundys win the lottery and get demolished by a tornado as they celebration.
An Idea
