Boy the way Glen Miller played,

[CanuckAmok]

Songs that made the Hit Parade...

edit: demoted Gen Miller to civilian life.

[Sporadicus]

1. Song Takes Me Back

to the days I was convinced that my father was Archie Bunker, and he was convinced I was The Meathead.

[CanuckAmok]

10. It's on my mind because they're being rebroadcast on "Prime" in Canada

Obviously, they're terribly dated, from a production standpoint, and in many of the cultural references, but WOW, what an intelligent, funny, and intuitive show it was. Last night was a double-header:

Archie's brother returns with his dad's watch,

"Shoebooty"

So good. And I can't wait to see the ones with Beverley LaSalle, and the one where the Bunkers are mistakenly targeted by antisemites, or the one where Archie fingers the Mafia, or the one where Edith beats the rapist.

My favourite one is the Thanksgiving Dinner episode where Archie's old war buddy comes for dinner, and he and Meathead have that great talk about war. I wish I could remember the name of that actor; he also played Billy Pilgrim's doomed friend in "Slaughterhouse 5".

[Sporadicus]

15. Ron Liebman?

as Paul Lazzaro? Thanks for reminding me about that movie...haven't seen it in...I don't know how long. I'll have to see it again!

[CanuckAmok]

18. No, not Lazzaro... it was:

Edgar Derby, the POW who was shot for looting in the ruins of Dresden (in the book, he took a teapot...in the movie it was a figurine exactly like one he had at home).

[CanuckAmok]

22. Eugene Roche.

Had to look it up. He was a very talented character actor. Died this year, coincidentally.

[Bertha Venation]

2. guys like us, we had it made

those were the days

[Beware the Beast Man]

4. and you did what you WAAANNTED!

[Bertha Venation]

5. goils were goils and men were men....

(I love Brooklynese)

[ronnykmarshall]

7. Mister we use a man Hubert Hoover again ...

[Left Is Write]

8. Didn't need no welfare states...

[kmla]

9. Everybody pulled his weight.....

[CanuckAmok]

13. I thought it was:

"And you knew who you were then"

which kind of ties into the next line about goils being goils...

[Left Is Write]

17. It is.

:)

[Beware the Beast Man]

20. oops.

;)

[GOPisEvil]

3. Gee our old LaSalle ran great.

THOSE WERE THE DAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYS!

Damn...I need a drink after screeching like Edith! I guess I'm a dingbat! :P

[bahrbearian]

6. Do you mean Glen Miller or Gen.Glen Miller?

[CanuckAmok]

11. Glenmiller Glennross.

First prize is the Cadillac, second prize is the steak knives, third prize is you're fired.

[teach1st]

12. Edith's best day..

Sound bite (adult content)
Cubical rats beware.

http://www.tuff-teach.com/pics/eatdith.wav

[underpants]

24. Archie:Piece by piece you eat my heart out

Meathead:I don't care

[madinmaryland]

14. Argggh!

Now i got that song running thru my brain.

:argh:

[regularguy]

16. Aw, Jeez deh Eedit, huh?

[DemGa]

19. Gee our old LaSalle ran great

those were the days.

[democracyindanger]

21. Who's Glen Miller?

I know of bandleader named Glenn Miller...

[CanuckAmok]

23. Doesn't matter...the war's over

n/t