One of my favorite shows of all time.
I worked my way through college at a five star hotel and met Rob Reiner when he stayed there. In the six and a half years I was there, I met everyone from near Saints to Sociopathic slime balls. He makes my list of top ten duce bags.
Owl_Eagle(If what I just wrote makes you sad or angry,
The show started with weak ratings, IIRC, but credit CBS with sticking with it. After awhile it got so popular that celebs wanted to be guest stars, like Sammy Davis, Jr. They cooked up a premise of Sammy (Archie: "now, do you take cream and sugar in your eye?") being in Archie's cab and leaving his briefcase behind. The kiss at the end is priceless.
Archie: Guess what celeb was in my cab...(he was) black as the ace of spades. In fact in my book, this guy WAS the ace of
spades.
Mike: Belafonte?
Archie: No, meat head, I said black, Harvey Belafonte
ain't black. Just a good looking white guy dipped in
car'meal.
(and...another meathead...) :)