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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767813228
Format: Color, EP, NTSC
ISBN: 0767813227
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: July 07, 1998
Running Time: 75 minutes
Sales Rank: 30194
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: January 12, 1971
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
While the residents of 704 Hauser Street offered plenty of opportunities for Archie to, well, show what a jerk he could be, it occasionally took an outsider to make that special brand of Bunker idiocy really shine. Enter Sammy Davis Jr. in 'Sammy's Visit,' this collection's first of three episodes. When Sammy agrees to pick up the briefcase he left in Archie's cab, Archie is beside himself with excitement, commanding Edith to open up a fresh box of Twinkies. 'It's a kind of Wasp soul food,' Meathead explains to Sammy. Of course, Archie can't leave the evening unmarred for long: 'Bein' colored... I know you had no choice in that. But whatever made ya turn Jew?' Sammy rises above it all in the end, though, with a kiss smack-dab on the cheek and a zinger that flies way over Archie's head: 'I can honestly say, having spent these moments with you, you ain't no better than nobody.' In 'Maude,' staged largely on the set of Bea Arthur's eventual spinoff, Edith and Archie arrive to attend a wedding that never quite gets off the ground. The Bunkers are still in town long enough for Archie to get into it not only with Maude but also her daughter, a kind of Meathead minus the Y-chromosome. Finally, in 'The Very Moving Day,' news of Gloria's pregnancy is the cause of an actual tender moment between Archie and Mike. It also paves the way for a whole new genre of pregnancy-hysteria-induced Bunkerisms: 'Don't run! You'll fall off your shoes and wake the baby up!' --Bob Michaels
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Those Were The Days
A few weekends ago, I found myself runningy my own mini-ALL IN THE FAMILY marathon. It was, I was telling myself, "good nostalgia," one with a social conscience as it were. Then a friend called while on a break from watching the 16 hour Holocaust documentary SHOAH. Well, that was kind of humbling, and if it didn't quite shoot my "socially conscious" argument totally out of the water, it did remind me that what I was really up for that Saturday night was a little entertainment. If it just happened ... Read More
Rating:  - The heart of '70s comedy
I missed much of the enjoyment of "All In The Family" during the 70's because I just wasn't tuned in to that kind of comedy. But now, 30 years later, I see Archie Bunker as the classic flawed comic protagonist.
Each of these three episodes stands alone as an outstanding episode, but the one with Sammy Davis, Jr. is truly comedy at it's greatest. Such moments as Archie's look at the glass shared by everyone including Sammy; Sammy's kiss on Archie's cheek; the contrast between Sammy's good ... Read More
Rating: - This Is A Classic.
All In The Family Is One Of The Best Shows Ever. This Cassatte Includes Sammy Davis JR's Visit To The Bunker House, One Of The Show's Spinoffs "Maude", And Gloria's Pregnantcy. Edith And Archie Are So Sweet And Charming. They Can Make You Laugh.
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