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Dinner with Archie Bunker's old flame

Edith has a nice idea. She invites some of Archie's old friends from high school over for dinner, and one of them turns out to be his old sweetheart. more

Nothing about the plan sounds risky, just dinner at home with some old friends. Edith has no idea she is about to stir up a romance from Archie's past, and Archie, for once, is the one caught off guard.

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Edith's dinner brings back a piece of Archie's past he never saw coming.

She walks in wearing red and gold jewelry, and Archie's cheeks flush. The man with a loud opinion on everything stands there with his brow knotted, looking like a kid caught at something.

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His old sweetheart is standing in his living room, and Archie's face says he remembers everything.

Before long she is laughing, and Archie, still pink, is smiling right back. Whatever she tells him, one viewer is sure she says it to all the men. Archie doesn't seem to mind.

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Edith has a nice idea.

At the table the high school stories come out, and a few of them are the embarrassing kind. Archie trips over a big word or two along the way, as he does. Edith, who planned the whole evening, still has no idea what she started.

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Edith planned the whole dinner and never guessed one guest was Archie's old flame.

If the guest looks familiar, there's a reason. The same actress later played Roseanne's mother, and it's the first thing many people notice.

Carroll O'Connor plays Archie and Jean Stapleton plays Edith. The whole evening turns on one blush and a few sideways looks, as the past comes to dinner and shows no sign of leaving early.