The only mistake Norman Lear ever made was not casting Maude in more episodes of All in the Family. The banter between Archie and Maude was comedy gold!
It wasn't Norman Lear's fault. Apparently, it was Fred Silverman (CBS executive) who rushed to give Bea Arthur her own show. That's what Norman Lear said years ago. Also (also it was said by Fred Silverman himself) there was a sense that it kind of took away the banter between Mike and Archie whenever Maude made an appearance
@@nah....6151 , correct. Archie was a blue collar Republican while Arthur was an Establishment “Country Club” Republican, different versions of a very similar political perspective, who simultaneously had both similar yet different reasons for supporting the same political party.
@@inkyguy I never understood American politics, being Australian I wouldn't, what I do know Americans take their politics very seriously, here in Australia we are not so serious.
The story goes that a CBS executive was watching this episode when Bea came to aid the flu Bunkers and was so impressed by Bea Arthur, he called Lear and asked 'who was that womam?let's give her a series!'--- and Maude was formed!
His name was Fred Silverman. He jokes about "discovering" Bea Arthur in an interview. He also stated in the same interview that Maude was William Paley’s favorite show. He absolutely loved it.
Yeah, but Maude would have been fawning all over George because he was Black. George would have tolerated it, but he also would also have felt patronized. I remember the time Mike got angry at Lionel when Lionel said that he was always too nice to him because he was Black.
Most TV shows I watch the episode once or twice and I am done, but I LOVE LUCY, DICK VAN DYKE SHOW, ALL IN THE FAMILY and MAUDE I can watch the same episodes over and over and over again.
_All in the Family_ changed American television in a way similar to the Beatles appearance on _Ed Sullivan._ Just as the Beatles transformed American music literally overnight, there was television before _All in the Family_ and television after _All in the Family._ No one had ever seen or heard anything like _All in the Family_ on the American airwaves before.
Watching Carroll O’Connor and Bea Arthur act against each other is like seeing Ali and Frazier square off. Just two performers at the top of their game. And “cream of wheat with cheese” is just pure genius. “It’s light but it binds.”
Can you just imagine if Flo got a random visit from Maude tho? But that wouldn’t have made any sense considering the writers retconned Florida’s home setting from Harlem to Chicago. A real meta moment was a scene on Good Times where one of the Evans is actually reading a copy of Ebony magazine featuring the cast of The Jeffersons! What a cool moment that was.
@@ginapayne744 Maude was one of the strongest characters on TV and a great one for Norman Lear to tell compelling yet funny stories through each week. When Maude met Florida it was so interesting to see their dynamic play out.
This was hilarious when maude told Archie to get lost and Archie was fat. And the part where Archie said Cream of Wheat with cheese wrong again Maude, Timeless Classic
Anybody remember the hilarious Maude parody Carol Burnett did on her own weekly show? It was called Broad and even featured it’s own theme song-“And The There’s BROAD!” I laughed ‘til I cried! And in a bonus meta moment Isabel Sanford (who portrayed Weezie on The Jeffersons,) parodied Esther Rolle’s Florida. In the Broad spoof, her name was Georgia! 🤣🤣🤣❤️
That sounds wonderful! One of the best comedy bits I've ever seen was Carol Burnett parodying the original Star Trek. They go through a warped dimension, or some such, and when the ship comes out the other side, they're all women, (Except Uhara!) - including the evil alien they've been communicating with on the big screen. It is HILARIOUS.
Yes, one of my favorite. The next one was with Gloria and Edith were at odds ( Gloria called Archie stupid ). The fake $20 bill given to Lionel’s father. The Swingers. Michael comes into money.
@@SalvationinCHRISTalone888 Everyone Tells the Truth, where Archie plays three different versions of himself, dealing with TV repairman was his best performance ever. Ron Glass played the hilarious black helper in this episode, which propelled him to stardom later on Barney Miller. He was brilliant too.
The irony is that Bea Arthur had a long career on Broadway, way before she entered television. She knew both O’Connor and Stapleton from the Broadway days, and she was an old friend of Norman Lear. She didn’t want to be on tv, but relented when Lear begged her, and she’d work with her old friends (Caroll & Jean) from the old days.
I remember reading in a magazine years ago that Bea Arthur wondered if she should have done the TV show Maude. Bea ended up divorcing her husband and felt the show may have pushed it in that direction. Later, I heard Bea Arthur say in a TV interview Damm We Were Good when reflecting back on the ground breaking show.
Mr. Lear or anyone else who actually knows, I know that Norman Lear developed the character of Maude at least in part with Bea Arthur in mind to play the role, but has anyone heard him speak or write of where his inspiration for the character came from? These Lear productions are precious to me and an invaluable part of our culture and history and in many ways remain as relevant today as ever. Most of them being, especially but not certainly only, virtually every episode of “All in the Family.”.
It's a damn shame all these shows didn't have a big prime time crossover. George Jefferson and Maude would've made a dynamic tag-team against Archie. The interactions between all the characters in All In The Family, Maude, The Jeffersons, and Good Times would've been comedy gold.
Another Mistake Norman Lear Made Was The Total DISCONNECT Between Good Times And Maude,Changing The Setting From New York To Chicago,Changed Florida's Husband's Name And Job,Having Them Go From Comfortable To Struggling,And Firing John Amos!!!
Those 2 jawing over FDR is classic! Archie isn't wrong about him bartering half of Europe and Asia to Stalin to rid the world of The Fuhrer! I can't not laugh also at him talking about her 2 dead husbands smiling in their caskets!
I had a Jewish Foster mother, who believed marrying outside of the Jewish faith was going against a Jewish law. Especially if it's to marry "a Gentile woman." It breaks the line and turns the children into Gentiles, because "their mother isn't Jewish." She didn't hold with he practice of "turning a Gentile woman Jewish through a manmade ceremony created by the synagogue instead of Jewish law.
I didn't like how liberal Maude was it went to far. Archie is more opened minded than maude because he will bend and give in. Maude is more narrow minded than Archie because she won't bend it's either her way or the Highway.
Archie was more Willing to change his mind than Maude, but it always took some big thing for him to get his head out of his ass and actually change, and whether or not that change was a permanent one or not depended on the writers
If you were oppressed for hundreds of years and you were finally being able to have a say of your body, a say in voting and a say in your own home. You dont compromise, your done with that!
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I couldn’t agree with you more.
I love when she shut the door in Archie's face. That is so prophetic for when Stan was at the door and Dorothy would answer.
So true
Except Stan wasn't a bigot...!!! At least he was more tolerable to a degree.
@@tomtalker2000He was a member of the Rainbow Coalition, after all..... paisan!
The only mistake Norman Lear ever made was not casting Maude in more episodes of All in the Family. The banter between Archie and Maude was comedy gold!
It wasn't Norman Lear's fault. Apparently, it was Fred Silverman (CBS executive) who rushed to give Bea Arthur her own show. That's what Norman Lear said years ago. Also (also it was said by Fred Silverman himself) there was a sense that it kind of took away the banter between Mike and Archie whenever Maude made an appearance
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@@nah....6151 , correct. Archie was a blue collar Republican while Arthur was an Establishment “Country Club” Republican, different versions of a very similar political perspective, who simultaneously had both similar yet different reasons for supporting the same political party.
@@inkyguy I never understood American politics, being Australian I wouldn't, what I do know Americans take their politics very seriously, here in Australia we are not so serious.
@@JohnLee-pt5jz it depends on the American. As a whole it looks that way mostly due to media but most of us aren't that gung-ho about it.
The first episode with Maude may be the single best 30 minutes in sitcom history. Perfect from start to finish
Yeah it never gets old
So hilarious.Classic Comedy
One of
Carroll and Bea had amazing chemistry. Wish they had more episodes of them together.
The story goes that a CBS executive was watching this episode when Bea came to aid the flu Bunkers and was so impressed by Bea Arthur, he called Lear and asked 'who was that womam?let's give her a series!'--- and Maude was formed!
His name was Fred Silverman. He jokes about "discovering" Bea Arthur in an interview. He also stated in the same interview that Maude was William Paley’s favorite show. He absolutely loved it.
Incredible.
Great Information
rip bea arthur carrol oconner and jean stapleton you were all great.
It's *Carroll 'O Connor* .
I agree with you.
Now Norman Lear too
Imagine Maude, Archie Bunker and George Jefferson in the same room. That would have been pure gold.
That would have been hilarious.
Yeah, but Maude would have been fawning all over George because he was Black. George would have tolerated it, but he also would also have felt patronized. I remember the time Mike got angry at Lionel when Lionel said that he was always too nice to him because he was Black.
Maude (On FDR): The people loved him, that man had charisma.
Archie: I don't care if he was sick!
Great line. Rooted in truth to some degree.
FDR was the first creeping socialist.
No matter how hard he tried, Archie could never tear Maude and Edith apart. #FamilyOverEverything #FamilyFirst
Franklin.
Delano.
Roosevelt.
@@centuryrox Archie was actually right about FDR.
Deep down Edith loved how she stood up to ARCHIE AND PROBABLY WANTED TO BE FEARLESS LIKE HER😢😮😊
@@Brandon-lw1wx nope
@@talkingthetalk3640 Yes little boy he was
She treats Archie almost like she treated Stanley lol 😂
Never knew they was cousins on the show😮
What else do you expect from a feminist?
this show is hilarious, never gets old
Most TV shows I watch the episode once or twice and I am done, but I LOVE LUCY, DICK VAN DYKE SHOW, ALL IN THE FAMILY and MAUDE I can watch the same episodes over and over and over again.
@@rtususian me 3
We never missed an episode of "All In The Family," "Maude" and/or "Archie Bunker's Place." Nothing quite like them!
Maude is the one person who can buffalo Archie !
Yes and Maude would defend Edith against Archie 🤣
I heard ya, so did every moose up in Canada. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂
I have the Maude box set, all 141 episodes, plus 2 unaired and the 2 from All in the Family. An excellent entertaining show.
Me too, but I don't have/want the 9th season of _All In The Family._ Two of my ALL time favorite shows... 😎👍
You’re blessed lol that’s quite a collection
_All in the Family_ changed American television in a way similar to the Beatles appearance on _Ed Sullivan._ Just as the Beatles transformed American music literally overnight, there was television before _All in the Family_ and television after _All in the Family._ No one had ever seen or heard anything like _All in the Family_ on the American airwaves before.
Same! I’m 37 and LOVE Maude!!! Comedic gold
I have the box set of All In The Family. I need to get the box set of Maude.
Loved when Archie grabbed the wrong Edith. 5:45 🤣
Maude said to Archie about Edith "I would kill for that girl" that's how close Edith and Maude are.
I love this show I missed it for so many years! Thank you for making it possible to watch it again!!! 😂😂😂
Did Archie and/or Edith ever appear on Maude?
I know they feuded during All in the Family but i would have loved to see them call a final truce when Edith passed away in Archie Bunker's Place...
Best episode of All in the Family ever!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣♥️
Watching Carroll O’Connor and Bea Arthur act against each other is like seeing Ali and Frazier square off. Just two performers at the top of their game.
And “cream of wheat with cheese” is just pure genius. “It’s light but it binds.”
One of the best episodes of one of the greatest shows ever.
Bea Arthur demonstrated her fabulous acting skills in this episode. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
This episode and Sammy Davis Jr’s visit were the top two.
@@kathconserv This kiss at the end is still hilarious
Maude reminds me of my aunt- my dads baby sister. She’d stand up to his blustering
I had an Aunt Sis that was the same!
Some has too
Door bell rings “And there goes Maude” I love Maude. “Maudie is here! “😂
CASTING WAS PERFECTION 🥰
Did they ever show Carols son Phillip?
Loved the whole episode. Too hysterical!
It's cool to see the Norman Lear universe
Maude
All in the family
The Jeffersons
Good times
Can you just imagine if Flo got a random visit from Maude tho? But that wouldn’t have made any sense considering the writers retconned Florida’s home setting from Harlem to Chicago. A real meta moment was a scene on Good Times where one of the Evans is actually reading a copy of Ebony magazine featuring the cast of The Jeffersons! What a cool moment that was.
@@hotgritz4sho that would've been super cool. I only came up watching good times in the 80s and 90s, I didn't know about maude until a few years ago.
@@ginapayne744 Maude was one of the strongest characters on TV and a great one for Norman Lear to tell compelling yet funny stories through each week. When Maude met Florida it was so interesting to see their dynamic play out.
Gina Payne-Don't forget One Day At A Time and Sanford and Son!
@@jeffstipp6872 Norman Lear also created diff'rent strokes. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
This was hilarious when maude told Archie to get lost and Archie was fat.
And the part where Archie said Cream of Wheat with cheese wrong again Maude, Timeless Classic
I've never seen complete HATE portrayed more funny, classically or elegantly!
It's Maudie! - complete with moustache.
You know, I remember an episode of Maude where Bea Arthur had some obvious hair growth on her face. She must have had electrolysis or something.
Anybody remember the hilarious Maude parody Carol Burnett did on her own weekly show? It was called Broad and even featured it’s own theme song-“And The There’s BROAD!” I laughed ‘til I cried! And in a bonus meta moment Isabel Sanford (who portrayed Weezie on The Jeffersons,) parodied Esther Rolle’s Florida. In the Broad spoof, her name was Georgia! 🤣🤣🤣❤️
Isabel Sanford's character was named "New Jersey".
That sounds wonderful!
One of the best comedy bits I've ever seen was Carol Burnett parodying the original Star Trek. They go through a warped dimension, or some such, and when the ship comes out the other side, they're all women, (Except Uhara!) - including the evil alien they've been communicating with on the big screen. It is HILARIOUS.
@@shawncromwell2230 That’s right! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This was genius…!!
Comedy gold right here.
Best episode of the series 😂
this one & The Bunkers & the Swingers (with another gg) are my 2 favorites
Yes, one of my favorite. The next one was with Gloria and Edith were at odds ( Gloria called Archie stupid ). The fake $20 bill given to Lionel’s father. The Swingers. Michael comes into money.
@@SalvationinCHRISTalone888 Everyone Tells the Truth, where Archie plays three different versions of himself, dealing with TV repairman was his best performance ever. Ron Glass played the hilarious black helper in this episode, which propelled him to stardom later on Barney Miller. He was brilliant too.
You ain’t Edith get outta here! lol 😂
What a great show.Both shows.All in the family amd Maude! That was true comedy.
Maude was a funny, sweet lady
Next year, 2022, marks the 50th anniversary of 'Maude' and 'Sanford and Son'.
No!
She was in-your-face & abrasive!
This and the menopause one were/are my very favorites!!
They don’t make tv shows to laugh at anymore!!
My friend in college had a really large female Goliath tarantula with an attitude. Wanna guess her name? Yep, Maude.
Maude, is everything.
Best All in the Family episode ever, and , imo, best Maude episode too. Archie & Maude TOGETHER😂🎉
Ok I’m pretty sure the chair thing inspired Kaufmann for the chair scene between Chandler and Joey in Friends 😂😂
Carroll O'Connor almost laughed when she opened up the door a second time.
"This is a Mr. Bunker."
Great show from the early 70’s
The irony is that Bea Arthur had a long career on Broadway, way before she entered television. She knew both O’Connor and Stapleton from the Broadway days, and she was an old friend of Norman Lear. She didn’t want to be on tv, but relented when Lear begged her, and she’d work with her old friends (Caroll & Jean) from the old days.
"Maude!" Archie says like he saw a ghost!
"Maudie is here!"
When he says "your gorgeous cousin Maude" makes me laugh
❤❤❤❤the best U.S. sitcom in ages !!!!!
Best ever.
I love this show,I missed it for so long,thank you to make it possible to watch it again!!! 😀😀😀
Archie I heard you and so that every moose up in Canada 😆
"Get lost!" lol
You have to love Maude.
at the 5 minute mark, what perfect timing of Beatrice Arthur
Gloria told Michael and Archie to "bottle up". Now that's old school
I love this series
Great acting.
He met his march 😂😂😂
Still a frightening woman. Maude made Archie annoyed and nervous... and sat in the `sacred throne'.
Nothing frightening about her.
Unless you mean because she’s not a meek doormat like Edith?
@@sarcasticallyrearranged Just that Maude managed to unnerve Archie. Who else on the show could do that?
2:13 🎶 And then there's Maude!
I remember reading in a magazine years ago that Bea Arthur wondered if she should have done the TV show Maude.
Bea ended up divorcing her husband and felt the show may have pushed it in that direction.
Later, I heard Bea Arthur say in a TV interview
Damm We Were Good
when reflecting back on the ground breaking show.
Bea Arthur had a great voice!
Mr. Lear or anyone else who actually knows, I know that Norman Lear developed the character of Maude at least in part with Bea Arthur in mind to play the role, but has anyone heard him speak or write of where his inspiration for the character came from?
These Lear productions are precious to me and an invaluable part of our culture and history and in many ways remain as relevant today as ever. Most of them being, especially but not certainly only, virtually every episode of “All in the Family.”.
Not sure if this is accurate, but according to Internet Movie Database, Norman Lear based the Maude character on his then-wife, Frances Lear.
@@MsQuartermaine he said he wrote it and offered it to Bea when she was in LA. He said she’d be perfect for it.
Norman Lear said Maude was based on his wife at the time.
It's a damn shame all these shows didn't have a big prime time crossover. George Jefferson and Maude would've made a dynamic tag-team against Archie. The interactions between all the characters in All In The Family, Maude, The Jeffersons, and Good Times would've been comedy gold.
What city did Maude live in? Florida lived in Chicago for the good times show
@@1dbedfoNYC like Archie, but probably a different part
This Carol was 10 times better than the one in the spinoff series…Why they would re-cast is beyond me.
I loved Cousin Maude in All in the Family.
My favorite episode.
Best Arthur,Never Forgotten 😍
05:06 HILARIOUS!
Mauddie is here!
Another Mistake Norman Lear Made Was The Total DISCONNECT Between Good Times And Maude,Changing The Setting From New York To Chicago,Changed Florida's Husband's Name And Job,Having Them Go From Comfortable To Struggling,And Firing John Amos!!!
Norman Lear made the original crossover Tv shows
Maude was the BOSS.
I swear the next time Jimmy Kimmel and Norman does another live episode of AITF, they have to include this one…and a special episode of Maude
Maude funny ah 😂😂😂😂
Hahahahaha!💕😂😂😂😂😂😂
1:52 the doorbell is my ringtone
ahhh the good Ole days when the flu was just that ..the flu lol
Before the MCU their was THE NORMAN LEAR UNIVERSE
The Right And left Would 😢 of THIS 😊😂🎉 today
Don't be stupid. This show was and is still a left show.
Norman Lear is still alive at 98 or somewhere around there.
Norman Lear is 100 years of age. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
@@harperstacey9604 I know that now. I heard about it in the summertime. He's one lucky guy!
Comedy keeps you going
Archie was no match for Maude! 😂
It’s only 20 minutes from Queens to Tuckahoe.
Those 2 jawing over FDR is classic! Archie isn't wrong about him bartering half of Europe and Asia to Stalin to rid the world of The Fuhrer! I can't not laugh also at him talking about her 2 dead husbands smiling in their caskets!
Archie was dead right.
One of the best episodes.
Maude was perfect at exposing the fragile white male bigot. Her character was a great role model for women.
Well…now we know where the writers of Beaches got Bette Midler’s “classic” line: Enough about me; let’s talk about you. What do YOU think of ME?
I had a Jewish Foster mother, who believed marrying outside of the Jewish faith was going against a Jewish law. Especially if it's to marry "a Gentile woman."
It breaks the line and turns the children into Gentiles, because "their mother isn't Jewish."
She didn't hold with he practice of "turning a Gentile woman Jewish through a manmade ceremony created by the synagogue instead of Jewish law.
"Those were the days"
...and THEN there's MAUDE! 2:12
Just woke up from my 😴 nap….X 1944 WHS
Archie: THIS COUNTRY WAS RUINED BY FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT!
Maude: *Awkward Silence* your fat!
And then there's "Good Times".
What was the name of woman who played Maude's daughter
Marcia rodd played Maude's daughter, Carol in the pilot episode. Adrienne barbeau played Carol on the TV show. From Ms. Harper Stacey.
Yes it was
Maude was time enough for Archie…
I didn't like how liberal Maude was it went to far. Archie is more opened minded than maude because he will bend and give in. Maude is more narrow minded than Archie because she won't bend it's either her way or the Highway.
Archie was more Willing to change his mind than Maude, but it always took some big thing for him to get his head out of his ass and actually change, and whether or not that change was a permanent one or not depended on the writers
You had to be there in the 70s to really understand Maude
If you were oppressed for hundreds of years and you were finally being able to have a say of your body, a say in voting and a say in your own home. You dont compromise, your done with that!
AOC reminds me of Maude, except Maude is prettier
Liberals ain’t changed much in 50 years
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
None of the spinoffs can hold a candle to All in the Family.
Confirmation? Is that even a word today? We have slipped, badly. We will keep on slipping with the current leaders at the Helm.
❤
She did good in her own show