Was there ever a time when Archie got on your nerves.... - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Buffyboy323 · 04-28-2007, 07:59 AM

...and you just wanted to say ENOUGH!?

I felt this was during the episode with the boy from the grocery store, that was slow. The boy was nice enough to help Gloria. Watching this episode again, a few months ago on DVD, with some of Archie`s comments, my mother even made a HUH! Sound, and grabbed her mouth.

Brian Damage · 04-28-2007, 11:16 AM

Yes, when he freaked out in the Christmas episode with the Vietnam desserter.

Brieannas21 · 04-28-2007, 01:51 PM

Yes, the time he was on those Uppers, he was a crazy man.

Scoobiedoo30 · 04-28-2007, 03:20 PM

no Archies nerver got on my nerves

treky · 04-30-2007, 01:13 AM

I would also have to say in that Xmas episode, with the draft dodger.

MikeLutton · 04-30-2007, 01:48 AM

yeah that was a bad bad episode draft dodger i cant handle that 1

Laugh30 · 04-30-2007, 04:35 AM

The episode when his niece was dating Lionel. Another one of those episodes where he's in a complete rage and not very pleasant.

camdog · 04-30-2007, 09:01 AM

He never really got on my nerves. Carroll O'Conner wasn't prejedice in real life. I just thought it was funny how naieve he was about other minoritys especially blacks. I'm black, and I was never offended by his remarks because he was just an actor and he didn't really mean them. That was just what they put on his script to say. I love it when Archie and Mike are always arguing its funny and whenever he has a fight with Henry or George Jefferson lol. The only thing that bothers me about Archie is that he always treats Edith like a slave and not his wife in most episodes. I hate to see Edith not stand up for herself once in a while. I love the episode "Ediths problem" that's when she first stood up to Archie and said "stifle" to him.

tdr · 05-01-2007, 09:20 PM

Fictional characters don't really "get on my nerves," since if I'm not interested or don't care for what they do or say it's easy enough to just turn them off, since they 'turned me off.' But answering your question in terms of if I were actually in that true situation, the ep I think of right off is the one where a government man was going around the neighborhood asking questions about the residents, and Archie and a couple of others, supposedly friends before this, got all suspicious, put on their veteran's clothes and got out their American flags, and made all kinds of accusations against the others for being 'the one' who is unAmerican. Meanwhile, it was discovered the man was asking questions in regard to a government contract Archie's employer was involved with which had already been finished. It was something of a caricature of the Cold War. Archie-- and his neighhborhood 'friends'-- were childish, noisy, and stupid... 'between the lines,' thanks to the government for that.

Related topically, I don't think there is anyone on AITF that wasn't bothersome with their ideas and blustery expressions thereof. Edith when she's telling almost any story she thinks everybody should be interested in, Meathead when he's on a vendetta [just as is said in "The Game," he yells at Archie as much as Archie yells at him], Gloria when she's all PMS (usually figuratively), and the worst overacting in the series is Gloria bawling (IMO).

Already Gone · 05-12-2007, 01:45 PM

Yeah, In Too Good Edith. I thought he was a jerk when he made her cook all that cornbeef and cabbage. Also, when she was trying to tell him what the doctor said about staying off her feet, Archie kept interrupting her.

HelloLarry · 05-18-2007, 01:30 AM

The episodes where Archie gets on my nerves have more to do with the way the character is written in a particular episode. I can't think of an episode title off of the top of my head but you see some of these crop up in the middle of the series run.

Typical scenario is there is a lot of action going on around him and the Archie character punctuates each exchange between two other people with some sort of lame one liner. This to me strays from the original character whose rages, like his reaction to his neice and the Draft Dodger are chillingly real, yet are cast aside in moments like this to turn him into a cartoon type character delivering lame punch lines.

comedyfreak · 05-25-2007, 04:26 AM

Archie never got on my nerves, although I didn't like the way he mellowed in the later years.

04-28-2007, 07:59 AM	#1
Buffyboy323 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 6,102	Was there ever a time when Archie got on your nerves.... ...and you just wanted to say ENOUGH!? I felt this was during the episode with the boy from the grocery store, that was slow. The boy was nice enough to help Gloria. Watching this episode again, a few months ago on DVD, with some of Archie`s comments, my mother even made a HUH! Sound, and grabbed her mouth.

04-28-2007, 11:16 AM	#2
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04-28-2007, 03:20 PM	#4
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04-30-2007, 01:13 AM	#5
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05-25-2007, 04:26 AM	#12
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04-28-2007, 01:51 PM	#3
Brieannas21 Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 05, 2004 Location: Texas Posts: 9,792	Yes, the time he was on those Uppers, he was a crazy man.

04-30-2007, 01:48 AM	#6
MikeLutton Mike Lutton DVD Legend! Forum Veteran Join Date: Jan 05, 2005 Location: usa pennsyvania Posts: 6,887	yeah that was a bad bad episode draft dodger i cant handle that 1

04-30-2007, 04:35 AM	#7
Laugh30 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 01, 2004 Posts: 688	The episode when his niece was dating Lionel. Another one of those episodes where he's in a complete rage and not very pleasant.

04-30-2007, 09:01 AM	#8
camdog Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 22, 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 308	He never really got on my nerves. Carroll O'Conner wasn't prejedice in real life. I just thought it was funny how naieve he was about other minoritys especially blacks. I'm black, and I was never offended by his remarks because he was just an actor and he didn't really mean them. That was just what they put on his script to say. I love it when Archie and Mike are always arguing its funny and whenever he has a fight with Henry or George Jefferson lol. The only thing that bothers me about Archie is that he always treats Edith like a slave and not his wife in most episodes. I hate to see Edith not stand up for herself once in a while. I love the episode "Ediths problem" that's when she first stood up to Archie and said "stifle" to him.

05-01-2007, 09:20 PM	#9
tdr Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 23, 2001 Posts: 1,454	Fictional characters don't really "get on my nerves," since if I'm not interested or don't care for what they do or say it's easy enough to just turn them off, since they 'turned me off.' But answering your question in terms of if I were actually in that true situation, the ep I think of right off is the one where a government man was going around the neighborhood asking questions about the residents, and Archie and a couple of others, supposedly friends before this, got all suspicious, put on their veteran's clothes and got out their American flags, and made all kinds of accusations against the others for being 'the one' who is unAmerican. Meanwhile, it was discovered the man was asking questions in regard to a government contract Archie's employer was involved with which had already been finished. It was something of a caricature of the Cold War. Archie-- and his neighhborhood 'friends'-- were childish, noisy, and stupid... 'between the lines,' thanks to the government for that. Related topically, I don't think there is anyone on AITF that wasn't bothersome with their ideas and blustery expressions thereof. Edith when she's telling almost any story she thinks everybody should be interested in, Meathead when he's on a vendetta [just as is said in "The Game," he yells at Archie as much as Archie yells at him], Gloria when she's all PMS (usually figuratively), and the worst overacting in the series is Gloria bawling (IMO).

05-12-2007, 01:45 PM	#10
Already Gone Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 31, 2004 Posts: 2,587	Yeah, In Too Good Edith. I thought he was a jerk when he made her cook all that cornbeef and cabbage. Also, when she was trying to tell him what the doctor said about staying off her feet, Archie kept interrupting her.

05-18-2007, 01:30 AM	#11
HelloLarry Meathead Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 21, 2006 Posts: 273	The episodes where Archie gets on my nerves have more to do with the way the character is written in a particular episode. I can't think of an episode title off of the top of my head but you see some of these crop up in the middle of the series run. Typical scenario is there is a lot of action going on around him and the Archie character punctuates each exchange between two other people with some sort of lame one liner. This to me strays from the original character whose rages, like his reaction to his neice and the Draft Dodger are chillingly real, yet are cast aside in moments like this to turn him into a cartoon type character delivering lame punch lines.