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The
quintessential, all-American bigot, Archie Bunker was part of
the "old guard" who failed to recognize the "melting pot" mentality
of the modern world. Archie is befuddled and annoyed by anyone
and everything that doesn't share his narrow view of the world.
He is a brash, uneducated, blue-collar worker, and his small
thinking doesn't win him a lot of friends. Archie's problems
mostly stem from the changing values around him, and he consequently
spends as much time with his foot in his mouth as one of his
beloved cigars.
While he calls Edith a "dingbat" and tells her to "stifle" when
she talks too much, he truly loves her and strayed just once,
nearly having an affair with a lady-friend named Denise.
Archie makes his living on the docks as a foreman, and drives
a cab on the side for extra money. He ultimately buys his favorite
bar, Kelcy's, and renames it Archie Bunker's Place. |
