Fiction Meets Reality
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In 2011, Ed O’Neill earned a coveted star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Fittingly (and hilariously), the star is located in front of a shoe store. (Al played a disgruntled women’s shoes salesman on the show.) Before the series went off the air, O’Neill reportedly made about $500,000 per episode, making him one of the highest-paid TV actors at the time.
