All language subtitles for All in the Family - S02E10 - The Insurance Is Canceled

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Thank you.

What is it, ma? It's
a special delivery...

For Mr. and Mrs. Archie bunker.

Ma, would you please
tell me how my soup tastes?

Mmm! Delicious.

It just needs a
little less salt.

Thanks, ma.

Oh, my! This is
terrible! Ma, what is it?

"Dear Mr. and Mrs. Bunker,

"we regret to inform you...

That your home insurance
has been cancelled."

What? Let me see that.

Wow. How do you like that?

Comprehensive, fire, theft... yeah, they
cancelled it all. Doesn't even say why.

Archie'll be so upset.

I don't know how
I'm gonna tell him.

I hope he's in a good
mood when he gets home.

Don't worry, ma. I'll tell him.

I wanna tell youse
all, life can be lousy.

Maybe you'd better tell him.

Don't ask me how my day went.

You wouldn't wanna
hear the answer.

Get out of the chair here, huh?

Hello, Edith. How are ya?
You're fine. Thank you very much.

That's all the talk I wanna hear
out of ya till further notice.

And a "dummy up,
meathead" to you.

Now, that takes care of this
here group. Where's Gloria?

Well, she's in the
kitchen fixing dinner.

Now, hear this, all of youse,
and pass the word to the kitchen.

I got a very serious
problem here.

It's gonna take
all of my thinkin'...

And all of my "consecration."

This is where i'm
gonna be doin' it, here.

Youse are all gonna be
helpin' me. "How?" You may ask?

By keepin' your mouths shut.

I want youse all to synchronize
your tongues to silence.

Ready? Begin.

Archie, here's something.

Was I talkin' too
fast for you, Edith?

Or were your ears just
too slow? Stifle yourself!

But this letter... lick it,
stamp it and mail it, Edith.

I got bigger fish to fly.

Now, get me a beer
without a glass.

And without another word.

Uh, arch... dummy up!

- Archie...
- Are you lookin'
for an argument?

No, I just wanted to
talk to you. Forget it!

All I ask of you is
complete silence.

Archie, here's your beer. Ohh!

The letter with a
beer chaser, huh, Edith?

What are you tryin' to put
over? I think you'd better read it.

Edith, you can't put your mind
on two things at the same time.

Your brain gets clogged.
It'll back up on ya.

And there ain't no draino for
the braino. Take it out of here.

Well, here's your beer. Now,
wait a minute, Edith. Hold it.

This ain't my regular
beer. Well, you see,

that brand was on sale.

So what, Edith? If there
was a sale on dirty socks,

would you buy them?

No. no, because you know I
ain't got no use for dirty socks.

And I ain't got no use for
any beer except my own.

And I don't wanna talk
about socks and beer!

Would you like to
talk about this letter?

N-o!

Well, then I guess I'll go
help Gloria fix the dinner.

That would be nice.

Uh, arch... ain't you got
nothin' to do with yourself?

Well, I wanted to talk
to you about this problem.

I got a bigger
problem over here!

Oh. You wanna
talk to me about it?

I mean, there are certain things a man
only wants to discuss with another man.

I mean, if you have a problem,
maybe I can help you with it.

My problem is about work,

which you don't
know nothin' about.

Like you said, it's a man's problem,
and that's where you get off the train.

Okay, forget it!
Forget it, all right?

Michael, what's the matter? I tried to
help him, he kicked me right in the teeth.

Archie, what happened? Daddy,
what did you say to Michael?

Don't bother him, Gloria. Can't
you see he's got a big problem?

Somebody probably stole a
twinkie out of his lunch box.

Funny.

Well, if you think my havin' to
fire a man is a little problem...

Oh, my. Is that
what's bothering you?

That's right, Edith. I
gotta fire one of my men.

Why do you have to
do a thing like that?

Well, I don't know. It's
because of this depression...

Or recession or
whatever they're callin' it.

Nixon calls it "a recent
upswing in the economic picture."

Why don't we shove some food in front
of this pinko and keep his mouth busy?

Let's eat.

That'll make us all feel better.

Daddy, when did all this
happen? Oh, just today.

The boss sent the word down.

He wants one man fired,
and I gotta recommend who.

Why, that's an awful thing
to have to recommend.

Why don't you recommend
something else?

Because the boss don't
want something else, Edith.

I gotta give one of
my three men the ax.

Well, I got little Emmanuel, the
puerto rican guy with the short leg,

I got black elmo,
the colored guy,

and... good old
stretch Cunningham.

- The dope.
- Stretch Cunningham
ain't no dope.

Archie, you said yourself the
guy's got an I.Q. Of about one.

I know, I know, but it's
been lately goin' up.

Archie, I.Q.S don't go up.

How do you know? You
don't work with the man.

I seen it goin' up.

Anyhow, bein' smart ain't the
most important thing on this job.

The most important
thing is... dependability.

That's what it is. You take black
elmo. I can't depend on the guy.

But you said he's never missed a
day of work since he's been with you.

I can't depend on
him keepin' that up.

Then there's little Emmanuel.

Besides havin' a gimpy leg, he
don't speak no good English.

How can you count on a guy
who don't speak no good English?

Archie, Emmanuel's your quickest
worker. You're always saying that.

That's the trouble
with him... he's too quick.

What?

He always looks like he's
doin' more than he really is.

What is he really doing, Archie?

I don't know, Edith. By the time I
get around to check up on him,

he's got it done.

Let's face it, daddy.

You're saying Emmanuel
and elmo are your best men.

That's right. And stretch Cunningham's
incompetent but he's white, so he stays.

Look, I couldn't fire stretch
Cunningham even if I wanted to.

There's 60 other
white guys down there,

and they'd murder me
if I done a thing like that.

You don't know how much
stretch means to them.

Oh, yes, I do. White power.

- It don't mean
nothin' like that!
- What is it, then?

Well, for one thing,
the guys all love him...

Because he makes them laugh
and he'll do anything for a laugh.

Like, one of them blue mondays not
long ago, everybody's feelin' lousy, see?

So stretch goes outside,
he takes off all his clothes,

takes a bunch of raisins,
puts 'em in his belly button.

He can do that because
he's got the goin'-in kind.

Then he comes runnin'
back and he says,

"hey, look, everybody!
I'm a raisin cookie!"

That's funny!

Archie, if a black man or a puerto rican
did the same thing, you'd call him stupid.

But stretch Cunningham's
white, so he's funny.

Ah, nuts to you!

You don't know how these guys
feel unless you talk to them.

You don't know
nothin' about humor.

Anyway, I ain't made
my final decision yet,

so... why don't we talk
about somethin' else?

All right.

Your insurance
has been cancelled.

Read this. My
insurance is cancelled?

Let me see... oh, there's
gotta be a mistake, Edith.

I always paid every
single premium.

I ain't never once put
in a claim for nothin'.

Maybe that's why
they cancelled you.

Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.

Do you see whose
name is signed...

To the bottom of
these glad tidings? Yeah.

Wendell hornsby. Wendell
hornsby. Your idiot nephew!

The guy that sold me this
policy in the first place!

The one I had wasn't
good enough. Oh, no.

I had to scrap it and buy
another one from this here jerk.

But he was just startin'
out, and he's family.

Your family, Edith, not mine.

Your family don't even know i'm
alive, except when they want something.

Seven years ago out of the
blue, Wendell's mother calls me up.

"Oh, hello, uncle
Archie. How are ya?"

All of a sudden, I'm elected
to the family as official patsy...

So I can be the first customer
for this guy and buy his first policy.

And this is my "thank you"
note here... cancelled!

But I'm sure it's not his fault.

Yeah, arch. They
don't start cancellin'

policies unless they're
payin' out too much.

Maybe there's been a
lot of fires in this area.

There's no fires around here,

except when Jim mcnab set fire to
his Christmas tree in the gutter...

And his crazy dog went out and
dragged it back into the house.

This is your nephew,
Edith, and it's your fault.

Now, I want you to call this Wendell
on the phone and tell him I wanna see him.

Now? All right,
Archie. Yes, now.

Daddy, why don't you sit down and eat
your dinner? 'Cause I lost my appetite.

Arch, what are you
gettin' so upset about?

It's probably just a
mistake. If it's not, you know,

I think it's kind of
ironic. To which?

I mean, think about it.

Insurance company's cuttin'
you off for no good reason,

and tomorrow you're gonna cut
little Emmanuel off for no good reason.

You don't know that. I
don't know that myself.

Oh, Archie, from
everything you've said...

What I say ain't got nothin'
to do with what I think.

There's a lot of things goin' on up
here that never come out my mouth.

Now, just get away from
me. Wendell isn't home,

but I left a message
for him to call you back.

Well, he better call me back.

Now, leave me alone,
huh, Edith? I'm thinkin'.

About firing elmo
or little Emmanuel?

Yeah, Edith, and about how
to kill your nephew Wendell.

Let's see.

Wendell is my sister's
husband's sister's son.

Then he's really
a distant relative.

Oh, yeah, he lives way
out in far rockaway.

Wendell's mother and I...

Used to play together
when we were little girls.

You know what we did?

Whenever we didn't have any money
for candy, which was most of the time,

we'd go into the candy
store and start a fight.

Why, mom? Oh, it
wasn't a real fight.

Wendell's mother would
make-believe she was hitting me,

and I would cry real loud.

And then Mr. Solomon, the owner,

would give me a sweet
to make me stop cryin'.

And then we'd run out on the
sidewalk and divide the candy.

Oh, ma. Shame on you.

Oh, yeah. Sometimes, he'd
only give me one sour ball,

and that would drive us crazy.

Hey, arch, did you do
it? Did I do it? Did I do it?

That's a real Polack
question if I ever heard one.

And I'll give you I don't know.

Edith. How am I supposed to
know what you're talkin' about?

Can't you ask me an intelligent
question? I didn't wanna confuse you.

Listen, meathead, any
time you ask me a straight

question, I'll give
you a straight answer.

Okay. Did you fire
stretch Cunningham?

None of your damn business.

Archie, I'm glad
you're home early,

'cause Wendell called and says
he's comin' before dinner. Yeah.

Before is good, because if I had
to face the bum on a full stomach,

I'd probably "detergerate."

Well, Wendell said
to tell you that...

He couldn't stay long
'cause he's very busy.

Sure. He's probably cancellin'
polices all over town.

I'll get it. You go tell
Gloria Wendell is here.

Hello, Wendell! Aunt
Edith, is that you?

I don't believe it. Oh, you look
beautiful. Fantastic. Ravishing.

Thank you. This guy's
shovelin' with two hands.

Is that uncle Archie?

That is not uncle
Archie. Yeah, that's Archie.

How does he do it, aunt Edith?

How do you do it, uncle Archie?
You're the picture of health.

'Cause my health insurance
ain't been cancelled.

That's Archie, all right.
The same old sense of humor.

And this must be little Andrea.

Gloria. Yes. Gloria.

And this is my
husband, Michael stivic.

Husband? That
means you're married.

Will you excuse me? I have to go
upstairs and wash my hair. Of course.

And what beautiful hair she has.

Aunt Edith, I just can't get
over... come on, Wendell.

Quit grinding out
the baloney, huh?

Edith, sit down someplace.

Listen, what's the meaning
of this here letter?

Oh, yes. This is our form 404.

Just sit down here, huh?

And stop tellin' Edith how gorgeous
she is, 'cause we all know you're lyin'.

What a sense of
humor. Hello, Archie.

I hope you don't mind,
but I had to see you.

Oh, hi, Emmanuel.

I don't mean to bother
you, but it's something

important. I have to
talk to you about it.

Yeah, well, uh, i'm
kind of busy here...

Who is it, Archie?

It's nobody, Edith.
It's little Emmanuel.

Little Emmanuel? Well, come in!

I'm so glad to meet you.

Look, everybody,
it's little Emmanuel.

Won't you sit down? Oh.

This is my son-in-law,
Michael stivic, and my nephew...

Come on. Come
on. Come on, Edith.

You ain't entertaining the
mayor of Puerto Rico here.

I think I know what
Emmanuel wants.

Uh, while we're in here busy talkin'
over something else, Emmanuel,

you wouldn't mind waitin'
in the kitchen, would ya?

No. And I'll get you a
drink while you wait.

And then after that...

Go ahead, sit down.
Take a load off your foot.

What do youse people like
to drink? Pineapple juice?

Oh, no.

No, thank you.

I got a bowl of
cold rice in here.

No, nothing, nothing.
I got to go quick.

Yeah, all right. Well, there's
some coffee over there.

Anytime you want it,
just help yourself, huh?

Archie, you did it! I did what?

You fired little
Emmanuel. I had to.

You could've fired
stretch Cunningham.

And get 60 white guys on the job
sore as hell at me? Get out of here.

Come on, arch. Why'd you have to pick on
little Emmanuel? He's your best worker.

There's colored guys and
white guys workin' down here.

He's the only puerto
rican. He'll never be missed.

Archie, you left little
Emmanuel alone in the kitchen.

It's all right, Edith. He
ain't gonna steal nothin'.

Now, listen,
let's get this 404...

Wait a minute. What am I
doin' here? That's my chair.

Get out of there!
Sit down over there.

Now, start talkin'. Well...

Hold it. Why are
you breathin' on me?

I gotta breathe. Breathe
over there, will ya?

I want my insurance back.

Now, Archie, I'm afraid
it's not as simple as that.

You see, this little code
listing up here in the corner...

Indicates you're in
what we call an h.R.N.

H.r.n.? What's that? A
"high-risk neighborhood."

What is that?
Well, uncle Archie...

Now, let me make
this perfectly clear.

Where have I heard that before?

Dummy up, you.

Go on. You were sayin'? Your
insurance has not been cancelled.

It's been economically
terminated.

Wait a minute. Don't terminatin'
mean the same thing as cancelled?

Yes, but economically
terminated is a much nicer term,

because it lets the client
know it's nothing he's done.

Archie... excuse me.

Little Emmanuel is
anxious to speak to you.

Edith, can't you pour him
some coffee out there?

Yeah. All right, Archie.

Now, I ain't got all night,
Wendell, so give it to me straight.

Okay. Archie,

you are a victim of
area displacement.

What does that mean?

I think it means you
didn't get it straight.

Who asked you?

Now, Wendell, give
it to me straight,

or I punch you in the head.

Archie, you have a
fabulous sense of humor.

Archie, por favor?

Yeah, pour some more.

Now, come on, Wendell. Okay.

I have a map in here which I
think will clear everything up.

Yeah, well, we gotta get everything
cleared up. May I put it over here?

Put it right down on
the table. Archie, please.

All right, take it easy,
Emmanuel, will ya?

You get your stuff out, and i'm
gonna talk to this guy in the kitchen.

Get back in there.

Edith... Edith, what
are you doin' here?

Go outside and sit
with your dopey nephew.

Right away, Archie.
Now, listen, Emmanuel.

I'm kind of rushed
for time, so, uh...

What do you want from me? Well, I want
to talk to you about me getting fired.

Well, Emmanuel, uh,

it's this way, see.

You wasn't really fired.

No?

You mean I still have my job?

Wait a minute, will ya?
Sit down a minute. Yeah!

Don't kiss me no more!

No. I mean, y-y-you ain't
got your job, Emmanuel.

I mean, you were what we
call in the business there,

um, unfortunately terminated.

What does that mean?

Well, it's kind
of like... Archie.

Why don't you tell him the truth?
It's kind of like being fired, right?

Don't listen to the college boy
up here. He don't know nothin'.

Yeah, but he's
right. I am fired.

And I help you. You know that. Now,
why can't you not help me no more?

Well, gee, I mean, I'd do
anything I could, Emmanuel,

but I just can't
do nothin' about it.

Archie, I'm ready with
the map out here. Hold it.

Stay here, will you? This is
important, now. I'm sorry, Emmanuel.

Don't give me any arguments!

Archie, look at this!
Now, what do we got here?

Well, I think this'll
really explain everything.

This is a detailed sectional
map of the whole area.

Your neighborhood now extends
all the way down to the river here,

where a lot of, uh, well,
high-risk people live.

Now, wait a minute. What are
you talkin' about, the coloreds?

- Black people.
- Whatever.

We call them low income
socioeconomic groups.

Yeah, everybody
calls 'em somethin'.

Well, because they're
officially part of your area now,

we've had to terminate all the
insurance in this neighborhood.

What are you tellin' me?
You're lumpin' me with them?

What have I got to do with
coloreds and Puerto Ricans?

It's got nothing to do with that. But the
boundary for the high-risk neighborhood...

Runs right along here,
and here's your house.

My house is right on the line.

Yes, which makes
it part of the h.R.N.

Now, if you only lived on
the other side of the line,

in this house or
this one... hold it!

This house right here belongs
to Jefferson, and he's colored!

But you still live in the
colored neighborhood.

But this is the colored guy!

But he lives in a
low-risk neighborhood.

- That's discrimination.
- That's discrimination!

That's the insurance business.

Archie, can we talk now? Wait
a minute, will you, Emmanuel?

Well, I really must
be going myself.

Uncle Archie, look, I
sympathize with you,

but I'm just one man
in one little office.

The decisions are made upstairs.
That's the way the system operates.

What can I do about it?

You could do something about it if you
wanted to. After all, your Edith's nephew.

Why couldn't you go up to
the president and say somethin'?

Ain't you man enough to do that?

I'm really very sorry.

Good night, all.

And that's the end of that!

Archie? Oh, Emmanuel, yeah.

Are you sure there's
nothing you can do?

Well, listen, Emmanuel. I'm
sorry to keep you waitin' in there,

but you gotta believe me, see.

I'd do somethin' for
you, but I can't. Listen.

I'm only a little man, see? These
decisions are made by-by the big men.

Upstairs. You know what I mean?

It's the system, Emmanuel. See,
it's the way the system operates.

System? Yeah.

Well, where do I go
to talk to this system?

Well, Emmanuel, you
can't talk to the system.

I mean, it ain't a
person. It's a... it's...

I don't know what it is.

See? All I know is that...

I'd like to help you, but...
But I can't, Emmanuel,

and I'm really very sorry.

You know something?

I feel sorry for you. Huh?

How are you two guys
gonna do all that work?

There's three guys there.

No, there's two. There's
you and black elmo.

Stretch Cunningham's
still workin'.

You're not counting
stretch Cunningham, are you?

All he does is tell jokes
all day. He don't do no work.

Mrs. Bunker, what
time you serve dinner?

Well, Archie likes his
dinner promptly at 6:00.

Well, from now on,
you do not wait for him,

because he will be
promptly late every night.

8:00, 9:00... who knows?

Archie, I'll tell you,
with me no there,

I wouldn't want your
job for no money.

- Good night, everybody.
- Good night.

Well, don't be lookin' at me!

Nothin' I can do about it. Go
on and go about your business.

I don't understand them
people no more than you do.

Geez, they're out of
work, and they laugh.

Oh, Archie. There you are.

Oh, it's so late.

Archie, I ain't never
seen you so tired.

You know that stretch
Cunningham? Yeah.

He ain't so funny.

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