Archie Bunker's Eulogy

[@81zed]

The writing in this show was top notch and you couldn't get a better actor to play Archie Bunker. One of the best shows ever to come out of Hollywood.

[@jennifersman7990]

Best line in the eulogy was about laughter adding years to your life and how the more we laugh, the longer we'll all live, so true!

[@Gomesongs]

Yes! One of the few actors able to generate a smile and a tear within one scene.

[@jameswright5627]

The comic timing of Carroll O'Connors joke during the eulogy were spot on. This episode had me both laughing and crying. I just hope the world knows what a treasure we had when Mr. O'Connor was alive. There hasn't been the likes of him since.

[@MeravLovesKitties]

Such a wonderful actor and great scripts. TV today is so PC it lacks the depth of these old shows.

[@mosessofer3447]

since you hate money so much, please send me your life savings

[@AlabasterSmudge]

+Moses Sofer Huh?

[@Hoeech]

+Merav LaFranca -- Yeah. Shows like The Wire, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, Orange is the New Black, Manhattan, Vikings and Empire are all just so PC. When are they finally going to throw off those shackles and start writing interesting and engaging stories?

[@Hoeech]

***** -- You're hopeless.

[@pontifixmax]

+Merav LaFranca and it was recorded live

[@throwback2759]

The old shows like this were the best. Even new technology cannot replace this stuff.

[@paulettelester2061]

Throw back So true

[@senorkaboom]

Only Archie can take you from tears of laughter to tears of sympathy. To you, Archie, shalom.

[@jafarayesh9050]

Always been a fan of Archie and " All in the family". I truley loved this episode for it reflects in a simple way through Archie's character that indeed we are all the same. Great show it was.

[@bubsmeister]

Now THAT was a performance, the like of which is seldom seen today....

[@marcusmueller891]

Carol O'Connor just added some years to my life :)

[@Little_Fymth]

I may only be 23 but I love this show and do miss archie and edith

[@makeminefreedom]

Archie Bunker was a real person. He said exactly what he thought and didn't care if others were offended. It's what made All In The Family such a success.

[@mosessofer3447]

he probably said a lot of things many of us are thinking, but are afraid to say, due to political correctness

[@MichaelDiPrima03201994]

makeminefreedom Carol O'Connor was actually a Democrat, who played a Republican. He was Stephen Colbert before Stephen Colbert.

[@ferox965]

What made the show successful is that Archie Bunker was an absurd person...though he has a good heart, he was totally absurd. Caroll O'Connor understood this...it was a character he didn't think people would take seriously. O Connor was a master.

[@ferox965]

@@mosessofer3447 He verbalized a lot of those things because they sound ridiculous when verbalized.

[@kejiri3593]

@@MichaelDiPrima03201994 No, unlike Archie, Stephen Colbert has to be funny to even be Archie. Only comedians that lean democrat that are talkshow that i find funny is "Conan o Brian" and "Bill Maher" the rest are spasm unfunny propagandist talkshows.

[@lbroderick783]

Thanks for posting! OMG this was the funniest thing I think I've ever seen! I watched All In The Family back in the 70's so either I missed this episode or forgot it since it's been a while. Enjoyed this so much!

[@sitcomsTV]

I released continuous tears and constant laughter at the same time. Thank you so much! So deep, such a lesson!

[@larrytxeast8756]

The minute he goes "the priest says to the rabbi" you know he's about to tell an off-color joke right in the middle of a funeral and you're laughing thinking "OH NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!" ha ha ha. The two funniest parts are that and him saying "Jesus was a Jew once until his father sat him down and said ' no more of that.' " Ha ha.

[@mosessofer3447]

+ha ha

[@stevedrums1675]

"A Jewish name ain't supposed to have no ham in there!" ROTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cindycarlson4237]

+stevedrums : I agree. I was watching this at the library with my earbuds in and laughing through this episode. Very funny. Also funny when Edith tells Archie, "Don't forget your beanie!"

[@ldchappell1]

I loved watching "All In The Family" in the 1970s when it was aired on Saturday nights at 8 o'clock. It was kind of like watching a well-acted play every week. They hardly ever left the house. They were either in the living room or the kitchen. A couple of times they showed them in the bedroom. You heard the toilet flush but you never saw the bathroom.

[@gregford1603]

"Jesus was a Jew, until his father sat him down and told him no more of that."

[@Etobeeshawn]

The funniest eulogy we will ever hear. Only sitcoms from the '70s can turn something that's supposed to be sad and make it funny. Archie's eulogy to a Jewish friend and Mary Tyler Moore laughing at Chuckles the Clown's funeral

[@WiseGuy5674]

It's funny how back in the early 70's it was swearing and sex that would set people off, so one could not even say "ass" or "bitch" or show a sex scene on any TV show. Now sex and swearing is on every show...but they can't say the things Archie said in the 70's.

[@mosessofer3447]

that is the legacy of the Obama lovers

[@AlabasterSmudge]

+Moses Sofer here hee

[@Hoeech]

+WiseGuy5674 -- A sex scene?? In "I Love Lucy", "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and even "The Flintstones", married couples were seen sleeping in twin beds. How the heck any of them ever had kids is a complete mystery.

[@jessiejames7492]

+Thomas H. as a child I used to wonder ...i knew they had to do something together

[@Matthew-ve7uv]

+Moses Sofer Oh yeah, that was Obama's number one policy. I mean, just as an example, he tried to sue a late-night talk show for comparing him to an Orangutan! Republicans like Donald Trump, on the other hand, love free speech and would never try to use the legal system to stifle a joke. Yay for living in reality!

[@rcabletn]

Stretch's funeral was his last laugh at Archie. Gawd, dog gone that Stretch !

[@cherrypath1702]

Carol oconnor u r the best! Thank you and jean stapleton for all the laughs and the tears! You are the best! Love ya

[@guardian08527]

"Don't forget your beanie!!!" LMAO!!! They are going to have another funeral for Archie's pride!!!

[@cmoore185]

The amazing thing is everyone saw himself when he looked at Archie. What most people don't know is that Norman Lear, the creator of the show and producer was himself a jew. His mother was from the Ukraine and his father was American. His father, was also sent to prison when Lear was young. He said on Johnnie Carson that Archie was based on his father. After the show ended, Lear became an activist for first amendment. He is a great American that gets very few props. The shows he created were ground breaking, showing racism in everyone, black or white.

[@Escul1960]

How sad that this show wouldn't get past the pitch stage these days.........

[@cindycarlson4237]

+Escul1960 Too much political correctness these days.

[@jbbrown5847]

That's what I was going to say but, you beat me to it.

[@tounsisi67]

ure cousin will throw shit on ho try to do something like this in france same fucking shit

[@marvinprice7284]

It's funny. Watching the old All In The Family episodes, I'm honestly shocked at the things Archie Bunker says. I'm so accustomed to the sanitized politically correct world, that I'm caught off guard by innocence of Archie Bunker's prejudices. Maybe it was watching him that I learned the differences between racism, prejudice, hatred, discrimination etc. You can prejudge people and not hate. You can discriminate without being a racist, and so on. Now we live with people, utter jackasses who just scream racism at every possible opportunity. Racism has lost its meaning.

[@shawns.2851]

Marvin Price I have tried to tell people that we all have our prejudices for many years, and that there is a difference between prejudice and racism. But, sadly the way that times are today, I have been placed on most persons 'racist' list.. Oh, well.. You hit the nail on the head, and you are adult enough to see the difference between the two complete differences between prejudice and racist... Thanks.

[@sitcomsTV]

Loved your comment. It's so true. The meaning of racism is not lost, is being distorted. Innocent remarks are pull into that pool of indecency but what that does is ofending every person on this earh that in the past really fall under the axe of racism and prejudice. And everyone that have fought against it, providing education and clarification. I think that even in those days with the world full of Archies, maybe people were better... Because now we know better, almost all of us have degrees, are better educated and there seems to be little improvement. More will to produce conflicts, less dialogue and much less tolerance.

[@deekaye25]

Your living in a different country to so many others, who don't have any issues with the lack of bigotry. Believe me, racism and bigotry are alive and well in other parts of the world! And they're not solely reserved for the white race, either!

[@melmac3464]

I love the way u said this. Its so true. Racism is a taught thought and act. Generations of people who don't know anything else bc its what they lived and learned. You can see the turning point in this show actually. The son in law unbeknownst to Archie is actually teaching him new ways of thinking and living. This show and others were stepping stones in changing the way alot of people view different cultures and religions. It also shows a time where you could say what society today deems "racist and controversial". Every single day humans evolve and adapt into something else and i actually don't see it changing for the better as of lately. Archie bunker, AL Bundy, the Jeffersons, the cosbys, Roseanne, Frasier, different strokes, happy days, mash. And much more. These shows paved the way for change and it was a peaceful change. We've ruined everything with all our "entitled rights" and "jumping on anyone who says something that makes us feel some tyle of way. We've become a world full of sensitive, soft handed sooks.

[@winsboy]

I remember how (pleasantly) shocked we were at the raw honesty of this show. It was so beautifully written & performed by a wonderful ensemble cast. This country owes much to Edith & Archie. Together they helped us examine our collective conscience & become a better people. Even we young liberals, like Gloria & Michael, were forced to examine our philosophies. Nothing was sacred. Edith & Archie will forever be with us. Bless you both, from an agnostic fan. Rest in Piece.

[@finkbone]

This is absolutely brilliant. There has not been a show since, that is nearly as funny as this one. R.I.P. Carroll O'Connor

[@MrMarkstyles]

The Great things about All in the Family.. all the actors, the scripts.. My Dad lived for for the show and loved Archie Bunker, in the 4th years, he realized he ' WAS ARCHIE BUNKER'... The whole 20 years, the racism, the bigit, the narrowmindedness, all of it.. What a profound change it made on him over night.. He still continued to love the show, but each episode, became an eye opener... I'm white, happened to have a gay Black PuertoRican lover... Had to wait a few years to tell him.. In the 70's he would have had a total meltdown.. By the 90's he didn't bat an eyelash.. He entertained my lovers family, and was great.. and grew to appreciate them, which he would have never done in the 70's.. I thanked Norman Lear for that.. My Dad did to.. I think 'All in the Family' changed a LOT of lives, which took some time to blossum.. It was so shocking at the time.. but became so tame, and blase after a whlie.. Caroll O Connor and Maureen Stapelton, were on a talk show years later. and never got so much respect.. O' Connors later excellent TV roles, proved he was so much more that that one famous character.. Archie Bunker and Family was a GREAT influence on American Culture..

[@22099dscott]

+mark styles Did you wait a couple of years to tell him about your lover, or that you are gay? What I don't get is why people give the actors so much credit in this type of show. They read a script. They did however provide the facial expressions, but, if you listen to the show(either turn away from monitor/tv or turn the display off) it is just as funny. And people really need to understand that Jewish is not a race, and that Anti-Semitic statements are not racial slurs.

[@mosessofer3447]

22099dscott is probably a shitler-loving antisemite

[@22099dscott]

+Moses Sofer Is that the best you can offer? Or are you just saying that you do not understand my post, so it must be something offensive to someone? It seems you like to attack those that post something you can't comprehend.

[@BalletBabyBoy]

What a brilliant cast, great writing, perfect for the time...thank god for this show...opened allot of eyes!

[@signmanj]

The best show ever made. Todays tv is CRAP. Total CRAP. Shame on you ABC, CBS AND NBC. METV rules. Love you Carroll and Jean.

[@24tippper]

Couldn't agree more!!!!!!!!!!! No heart!!!!

[@rebeccamoore6965]

If Stretch was looking down at that eulogy he would be the one laughing the loudest. He would have loved it.

[@fredbazoo]

Putting that Yalmulka on Archie is worth a thousand bucks lol.

[@SiCkDiAbLo]

One of The Best Shows Ever!!!

[@carlcoleman1571]

I'd like to see Carroll O'Connor in his later, very different "In The Heat of the Night." In great entertainment, both shows made good to great social statements.

[@racefan32]

Underneath it all Archie had a heart of gold.

[@2274brian]

I've told that Priest/Rabbi joke many times. Thanks Stretch.

[@RhondaGriffinHunter]

I do not recall ever seeing this particular episode during "All in the Family"s run on television, but I do not know if I could have made it through the entire episode, because I almost "died laughing" during this 10:45 video! Carroll O'Connor's delivery of his lines was sheer perfection as were his facial expressions.How the actor who played the Rabbi was able to keep a straight face, I will never know! Shalom, Carroll and Shalom to your alter ego Archie Bunker, the bigot with the big heart....

[@sitcomsTV]

The thing about Archie is that he did believe in the things he said but they didn't went deep. He was TEACHED to think like that and felt into his life's experiences as a low class working man them to be true. But when he would meet people and became close to them it would fade out... He would still say and believe those things but deep down didn't mean it. He didn't realised he was so bigoded. The first thing he says goin in the funeral is: _"Why didn't he say he was a jew? It would have made no difference!"_ - And he means it, deep inside. But he would couldn't help himself «;outside». He also liked Leonel and was so fun of having Sammy Davis Jr on his home... Because he admired the person, inspite of his prejudices. His type of people "can see the light". But the ones that don't?

[@Lafayette320]

"...we made a mistake, this is a funeral for a Jewish guy." This is one of the very best scenes in television history. "Wait a minute, don't forget your beanie."

[@segundooron]

1633 Views and only one comment. Well, now there are two. Thank you for posting this. I have not seen it before. Archie Bunker, one of a kind as a television character without Carol O'Connor would never have been possible.

[@watchful38]

Funny! I recall saying to a Presbyterian that we priests gave up marriage and Presbyterians gave up alcohol. " The Church made a big, very big mistake! says I. :) Great Eulogy though! Archie put his foot in his mouth, the more he spoke, the worse it got! The Rabbi & Priest joke was priceless! Thanks for the video. From Canada.

[@TypesALot]

I love watching Charles Siebert's face during the Euology - says it all and the guy sitting in front of Edith, too.

[@Quimby-1966]

He was also the clerk when archie was in court for using mace in his cab in front of the black female judge

[@clarencewagonblott9895]

Archie and Edith would crack me up yes Archie played the Bigot well but so did George Jefferson and Sanford and Son, Lighten Up these were just sitcoms!

[@Jimmy_in_Mexico]

Archie Bunker does a Jewish eulogy. I could not stop laughing.

[@JGManRulz]

"jesus was a jew until his father sat him down and said no more of that" lmfao no chill

[@WiseGuy5674]

"....A Jewish name ain't 'spossed to have any ham in'ere!"...LOL!

[@winsboy]

It's a show that, because of the quality of the writing & acting, will never grow old or irrelevant - or cease being funny! If it's not available in syndication, it should be. In fact, it should be required viewing in all Social Studies classrooms because it greatly affected the way many Americans think - and we are all better for it!. Losing Jean Stapleton is like losing a favorite aunt. We will miss you for the love & simple common sense you showed us all, sweet Jean. Thank you!

[@calspeed1]

Great video! I don't remember that episode. Thanks for posting.

[@themightychabunga2441]

"wait a minute, don't forget your beanie."

[@carlcoleman1571]

Tell television, we want sitcoms, etc, back. We don't need to see prison life late at night before bed.

[@kbderek610]

A show like this could never be made now a days. Best show of all time

[@tsartodd]

don't forget your beanie ...

[@brianmyers8061]

Awesome

[@PGohranson]

this still makes me laugh so hard I have tears in my eye's

[@PeeboTyson]

***** Then let the Reader's Digest cry...little condensed tears.

[@sitcomsTV]

Paul Gohranson, KaptKan1, PeeboTyson: LOOOOOOL I laugh so hard just now!! Very good :) Good timing :))

[@sitcomsTV]

*"We couldn't say just by looking at Strech's face he was jew. And I never seen nothing else"* looooooooool Gold. All this is gold and O'Connor does it marvelously, so heart felt and emotioned for his friend passing...

[@josefzack4617]

i so loved his show. very funny.

[@BRUTUALTRUTH]

OMG I am from the UK and this is sooooo funny x

[@TariqKhan-xt5qs]

What a great show comedy at its best, now worrying about offending anyone or of any backlash from idiots, yet the jokes were to tasteful and elegant.

[@glennmarshall4693]

James Cromwell is still acting, he was in a Canadian movie a few months ago with Genevieve Bujold called Still Mine. James is only around 70 years old, he was only in his 30s when he played Stretch, so he'd be a good 10 years younger than Archie.

[@fredbazoo]

I remember when I first saw this episode origianlly. It was rather touching. Archie was a "loveable" bigot........but hate was never in his heart.

[@judy-9999]

Only 4 min into it and that SCRIPT IS SUPER AWESOME 7-8 times already!!! 😊😅😂😇

[@jibberjabberr]

Stretch Cunningham was played by James Cromwell.

[@lovemypiano111]

I learned English while watching "All in the family"... what a great show! A true TV classic. Someone sent me this episode and I laughed all over again. It's still funny today, even funnier maybe.

[@kaja-mi4435]

I loved these characters!👏👏👍

[@2274brian]

I love the Priest/Rabbi joke. I've gotten several laughs from telling that one.

[@Quimby-1966]

Me too

[@AsWeSpeak154]

Hahahaha! That was the best eulogy, ever.

[@GeorgiaWorkersComp]

Hysterical!

[@EsterKunin-zs2dw]

Archie really loved Stretch and did a caring eulogy for him. In real life, there was rivalry.

[@josephwhirlwind6086]

man , I watched this and laughed so hard , I peed almost in my pants !!

[@Xscapeplan01]

Classic ,you just wouldn't see this kind of humour now ,to pc

[@IWillNOtBeSilencedAgain]

I found it odd that they lit a Menorah at a funeral...

[@MrFrontrowkid]

Actually Norman Lear created the character of Archie as sort of a payback against his father. Lear told of how his father bullied his mother and was very prejudiced. Since Lear could not have fought back at that age, he wainted until the old man was dead and gots his licks in. And Lear was Jewish. Funny, you never hear about bullying, bigoted Jews.

[@BeEtLjOoZ]

"you ought to try it, it's better than ham"

[@francoisbegin6718]

you made my day !!

[@vccstudents]

"Don't forget your beanie!" ROFL!

[@Deke1]

This made me laugh so hard out loud.........Great writing and acting..

[@PaulosTheGamer]

CLASSSIIIC Archie Bunker moment.

[@nsnopper]

Archie wearing the yarmulke was classic.

[@zachhoran]

Edith was stifled yesterday when Jean Stapleton was a contestant on the May 31, 2013 episode of Celebrity Bucket Kickers.

[@thomassodomizer764]

Starting @ 3:29 probably has to be one of TVs funniest moments.

[@DamenSmithDraeko]

Omg.... this was too funny. "I didn't know he was Jewish from looking at his face, and I ain't never seen nothin' else."

[@bruggesfc]

The only joke i don't get :c not from any english speaking country so...,what i get out of it is that he never saw the yamica or however it's spelled? but the laughter from the audience was so hard that i'm almost sure i'm missing something :D

[@bruggesfc]

Feel like an idiot getting it a second after typing that but i'm not gonna delete that :D this shit is hilarious :D the fing cut of part ofc :D wtf :D edit:yeah i'm high don't gudge me!

[@morgancalvi6675]

That guy standing next to Archie...what other episodes was he in?

[@daleray52]

He truly was a great actor...look at the whole Archie Bunker persona he created...he representded about 50% of the population @ the time ! right or wrong, Archie spoke for America, I know my hard working, uneducated, veteran Dad loved him...cannot blame him

[@ptl44]

"you wouldn't know he was Jewish by looking at his face and I aint never seen nothing else." LOL

[@kewlthings]

O'Connor is such a good actor.

[@hollyjillrowsell3744]

He was an actor of a caliber we do not see on TV anymore....

[@slmacph]

Archie Bunker: my hero! He could do the "eurology"(sic) at my funeral any time--preferably after I die. :-P

[@PaulosTheGamer]

"Jesus himself was a Jew... til his father sat him down and told him no more of that." HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, oh beautiful and the best part of this.

[@TheDustin49]

I love the reaction of the audience to this Eulogy. It's like some of them almost found what he said to be offensive.

[@QuartuvLarry]

Oho man! This was hilarious! I didn't realize this show for the gem of the 70s that it was!

[@Hoeech]

Why is there a seven-candled Menorah at a funeral? They're supposed to have nine candles in all and they're used to celebrate Chanukah. It's like putting up a Christmas tree at a Christian funeral.

[@JimInTally]

+Thomas H.: They probably got the 7 candle menorah because it was cheaper. LOL

[@Quimby-1966]

Good eye

[@DonovanWert]

So awesome 😎

[@paulamos6554]

Awesome!

[@gordonshumway6128]

This episode is fucking hilarious lol

[@RDMARTIN1401]

We love Archie Bunker

[@franshaverkamp6044]

de beste tv serie ooit wat geweldig

[@jessiejames7492]

he was throwing out all the stereotypes of a jewish person..all but true

[@alexisdiva9]

I think the menorah on the pulpit is missing 2 candles - shouldn't there be 9 (1 for each day of Hanukkah plus the main candle)? Am guessing this was taped around Hanukkah. Am also speculating that Stretch's BIL Mr. Moss was the synagogue president or another VIP. "Don't forget your beanie!" (yamulke) - priceless comment by Edith.

[@ImAProudSteelersFan]

Caroll O'Connor was one of the most unprejudice/ well-oriented men in showbiz. He went from a nice guy to a racist, but lovable asshole. That's great acting! #RIP

[@pamelahill196]

funny & touching. Carroll O'Connor was a gem! :)

[@pupsiuspupuliukas2394]

Wonder if these shows will disappear like the statues

[@sixclocks]

that was classic.