It's Edith and Archie Bunker's wedding anniversary. Edith manages to drag Archie to church. Daughter Gloria and her husband Mike try to whip up a party atmosphere for the parents.
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Directed by John RichWritten by Lennie Weinrib, Norman LearGuest stars Mike Evans
Mike writes a letter to President Nixon, protesting everything that's wrong with America, including the state of the environment and the nation's involvement in Vietnam. Archie finds out, and to refute his son-in-law's claims he decides he too will write a letter praising the nation's chief and attempting to explain the Meathead as an ignorant. While penning the letter, Archie pictures the family all standing behind him, dressed in his Sunday best, all supporting his positions.
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Directed by John RichWritten by Norman LearGuest stars Helen Page Camp, Rich Little
Archie is convinced he'll collect a large settlement from a petty traffic accident if a Jewish lawyer handles the case. The stylistic minimalism of the Bunkers' sparsely furnished set is on full display in this early episode. According to director John Rich, who grew up not far from Archie's neighbood, the Spartan look of the Bunkers' living room deco was achieved as a result of painstaking efforts. The director remembers personally supervising the cracking of windows and repainting of walls to give the place a run-down, lived-in look. "I told the set designers to take all the color out of it," remembers Rich. "Norman and I wanted to do the show in black and white, but CBS nearly went into a coma. So we decided to do the next best thing and shoot the entire show in muted sepia tones."
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Directed by John RichWritten by Stanley Ralph RossGuest stars George Furth, Salem Ludwig, Mike Evans, Richard Stahl
Louise Jefferson makes her first appearance, through husband George will remain an offscreen character for another two seasons. Their son, Lionel, had been a regular visitor to the Bunkers since the pilot episode, when the writers discovered how effective the street-smart black youth was at gently letting the air out of Archie's sails.
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Directed by John RichGuest stars Vincent Gardenia, Mike Evans, Isabel Sanford
Mel Tolkin, Michael Ross, Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller, Norman Lear, Lee Kalcheim, Burt Styler, Rob Reiner, Lloyd Turner, Gordon Mitchell, Hal Kanter, Lennie Weinrib, Susan Harris, Paul Wayne, Erik Tarloff, Lila Garrett, Sam Locke, Jerry Mayer, John Rappaport, Rod Parker, Woody Kling