All in the Family (TV Series)
Edith's 50th Birthday: Part 1 (1977)
Jean Stapleton: Edith Bunker
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Quotes
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Edith Bunker : [Edith has exhausted every possible escape, and the rapist is unzipping her dress] Ohhh, there's something burning, in the kitchen.
Lambert : [frustrated by her stalling] What is it?
Edith Bunker : I-it's in the kitchen.
Lambert : [fed up, but relenting] All right, all right, come on come on come on.
Edith Bunker : There's somethin' burning, in the kitchen.
[they come in the kitchen, which is filled with smoke, she screams, completely hysterical]
Edith Bunker : Ohhh, there's a fire! FIRE! Ohhhh, my cake! My ca-cake, it's burnin'!
Lambert : Lady, get rid of it. Get rid of it!
Edith Bunker : [Edith shoves the hot smoldering cake directly in the rapist's face, throws open the door, and punches him in the stomach] GET OUT! GET OUT!
[throws him out the back door, slams it, then runs through the house out the front door shrieking while the audience applauds wildly]
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Edith Bunker : I'm an old lady. I'm very old. I'm as old as Lindburgh's airplane.
Lambert : I like older women.
Edith Bunker : But I'm married.
Lambert : So am I.
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Edith Bunker : [petrified] Wh-what are you doin'? You ain't taking off your clothes, are you?
Lambert : Yeah. Then I'm going to take yours off.
Edith Bunker : [squirming desperately to get away] W-wouldn't you like a cup of coffee instead?
Lambert : [pushes her back down] I don't drink coffee.
Edith Bunker : [desperately] I got Sanka!
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Cop : [carrying Lambert's clothes] Can you identify these clothes?
[produces Lambert's tie]
Edith Bunker : [horrified] NO! NO! He'll kill me! He'll kill me!
[runs up the stairs]
Edith Bunker : He'll kill me! He'll kill me!
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Edith Bunker : I gotta go to the bathroom.
[Starts to run upstairs but Lambert races after her]
Edith Bunker : What are you doing?
Lambert : You're going to the bathroom? I'm going with you.
Edith Bunker : I'll wait 'til tomorrow.
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Edith Bunker : [terrified] Listen, I gotta get out of here. See, I gotta get ready for my birthday party.
Lambert : Happy birthday.
Edith Bunker : Thank you.
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Sybil Gooley : I happen to know that Archie hates me.
Edith Bunker : Whoever told you that?
Sybil Gooley : Archie.