Archie buys Kelsey's Bar, but has to forge Edith's signature to get the money.Archie buys Kelsey's Bar, but has to forge Edith's signature to get the money.Archie buys Kelsey's Bar, but has to forge Edith's signature to get the money.
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- TriviaThis was originally an hour-long episode, broken into two parts for syndication.
- GoofsEdith acts surprised by Archie's story of his father calling him "Meathead" even though he has told that story several times before in Edith's presence in earlier episodes.
- Quotes
Archie Bunker: Credit is the only thing that stands between us and Communism.
- Alternate versionsOriginally broadcast with Part II as one hour long episode. Syndicated repeats are in two separate parts. The DVD release of the series presents both parts in their original broadcast version.
- ConnectionsReferenced in All in the Family: Archie's Road Back (1977)
- SoundtracksThose Were the Days
(Opening Theme)
Written by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse
Performed by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton
Featured review
Archie's Chance to be Somebody
Season 8 effectively was the last season of All in the Family. I'm not sure why the producers didn't spin off into Archie Bunker's Place after The Stivics Go West because this opener lays the groundwork for the continuation. Archie, desperate to raise himself up from his lower middle class roots, wants Kelsey's Bar. After visiting a recovering Kelsey, played by Frank Maxwell this time instead of Bob Hastings, in the hospital, Archie becomes intrigued as soon as he learns that Kelsey is ready to sell. Harry (Jason Wingreen) is also trying to raise up enough capital to buy the bar outright from his boss. Though not the funniest of episodes, it is one that can only work late in a show's run. It only works if the character development is of the highest order. In that sense, it's what sets this episode apart from what was, by AITF's very high standards, an average season. We still watched this show because we fell in love with the main players and by extension, with the brilliant actors who played them.
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- frankjosephsaraceno
- May 24, 2019
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