1 00:00:04,402 --> 00:00:06,503 From television city in Hollywood. 2 00:00:06,571 --> 00:00:09,939 � Boy, the way Glenn Miller played � 3 00:00:10,007 --> 00:00:13,676 � songs that made the hit parade � 4 00:00:13,744 --> 00:00:17,547 � guys like us we had it made � 5 00:00:17,615 --> 00:00:20,517 � those were the days � 6 00:00:21,685 --> 00:00:25,688 � and you knew where you were then � 7 00:00:25,756 --> 00:00:29,226 � girls were girls and men were men � 8 00:00:29,293 --> 00:00:31,728 � mister, we could use a man � 9 00:00:31,795 --> 00:00:36,065 � like Herbert hoover again � 10 00:00:36,134 --> 00:00:39,569 � didn't need no welfare state � 11 00:00:39,637 --> 00:00:43,106 � everybody pulled his weight � 12 00:00:43,174 --> 00:00:47,277 � gee, our old lasalle ran great � 13 00:00:47,345 --> 00:00:53,483 � those were the days � 14 00:01:01,292 --> 00:01:05,028 hi. Oh, hi, ma. Tell me, how'd it go ? 15 00:01:05,095 --> 00:01:06,996 Is your father home ? 16 00:01:07,064 --> 00:01:08,998 No, not yet. Oh, thank heavens. 17 00:01:09,066 --> 00:01:12,569 On the bus I said a little prayer that I'd get here first, 18 00:01:12,637 --> 00:01:15,438 but I really didn't think it would work. 19 00:01:16,907 --> 00:01:20,677 Maybe I got time to fix him something before he gets here. 20 00:01:20,744 --> 00:01:23,513 Oh, don't worry, mom. I'm warming up yesterday's leftovers. 21 00:01:23,581 --> 00:01:27,551 Ohh ! Thank you. So tell me, what happened ? 22 00:01:27,618 --> 00:01:30,187 Oh, Gloria, it was an experience. 23 00:01:30,254 --> 00:01:32,189 Hi, Mike. Hi. 24 00:01:32,256 --> 00:01:35,425 Wait'll I hang up my coat and I'll tell ya all about it. 25 00:01:35,493 --> 00:01:39,563 How'd it go ? Oh, Mike, it was so exciting. 26 00:01:39,630 --> 00:01:43,633 Well, tell us about it. Wait'll your father finds out. 27 00:01:43,701 --> 00:01:47,770 I kept pinching myself the whole time I was there... 28 00:01:47,838 --> 00:01:51,241 To make sure I wasn't watching some movie. 29 00:01:51,309 --> 00:01:54,711 Imagine me, Edith bunker, 30 00:01:54,778 --> 00:01:57,247 a member of the jury. 31 00:01:57,315 --> 00:01:59,249 Ooh ! 32 00:02:00,251 --> 00:02:04,287 Even now, feel those goose bumps. 33 00:02:04,355 --> 00:02:07,824 Oh, funny, they was there a minute ago. 34 00:02:07,891 --> 00:02:10,493 Wish we coulda been there to see ya, ma. What was it like ? 35 00:02:10,561 --> 00:02:13,896 Oh, well, it was very important and formal-like. 36 00:02:13,964 --> 00:02:16,833 And they really do bang those hammers. 37 00:02:16,900 --> 00:02:19,769 I thought I'd jump outta my skin the first time. 38 00:02:19,837 --> 00:02:24,441 And the judge is so elegant in his black robes. 39 00:02:24,508 --> 00:02:28,311 He looks just like Spencer Tracy. 40 00:02:28,379 --> 00:02:30,313 Ooh ! There they are ! 41 00:02:31,382 --> 00:02:33,316 Wow, that's goose bumps ! 42 00:02:33,384 --> 00:02:36,486 Hey, ma, is it a big case ? 43 00:02:36,554 --> 00:02:40,557 I, uh-- I ain't allowed to discuss it. 44 00:02:40,625 --> 00:02:43,493 Yeah, but, ma, you can tell us which case you're on. 45 00:02:43,561 --> 00:02:49,165 Oh, I don't know. The judge says we wasn't allowed to discuss it at all. 46 00:02:49,233 --> 00:02:52,469 And he said we might stay down there for a while. 47 00:02:52,536 --> 00:02:55,705 I'll have to pack a bag and everything. Oh. 48 00:02:55,773 --> 00:02:59,442 I don't know what the world is comin' to nowadays. Oh, Archie ! 49 00:02:59,510 --> 00:03:01,944 I tell ya, it's gettin' worse and worse by the minute. 50 00:03:02,012 --> 00:03:05,382 It's dog-eat-dog out there, Edith. 51 00:03:05,449 --> 00:03:07,917 Why ? What happened ? One thing after another. 52 00:03:07,985 --> 00:03:13,089 Comin' home on the subway train, some guy decides to throw himself in front of the train. 53 00:03:13,157 --> 00:03:15,592 Holds the whole thing up for 30 minutes. 54 00:03:18,195 --> 00:03:21,631 He couldn't do it in the middle of the day. He's gotta pick the rush hour. 55 00:03:25,603 --> 00:03:29,306 Would you get them two dogs off the coffee table ? 56 00:03:30,974 --> 00:03:33,242 How was your day, Archie ? 57 00:03:33,311 --> 00:03:37,847 How does it sound like, Edith ? My day was terrific ! 58 00:03:37,915 --> 00:03:40,483 Whoopee. 59 00:03:40,551 --> 00:03:44,454 On top of everything else, they was doin' reconstruction work down at the building. 60 00:03:44,522 --> 00:03:46,956 They had a hole tore in one of the walls there. 61 00:03:47,024 --> 00:03:49,926 It was like workin' in the north pole with the wind whippin' through. 62 00:03:49,993 --> 00:03:52,261 It's a wonder I ain't got the bug. 63 00:03:55,366 --> 00:03:58,868 - Now, what's that look for ? - What look, Archie ? 64 00:03:58,936 --> 00:04:02,639 You got that same look the time you gave 50 cents to the black panthers... 65 00:04:02,707 --> 00:04:06,142 Because you thought they were gonna preserve our wildlife. 66 00:04:11,649 --> 00:04:13,750 What did you do now ? 67 00:04:13,818 --> 00:04:16,986 Oh ! I didn't do nothin'. 68 00:04:17,054 --> 00:04:19,255 I'm on jury duty, Archie. 69 00:04:19,323 --> 00:04:22,392 Isn't that exciting, daddy ? 70 00:04:22,460 --> 00:04:24,728 You're on a jury, huh ? Yeah ! 71 00:04:24,795 --> 00:04:27,230 Well, what's the big deal about that ? 72 00:04:27,297 --> 00:04:29,733 They want people like your mother down there... 73 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,736 Because they know they got no "preconscrewed" ideas. 74 00:04:35,038 --> 00:04:38,441 To put it another way, they know she don't know too much. 75 00:04:38,509 --> 00:04:41,778 What's the use ? Come on, Michael, and help me with dinner. 76 00:04:41,846 --> 00:04:44,280 We'll get dinner, ma. I'll set the table. 77 00:04:44,348 --> 00:04:47,316 What kind of case you on there, Edith ? A traffic violation ? 78 00:04:49,487 --> 00:04:52,589 I ain't at liberty to discuss it. 79 00:04:52,656 --> 00:04:54,758 What do you mean, you ain't at liberty to discuss it ? 80 00:04:54,825 --> 00:04:57,460 I'll ask you again, Edith. What kind of case you on ? 81 00:04:57,528 --> 00:05:02,098 His honor says I can't, Archie, not until it's all over. 82 00:05:02,165 --> 00:05:04,100 Sorry. 83 00:05:05,403 --> 00:05:07,837 Edith, I can understand you don't wanna go around... 84 00:05:07,905 --> 00:05:10,172 Discussin' the case with total strangers. 85 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:13,943 But after all, your own flesh and blood husband, huh ? Come on ! 86 00:05:14,011 --> 00:05:17,346 His honor didn't say nothin' about tellin' husbands. 87 00:05:17,415 --> 00:05:21,250 Well, no, he didn't come right out and say, "go home and tell your husband." 88 00:05:21,318 --> 00:05:24,921 He took it for granted that's what you're gonna do. Come on ! 89 00:05:24,988 --> 00:05:27,924 Oh, sorry. Edith ! 90 00:05:29,493 --> 00:05:32,395 I never held nothin' back from you ever. 91 00:05:32,463 --> 00:05:36,800 I even told you our secret vows from the lodge. Oh, yeah. 92 00:05:38,368 --> 00:05:41,170 Yeah. The secret vow. 93 00:05:41,238 --> 00:05:45,408 Oni, oni, oni, oni, poof-- stifle that, will ya ! 94 00:05:46,544 --> 00:05:49,746 You ain't alone in here. 95 00:05:49,814 --> 00:05:53,416 I could get black-busted by the brothers if they ever found I told you that. 96 00:05:53,484 --> 00:05:56,619 Anyway, the vows from the lodge ain't the point, Edith. 97 00:05:56,687 --> 00:05:58,621 It's our marriage vows-- 98 00:05:58,689 --> 00:06:03,626 till death do us part, for better, for worse, in secrets and in health. 99 00:06:05,062 --> 00:06:06,996 Oh, sorry. 100 00:06:07,064 --> 00:06:09,165 Let's go, folks. Soup's on. 101 00:06:09,232 --> 00:06:11,534 Archie, did ma tell you anything about the trial ? 102 00:06:11,602 --> 00:06:14,036 I don't wanna hear nothin' about it ! 103 00:06:14,104 --> 00:06:16,539 I know all about that stuff anyway. 104 00:06:16,607 --> 00:06:18,975 I served my time on the jury. 105 00:06:19,042 --> 00:06:21,444 He did ? Well, almost. 106 00:06:21,512 --> 00:06:27,116 He was thrown off right away 'cause he insulted the defense attorney. 107 00:06:27,184 --> 00:06:29,118 I didn't insult him. 108 00:06:29,186 --> 00:06:34,557 I told him what I thought of pinko bleedin'-heart lawyers defendin' killers ! 109 00:06:36,627 --> 00:06:41,097 He asked me what I thought of capital punishment, and I told him. 110 00:06:41,164 --> 00:06:43,099 For 30 minutes. 111 00:06:45,503 --> 00:06:51,073 It's a proven fact that capital punishment is a well-known "detergent" to crime. 112 00:06:51,141 --> 00:06:52,976 That's bull ! 113 00:06:53,043 --> 00:06:55,979 Capital punishment has never been proven to be a deterrent to crime. 114 00:06:56,046 --> 00:06:59,549 We believe it is in this house, buddy. 115 00:06:59,617 --> 00:07:02,184 Well, do you believe in capital punishment, ma ? 116 00:07:02,252 --> 00:07:05,287 Well, yeah, I guess so. 117 00:07:05,355 --> 00:07:07,289 Mother ! 118 00:07:07,357 --> 00:07:11,060 Well, so long as it ain't too severe. 119 00:07:15,666 --> 00:07:20,069 Let me just ask you somethin', Professor, you who don't believe in capital punishment. 120 00:07:20,137 --> 00:07:24,574 Suppose you was to come home some fine day and find your wife's throat cut. 121 00:07:24,642 --> 00:07:28,611 Now, are you gonna tell me you wouldn't be itchin' to fry the guy that cut that throat ? 122 00:07:28,679 --> 00:07:31,113 No. What good would that do ? 123 00:07:31,181 --> 00:07:34,551 You see this guy ? You see what you married ? 124 00:07:34,618 --> 00:07:39,255 Some fiend could come in here and murder you, and he ain't gonna lift a finger to help ! 125 00:07:39,322 --> 00:07:42,792 Archie, if I killed that murderer, would that bring Gloria back ? No. 126 00:07:42,860 --> 00:07:45,862 An eye for an eye is not the answer. The problem rests with society. 127 00:07:45,930 --> 00:07:49,632 He's always blamin' everything on society ! 128 00:07:49,700 --> 00:07:52,134 Listen, if you're gonna blame society for murder, 129 00:07:52,202 --> 00:07:55,738 what we oughta do is turn the killer loose, give him a pension for life... 130 00:07:55,806 --> 00:07:58,307 And go out and shoot the rest of the city ! 131 00:07:58,375 --> 00:08:00,677 I'll get it. 132 00:08:00,744 --> 00:08:03,546 I don't feel like eating now. Why ? 133 00:08:03,614 --> 00:08:06,215 I keep thinking about myself with my throat cut. 134 00:08:08,852 --> 00:08:13,923 Oh, Clara, come in. Will you have some food with us ? 135 00:08:13,991 --> 00:08:17,727 No, thank you. I'm on a diet. Everything goes to my hips. 136 00:08:17,795 --> 00:08:22,765 I just stopped by to tell you I had to cook in the lower oven tonight. 137 00:08:24,802 --> 00:08:26,603 Is that so, Clara ? 138 00:08:26,670 --> 00:08:30,206 You know, we've got one of them electrics with two ovens. 139 00:08:30,273 --> 00:08:34,477 I always use the top and put my pots and pans in the bottom. 140 00:08:34,544 --> 00:08:36,479 Well, tonight the top caught fire, 141 00:08:36,546 --> 00:08:39,716 and I had to cook in the bottom. 142 00:08:39,783 --> 00:08:41,751 Ohh. 143 00:08:41,819 --> 00:08:46,422 You came all the way over to tell Edith that, huh ? 144 00:08:46,490 --> 00:08:49,826 Yes ! You know, when you're used to doing something one way, 145 00:08:49,893 --> 00:08:52,361 and without warning you gotta change ? 146 00:08:52,429 --> 00:08:55,231 It can really throw you off. 147 00:09:00,004 --> 00:09:01,938 Uh, bye. 148 00:09:02,006 --> 00:09:06,408 Clara, I'm so glad you stopped by. I was gonna call you later. 149 00:09:06,476 --> 00:09:08,410 Could I borrow your valise ? 150 00:09:08,478 --> 00:09:12,481 The one you took to buffalo, with the pretty stickers of niagara falls ? 151 00:09:12,549 --> 00:09:15,484 Oh, sure. I've been picked for jury duty. 152 00:09:15,552 --> 00:09:19,288 I may have to stay in a hotel for a while. 153 00:09:19,356 --> 00:09:23,325 Oh, isn't that special, Edith. 154 00:09:23,393 --> 00:09:26,162 You must be so excited. 155 00:09:26,229 --> 00:09:30,867 It must be a very big, big case if they want you to stay over. 156 00:09:30,934 --> 00:09:34,270 I'll go get the valise and bring it back in a little while. 157 00:09:34,337 --> 00:09:36,272 Thank you, Clara. 158 00:09:36,339 --> 00:09:41,044 And it was nice hearing about your ovens. 159 00:09:41,111 --> 00:09:44,681 Wait a minute ! You didn't say nothin' about stayin' in no hotel. 160 00:09:44,748 --> 00:09:47,183 How long does the judge think this thing is gonna take ? 161 00:09:47,250 --> 00:09:50,853 Well, he didn't say. At least a week. 162 00:09:50,921 --> 00:09:52,454 A week ? 163 00:09:52,522 --> 00:09:54,824 Or more. Or more ? 164 00:09:54,892 --> 00:09:56,693 Sorry. 165 00:09:58,495 --> 00:10:00,596 It's a murder case, isn't it, ma ? 166 00:10:00,664 --> 00:10:03,365 Oh, I'll bet it's the Rodriguez case. 167 00:10:03,433 --> 00:10:05,702 Hey, if it's that case, you better eat up, arch. 168 00:10:05,769 --> 00:10:09,371 You may not taste mom's cookin' for weeks-- maybe months. 169 00:10:09,439 --> 00:10:13,609 - Look at that manson trial. That's almost a year. - Yeah. 170 00:10:17,748 --> 00:10:19,849 Edith, I got the bug ! 171 00:10:21,384 --> 00:10:23,352 No, I mean it. 172 00:10:23,420 --> 00:10:27,123 Remember I was tellin' you about that hole in the buildin' there, and the wind blowin' through ? 173 00:10:27,191 --> 00:10:29,658 Well, I think I got somethin'. What are you lookin' at ? 174 00:10:29,727 --> 00:10:31,728 I'm not lookin' at anything ! 175 00:10:31,795 --> 00:10:33,963 Don't gimme none of your fish eyes ! 176 00:10:34,031 --> 00:10:37,333 I happen to be sick. I feel the first warning chill. 177 00:10:37,400 --> 00:10:41,237 I think I better call up and maybe not go to work in the morning. 178 00:10:41,304 --> 00:10:43,706 Yeah, really. You know, you gotta take care of these things. 179 00:10:43,774 --> 00:10:47,777 They could lead to complications. Fever today, funeral tomorrow. 180 00:10:49,579 --> 00:10:51,513 You ain't even warm. 181 00:10:51,581 --> 00:10:53,515 That don't mean nothin', Edith. 182 00:10:53,583 --> 00:10:55,618 Now, I hate to do this, 183 00:10:55,685 --> 00:10:58,955 but you'll have to call up the court and just tell 'em ya can't make it. 184 00:10:59,022 --> 00:11:02,591 Tell 'em there's an emergency in your home, which nobody can argue with that. 185 00:11:02,659 --> 00:11:06,229 But, Archie, I've already been selected. 186 00:11:07,464 --> 00:11:11,200 Edith... Who selected you first ? 187 00:11:14,371 --> 00:11:16,472 What are you waitin' for ? 188 00:11:16,539 --> 00:11:18,908 I'm thinkin' it over. 189 00:11:18,976 --> 00:11:21,644 You don't have to think. Do like I tell ya. 190 00:11:21,711 --> 00:11:25,047 Make the phone call. Go ahead, Edith. Pick it up. 191 00:11:26,116 --> 00:11:28,151 And when you're done, uh, 192 00:11:28,218 --> 00:11:31,453 you better bring me some hot water and lemon juice... upstairs. 193 00:11:31,521 --> 00:11:33,622 And bring me that vaporizer. 194 00:11:33,690 --> 00:11:36,725 And then I'm gonna need that electric heating pad for under me. 195 00:11:36,794 --> 00:11:40,196 Find the bed tray, because you're gonna have to bring me my meals... 196 00:11:40,264 --> 00:11:42,364 Upstairs where I'll be in the bed. 197 00:11:42,432 --> 00:11:44,366 Now, go on, Edith. 198 00:11:54,577 --> 00:11:58,981 Would you find that bed tray ? I think it's in the cupboard under the sink. 199 00:11:59,049 --> 00:12:01,750 Ma, are you really gonna serve him his meals in bed ? 200 00:12:01,819 --> 00:12:05,188 Oh, no. I guess you will. 201 00:12:05,255 --> 00:12:07,990 I'll be on jury duty. 202 00:12:22,906 --> 00:12:24,841 Gloria, you home ? 203 00:12:31,148 --> 00:12:33,082 Meathead ? 204 00:12:41,291 --> 00:12:44,927 A man comes home from work, and what's there to meet him ? 205 00:12:44,995 --> 00:12:46,929 Two bags of garbage. 206 00:13:14,391 --> 00:13:16,325 Daddy ? You home ? 207 00:13:19,763 --> 00:13:21,697 Daddy ? 208 00:13:24,167 --> 00:13:26,102 Daddy ? 209 00:13:26,169 --> 00:13:28,637 Oh, hi, daddy. You been home long ? 210 00:13:28,705 --> 00:13:31,073 About 30 minutes. 211 00:13:31,141 --> 00:13:34,710 A lot you care. A man comes home from work, nobody here. 212 00:13:34,778 --> 00:13:38,614 No food in the house. Your mother down at that hotel, livin' it up. 213 00:13:38,681 --> 00:13:40,783 Youse two loafin' around the courtroom all day... 214 00:13:40,850 --> 00:13:43,419 Watchin' her like she was some kind of a movie star. 215 00:13:43,486 --> 00:13:45,587 If you went down there to see her, daddy, 216 00:13:45,655 --> 00:13:48,857 you'd be proud to see mom serving on that jury. 217 00:13:48,926 --> 00:13:52,628 I'd be proud to see your mother right back home here, servin' me my dinner. 218 00:13:52,695 --> 00:13:55,597 I wanna ask you somethin', Archie. 219 00:13:55,665 --> 00:13:57,934 You mean to tell me you're not the least bit interested... 220 00:13:58,001 --> 00:14:00,369 In your wife sitting on one of the hottest murder trials in the country ? 221 00:14:00,437 --> 00:14:02,704 Ah, what's so hot about it, huh ? 222 00:14:02,772 --> 00:14:05,041 They got better murders on the late show. 223 00:14:07,110 --> 00:14:10,012 This thing is an open-and-shut case. Wait a minute. 224 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,549 I admit, it doesn't look too good for Rodriguez, but that doesn't mean it's open-and-shut. 225 00:14:13,616 --> 00:14:18,154 Listen, listen, listen, listen. The d.A. Nailed the coffin down on that guy yesterday. 226 00:14:18,221 --> 00:14:22,758 There's two witnesses seen him go home to his apartment house up in Spanish Harlem. 227 00:14:22,826 --> 00:14:24,961 Another witness seen him go into the apartment. 228 00:14:25,028 --> 00:14:29,098 All right. He goes in there, he finds his old lady in there with another spick. 229 00:14:30,667 --> 00:14:35,404 What does he do ? He whips out his switchblade, and zap ! 230 00:14:35,472 --> 00:14:38,407 Sends him to that big taco stand up in the sky. 231 00:14:42,712 --> 00:14:44,646 What do you expect ? 232 00:14:44,714 --> 00:14:47,850 I mean, look at the way those puerto ricans are caged up in those slums. 233 00:14:47,917 --> 00:14:50,019 It's no wonder the tension builds. 234 00:14:50,087 --> 00:14:53,322 They don't like it there, let 'em get outta there. 235 00:14:53,390 --> 00:14:55,491 I ain't makin' 'em live there. 236 00:14:55,558 --> 00:14:58,927 See, that's the trouble with you liberals. You're always tryin' to put the-- 237 00:15:00,397 --> 00:15:03,732 oh, good night, nurse, look at this. Oh, what is it ? 238 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:08,837 "The jury in the Rodriguez trial was sent--" oh, listen, read it yourself. It's right there. 239 00:15:08,905 --> 00:15:12,641 "The jury in the Rodriguez trial was sent back to continue deliberations today... 240 00:15:12,709 --> 00:15:15,177 "After the judge refused to accept a hung jury. 241 00:15:15,245 --> 00:15:19,248 It is rumored that one lone juror is blocking a unanimous verdict." 242 00:15:26,456 --> 00:15:29,191 "Lone juror." 243 00:15:29,259 --> 00:15:31,360 They should've said "lone dingbat." 244 00:15:38,201 --> 00:15:41,404 Everything satisfactory, ladies ? Oh, wonderful. 245 00:15:41,471 --> 00:15:44,706 My compliments to the "chief." 246 00:15:48,478 --> 00:15:53,082 Mm. Aren't you gonna eat your chicken croquettes ? They're very good. 247 00:15:53,150 --> 00:15:58,054 If they taste anything like that gray hamburger we had last night, I don't want any. 248 00:15:58,121 --> 00:16:00,523 Mm, I thought that was delicious. 249 00:16:00,590 --> 00:16:03,759 You must eat out a lot, Mrs. bunker. 250 00:16:03,826 --> 00:16:06,529 Well, actually, we don't. 251 00:16:06,596 --> 00:16:11,333 The last time we ate out was our anniversary three years ago. 252 00:16:11,401 --> 00:16:14,537 Unless, of course, you count snack bars. 253 00:16:14,604 --> 00:16:18,006 I never count snack bars. 254 00:16:18,075 --> 00:16:21,977 Uh, Mrs. bunker, I'd like you to consider that if it weren't for you, 255 00:16:22,045 --> 00:16:27,216 all of us on the jury could be back with our families enjoying home-cooked meals. 256 00:16:27,284 --> 00:16:32,488 I think it's nice for someone else to do the cooking for a change. 257 00:16:34,157 --> 00:16:37,526 Well, personally, I prefer my own Eric to prepare dinner. 258 00:16:37,594 --> 00:16:40,196 Your husband does the cooking ? 259 00:16:40,263 --> 00:16:45,101 Eric is my chef. He's from Paris. 260 00:16:45,168 --> 00:16:47,669 Paris ? 261 00:16:47,737 --> 00:16:49,705 Oh, my. 262 00:16:49,772 --> 00:16:53,309 I'll bet his croquettes are somethin', huh ? 263 00:16:55,445 --> 00:16:59,014 Aren't you gonna eat nothin' ? Just coffee. 264 00:17:00,383 --> 00:17:02,751 Mm, it's a shame to waste 'em. 265 00:17:02,819 --> 00:17:06,222 Mm, my Archie would love those in his lunch box... 266 00:17:06,289 --> 00:17:09,125 With an orange and a twinkie. 267 00:17:14,998 --> 00:17:16,932 A twinkie ? 268 00:17:18,868 --> 00:17:20,969 Yeah, they're those little cakes. 269 00:17:21,037 --> 00:17:24,240 They're about that long, and they have cream in the center. 270 00:17:24,307 --> 00:17:27,743 Some of them are devil's food with chocolate on the outside. Mrs. bunker. 271 00:17:27,810 --> 00:17:31,947 I don't care to hear about your twinkies ! 272 00:17:32,015 --> 00:17:34,617 I just want to go home ! 273 00:17:34,684 --> 00:17:39,421 I simply don't understand why you keep insisting that Rodriguez is innocent, 274 00:17:39,489 --> 00:17:43,859 when three neighbors said they saw him entering the building. 275 00:17:43,926 --> 00:17:46,728 They could've been mistaken. 276 00:17:46,796 --> 00:17:48,764 Three different people ? 277 00:17:48,831 --> 00:17:51,967 Oh, it could've been somebody else. 278 00:17:52,035 --> 00:17:56,272 You said yourself that all puerto ricans look alike. 279 00:17:57,807 --> 00:18:01,410 To us, not to each other. 280 00:18:03,913 --> 00:18:09,084 I don't know. There's something about the way he keeps saying he's innocent. 281 00:18:09,152 --> 00:18:13,989 Oh, that doesn't mean a thing. All those people are born liars. 282 00:18:14,057 --> 00:18:17,493 Besides, you have the neighbors who say they saw him. 283 00:18:17,561 --> 00:18:20,596 Well, if they was all born liars, 284 00:18:20,664 --> 00:18:24,132 how can you believe the neighbors ? 285 00:18:30,207 --> 00:18:34,543 Because they're not accused of anything. 286 00:18:34,611 --> 00:18:39,281 Mrs. bunker, it's time we stopped coddling these criminals. 287 00:18:39,349 --> 00:18:42,551 Those mad dogs have got to be put behind bars. 288 00:18:42,619 --> 00:18:46,422 He's not a mad dog. He's a nice-looking young boy. 289 00:18:46,489 --> 00:18:49,391 Well, then look at it this way-- 290 00:18:49,459 --> 00:18:52,728 we'd be doing that nice-looking young boy a favor... 291 00:18:52,795 --> 00:18:55,931 By taking him out of that rat-infested ghetto, 292 00:18:55,998 --> 00:18:59,535 and put into a nice, clean prison. 293 00:19:00,670 --> 00:19:02,605 Still, his honor said, 294 00:19:02,672 --> 00:19:07,376 "a man has to be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt." 295 00:19:07,444 --> 00:19:10,613 Eleven of us say he's guilty. 296 00:19:10,680 --> 00:19:14,516 Well, I got a reasonable doubt. 297 00:19:14,584 --> 00:19:18,387 And you're being totally unreasonable about it ! 298 00:19:19,456 --> 00:19:22,958 I-I don't mean to be. 299 00:19:23,025 --> 00:19:25,361 Mrs. stonehurst, 300 00:19:25,428 --> 00:19:28,096 an important person like you... 301 00:19:28,164 --> 00:19:32,134 Probably makes decisions all the time, huh ? 302 00:19:32,201 --> 00:19:36,238 The only decisions I ever make is what to serve for dinner, 303 00:19:36,306 --> 00:19:40,842 or how much starch to put in Archie's collars. 304 00:19:40,910 --> 00:19:42,844 In all-- 305 00:19:46,048 --> 00:19:50,686 in all my life, this is the first time... 306 00:19:50,754 --> 00:19:53,455 Anybody has asked me my opinion... 307 00:19:53,523 --> 00:19:56,692 About something that really matters. 308 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:00,228 And they'll probably never ask me again. 309 00:20:00,297 --> 00:20:02,798 So you see, Mrs. stonehurst, 310 00:20:02,865 --> 00:20:05,634 this is really important. 311 00:20:05,702 --> 00:20:08,236 And I-- I'd hate to be wrong. 312 00:20:08,305 --> 00:20:10,739 Who is it ? 313 00:20:10,807 --> 00:20:13,909 It's the bailiff. Everybody down to the lobby. 314 00:20:13,976 --> 00:20:16,912 Judge wants everyone back in the courtroom right away. 315 00:20:16,979 --> 00:20:20,816 The bus is leaving in 20 minutes. Thank you ! 316 00:20:20,883 --> 00:20:23,519 We better get dressed right away. 317 00:20:23,586 --> 00:20:27,823 Uh, can I help you take off some of the creams ? 318 00:20:30,126 --> 00:20:32,561 � 319 00:20:40,269 --> 00:20:42,571 � I want to take you higher � � higher � 320 00:20:42,639 --> 00:20:45,006 � yeah � � higher � 321 00:20:45,074 --> 00:20:48,109 why do you let your wife do that ? 322 00:20:48,177 --> 00:20:51,680 I'm gettin' rid of it. Aw, come on, daddy. We're just waitin' for the news. 323 00:20:51,748 --> 00:20:54,249 We can wait with the sound off. 324 00:20:54,317 --> 00:20:56,685 Ohh ! 325 00:20:56,753 --> 00:20:59,521 Sounds like new year's Eve in the nuthouse. 326 00:21:03,860 --> 00:21:05,794 Chair ? 327 00:21:13,135 --> 00:21:15,237 Dogs off the coffee table. 328 00:21:19,743 --> 00:21:22,678 They'll probably say somethin' on the news about the trial, daddy. 329 00:21:22,746 --> 00:21:25,681 What can they say, except your mother's down there... 330 00:21:25,749 --> 00:21:29,251 Throwin' a monkey wrench into the halls of justice. 331 00:21:29,318 --> 00:21:32,988 - They oughta have professional juries anyhow. - What do you mean ? 332 00:21:33,055 --> 00:21:36,091 I mean, people who are trained to be on juries. 333 00:21:36,158 --> 00:21:38,293 That's crazy. 334 00:21:38,361 --> 00:21:41,263 Well, it ain't half as crazy as what you got now. 335 00:21:41,330 --> 00:21:44,099 You got a judge who spends half his life in school. 336 00:21:44,166 --> 00:21:48,336 Then he goes on to become a lawyer, then he's a lower judge and he's upper judge. 337 00:21:48,405 --> 00:21:50,672 Works himself up to a big murder trial. 338 00:21:50,740 --> 00:21:54,242 Does he get to decide who's innocent or guilty ? No, no. 339 00:21:54,310 --> 00:21:57,613 That decision's made by five salesmen, three bank tellers, 340 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:00,749 a couple of plumbers, a seamstress and a dingbat. 341 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,522 There's the news. 342 00:22:06,589 --> 00:22:09,691 President Nixon today flew from the summer white house in Florida-- 343 00:22:09,759 --> 00:22:12,294 to the summer white house in California. 344 00:22:12,361 --> 00:22:14,830 Dummy up, you. 345 00:22:14,898 --> 00:22:17,866 There's been a dramatic turn of events in the Juan Rodriguez murder case. 346 00:22:17,934 --> 00:22:21,303 Details of these and other stories coming up on tonight's big news... 347 00:22:21,370 --> 00:22:23,472 Right after this message. 348 00:22:23,540 --> 00:22:25,808 "A dramatic turn of events" ? I wonder what happened. 349 00:22:25,875 --> 00:22:27,810 Hi, everybody ! Ma ! 350 00:22:27,877 --> 00:22:30,913 Ma ! Welcome back ! They were just talking about the case on the news. 351 00:22:30,980 --> 00:22:33,882 They said something about "dramatic turn of events." Oh, Archie ! 352 00:22:33,950 --> 00:22:36,284 Oh ! 353 00:22:36,352 --> 00:22:38,454 I missed you so much ! 354 00:22:41,190 --> 00:22:43,124 You're back, huh ? 355 00:22:45,328 --> 00:22:48,363 Yeah ! How do you feel ? 356 00:22:49,432 --> 00:22:51,467 I didn't eat nothin' tonight. 357 00:22:51,534 --> 00:22:53,836 You di-- Gloria ! 358 00:22:53,903 --> 00:22:56,404 I made dinner. He just wouldn't eat. 359 00:22:56,473 --> 00:23:00,241 Could you go out and make us a sandwich and some coffee, Edith ? 360 00:23:00,309 --> 00:23:03,044 Ohh ! Sure, Archie. 361 00:23:03,112 --> 00:23:05,246 Right away. Here, Gloria. 362 00:23:05,314 --> 00:23:07,616 But, ma, you gotta tell us about the case ! What about the case ? 363 00:23:07,684 --> 00:23:10,218 The case ! I don't wanna hear no more about that case ! 364 00:23:10,286 --> 00:23:12,955 Let her make me a sandwich and coffee. Yeah. 365 00:23:13,022 --> 00:23:15,591 Look ! It's me on tv ! 366 00:23:15,658 --> 00:23:17,960 Ohh ! Turn up the sound ! Turn up the sound ! 367 00:23:18,027 --> 00:23:20,395 Mrs. bunker, would you tell us some of your impressions ? 368 00:23:20,463 --> 00:23:23,532 Well, I loved the hotel. 369 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:25,734 I mean, what are your impressions of the trial ? 370 00:23:25,802 --> 00:23:29,705 His honor says i ain't allowed to talk about it. 371 00:23:29,772 --> 00:23:33,642 But, Mrs. bunker, the trial is over. Sorry. 372 00:23:33,710 --> 00:23:35,811 That was Mrs. Edith bunker, 373 00:23:35,879 --> 00:23:38,680 the lone juror who held out for two days in the Rodriguez murder trial. 374 00:23:38,748 --> 00:23:41,950 I knew it ! Now the whole world knows it ! I can't hear ! 375 00:23:42,018 --> 00:23:44,119 ...To maintain Rodriguez was innocent. 376 00:23:44,186 --> 00:23:46,822 And Mrs. bunker was proven right at the 11th hour... 377 00:23:46,890 --> 00:23:51,226 When a taxi driver, Norton Rogers, broke down today and confessed to the crime. 378 00:23:51,293 --> 00:23:53,228 You were right ! Mom ! 379 00:23:53,295 --> 00:23:56,431 Mom, I'm so proud of you ! Huh ? You see ? 380 00:23:56,499 --> 00:23:58,567 See what ? 381 00:23:58,635 --> 00:24:01,670 All I see is, I'm home for two weeks starvin' to death, 382 00:24:01,738 --> 00:24:05,240 while your mother-in-law is down there at that court, wastin' the taxpayers' money... 383 00:24:05,307 --> 00:24:08,043 Tryin' the wrong guy ! 384 00:24:17,086 --> 00:24:20,221 Oh, Clara, I'm so glad you came by. 385 00:24:20,289 --> 00:24:24,292 I want to thank you for the loan of your valise. My pleasure. 386 00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:28,129 It isn't every day we have a prominent jurist gracing our midst. 387 00:24:28,197 --> 00:24:30,398 Oh ! 388 00:24:31,467 --> 00:24:33,769 It was pretty exciting for me too. 389 00:24:33,836 --> 00:24:36,972 Every time I think of it, I get goose bumps. 390 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:40,308 Oh, even now ! Look ! 391 00:24:40,376 --> 00:24:42,911 Oh, darn. Gone again. 392 00:24:42,979 --> 00:24:45,346 I brought you something. 393 00:24:45,414 --> 00:24:47,348 A new sticker ! Mm-hmm. 394 00:24:47,416 --> 00:24:50,218 From the queens tower hotel. 395 00:24:50,286 --> 00:24:53,288 Why don't you autograph it for her, Edith ? 396 00:24:53,355 --> 00:24:56,357 - Oh-- oh, would you ? - Oh, sure ! 397 00:24:57,493 --> 00:24:59,962 Where shall I sign it, huh ? Right here ? 398 00:25:00,029 --> 00:25:02,397 You can sign it right there. Thanks. 399 00:25:23,686 --> 00:25:27,723 All in the family was recorded on tape before a live audience.