Oh, how dare he not know his son existed. I know, it turns out Danny isn’t Mike’s son, but still, finding out you had a son you didn’t know existed isn’t something they can be angry at him about.
Tell him those were the days when people said what they felt- MY childhood and I grew up with Archie since I was seven years old and LOVE Archie and he is RIGHT!
@@lorrainem8234 It wasn't. The mom said she dropped him off at the Bunkers because she was starting a new relationship and didn't want to tell the new guy about the boy until later on. She knew Mike and had seen him and Gloria together and thought they looked sweet together.
Marcia Rodd played three different roles in this series. In addition to Mike's ex-girl friend, she portrayed Maude's daughter Carol (to be replaced by Adrienne Barbeau in the Maude series), and much later on in Archie Bunker's Place, a real estate lady who offers to sell Archie's house shortly after the death of Edith.
Marcia Rodd also played Ann Romano’s best friend in the unaired pilot of One Day at a Time. As with Maude, Rodd was dropped when the show went to series. But the Norman Lear casting people sure liked her.
So he’s the villain if he didn’t know his son EXISTED? Very flawed logic on your part. If Mike knew he had a son but abandoned him then THAT would be a valid reason, but that’s not the case.
Right kid wasn’t Mike’s but the ex’s girlfriend husbands. The ex girlfriend left him there cause she had a date and the last guy dumped her because she had a child so she hoped this date would be with a good guy who liked kids that she could eventually marry..
This personified the event of when Jesus said, "He who be without sin, cast the first stone." There is no person who ever existed that can claim to never have committed an impure thought, word, or deed in his or her lifetime.
This was one of the weirdest episodes of the series and clips from it pop up here on occasion. Under every one of them, the question of what sort of mother would ditch her son at the home of long ago sex partner gets posted. Hard to believe Marilyn had no relatives, friends, neighbors, or coworkers to leave the child with. I still don't know what the writers' were thinking because Marilyn sure as hell didn't explain herself well when she came back. Odd episode.
I wouldn't mind at all,if my partner turned out to be the dad of a child/adult who was concieved BEFORE we got together! I'd welcom the child and I'd even find it quite exciting! My biggest worries would be how everybody else would handle it...
That’s what annoyed me about this episode. They act like Mike knew and abandoned his son when in reality he didn’t even know he existed. I know the boy ultimately wasn’t Mike’s son, but Archie’s attitude about the situation and towards that little boy was atrocious.
I sure wouldn't want my partner's kid from a previous relationship/marriage dropped into our lives. Not to mention the ex. Exit time for me. Great episode, though.
@@sxwrtr918 But it is a huge difference if the kid was from before we met and the husband had no idea. I mean, the husband and wife would both start from point zero with him/her!
@@mrsTraveller64 I hear what you're saying, but no sale for me/us. We are adamantly child-free for our lives and would not change that. Plus, past entanglements and their consequences (though unbeknownst to the other party) are best left in the past and a current partner/spouse should not be expected to embrace, out of the blue, anything associated with it. Had a friend to whom that happened years ago, nine years into their marriage. He had no idea this kid existed. They already had one kid. Ended up divorced.
@@sxwrtr918 oh,so sad about your friend. Well I guess this is different for different people, I would not care to get involved with a man with kids, he has a past with them that I am not part of, but if an unknown child/teenager suddenly appeared on our doorstep it would be a new chapter for both of us, and I would be okey with that! Butvyes, I can understand how someone would NOT be okay with it.
Gloria tells Mike that if Danny actually is his son, he is THIER responsibility, not just his. Marilyn comes back and reveals that Mike isn’t his father, but that she brought him there to try getting things going with a man she met, she felt Mike and Gloria would be good to him for the time being, because her boyfriends kept jumping ship upon learning she was a single mother, as her ex-husband and the boy’s father abandoned them. Flawed logic, I know, but back in this time mothers needed support with their children.
The skits were so well written, fast moving and executed so well by great actors with lots of chemistry.
very well said
The look on Archie’s face when Mike says “that’s Maryln Sanders” is priceless.
Oh, how dare he not know his son existed. I know, it turns out Danny isn’t Mike’s son, but still, finding out you had a son you didn’t know existed isn’t something they can be angry at him about.
That actress also played Maude's daughter Carol in the regular episode of AITF
I made my 30 year old watch this and he couldn't believe a show like this was on primetime!
Tell him those were the days when people said what they felt- MY childhood and I grew up with Archie since I was seven years old and LOVE Archie and he is RIGHT!
Why?
@@larrywakeman4371Archie was 💯 % correct on everything he said, especially about the democrats ruining this country
This and the menopause episode were Jean Stapleton's best performances.
Mike haven’t you ever gotten anything you didn’t ask for Archie stairs I’m looking right at it😆
Me, neither. I wonder if the child was his?
@@lorrainem8234 maybe
@@lorrainem8234 It wasn't. The mom said she dropped him off at the Bunkers because she was starting a new relationship and didn't want to tell the new guy about the boy until later on. She knew Mike and had seen him and Gloria together and thought they looked sweet together.
O’connors reaction was priceless.
It slayed me.🤣
@@pisto30typical single mom.
Marcia Rodd played three different roles in this series. In addition to Mike's ex-girl friend, she portrayed Maude's daughter Carol (to be replaced by Adrienne Barbeau in the Maude series), and much later on in Archie Bunker's Place, a real estate lady who offers to sell Archie's house shortly after the death of Edith.
Lorraine Anderson on MASH !
Marcia Rodd also played Ann Romano’s best friend in the unaired pilot of One Day at a Time. As with Maude, Rodd was dropped when the show went to series. But the Norman Lear casting people sure liked her.
I caught the different Maude daughter in the episode where Archie and Edith go to Maude’s for the weekend for the Bridal Shower.
If he really WAS Mike's son, the whole family would have been right to be furious with Mike and even want Mike to leave the family.
I disagree with you. Totally disagree with you, Ester !
So he’s the villain if he didn’t know his son EXISTED? Very flawed logic on your part. If Mike knew he had a son but abandoned him then THAT would be a valid reason, but that’s not the case.
@@StealthMode3924 Mommy's baby is always Daddy's maybe....
If I remember correctly Mike's old girlfriend was just scared and left him there. The kid wasn't his.
The meathead lucked out!
Right kid wasn’t Mike’s but the ex’s girlfriend husbands. The ex girlfriend left him there cause she had a date and the last guy dumped her because she had a child so she hoped this date would be with a good guy who liked kids that she could eventually marry..
It was absolutely reckless of her to do that, even if she knew who Mike was.
I hope they again put All in The Family back on cable TV or regular television 🙏
The boomerang just hit Michael really hard in the back of the head.OUCH!😮😲😯
Funny episode 😂😂😂😊😊😊
They are all good actors.
What an episode! I didn't believe he was Mike's son.😮
"Get your hands off my daughter you palooka." Archie didn't play.
0:56, This show is GOLD!🤣😂
4:46 that’s the face that says your in trouble now buddy
And Marilyn sanders left her son on you're door step. So funny‼️😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I recall this episode.. Mike couldn’t talk his way outta that one.
Yeah. But hes not his.
This personified the event of when Jesus said, "He who be without sin, cast the first stone."
There is no person who ever existed that can claim to never have committed an impure thought, word, or deed in his or her lifetime.
I know it ultimately wasn’t Mike’s son, but even if he were, him not knowing he even HAD a son isn’t something to attack him for.
4:41, Archies face!🤣😂🙃🤣😂
And in the End Stivik leaves gloria😮
It wasn't his kid.
It would have been nice if someone had thought how scared the child must have been, & comforted him....
LOL, 2023 mentality applied to a 1970's sitcom. Just in case you weren't sure, this was just a TV show, not reality.
@niklass1641 Decent people would not have talked in front of the child in that way in the 1960's or 70's.
This was one of the weirdest episodes of the series and clips from it pop up here on occasion. Under every one of them, the question of what sort of mother would ditch her son at the home of long ago sex partner gets posted. Hard to believe Marilyn had no relatives, friends, neighbors, or coworkers to leave the child with. I still don't know what the writers' were thinking because Marilyn sure as hell didn't explain herself well when she came back. Odd episode.
@niklass1641 Born in 1960. I was there.
@niklass1641I was born in 1973 I would always hear "children should be seen and not heard" it made me feel like my feelings did not matter
Best show Ever 👍🏻😎
Great episode
I love all in the family my favorite TV show of all time 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰📺📡📡📡📡📡📡📡📡📺📺📺📡📡📡📡📡📡📡📺📺📺📺
😂Awesome!!!
Dang I miss this show. Archie was a true wordsmith...lol
I also miss the show and I hope they put it back on television
Great show !😂.
I wouldn't mind at all,if my partner turned out to be the dad of a child/adult who was concieved BEFORE we got together! I'd welcom the child and I'd even find it quite exciting! My biggest worries would be how everybody else would handle it...
That’s what annoyed me about this episode. They act like Mike knew and abandoned his son when in reality he didn’t even know he existed. I know the boy ultimately wasn’t Mike’s son, but Archie’s attitude about the situation and towards that little boy was atrocious.
I sure wouldn't want my partner's kid from a previous relationship/marriage dropped into our lives. Not to mention the ex. Exit time for me. Great episode, though.
@@sxwrtr918 But it is a huge difference if the kid was from before we met and the husband had no idea. I mean, the husband and wife would both start from point zero with him/her!
@@mrsTraveller64
I hear what you're saying, but no sale for me/us. We are adamantly child-free for our lives and would not change that. Plus, past entanglements and their consequences (though unbeknownst to the other party) are best left in the past and a current partner/spouse should not be expected to embrace, out of the blue, anything associated with it. Had a friend to whom that happened years ago, nine years into their marriage. He had no idea this kid existed. They already had one kid. Ended up divorced.
@@sxwrtr918 oh,so sad about your friend. Well I guess this is different for different people, I would not care to get involved with a man with kids, he has a past with them that I am not part of, but if an unknown child/teenager suddenly appeared on our doorstep it would be a new chapter for both of us, and I would be okey with that! Butvyes, I can understand how someone would NOT be okay with it.
Poor Edith had to break the news of the little boy to the family! Did you see her painful face?😮😢
I don't remember this episode
Me either. Wonder if they named him meathead jr.
@@snydedon9636*MJ
There so wonderful
Can't you answer a three word question? Who is that kid? 😂
1:20 LMFAO!!
If it had been real they should have got the kid to a quiet location!
Season and episode please
Season 2
Mike ------------------
So did he turn out to be Mike's son? Does anyone know how this particular saga ended?
Not his
Gloria tells Mike that if Danny actually is his son, he is THIER responsibility, not just his. Marilyn comes back and reveals that Mike isn’t his father, but that she brought him there to try getting things going with a man she met, she felt Mike and Gloria would be good to him for the time being, because her boyfriends kept jumping ship upon learning she was a single mother, as her ex-husband and the boy’s father abandoned them. Flawed logic, I know, but back in this time mothers needed support with their children.
I hated the way Archie talked about that boy, calling him a mistake. Such a horrible thing to say about and to a child.
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but I don't see what Mike did wrong.
Marilyn Sanders. Any relation to Bernie Sanders? 😆
Oh my god, the non-stop yelling. I forgot how tedious these Lear shows were.
Loser