The Classic/Retro Pop Culture Thread

[The Old Mixer]

A solid dating reference.

Better than a bathroom wall? The next episode takes place during the 1956 election. Do they remember Chuck when the show goes backward in time? Or is he the cause of this...?

Including Joanie, or is she off on another sleepover?

Including Joanie.

A popular character actor who always played burglars or bookies or whatever, if I'm picturing the right guy.

Probably.

Which means he must have some connection to one of the Cunninghams. Maybe that's why Joanie isn't around. He got all the information out of her that he could and then killed her and buried her behind the screen at the Drive-In.

Or maybe he's got Chuck....

Probably weren't allowed to show a gun on a family sitcom.

Never show 'em your can opener.

He's almost gone. The spatial interphase is closing.

He's being pumped for sporting event results because he's been skipping around the space/time continuum.

Underarm spray and a cigarette lighter, Pots. That's all you need.

The flaming burglar goes running out through a second-story window, falling into Joanie's wading pool.

"And who's Chuck?"

Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo...

"Doc... oh, Doc...." That's all Warren Stevens gets? This week's special guest victim?

Pretty much.

Hasn't he been wondering why his friend never showed up?

He had been. It was kind of a leap that he took interest in the first unidentified body case.

I assume he tried to fence them or something.

Yep.

One of the Chief's patented Great Leaps of Logic.

In that case, more like Robbins being too slow to figure out what he heard for himself, in an effort to make the Chief look smart.

Did he actually break any laws?

Good question. Maybe trouble with the Bar or something.

"Ontario is beautiful this time of year."

"I'm thinking of heading up there soon myself."

Yeah, that was cool. And she obviously would have defended Robbins even if he was guilty.

Scene 1: I'm defending him.
Scene 2: No, you're not.

And there's your political reference for the week.

Isn't that a redundancy?

How so?

Archie's really getting to show off his mettle in this one.

Thought you'd like it. This and the previous episode really show how despite the surface inequities of their relationship, he really loves Edith, appreciates her, and is loyal to her. I was seeing more of the kinder, gentler Archie's Bunker's Place Archie in this one.

Aww, what a sweetie. Kinda makes me wonder what somebody would think of him if they only saw this episode.

They'd cancel him for the Hawaiian shirt comment alone.

You might be thinking of somebody else.

Ah, so I was...Madeline Kahn. I think I always got those two mixed up.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Better than a bathroom wall? The next episode takes place during the 1956 election. Do they remember Chuck when the show goes backward in time? Or is he the cause of this...?

Sam Beckett is frantically leaping back and forth between all of them, frantically trying to set right what once went wrong, but he just keeps making it worse!

Probably.

Yep, just Googled, it's him.

Or maybe he's got Chuck....

"Come on, Chuck, talk to me. You don't want me to use the can opener again, do you?"

He's being pumped for sporting event results because he's been skipping around the space/time continuum.

"Hello, Cunningham, hello! Anybody home?"

The flaming burglar goes running out through a second-story window, falling into Joanie's wading pool.

Oh, best Happy Days ever!

Doo doo doo doo, doo doo doo doo...

Pretty much.

That's kinda sad. You'd think his stock would be higher than that.

He had been. It was kind of a leap that he took interest in the first unidentified body case.

The Chief's got a Black Box.

In that case, more like Robbins being too slow to figure out what he heard for himself, in an effort to make the Chief look smart.

Well, he was probably drunk and almost certainly didn't care.

Good question. Maybe trouble with the Bar or something.

Yeah, I was thinking that. But it seems like she wasn't even officially his client, since he threatened to feign ignorance, so I have no idea how that would work.

Scene 1: I'm defending him.
Scene 2: No, you're not.

That would be a great plot for the Diana character-- mixing up some internal conflict and conflict with Team Ironside.

And there's your political reference for the week.

Yeah, that was kind of a message.

How so?

Well, sex and fever... hey, who's the old man here?

Thought you'd like it. This and the previous episode really show how despite the surface inequities of their relationship, he really loves Edith, appreciates her, and is loyal to her. I was seeing more of the kinder, gentler Archie's Bunker's Place Archie in this one.

Did you ever see the episode where Edith dies? That was a heartbreaker.

They'd cancel him for the Hawaiian shirt comment alone.

Yeah, the same people who think that "queer" is okay.

Ah, so I was...Madeline Kahn. I think I always got those two mixed up.

Oh, yeah, she's cool.