Favorite AITF Christmas episode
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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(December 12, 2016 12:31 AM)
There weren't that many, actually.
The season one episode.
Edith thinks she has breast cancer.
The Draft Dodger.
Season nine had a bunch:
The counterfeit bills, and the three-part "California" episodes (part one had Edith buying the plane tickets, and two and three - that were actually one hour-long episode originally - at the Stivics'). -
McGannahanSkjellyfetti — 9 years ago(December 12, 2016 05:46 AM)
I think I have mentioned this before but I always thought that it was strange that there weren't any Christmas decorations during the birth of Joey of 1975 season. Whether it was at the Bunker home, restaurant, or lodge. Christmas wasn't mentioned period by
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Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(December 12, 2016 09:58 PM)
That was pretty cool at the time. Two hours would've been even better, though. I think that was right before the Jeffersons "moved on up".
As for there being no sign of Christmas when the kid was born, possibly that episode (or episodes) were supposed to happen sooner, so no Christmas decorations were indicated in the script.
At the start of the season, Struthers went on strike for the first four episodes, so they had to shoot scripts out of order to accommodate that (possibly the Beverly LaSalle one and the Bunkers' battle over Edith's Sunshine Home job were supposed to be taped after the birth. Also, Reiner took a week off to guest star on a "Rockford Files" episode, moving Archie's appearance in court ahead of schedule). -
Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(December 12, 2016 10:40 PM)
I didn't know about any of that behind-the-scenes stuff until decades after the episodes were shown.
Considering Gloria was flat-stomached on the episode where she announced her pregnancy, I figured it was just a story idea. Usually the gals are already ballooned-up when the audience is told.
Quite the miscalculation on Struthers' part, thinking she had the producers by the balls with the pregnancy arc. -
cjh8504 — 9 years ago(December 14, 2016 03:11 PM)
Didn't have that many? It had like 4 or 5 that I can think of. That's a lot. Any other show I can think of never had more than 2 of 3.
- The one where Archie didn't get his Christmas bonus
- Beverly LaSalle's murder
- The Draft Dodger
- When the go to California
That's just off the top of my head. There might be another one or two.
RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Robert Vaughn
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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(December 15, 2016 03:08 PM)
That's 5 out of a 9 year run. That's superb. How can you have more than one Christmas episode in Season 9? Did it take place over the course of like 4 years or something?
RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Robert Vaughn -
Fletcherj119 — 9 years ago(December 15, 2016 03:48 PM)
Well, the one with the counterfeit bills wasn't technically a Christmas episode, but it took place around Christmas. Remember it was Santa Clause that was passing the phony bills. And the Bunkers going to California is a three-part episode (originally two parts - the Calfornia ones were originally a one-hour episode). Part one starts with Archie and Barney hauling the tree Archie just bought into the house, then Edith buys three plane tickets to Calfornia after they find out the Stivics can't make it there supposedly because Mike's having back problems.
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cjh8504 — 9 years ago(December 16, 2016 10:59 AM)
That's stretching it, Fletch. One's a three part episode. Same continuous story, and the other is the Christmas season, not Christmas you said.
RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Robert Vaughn -
cjh8504 — 9 years ago(December 18, 2016 03:56 PM)
5 you said. And that's more than enough. Cheers only had one actual Christmas, and another dealing with it in a round about way. And that was on for 11 years.
RIP Gene Wilder. One of the funniest people of all time. RIP Robert Vaughn