I would say Archie get the edge because he said so much about Mike like him not having a job, him being a meathead, and a mooch. Fred just pretty much said the same things all the time. He called lamont a dummy constantly, Rollo a Theif, and Esther Ugly. Archie said so much more in different ways

Only problem is that half the time Archie insulted somebody he was actually making himself look ignorant and like an ass.

So half the time he was the butt of his own joke.

Fred mostly just ripped people, only looking a bit silly by using the same old putdowns.

Fred Sanford

Only problem is that half the time Archie insulted somebody he was actually making himself look ignorant and like an ass.

So half the time he was the butt of his own joke.

Fred mostly just ripped people, only looking a bit silly by using the same old putdowns.


Not when he was insulting his wife, but others I agree-like henry jefferson

Hands down Archie.


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Archie

I would say Archie get the edge because he said so much about Mike like him not having a job, him being a meathead, and a mooch. Fred just pretty much said the same things all the time. He called lamont a dummy constantly, Rollo a Theif, and Esther Ugly. Archie said so much more in different ways

Fred, hands down. Archie would say offensive stuff that made him look stupid. So you laughed at Archie instead of with him. Fred took it right to you. He could eat you up with an insult and nobody would have a comeback.

so Fred gets my vote "one across the lips"

Fred, hands down. Archie would say offensive stuff that made him look stupid. So you laughed at Archie instead of with him. Fred took it right to you. He could eat you up with an insult and nobody would have a comeback.

so Fred gets my vote "one across the lips"



I did laugh the other night when fred said some guy looked like a "FRIED MONKEY" in the face-LOL_LOL What the hell is a Fried monkey?-lol

Fred G. Sanford

I did laugh the other night when fred said some guy looked like a "FRIED MONKEY" in the face-LOL_LOL What the hell is a Fried monkey?-lol

See Fred was just creative with his jokes. He could say something nobody would think of to say. Plus, Redd Foxx add libbed at times too. Him and Lamont was in that bar in "Happy Birthday, Pop." Lamont said, "This ain't no honkeytonk bar." Fred turned around and said, "Looks like a bunch of honkies to me." LOL That rolled off his toungue I think.

Archie said a lot of funny stuff too. I think it was in that Sammy Davis Jr. Episode where he said something like "God made you allcome from the African continent, and he put us all in the white ones."

Fred Sandford.Archie says mostly the same insults every episode.Except for saying "dummy" or "big dummy",he comes up with new ones.Don't get me wrong because I like both

Fred Sandford.Archie says mostly the same insults every episode.Except for saying "dummy" or "big dummy",he comes up with new ones.Don't get me wrong because I like both


Archie never said the same insults

Archie never said the same insults

Meathead? Stifle it? Sounds repetitve to me.

Meathead? Stifle it? Sounds repetitve to me.



But he said more things in addition to Meathead, Fred just said-You big Dummy, You big Dummy, You big Dummy, You big Dummy, you big dummy-LOL

But he said more things in addition to Meathead, Fred just said-You big Dummy, You big Dummy, You big Dummy, You big Dummy, you big dummy-LOL

Archie just said, Meathead, Meathead, Meathead! LOL

Archie was no better and his jokes wasn't no more fresh!

Fred Sanford - while both tended to reuse insults, Fred would sometimes be more creative (i.e. - coming up with a new way to explain how someone was dumb or ugly or whatever) so even if the words were old, the insult was fresh.

Archie

But he said more things in addition to Meathead, Fred just said-You big Dummy, You big Dummy, You big Dummy, You big Dummy, you big dummy-LOL
He came up with different insults for Esther though

Fred Sanford by a landslide.

I was dying when he said that nurse looked like a bedpan. :lol:

He came up with different insults for Esther though


Really? I just remember Fred saying she was Ugly

Fred Sanford's insults were a little bit funnier than Archie Bunker's.

The thing is, people had a comeback for just about every Archie insult, so his insults made made him look stupid. Nobody could touch Fred. You couldn't put Fred in his place, you could put Archie in his. So what if Fred said the same insults. Like Chaingangmember said, he could tell you in a different way.

And his insults weren't all just Dummy, thief, and ugly.

Fred Sanford by a mile.

Fred shut people up, for sure.... and he was funny while doing it, but I got more laughs out of Archie making a fool out of himself.

I still remember Archie saying to Mike-"If you filled out a application to be my son inlaw, i wouldn't give you the job"-lol

Since I love All In The Family and have never seen Sanford & Son I guess I have to go with Archie Bunker.

Have to go with Archie here...

Many more times I would belly laugh from his lines than those of Fred...

NICE TOPIC!!!

I have to go with my all-time favourite TV character - Archie Bunker.

Archie!