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->'''Marcy:''' But unlike evolution, I'm not letting you off the hook, Al. Now can you tell me what a woman's body has to do with selling beer?
->'''Al:''' All right, number one - if it wasn't for beer, there would be at least three people who probably wouldn't be married - Me, Jefferson, and probably Lisa Marie Presley. Number two - since men buy beer, advertisers have to cater to what we want. And hold on to your corncob pipe - we like pretty women. Pretty women sell beer, ugly women sell tennis rackets. Pretty women - cars; ugly women - minivans. Pretty women make us buy beer, and ugly women make us ''drink'' beer.
-->-- Al Bundy and Marcy Darcy discussing the finer points of SexSells, ''Series/MarriedWithChildren''

Edward Leonard "Ed" O'Neill Jr. (born April 12, 1946 in Youngstown, Ohio) is best known as playing Al Bundy (the once-great high school quarterback now reduced to working at a women's shoe store to support his lazy, bon-bon eating wife and crude, ungrateful children) on the raunchy FOX sitcom ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', or more recently as Jay Pritchett on ABC's more family-friendly ''Series/ModernFamily''. Even though he's famously portrayed snarky patriarchs (though Jay Pritchett isn't as snarky as Al Bundy), he's had a fairly successful and varied acting career in many movies and TV series:
* Title character "Dutch" Dooley in ''Film/{{Dutch}}''
* Danny O'Shea in ''Film/LittleGiants''
* Glen in ''Film/WaynesWorld''
* Det. Paulie Sellitto in ''Film/TheBoneCollector''
* Lt. Joe Friday on ABC's 2003 revival of ''Franchise/{{Dragnet}}'', and
* Gov. Eric Baker on NBC's ''Series/TheWestWing''

In addition to being a traditional actor, Ed has lent his voice talents to several animated productions:
* Mr. Litwak in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph''
* Orson from ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar''
* Hank in ''WesternAnimation/FindingDory''

Little known fact... Ed played college football (UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball) at Youngstown State and at Ohio University. He was drafted by the UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague's Pittsburgh Steelers in 1969 to play defensive lineman but was cut during the training camp. This little fact was [[ActorSharedBackground worked into the script]] of ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', with Al reliving his glory years as a champion high school football star and even saw [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeagueQuarterbacks Terry Bradshaw]], Hall of Fame quarterback for the Steelers, making several appearances on the show. Another little-known fact: he holds a black belt in UsefulNotes/BrazilianJiuJitsu, is good friends with the Gracie family, and is highly regarded in the martial arts community.