All in the Family: Gloria's Boyfriend
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9.4
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Gloria's Boyfriend
- 80.
- Season: 4
- Episode: 19
- First Aired: 2/2/1974
- Prod Code: 419
Gloria befriends the box boy, George, who works at the local supermarket and happens to be mentally handicapped. When Archie discovers this, all of his misconceptions come pouring out and he encourages Gloria not to lead him on. Meanwhile, Archie encourages George to take a break at the Bunker's while George is still on the clock. George's father storms over to the Bunker's home with the bad news that George has been fired. Add a recap »
- Writers:
- Bud WiserDon Nicholl
- Director:
- John Rich (II)
- Stars:
- Sally Struthers (Gloria Stivic (1971-1978))
- Carroll O'Connor (Archie Bunker)
- Jean Stapleton (Edith Bunker)
- Rob Reiner (Michael Stivic (1971-1978))
- Guest Star:
- Joseph Mascolo (Mr. Bushmill)
- Richard Masur (George Bushmill)
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- Michael: 'Every man is my superior in that I may learn from him'. Gee, I wonder who said that.
Edith: I think it was David Carradine in Kung Fu.
edit » - Mike: You know Arch, you ought to be in the Guiness Book of World Records? Most stupid remarks made in a single day! edit »
- Mr. Bushmill: Get one thing straight Bunker, my kid doesn't have to weave baskets, you understand? He's gonna make it on his own like his brother.
Archie: Aw geez, you got another one like him?
Mr. Bushmill: It don't run in families, hey? As a matter fact George's brother just passed his bar exam.
Archie: Oh yeah? Where's he tend bar?
Mike: You just broke your own record.
Mr. Bushmill: George's brother is a lawyer. Now you see the point I'm trying to make, Bunker, is that it's not inherited. You ought to know that, you got a perfectly normal daughter! edit » - (George returns to the Bunker house with what he wanted to show Archie, a sign he kept above his coat at work)
George: Here, here, read it, Mr. Bunker, read it!
Archie: All right George let me see what it says here.
George: Oh you read that real good Mr. Bunker.
Archie: Thanks George, what the hell does it mean?
Mike: It means everyone is smarter than you, Arch! edit » - Archie: (to George's father) How'd George get like that? When he was a baby, did someone throw him up in the air, and forget to catch him?
Mr. Bushmill : It's a common birth defect. The doctors call it anoxia, it means he didn't enough oxygen when he was born. Now that's what happened to George...what's your excuse?
Archie : I don't understand that question. edit »
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