All in the Family (TV Series)

The Man in the Street (1971)

Carroll O'Connor: Archie Bunker

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Quotes 

• [the repairman refuses to fix the TV now but offers to do it on Monday, because it is nearly Friday night and he is not allowed to drive his truck after sundown. Archie tries to persuade him to fix it now, but in vain] 

  Repairman : I'm sorry. I just can't go against my religion.

  Archie Bunker : Hey, hey, turning down business - THAT'S against your religion.

  Repairman : Mr. Bunker, I can only answer that insult with an old Jewish expression: Tzun a leben in a hoyz mit a toyznt tsimers aye zolt hobn a boykhveytik un yeder tsimer.

  [in Yiddish "may you live in a house with a thousand rooms, and get a stomachache in each room"] 

  Archie Bunker : [puzzled]  What the hell does that mean?

  Repairman : You'll never know, but believe me, I got even.

  [the repairman leaves] 

• Archie Bunker : I'm gonna turn this thing on and get it ready.

  [turns on the television set] 

  Archie Bunker : Edith, what channel is Cronkite on?

  Edith Bunker : Channel 2, Archie. The one we don't watch 'cause you always say Walter Cronkite is a Communist.

  Archie Bunker : I never said that, Edith. The man ain't all red.

• Mike Stivic : Wait a second, Arch. Are you saying that Nixon rules because of divine right?

  Archie Bunker : It's a damn sight better than your divine left.

  Mike Stivic : Gee, what other gems did you come up with?

• [when a presidential speech interrupts his TV show] 

  Archie Bunker : Aww, geez... if Nixon keeps goin' on like that, he won't have Archie Bunker to kick around anymore.

• [Archie was interviewed regarding Richard Nixon] 

  Archie Bunker : I told them how many people like me believe in President Nixon. God believes in him too.

  Mike Stivic : You said that on television? "God believes in Nixon"?

  Archie Bunker : Certainly. Billy Graham plays golf with him, don't he?

  Mike Stivic : What does that mean?

  Archie Bunker : That means God believes in Nixon.