Married With Children
March 5, 2008 – 8:30 pm
In 1989, Terry Rakolta and her children were watching an episode of “Married… With Children” titled “Her Cups Runneth Over“. She was shocked by some of the things she saw in the episode, such as a woman who took off her bra (Playboy’s Miss June 1985, Devin Velasquez), a homosexual and a man in stockings.
Terry wrote letters to all of the show’s sponsors and convinced some of them to cancel their commericals. This led Terry to appear on some talk shows, and the story eventually hit the front page of the New York Times.
However, all of this publicity was great for the show — the ratings went through the roof and the publicity is sometimes considered the reason the show lasted so long. In fact, the producers reportedly have sent a fruit basket to Rakolta every Christmas since then.
