# Archie Bunker's take on marinara sauce

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 26, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-bunkers-take-on-marinara-sauce/620054 "2012-04-26T20:00:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-bunkers-take-on-marinara-sauce/620054/1 "2012-04-26T20:00:30Z")

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I remember watching an _All In The Family_ episode, in which Archie says something disparaging about marinara sauce. Something along the lines of ‘You see this here? “Spaghetti with Marinara Sauce”. You know what marinara sauce is? It’s just tomato sauce with bits floating in it – and God knows what the bits are.’

What is the exact quote?

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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-bunkers-take-on-marinara-sauce/620054/2 "2012-04-26T20:03:51Z")

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> Marinara sauce is nothing but lumpy juice. And god knows what the lumps are

from [here](http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=%22archie%20bunker%22%20%22marinara%20sauce%22&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CFgQFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.livedash.com%2Ftranscript%2Fall_in_the_family_(2_4)-(the_bunkers_and_inflation)%2F4692%2FTVLANDP%2FWednesday_October_20_2010%2F481681%2F&ei=fqmZT6WWB8zbggfszsivCQ&usg=AFQjCNFoQJstqNY8ZipXBPMJZ3Faq4VmNw)

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2012, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/archie-bunkers-take-on-marinara-sauce/620054/3 "2012-04-26T20:33:54Z")

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Thanks!

It’s probably a good thing the writer didn’t think like I do. Marinara = Sailors. Sailors = Seamen…