Superb Collection of Archie Bunker's pantomime suicides. He was very good at it, especially the "pills" scene. I was an avid reader of "MAD" magazine and had every single issue of the 60s, 70's and 80's. The illustrations do look a lot like Mort Drucker or one of the other great artists of "MAD".
@tonyrocco55 : There's apparently a couple of these "suicides" in the spinoff series, Archie Bunker's Place ; in one episode, right off the top, Archie revisits the Russian Roulette (but it's not nearly as well-done as the original one here), and the other was a "electric chair" bit, which was pretty amusing. Both of them were while at the mercy of Stephanie's ramblings, lol.
He really knew how to capture the subtlety of his head bouncing back after getting shot in the head. Must have studied the JFK assassination video for a long time.
Love the little touches, like tapping the bottom of the pill bottle or testing the razor with his hair. Terrific stuff.
GreyhawkGrognard 2 months ago
jean was excellent in these classic scenes, keeping a straigh face while carroll does his thing.
these two where great actors, no remake of this show could ever be done with different actors in the title roles
dcrooksjr 6 months ago
Superb Collection of Archie Bunker's pantomime suicides. He was very good at it, especially the "pills" scene. I was an avid reader of "MAD" magazine and had every single issue of the 60s, 70's and 80's. The illustrations do look a lot like Mort Drucker or one of the other great artists of "MAD".
tonyrocco55 6 months ago
@tonyrocco55 : There's apparently a couple of these "suicides" in the spinoff series, Archie Bunker's Place ; in one episode, right off the top, Archie revisits the Russian Roulette (but it's not nearly as well-done as the original one here), and the other was a "electric chair" bit, which was pretty amusing. Both of them were while at the mercy of Stephanie's ramblings, lol.
WTWASP 6 months ago
Jean Stapleton was amazing.
vancouverizer 8 months ago
He really knew how to capture the subtlety of his head bouncing back after getting shot in the head. Must have studied the JFK assassination video for a long time.
DuhEnlightenedOne 8 months ago
This was a perfect collection. I was hoping someone would post this.
thejackal007 8 months ago
Love these clips especially the russian roulette clip very funny. Carroll O'Connor was a comedic genius. RIP Carrol O,Connor
mverno2 11 months ago
My first guess would be Mort Drucker. Or it could have been Angelo Torres. Or perhaps even Jack Davis.
slmacph 11 months ago