All in the Family (TV Series) Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit (1971) User Reviews

Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit (#1.7)

[rbrooksie12 · 8/10 · 10 March 2016]

In this episode, before asking Archie, Mike decides to invite a couple of his hippie friends, one man and one woman, to spend the night at the Bunker household. Archie upon seeing this becomes furious, and insists that because they are not married, that they would not be allowed to stay in his house. When Archie finally agrees to an arrangement where the men would sleep downstairs, and the women would sleep upstairs, Mike's friends refuse.

The topic in which this episode takes on was a very relevant one considering that Woodstock was only a couple years before. This episode does a great job presenting the conflict between the World War II generation and the Vietnam War generation. Archie, as usual as some very funny lines in this episode. Considering all the episodes of season 1, I would consider this an average episode. It is by no means the funniest episode of the season, yet it is not the worst.

A Hippie Couple Want To Stay At The Bunker Home

[Jimmy_the_Gent4 · 13 June 2019]

Mike and Gloria invite Paul and Robin, an unmarried hippie couple to stay the night at the Bunker home.

This is my favorite Season 1 episode. The whole cast has many good moments. It begins with Archie complaining about Mike and Gloria kissing again, "You look like a coupla guppies!". Paul then arrives, Archie remembers him as a clean cut kid who was best man at Mike and Gloria's wedding. Now he is a long haired hippie with a girl friend Robin, who does not talk, she just speaks "with her eyes". Archie refuses to have them stay at his house because they are not married, with many funny exchanges about marriage, religion and sex. Archie also has a toe spasm which further angers him. Another friend shows up, played by Corey Fischer, a tall guy with big hair. He is funny here and also showed up as a Jesus freak on the episode "Archie In The Lock Up". Even Mike and Gloria get fed up with Paul and Robin here, Robin tries to speak with her eyes to Gloria but Gloria tells her to shut up. The final scene has Mike, Gloria and Edith waking up a sleeping Archie with "Down By The Old Mill Stream".

A MASTER STROKE

[fabianmichael · 10/10 · 30 September 2020]

Arguably the BEST episode of the whole series, for me! Few, if any, of other sitcoms or other shows so cleverly, and humorously, portray the searing cultural, generational & social divisions wrought by our Vietnam Agression and accompanying corrupt abuse of public trust. So near the 50th anniversary of 704 Hauser Street, we must reaffirm All in the Family's treasured place in US popular culture & TV history, reminding ourselves of the timeless lessons it teaches us yet today~and now, more than ever!

Archie lets his opinions known

[vitoscotti · 10/10 · 6 October 2021]

Young people totally opposite of Archie is a great inspiration for his great one liners. One classic one, after another. Anybody different sets Archie off. Memorable is Jeff (Corey Fischer) as the hippie couples ride. He's the furthest out there of the trio. His comments to in pain Archie using hip lingo words are the episode's best scene, of many stellar ones.