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-->'''Mr. Quigley:''' Maybe he's forgotten his way home. I found that a lot of youngsters have poor memories nowadays.

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-->'''Mr. Quigley:''' Maybe he's forgotten his way home. [[WhenIWasYourAge I found that a lot of youngsters have poor memories nowadays.]]

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* BirthdayHater: It turns out Archie was afraid of being old, so he didn't want another reminder of that fact. He was especially afraid of not being able to do stuff he wanted to do, like not riding a horse, his face not showing in the newspaper, and not eating "earsters ''(sic)'' Rockefeller" (although he already went to Disneyworld). His fears decline after Mr. Quigley points to him he still looks forward for his birthdays, rode a horse at 63 and was going to receive a set of discs containing [[UsefulNotes/FrenchLanguage French]] lessons for his birthday (learning French being a long-time dream of his).



* LeaveMeAlone[=/=]BirthdayHater: It turns out Archie was afraid of being old, so he didn't want another reminder of that fact. He was especially afraid of not being able to do stuff he wanted to do, like not riding a horse, his face not showing in the newspaper, and not eating "earsters ''(sic)'' Rockefeller" (although he already went to Disneyworld). His fears decline after Mr. Quigley points to him he still looks forward for his birthdays, rode a horse at 63 and was going to receive a set of discs containing [[UsefulNotes/FrenchLanguage French]] lessons for his birthday (learning French being a long-time dream of his).
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* LeaveMeAlone: It turns out Archie was afraid of being old, so he didn't want another reminder of that fact. He was especially afraid of not being able to do stuff he wanted to do, like not riding a horse, his face not showing in the newspaper, and not eating "earsters ''(sic)'' Rockefeller" (although he already went to Disneyworld). His fears decline after Mr. Quigley points to him he still looks forward for his birthdays, rode a horse at 63 and was going to receive a set of discs containing [[UsefulNotes/FrenchLanguage French]] lessons for his birthday (learning French being a long-time dream of his).

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* LeaveMeAlone: LeaveMeAlone[=/=]BirthdayHater: It turns out Archie was afraid of being old, so he didn't want another reminder of that fact. He was especially afraid of not being able to do stuff he wanted to do, like not riding a horse, his face not showing in the newspaper, and not eating "earsters ''(sic)'' Rockefeller" (although he already went to Disneyworld). His fears decline after Mr. Quigley points to him he still looks forward for his birthdays, rode a horse at 63 and was going to receive a set of discs containing [[UsefulNotes/FrenchLanguage French]] lessons for his birthday (learning French being a long-time dream of his).
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-->'''Archie:''' No, it ''ain't (sic)'' sexy. The last time they made a sexy picture was with Gloria [=DeHaven=].

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-->'''Archie:''' No, it ''ain't (sic)'' sexy. [[WhenIWasYourAge The last time they made a sexy picture picture]] was with Gloria [=DeHaven=].
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-->'''Irene:''' [[ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore For two hours?]] ''(Apparently, according to a later scene, he went to the movie theater.)''

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-->'''Irene:''' [[ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore For two hours?]] ''(Apparently, according ''(According to a later scene, he went to the movie theater.)''
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** In a later scene at the party, they are indeed shown having a good time with Gloria and Mr. Quigley happily singing a song.

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** In a later scene at the party, they are indeed shown having a good time with Gloria and Mr. Quigley happily singing a song."South of Your Border".



--->'''Archie:''' Yeah. You know, play some of 'em ''(sic)'' nice songs, like, huh, "Home on the Range", "South of Your Border", "Red Sails in the Sunset"...

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--->'''Archie:''' Yeah. You know, play some of 'em ''(sic)'' nice songs, like, huh, "Home on the Range", "South of Your Border", Border" ''(which Gloria and Mr. Quigley had actually been singing in a previous scene)'', "Red Sails in the Sunset"...
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-->'''Archie:''' Not for you. I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the movies. Did you know they once insured Betty Grable's legs for ''one million dollars''?

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-->'''Archie:''' Not for you.''you''. I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the movies. Did you know they once insured Betty Grable's legs for ''one million dollars''?

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** In a later scene at the party, they are indeed shown having a good time with Gloria and Mr. Quigley happily singing a song.



** In a later scene at party, they are indeed shown having a good time with Gloria and Mr. Quigley happily singing a song.

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* MissingYourOwnParty: He abandoned Edith's surprise party and went to Kelsey's bar. After Edith goes there, talks with him for a while and hands him his gift, she goes home and tells the guests the party is off.

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* MissingYourOwnParty: He abandoned Edith's surprise party and went to Kelsey's bar. After Edith goes there, talks with him for a while and hands him his gift, she goes home and tells the guests the party is off.


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** After Edith goes there, talks with him for a while and hands him his gift, she goes home and tells the guests the party is off.
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* MockSurpriseReaction: Twice, one at work and one at home, as explained below. He uses the following catchprase both times:

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* MockSurpriseReaction: Twice, Twice for Archie, one at work and one at home, as explained below. He uses the following catchprase both times:

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
-->''(Mr. Quigley had been asked by Archie if he rode a horse, to which the former said yes.)''
-->'''Archie:''' What about ''(playing, of course)'' a ukulele?
-->'''Mr. Quigley:''' I don't think you can ride a ukulele.



* LeaveMeAlone: It turns out Archie was afraid of being old, so he didn't want another reminder of that fact. He was especially afraid of not being able to do stuff he wanted to do, like not riding a horse, his face not showing in the newspaper, and not eating "earsters ''(sic)'' Rockefeller" (although he already went to Disneyworld). His fears decline after Mr. Quigley points to him he rode a horse at 63 and was going to receive a set of discs containing [[UsefulNotes/FrenchLanguage French]] lessons for his birthday (learning French being a long-time dream of his).

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* LeaveMeAlone: It turns out Archie was afraid of being old, so he didn't want another reminder of that fact. He was especially afraid of not being able to do stuff he wanted to do, like not riding a horse, his face not showing in the newspaper, and not eating "earsters ''(sic)'' Rockefeller" (although he already went to Disneyworld). His fears decline after Mr. Quigley points to him he still looks forward for his birthdays, rode a horse at 63 and was going to receive a set of discs containing [[UsefulNotes/FrenchLanguage French]] lessons for his birthday (learning French being a long-time dream of his).



* WhenIWasYourAge: Both with Mr. Quigley:
** The first was when he says, relating to Archie not coming back:

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* WhenIWasYourAge: Both with Mr. Quigley:
WhenIWasYourAge:
** The first was when he Mr. Quigley says, relating to Archie not coming back:



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**** The second was when Archie talks about ''Film/LastTangoInParis'', as mentioned above.
** The third was when Mr. Quigley pulls this on Archie and Kelsey while talking about playing the ukulele:
--->''(Mr. Quigley had been asked by Archie if he rode a horse, to which the former said yes.)''
--->'''Archie:''' What about ''(playing, of course)'' a ukulele?
--->'''Mr. Quigley:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I don't think you can ride a ukulele.]]
--->'''Archie:''' I didn't mean that. I mean... ''me'', I was thinking maybe I'd learn how play well.
--->'''Mr. Quigley:''' Oh, yeah?
--->'''Archie:''' Yeah. You know, play some of 'em ''(sic)'' nice songs, like, huh, "Home on the Range", "South of Your Border", "Red Sails in the Sunset"...
--->'''Mr. Quigley:''' Oh, yeah, modern stuff! You outta heard ''(sic)'' I was brought up with. You, young sprigs, have missed out on a lot of good tunes.
--->'''Archie:''' ''(To Kelsey.)'' You hear what he's calling us here? You, me, "young sprigs"? Ha, ha, ha. Well, maybe to him ''(points to Mr. Quigley)'' we ''are'' "young sprigs", huh, Kelsey? And, after all, maybe we are. Sure. You know what I'm just thinking of now ''(sic)''? The best thing to do is not to look back at the past at all, just get up and move with the times.
--->'''Mr. Quigley:''' Mmm, I'll try to remember that.
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* LeaveMeAlone: It turns out Archie was afraid of being old, so he didn't want another reminder of that fact. He was especially afraid of not being able to do stuff he wanted to do. His fears decline after Mr. Quigley points to him he rode a horse at 63 and was going to receive a set of discs containing [[UsefulNotes/FrenchLanguage French]] lessons for his birthday (learning French being a long-time dream of his).

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* LeaveMeAlone: It turns out Archie was afraid of being old, so he didn't want another reminder of that fact. He was especially afraid of not being able to do stuff he wanted to do.do, like not riding a horse, his face not showing in the newspaper, and not eating "earsters ''(sic)'' Rockefeller" (although he already went to Disneyworld). His fears decline after Mr. Quigley points to him he rode a horse at 63 and was going to receive a set of discs containing [[UsefulNotes/FrenchLanguage French]] lessons for his birthday (learning French being a long-time dream of his).
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* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud:
-->'''Kelsey:''' Hey, hello there, Mrs. Bunker!
-->'''Archie:''' Oh, geez! Oh!
-->'''Edith:''' Hello, Mr. Kelsey!
-->'''Kelsey:''' What brings ''you'' here?
-->'''Edith:''' Well, it was your phone call ''(the one Kelsey had done in a previous scene that took him so long he had to delay serving a beer to Archie)''. ''(Kelsey waves his heads in discontent, while Edith opens her mouth in the form of an "O" as if to say "I blew it".)''
-->'''Archie:''' Oh, oh. So, it's her who you was ''(sic)'' talking on the phone. Is nothing sacred no more? Whatever happened to "a man's bar ''(sic)'' is his castle"?
-->'''Edith:''' Archie, don't blame Mr. Kelsey. Mike called him and asked him to phone if you came here.
-->'''Archie:''' Oh, the Meathead done ''(sic)'' that? You suppose that makes it all right.
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-->'''Archie:''' Heheh. ''(Small smile)'' I wouldn't give you two bits for Creator/MarlonBrando's legs. Or, any other parts of him I've just seen featured.

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-->'''Archie:''' Heheh. ''(Small smile)'' I wouldn't give you two bits for Creator/MarlonBrando's legs. Or, [[MaleFrontalNudity any other parts of him I've just seen featured.featured]].

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* HappyBirthdayToYou: They sing the standard tune to Archie twice (except, in the latter time, Mike sings "happy 50th birthday to you" just to annoy Archie).

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* {{Filth}}: Archie feels that way about ''Film/LastTangoInParis''. He distinguishes between that and "sexy pictures".
-->'''Kelsey:''' Hey, listen, what are gonna do to celebrate?
-->'''Archie:''' Nothing, I've been to the movies.
-->'''Kelsey:''' What did you see?
-->'''Archie:''' Heheheh... ''The Last Tango on Paris (sic)''.
-->'''Kelsey:''' Hey, Arch, I hear that's kinda sexy, huh?
-->'''Archie:''' You know, I went there they was ''(sic)'' bringing back one of 'em ''(sic)'' nice old movies. You know, Creator/GeneKelly [[Film/AnchorsAweigh dancing around the Eiffel Tower in a sailor's suit]]. All I've seen was pure pornogra-phy ''(sic)''.
-->'''Kelsey:''' Ain't ''(sic)'' that sexy?
-->'''Archie:''' No, it ''ain't (sic)'' sexy. The last time they made a sexy picture was with Gloria [=DeHaven=].
-->'''Kelsey:''' ''Gloria [=DeHaven=]'' made sexy movies?!
-->'''Archie:''' Yeah, she made sexy movies. And I tell you another one, too: Creator/BettyGrable. And she ''was'' sexy! But you see her ''(sic)'', she never showed you no sex ''(sic)'', you know.
-->'''Kelsey:''' What do you mean?
-->'''Archie:''' What do I mean? She left it all in the... what do you call?... imagination, see, she left it in your mind, that's where sex outta ''(sic)'' be.
-->'''Kelsey:''' ''(Nodding his head in a disapproving fashion and laughing)'' Not for me, Arch, no.
-->'''Archie:''' Not for you. I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the movies. Did you know they once insured Betty Grable's legs for ''one million dollars''?
-->'''Kelsey:''' No!
-->'''Archie:''' Heheh. ''(Small smile)'' I wouldn't give you two bits for Creator/MarlonBrando's legs. Or, any other parts of him I've just seen featured.
-->'''Kelsey:''' I get the feeling you didn't like that picture.
-->'''Archie:''' It was so filthy, I [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere nearly walked out of it]].
* HappyBirthdayToYou: They sing the standard tune to Archie twice (except, in the latter time, Mike sings the non-standard "happy 50th birthday to you" just to annoy Archie).



** Archie stating he's 49, not 50 (even though he is, indeed, 50 years old).

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** Archie stating he's 49, not 50 (even though he is, indeed, 50 years old). Edith (due to her writing "happy 50th birthday" on the cake), Mike (due to insisting on him being 50) and Kelsey (for the latter asking whether he was 55 or 56, because he looked that old to the latter) all rub him wrong.



** "Pure pornogra-phy ''(sic)''" vs. "sexy pictures", for Archie, as seen above.



-->'''Ms. Nelson:''' I still don't understand, why didn't Archie stay? I thought it was his birthday.
-->'''Edith:''' I think the surprise was too much for him. I guess he's just taking a walk around the block.
-->'''Irene:''' [[ParentNeverCameBackFromTheStore For two hours?]] ''(Apparently, according to a later scene, he went to the movie theater.)''
-->'''Mr. Quigley:''' Maybe he's forgotten his way home. I found that a lot of youngsters have poor memories nowadays.
-->'''Edith:''' But he'll be here. Let's all have a good time.
-->''(Cue Archie moping at Kelsey's Bar.)''
** In a later scene at party, they are indeed shown having a good time with Gloria and Mr. Quigley happily singing a song.



** The guests of the latter, however, have an impromptu surprise party at Kelsey's, and that one goes well (other than Mike upsetting Archie by singing "happy 50th birthday to you" by the end of the [[HappyBirthdayToYou birthday song]]).

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** The guests of the latter, however, have an impromptu surprise party at Kelsey's, and that one goes well (other than Mike upsetting Archie by singing "happy 50th birthday to you" by the end of the [[HappyBirthdayToYou birthday song]]).song]]).
* WhenIWasYourAge: Both with Mr. Quigley:
** The first was when he says, relating to Archie not coming back:
--->I found that a lot of youngsters have poor memories nowadays. ''(Archie was having his 50th birthday party.)''
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* HappyBirthdayToYou: They sing the standard tune to Archie twice (except, in the latter time, Mike sings "happy 50th birthday to you" just to annoy Archie).
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It's Archie's birthday and we see Edith planning his surprise party. However that will ''not'' turn out as good as she expected...

!!This episode contains examples of the following tropes:
* BirthdayEpisode: For Archie, [[InsistentTerminology who stubbornly states he's 49]] but is actually 50 years old. Mr. Quigley, who was invited to Archie's party, has his own birthday (83 years old) the day after Archie's.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
-->''(Mr. Quigley had been asked by Archie if he rode a horse, to which the former said yes.)''
-->'''Archie:''' What about ''(playing, of course)'' a ukulele?
-->'''Mr. Quigley:''' I don't think you can ride a ukulele.
* InsistentTerminology:
** Archie stating he's 49, not 50 (even though he is, indeed, 50 years old).
** It's not "Mrs. Quigley" (because she's not married to nor she will marry with Mr. Quigley) and it's not "Miss Nelson". It's ''Ms.'' Nelson.
--->'''Ms. Nelson:''' ''(After Edith called her "Miss Nelson")'' No, it's Ms.. Ms.. Ms..
* LeaveMeAlone: It turns out Archie was afraid of being old, so he didn't want another reminder of that fact. He was especially afraid of not being able to do stuff he wanted to do. His fears decline after Mr. Quigley points to him he rode a horse at 63 and was going to receive a set of discs containing [[UsefulNotes/FrenchLanguage French]] lessons for his birthday (learning French being a long-time dream of his).
* MissingYourOwnParty: He abandoned Edith's surprise party and went to Kelsey's bar. After Edith goes there, talks with him for a while and hands him his gift, she goes home and tells the guests the party is off.
* MockSurpriseReaction: Twice, one at work and one at home, as explained below. He uses the following catchprase both times:
-->What? Who? Me?
* MyNewGiftIsLame: Edith offers Archie a ukulele "just like Arthur Godfrey's". He actually likes it, but it is useless since he doesn't know how to play it.
* SurpriseParty: Archie actually blows ''two'' of these:
** The first one, at work, because he saw Stretch Cunningham putting a candle on a [[TrademarkFavouriteFood Twinkie]], so [[MockSurpriseReaction he had to act surprised]].
** For the second one, at home, planned by Edith, because he arrives 20 minutes earlier than she had asked him to, due to a power shortage at his workplace. He ends having to [[MockSurpriseReaction act surprised again]] and leave by the back door to reenter again, since Mike points out the "surprise" part of the party is as psychologically important to the guests as it is to the birthday boy. Later [[MissingYourOwnParty he abandons the party]].
** The guests of the latter, however, have an impromptu surprise party at Kelsey's, and that one goes well (other than Mike upsetting Archie by singing "happy 50th birthday to you" by the end of the [[HappyBirthdayToYou birthday song]]).

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