Growing Up Is Hard to Do: Part 1

"Growing Up Is Hard to Do: Part 1"
	Season 3, episode # 8; # 52 overall in series (97 episodes)
	"Archie Bunker's Place" episode
Series:	Archie Bunker's Place
Network/Country:	CBS-TV / U.S.
Air date	November 29, 1981
Production code	3x8
Written by:	Jeffrey Ferro & Frederic Weiss
Directed by:	Joe Gannon
Guest starring:	Celeste Holm; Ben Slack; Michael Mann; Mark Lonow; Steve Jones; Luke Andreas; Dennis Haskins; Ken Hill; Larry Ketchum; John Stuart West
IMDb:	Growing Up Is Hard to Do: Part 1
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Growing Up Is Hard to Do: Part 1 was the eighth episode of Season 3 of Archie Bunker's Place TV series and also the 52nd overall episode in the series; it also was the first episode in a two-part story. Directed by Joe Gannon, the episode, which was written by Jeffrey Ferro and Frederic Weiss, originally aired on CBS-TV on November 29, 1981.

"Growing Up Is Hard to Do: Part 1"
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Synopsis[]

Stephanie's father Floyd visits for her Jewish ceremony.

Storyline[]

Part 1 of two-part story. Tensions rise when Stephanie's father reappears in the days leading up to her Bat Mitzvah.

Did You Know?[]

Trivia[]

The episode's title is based on the 1962 song "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" by Neil Sedaka that hit number 1 on the Billboard Top 100 on August 11, 1962 and was re-recorded by Neil Sedaka and hit the number 8 on the Adult Contemporary Chart in January 1976.

Cast (in Credits Order)[]

Main Cast[]

Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker
Danielle Brisebois as Stephanie Mills
Jason Wingreen as Harry Snowden
Allan Melvin as Barney Hefner
Bill Quinn as Mr. Van Ranseleer
Denise Miller as Billie Bunker
Barry Gordon as Gary Rabinowitz
Anne Meara as Veronica Rooney
Barbara Meek as Ellen Canby
Abraham Alvarez as Jose Perez