MonkeyFunk
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Thu Jun-07-07 02:55 AM
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Watching All in the Family: Edith goes through menopause |
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Edited on Thu Jun-07-07 02:56 AM by MonkeyFunk
the classic episode where Edith is going through "the change".
At the time it was considered ground-breaking television - the first time menopause was ever addressed on TV.
But... It portrays Edith as a raving lunatic. Pleasant one minute, insanely vicious the next, and apparently with no memory of the prior state.
I remember watching this when it first aired, and it was really avant-garde. But its funny to watch it 30-some years later.
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Oeditpus Rex
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Thu Jun-07-07 02:56 AM
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STIFLE, STIFLE, STIFLE!!"
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Thu Jun-07-07 02:57 AM
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2. Believe me, I know first hand that what Edith was going through |
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is quite normal, damnit!!!!
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MonkeyFunk
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:09 AM
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I doubt the mood changes were as dramatic depicted, nor the short-term memory-loss.
But nonetheless, I'm sure it can't be comfortable, and All in the Family did a great service by even discussing the issue.
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:50 AM
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26. Well, I must say that the mood changes and the short-term memory |
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loss are all to real for me, though I know that menopause is different for everyone.
And I give big kudos to AITF for broaching this subject in the first place. They definitely went where no one had gone before!
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Thu Jun-07-07 02:59 AM
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3. I'm watching All in the Family |
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or rather I'm listening to it in the background.
Edith is awesome. It takes a lot of goodness to put up with Archie's not-so-goodness.
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:00 AM
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4. Edith was a wonderful woman! |
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I cried my eyes out when she died. :cry:
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:04 AM
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5. I always wanted to live next door to them as a kid. |
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She was so nice, and I always wanted to be as sweet as she was when I grew up.
I'm not. She's on tv and I got some perspective as I aged.
Although, I do wish there were someone around who had the little gems of wisdom that Edith had.
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:07 AM
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6. I've had several Edith's in my life, for which I am very grateful. |
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Sometimes the common woman/man can say so very much, even if it's in a goofy way.
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:10 AM
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10. It's the goofy way that makes it. |
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It's so endearing and memorable.
You're very lucky.
:hug:
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:07 AM
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7. I DID grow up next to them... |
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I'm from NY. It has its pluses and minuses. But the hard-pressed women were true joys.
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:12 AM
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12. That would have been an interesting childhood. |
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I bet you have some stories you could tell.
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:09 AM
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"Archie! Mike! Don't fight! Not on Henry Mancini's birthday!" ?
:D
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:11 AM
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11. That's as good a reason as any |
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that I've heard of not to fight.
:hi:
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Oeditpus Rex
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:19 AM
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13. The biggest laugh I got from Edith |
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came when she was explaining to Archie how she dented a car with her shopping cart. She'd let go of it when a can of cling peaches in heavy syrup popped out and rolled along the ground.
Of course, Edith could never make a long story short, and Archie tired of hearing about cling peaches in heavy syrup, so she called it "the can of mmmm hmmmm... in heavy syrup." :rofl:
Guess you hadda be there. :blush:
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:20 AM
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I loved that show! And I lurve Edith!
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:23 AM
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15. I know exactly what scene you're talking about. |
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That was hysterically funny. She was so literal about things.
I also love Edith's, "Oh, noooooo." Like when she figured out that the "woman" Archie saved the life of was actually a transvestite.
:rofl:
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:24 AM
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16. Jeez, that was the funniest episode! |
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Watching Archie freak out when he realizes he has given mouth-to-mouth to a man! :rofl:
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:26 AM
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17. Archie's eyes were as big as saucers. |
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And he turned his head really slow always looking out of the corner of his eye.
70s TV was so good.
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Oeditpus Rex
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:36 AM
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20. Remember when Mike told him |
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that his he-man, ex-football-player friend was gay, and Mike's somewhat-effeminate friend wasn't?
I'll never forget that. Archie and the guy were arm-wrestling at Kelsey's, which was their tradition, and Archie "casually" brought up what Mike had told him. The guy looked him straight in the eye, said, "He's right, Arch," and pinned him.
Archie just sat there, stunned, trying to take it all in. :D
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:39 AM
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22. You know, despite his bigotry, there was something very loveable |
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about Archie. Sort of the same kind of thing as with Andy Sipowitz on NYPD Blue. Two human being trying to come to terms with themselves, and the world as it was changing.
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:48 AM
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you knew Archie's bigotry wasn't born of hatred, but of ignorance. And when presented with incontrovertible truth contrary to his beliefs, he tried to grasp it.
That's more than you can say for a lot of people.
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:32 AM
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18. Wasn't that 'ooOOOOOooooohhh'? |
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With a look on her face that told you dawn was breaking on her brain? :D
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:36 AM
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Edith is a treasure, isn't she?
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:38 AM
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Next to Lucille Ball and perhaps Mary Tyler Moore, one of the most important and beloved woman in teevee history.
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:40 AM
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Absolutely agree with you! When Edith died, I cried my eyes out.
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Thu Jun-07-07 04:58 AM
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27. Don't forget Audrey Meadows! |
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She was able to handle the comic genius that was Jackie Gleason and she did wearing heels.
Every bit his comedic equal.
And for all his paper tiger bluster about sending her bang! zoom! to the moon, you just knew he wouldn't really lay a hand on her. Meanwhile she just stood there and stared him down.
And most every episode ended in an embrace and "Baby, you're the greatest!"
Don't get me started on Art Carney.
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Thu Jun-07-07 05:11 AM
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28. Aw, The Honeymooners! |
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Thu Jun-07-07 03:39 AM
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She had a couple of good ones. :)
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Thu Jun-07-07 07:14 AM
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29. I like the episode with Edith on jury duty.......... |
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