I've read a smattering of negative comments on here about so I re-watched it. Agreed that Mike and Gloria fighting was over the top, but overall it worked for me. Edith was really funny in it, and the Jeffersons were good too.
shareI'm sure there definitely worst episodes than that including the entire 9th season! And I can definitely admit I'd rather watch that episode than do other things like having a root canal, laying in middle of a busy highway, watch the complete entire series of The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet, swim in shark infested water, sitting through a complete Yoko Ono concert, playing Russian roulette with an automatic, etc. As I've mentioned before, I thought the episode was dull really no plot. It just seemed like they were just trying to find ways to waste twenty plus minutes until we get Archie to make his big return at the end...
I blame that episode on the producers. Evidently they busted O'Connor's balls for winning his "strike" by giving him as little air time as possible on his return, leaving the bulk of the episode to the others.
The Jeffersons livened things up for sure.
Lol. Your description of self-torture would apply to me also, only in regards to sitting through other TV shows (a good number of them).
The jury is still out on whether or not that's the worst episode. I haven't compiled an actual top rank or bottom rank list. I've actually tried a few times over the years and I've always often change my decision on which episode is higher/lower than the other. Some are always consistent as far as which are good and which are bad though...
There definitely isn't much going in with it.
Maybe if Archie had been declared missing again on his way home would've livened things up a little, before finally showing up at the door at the end.
I don't think it's any worse than the Cousin Roy episode. Or the Baby Shower episode.
Sorry CJ, but I still think the Billy Crystal episode is better than any of the above (but not by much).
At least New Years Wedding had an actual plot as opposed to Longest Kiss. Another three would be Archie Finds A Friend, Love Comes To The Butcher, and Love By Appointment...
Love By Appontment is pretty drab, but is better than the previous ones mentioned.
The Butcher and Archie Finds a Friend seem like passable season nine episodes. Archie's humorous approach to the guest stars make those two superior to the others mentioned.
Billy Crystal one is still the least favorite to me. Though, the Baby Shower one I can hardly remember, so.
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The Billy Crystal one has a couple of redeeming qualities. You can't say it's boring. The old baby-sitter was kinda funny. I love the story Trudy's mother told about how she and her husband drove up to visit the Bunkers a couple of times - whenever they rang the bell, she saw the curtains move a little, then the lights went out.
The episode is bottom of the barrel to be sure, but there are a few below it.
There's always the scene where Mike grabs Gloria's ass...
Should've done it more often. Maybe from the front?
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They all did.
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Gross. I prefer hairless.
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Thirty years ago it was quite rare.
shareOh, I know. But, now it's the most common thing and I love it.
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You included?
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I grew up with it, so it wouldn't bother me too much. Probably would only experience it with foreign chicks, most likely Japanese.
shareSome of them are hot. Lucy Liu, for example.
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Does she own an industrial strength Lady Gillette?
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I demand proof! Lol.
shareI'm not sure she's been bottomless anywhere. Topless, for sure.
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Wasn't she on the Charlie's Angels movie?
shareYeah. But not naked. Lol.
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I saw that movie, on cable many years ago. But I think that's all I've seen her on. But I don't watch many movies anyway.
shareShe's been in the show Elementary for a few years now.
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Lol. I've never heard of it.
shareMan. You need to watch more tv or something. I don't watch Elementary, but I'm certainly aware of it through commercials and such.
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I didn't have cable at my brother's place, but I was only there a few months. I probably did see the commercials if it's been on for years, I just don't recall it. Commercial breaks aren't something that mesmerizes me anyway. I know her name from probably movie trailers on TV.
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Sexy, huh?
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Quite whackable.
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I don't think it would affect her brains...her picture, maybe...lol.
shareNot her picture. Her. Lol. If only. Think she's a shaver?
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Most likely. Beavers don't normally live up to their name these days.
shareNot a celebrity especially. Smooth as silk, I bet.
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Just as long as their chests aren't also.
shareCome on. Have you ever seen hairy boobs?
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Lol!
I meant "smooth" chests, as in A- size.
But as far as hairy, I haven't seen Oprah naked, have you?
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Which was probably why she was picked to play that androgynous alien on The Next Generation.
Jenny Willis was another one. She (the actress) had a topless scene in s (I believe) "Blackula" movie and they were barely more than just a couple of nipples.
The Outcast was the name of that Next Generation episode. A very good one. And I've been saying the same thing for years.
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A more prominent one is Lindsay Wagner. My father would comment on the lack of jiggle when Jaime Sommers would be running. Imagine Farrah in that role, as Lee Majors had wanted?
shareMmmmm. Farrahhad some tremendous tits. And her nipples were huge.
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I imagine she'd get black eyes if she ran bra-less.
shareI remember when I first saw her Playboy pics. Her nipples were the size of golf balls. I'd chew on them something fierce.
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Somewhere on That 70s Show they had her famous poster with the nips. That poster was all over the place back then, and deservedly so.
shareAbsolutely gorgeous she was.
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Too bad I didn't watch her show, although she quit after the first season anyway.
shareAnd she's STILL the most popular cast member.
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She probably is. Unfortunately it was an Aaron Spelling show, so it was cheesier than a French cafe, which was why I only saw it a couple of times (during its original run), and it was probably up against a show I liked better.
shareOh, no doubt about it. One year on the show, and most famous cast member. I couldn't even name the other girls.
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Well, that's easy. It was discussed frequently everywhere I turned at the time.
shareThe other girls? So go ahead.
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Kate Jackson and Jacklyn Smith were like the Moe and Larrys; they had revolving Curlys as I remember. Farrah was the first. Cheryl Ladd was one, probably the second.
shareI recognize the names now that you mentioned them. But, not on the level of Farrah. I wonder why she left after only one season?
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I forget the story, so I had to look it up. Farrah wanted a movie career.
shareA lot of good that did. Almost as bad as Shelley Long leaving Cheers. At least she stayed 5 years.
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Farrah did have one acclaimed movie role, even though it was a TV movie - "The Burning Bed".
How'd Shelley Long do? Miserably, I take it.
Not necessarily. She had a bright spot as well. She was in The Brady Bunch Movie and it's sequel.
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I forgot she was in those. But she quit Cheers just for that?
shareWell, no. That wasn't until like 7 years after Cheers ended. More, maybe. Meanwhile, she was making flops like Troop Beverly Hills.
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She should've pushed for a "Caveman" sequel. I liked her in that (maybe because she didn't say much - lol).
shareShe was sexy in Night Shift as well. But that was right before Cheers too.
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I think I saw that, but it was so long ago I'd never remember she was in it.
shareIn a tight shirt and panties. Sexy. She played a prostitute.
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I'd never remember. "Caveman" I saw at the movies, then two or three times on movie channels after I was introduced to Cheers.
shareSeek it out. Great movie. Ron Howard directed Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton in his first movie roll. Hilarious.
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I did see it on a movie channel back in the '80s.
Very funny. Richard Belzer and Joe Spinell have bit parts, and Kevin Costner's first anything.
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Belzer and Spinell I've heard of, but I can't place them.
shareRichard Belzer was in Scarface as the club comedian and Homicide Life on the Street and most famously Law & Order SVU for 13 years and Joe Spinell was in Godfather and Godfather 2 and most famously Rocky and Rocky II as Gazzo the loan shark.
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I think I have seen Belzer doing stand up on Comedy Central. Don't recall the Tony Gazzo character on Rocky, although the name Joe Spinell does sound familiar.
shareHe was also in a horror movie I can't remember the name of, Spinell. The godfather of one of Sly's kids too.
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Is have to see Rocky again, which isn't a bad thing.
shareYup. He's very good.
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After I finish AITF and ABP I'm going to need things to watch. It'll be time to start borrowing things from my brother, and he has the Rockys.
shareToo bad we won't be in touch then. :(
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A recent poster mentioned an AITF Facebook site.
shareI thought you said you don't have or at least care for Facebook?
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I don't care for the gossip column aspect of it, but I might be interested in an AITF site.
shareI'm apart of a few fan sites on facebook. It's nice.
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Great job, IMDB.
shareIt's the trolls, and doppelgangers that did it.
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Someone on another board believes IMDB is giving up because of the other forms of social media like Facebook.
shareNah. Trolls and doppelgangers.
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Well, maybe they'll realize getting rid of it was a mistake and bring it back.
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