All In The Family | Archie's Old Flame | The Norman Lear Effect

Archie (Carroll O'Connor) feels it's the right time to set the record straight with an old friend (Estelle Parsons) he had an affair with.
From Season 7, Episode 12 'Archie's Secret Passion': Edith invites a couple of high school friends over for dinner, unaware that Archie had a brief fling with the wife back in their high school days.
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One of the most acclaimed comedy series of all time, All in the Family with Archie Bunker as the irascible, highly opinionated, working-class family man who viewed the world on his terms and his terms only. When not arguing with his liberal son-in-law, "Meathead," Archie took refuge in his long-suffering wife, Edith, who tries her best to understand Archie's conservative ways and outdated beliefs.
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[@edwinbrown8509]

Edith often knew more about Archie's little secrets, than he thought she knew 😉

[@k-dogg9086]

A Dingbat she is. But this dingbat has brains. His and Her Honesty, His and Her Commitment, was what made Their Marriage work.

[@vikkibrown2023]

They tried to make her look dumb but if ya'll really loved this show, it was evident she was really very smart~~I miss this show so much~~No other sitcom over the many years since this show aired could never come close to the best sitcom ever~~'All in the Family" and of course, ours~~😁😁😁💗💗💗

[@FacebookQueen]

“Especially when their old sweethearts” I’m grinning so much lol well played

[@highlightedreply8838]

dingbat ? ............Ryyyyyyyyt !

[@lucretciaseven4873]

-- Edith was too good for Archie, the man really married up when he married her.

[@honkhonkler7732]

Nah she was kind of a dingbat

[@crystalsylvestertobeto635]

I know

[@Reshme77]

@@honkhonkler7732 She might have been a ding bat but she was a really wonderful lady.

[@shivanthikulasingham6131]

Yes, an authentic human being with a heart of gold. And she had wisdom, which a lot of people do not. It is one thing to have a piece of paper to show you are educated, but wisdom is at a different level, and not something school teaches. @@Reshme77

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

Great acting! Jean Stapleton and Carroll O'connor were simply fit to be together on TV.

[@michaellang7908]

Totally amazing television show!!! Nothing like it on tv today!!! Those were the days!!!

[@vikkibrown2023]

Absolutely~~😁😁😁💗💗💗

[@johnperrigo6474]

Sad but true.

[@lindaeasley5606]

S cond time Archie used the alone excuse for cheating on Edith . Only in the other episode Edith wasnt so understanding. You know if Edith had pulled the same thing Archie would've lowered the boom on her. His treatment of Edith was my big peoblem with this show

[@jenjem5810]

Classy and elegant was Edith.

[@lindaeasley5606]

​@@jenjem5810 She was a sweetheart and always did the right thing and rarely called Archie out in his bullshit

[@mikehiers3332]

You are so right. The double standard stinks. In real life Archies head grew a few notches and his mind would go to working in a way not good. Incredible actors and a good writer.

[@TLR1219]

Its just a script

[@shivanthikulasingham6131]

Cheating happens in real life. That is what people are talking about. @@TLR1219

[@MrMisterChiliPepper88]

Archie’s face expression 4:41 😆

[@melissaschneider5604]

Archie never deserved Edith

[@jamesorsby7553]

Roseanne's mother creeping with Archie Bunker.

[@cocoafemme47]

James Orsby: I had the same thought😲😲!!

[@tom11zz884]

She was younger and prettier then

[@vikkibrown2023]

~~lol~~I know, right~~lol~~

[@mz.pearlie3934]

Sure was ain't she

[@paulawerchowsky926]

She should not have kissed him on the porch.

[@gvalley07]

She couldn't resist...Archie was so damn cute.

[@andywinslow9638]

At least Archie didn't kiss her back like the waitress

[@lastminute3767]

He shouldn't have brought up the picnic.

[@gvalley07]

What's wrong with Archie reliving a great memory from his lost youth? Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton were amazing actors. Television has not approached this level of greatness since.

[@Reshme77]

Well, o k, i'm sure you'd be okay if edith did the same thing with her old bf.

[@jackee1054]

He cheated on her, dummy. That's what wrong with it.

[@shivanthikulasingham6131]

And it never will. No one on TV today can attain this!

[@videox222ify]

The Academy Award winning star Estelle Parsons will celebrate her 95th birthday in Nov.

[@andrebeck1444]

Ms. Parsons was a pretty lady back in the day. A fine actress.

[@kimross5679]

Wasn't she Roseannes mom?

[@andrebeck1444]

Estelle Parsons was a fine actress and a beautiful lady back in the day. Played Barney Hefner's second wife Blanche.

[@charleshammer2928]

Mrs. Buck Barrow

[@michaelhlong3765]

She also played Roseann's mother in her sitcom I believe

[@cheyennedraven2466]

@@michaelhlong3765 Yes, she did! :)

[@nodatastored684]

The Beverly Harris

[@a.b.s_productions]

She wasn’t Barney’s second wife she was his only wife. And she left Barney for the bug guy. Lol

[@tonimt1712]

He keeps cheating on her and talking about how he was all alone.

[@andywinslow9638]

Here he didn't. She kissed him and then he went right right back to Edith. He's a good husband

[@tonimt1712]

​@andywinslow9638 at 2:08 yes she kisses him.... slowly. There was no hesitation or effort to respect his wife. Then he explained thus happened while Edith was in NY. You must be a man... single or divorced.

[@andywinslow9638]

@@tonimt1712 I'm neither.

[@tonimt1712]

@@andywinslow9638 touche

[@myrtleborodziuk7163]

Edith was a sweetheart

[@karrynemoron67]

Because of the surges all of the promostones take over! 😂

[@EsterKunin-zs2dw]

Delores didn't even remember about her and Archie and the picnic!😂

[@EsterKunin-zs2dw]

This show is WONDERFUL! Loved it for over fifty years!❤❤❤

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[@lisabaxter7786]

Edith can be smart

[@roxannesampley56]

He's such a narcissistic guy

[@maryannscribner1922]

That’s a friendly kiss

[@keronwindley4950]

Ok

[@countrydj2]

She played Roseanne’s mom. I didn’t know she appeared on this show.

[@Mister_Listener]

Those were two really beautiful scenes. Thumbs up.

[@FacebookQueen]

So he cheated on her more than once?

[@selenajosephina]

Yes

[@FacebookQueen]

@@selenajosephinaMy mom doesn’t remember this lol maybe she’s in denial

[@shivanthikulasingham6131]

Really? Oh my goodness, that is terrible. I just started watching this show. It was originally on TV even before I was born. He slept with two other women? I misunderstood this clip to mean this was a woman he played around with before he met Edith! This is sad.

[@MsMollah]

It seems they weren't married when he fooled around with this woman, maybe just dating.

[@FacebookQueen]

@@MsMollah Oh ok

[@aronkelley8634]

Honesty is the best policy? Yea um, don’t go to pieces on me 👍😎👍

[@kevin-gs7jn]

I bet Archie gave her a " Fudge sickle" . 😂

[@a.b.s_productions]

In his case it’ll be a “Cream Sickle”

[@kevin-gs7jn]

@@a.b.s_productions unless he stuck it in the back door first 😂

[@keronwindley4950]

Wow y’all bugging 😂

[@a.b.s_productions]

@@kevin-gs7jn He was doing…”The Bunker.” 🤣🤣

[@Noah-yw6uv]

@@keronwindley4950😂

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

Always wondered what Edith saw in Archie. She was always tense and worried about what he would do or say. She must have recognized a redeeming quality.

[@BrianCarnevaleB26]

RIP Ms. Paige!

[@msalepooh]

Why were they clapping after he kissed that lady on the porch?

[@stlinandprofilyn015]

So did she lie to Archie about remembering or did she lie to Edith (in an earlier scene) about NOT remembering?

[@k-dogg9086]

Neither. She remembered her lust for Archie and played on that, unsatisfied with their (her and her husband's) own marriage. So she played it, hoping Archie would too.

[@nassauguy48]

Hmmm. My take is that she would never lie to Edith about it, and that, Archie being Archie, conjured all this up in his own head.

[@nassauguy48]

@@k-dogg9086 Hmmm. See my own interpretation on this, but do you think that Dolores was unhappy in her marriage? I know that she said to Edith, "Whoever thought I would end up marrying Bummy Fencil", but I am not sure whether that statement was made in regret.

[@k-dogg9086]

@@nassauguy48 it was

[@k-dogg9086]

@@nassauguy48 he did

[@taffygirl641]

That is Estelle Parsons...who played Roseannes mother.

[@paulc.1535]

Lol yes. At first I thought it was Mrs. Roper from 3's company

[@ejdet.feeney9020]

He can’t blame that on her

[@dk60ish]

She was sometimes far too nice, but that was the balance he needed to bring out the good in him!

[@christinesortino8640]

Is this the actress that played Roseanne’s mother?

[@Asukenick]

Yes and on a show called Still Standing Sally Strutters played a character just like her.

[@CluelessSheepNazi4270]

Archie got it on with Roseanne's mom!

[@Rosemary-x3g]

Beverly Harris

[@DonawaVi]

So he was with Edith when he had this one night with her?

[@jenniferstockert8508]

Yes

[@DonawaVi]

@@jenniferstockert8508 😔

[@shivanthikulasingham6131]

Oh no! I was under the impression Archie was faithful to Edith until the day she died. This hurts my heart!@@jenniferstockert8508

[@MsMollah]

Probably dating Edith but not married.

[@jeffhansen7207]

Rosanne's Mom

[@jeffhansen7207]

and the guy was the dad from Midnight Express

[@Belluser-we1uc5cb2l]

Isn't she Blanche, Barney's ex wife?

[@SusanFarmer-vz7zc]

Archie didn't deserve Edith

[@yogaqueen1527]

Thats Roseanne mom from the Roseanne series. Bev.....she has looked old her entire life. Wow

[@michikosmith3262]

Mrs. Roper!?

[@Linda-fe7jo]

Not Mrs roper

[@PaperImagesArtStudio]

Was he married to Edith at the time? I don’t think so

[@joshuasmith798]

That was also Barney wife Blanche

[@MysticDonBlair]

❤

[@bombyboo6335]

Omg Archie used to creep with Blanche? Does Barney know.?

[@nassauguy48]

Hey, Frank Lorenzo was a wife swapper in an earlier episode. 😂

[@XxMercuriiXx]

Is that Roseanne’s mom?

[@Anna-914]

Yesssss☺️

[@thebigmarbowski84]

Soygez

[@elizabethgracee]

Roseanne’s mother 😱

[@opiokapi4418]

Efk this homan. Nope. Although will say, this was a memorable great scene with a beautiful actress

[@goldberg11228]

Any chance at retyping this in ANY language?

[@puffeiffer]

0:44 Well, look at Roseanne’s mom Bev in her youth.

[@birdie4223]

❤