Danas writing and daviss acting as himself made perfect use of archies character to make socially relevant statements. But this is never mentioned and the two behave as if they have never met before including sammy calling her mrs. At age three, davis began his career in vaudeville with his father sammy davis sr. The rifleman two ounces of tin tv episode 1962 imdb. Archie bunkers place the return of sammy tv episode 1980. Explore the entertainers vast talent and journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress during 20thcentury america. Director john rich, who won an emmy for this episode, has claimed that sammys visit came about because sammy davis jr.
When the agents are charged by the ghost rider, they discover that the riders appearance coincides with the stable boys eerie flute music. Home series all in the family dvd order season 2 episode 21 sammys visit sammy davis jr. Watch all in the family season 2 episode 21 sammys visit. Show was hosted by songanddance man sammy davis jr. After a starring role on broadway in 1956s mr wonderful, davis returned to the stage in 1964s golden boy, and in 1966 had his own tv variety show, the sammy davis jr. Sammy inadvertently leaves his briefcase behind and arrangements are made for him to retrieve the briefcase at the bunker house.
Theres good reason why this episode is consistently rated in tv guides top 100 television episodes of all time. Davis career slowed in the late sixties, but he had a hit record with the candy man, in 1972, and became a star in las vegas. Sammys visit all in the family tv show wiki fandom. The all in the family longest laugh this transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. December 8, 1925 may 16, 1990 was an american singer, musician, dancer, actor, vaudevillian, comedian and activist known for his impressions of actors, musicians and other celebrities. Writer bill dana pitched to all in the family cocreator norman lear a plausible way for davis to end up in archie bunkers house, but lear was originally wary, not wanting a bigname entertainer to. All in the family sammys visit tv episode 1972 sammy davis jr.
All in the family archie bunker meets sammy davis youtube. February 19, 1972 carroll oconnor, jean stapleton, rob reiner, sally struthers, sammy davis jr. All in the family sammys visit tv episode 1972 trivia. Mar 23, 2016 the joke representing the sitcom was from the classic episode sammys visit originally aired february 19, 1972 on cbs, in which sammy davis jr. All in the family archie introduces the family to sammy. The first appearance of the character of barney hefnerallan melvin. Jul 22, 2007 a clip from all in the family season 2 sammys visit. The audiences laughter from this episode of all in the family, was for decades considered the longest studio audience laugh in television history. Agents west and gordon are called to investigate a mysterious confederate night rider who comes to the ranch of carl jackson, its wealthy owner. December 8, 1925 may 16, 1990 appeared as himself in the second season episode of the jeffersons titled what makes sammy run. A famous gun fighter, whom mark idolizes, is in town telling more of his stories.
According to director john rich, davis appearance on the show stems from davis guest spot on the tonight show with johnny carson where davis expressed an interest in coming on all in the family. Directed by john rich, the story was written by bill dana. If you were prejudiced, archie, when i came into your house, you would have called me a coon or a nigger. All in the family 19711979 was a groundbreaking television sitcom starring carroll oconnor as archie bunker and jean stapleton as edith. Apr 19, 2011 all in the family s hilarious late night brawl. It seemed a natural fit for bigoted archie bunker to encounter a famous black entertainer, and the. With carroll oconnor, jean stapleton, rob reiner, sally struthers. The 10 best all in the family episodes marketwatch. It all begins when moonlighting cabbie archie comes home bearing a briefcase left in his taxi by sammy davis jr. To get some extra cash, archie has gotten a job driving a taxi for bert munson. Archie is in for a big surprise when one of his passengers turns out to be sammy davis jr. Features billy crystal, whoopi goldberg, and clips from his tv, film and concert. Airing on the cbs television network, the show finished at number one in the nielsen ratings for five consecutive years 19711976, a record it shared with the cosby show until american idol passed it in the 2000s.
This cassatte includes sammy davis jr s visit to the bunker house, one of the shows spinoffs maude, and glorias pregnantcy. Sammy also appeared in an episode of all in the family titled sammys visit in season 2 of that series which garnered lots of media attention internationally and high nielsen ratings for his sarcastic kiss of. Watch all in the family season 2 episode 21 sammys visit add to watchlist sammy davis, jr. Danas writing and davis s acting as himself made perfect use of archies character to make socially relevant statements. Archie bunkers place the return of sammy tv episode.
Kisses archie bunker youtube the meatball meets maude 22 duration. Thanksgiving is just two weeks away, and antenna tv will be airing every single episode of all in the family that long holiday weekend, from wednesday through sunday. Sammy stops the world littlechap 1978 charlies angels sammy davis jr. His wife mabel is talked about but not seen when edith tells archie she called their house to share the news that sammy davis jr. But this time, he tells one story too many and is challenged. A super fast, black gunman who killed the 5 men the law allowed to murder his father years ago, demands that deputy mccain symbolically throw his badge in the dirt. The wild wild west the night of the returning dead tv. Archie is in for a big surprise when one of his passengers turns out to be. At the series start however sammy was under contract for a special. Sep 01, 2011 john rich on directing sammy davis jr.
And if you were prejudiced, you would, like some people, close their eyes to whats going on in this great country that we live in. The joke representing the sitcom was from the classic episode sammy s visit originally aired february 19, 1972 on cbs, in which sammy davis jr. Broke barriers on tv norman lear discusses sammy davis, jr. All in the family archie bunker meets sammy davis gene608. With carroll oconnor, martin balsam, danielle brisebois, allan melvin. December 8, 1925 may 16, 1990 was an american singer, musician, dancer, actor, vaudevillian, comedian, and activist known for his impressions of actors, musicians, and other celebrities.
Sammy davis, jr american masters sammy davis, jr american masters sammy davis, jr american masters. This cassatte includes sammy davis jrs visit to the bunker house, one of the shows spinoffs maude, and glorias pregnantcy. Feb 11, 2012 on that night, a saturday, near the end of an episode of the most popular show on television, all in the family, sammy davis jr. All in the family sammys visit tv episode 1972 imdb. With chuck connors, johnny crawford, paul fix, johnny ginger. Intending to return the briefcase to the cab company in the morning, archie is amazed when davis himself shows up on the bunker. Watch all in the family season 2 episode 21 sammys. As usual, archies ignorance and to get some extra cash, archie has gotten a job driving a taxi for bert munson.
His wife mabel is talked about but not seen when edith tells archie she called their house to. With chuck connors, johnny crawford, paul fix, patricia blair. Sammys visit is the 21st episode aired during the second season and the 34th overall episode all in the family. Please name some of your favorite all in the family episodes. Read more about the famous episode, which placed th on tv guides list of the 100 greatest episodes of all time, at our sammys visit show page. On that night, a saturday, near the end of an episode of the most popular show on television, all in the family, sammy davis jr. Watch the carol burnett show season 9, episode 2 with sammy davis, jr backstage a famous star meets an old friend whose family once employed his mother no frills airline econ. The season 2 episode first aired on cbstv on february 19, 1972. Thanks to all involved with the episode for bringing sammy and archie together for a truly genius kodak moment. Bill dana on sammys visit all in the family youtube. Written by comedian bill dana aka jose jimenez, this classic episode represents the one and only time that all in the family relied upon a guest star. The rifleman the most amazing man tv episode 1962 imdb. Season 33 episode 2 1m 59s norman lear talks about sammy davis, jr. The joke representing the sitcom was from the classic episode sammys visit originally aired february 19, 1972 on cbs, in which sammy davis jr.
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