All in the Family (TV Series) Maude (1972) User Reviews

Archie And Edith Visit Maude

[Jimmy_the_Gent4 · 16 June 2019]

Edith's cousin Maude's daughter Carol is getting married, Edith brings Archie even though he and Maude can't stand each other.

A funny pilot for the "Maude" series. The first scene has Archie and Edith leaving the house for a bus trip upstate for the wedding. We find out Archie does not like to miss buses, since he also waited for a bus while Edith was in labor with Gloria! We see the loud and liberal Maude for the second time and meet her fourth husband Walter (Bill Macy, he previous played a cop in "Archie Sees A Mugging" and would continue as Walter in the "Maude" series). Carol is played by Marcia Rodd (she was in "Mike's Mysterious Son") she would be replaced in the series by the cuter and less abrasive Adrienne Barbeau. Archie is absent for most of the episode but he and Maude get in a few digs at each other. One of the funniest lines is when Archie leaves and goes to his motel, Maude remarking he will love watching TV that night since Gov. George Wallace will be on the Tonight Show! Bob Dishy plays David, the Jewish bridegroom but he and Carol get into some arguments about anti-Semitic remarks and the wedding gets called off.

And then there's Maude

[gcanfield-29727 · 10/10 · 27 August 2020]

This pilot is better than any "Maude" episode I can recall. The story of Maude's daughter about to be married is well done. Observant viewers will note that Marcia Rodd and Bill Macy had each appeared, as different characters, in previous AITF episodes. I think Marcia was better-looking than Adrienne Barbeau, but Adrienne had at least two other good qualities. In this episode, we hear some bigoted remarks being made-and without Archie being present. Three characters, initially denouncing Archie for his bigotry, ultimately prove themselves not entirely free of prejudice. This episode had the benefit of John Rich, one of the all-time best TV directors. Perhaps, "Maude" would have been better if Rich had directed that show.

Maude is such a hateful woman

[Christopher370 · 2/10 · 10 May 2023]

It's hard to believe such an unlikable, insufferable, hateful character such as Maude got her own show. She's a liberal, female Archie Bunker, yet she doesn't possess any of the endearing qualities that made audiences fall in love with Archie.

Maude hates people and doesn't hide her contempt from them, but at the same time she hides behind her liberal facade attempting to fool everyone into thinking she cares about all people and is some champion for equality when she's just as racist and bigoted inside as Archie is. Archie seems to know this and can go head to head with her and always win. He has a quick comeback for all her insults here and makes her the fool that she is whenever she tries to insult him. Go Archie!

At least Archie is honest about who he is and makes no pretense trying to fool people into believing how open and tolerant he is like Maude does.

Maude is extremely intolerant of anyone who doesn't agree with her point of view and walks around with a perpetual scowl on her face. She's always angry at someone! At least Archie can laugh and crack jokes with a smile even when he's mad at a person while all Maude can do is yell, scream and terrorize anyone within earshot of her. It's amazing her show lasted more than one season!

The Problem With Dealing With Discrimination

[richard.fuller1 · 28 August 2011]

On an episode of Newhart, Stephanie (Julia Duffy) learns Michael (Peter Scolari) is unemployed.

"Good bye, Michael!" she sobs.

"Good bye, Stephanie!" he says as he goes to the door.

On Laverne and Shirley, Bowling captain Laverne offers critiques to her teammates. One lets go of the ball too late, another lets go of the ball too soon. Last time, she left her ball on the bus. Oops! She did it again. Call the bus station.

Shirley asks why she had no critique. Laverne says she gets upset too easily. No, I won't, Shirley replies smiling.

Laverne says Shirley takes too many steps before she throws her ball.

I QUIT THE TEAM! Shirley screams.

Now this brings us to this, the pilot episode of Maude, as seen on All In The Family.

Long story short, Archie calls the cops on the stag party of Carol's fiancée (fiance?), only after Maude run him out of the bridal party. Good going, Maude.

Carol and her betrothed (Bob Dishy) break off the engagement after Carol learns about women at the stag party. It escalates from there.

Now I remember this episode from near 40 years ago, but only recently in the past couple of years did I pay attention to it.

Dishy's character is Jewish (don't know if Dishy himself is), and in no time, Maude and Carol are bellowing how they have to behave a certain way around Dishy because he is Jewish, then he bellows out he has to behave a certain way because they aren't.

SHOCK! The dialogue was something along those lines. Dishy now calmly says he is leaving and the wedding is off.

Now this is the problem with much of this logic toward cultural diversities and racism, discrimination, bigotry. It can NOT be tolerated. Is it there? Then everything else must be swept off the board so this BIGOTRY can be focused on and dealt with. Put on the brakes.

As Stephanie did to Michael's unemployment. As Shirley did to her bowling critique.

WHY is this the case?

Hey, let's have lunch. -- Are you a bigot? -- Yes, I am. -- Then I can't go with you.

Hey, let's have lunch. -- Are you a bigot? -- Of course, now let's go have lunch.

Why are the brakes put on if the person is Jewish and favors Jewish, or if the gentile bride has reservations about offending the Jewish groom? This is truly about the worst message to send out than even blatant racism.

People who do this need to examine how close-minded they are. It's all along the same lines as Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar walking off of Bill O'Reilly when he was a guest on their show. Where does this startling revelation stuff come from and why does it always have to be placed on the front burner?

Another good one is a forgotten show called Life Goes On, with Patti LuPone. In the episode with Chad Lowe as a kid with AIDS, the school board votes to not allow him to continue in the school.

LuPone now decides she is resigning from the school board. Because they didn't agree with you? Is it only open-mindedness when you are agreed with and your opinion wins out?

If a bride is from the south and the groom is from the north, if they have reservations about being culturally different, they discuss it and deal with it, but if the bride is gentile and the groom is Jewish, and they have reservations, then the wedding is off.

Right on, Maude.