Original title
Archie Bunker's Place
Released
9/23/1979
Origin country
US
Genre
Comedy
Production companies
Tandem Productions, Embassy Television, UGO Porductions Inc., Norman Lear/Tandem Productions, The O'Connor-Becker Company
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
4
Number of episodes
97
Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a spin-off and continuation of All in the Family. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience to last for four seasons, until its cancellation in 1983. In its first season, the show performed so well that it knocked Mork & Mindy out of its new Sunday night time slot.
Archie decides to expand his bar, Archie Bunker's Place, into a restaurant. In the meantime, Harry has decided to sell his half of the bar to Jewish liberal Murray Klein. Archie, being the bigot he is, tries in vain to get a loan to buy Harry out.
Harry finalizes the sale of his half to Murray Klein, much to Archie's chagrin. However, Archie must come to grips with the fact that he has a new partner. Murray also discovers that there is more to Archie than his bigoted exterior.
Archie's Place has acquired a new regular customer, Dottie. However, Archie and Murray discover that she is a prostitute and is conducting her business at the bar. This is bad for the bar's image. How can they convince her to leave?
Edith, who has been jobless since she got fired from the Sunshine Home, has gotten a job as recreational assistant at the Rego Park Center for the Mentally Ill. However, Archie has decided that he thinks that Edith should not be working.
The energy crisis has become a big problem. The bar is freezing cold and Edith has been preserving as much energy as possible at home as well. Soon, Archie is suffering as well, when the frigid conditions give him a case of strep throat.
Archie is in trouble with the State of New York when he is charged with non-payment of sales tax and questionable record keeping. Now it's up to Murray to save Archie and the bar by trying to romance the tax agent.
Construction on the restaurant is underway, but the contractor Archie and Murray hired is demanding more money. Archie, who is determined that the restaurant will be a success, goes to a loan shark.
Archie and Murray hire short-order cook Veronica Rooney (Anne Meara), but she insists that her gay nephew be hired as waiter. Archie's strong feelings on homosexuality present a problem.
In a protest march against Napom, Murray punched a cop. Although it has been pardoned, his ""criminal record"" may cost the bar its liquor license.
Mike and Gloria Stivic, and little Joey, come home to spend Thanksgiving with the Bunkers. (Originally a 1-hour special)
Mike and Gloria Stivic, and little Joey, come home to spend Thanksgiving with the Bunkers. (Originally a 1-hour special)
Dottie (the hooker from #3) has been arrested for prostitution. Murray bails her out and talks Archie into hiring her as a waitress to try to keep her out of trouble. However, trouble finds her when now divorcee Barney Hefner falls in love and proposes.
An old high school buddy of Archie's (who is also a conman) comes to town to inform Archie that he has been elected Man of the Year.
Edith and Stephanie are preparing a Shabbat dinner, a dinner eaten on the Jewish sabbath. They invite Archie's partner, Murray and his non-Jewish girlfriend. Unbeknownst to him, Edith also invites his mother, who feels that Murray should only be dating Jewish women.
When Barney's barstool collapses while he is sitting on it, Archie is afraid he will try to sue.
Barney's ex-wife Blanche comes back to town, and is as sex crazy as ever. She now goes after Murray, infuriating Barney.
Murray's estranged daughter suddenly shows up with a Puerto Rican husband and children on the way.
The neighborhood has had a sudden rash of burglaries and Archie and Murray are afraid the bar will be the next one.
Archie's ""old friend"" Sammy Davis Jr. is in town appearing on a talk show. Archie calls him up and invites him to the bar.
Customers have been complaining about Veronica's nephew, Fred, the gay waiter. So Archie decides that he can convert him by setting him up on a date with a pretty girl.
Murray steps in when Archie refuses to appear in the father and daughter talent show at Stephanie's school.
When Archie and the guys at the bar read in the paper that there might be a cure for Mr. Van Ranseleer's blindness, they pool their efforts and money so he can have the operation.
Veronica's ex-husband (Jerry Stiller) come back to town, and Veronica falls for him all over again.
An old friend of Murray's comes to visit, but he's also a crime kingpin. When Murray unknowingly signals the death of a rival mob boss, Archie fears retalitation.
Archie and Stephanie face life after Ediths death.
Archie refuses to deal with Ediths death.
Due to painful memories of Ediths death,Archie considers selling the home and getting an apartment.
Archie searches for a housekeeper to look after Stephanie.
Archies staff strikes over unionization.
A young Health Inspector eyes Veronica.
Murrays ex-wife Marcie pays him a visit.
Stephanies club plans a camping trip.
Archie punches a lodge member after he makes racial remarks about Mrs. Canby, his black housekeeper during a confrontation at the grocery store. Archie must write him a written apology or face expulsion from the lodge.
Stephanies wealthy grandmother visits for Christmas.
Stephanies grandmother wants custody of her. She and Archie go to court.
Murrays gambling system causes a conflict.
Fed up with Archie, Murray wants to end the partnership.
Archie and Murray go off to a convention. Murray soon finds himself tied up and robbed by a woman he invites over to the room.
Archie hires help for Stephanies project.
Veronicas drinking problem worries Archie and Murray.
Stephanie's temple is the latest in a string of vandalisms, leading a frightened Archie to withdraw her.
Archie reluctantly takes Stephanie's music teacher on a date in a bid to get her into the school chorus.
Murray's mother dies while he is on a date with his fiance, leaving him with a guilty conscience.
Murray and his fiance marry and move to California.
Billie Bunker, the daughter of Archie's brother, Fred, pays a visit.
Roger Abbott is hired by the Rabinowitz law firm to be Archie's business manager, but he and Archie soon disagree on how the bar is run. Later, Archie begins to realizes he lacks business management skills.
Archie's business manager, Roger, wants to date Archie's niece, Billie.
In an effort to make a little extra money, Mrs. Canby gets a job from home folding clothes for a sweatshop. When she is cheated out of half her pay, Archie goes to bat for her.
Archie wants Harry to buy back Murray's share of the bar. Both Harry's wife and Archie are upset to learn Harry invested in McFeeney's, a competitor (and topless) bar and grill.
When Archie goes to dinner with Barney and his date, she has eyes for Archie instead. Archie feels the same way, but is hesitant so soon after losing Edith.
Billie buys Stephanie rock concert tickets, but Archie forbids her from attending. Archie thinks Stephanie and Billie went anyway, so Archie and Barney go to the concert and wind up being arrested.
Stephanie's father visits for her bat mitzvah.
Stephanie's father's real intentions for visiting become clear to everyone, except Stephanie, who is left with a difficult realization.
Archie must accept the fact that Stephanie is growing up when she attends her first school dance.
Stephanie enters some candid photos of Archie in a photography contest.
Stephanie wants to try out for her school's baseball team, but Archie has a big problem with the idea.
Archie's bar seems to keep getting broken into, but the truth is, it just might be one his own employees.
Archie buys a truck for the bar. While José is parking it, he accidentally hits a Rolls Royce. The owner goes into the bar to simply ask Archie to take care of the damage, but Archie digs himself an even bigger hole.
Blind Mr. Van Ranseleer is mugged by a customer at the bar who overhears Van Ranseleer is carrying a sum of money on him. It's now up to Archie and the staff to help him get out of his apartment when he becomes fearful of being attacked again.
Archie wants Billie to date her ex-boyfriend. Billie decides to use Archie's lawyer, Gary, as a way to turn her ex- boyfriend away, telling him they're dating.
Old world Archie refuses to let Stephanie participate in her school's sex education program, until he overhears a conversation between Stephanie, Billie and one of Stephanie's friends.
Gloria and Joey return home. Archie learns Gloria left Mike because he joined a commune in California, where he was living with other women. Gloria is determined to make it on her own.
Archie has mixed emotions when Gloria announces she has found work as a veterinary assistant and will be moving into a place of her own.
Archie takes on a new partner who has plans to squeeze Archie out of his ownership of the bar.
Veronica's ex-husband returns and urges Veronica to start drinking again after a year of sobriety.
A boy Stephanie likes has a crush on her cousin, Billie, instead of her.
When Archie goes out to dinner with Barney and his new girlfriend, she winds up liking Archie instead.
Katherine invites Archie to supper with her parents,which turns into a disaster when they meet prejudiced Archie.
Billie is tired of Archie over-protecting her so she moves in with a secret roommate — Gary Rabinowitz.
Archie fires Gary as his business manager, but soon learns to regret it when Gary is replaced by his brother Barry.
Barney takes in a cranky and overbearing border to help pay some bills.
Stephanie becomes very jealous as Archie's relationship with Katherine progresses.
Archie appears at the beginning of this episode in which he drives Gloria and Joey to their new place. Gloria finds out she has a lot to learn to be a veterinary assistant, but Dr. Adams is willing to help her along.
Archie reluctantly goes to a singles bar with Barney and Mr. Van Ranseleer, who picks up a lady.
Gary's ex-girlfriend visits and demands attention from him, upsetting Billie.
José and Raoul witness a mugging behind the restaurant, but are afraid to come forward because they are illegal aliens.
Archie won't let Stephanie go on a date, so Billie agrees to go along with Gary and make it a double date.
When José's artistic talents come out, they hold an art show in the bar.
Billie gets a job as Gary's new secretary.
Stephanie hopes to attend an exclusive music school, but Archie is reluctant to let her do so.
Archie wants his own bathroom in the basement; the contractors are too expensive, so he hires José and Raoul to do the job.
Billie talks Archie into giving unemployed Barney a job at the bar, which turns into disaster, and leaving Archie with a difficult decision.
When Archie decides to stand up the date Barney "forgot" to tell Archie he set him up with, she winds up taking a liking to Harry.
Billie is bitter when her estranged father comes for a Christmas visit, until she finds out the real reason her mother left.
Billie's Philosophy teacher makes passes at her.
Lonely Barney enlists the help of a video dating service.
After using CPR to save his uncle's life, Gary is considered for partnership in the family law firm.
Archie takes Stephanie to visit her wealthy grandmother. But when the truck fails to start, Archie becomes an unwanted supper guest at her home. Stephanie looks to her grandmother for answers about her mother.
Archie reluctantly hires a woman bartender to help out Harry.But when he fires her because he is unhappy with having a lady bartender she files a discrimination lawsuit against Archie.Gary advises Archie to give her the job back.
Archie is shocked and angered when he finds out his close friend, Mr. Van Ranseleer, may have been a member of the communist party.
The boys' night out for Archie, Barney and Harry could turn into one of the wrong kind once they get caught in a gay nightclub.
Archie falls hard for a woman he meets at a restaurant convention, unaware that she is married.
Murray (Martin Balsam) returns to recoup his investment in the bar. Archie gives him a hard luck story and Murray allows Archie Six more months to get his share of the bar sold.
Stephanie is using Marijuana to fit in with her friends. When Archie finds the drug in his basement, He hits the ceiling and Billie takes the blame for Stephanie. Stephanie tells Archie the truth when he finds some boys smoking upstairs in the bathroom at her party.
Depressed Gary has a bout with alchoholism.
Barney and Archie square off in court over a tv set that Archie purchased from Barney at a electronics store in which Barney accidentally broke while installing it at the bar.
Gary is jealous when he learns his old school rival is dating his ex- girlfriend,Billie. Billie is concerned about Garys feeelings and he tells her he would like to start dating her again but she wants to remain just friends with Gary.
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