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Archie Gives Blood

Episode Number: 4    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Tuesday February 2, 1971    Prod Code: 105
Mike is set to go down to the blood bank to donate some blood and asks Archie if he would like to donate. Dead set against it, Archie refuses to donate blood because he's afraid that his vital fluids might get mixed in with those of a different race. After some coaxing, Mike gets Archie to come to the blood bank, but Archie takes one look at some blood and passes out.

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Writer: Norman Lear
Director: John Rich (II)
Star: Carroll O'Connor (Archie Bunker),  Sally Struthers (Gloria Stivic (1971-1978)),  Rob Reiner (Michael Stivic (1971-1978)),  Jean Stapleton (Edith Bunker)
Recurring Role: Mike Evans (Lionel Jefferson)
Guest Star: Jeannie Linero (Nurse),  James Hong (Doctor (uncredited))

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Jeannie Linero, who plays the nurse in this episode, would appear later in All in the Family as the waitress in "Edith's Problem" and the clerk in "The Unemployment Story." (edit)

Quotes

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Edith: Oh, [Archie] never did trust doctors. I think it's because he doesn't like to pay their bills. (edit)
Archie: What are you doin' down here, Lionel? Some kinda odd job?
Lionel: (sarcastic) Yeah, I sweeps up. (edit)
Archie: (In response to the blood bag he just donated) Is that mine?
Nurse: Not anymore. (edit)

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Mike alludes to William Buckley when he argues with Archie. William F. Buckley was a political commentator and journalist and the host of the television show Firing Line for 33 years, beginning in 1966. Buckley was considered one of the greatest intellectual minds of the conservative movement; he died on February 27, 2008. (edit)
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