A corrupt real estate agent encourages Archie to sell his home for more than its market value.A corrupt real estate agent encourages Archie to sell his home for more than its market value.A corrupt real estate agent encourages Archie to sell his home for more than its market value.
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- Trivia"Blockbusting," which Mike accuses Chester Byrd of practicing, was a real problem during the era that this episode was originally produced and aired. As Mike suggests, it was a practice by unscrupulous real estate brokers to try to induce panic selling by property owners in formerly all-white neighborhoods where minority owners otherwise would have trouble buying property. They would sometimes leave notes on doors asking "for the address where the black family recently moved in" or - like Mr. Byrd - offering unreasonably high prices for one or two houses while spreading rumors that black families would soon be moving in. Although the practice has declined somewhat as many neighborhoods having become multi-racial or multi-ethnic, it was specifically banned by the Fair Housing Act of 1968, just three years before this episode aired.
- GoofsEdith was looking at the interior of the door frame of the closet by the front door, where they supposedly 'measured Gloria when she was at eleven and at two years old', even though its been mentioned various times that the Bunkers were living on Union Street when Gloria was around the age of eleven prior to them moving into this house.
- Quotes
Archie Bunker: You're colored.
Chester Byrd: Yes I am.
Archie Bunker: You didn't sound colored on the phone.
Chester Byrd: That's 'cause I used the white telephone.
- ConnectionsReferenced in All in the Family: Flashback - Mike and Gloria's Wedding: Part 2 (1972)
- SoundtracksThose Were the Days
(Opening Theme)
Written by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse
Performed by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton
Featured review
California dreamin'
In this episode, Archie is fantasizing about leaving New York for California, even though Gloria doesn't take him seriously mainly because he says this every winter, as he looks at the brochures about leaving for warmer climates. Lo and behold, Archie finds someone in his brochure box who's interested in buying any home, so on a whim, he gives the guy a call and agrees to meet him at the Bunkers' house. You can imagine Archie's surprise when he sees the man is black, even though he's offering $35,000 for the house. He says something to the man, named Justin Byrd, like "you didn't sound black" to which Byrd replies, "that's because I used a white telephone." Thalmus Rasulala plays the other man, and he does have a recognizable face, but I'm not too familiar with his work. This episode also features Archie using his pig Latin skills while on the phone with a friend while the man is still in the room with him, plus Byrd also knows pig Latin of his own. Long story short, Archie wants to take the man's deal because he's been offered a place to stay out West with an old relative of his. Soon after Archie decides to move, he gets a visit from cousin Bertha, played by Peggy Rea, and she's very excited over the news. It turns out that her son(the relative)is actually in financial trouble and is preparing his garage for the Bunkers to live in, although Bertha didn't think this news would totally change Archie's mind and eventually refuse the deal the man offered. This is a real funny early episode when the show was gaining steam, as there are more great moments which I didn't mention.
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