Top of the Heap
Introduction '''''Top of the Heap''''' is an American sitcom that ran for seven episodes on Fox from April 7 until May 19, 1991, the most successful of three attempted spin-offs of ''Married... with Children'' (the other two being ''Radio Free Trumaine'' and ''Enemies''). The pilot was episode 20 of the fifth season of ''Married... with Children''. The series aired Sundays at 9:30 pm.
Synopsis ''Top of the Heap'' focused on the attempts of two minor ''Married... with Children'' characters—Charlie Verducci (Joseph Bologna) and his son Vinnie (Matt LeBlanc)—to get rich. Charlie's "master plan" is for Vinnie to marry into a wealthy family; to this end, the two Chicago slum residents try to get into high society. Vinnie also owns a cat, Mr. Fluffy, who is despised by Charlie. Mona Mullins (Joey Lauren Adams) is a girl from the Verduccis' neighborhood who has a crush on Vinnie, who tries to fend her off. Alixandra Stone (Rita Moreno) is the manager of a country club, and the object of Charlie's affections. Vinnie gets a job at a country club, which also employs a security guard, Emmet Lefebvre.In some episodes actors from ''Married... with Children'' made guest appearances as their characters from the show, thus reinforcing the connection between the two series. Al Bundy (Ed O'Neill) appeared in the pilot (which itself was an episode of ''Married... with Children''), Bud Bundy (David Faustino) made an appearance in an episode in the country club, and Kelly Bundy (Christina Applegate) appeared twice on the show in cameo appearances.In 1992, there was a continuation of this series entitled ''Vinnie & Bobby''; it also lasted for only seven episodes. The only characters returning in this version were the eponymous Vinnie (Matt LeBlanc), Mona Mullins (Joey Lauren Adams) and Bobby Grazzo (Robert Torti), who only appeared in the last episode of ''Top of the Heap''.
Characters  Actor  Role  Appearances in other shows  Episodes appeared Joseph Bologna  Charlie Verducci  2 of ''Married... with Children''  1–7 Matt LeBlanc  Vinnie Verducci  10, three episodes of ''Married... with Children'',all of ''Vinnie & Bobby''  1–7 Joey Lauren Adams  Mona Mullins  8, three episodes of ''Married... with Children'',all of ''Vinnie & Bobby'' 1–7 Mr. Fluffy the Cat  Mr. Fluffy the Cat  1 episode of ''Married... with Children''  1–7 Rita Moreno  Alixandra Stone    2, 4–7 Leslie Jordan  Emmet Lefebvre    2, 4–7 Christina Applegate  Kelly Bundy  255 of ''Married... with Children''  3, 5 David Faustino  Bud Bundy  257 of ''Married... with Children''  2 Ed O'Neill  Al Bundy  259, all of ''Married... with Children''  1 Robert Torti  Bobby Grazzo  7, all of ''Vinnie & Bobby''  7 Note: This table counts the backdoor pilot on ''Married... with Children'' as both the first episode and as an appearance on another show.
Episodes ===Backdoor pilot (1991)======Season 1 (1991)===
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