what are Archie and Randolph like in the book surviving the Applewhites

Randolph Applewhite is an amateur stage director who is scatterbrained and somewhat self-centered. During the novel, Randolph has been hired to direct a community theatre performance of The Sound of Music, which he treats as if it were a multi-million dollar Broadway production. After a series of conceited, selfish, and self-centered directorial decisions that ultimately preserve Randolph's artistic integrity, his production of The Sound of Music is cancelled and he is forced to beg his family for help once again, this time to save the play. Archie is much lesss developed than Randolph. Archie Applewhite is a wood carver specializing in coffee tables that one would never actually rest a cup of coffee on.