Archie and Edith travel to upstate New York to attend Carol Findlay's wedding.Archie and Edith travel to upstate New York to attend Carol Findlay's wedding.Archie and Edith travel to upstate New York to attend Carol Findlay's wedding.
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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.
Did you know
- TriviaIn this episode, Carol is portrayed by actress Marcia Rodd. When Maude (1972) became its own series, the role of Carol went to actress Adrienne Barbeau (reportedly Marcia - primarily a theater actress - decided not to join the spinoff). Bea Arthur was quoted as saying she would rather have had Marcia Rodd carry on playing Carol throughout the spin-off, regarding Barbeau's portrayal as too soft, while Rodd played her as hard-edged. Rodd did guest star as a different character in "Walter's Temptation" during the final season of "Maude".
- Quotes
David Green: There was belly dancer. There was a redhead with a guitar.
Carol Findlay: You already mentioned her.
Walter Findlay: Oh, yeah, she was the standout. She rode him around the room piggyback singing Marching to Pretoria.
Carol Findlay: David!
David Green: What's the matter? You don't like that song?
Carol Findlay: I can't believe this.
David Green: That's what you do. It's a bachelor party. You fool around.
Carol Findlay: Two days before the wedding?
David Green: We're individuals, right? You got two days. You can fool around if you want.
Carol Findlay: That's not the point.
David Green: Wait a minute. What happened to that liberated female I'm gonna marry, with all those speeches that come pouring out of your mouth, all those liberal views?
Carol Findlay: You're right David. I'm sorry. Anything you did at your bachelor party is okay. After all, I'm no angel myself.
Maude Findlay: And that's the truth, David.
Carol Findlay: Mother, please!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016)
- SoundtracksThose Were the Days
(Opening Theme)
Written by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse
Performed by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton