Todo en familia Judging Books by Covers (1971–1979) Online
- Original Title :
- Judging Books by Covers
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Comedy / Drama
- Year :
- 1971–1979
- Directror :
- John Rich
- Cast :
- Carroll O'Connor,Jean Stapleton,Rob Reiner
- Writer :
- Norman Lear,Burt Styler
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 30min
- Rating :
- 9.0/10
Archie takes an instant dislike to Roger, a friend of Mike and Gloria, who he thinks is gay due to his effeminate manners and his love of the arts. However, Archie finds out something very interesting about a former pro-football player friend of his that causes him to re-think his ideas of who might be gay and who might be straight.
Episode cast overview: | |||
Carroll O'Connor | - | Archie Bunker | |
Jean Stapleton | - | Edith Bunker | |
Rob Reiner | - | Michael 'Meathead' Stivic | |
Sally Struthers | - | Gloria Bunker-Stivic | |
Philip Carey | - | Steve | |
Anthony Geary | - | Roger (as Tony Geary) | |
Bob Hastings | - | Tommy Kelsey | |
Billy Halop | - | Barney (as Bill Halop) | |
Billy Sands | - | Nick (as Billie Sands) | |
Linn Patrick | - | Jerry |
Guest stars Anthony Geary and Philip Carey both went on to play long running roles on popular ABC Soap Operas. Geary as Luke Spencer on Szpital miejski (1963), and Carey as Asa Buchannan on Tylko jedno zycie (1968).
The first appearance of Kelsey's Bar, which would evolve later in the series into Archie Bunker's Place after Archie bought the bar.
Archie calls Roger a Tinkerbell. Ironically, Billy Sands (Nick) was 'Tinker' Bell on the Mc Hale's Navy series (1962-1966).
The title is from the expression "never judge a book by its cover."
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