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Season 5, episode # 10 | ||||
"All in the Family" episode | ||||
Series: | All in the Family | |||
Network/Country: | CBS-TV | |||
Air date | November 16, 1974 | |||
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Written by: | Teleplay by: Lou Derman & Bill Davenport Story by: Dawn M. Stephens and Lou Derman & Bill Davenport | |||
Directed by: | H. Wesley Kenney | |||
IMDb: | The Longest Kiss | |||
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The Longest Kiss was the 10th episode of the fifth season and the 95th overall episode of All in the Family. The Season 5 episode first aired on CBS-TV on November 16, 1974. Written by Lou Derman and Bill Davenport from a story written by them along with Dawn M. Stephens, it was directed by H. Wesley Kenney.
Synopsis
The family is relieved to learn that Archie is safe and sound - he had been sidetracked at a podiatrist's convention. But Archie's reaction is priceless when he arrives home to find plenty of wackiness going on - hula hoops, ballroom dancing, and Mike trying to make good on Gloria's dare that they hold a kiss for hours and hours.
Episode summary
This is the third and final episode of a three-part story arc finds Edith preparing for a Tupperware party while Archie is away attending a lodge convention in Buffalo. Part 3 of a three-part story arc about the time Archie went missing. Edith receives word that Archie has been located (it seems he got on the wrong bus and ended up at a podiatrists' convention, and ended up having such a good time that he never made it to his own convention).
Edith, Gloria and Mike decide to have a party to celebrate his return; when Archie returns, he finds Edith spinning a hula hoop, Mike and Gloria struggling to maintain an hour-long kiss, George and Louise Jefferson jitterbugging, and Irene Lorenzo standing on her head. After a feud with producer Norman Lear about his contract negotiations, Carroll O'Connor finally returns in this episode.
Note: Isabel Sanford (as Louise Jefferson), Betty Garrett (as Irene Lorenzo), and Sherman Hemsley (as George Jefferson) all guest star in this episode.