I actually felt like I was watching a real family … almost like they became my relatives - the honesty in their acting was unbelievable - best show ever on TV.

How did they make it through the scene without laughing is beyond me.

These two guys were born to work together! Their talent in acting, just seems so real and natural!! They fall into an elite category!

The way both of these guys could keep a straight face throughout this bit in front of a live audience is unsurpassed by anybody else since. I'm speechless.

Amazing how Rob Reiner kept a straight face with Archie laying it on... He was the first meathead to coin the phrase... Grew up with All In The Family in the 70's... What a great time to grow up...

How can people give this a thumb down, this show was a classic, one of the funniest sit com's of all time!!!👍👍

I love how Archie is always getting words wrong, or pronounces them his way.

Carroll O'Connor was just the best TV actor ever!

The running gag of Archie criticizing Mike's strange tendencies is excellent. Ever since I was a kid, I loved (and still often think about) how it annoyed Archie when Mike would put on a sock, then a shoe on one foot and then the same on the other foot. "Don't you know you do a sock and a sock then a shoe and a shoe?!" To this day, it occasionally comes to mind while I'm getting dressed!

Nobody and I mean nobody will ever come close to the genius of Archie Bunker and his wit..God Bless him

It looks like Carol O'Connor was just very close to cracking a smile when he was delivering those lines.

What a masterpiece. The closeups were spot on, the dialog excellent.

Pure gold!!! I’m 65 and miss the golden era!!!

The clip of Archie teaching Mike how to get into bed might be the funniest moment in TV history. This one is up there too!!

I truly wish there were programs existed today. We need laugh at each other. In real life the actor was NOT a bigot. The program was ahead of it's time. Miss some of the of the good old days! 🤯🥰

A little of the coo-zini. Haha! XD

What a wonderful nutrition lesson from Archie! He looked like he was going to bust out laughing himself. And the Meathead! Great acting and wonderful fun!

No one could have pulled this off like Carroll O’Connor

just really the most amazing show - the cast, the content. all of it. so many memories

This can’t be scripted. Carroll O’Connor seem like he could come up with things off the top of his head and it’s just HILARIOUS!

Archie's advice priceless

You can tell when they're trying not to crack a grin themselves. Extraordinary actors.

Love when Mike looks at Arch like he’s nuts

What a priceless series! Simply great. Now we're pretty much stuck with crap on TV.

Archie reminds me of my late grandfather - facial expressions, mannerisms, everything...

All in the Family was the classic of all Classic's !!

Funny thing is that my grandfather taught me to eat the same way that Archie is showing Mike. To this day, I still eat like that! I’m not joking!

A brilliant pairing these two. They played off each other like any great comedic duos of years past. You are missed, Mr. Carroll O'Connor.

Archie missed a perfect opportunity to say all the meat will go to your head and make you a MEATHEAD. xD

I think my favorite part of this scene was that instead of arguing or proving Archie wrong, Mike just smiles and humors him for once. It was actually kind of heartwarming. Of course, their reactions after the sandwich bit killed me haha.

I always ate like Archie says and I make sure my last bite is the part of the meal I like the best. Usually the meat.

when they both realize: "i gotta have a sandwich!"

When I was thinking Archie didn't know anything, his argument brings up the sandwich. He wins.

Archie is a true classic. He is the only one I can watch and he makes me laugh so hard I almost pee myself. There will never be another Archie, but he will live forever in our hearts and in the sound of our laughter.

greatest tv show ever...second to none..

As usual, Archie is right. Just like he was with the shoe argument, you never eat all of one thing before you eat anything else, you go around in circles and you have to kinda measure it out so you'll finish every thing on the last go around.

My all time absolute favorite show! ❤

That little face spasm Archie makes at 3:19 talking about the hero sandwich while he's on a diet is just pure comedic genius! Its almost like the eye twitch Martin Sheen makes on the one Episode of the West Wing when he throws the anti gay radio talk show host out of the White House.

Nice to see Mike and Archie agreeing on the perfect meal.

Their will never be another show like this, it's a gem. B4 becoming an actor, O'Conner was actually an English teacher for a short period of time.

3:15 can't blame Carol O'Connor for nearly cracking there ... this was hysterical.

The scariest thing about this is that Archie really believes what he is saying. He has a similiar theory with the sock and sock then a shoe and a shoe lol

I can remember watching this episode live.

I love this show. I wish it was still on tv.

This comedy bit reminded me of the episode when he teaches Mike how to put his shoes and socks on. 🤣

They both looked like they were going to break at any moment lol

I, myself, being of Mexican heritage, i love when Archie said, " Do you know why them Mexicanos are good fighters in the ring? Its for being brought up 12 to a family. They have to fight over the one bowl of refried beans!"

Regardless of how people want to eat or put on their socks and shoes Archie was spot-on about the bed flap!

I eat like Mike does, I'm a meathead.

I loved the part later when Archie Stormed out of The House saying where he is going to eat.

The facial expressions of contempt and disbelief are everything. 😂

I admire Mike’s patience, lol

My mom and I watched reruns every day for years when I was a kid. She had a theory that Archie was never to be shown eating. He'd sit down to the table, but something would always happen and he'd jump up without ever taking a bite. This is a classic example.

TV watching used to be so good. Spent many a lonely hours watching these great shows and having a good laugh.

When he was explaining where the food goes, just gold! I watched this show faithfully when it originally aired but don't recall this particular conversation.

What makes this scene so funny is when the camera zooms in on their faces… You can tell they are trying so hard not to crack up, laughing!😂😂😂😂

Archie truly understood nutrition.. The hero really is the perfect food. 😊

I love the audience’s reaction when Archie mentions a hero sandwich.

Once a meathead always a meathead

Once a meathead STILL A MEATHEAD

The look on ol meathead with his mouth hangin open, and Arch lookin desparate for a sammich has me rollin. I watched reruns of this and the jeffersons back in the mid 90s on upn44

Thanks Ruth I can smell mom’s cooking just watching this ❤️

I think Carroll O'Connor picked up that style from Leo Gorcey, the old Bowery Boys, he always used to take words and twist them around like that

The way Archie says TOYKIE 😂

I forgot just how good O'Connor really was.

I agree with you. The real "message" that the show delivered (whatever Norman Lear thought he was saying) is that human beings grow toward each other in love, however they start out.

I have always been a "mixture" man like my grandpa. When I went to holidays at my Wife's family everyone talked bout how I put down mashed potatoes, then veggies on top of that, some meat and then gravy overall. My Father in law who I loved like the father I never had called me a "trough eater". One of my nieces ate like me. "We should send you two out to the pig pens, and feed to from a bucket" (we live in farm country). Now it was all tongue in cheek but that scene always brings me back to that. I actually had the "a sock and a sock and a shoe and a shoe argument with my older brother who critiqued EVERYTHING I did. LOL. Imagine my glee and vindication when KFC came out with their "famous bowls" We were at the in-laws again when a commercial for those came on TV. "See Ma? There must be others who enjoy eating like I do". "Well," she said, "it just goes to show what kind of people eat there". (wink) She Loved KFC. In fact the last time my wife and I saw her we brought a bucket and had lunch. All that is to illustrate how REAL these characters and situations were, and why so many people saw themselves in these wonderful characters,

Shoulda said, "When ya eat the meat all separate like, then it goes to your head. That's the reason you became a meathead. The cure for bein a meathead is mixin things up."

Now this man was as funny as it gets they'll never be another funny man like this Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker hands down was the White Collar man bellyache about everything but in the long run the fans love them to death Carroll O'Connor done after all in the family to me he'll always be Archie Bunker rest in peace Carroll O'Connor

I watched this show as a kid and now I’m as old as Archie is here. WTF !!

Best comedy of all time hands down , and I dont care what anybody says, I must have seen every episode at least thirty times and I never get tired of it,

I just came home for lunch with what we Rhode Islanders call a grinder (an Italian hero/sub sandwich). I took a couple of bites and remembered this scene. The look on Mike's face - he was starting to salivate over Archie's sandwich description.

There is something very “Seinfeld” about this exchange between Archie and Mike. Just 2 guys having a conversation about eating technique. It reminds me of one of those many trivial discussions Jerry and George would have at the coffee shop. It just shows how AITF was way ahead of it’s time.

The meathead doesn't appreciate Archie as the fountain of knowledge that he is. I remember when Archie taught meathead how to put on his shoes.

My dad & Archie were 1 of the same. Awesome show. Today sucks.

The quizini could all rush to a foot!

Archie also admonished him once for putting mustard on his pretzel.

I'd take this over any new comedy!

I loved the dynamic between Archie and Mike!

In one episode, something was troubling Archie. He said it was like an albacore around his neck.

I eat like Mike. Divide and conquer. Plate domination.

After all dis, let's get some quizini and toikey - Den gimme a beah, HUH! I just loved watching Archie and Mike and their deep discussions

Those two argue about (literally) everything

The whole world put a sock and a sock And a shoe and a shoe Archie's advice

I love when Archie teaches Mike to do things. Like how to put on shoes and socks, how to get in to bed, how to rat. To me, it proves that Archie really loves Mike.😂❤😂

I usually mix all my food up on my plate then eat it. Lol 😂. Especially my eggs,bacon,grits,hash browns, & biscuits/bread. YUMMY!!!

The Coozini (zucchini) can all rush to your foot. LOL!

Reminds me of my dad ,great time in America.

Best show ever. If anything could make me laugh. Those were days.

2021 needs these comedys they were the greatest!!!

I watched the reruns as a kid. I miss that show so much. What a gem! Nothing like that on tv today.

This was the best show ever! Everyone laughed on both sides… no one stopped speaking to you… the writers were geniuses in their writing! We don’t have this today sadly, everyone gets so upset!

Some foods are meant to be mixed all together.

Archie's lectures to Mike about how he does things are great. The best one was when Archie had a problem with the way Mike put his shoes on.

I think I bruised a few ribs laughing when I first heard 'colonial trombosis.'

Still watch,just love this show

Nothing can beat the seventies ERA !!!!

Cuzzini 🤣🤣🤣😄😄🤣👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I'm still impressed by the fact they kept a straight face through that entire scene 🤣🤣🤣

My father was just like this. Imagine some one instructing a grown man on how he should eat his meal! I can still hear his tender words- “ That ain’t the way you do that”!!!!