Episode

All in the Family: The Baby Contest

Name: All in the Family: The Baby Contest
Released: 1976-12-11
Duration: 25 min
Cast: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner, Mike Evans

All in the FamilySeason 71976-12-11

Overview

Archie enters Joey in a newspapers's beautifull-baby contest, against the express wishes of Mike and Gloria.

Details

Series: All in the Family
Season: Season 7
Episode: Episode 13
Air date: 1976-12-11
Runtime: 25 min

Episode context

The Baby Contest is Episode 13 in Season 7 of All in the Family. It aired on 1976-12-11. The runtime is 25 min.

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Episode 12: Archie's Secret Passion 1976-12-04 | 25 min Edith discovers Archie once had a brief encounterswith an old high school friend she's invited to dinner.

Episode 14: Gloria's False Alarm 1976-12-18 | 25 min Gloria insists that Mike get the vasectomy he's talked about for years.

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Episode 15: The Draft Dodger 1976-12-25 | 25 min The clash of two worlds explodes in this episode. Mike's friend is a Draft Dodger and it is Christmas dinner and unbeknownst to Archie this guy is sitting at his Christmas dinner table. The guy is exactly everything Archie hates about Mike's generation. On top of this Archie's friend is also spending Christmas dinner with the Bunkers and he lost his son to the war.

Episode 10: Mike and Gloria's Will 1976-11-20 | 25 min Mike and Gloria are having a discussion over who will take care of Joey, just in case there comes a time when both of them are unable to care for the little tyke before his 18th birthday. Mike has serious reservations over allowing in-laws Archie and Edith to get custody of Joey, particularly due to what he perceives as Archie's bad influences. Gloria is having a hard time convincing Mike otherwise and gives in to Mike's rhetoric. Mike's suspicions are confirmed when Archie and Edith return with Joey after a day of playing in the park. What's that Joey's got in his hands? Why, a toy machine gun that Grandpa had bought him. Of course, Mike (being dead set against gun violence) immediately is very angry and tells Archie that toy guns could influence children's behavior later on. Tempers really escalate when Mike grabs the plastic gun from Archie and breaks it over his knee. After the two continue to argue, Mike lets slip that he is considering including a clause in the Stivics' will that

Episode 16: The Boarder Patrol 1977-01-08 | 25 min Returning home unexpectedly, Archie and Edith surprise a scantily clad Teresa and her boyfriend.

Episode 9: Teresa Moves In 1976-11-13 | 25 min The Bunkers take in a boarder to help revive their battered budget.

Episode 17: Archie's Chair 1977-01-15 | 25 min Mike accidently breaks Archie's Chair.

Episode 8: Beverly Rides Again 1976-11-06 | 25 min As a practical joke, Archie fixes up one of his drinking buddies with female impersonator Beverly La Salle.

Episode 18: Mike Goes Skiing 1977-01-22 | 25 min Mike asserts his independence by leaving Gloria behind while he joins his friends on a weekend skiing trip.

Episode 7: Archie's Operation (2) 1976-10-27 | 25 min Archie recuperates in record time after he's called back to work-with a raise and a promotion.

Episode 19: Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye 1977-01-29 | 25 min Archie reluctantly agress to deliver Stretch Cunningham's eulogy, unawware that his departed friend was Jewish.