True Story: the actor who played the rapist requested security guards be present during the taping. He was terrified that someone from the audience would leap to the stage and attack him.
You're trying to tell me they didn't know he was a rapist at 2:15 and afterwards? Yeah right. Either this is the dumbest audience ever or you're giving a very bad excuse.
That defeats the entire purpose of handling a serious subject. I don't mind poking fun at serious topics, but blindly instructing the audience to laugh at parts that aren't funny does no one any favors.
he starred in Rawhead Rex which I'm converting from AVI to MP4 to watch on my RoKu saw 15 min of it on my real player loved it decided to put it on a card to watch on TV
Edith should have hit him in the head with a ukulele. Both a good mode of defense, and as Nerdist(which starting this morning, is going to triple this videos view count) taught us, also always HILARIOUS.
@TheMarty1234567 yes and no. Even with a live audience, it's not uncommon to insert or enhance laughter and applause during the editing process. Some shows are better at it than others.
the people who are talking about the people shouldng be laughing...this was covered in a time when people didn't take rape all that seriouswly....so it was easier to laugh about it.
Even though there was supposed to be humorous parts in this episode, I couldn't even break a smile. It was even more disturbing to hear the audience laughing. Edith's acting was so good here that it seemed just to real to joke about.
For some reason i remember this episode slightly differently. I remember it as having 3 black guys gang raping her while Archie sat back in his recliner enjoying the show.
Jiminy Kracker, you're a disgusting pig. You're a waste of human life. The only comfort I have is that when you die you're soul will be tortured for eternity.
I love Edith, and the show did a good job at raising some controversial issues, but this episode was kinda weird. First, that guy is the most inept rapist of all time. I expected him to start apologizing to Edith and say how he was really a good person. He was not very intimidating. Then, when Archie comes over, how come she didn't grab on to him or run out the door or grab hold of an object to defend herself? It just didn't seem at all realistic. The ending was the most emotional part.
For those who want to know: AFTER this episode aired, the man who played the would-be rapist had a very difficult time finding work as an actor. BACK IN THE DAYS, television characters were sometimes realized as real people and as such, this man; who almost raped Edith Bunker, was typecast overnight.
@willdewit1971 The actor that played the rapists was David Coleman Dukes (June 6, 1945 – October 9, 2000). He received an Emmy nomination for best supporting role in the Josephine Baker Story 1991. He had a long career in films appearing in 35.
@willdewit1971 That's pretty wild. Not too too surprised but you think they would be more professional than that. It is a testament to how this series affected people in such a profound way to the shows' credit.
I applauded when she shoved the cake in the sicko's face. Rapists in general are slime, but someone who'd even THINK about touching a person that innocent and naive deserves to have their junk shot clean off, so that they can never hurt anyone ever again.
If it's true that David Duke was met with hostility after this, my sympathies are with him. I'd imagine that actors generally want to be liked by audiences, so playing a character like this would take guts.
Those neighbors pissed me off they way they would not shut and kept singing happy birthday when they seen her run in there upset and her clothes almost off. Specially archie when he did not see the pain and fear in her eyes.
I would've liked to see Archie grab his baseball bat out of the closet (which in a different episode he had bought for home defense) and go to town on that creepo.
Remarkable. AITF did such a wonderful job here; it really set the precedent for sitcoms when it comes to handling difficult subjects. This scene is intensely suspenseful, heartbreaking, AND darkly humorous. Very difficult to do.
i loved how the audience howled when she nailed him with the cake!!!
they dont make shows like this these days. can you imagine an episode of Friends where rachel escapes a rapist? they'd never do it. too politically correct these days!
@LadyScorpio39 : Um well they wouldn't have laugh tracks if Rachel escaped a rapist for one, second, it's a real violent act and people know that now. Back then they didnt take it seriously. Its not a joke so why would anyone insert it in a comedy like Friends? All in the family was a different type of show. Politically correct my ass, Rachel wouldn't go back to laughing in the next episode. No one would accept that now. At least most people, maybe you would.
I remember when this episode aired. I jumped up and started yelling at the guy on the tv for hurting Edith. I started to cry. I was a sensitive kid. I loved Edith like she was a real person. LOL
One of the most powerful and painful moments in the show's history. A landmark episode, AITF premiered in 1971, and it dared to be different and controversial. It succeeded in a big way. I read that this powerful episode was used at rape crisis centers for years.
@mohinderbauer Yes, the actor was the distinguished dramatist David Duke who starred in many movies and series before his untimely death. In an interview about this episode, Duke said that it was Jean Stapleton who encouraged him to be as realistic as he could even though he was really getting antsy about the audience and their hatred toward him.
@adamdicy He got death threats for playing a rapist convincingly? Are people really that incapable of separating an actor from a character he plays? Jesus christ.
My God this is heartbreaking. True, it's just a TV show, and I do remember watching it when it first aired, but when you see an innocent, kind person about to be violated, it stirs up some vengeful emotions. If you don't want to jump through your screen and rip his arm out of the socket, there's something wrong with you.
"All In The Family" was one of the funniest shows ever, but when they threw something like this at you, it hit even harder.
@walleyrt69 Rape is a hatred of women.The rapist was a good-looking guy,But he didn't want a girlfriend he wanted sex by force and fear.Rapists who target older women were beaten and terriozed by their moms as kids so they target women who look like her as a sick revenge.He said it himself
I have heard that David Dukes, who portrayed the rapist, got death threats. In contrast, this is a sequel to when Gloria was raped. Gloria couldn't ID her attacker, but Edith could. Gloria didn't want her mother to have to live with what she was living with.
My parents along with my Aunt and uncle were in the audience. They said that members of the audience, go into this scene so much that they were out of their seats wanting to help Edith.
My parents along with my Aunt and uncle were in the audience. They said that members of the audience, go into this scene so much that they were out of their seats want to help Edith.
This is probably Edith's finest moment on the show. I'm proud of her for seizing the moment, and defending herself with the one thing that she knew could use to incapacitate her attacker momentarily and get the hell out of there. When your in a situation like that, and it doesn't have to be rape specifically, any situation that where your life is in danger, you look for anything that will give you the advantage over your attacker. In Edith's case it was a burning birthday cake. Go Edith!
@pnull Yeah, but the problem they likely had to deal with was the fact that it was a sit-com and they had to add some comic relief in an intense scene. Just my theory anyway.
@pnull I think they probably did that because the episode was so controversial and ahead of its time. In order to keep it from being censored or not allowed to be broadcast, they probably had to keep the humor.
@cheeriosinabowl There's something you have to understand about this show - it was the 70s and sitcoms were dealing with a variety of topics, this show in particular- they dealt with racism, homophobia, menopause, unemployment - just like its sister show, Maude, dealt with Maude contemplating getting an abortion-
... then it's not a comedy show anymore ... just a mishmash of everything. If I want to watch serious stuff fine, but keep the comedy shows funny, that's why it's a comedy.
@cheeriosinabowl your point is well made, but even the best of comedies have to make a social statement every now and then - otherwise, a sitcom that just has only funny things happening is just a mishmash itself-
@cheeriosinabowl I don't think you understand that "All in the Family", "Maude" and Norman Lear's other sitcoms often dealt with controversial social issues of the time in the 1970s, like abortion, sexism, racism, rape, etc. There were people who didn't like them for the reasons you stated, but there were a lot of people who appreciated them. "All in the Family" was a top-rated show for years.
... well, I have to stand by what I said before. I like watching comedy shows, I like to laugh and watch lite-hearted sitcoms, to unwind. If a person wants to watch the serious stuff, like rape, murder, abortions and such, then that is fine. Just keep it out of the comedy realm. Why mix comedy with serious stuff ? I don't get it. Then again, I don't call the shots like Norman Lear. Other than that, I did like AITF alot.
When he is at the back door after getting the cake in his face, does she punch him or what? I know she does something to him to keep him from attacking her, but I can't tell what it is!
@snoopy64116 The way I look at this scene, when she shoves the burnt cake in his face, he's so disoriented from that, that she does punch him in the stomach to keep him getting back on his feet and trying to take control of her - then, before she knows it, she's got the back door open and she's shoving that piece of slime out on his keister-
I READ SOMEWHERE that when Edith fought off her attacker and frantically ran towards the front door to get help, the entire studio audience was on its feet, cheering away for her!
She was petrified. This creep said if she tried anything, he'd kill her husband as well as hurting her. She was doing as she was told to placate the situation. I was so glad when she got away from him. It's only TV, but I was really irate with this guy; this is an all-to-real situation.
I think Edith shouldn't have been leading him on. She was practically throwing herself at him. OF COURSE he assumed she wanted it! Especially when you know that - I AM TOTALLY JOKING! LOL
Seriously though, I still rate All In The Family as one of the greatest TV series of all time. Everyone loved Edith like she was an extended-member of their own family. The characters were so "real" that when they were going through something, it felt like it was happening to someone we love.
This show was superb, in 1972 when it premiered, CBS was the rural network.The topics are still relavant today and therfore this particular episode is timeless. The acting and writing excellent. The reality TV is crap.
Two parts of this episode always get to me. When shes resigned herself to the fact that it's going to happen and she tells him she doesn't want to kiss him. That is so sad... Then when she gets away but is having a hard time getting the door unlocked. Even though I know what's going to happen I'm yelling "hurry, Edith" with this nervousness in the pit of my stomach. This entire series was absolute Television Gold.
What's weird as hell is the laughter when he goes to lock the door and she says "you aren't taking off all your clothes, are you?" People were strange back then
@castmcc But if you listen it's nervous laughter. They were watching a comedy turning dark. They had no idea what they walked into. If you listen once the gun comes it's from that moment on they know it's going to happen and hate it.
@castmcC I heard it was nervous laughter. The audience was unsure and uneasy with how far the show was going to go with this creep assaulting Edith.Even Edith's comment proved she wasnt really sure it was happening to her.And later on when Edith was frightened and started to cry to audience was totally silent
Whoa. This guy's a versatile actor. He played the ad guy in that Jefferson's episode where they tried to make George out to be a distant relative of Thomas Jefferson.
This guy seems to be patterned after Ted Bundy. One of the things Ted Bundy would do is pose as a police officer to gain his victims trust, before he murdered and raped them -- and women would trust him because like this guy he was young, articulate, had a friendly face and was clean-cut...he actually wore suits like this gent, only with bow ties.
they really put Edith through the ringer in the first half of Season 8. It opened with Archie buying Kelcy's Bar and forging her name on a home mortgage to finance it, then Archie had the amphetamine addiction when the bar was failing, then of course there was this, and then at Christmastime, the violent murder of Beverly LaSalle that made Edith briefly renounce God. And then, of course at the end of Season 8, Mike, Gloria and Joey moved away to California.
@JaDav40 I bet he did! I remember watching this when it first aired, and yet again, "All in the Family" taught me about real life. It was the show that made television grow up.
David Duke was jim walsh on threes company
mikey7619 3 days ago
@mikey7619
david duke played jack's dad on Dawson's Creek also.
LadyScorpio39 3 days ago
There needs to be a some sort of judging between this and the Bicycle Molestor episode from Diff'rent Strokes for most inappropriete laugh track.
Who would win...
Kaitlyn102798 3 weeks ago
@Kaitlyn102798 I want to fuck your tight asshole. Then I'll slurp and eat from it :D
SmashBrosFan19 1 week ago
This has got to be the most out of place laugh track ever.
Scizor2120 1 month ago 2
True Story: the actor who played the rapist requested security guards be present during the taping. He was terrified that someone from the audience would leap to the stage and attack him.
zazozung 1 month ago
Why the fuck is there a laugh track during a rape attempt?
loner1878 1 month ago 12
@loner1878 RIGHT?! I was like "What... the FUCK?!"
gameshowluvr86 2 weeks ago
@loner1878
that was not a laugh track, that was a live audience, and at this point in the story, the audience did not no that the guy at the door was a rapist!
LadyScorpio39 3 days ago
@LadyScorpio39
You're trying to tell me they didn't know he was a rapist at 2:15 and afterwards? Yeah right. Either this is the dumbest audience ever or you're giving a very bad excuse.
loner1878 3 days ago
@loner1878
it was a comedy. even though there were handling a serious subject, they still had to keep the laughs.
even in life sometimes when the worst things are happening we may laugh or find humour somewhere. life is not all black and white.
LadyScorpio39 2 days ago
@LadyScorpio39
That defeats the entire purpose of handling a serious subject. I don't mind poking fun at serious topics, but blindly instructing the audience to laugh at parts that aren't funny does no one any favors.
loner1878 2 days ago
he starred in Rawhead Rex which I'm converting from AVI to MP4 to watch on my RoKu saw 15 min of it on my real player loved it decided to put it on a card to watch on TV
odog65 1 month ago
Edith should have hit him in the head with a ukulele. Both a good mode of defense, and as Nerdist(which starting this morning, is going to triple this videos view count) taught us, also always HILARIOUS.
MrTimothymacko 1 month ago 4
That wasn't funny at all.
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100% certain Edith led him on. Just look what a flirtatious tramp she was, wearing those revealing kitchen aprons. Yep, she asked for it.
ZX2ManDave 1 month ago
she got away from from him,thats good!!!!
bigger4life 2 months ago
growdy
mcbrizzle82 2 months ago
what is the name of this episode
69MikeHunt1 2 months ago
@69MikeHunt1 Edith's 50th Birthday.
anjelheaven 1 month ago
@69MikeHunt1
Ediths 50 Birthday
123dogplay1 1 month ago
not canned, live audience announced on the opening scene which you do not see online,
TheMarty1234567 2 months ago
@TheMarty1234567 yes and no. Even with a live audience, it's not uncommon to insert or enhance laughter and applause during the editing process. Some shows are better at it than others.
orchidtender 1 month ago
What's with the freakin canned laughter?
tassadar32 2 months ago
Didnt know Edith was into roleplaying!
wickedtothemisty 2 months ago
Sexy stuff!
wickedtothemisty 2 months ago
not on IMDB can you find the name of the actor who played the rapist. also now this is commonplace in sitcoms, now it is online pedophiles...
MichaelHansenFUN 2 months ago
the people who are talking about the people shouldng be laughing...this was covered in a time when people didn't take rape all that seriouswly....so it was easier to laugh about it.
SuperWolfmike 2 months ago
Im 99.9% certain that she was asking for it.
ZX2ManDave 2 months ago
Even though there was supposed to be humorous parts in this episode, I couldn't even break a smile. It was even more disturbing to hear the audience laughing. Edith's acting was so good here that it seemed just to real to joke about.
owensphil 2 months ago
why do sitcoms not do this anymore?!?
38000193 2 months ago
@38000193 tv land is owned bye YOUTH and JEWS....NO OFFENSE TO EITHER....Just stating the facts
kduideo 2 months ago
@kduideo So what?
rodeocyclone 2 months ago
no offense but why would he want to rape edith
keonta81 3 months ago
For some reason i remember this episode slightly differently. I remember it as having 3 black guys gang raping her while Archie sat back in his recliner enjoying the show.
ZX2ManDave 3 months ago
@ZX2ManDave
You are seriously disturb.
owensphil 2 months ago
Even as a kid when I first saw this episode, I wanted to kill that guy.
Docmananoff 3 months ago
Wait... This isn't funny??!. (Shit).
MyQwerqwerqwerqwerqw 3 months ago
20 minutes of standing ovation. A record held to this day.;
IHABC8 3 months ago
Creepy eyes...creepy evil scary eyes 1:44
DistressedDamsel79 3 months ago
MrDonnaSue, I totally agree. Rape is violence not lust. Too many people lose sight of this. I applaud you're comment.
bookjunkie31 4 months ago
Jiminy Kracker, you're a disgusting pig. You're a waste of human life. The only comfort I have is that when you die you're soul will be tortured for eternity.
bookjunkie31 4 months ago
can someone explain how they got from the couch to the kitchen??? why did they cut that part out??
Sweetheartbabez 4 months ago
Freaking TV Land cut this scene short. He pulls a gun on her and they cut it. Searchyoutube for "Edith's 50th birthday" for the full uncut verson.
I hate TV Land and refuse to watch anything on there because they cut too much for time and content.
billybassman21 4 months ago
I love Edith, and the show did a good job at raising some controversial issues, but this episode was kinda weird. First, that guy is the most inept rapist of all time. I expected him to start apologizing to Edith and say how he was really a good person. He was not very intimidating. Then, when Archie comes over, how come she didn't grab on to him or run out the door or grab hold of an object to defend herself? It just didn't seem at all realistic. The ending was the most emotional part.
geupelboi 4 months ago
@geupelboi actually you'r scinero doesnt seem all that realistic.
SuperWolfmike 2 months ago
rape....a short word, with a LONG sentence!
Beany695 5 months ago
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@Beany695 Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
MrDeCorey 4 months ago
Good for Edith !
smeldogs 5 months ago
For those who want to know: AFTER this episode aired, the man who played the would-be rapist had a very difficult time finding work as an actor. BACK IN THE DAYS, television characters were sometimes realized as real people and as such, this man; who almost raped Edith Bunker, was typecast overnight.
willdewit1971 5 months ago 10
@willdewit1971
The same happened with Andy Robinson, who played Scorpio from DIRTY HARRY. He received death threats.
ma7799 5 months ago
@willdewit1971 The actor that played the rapists was David Coleman Dukes (June 6, 1945 – October 9, 2000). He received an Emmy nomination for best supporting role in the Josephine Baker Story 1991. He had a long career in films appearing in 35.
zainol2010 1 month ago
@willdewit1971 That's pretty wild. Not too too surprised but you think they would be more professional than that. It is a testament to how this series affected people in such a profound way to the shows' credit.
tjrxk7 1 week ago
I applauded when she shoved the cake in the sicko's face. Rapists in general are slime, but someone who'd even THINK about touching a person that innocent and naive deserves to have their junk shot clean off, so that they can never hurt anyone ever again.
Demonslayer232 5 months ago
Did this happen after or before Gloria was assaulted in that construction site?
Jayjen35 5 months ago
@Jayjen35 After
Keitaro2011 4 months ago
@Jayjen35 this was 3 yrs later
PatrickLHawkins 3 months ago
@Jayjen35 Several seasons later.
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She should've been grateful for the lovin'. It's not like old Archie Bunker could get it up any more.
JiminyKracker 5 months ago
@JiminyKracker That's not love, it's rape.
bubbamittens 5 months ago
@bubbamittens Rape is such an ugly word. I prefer to call them struggle snuggles.
And a name like bubba? Are you sure we haven't shared a cell together before?
JiminyKracker 5 months ago
I just want to hug Edith and tell her its all going to be alright...
I hope that cake left third degree burns on that bastards face.
TidalCat 5 months ago
I hope that burning cake fucking hurt
harmonicaman008 5 months ago
If it's true that David Duke was met with hostility after this, my sympathies are with him. I'd imagine that actors generally want to be liked by audiences, so playing a character like this would take guts.
DarkPrince784 5 months ago
Ohhhhh this made me cry. Its like watching one of your family members get attacked. Poor Edith :( :(
XenaAmazon 6 months ago
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AWWW GEEZ EDIT, I HOIRED THAT GOI TO GIVE YOU SAHM STIFF YAHNG BOHNOR! HAPPY BOIRTHDAY AH GEEEZ THE PUERTORICANS AND BLAEKS.
SUPERSCHMOO 6 months ago
Those neighbors pissed me off they way they would not shut and kept singing happy birthday when they seen her run in there upset and her clothes almost off. Specially archie when he did not see the pain and fear in her eyes.
LordHelious 6 months ago
I would've liked to see Archie grab his baseball bat out of the closet (which in a different episode he had bought for home defense) and go to town on that creepo.
logik316 6 months ago
This guy was in the movie the Josephine Baker Story with Lynn Whitfield. He played the last husband of Josephine Baker.
honeegrrl 6 months ago
Remarkable. AITF did such a wonderful job here; it really set the precedent for sitcoms when it comes to handling difficult subjects. This scene is intensely suspenseful, heartbreaking, AND darkly humorous. Very difficult to do.
TheKnightWhoSaidNi 7 months ago
i loved how the audience howled when she nailed him with the cake!!!
they dont make shows like this these days. can you imagine an episode of Friends where rachel escapes a rapist? they'd never do it. too politically correct these days!
the old shows were better!
LadyScorpio39 7 months ago
@LadyScorpio39 : Um well they wouldn't have laugh tracks if Rachel escaped a rapist for one, second, it's a real violent act and people know that now. Back then they didnt take it seriously. Its not a joke so why would anyone insert it in a comedy like Friends? All in the family was a different type of show. Politically correct my ass, Rachel wouldn't go back to laughing in the next episode. No one would accept that now. At least most people, maybe you would.
LKat900 4 days ago
Edith was asking for it. What a tease.
RichV20 7 months ago
I remember when this episode aired. I jumped up and started yelling at the guy on the tv for hurting Edith. I started to cry. I was a sensitive kid. I loved Edith like she was a real person. LOL
themaytagrepairman 7 months ago
I remember when this episode aired. I jumped up and started yelling at the guy on the tv for hurting Edith. LOL
themaytagrepairman 7 months ago
Rape is not a sexual act It is an act of violence and control
MrDonnaSue 7 months ago
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This guy is HOT! I wouldn't mind being raped by him :)
HepburnFlicks 7 months ago
@HepburnFlicks Um... Holy SHIT...
gameshowluvr86 2 weeks ago
I have seen some hot Old Pussy
walleyrt69 7 months ago
yes this very powerful
pinoyguyable 8 months ago
One of the most powerful and painful moments in the show's history. A landmark episode, AITF premiered in 1971, and it dared to be different and controversial. It succeeded in a big way. I read that this powerful episode was used at rape crisis centers for years.
JackPlatt 8 months ago 4
that part at the end broke my heart!
jibsonable 8 months ago
such an emotional episode!
jibsonable 8 months ago
I can't believe that laughter is used here. Poor Edith.
I wonder if this actor got any work after this.
mohinderbauer 8 months ago
@mohinderbauer Yes, the actor was the distinguished dramatist David Duke who starred in many movies and series before his untimely death. In an interview about this episode, Duke said that it was Jean Stapleton who encouraged him to be as realistic as he could even though he was really getting antsy about the audience and their hatred toward him.
rensco42 7 months ago
@rensco42 Yeah, and David Dukes got numerous death threats after this episode aired.
adamdicy 6 months ago
@adamdicy He got death threats for playing a rapist convincingly? Are people really that incapable of separating an actor from a character he plays? Jesus christ.
DarkPrince784 5 months ago
Seeing this use to make me wonder, how do you when someone's good or bad.
Moonstone2732 8 months ago
My God this is heartbreaking. True, it's just a TV show, and I do remember watching it when it first aired, but when you see an innocent, kind person about to be violated, it stirs up some vengeful emotions. If you don't want to jump through your screen and rip his arm out of the socket, there's something wrong with you.
"All In The Family" was one of the funniest shows ever, but when they threw something like this at you, it hit even harder.
Rapists: Worse than dirt, true scum.
5jerry1 8 months ago 25
@5jerry1 I agree Jerry, and people who disagree should be in prison for the rest of there lives
LordHelious 6 months ago
These F*ckin rapists are sick SICK SICK SICK!!!!!Why go for that old p*ssy when there is so much young stuff out there!LOLOLOLOl
walleyrt69 8 months ago
@walleyrt69 Rape is a hatred of women.The rapist was a good-looking guy,But he didn't want a girlfriend he wanted sex by force and fear.Rapists who target older women were beaten and terriozed by their moms as kids so they target women who look like her as a sick revenge.He said it himself
3piper 7 months ago
@3piper
I forgot only men can be rapists.
WarbossGorgutz 7 months ago
This episode was rarely re-ran. Even in syndication because of the intensity of the episode.
diego9774 8 months ago
I have heard that David Dukes, who portrayed the rapist, got death threats. In contrast, this is a sequel to when Gloria was raped. Gloria couldn't ID her attacker, but Edith could. Gloria didn't want her mother to have to live with what she was living with.
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My parents along with my Aunt and uncle were in the audience. They said that members of the audience, go into this scene so much that they were out of their seats wanting to help Edith.
Koolson1 8 months ago
My parents along with my Aunt and uncle were in the audience. They said that members of the audience, go into this scene so much that they were out of their seats want to help Edith.
Koolson1 8 months ago
This is probably Edith's finest moment on the show. I'm proud of her for seizing the moment, and defending herself with the one thing that she knew could use to incapacitate her attacker momentarily and get the hell out of there. When your in a situation like that, and it doesn't have to be rape specifically, any situation that where your life is in danger, you look for anything that will give you the advantage over your attacker. In Edith's case it was a burning birthday cake. Go Edith!
redmr2na 8 months ago
her innocence makes the scene heartbreaking
ARJR2006 8 months ago 9
Man such a powerful scene
SantiagoKali 8 months ago
What a fucking episode....Wow!
desertstormer 8 months ago
i think that was the best show of all of them! great acting.
tonytarheel55 8 months ago
I think the producers made a mistake by giving Edith comical lines while she was being attacked. Big mistake.
pnull 9 months ago
@pnull you right
tonytarheel55 8 months ago
@pnull Yeah, but the problem they likely had to deal with was the fact that it was a sit-com and they had to add some comic relief in an intense scene. Just my theory anyway.
mplsmn1975 8 months ago
@mplsmn1975
Well that's what All in the Family's trademark was: their ability to make you cry and laugh just as hard
Kizak6 8 months ago
@pnull I think they probably did that because the episode was so controversial and ahead of its time. In order to keep it from being censored or not allowed to be broadcast, they probably had to keep the humor.
theswimmer1993 5 months ago
Edith was so nice to everyone she was a pure lady and a mother to all watchers of all in the family everyone wanted to attack that guy
ictph3 9 months ago
7:27 is one of the greatest moments in TV history EVER.
squeapler 9 months ago
"Wouldn't U like a cup of 'corfee' first?!" LMAO
privatedancer06 9 months ago
@privatedancer06 I don't drink coffee.
scratchmaster101 5 months ago
Gr8 writing, gr8 acting!!!!!
privatedancer06 9 months ago
last I saw this I was about 5. it's more creepy now than when I was a kid.
MsL0vie 9 months ago
Didn't David Dukes also play Jack Tripper's old Navy acquaintance that shows up as a blind man demanding that Jack punch him in the face?
MrFloydianSlip 9 months ago
@MrFloydianSlip He died in real life......Dukes did!
kduideo 9 months ago
I just googled up David Dukes. I never knew he DIED! Sometime in 2000.
I recall him more so as one of Josephine Baker(Lynn Whitfield)'s last hubbys in "The Josephine Baker Story."
RIP, David.
StukInBuf 10 months ago
when i watched this back in the day, ohh my heart when out to edith on this scene, she did a good job.but it broke my heart
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joelperronful 10 months ago
you roch edith
joelperronful 10 months ago
Go Edith! That was great. I would love to have seen Archie knock out that SOB!
videozfann 10 months ago
Why are they dealing with a serious topic about rape on a comedy show? It does not belong here.
I want laughs, not this stuff.
cheeriosinabowl 10 months ago
@cheeriosinabowl There's something you have to understand about this show - it was the 70s and sitcoms were dealing with a variety of topics, this show in particular- they dealt with racism, homophobia, menopause, unemployment - just like its sister show, Maude, dealt with Maude contemplating getting an abortion-
christheone8773 10 months ago
@christheone8773
... then it's not a comedy show anymore ... just a mishmash of everything. If I want to watch serious stuff fine, but keep the comedy shows funny, that's why it's a comedy.
cheeriosinabowl 10 months ago
@cheeriosinabowl your point is well made, but even the best of comedies have to make a social statement every now and then - otherwise, a sitcom that just has only funny things happening is just a mishmash itself-
christheone8773 10 months ago
@cheeriosinabowl I don't think you understand that "All in the Family", "Maude" and Norman Lear's other sitcoms often dealt with controversial social issues of the time in the 1970s, like abortion, sexism, racism, rape, etc. There were people who didn't like them for the reasons you stated, but there were a lot of people who appreciated them. "All in the Family" was a top-rated show for years.
squeapler 9 months ago
@squeapler
... well, I have to stand by what I said before. I like watching comedy shows, I like to laugh and watch lite-hearted sitcoms, to unwind. If a person wants to watch the serious stuff, like rape, murder, abortions and such, then that is fine. Just keep it out of the comedy realm. Why mix comedy with serious stuff ? I don't get it. Then again, I don't call the shots like Norman Lear. Other than that, I did like AITF alot.
cheeriosinabowl 9 months ago 2
When he is at the back door after getting the cake in his face, does she punch him or what? I know she does something to him to keep him from attacking her, but I can't tell what it is!
snoopy64116 10 months ago
@snoopy64116 The way I look at this scene, when she shoves the burnt cake in his face, he's so disoriented from that, that she does punch him in the stomach to keep him getting back on his feet and trying to take control of her - then, before she knows it, she's got the back door open and she's shoving that piece of slime out on his keister-
christheone8773 10 months ago
I READ SOMEWHERE that when Edith fought off her attacker and frantically ran towards the front door to get help, the entire studio audience was on its feet, cheering away for her!
christheone8773 10 months ago
WHEN Edith shoved that burning cake in that scumball's face, and she took off running next door, I was so damn proud of her, tears were in my eyes!
christheone8773 10 months ago 10
@christheone8773 Yeah and the standing ovation she got from the audience...from what I read.
adamdicy 6 months ago
I cannot believe that's Leslie Slote. It hurts to watch this.
dandvc 10 months ago
@dandvc Who is Leslie Slote? David Dukes played the rapist.
snoopy64116 10 months ago
Edith kicked the rapist's ass with the best possible weapon - a burning meatloaf, LOL.
logik316 11 months ago
@logik316 ACTUALLY, it was a birthday cake she was making for herself, because it was her birthday-
christheone8773 10 months ago
@christheone8773
OK, my mistake. I should've paid more attention to the show. It did look like one of my meatloafs though.
logik316 10 months ago
@logik316 Thats OK, I wished it was a meatloaf that Edith had shoved in that slimeball's face, it probably would have hurt just as worse-
christheone8773 10 months ago
@logik316 it was a cake
kduideo 10 months ago
Take that, shithead.
NinerTiger 11 months ago
why didnt she just run out when archie came in??
JuggaloWorldOrder1 11 months ago
@JuggaloWorldOrder1
She was petrified. This creep said if she tried anything, he'd kill her husband as well as hurting her. She was doing as she was told to placate the situation. I was so glad when she got away from him. It's only TV, but I was really irate with this guy; this is an all-to-real situation.
5jerry1 6 months ago
lol.! Your right. I didn't realize that.
SuperSonicPS3 11 months ago
I think Edith shouldn't have been leading him on. She was practically throwing herself at him. OF COURSE he assumed she wanted it! Especially when you know that - I AM TOTALLY JOKING! LOL
Seriously though, I still rate All In The Family as one of the greatest TV series of all time. Everyone loved Edith like she was an extended-member of their own family. The characters were so "real" that when they were going through something, it felt like it was happening to someone we love.
Eyehook777 11 months ago
This show was superb, in 1972 when it premiered, CBS was the rural network.The topics are still relavant today and therfore this particular episode is timeless. The acting and writing excellent. The reality TV is crap.
lasbagman1 11 months ago
@lasbagman1 ACTUALLY, the airdate on this episode was in October of 1977-
christheone8773 10 months ago
This just made me cry it was just too say :(
42BABY 11 months ago
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weedipikia 1 year ago
Two parts of this episode always get to me. When shes resigned herself to the fact that it's going to happen and she tells him she doesn't want to kiss him. That is so sad... Then when she gets away but is having a hard time getting the door unlocked. Even though I know what's going to happen I'm yelling "hurry, Edith" with this nervousness in the pit of my stomach. This entire series was absolute Television Gold.
b017ni3 1 year ago 2
What's weird as hell is the laughter when he goes to lock the door and she says "you aren't taking off all your clothes, are you?" People were strange back then
castmcc 1 year ago
@castmcc But if you listen it's nervous laughter. They were watching a comedy turning dark. They had no idea what they walked into. If you listen once the gun comes it's from that moment on they know it's going to happen and hate it.
chotzrary 11 months ago 2
@castmcC I heard it was nervous laughter. The audience was unsure and uneasy with how far the show was going to go with this creep assaulting Edith.Even Edith's comment proved she wasnt really sure it was happening to her.And later on when Edith was frightened and started to cry to audience was totally silent
3piper 8 months ago
I cheered when she threw that burning cake at him.
NJburbsSeeker 1 year ago
I love how this show would sometimes cause tension and then a splash of comic relief.
JKAFinal 1 year ago
Seeing Edith so scared makes me sad. :(
Aragem 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
"Would you like a cup of coffee instead?" lol
katy6663 1 year ago
the first 20 seconds you could see the actor fighting to keep a straight face
3piper 1 year ago
I prefer the episode where the woman was chasing Archie.....better that way.
just dont remember the name of the episode
americastan 1 year ago
Do they even make Sanka anymore? lol
MySnaz 1 year ago
Whoa. This guy's a versatile actor. He played the ad guy in that Jefferson's episode where they tried to make George out to be a distant relative of Thomas Jefferson.
GamertownUSA 1 year ago
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she is running fast she can go i am gald she did what a jark he is i know its not really but sill she is nices person to know ;}
MyCrazy8888 1 year ago
she is running fast she can go i am gald she did what a jark he is i know its not really but sill she is nices person to know ;}
MyCrazy8888 1 year ago
70's shows kept it real
lester5192 1 year ago
When Edith got away it got the longest applause in the history of the show.
BigOrangeTitan 1 year ago
Go Edith Go!
BigOrangeTitan 1 year ago
I like the awkward laughter from the audience. It adds a real... classiness to the situation. (and yeah, I'm being sarcastic).
lady81182 1 year ago
This is a really emotional episode. I always want to cheer when Edith hit him with the cake. Go Edith! :-D
Mariamousie 1 year ago
This guy seems to be patterned after Ted Bundy. One of the things Ted Bundy would do is pose as a police officer to gain his victims trust, before he murdered and raped them -- and women would trust him because like this guy he was young, articulate, had a friendly face and was clean-cut...he actually wore suits like this gent, only with bow ties.
averypack13 1 year ago
they really put Edith through the ringer in the first half of Season 8. It opened with Archie buying Kelcy's Bar and forging her name on a home mortgage to finance it, then Archie had the amphetamine addiction when the bar was failing, then of course there was this, and then at Christmastime, the violent murder of Beverly LaSalle that made Edith briefly renounce God. And then, of course at the end of Season 8, Mike, Gloria and Joey moved away to California.
JaDav40 1 year ago
@JaDav40
He didn't forge it, he traced it.
Charmolution 1 year ago
even though it's fiction, David Dukes nevertheless got tons of hate mail after playing this role.
JaDav40 1 year ago
@JaDav40 I bet he did! I remember watching this when it first aired, and yet again, "All in the Family" taught me about real life. It was the show that made television grow up.
snoops71 1 year ago
@JaD