Still rolling on the floor laughing.?ÿ You just can't see this sort of "entertainment" everywhere.?ÿ No comment as to whether or not that is a good thing.
Watching MeTV and the ultimate episode of "All in the Family" happened to come on.?ÿ OMG sums it up.?ÿ I didn't happen to see it way back in 1972 when it aired.?ÿ It was the one where Archie is driving a cab and ends up with Sammy Davis, Jr. in his cab.?ÿ Sammy somehow leaves his briefcase behind.?ÿ Long story, but he ends up coming to the Bunker house while waiting for the briefcase to be delivered there.?ÿ As Archie poses with Sammy for a photo, Sammy kisses Archie on the cheek just as the camera clicks.
We have my daughter's boyfriend living in the house with us.
I have a great deal of difficulty not thinking of him as 'Meat head'
I'm trying very hard not to be a grumpy old codger.
Norman Lear taught us how to laugh at ourselves. Surprised to see he is still alive.
that was an epic episode.
saw in reruns as a kid in the 70s. could never stand Edith's voice, didnt understand why archie was such a schmuck until I was old enough to understand the acting.
Carrol O'Connor and Sammy Davis, Jr. had been friends for a long time prior to that episode. Sammy asked to be on the show. They set it up such that everything Sammy said was not scripted at all. The kiss was O'Connor's idea. They would do a full dress rehearsal, then an afternoon run and an evening run, so there were slight differences in each. The final show aired pieced together what was deemed to be the best parts.
I was a teenager when I read a biography of Sammy entitled Yes I Can. It is a fascinating story.
I remember watching that episode as a preteen. All in the Family was one of my father's favorite TV shows. My GF and I both grew up watching and still occasionally watch the reruns on cable.
