Edith just doesn't know how to take a subtle hint. See what lengths Archie will go to get her to stop talking in these three clips from this classic series.
His mime is really amazing. The way he could make a invisible act look so realistic. Like he was actually taking pills or hanging himself. Really a wonderful actor and physical comdey. They are both legends.
Agreed. There are a lot of shows like that. The Andy Griffith Show wasn't the same without Barney. Warren just didn't do it for me. You couldn't have had Sanford and Son without Esther, either. So many examples!!
Genious actors good ole archie still relevent today thanks for making all of america laugh we miss you both RIP ARCHIE and EDITH BUNKER #704 HOUSER ST. Queens NewYork
We have been married for 39 years! What really makes this so funny is when my wife tells the same stories over and over year after year you can really feel sorry for Archie!
A classic! This is hilarious....truly one of the best stints on "All In The Family". I kinda related to Archie ...I felt like I have been on a roller coaster from hell this week and it wouldn't stop!!
In any group of five or more people there is one who tells stories this way. So next time you’re with four or more of your friends or family members, look around carefully. If one of them is not that person, *you* are that person.
The character Edith Bunker sure knew how to practice her persona to the Character Archie Bunker's satisfaction right up to almost the very end of that sitcom series of being a real woman as part of a real man and woman couple well.
While suicide is no joking matter, these faked ones are hilarious because of his acting and faces. I would go nuts if someone was talking my ear off like that too, especially if it's about something I just don't care about.
I was so young when I saw this, and I still do this scene till this day every time I don't want to hear it I sit there and I tie the fake rope around my neck. He was hilarious!
I'm currently living with my elderly folks. Mom does this all the time, and I'm really, really bad: have zero tolerance, probably because I've never been married. It's incredibly exhausting to listen to. And then she asks me tons of questions about nothing. I turn into The Man With No Name. And then I flee: fortunately the property has a guest house where I live. And then I feel so bad because she's lonely and just wants to talk.🤷♂️🥺
I was like that too. My mom told the same stories over and over again. We called her Pete Pete the repeat. When she died I was so sad and I would do anything to have her tell the same stories over and over again just one more time 😔
always have to laugh that the dog's name is Franklin, and Edith's uncle's name was Sport, rather than vice-versa. LOL So sad that both Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton are both gone now, but they left so many funny scenes like this behind for us to continue to enjoy!
When he taps the imaginary pill bottle cracks me up every time!😂 All his imaginary suicide thechnics do! Hehehee! And also when he tries teaching the meathead how to eat his food, and put on his socks! Archie's a scream!😂
HA HA HA! I love the hanging, and overdose on pills. He actually did the russian roullette one with Stephanie after Edith passed away. Stephanie was talking to him about new school clothes at the the bar Archie Bunkers Place, and when he couldn't take it NO MORE as he'd say, he pulled out the old russian roulette on her as well.
My mother used to do this. She was like the evil twin of Edith Bunker. Her bathroom was right off the bedroom where my brother and I slept. One night after we had gone to bed, she took it into her head to take a bath. She left the door open so she could yell at us: 'NIGHT AND DAY YOU AGGRAVATE ME, AND I CAN'T TAKE...' 'YOU BOYS DON'T SEEM TO REALISE HOW MUCH I HAVE TO...' 'AND ANOTHER THING: I DON'T THINK YOU REALLY APPRECIATE HOW MUCH I...' ' IF I HAVE TO HEAR, ONE MORE TIME, HOW YOU...' My brother and I got tired of listening to this, so we got up and quietly left the house for a walk just to escape the constant berating and nagging. We were gone about three-quarters of an hour, and when we returned she was still in the bathroom AND STILL COMPLAINING! 'NEVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I...' 'DO YOU REALLY THINK I'M GOING TO...' 'JUST WAIT TILL YOU HAVE KIDS OF YOUR OWN AND THEY DO THE SAME SORTS OF...' To this day I have no idea how we got to sleep that night.
The one pantomime suicide bit that was not included here was Archie's wrist-slitting while Edith was ranbling on and on about Aunt Iola! Another very funny A. Bunker moment!
