Episode
All in the Family: The Draft Dodger
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- All in the Family
- Season
- Season 7
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1976-12-25
- Runtime
- 25 min
Episode context
The Draft Dodger is Episode 15 in Season 7 of All in the Family. It aired on 1976-12-25. The runtime is 25 min.
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