Now seven people out there have no heart. I don't remember seeing this episode and I can't watch it now. It's way too sad and I don't have enough tissues.
I like how Carroll O'Connor can make you weep in this scene and then laugh at the end when he goes right back being Archie complaining about Aunt Mabel from Hackensack.
I'd really like to know what Jean Stapleton thought of this scene,if she's even seen it that is,very touching to see Archie breakdown over the "dingbat"
They had been in our homes for so long you almost began to think of the Bunkers as part of the family - or friends who dropped by once a week to visit. So when Edith passed and crass Archie was left aalone - you felt the loss and sadness along with him. And when he holds her slipper - a piece of your heart broke along with his. And a piece of history would be made and teardrop shed throughout the nation - All because Edith, a friend, had passed away. (Stapleton was so great in that role.)
Little did I know that some years after this aired that I would be in his very shoes, except that in my case we both were much younger. This episode certainly touched a personal chord with me. Looking back, it may have been one of the most memorable scenes ever performed on TV.
carol was a favorite actor of mine. puts others to shame. he makes you feel what hes portraying and it takes a certain ability to make you laugh, ect with just a look and not saying a single word.
I remember this episode. The entire family sat with tears in our eyes as we watched this. I think this set the bar for writing and acting, which has yet to be met.
They were being real beverly Lasow died, Gloria and meat head broke up, arch gets hooked on speed after buying the bar, and Edith died but most of the time they were goof balls
I've never watched "Archie Bunkers Place" but I grew up watching All in the Family (re-runs of course, I'm 21). All in the Family is probably the show with THE best emotional/serious episodes. I don't think a TV show has made me cry more than the serious episodes of All in the Family. Just tonight, I watched the episodes where a guy attempts to rape Edith. The end where Edith slaps Gloria...just amazing. I cried for sure! But with their serious episodes, the comedy accompanying it is hilarious!
When this first aired myself along with six of my fraternity brothers were watching with our beers and you could hear a pin drop as each of us sat there and sobbed. RIP Carroll O'Connor.
Such a sad scene. As a kid, my dad was telling my about this scene & how memorable it was. I thought this was on the last episode on All In The Family. At that time I didn't know Edith starred on Archie Bunker's Place. When Jean Stapleton said she wanted Edith phased out of the show she said to Norman Lear "She's just a Character" & Norman replied "to me she's real".
That's Edith's Neice Stephanie. She was a main cast member on All In The Family after Mike & Gloria left. Her father just left her with the Bunker's because he couldn't provide for her.
I remember this series, i was 10 yrs old when this aired... i remember asking mom why archie was crying.. mom said the edith died and he misses her... i remember felling sad too ..
This is the saddest thing I have ever seen. Archie was such a great character. Bigoted loudmouth on the outside, but a heart of Gold within. Edith saw that side of and on rare occasions, so did the rest of us. Just a brilliantly written & performed persona. RIP Carroll O'Connor. You were fantastic.
=( Poor Archie. I wanted to give him a big hug when he started crying into Edith's slipper. What a sad scene. What the hell happened to good tv shows like All in the Family and Archie Bunker's Place? Stuff that actually meant something?
After watching Edith and Archie all those years, then this episode, I can remember that this was the only time I ever cried watching either a movie or a television show. To really appreciate this episode, I believe you did have to watch "All in the Family" for 10 years, first. So sad it was hard to believe.
Does anyone know if there's more to this? Was there a scene where Archie was trying to wake Edith or was she just not in these episodes at all? I read where Jean Stapleton asked to be written out of the series. She became tired of playing Edith. I didn't think they'd just "kill" her off in absentia. Writers!
I can't help but to feel (even though they did have an episode when Gloria did finaly come home) they left out something when they didn't cover how Gloria was coping with the recent death of her mother.
If that doesn't bring tears to your eyes your not human, so sad, but he's still Archie, always had that last word, how's he going to sleep without sheets and pillow cases!
I watch this show to laugh and ended up loving the whole family and this is actaully too much eventhough it is a tv show. I hate after season 7 because you see hows thing are going.
Helicon hit it the head: CBS should of cancelled "Archie Bunker's Place" after when Jean Stapleton left-and ending "All in the Family"'s run on TV. But no-the network wanted to keep "The Legend of Archie Bunker" alive. One of the two biggest mistakes "The Eye Network" ever made (the other one was cancelling "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" just as it was entering its prime; and wouldn't you know: Rob Reiner was involved for both shows).
i understand why he fells the way he feels because i had that happend to tewice in my life onice in november 2001 and again in june 2005 it brings back the sad memories of these deaths yet he seems to be a man when touched by death has a soft spot and cries even when he knew that he was loved even if he was a man who when he could called his wife names he still loved her. nice guy but he knew that it is the man who should die first not the woman.
@WE12WE22 Your comment started out well enough, and then went downwards. To say a man should die first and not the woman is highly absurd. Don't get me wrong, I, as a male, would gladly have my life taken away from me if I knew my significant other would live much longer, but imagine Edith coping with Archie's death. She'd be worse off than him, and often times vice versa. Death is hard enough to think of, but to be so cruel as to say that the man should die first is beyond ridiculous.
What on earth happened to shows like this? All we ever see now is those stupid reality shows ... and shows about a bakery businesses etc .... Who the hell likes to sit there for a 1/2 hour watching how a bakery conducts their business or what's happening in the everyday life of some star?!! Frick, I miss this kind of television. :(
@karroll7777 It's a consequence of evolution and progression. After something has been done you can't go back and do it again because the audience has already seen it. There are a many shows from the 70's that seem terrific now. We didn't realize how good we had it back then. Drama has been replaced by fake, scripted reality shows.
@TomZentra I disagree. I think the past 10 years have been the best for drama shows, if you know where to look for them. Look at HBO, with The Wire, Six Feet Under, Rome, Deadwood, The Sopranos, etc etc or AMC with Breaking Bad and Mad Men. Those are shows with production values that were not even possible decades ago.
Not that I don't agree with you on Reality TV being terrible. Just saying that its not all bad
@TomZentra This is one of the most narrow-minded opinions I've seen. Just because you can't see genuine, heartfelt dramas, and plain old genuine, heartfelt television shows today does not mean they don't exist. This goes beyond your own selfish little existence.
@PIRATESOFTHEC3 What the hell is wrong with you PIRATESOFTHEC3? You obviously have not taken your daily medication.
Apparently you have no cable connection. If you don't think there are numerous fake, scripted, bad shows on TV today, you are delusional. You are living in your own sheltered, selfish world.
@TomZentra Daily medication? Such a typical high school insult.
And I did not reject your comment, only stated that there are a number of genuine, heartfelt television programs. Perhaps what blinds you is that you see all these awful shows and don't pay even the slightest attention to those rare gems. Yes, I used the term rare, but not nonexistent.
Waste your ignorance upon someone else, would you?
TO me this will always be my favorite episode. For as much of an asshole Archie was, this was one of the only times he ever seemed like a decent person.
@Silverdragon5862 Jean Stapleton had thought that the character had gone as far as she could take her, and wanted to move on to other work. So, instead of continuing her story off-screen, the creators decided to give her a proper send-off.
4 dislikes must be people who enjoy the GARBAGE of today's TV Shows. AITF & ABP are timeless shows that will never be recreated. This is the stuff that REAL TV Shows were made of. I'm glad Shout! has finished issuing AITF. Hopefully they'll be able to pick up ABP and finish releasing the last 3 seasons. But its Sony. ugh.... :-(
@DerekBayRoberts1 Yeah I remember people laughing about the fact that George just wanted to get coffee after. I was wondering how people could find that funny much less interesting.
its work like this that makes great television. when youre so silent while watching all other things go out the window, youre so honed in on the good story.
@DerekBayRoberts1 I always wondered about that. I think both the "Louise" and "George" characters had a guest appearance on All In The Family after The Jeffersons started. So why weren't the Bunkers -- or at least Edith -- invited to see those new "digs" in that high rise on the East Site? Hmmmm???
@DerekBayRoberts1 I remember Louise saying she missed Edith Bunker in "George and Louise in a Bind." I'm not 100% sure if this was after Edith died, though.
@snoopy64116 I am aware of that, it just would have been an interesting plot if she shown up in this episode and realized how much Archie loved Edith.
Thanks ATFrez. I thought there was another time but I just couldn't remember. Archie may have been a jerk most of the time. But when he showed his warm side it really touched you. RIP Carroll O'Connor.
This has to be THE most touching moment in any sitcom. Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker had created a character that seemed to have no redeeming qualities, yet O'Connor many times showed the real human behind the bigotry, bluster and ignorance. This moment was the pinnacle. The first moment when he finds Edith's one slipper the tears well up in my eyes, then as he begins to talk I start to cry. Yet at the end when he says, "God! Dem peoples from Jersey is brutes!" I am laughing in relief.
Thank you..I never got to see what happened. I'm a huge fan of "all in the family" but never knew exactly how Edith passed away...Now I see why..I was planning my wedding!!
He also cried at the end of the episode where he took those pills that made him act all funny becuase he was stressed about the bar (when he first purchased it) doing bad business.
I cried at this. So touching. Death hits me hard, and this was no exception even if it was just a tv show. But death doesn't have to be the end which I thank Christ for. God bless everyone and thanks for the clip.
What a wonderful performer! It's over twenty years old and it still makes me cry like I did the first time I saw it. Thank you for posting it...I needed a good cry.
@gummo1011 I was kinda hoping at the end of Archie Bunkers place he would wake up next to Edith and go "I just had a crazy dream." and she`d be like "Oh Awwchie." but alas that never happened
Everything stopped when "All in the Family" came on. This is one of the most powerful, poignant and all telling episodes of all time, on any series and you might know, it would end with a laugh. I agree, MySoundGarden. I like your idea---no---I LOVE it.This was the show of all shows in my books and talk about being the best and worst of times...
Pain isn't evil in and of itself. It can be looked at as a teacher, and a good one: its lessons are simple and easy to understand, it transcends all races, creeds, and peoples and its lessons are slowly forgotten.
This is the season for gifts, at least where I am right now. If this pain, this lesson, teaches you to care more, treasure more, the things and people that mean the most to you then the pain is not in vain.
thats how i walked in my sisters house when she passed..its a very surreal feeling..i said the same...i should have went first..then cleaned her house out...
Jean Stapleton said that when Norman Lear told her he was going to kill off Edith she was ok with it but he seemed upset. She told him 'it's ok Norman she's just a character on a TV show'.
After a long pause Lear responded... not to me she isn't.
@tfan68 Well, i mean no disrespect to Norman, but he sure didn't feel too upset when he killed off John Amos in "Good Times", or what's exactly the story behind that?
I think this episode should've been the end of the series. I don't see how the creators of the could think they could come back from such a low. It's just not the same without Jean Stapleton. This is one of those shows where it's too emotional to lose a character as vital as hers. It's was the equivalent of losing John Lennon as part of the Beatles. Even if they did get back together you knew it wouldn't be the same.
Like Ralph Kramden before him,Archie knew what Edith really meant to his existance & no matter how he treated her,He loved her deeply & was devoted to her. (And she knew that!)
I remember tuning in to view this episode. I didn't watch the show all that much but I really wanted to see this because I knew the show was nearing an end. It had been on forever! Years later I know now how great the show was.
Lord I cry everytime I see this! SUPERB ACTING AND TALENT! The bullshit progrmas of today are free of heart, good acting, good writing, and most of all talentless. Oh! The glory days of television!
I remember this episode when it aired. I was angry that they killed off Edith at that time but it was done very tastefully and echoed real life. If she was moving on to other projects, it was better to do this than keep making excuses why we don't see her each week. What was great about the show was that it could be hysterically funny and then become dramatically serious with no humor, in the same episode. Classy actors and classy show.
Oconnor was one of the finest human beings and actors ever to grace a shitty industry...he actually cared about his craft and about humanity...the finest among us suffer the most
What made this show great is that it wasn't just about stereotypes. Archie seemed like a bigot, but behind it all there was a real human being with heart there. Too often with sitcoms today, characters are thin and shallow. They're nothing more than stereotypes. If you came back to watch Archie belittle Mike, you didn't get the premise of the show. What made it work were the moments Archie stood up for Edith even when it threatened his macho image with the boys.
@DaBearsRockMySox Remember, this is a "sitcom." When was the last time a sitcom did anything other than tell dumb, raunchy jokes? There's no plot or character development in any of this stuff. All in the Family was as much about plot and characterization than it was about laughs. The only people who seem to get that now are the Judd Apatow bunch.
This was the age before those damend reality shows too.
Thor13332 1 week ago
Carrol was a great actor.
Thor13332 1 week ago
times are changing.... they dont "like" it because it's sad.... thx facebook
rezdout 1 week ago
Now seven people out there have no heart. I don't remember seeing this episode and I can't watch it now. It's way too sad and I don't have enough tissues.
smartypants011975 2 weeks ago
I put Archie crying on the same level as Fonzie crying on the Happy Days episode, Richie Almost Dies.
mkl62 2 weeks ago
I like how Carroll O'Connor can make you weep in this scene and then laugh at the end when he goes right back being Archie complaining about Aunt Mabel from Hackensack.
gfpirate 2 weeks ago
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Archie actually murdered Edith. He couldnt take that voice any longer. He staged her death so well the police never caught on.
ZX2ManDave 2 weeks ago
poor archy
Sungkawa 3 weeks ago
wow, a very touching and true to life scene. I'm a huge fan of the show and had never seen this before.
haro82 3 weeks ago
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duckpwnd 4 weeks ago
I'd really like to know what Jean Stapleton thought of this scene,if she's even seen it that is,very touching to see Archie breakdown over the "dingbat"
bloodsling 1 month ago
she told Norman Lear to "kill the character" yet I know what you mean!
kduideo 3 weeks ago
They had been in our homes for so long you almost began to think of the Bunkers as part of the family - or friends who dropped by once a week to visit. So when Edith passed and crass Archie was left aalone - you felt the loss and sadness along with him. And when he holds her slipper - a piece of your heart broke along with his. And a piece of history would be made and teardrop shed throughout the nation - All because Edith, a friend, had passed away. (Stapleton was so great in that role.)
SeanMBryans 1 month ago
awesome, been looking for this for years...would love to see full episodes......anyone know where I can find them
SteveCanAussie 1 month ago
@SteveCanAussie
Yup. There's a YouTuber on here by the name of "MynJunkyward" who uploads all kinds of AITF episodes.
AgApE010 4 weeks ago
they should have put a moldering decayed bloated corpse there
cippy2k 1 month ago
fag
MrEeeeeeeeeeeed 1 month ago
Wow. So sad.
Timberextra 1 month ago
This is heart breaking :( i love archie bunker
helenacif1 1 month ago
Little did I know that some years after this aired that I would be in his very shoes, except that in my case we both were much younger. This episode certainly touched a personal chord with me. Looking back, it may have been one of the most memorable scenes ever performed on TV.
IAintOverYet 1 month ago
Edith loved Archie for a reason and this is one of the only episodes you can see why
Shoelpkof 3 months ago 3
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Shoelpkof 3 months ago
carol was a favorite actor of mine. puts others to shame. he makes you feel what hes portraying and it takes a certain ability to make you laugh, ect with just a look and not saying a single word.
MrPackerfan11 3 months ago 2
I remember this episode. The entire family sat with tears in our eyes as we watched this. I think this set the bar for writing and acting, which has yet to be met.
bigscarytigermonster 3 months ago 3
This is the best five and a half minutes in the history of scripted television. Unbelievably moving and absolutely brilliant.
willhowcoop 3 months ago 2
Powerful.
Boom0808 4 months ago
Now I gotta find out how she died.
123ihatethiscrap 4 months ago
@123ihatethiscrap According to the episode, she died of a stroke in her sleep. Jean Stapleton didn't appear in the episode at all.
gremashlo 4 months ago
They were being real beverly Lasow died, Gloria and meat head broke up, arch gets hooked on speed after buying the bar, and Edith died but most of the time they were goof balls
123ihatethiscrap 4 months ago
I think it's sad how the whole family kinda falls aparth dies, Mike leaves Gloria.
littlebit19801 4 months ago
Poor Archie! ;(
meghanleonardwriter 4 months ago
Let's hope that Shout! will indeed pick up the rights to release the remaining seasons of ABP, especially for this one episode.
Lupton2000 4 months ago
touching.5 people no soul
BigBlackCadillac500 4 months ago
They simply don't make shows like this any longer. Great actors and scripts.
PerceptionModified 4 months ago 2
Five people out there have no heart.
danafranklin1 5 months ago 16
@danafranklin1
I'm hoping they just disliked it because they didn't want Edith to die.
ditto151 3 weeks ago
This kind of acting is the reason I can't watch the crap that's on TV today...
KrazyTrain1 5 months ago 2
@KrazyTrain1
Got that right, especially after 1991 aside from a few.
jmjfanss 4 months ago
I've never watched "Archie Bunkers Place" but I grew up watching All in the Family (re-runs of course, I'm 21). All in the Family is probably the show with THE best emotional/serious episodes. I don't think a TV show has made me cry more than the serious episodes of All in the Family. Just tonight, I watched the episodes where a guy attempts to rape Edith. The end where Edith slaps Gloria...just amazing. I cried for sure! But with their serious episodes, the comedy accompanying it is hilarious!
PianoPlaya89 5 months ago 2
@PianoPlaya89 I thought at one time they used to air ABP as part of AITF, b/c I remember episodes that I don't see anymore when I watch AITF.
littlebit19801 4 months ago
When this first aired myself along with six of my fraternity brothers were watching with our beers and you could hear a pin drop as each of us sat there and sobbed. RIP Carroll O'Connor.
Hazelwood59 5 months ago 19
Archie always reminded me of my Grandpa Ritnour.....IDENTICAL!!!!
bitchalmighty60 5 months ago
this is the best scene in a sitcom since Reginald VelJohnson's performance in the cemetery in Family Matters
boredstudent 6 months ago
how everything just so "happened" to be so much better in the art world back then
codern 6 months ago
Dammit ! This show is still hard to watch after all these years! I'm in tears now.
Loved Archie and Edith. Always.
cheeriosinabowl 6 months ago 2
I remember this episode. One of the saddest.
CadillacL 6 months ago
I've never seen this before. Amazing acting and heartfelt sentiment.
Skybird1970 6 months ago
The greatest actor in television history
bigjoetube 6 months ago 5
WOW! I grew up watching AITF but never saw this episode. Thanks for posting it.
airdriver 6 months ago
duh people Carroll O'Connor has been dead for years !!!!!
gnaym1968 6 months ago
HOLY SHIT! What a scene. This must have been huge when it first aired and people all over the United States must have been crying.
lineba20 6 months ago 2
It's sad because he actually did go first. Carrol O'Connor is no longer with us... :(
Addicted2gaming 7 months ago
whether u love or hate arch, you wanted to embrace him in this scene.
msmithstud 7 months ago 4
i think this is one of the best acting jobs ever.........noonme could be insensitive to this....BEST TV ACTOR EVER IN MY OPINION......
kansasweep 7 months ago
You should really watch the whole episode on YouTube (it's pretty easy to find) to appreciate this scene.
bigdaddyaen 7 months ago
Thanks for the infor....on the little girl i wasnt sure Thanks again.....
memphistenn77 7 months ago
Such a sad scene. As a kid, my dad was telling my about this scene & how memorable it was. I thought this was on the last episode on All In The Family. At that time I didn't know Edith starred on Archie Bunker's Place. When Jean Stapleton said she wanted Edith phased out of the show she said to Norman Lear "She's just a Character" & Norman replied "to me she's real".
HBKanedge818 7 months ago
wow
StratiAlimonos51 7 months ago
Who Was that girl on the show and how did she get there?
memphistenn77 7 months ago
@memphistenn77
That's Edith's Neice Stephanie. She was a main cast member on All In The Family after Mike & Gloria left. Her father just left her with the Bunker's because he couldn't provide for her.
HBKanedge818 7 months ago
sad sad sad love that show!!!!
memphistenn77 7 months ago
I remember this series, i was 10 yrs old when this aired... i remember asking mom why archie was crying.. mom said the edith died and he misses her... i remember felling sad too ..
brut2011 7 months ago
made me cry
then laugh
CavePeople07 8 months ago
This is the saddest thing I have ever seen. Archie was such a great character. Bigoted loudmouth on the outside, but a heart of Gold within. Edith saw that side of and on rare occasions, so did the rest of us. Just a brilliantly written & performed persona. RIP Carroll O'Connor. You were fantastic.
NYG4LIFE123 8 months ago 3
=( Poor Archie. I wanted to give him a big hug when he started crying into Edith's slipper. What a sad scene. What the hell happened to good tv shows like All in the Family and Archie Bunker's Place? Stuff that actually meant something?
canadiananny86 8 months ago 2
OOOoooooh, Archie!
WizzoPro9476 8 months ago
I remember Archie shaking Edith in the episode when she died but in all the years of watching the show that episode hasnt aired since.
TyAllenVarietyShow 8 months ago
again i have to cry seeing the most touching scene i ever saw in history of television!
sjefdevries 8 months ago
After watching Edith and Archie all those years, then this episode, I can remember that this was the only time I ever cried watching either a movie or a television show. To really appreciate this episode, I believe you did have to watch "All in the Family" for 10 years, first. So sad it was hard to believe.
Markaroni1952 9 months ago
Does anyone know if there's more to this? Was there a scene where Archie was trying to wake Edith or was she just not in these episodes at all? I read where Jean Stapleton asked to be written out of the series. She became tired of playing Edith. I didn't think they'd just "kill" her off in absentia. Writers!
kraftpr 9 months ago
poor archie............He's alone now. Edith wasn't their to greet him home. Talk about problems
Pikminlinkfan23 9 months ago
I can't help but to feel (even though they did have an episode when Gloria did finaly come home) they left out something when they didn't cover how Gloria was coping with the recent death of her mother.
DerekBayRoberts1 9 months ago
If that doesn't bring tears to your eyes your not human, so sad, but he's still Archie, always had that last word, how's he going to sleep without sheets and pillow cases!
harleyultra1550 9 months ago
Oh my god this is the most depressing thing.
CaptainCarrion 9 months ago
I watch this show to laugh and ended up loving the whole family and this is actaully too much eventhough it is a tv show. I hate after season 7 because you see hows thing are going.
TheShootTruth10 9 months ago
Archie ,even though he was a bigot , he was a good man, he was human and more noble than most
dyonker 9 months ago 2
Helicon hit it the head: CBS should of cancelled "Archie Bunker's Place" after when Jean Stapleton left-and ending "All in the Family"'s run on TV. But no-the network wanted to keep "The Legend of Archie Bunker" alive. One of the two biggest mistakes "The Eye Network" ever made (the other one was cancelling "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" just as it was entering its prime; and wouldn't you know: Rob Reiner was involved for both shows).
EricandDish 9 months ago
RIP Mr. O'Connor. You did more to make people think back in the day then most will ever know.
pgc4sean 9 months ago 2
What a show! I miss real tv. This episode is so emotional. Love you, Edith & Archie.
sherriedrummer 10 months ago 3
i understand why he fells the way he feels because i had that happend to tewice in my life onice in november 2001 and again in june 2005 it brings back the sad memories of these deaths yet he seems to be a man when touched by death has a soft spot and cries even when he knew that he was loved even if he was a man who when he could called his wife names he still loved her. nice guy but he knew that it is the man who should die first not the woman.
WE12WE22 10 months ago
@WE12WE22 Your comment started out well enough, and then went downwards. To say a man should die first and not the woman is highly absurd. Don't get me wrong, I, as a male, would gladly have my life taken away from me if I knew my significant other would live much longer, but imagine Edith coping with Archie's death. She'd be worse off than him, and often times vice versa. Death is hard enough to think of, but to be so cruel as to say that the man should die first is beyond ridiculous.
PIRATESOFTHEC3 7 months ago
This was the moment I realized what a fantastic actor Caroll O'Conner really was. I was 12yrs old when I first saw this episode...
bearmassaro 10 months ago
Thank you to all who knew Archie Bunker and that he was a man who could cry.
WOBXW1 10 months ago
Carroll O'Connor was beyond brilliant in this role. His Archie Bunker was on par with Shakespeare in its scope and depth.
KellyGreen5555 10 months ago
What an emotional episode. Carroll O'Connor was simply the best.
TKfan06 10 months ago 2
He says that he was supposed to be the first to go, and sadly in real life he was the first to go. :(
CreepyEyeFilms 10 months ago 2
2:20 - 2:39: "You had no right leaving me that way, Edith; without giving me just one more chance to say 'I love you...'"
Wow...
Ivy... I love you so much; I love calling you my wife!
je641687 10 months ago
What on earth happened to shows like this? All we ever see now is those stupid reality shows ... and shows about a bakery businesses etc .... Who the hell likes to sit there for a 1/2 hour watching how a bakery conducts their business or what's happening in the everyday life of some star?!! Frick, I miss this kind of television. :(
karroll7777 10 months ago 2
@karroll7777 It's a consequence of evolution and progression. After something has been done you can't go back and do it again because the audience has already seen it. There are a many shows from the 70's that seem terrific now. We didn't realize how good we had it back then. Drama has been replaced by fake, scripted reality shows.
TomZentra 10 months ago
@TomZentra I disagree. I think the past 10 years have been the best for drama shows, if you know where to look for them. Look at HBO, with The Wire, Six Feet Under, Rome, Deadwood, The Sopranos, etc etc or AMC with Breaking Bad and Mad Men. Those are shows with production values that were not even possible decades ago.
Not that I don't agree with you on Reality TV being terrible. Just saying that its not all bad
Mantis42 10 months ago
@TomZentra This is one of the most narrow-minded opinions I've seen. Just because you can't see genuine, heartfelt dramas, and plain old genuine, heartfelt television shows today does not mean they don't exist. This goes beyond your own selfish little existence.
PIRATESOFTHEC3 7 months ago
@PIRATESOFTHEC3 What the hell is wrong with you PIRATESOFTHEC3? You obviously have not taken your daily medication.
Apparently you have no cable connection. If you don't think there are numerous fake, scripted, bad shows on TV today, you are delusional. You are living in your own sheltered, selfish world.
TomZentra 7 months ago
@TomZentra Daily medication? Such a typical high school insult.
And I did not reject your comment, only stated that there are a number of genuine, heartfelt television programs. Perhaps what blinds you is that you see all these awful shows and don't pay even the slightest attention to those rare gems. Yes, I used the term rare, but not nonexistent.
Waste your ignorance upon someone else, would you?
PIRATESOFTHEC3 7 months ago
say what you want about archie , but edith was always green enough for him
BigGuyDave524 11 months ago
He Looks like my father Kadrija from Bosnia
Azzaaz1977 11 months ago
TO me this will always be my favorite episode. For as much of an asshole Archie was, this was one of the only times he ever seemed like a decent person.
Silverdragon5862 11 months ago
@Silverdragon5862 Jean Stapleton had thought that the character had gone as far as she could take her, and wanted to move on to other work. So, instead of continuing her story off-screen, the creators decided to give her a proper send-off.
ArbyWanKenobi 11 months ago
dID jEAN DECIDE TO LEAVE All in the Family/Archie Bunker's Place before the 2nd season premiere? or when?
danbarker39 11 months ago
4 dislikes must be people who enjoy the GARBAGE of today's TV Shows. AITF & ABP are timeless shows that will never be recreated. This is the stuff that REAL TV Shows were made of. I'm glad Shout! has finished issuing AITF. Hopefully they'll be able to pick up ABP and finish releasing the last 3 seasons. But its Sony. ugh.... :-(
mikemacjunkie1 11 months ago
Anytime I feel like crying and it just doesn't COME OUT, I watch this part!
kevico2 11 months ago 2
This was some grade A performance.
boredstudent 11 months ago
also the other infamous episode was all in the family where edith confronts a rapist. another poinent episode
MichaelHansenFUN 11 months ago
You would never see a moment like this on TV shows today. This was so moving and powerful, but left you with a laugh.
NJburbsSeeker 11 months ago 3
@NJburbsSeeker why I can't stand Seinfeld
tulllguy 9 months ago
@tulllguy Yes with Seinfeld there would have to be some joke or funny reference rather than a moment of reflection and sadness.
NJburbsSeeker 9 months ago
@NJburbsSeeker
As i recall didn't George Castanza's fiance die, and it was a big JOKE! How the heck did they even get away with that?
DerekBayRoberts1 9 months ago
@DerekBayRoberts1 Yeah I remember people laughing about the fact that George just wanted to get coffee after. I was wondering how people could find that funny much less interesting.
NJburbsSeeker 9 months ago
its work like this that makes great television. when youre so silent while watching all other things go out the window, youre so honed in on the good story.
evanjames123456789 11 months ago 2
Rest in Peace Edith..
kennyworth1967 11 months ago
I was 9 when this aired and I will never forget it.
retro80stv 11 months ago
CLASSIC
martythurman1960 11 months ago
HE was a wonderful actor. Made me cry 30 years ago and it did again just now.
pureoaknut 11 months ago 2
Was it ever revealed how Edith died?
caddop22 1 year ago
@caddop22 yes, she died of a stroke.
hamxtor 11 months ago
@caddop22 I believe it was a stroke in her sleep.
retro80stv 11 months ago
this is terribly sad, great acting
hello32jes 1 year ago 7
Funny, that's how my dad reacted when my mother died, but he had had a stroke four years before. "I was supposed to go first.", he said.
rrbond07 1 year ago 3
Shows that although Archie was an ass most of the time, he did care alot about his family.
JKAFinal 1 year ago 4
Maude Findlay was Edith's cousin, she should have had a episode with her dealing with Edith's death. She loved her dearly.
BobbyDamiano 1 year ago
@BobbyDamiano
Louise Jefferson was also close to Edith, at least Edith's death shouldv'e been referanced in "The Jeffersons".
DerekBayRoberts1 9 months ago
@DerekBayRoberts1 I always wondered about that. I think both the "Louise" and "George" characters had a guest appearance on All In The Family after The Jeffersons started. So why weren't the Bunkers -- or at least Edith -- invited to see those new "digs" in that high rise on the East Site? Hmmmm???
kraftpr 9 months ago
@DerekBayRoberts1 I remember Louise saying she missed Edith Bunker in "George and Louise in a Bind." I'm not 100% sure if this was after Edith died, though.
snoopy64116 8 months ago
@BobbyDamiano Maude had gone off the air before this.
snoopy64116 8 months ago
@snoopy64116 I am aware of that, it just would have been an interesting plot if she shown up in this episode and realized how much Archie loved Edith.
BobbyDamiano 8 months ago
this made me cry…..
oshawboi808 1 year ago
Thanks ATFrez. I thought there was another time but I just couldn't remember. Archie may have been a jerk most of the time. But when he showed his warm side it really touched you. RIP Carroll O'Connor.
WOBXW1 1 year ago 29
Good god, this is a downer. I can't even finish watching this
CrunchyDaddy 1 year ago 2
This has to be THE most touching moment in any sitcom. Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker had created a character that seemed to have no redeeming qualities, yet O'Connor many times showed the real human behind the bigotry, bluster and ignorance. This moment was the pinnacle. The first moment when he finds Edith's one slipper the tears well up in my eyes, then as he begins to talk I start to cry. Yet at the end when he says, "God! Dem peoples from Jersey is brutes!" I am laughing in relief.
dkt13 1 year ago 4
Thank you..I never got to see what happened. I'm a huge fan of "all in the family" but never knew exactly how Edith passed away...Now I see why..I was planning my wedding!!
vycnyc 1 year ago 2
Thank you..I never got to see what happened. I'm a huge fan of "all in the family" but never knew exactly how Edith passed away
vycnyc 1 year ago
There are only two times I recall that Archie ever cried. When Gloria,little Joey and Michel left and when Edith Died.
WOBXW1 1 year ago 36
@WOBXW1 There was one more. When Edith caught Archie using drugs. "I didn't mean no harm..."
ATFrez 1 year ago
@WOBXW1 -- He also cries in the episode "Too Good Edith"
RomiFerr 10 months ago
@WOBXW1 He cried at the end of part 1 of the episode "Archie's Bitter Pill."
mr19932001 10 months ago
@WOBXW1 Archie also cried in the episode where he got hooked on pills.
dahoss65 8 months ago
@WOBXW1
He also cried at the end of the episode where he took those pills that made him act all funny becuase he was stressed about the bar (when he first purchased it) doing bad business.
HBKanedge818 7 months ago
Its hard for a woman when the man goes, but its even harder for a man when the woman goes first...
rkoduke3d 1 year ago 2
@rkoduke3d
Because it's rare, this whole talk of when the wife goes befor the husband is making me think of Paul McCartney.
DerekBayRoberts1 9 months ago
I was never a big fan of this show but seeing this really chokes me up
JetBlack7000 1 year ago
I cried at this. So touching. Death hits me hard, and this was no exception even if it was just a tv show. But death doesn't have to be the end which I thank Christ for. God bless everyone and thanks for the clip.
jphbk1982 1 year ago
When Archie said "You know i was supposed to go first." That was it i started crying and crying.
TheCupcakelova101 1 year ago 2
What a wonderful performer! It's over twenty years old and it still makes me cry like I did the first time I saw it. Thank you for posting it...I needed a good cry.
quintstale 1 year ago
f'n sad damnit!!
gummo1011 1 year ago
i just wanna go back in time and beg jean Stapleton to not leave, i loved Edith
tyobfarty 1 year ago
@tyobfarty yea u can tell she was geting tired when she pulled the double role as the butchers german girlfriend
gummo1011 1 year ago
@gummo1011 I was kinda hoping at the end of Archie Bunkers place he would wake up next to Edith and go "I just had a crazy dream." and she`d be like "Oh Awwchie." but alas that never happened
tyobfarty 1 year ago
@tyobfarty yea but that would have been too much like the last episode of bob newhart,how it was all a dream
gummo1011 1 year ago
@gummo1011 i cant watch this show anymore they shouldve ended it with all in the family
tyobfarty 1 year ago
Whew, wow... hits like me like a sledgehammer... like a punch in the throat. That's hard to watch. But it has a beauty, a terrible beauty.
PatchesRips 1 year ago
Everything stopped when "All in the Family" came on. This is one of the most powerful, poignant and all telling episodes of all time, on any series and you might know, it would end with a laugh. I agree, MySoundGarden. I like your idea---no---I LOVE it.This was the show of all shows in my books and talk about being the best and worst of times...
Palaverer 1 year ago
Pain isn't evil in and of itself. It can be looked at as a teacher, and a good one: its lessons are simple and easy to understand, it transcends all races, creeds, and peoples and its lessons are slowly forgotten.
This is the season for gifts, at least where I am right now. If this pain, this lesson, teaches you to care more, treasure more, the things and people that mean the most to you then the pain is not in vain.
A little perspective. My gift to all of you.
deaconrayne 1 year ago
I'm seriously crying right now :( this is such a good show :( seeing archie cry is soo sad :( :( lol
jonasbrothersroll14 1 year ago
Very sad episode...I still get choked up.
hevsposse 1 year ago 2
This is the most touching scene on a tv show that I have ever seen. There will never be shows like this anymore.
RetroJenny 1 year ago
This was so painful to watch back then, and even harder now.
elfinmajictime 1 year ago
Hè Archie, are you out the haven fall ?
MyCarla27 1 year ago
who disliked this clip? 4 people are zombies......
platolol 1 year ago
I cried a little watching this
ianhzabner 1 year ago 2
@ianhzabner Im a grown man, I cried to this.....
platolol 1 year ago
We'll all be there someday...
machidaboy 1 year ago
thats how i walked in my sisters house when she passed..its a very surreal feeling..i said the same...i should have went first..then cleaned her house out...
ltuomela 1 year ago
Jean Stapleton said that when Norman Lear told her he was going to kill off Edith she was ok with it but he seemed upset. She told him 'it's ok Norman she's just a character on a TV show'.
After a long pause Lear responded... not to me she isn't.
Not to me either...
tfan68 1 year ago
@tfan68 It seems as if Jean is not as grateful for the character as we are.
sweiland75 1 year ago
@tfan68 Well, i mean no disrespect to Norman, but he sure didn't feel too upset when he killed off John Amos in "Good Times", or what's exactly the story behind that?
DerekBayRoberts1 9 months ago
In real life Jean Stapleton is still aline at 87 years old and everybody is still alive on this show but Carroll O'Connor and he died in 2001.
patsman191 1 year ago
i think this may be some of the sadest 5 minutes in tv history like the ending of mash
COMMcody10 1 year ago
I think this episode should've been the end of the series. I don't see how the creators of the could think they could come back from such a low. It's just not the same without Jean Stapleton. This is one of those shows where it's too emotional to lose a character as vital as hers. It's was the equivalent of losing John Lennon as part of the Beatles. Even if they did get back together you knew it wouldn't be the same.
Helicon2112 1 year ago
Knowing how mean his character was makes it more difficult to watch when he finally breaks down. It's overpowering.
Helicon2112 1 year ago
Like Ralph Kramden before him,Archie knew what Edith really meant to his existance & no matter how he treated her,He loved her deeply & was devoted to her. (And she knew that!)
Nickcat5 1 year ago
I remember tuning in to view this episode. I didn't watch the show all that much but I really wanted to see this because I knew the show was nearing an end. It had been on forever! Years later I know now how great the show was.
kevinhof63 1 year ago
Lord I cry everytime I see this! SUPERB ACTING AND TALENT! The bullshit progrmas of today are free of heart, good acting, good writing, and most of all talentless. Oh! The glory days of television!
mrbrandon71 1 year ago
I remember this episode when it aired. I was angry that they killed off Edith at that time but it was done very tastefully and echoed real life. If she was moving on to other projects, it was better to do this than keep making excuses why we don't see her each week. What was great about the show was that it could be hysterically funny and then become dramatically serious with no humor, in the same episode. Classy actors and classy show.
MaskedMarvyl 1 year ago 3
Oconnor was one of the finest human beings and actors ever to grace a shitty industry...he actually cared about his craft and about humanity...the finest among us suffer the most
I hope Carroll Oconnor found Peace
jimmytkirk 1 year ago
What made this show great is that it wasn't just about stereotypes. Archie seemed like a bigot, but behind it all there was a real human being with heart there. Too often with sitcoms today, characters are thin and shallow. They're nothing more than stereotypes. If you came back to watch Archie belittle Mike, you didn't get the premise of the show. What made it work were the moments Archie stood up for Edith even when it threatened his macho image with the boys.
surfer53 1 year ago
this is so sad, i dare anyone to name one show recently that can really pull at your heart like this show.
DaBearsRockMySox 1 year ago
@DaBearsRockMySox Remember, this is a "sitcom." When was the last time a sitcom did anything other than tell dumb, raunchy jokes? There's no plot or character development in any of this stuff. All in the Family was as much about plot and characterization than it was about laughs. The only people who seem to get that now are the Judd Apatow bunch.
surfer53 1 year ago
I'm not ashamed to admit I'm crying
BlackHart814 1 year ago