I grew up watching Ed O'Neill, But I only knew him as Al Bundy— One of the most remarkably unremarkable protagonists In the sordid history of Fox television sitcoms: A husband, a father, a shoe salesman— A guy with green in his teeth and sand in his wallet Strangely, however, he never lost any of that; He never lost Peg, Bud, Kelly, his shoe store occupation—or his legend: He once scored four touchdowns in a single game for The Polk High Panthers in the 1966 City Championship In America, we root for the beer-drinking, nipple-loving losers— The loudmouths who complain about their hunger pangs— And we celebrate when they lose nothing— Even if Reality would say otherwise Al Bundy was like that