Archie Bunker's Place | Archie Mourns Edith | The Norman Lear Effect
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- Archie (Carroll O'Connor) finds Edith's (Jean Stapleton) old slipper, and finally lets go, crying for the first time since she passed.
From Season 2, Episode 2 'Archie Alone: Part 2': Archie's refusal to grieve over Edith's sudden death continues to take its toll on his friends and family... until one day he happens to go into their bedroom and sees Edith's slippers.
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About Archie Bunker's Place: Archie and his partner, Murray buy the neighborhood bar and rechristen it “Archie's Place.” The Bunkers adopt their niece, Stephanie, but during the show's second season, Edith dies, leaving Archie to raise Stephanie, and, soon, another niece, with the help of a black housekeeper. Most of the action is set at the restaurant, with a cast of new characters including Anne Meara as the cook and Jason Wingreen as the bartender.
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This scene brought me to tears. My wife passed away in my arms three months ago at the age of 28. One moment we were sitting together watching a movie and two minutes later I'm giving her CPR and begging her not to go. Tell your spouse you love them every single day, because you never know when it'll be the last time.
I’m so very sorry
Nothing anyone can or will say will ever ease your sadness, but I want you to know my heart goes out to you...
Oh my. That’s really rough.😢
Was she vaccinated? I know this is something is supposedly inappropriate to ask, but I've been asked it to enter a restaurant and for a job application.
So sorry for your loss. Was she vaccinated?
Carroll O’Connor should have won an Emmy for this scene
It was very moving
the man got a peabody for this episode. we can not complain.
Carroll O'Connor should've won an Emmy for literally everything he did. He was equally amazing in In The Heat of the Night.
I believe he did
Rare show that was perfectly cast
He did 😢
"I was supposed to be the first one to go". They nailed that painful guilt that so many widows/widowers feel. Especially when he says that she was supposed to stay and take care of things and he wasn't good enough to fit those shoes. Brilliantly heart-rending acting
That is just what my Dad said.
My dad feels the same way right now.
@brainflash1 all my love to your dad. I can only imagine that pain
@@soundthealarm83 Thank you.
Kind of selfish, rather have the other grieve than go through it yourself
I feel Archie's pain. My wife and I were married for 46 years. She passed away in 2017. I'm 75 years-old now, and I'll never forget her or get over her passing. When you really love someone, and spend almost your entire life with them, it's...well, I don't wish this on anyone.
Thank you.@DonnellFromLouisiana
So sorry for you man
Thanks.@@julientanner5036
@DonnellxxOkaforI'm sorry about the loss of your father. I lost my father in May, 2019. I was very proud of him. My mom died from breast cancer on September 9, 2021. When I called her on September 6, 2021 I made sure to tell her that I love her. She said the same thing to me. The very last time we ever heard each other, we both uttered I love you repeatedly. She died 3 days later, aged 78. Enjoy the time you have left with your mother.
I remember when my grandma passed. My grandpa lasted about 2 years. He had diabetes and was very good at managing it and then had trouble and my mom asked if he was sabotaging it. He said maybe. She asked him, please don't we need you still.
This is heartbreaking. How could anyone not love Edith? So sweet and kind, a little nutty at times but adorable. These two were among the very best actors.
Yes I loved Ms Edith
So correct 👍💯
Edith was my mother 2022,An Angle that some people in my family never new even thought she brought them into This world and her grand kids....GOD THOUGH WILL PREVAIL-A-MEN
@@dsgodfater28 amen brother 🙏 🙌
That's why their chairs are in the Smithsonian
Whoever wrote this scene knows grief. It's always finding a shoe or a glove or something innocent when it all comes crashing down. Brilliantly written. Brilliantly acted.
And what you said is very well said so very true.
Yes GREIF, one of the most horrendous experiences we humans must endure.......once you experience it, it changes you forever, unfortunately, its repeated several times for most of us.
Apparently he wrote this.
Carroll O'Connor himself wrote this episode, he did a stellar job with it
I concur
this scene deserved an academy award. those of us who grew up with the show mourned the passing of Edith Bunker right along with Archie.
Academy awards are for films.
It would be an Emmy award for television, but yeah. ❤
@@MontagZoso he won an Emmy for that episode.
@@KevinMphotography don’t tell me 🤦♂️ Archie cried?
@@brianjude6789 maybe
I remember the night my father died I stayed at my parents house and I slept on the couch so my mom wouldn't be alone, in the middle of the night I woke up and I felt this feeling of a terrible loss and I remember hearing my mom crying from her room and I realized that for the first time in their 44 years of marriage they didn't have each other anymore and I couldn't do anything to make her feel better.
My mom didn't deal with my dad's death very well she was gone in a year.
No you could not. I went thru the same. I tried. I was hurting too losing my dad. And I realized my mom had to heal on her own.
No one could play Archie Bunker like Carroll O'Connor. Mr O'Connor was a great actor. RIP Mr. O'Connor and Miss Jean Stapleton. 🙏
Rod Steiger, both did "In the Heat of the Night".
I agree with you. My dad & I watched the show together every week.
Absolutely. Hated the show, but the two leads were brilliant
Love this show, no matter what viewers say
@@RA82828 Did you?
If this scene doesn't bring tears to your eyes, you've got no feelings for this poor guy.
Agree, and I think your comment would still be valid if you had stopped at the word feelings. I've watched this scene maybe ten times over the years and the tears flow. I don't watch so the tears will flow but to see O'Connor's and Brisebois' amazing performances. The writing is superb too: how to get into and out of the core of the scene and not leave the viewer at home depressed at the end, revealing that Archie is still Archie. He hasn't given up yet and isn't going to give up now, if for no other reason than Stephanie needs him and he needs her.
This great scene with Archie mourning always make me teary eyed
It's heartbreaking! I only seen it once. That was enough for me!
Remembered seeing this when it first aired. I was around 14 ( & now a 2nd time.... 40 something years later) definite tear jerker 😥
What a baby 😢
This show kept it real. Didn't sugar coat what it portrayed. Always loved it for that. Archie's grief seems so genuine, we grieve with him. I cried seeing this years ago because it just wasn't fair. Edith was a precious soul. It hurt to see her go and see Archie all alone. But this show kept it real, like I said. Life isn't fair. This happens every day.
The grief in this scene is palpable. Very powerful writing and acting. It's a masterpiece.
Jean Stapleton actually watched this episode and admitted she cried like a baby at this scene.
I did too
Ms. Stapleton was in a play in Kansas City when the episode aired and the hotel staff freaked out when they saw her walking around. She said I'm fine it was Edith Bunker who died not me.
It was so emotional 🥲
I had no idea she had watched this. Musta felt odd, her watching the show without her being IN the show... Thank you for letting us know. :)
@@jhhoneEvery TV character that died back then, always seemed to come with an urban myth that the actor/actress also died
My Dad lost my Mom just after their 52nd wedding anniversary. Dad was utterly crushed. Like Archie, Dad spent his entire life assuming and planning for him to go first so that Mom would be looked after. He simply wasn't prepared for being without Mom. And, in her own way, Mom was exactly like Edith.
Dad passed exactly ten years to the day after Mom, and their funerals were even on the same date, which happened to be Mom's birthday and the anniversary of their first date. No doubt that was the longest ten years of Dad's life, but at least they're together now.
That's sssoo sad ..😢
Wow...
May their memories be a blessing ❤
Same thing with my dad he thought he would be the first one to go since he had a bad ticker mouth cancer got my mom and she went before him and he never recovered from it
My wife and I discussed this before she died. She made me promise I would not become the husband that mourns his wife to the determent of future happiness. She saw that in her birth father and it always saddened us.
45 years later and I’m still bawling my eyes out.
Me too
😔😔😔
Me too 😢
Me three 😭😭😭
So moving. Such wonderful acting. My father was like Archie. A World War Two combat veteran, staunch conservative, nose to the grindstone. And like Archie in this scene, my mother passed before dad, and dad said he expected to go first. But he lived another 11 years beyond mom to age 93. I lived with him his last 3 years and got stories from him about his childhood and the war I had never heard before. So bittersweet.
I lost my mother when I was 12, my father remarried four years later, then I lost my stepmother when I was 39. My father passed away when he was 85 (I was 52). Each loss was a severe pain.
My mom passed away 11 years ago. My 83 year old dad still keeps her intact purse with her size 5 shoes neatly by their bed.
My mom just passed away, and I'm seeing my father go thru this after being married for 55 years. This hits really deep with me.
very sorry 🧡🧡
I am sorry for you are going through. I have a mother who is almost 90 and I go through so much worry for her.
My Mom passed in 2014 they had been married for about 55 years also. My Dad stayed around for another 6. Unfortunately he took his life at 82. And I never expected it. Because he was always here at my house and spent time with my boys and I. He seemed happy but deep down he missed her more than he showed. Not saying that will happen in your case but just spend time with him and pay attention. Because I missed it
@@kensteel9872 So sorry! My dad died just 15 months after my mom passed. They were a matched set for 61 years. I miss them so much, but I know they are together somewhere, watching over me. You are right, spend time with your loved ones while they are still here. God bless.
We all know how u feel, death comes to us all.
Boy do I identify with him now! My own wife died on September 21, 2021 after only four months from being diagnosed with cancer. I cried for over a year (still do, did today). If you haven't lost a spouse, you have never experienced this grief. I felt like him.. I always thought I would go first.
Hello Neil Roy how are you doing today?
I feel you brother. My wife was 3 months of dying of cancer after a too late diagnosis. Hang in there brother, we will get through this...
@NeilRoy
Thoughts and prayers from central PA
*So Sorry. Sending all my love*
My husband passed almost 3 years ago. I still miss him so much. Every day feels like it just happened.
I cried when it first aired. I'm crying in 2023. Superb acting!
So am I. Heart wrenching.
You me too. Loved that show.
But she did die
I'm rewatching All In The Family on Pluto. The funniest show ever.
Me too!
This scene is so heart wrenching, Carroll O'Connor gave an incredible performance here, showing what an amazing actor he was...going from sadness to comedy all in one scene. His talents were so underrated and underappreciated!
That's a rare talent to go from comical to serious and back without missing a beat. Carol O'Connor was one of those people who had that talent. He deserved an award for his performance here, if he didn't already get one. IMO
Tell that to Norman Lear! Lear never really appreciated any of the actors (men and women) that appeared on his sitcoms, too busy raking in all his "riches" and was too miserly to share with his cast.
In The Heat Of The Night. Says it all for his beautiful tslent💯💝
All the cast should have gotten an Emmy! His tears were real....and you can't watch without gettin terribly emotional!
I know that feeling. Standing there in the room when it is so quiet all you can hear is your own breath and heart beat. You can still smell the person too. You even feel them. It is an aweful feeling because you realize its final. You'll never see them on this plane of existence again. Makes it even more impactful with Corol Oconnors broken english acting. A simple man trying to comprehend significant loss. Powerful.
Well said
I cried watching this. This was gut wrenching. He was a damn good actor. He could make you laugh and bring you to tears all in a matter of minutes. This is one of the most powerful scenes I have ever watched.
The episode where he told Mike how his dad disciplined him, badly, made me appreciate BOTH of my parents. I cried for Archie.
Probably because he was so different in real life, is what made him so believable.
Yes, this scene is a lesson in what characterizes a GREAT actor!
Only the third time Archie was ever shown this vulnerable, the first being when the bar was failing and he got hooked on uppers and when Mike and Gloria moved to California. Such a powerful moment. His confession to Edith in the All in the Family finale that he was nothing without her was also very moving.
You forgot about that vulnerable moment of Archie when Gloria got mugged and Archie was forced to have regular hot dogs instead of the foot longs he was desiring for...
@@mcgannahanskyjellyfetti6854 Wilma the Dog!😂
Also when he and Meathead got locked in the basement of the Archie's Place, and Archie told the 'Shoebootie' story.
That story told Mike much about how Archie was who he was. The past is comprised of nuances that impact our adult selves..
I remember that episode... when Mike moved to California and became a huge fat sweaty hairy degenerate p.o.s. and changed his name to Rob Reiner
My father passed away on 10/10/2023. The priest asked my father what he was grateful for while he was in his death bed. and my father responded, " God going to allow me to go see my wife again and be with her." My mother had passed 05/24/2017.
Oh man min 😢 Much condolences To your family through these trying times😢
My dad passed 10-10-17, followed by my mom 12-29-18. I can't wait to join them
One of the greatest shows. Back when shows were worth watching. Incredible actors.
And no one was offended.
Brilliant. This sitcom was so ahead of it's time. It played to a live audience, was brilliantly written, impeccably casted, and more courageous than any sitcom since. Carol O'Connor and Jean Stapleton were superb actors. Such iconic characters, and this show didn't cater to stupidity, it held us in high esteem. Unusual indeed.
And Nobody was Offended . Those were the days. ♡
YOU should have WAYYYYYYYYY more likes ✨❤️
I read somewhere that this is considered the first modern sitcom
If you ever saw a Fox Network show called, "Roc," those actors are still with us. Their last season was live with no edits, and it was the cast's most gripping performances in a lifetime.
@@johnsteiner3417 I will have to check it out .
When TV was SOUL STIRRING.....when you actually had to wait for a week to see "the dramatic conclusion" of something....and it was VERY MUCH worth the wait!
Total agreement!
FACTZ 🙌🏾 So true 🥺
Damn sure WAS 💯
Weight, substance, depth, life. Yeah, we don't get to see these things anymore. This little scene shows the poetry between the lines. This is art, the ability to move the viewer to feel something real, tangible. If you can't do that... it isn't art. And if it isn't art, why waste the time and the money better spent in more fruitful pursuits?
This scene, and the scene where Edith was assaulted, were some of the best acting EVER.
Most people don’t understand that Carol O’Connor and other actors have to really go to a dark place inside of them to be able to cry and mourn on cue like that. He was one of the greatest actors that ever worked for Norman Lear! 👍🏾🎥🎞️
Edith dying and Radar saluting the doomed Henry Blake....two of the most heartbreaking scenes in TV history
James from good times
@@richardjohnson8065 Yeah, that was sad....James Evans was a good dude
@@es5696 even Hot Lips and Frank were crying
Yes they are. I cried for both
This happens to every one that's lost someone very close to them. This was so sad 😢😢
Yes your soul mate
Yes to me every day and night
@@jackieguccione94 So sorry for your loss. You obviously had something I would never get to experience, please be thankful for that.
My biggest fear in life. 34 yrs I will die with him someday.
@@cyndieK1 it happens to every one you learn to deal WITH it it is not easy but you do it i use to think about it then it happened
I'm getting ready to turn 62 years old... This brought back many good memories of my good old times growing up with family. Good show!!!
Watching Carroll O'Connor was always like watching a master class in acting. The detail and consistency of his character work was sublime in every sense, always matched and complemented by Jean Stapleton in their scenes together. Like all great actors that can also be great clowns, he could rip your heart out and hand it back to you and still make you laugh through the sobs. He is sorely missed.
If this scene doesn't rip the heart and soul out of you,you're not human. Two of the greatest actors of all time! Rest in peace Edith,and Arch...
have one on me!
If you feel the need to challenge complete strangers on the depths of their grief and/or the manner in which they reveal it, you're not human.
Grow up and try again...
I felt nothing for this scene
Love this show
@@sharonhahn8644 One of the best shows of all time!
For me it was the look of utter betrayal when Edith discovered he cheated on her with that waitress in season 7
Carroll O’Connor wrote the death of Edith! It was if he lost his own wife! You see Archie’s heart! His love for his wife! His heart and soul! It makes me cry watching this! So real! How real like All in the family and Archie Bunkers place. Carroll O’Connor won the Peabody award for this episode! Jean Stapleton to Carroll was like the sister he never had in life. Carroll O’Connor!!! My favourite Hollywood actor!
I loved this show. Watching this episode...I couldn't help but cry. Archie and Edith....real people...warts and all.......
Carroll had just lost his son, Hugh, from a drug overdose at about this time. I know he was thinking of his son when he acted out this scene.
@@deliveryguy7402 this was a decade before he lost his son. Hugh died in 1995
@@satishrobertson8771 Correct. This was looong before he lost his son. This scene was aired in 1980.
I loved Carroll in the sitcom , " In The Heat Of The Night" .
I remember seeing this episode when it aired and cried!!!! Edith definitely was the glue that held the family together 🥹❤️
Absolutely crying that Archie is absolutely devastated over Edith’s death . This show was one of greatest ever .
I'm now 62, and I grew up watching all these wonderful shows. So many talented actors and actresses during the 70's and 80's.
They are mostly gone now. And I watch very little TV anymore, because there will never be the true talent that all these iconic people played in the classic sitcoms. Carroll O'Connor, you are surly missed but never forgotten.
I'm 30 and I'm scared to experience this when I'm 60. "They just dont make memes like they used to" lol
@@Stitchpuppy01we lost tons of stars already we are in it regardless 💯
Thanks for sharing your comment.
63 here. Big flat screen in front of me. Barely on...Take care of yourself!
I'm 45 and I agree with you. Movies and shows just aren't the same anymore. Actors and actresses aren't the same anymore either. There's really nothing much worth watching anymore.
There is a ton of talent today.
Years upon years later, this episode still brings me to tears. RIP Carrol O' Connor and Jean Stapleton. Two icons
And Norman Lear....who understood people, their faults, their strengths, discriminations, and hopefully more understanding into our lives with his shows.
I can never make it through this scene without crying. I can feel Archie's pain. My boyfriend passed away last September. Still haven't wrapped my heart around that he's gone 😔
I'm sorry
I’m so sorry. Sending gentle hugs and wishes for comfort, peace and all you need. 💙
I’m sorry for your loss. Mine passed away on Easter, 2020. It never gets easy. 🙏🏽🙏🏽
That acting was amazing 💔🥺 The fact that you can hear the audience coughing from crying says everything!
My dad reminded me of Archie at times & I think if my mom had passed before him, he would've been devastated like Archie!!! Both of my parents are gone & I'm in my 60's & I sure do miss them!!!! 😣🥺😢💔🌹
Give your loved one's hugs and tell hem you love them, we never know when are time is up. Just lost my aunt this week to cancer, but she is with God, fallen asleep in the physcial body, but in eternal spiritual glory in the promise of Jesus's death burial and resurrection! Thank God, and the Lamb, Jesus forever and ever!
@@fiily1 Thank you & that's so true!! I'm so sorry you lost your aunt, cancer is awful & doesn't spare many people!!! It's comforting to know that she's made her journey & is at eternal rest!! We miss our loved ones, but it's peaceful to know that they aren't suffering!! She's with Jesus now & is free!!! 😌🙏🏻💙💔😇💐🌹🕊️✝️🕯️
@@fiily1 I've lost both my parents, my mother to cancer, and my brother five years ago. He was my little brother. I'm by myself now but I look forward to joining them again one day. God bless you.
Anyone who has ever experienced a loss so great can certainly relate to the emotions Archie displayed.
When he notices her slipper... anyone who's been there knows how overwhelming a sudden reminder like that can be. Its a flood no man with any kind of heart could contain. While Archie was a very flawed man, he always had a big heart.
Yes, my loss so great was my mother
My dearest husband Adam died in my arms. His last words to me were, "My darling, I'll love you always." The song that was on was, "My Heart Will Go One." On the last note he exhaled never to inhale again. I was 36 and even though I'm 61, I still cry when I hear that song.😢😥💔 This April will make 25 years he died and I am Still in love with him. And I always will be.
I lost a friend of mine who I was the caregiver for back in 2018. It was a wonderful year, with the stuff we did together. We watched shows, sang, and played games. She was like another mother to me. Her passing while under my care was one of the hardest things to endure. I struggle still, but I do not regret the time I had with her. I cry, but I also smile at the good times, laugh at the funny things we would get into. Don't ever forget the memories of those close to you.
You never ever get over it.🙂🖤
R.I.P. 🪦 Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton
My heart had ached for Archie. Edith was so incredibly beautiful and amazing in her own special way. ❤❤❤❤
I understand how he feels. Actually it was 8 years ago that my husband unexpectedly passed. Brings me to tears everytime I see it.
❤️❤️💐
sorry for your loss
"Kathryn",..25 for me...yours very truly Alfonso Cantu USMC
@@alfonsocantu9992 5 for me. Still break down on occasion
Three years ago this April for me. We were together 28 years.
One of the saddest and most classic moments in TV history. Carroll had one of his finest moments in this one scene
My grandfather, (aka, Papa,) was this guy's double in looks. When his wife died, he was emotional too. He said a big part of him died inside. Two years later he passed away in his sleep. Thank you for this profoundly touching video.
My wife’s grandfather was very taciturn. When her mother died at th relatively young age of 46, after suffering six months or more from cancer, she was really surprised to come upon him weaping copiously, Her mother had been his favorite,
His performance was absolutely perfect
Agree a very touching moment. Archie always loved Edith.
What a gem of an actor Carrol was.
Great scene. Love how the drama is set up. Archie finds Edith's slipper but remembers she not with him. Very heart breaking.
This really one the MOST emotional and heartbreaking scenes of all time 😭😭😭 It's a shame that Maude, George and Louise didn't make an appearance this episode though
Why didn't they come over to Archie bunker's place ?
You should write!!
Carrol OConnor was a revolutionary actor. The realism that was at the center of what he did on this show had never been seen before. He was absolutely mesmerizing.
I still remember the 1st time I seen this episode years ago on All in the Family and it's still makes me cry...
I was crying like a baby,Edith was a sweetheart of a woman. She was so real they both were.
All these years later, still makes me cry. Not like the hallowed emotionless acting today.
One of the most poignant scenes I've ever seen on a TV program. Archie really did adore Edith.
I would say Archie really did love Edith..
@oldmanwitherspoon well…he thought she was ok.
He always did... we all did
This and dam dam DAM!
@@squonk86 yes he did.
Carroll O'Connor was great in All in the family and Archie Bunker's Place. He was a great actor. That was one of the saddest parts of an episode. He was such a great actor.
I cried the first time this aired and I’m crying now. All in the family and Archie’s Place was a big part of my childhood experience ❤
I think this one of the best episodes of Archie Bunkers Place!!!
Now, this is what you call acting. They don't make actors like this anymore.
That’s the problem!!!
Amen
I'm crying my eyes out. 😢
I agree with you DiscoMood. He was awesome in the to show In the Heat of the Night
I agree with you they need to bring acting like this back . This episode made me cry also thinking of my dad in heaven he loved his show he did .
This scene felt so real and Carroll O'Connor was a wonderful actor.
I’ve rewatched this scene several times, each time the performance and poignancy gets to me. Incredible performance
Archie Bunker reminds me so much of my dad, imperfectly lovable. I miss him.
I've seen this scene several times and it gets me every time.
That is not acting, that is straight from the Heart. ♥️💔♥️
Hello Rosemary, how are you doing today.
The beautiful thing about this scene is that in real life, Jean Stapleton was still alive. It's easy enough to bring up real emotion for a cast member who really died, but this... wow. When Jean Stapleton was first approached with the idea of having Edith die, she said she didn't care, because Edith wasn't a real person. Norman Lear replied "She is to me."
And she was to all of us.
To us too! xoxoxo
she then said in interviews how she watch the espiode thought was well done Archie aka Carol did awesome job she was un hotel room. the next morning house keeper maid show up her room was shock see her said i thought you died cause she saw espiode show night before
Yes, she was a alive. This is a sitcom!
I was surprised when Jean Stapleton died because I was a child when I saw this. I never made the connection from childhood to adulthood that Jean wasn't Edith!🤦🏾♀️
@@BayouBarbie504That's one of the reasons Jean left the show, she was afraid no one would know her for any other role and be typecast.
Never saw this back when the series was on. Made me cry. Reminds me so much of people I have lost. I was supposed to go first, Archie. Me too.
If you have ever had this happen to you in real life, I can tell you the acting is spot on, so much emotion. Made me miss my wife, I relive the event, every time I see this.
We don't have television like that anymore! "All in the Family"was a high in the ratings back in the day! Norman Lear & his writers were excellent!
His acting was just amazing.
Finding those little ordinary things that that person used that you kinda ignored or never put much thought into. The moment you see that little thing you cry like he did and you miss that person all over again. ❤
My son's shirt.
I loved that show. The only person who could stifle Archie 😊
We've all been there at one time. Carroll hits it out of the park with this one.
One of the most touching scenes in TV history. Dispels any belief that Archie didn't love Edith
Carol O'Connor was one the greatest actors ever
That scene is so heart wrenching. Such a good show and such a great actor.
Carroll was awesome in this scene. He was so good you could actually feel Archie heart break by the words he spoke! Bravo Carroll 👍
Hello Danielle, how are you doing today.
I'm a 61 year old man and this brought me to tears. Such a wonderful actor.
This was a real tear-jerker!!!
To put it simply, there will never be another Carroll O'Connor. He was the best, and Archie Bunker was made just for him.
R.I.P!
Actually, Norman Lear created the part of Archie Bunker for Jackie Gleason. Carroll O'Connor spoke about it in front of a live studio audience many years ago. It was a anniversary special CBS did for 'All in the Family'. When he told the audience Gleason was first choice for the part, the audience booed. He said, 'No, no...don't boo'. "If Jackie Gleason was the only guy you knew to play the part, you would have enjoyed it." I'm paraphrasing, but I believe he is correct.
This was one of the last of a great era for a couple reasons, they way they can convey emotion and they showed how love was supposed to be and how they actually loved each other spite their differences
Archie had his own way of expressing his love for Edith ,and its very tough losing the love of your life,that best friend you spent all those years with,been there myself.
The more I learn about Carroll O'Connor., the more I truly love the guy. I watch some RUclips videos before I go to sleep. I saw this one to the right ... with all the other videos, so I clicked on it. I watched many of the episodes but never saw this one. I started crying and couldn't stop.
Edith touched everyone. Touch cold hearted Archie even more.❤
Carroll O'Connor was such a good actor in both All in the Family and the Heat of the Night. RIP.
Thank you Norman Lear for so many of my favorite childhood shows
Hello Mark how are you doing today?
Ya know my Yiayia (Grandmother in Greek) couldn't speak nor understand English, but she laughed and laughed when she saw this show and she loved Archie and Edith when they went back and forth. Humanity is what I think of when I watch Norman Lear's shows. He really understood humanity. Thanks Carroll O'Connor for this moment!
Carroll O'Conner was one of the most talented actors who ever lived. He went from Archie Bunker to Bill Gillespie, and they were both totally opposite characters, and he was magnificent at them both. RIP
Omg I’ve never seen this before and I’m in tears. I know his “real self” felt this scene, because no matter how good of an actor you are, you can’t fake tears 😢😭
This was sad enough, but really, the one that really got me in the feels was when Mike and Gloria said goodbye. Once they walked off the set, Carroll O'Connor gave an audible gasp and put a handkerchief to his eyes. I don't think he was acting.
I wasn't crazy about Archie Bunker back then but I really felt the pain in his heart when he lost Edith his wife that stood by him even when he didn't deserve it. 🤧❤️
It is always the quiet time is when the pain of loss hits the hardest.
that is so true. On September 11th 2019 I was showed a rainbow ( a sign of God's love} it was the day my only hubby went home with Jesus.
Astonishing performance by one of the great underrated actors of all time. With all of his flaws Archie Bunker was still so loveable. Because of the glorious Carroll O Connor.
This is real life stuff, I went thru the same thing, but unfortunately turned to a bottle for comfort and dug my self in to a deeper,darker place and it was only by GOD'S mercy that I am here today! Thank you Lord ❤️
This made me cry!! Carroll O,'Connor was a great actor. I remember watching this when I was a child.I was 10 years old when this episode debuted in November of 1980.Heartbreaking scene!! I will never forget that one pink house shoe.
"Well, God, them people from Jersey is brutes". Archie & Edith.....probably my two all time favs! Thanks for the great memories......
Carroll O'Connor wonderful actor. Rest in Peace.
Yes he was
Loved All in the Family, Archie Bunker's Place and In the Heat of the Night. O'Connor was an excellent, underrated actor.
I remember that episode like it was yesterday. I cried like I had lost a family member. That really takes me back. 💕