When Mike and Gloria are gone, Archie and Edith get a chance to share quality time at home alone.When Mike and Gloria are gone, Archie and Edith get a chance to share quality time at home alone.When Mike and Gloria are gone, Archie and Edith get a chance to share quality time at home alone.
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- TriviaIn this episode, Archie reveals that he didn't get a promotion at work due to his not finishing high school. In the Season 3 episode "Archie Learns His Lesson", it is revealed that Archie has been gone nights so he could earn his G.E.D. to get a promotion at the plant where he works (which he will get after returning from a lay-off in season 7).
- GoofsArchie tells Edith about how he had to drop out of high school and get a job to help support his family, and Edith listens and reacts like she's never known this before. It is very unlikely that after dating and over two decades of marriage that Edith would not know this about Archie yet.
- Quotes
Michael 'Meathead' Stivic: C'mon, let me help you with your pack.
Archie Bunker: Ohh, help her with her pack. Look at this here, he's loading her up like she's a mule, all so they can go away and live with a bunch of commie slobs.
Gloria Bunker-Stivic: Daddy, they're not communists and you know it. They're members of a farming commune.
Archie Bunker: People who live in communes are communists!
- ConnectionsReferences Bright Eyes (1934)
- SoundtracksMoonlight Serenade
Written and Performed by Glenn Miller
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I expected more laughs
Mike and Gloria are headed camping for close to a week, which will leave Archie and Edith alone for that time span, much to Archie's delight and Edith's worry, because she heard that couples can fall apart after the kids leave the house, and she heard this from Dr. Joyce Brothers, naturally. The acting was in fine form, but I expected more meat from this story other than Archie's ramblings that they take time to chill out, and Edith's lamenting that he said she's "not human", and proceeds to cry and ignore him for most of the duration. It did have potential for a typical solid episode, but there aren't that many laughs along the way; for instance, Archie and Edith dance to a record, then soon after, he's telling her how he could've been a major league pitcher if he only graduated high school. It had more of a serious tone, and even though I enjoy those serious moments with solid acting, I felt this segment was too mushy, especially with Edith's pouting. The final scenes has Archie basically saying he's sorry for calling his wife names, and Mike and Gloria come home and catch the couple kissing, which has Mike utter, "Ah, geez, they're at it again" to an angry Archie. Like I said above, there aren't many funny moments in this episode, even though the acting is solid.
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- stones78
- Aug 1, 2012
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