All In The Family Intro

Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Danielle Brisebois.
The show ranked number-one in the yearly Nielsen ratings from 1971 to 1976. It became the first television series to reach the milestone of having topped the Nielsen ratings for five consecutive years.
Boy the way Glen Miller played
Songs that made the hit parade.
Guys like us we had it made,
Those were the days.
And you knew who you were then,
Girls were girls and men were men,
Mister we could use a man
Like Herbert Hoover again.
Didn't need no welfare state,
Everybody pulled his weight.
Gee our old LaSalle ran great.
Those were the days.

[@SaraHouck461]

Can't believe it's been fifty years since this sitcom premiered! I remember seeing this as part of Nick-at-Nite's lineup when I was twelve.

[@NormAppleton]

I remember seeing Archies long dark knight of the soul at 8 years old.

[@endrightwinglunacy]

My 3 year old runs into the room when this comes on, and laughs when Edith hits the top note at 0:21! Personally I enjoy the complex meter on the line about Herbert Hoover.

[@NormAppleton]

Your 3 year is going far.

[@NickCADA]

Archie wasn’t afraid of using any word. This show is a classic and why I watch it

[@kyle66683]

Best and Truest words in a T.V theme song " Those were the Days!" They certainly were! Thank You Norman Lear for the greatest Show on T.V! Jean and Carroll We Laughed with you and Cried with you, thanks for letting us be a part of you're family, You will Always Remain a part of ours! We love you and Miss you Both, We will keep the laughter going! See ya on the other side at Archie's Place! :)

[@MrMegaFredZeppelin]

Those were the days. ROCK ON!!!!!

[@deel.4279]

Missing simplicity!!! Missing real landlines too!! Who wants to go on a party line and spilt the bill again?! When my inlaws died they were the last family on the party line and their phone bill was 12$ a month. This was just in the last few years. They had a rotary wall phone and a cordless in the den. They had a good life. Now the large garden is overgrown by the new young couple in the old house. I miss Sheldons Swiss chars and always will. Sigh ..... nostalgia has some comfort tho!! We were LUCKY to have had it.

[@boywonder0319]

Mista we could use a man like Hoibuert Hoova ragain.

[@TheEwing69]

Jean Stapleton actually played the piano in all the openings, and in scenes in the show. Very talented.

[@IDF1987]

well she also played the piano in "You've got Mail"

[@BIGBURTON73]

You both are missed greatly

[@jessicascorpio1]

Thank you, "Edith". Rest in peace.

[@sergballz]

Girls were girls, and men were men! Ah the good ol days.

[@NickCADA]

“The abcd community”

[@carlyn7954]

Why do you have to bring gender and sexuality into this? Ruining shit for no reason ..

[@Tonetare]

He’s mocking homophobes like Archie Bunker. It’s sarcasm. We’re making fun of narrow minded misogynists and homophobes and transphobes

[@BooBop1987]

That is so funny opening!

[@dudlius2001]

All the comments like 4-7 years ago but me in 2020

[@foxisreal9994]

Those were the days indeed.

[@franklapore7667]

ARCHIE BUNKERS DREAM JUST CAME TRUE!

[@kevinm4157]

Yep, girls were girls and men were men, for 99.99999% of human history. Those were the days.

[@qwertyasdf1567]

Kevin M I doubt that ha ha

[@wiscgaloot]

Completely false, of course. But deplorables make up "facts" as they go.

[@psovegeta]

@@wiscgaloot Making up the facts? You guys know that its true. That's why the left is trying so hard to groom kids with drag queen story book hour. They have to be indoctrinated in order to reject millions of years of programming by nature.

[@wiscgaloot]

@@psovegeta Millions of years of programming taught us to be racist too. You're insane. Or very deep in the closet, that seems much more likely. Come out and be fabulous! You know you want to be.

[@susanfit47]

The series saw something of a revival in the early 1990's. Following the success of a 20th Anniversary Retrospective special in February 16, 1991, CBS rebroadcast series episodes in prime time that summer, as a mid-season summer replacement for Murder, She Wrote, in the latter instance paired with Norman Lear's new (and decidedly less successful) series Sunday Dinner. The airings drew better than expected ratings, and positive reactions. The latter was Lear's return to TV series producing after a seven-year absence (after the failed A.k.a. Pablo for ABC in 1984), and CBS was hopeful that scheduling the new series on Sundays at 8:30/7:30c that summer, after All in the Family reruns at 8/7, would bring long-time Lear fans into Sunday Dinners audience. This was not to be, as Sunday Dinner lost much of the lead-in from the AITF reruns; it was cancelled after the 6-week tryout run, due to being poorly received by audiences. As a result, the network continued to air reruns of the series at times throughout the 1991-92 TV season. At times the rebroadcasts drew higher ratings than original programming airing in prime time, including much of CBS' own programming.

[@kathleenbeaty2623]

loved the show then, and watch all the reruns. loved meathead, Gloria, Archie. Edith

[@seansimms6693]

I couldn't watch this show as a kid in the 70s, hated some Archie Bunker and his place...fast forward 20 years, it's one of the best shows from my youth, and I can laugh at things now I couldn't as a kid, loved Carol in Heat of the Night in the 80s.

[@jackwegener3484]

If you love Mr. O'Connor so much then please consider paying him the respect of spelling his first name correctly in your comment. His name is Carroll. It is simple courtesy, you know.

[@drezulu2000]

Rest In Peace sweetheart

[@bbashn]

When I said "R.I.P. Dingbat" it was a referrence to her character!

[@SlyTyler97]

I love Carroll he was so good

[@matthewjahnke6956]

Best show ever

[@Mike-n5y1t]

Isnt it true that Norman Lear outlived both Carroll Oconner and Jean Stapelton and not only is he still alive but was older?

[@aaronborok8398]

Damn Family Guy just took this and ran with it huh

[@kuy3796]

"Those were the days" used this sample in a great way go watsky go adam

[@chinochimp]

That song and the whole album is straight fire

[@peaceoutcupcake]

RIP jean

[@bbashn]

RIP Dingbat!!!!

[@kaishaw7549]

R.I.P Bobby Ebz

[@redlion517]

Dead from the neck up. Meat...HEAD.

[@tomimpala]

The original Peter Griffin and Lois

[@jareenmonique9129]

Girls were girls and men were men...

[@fryingpan6952]

Hello.

[@Honey_Moon_Delight]

Esta serie la vio mi mama, pero no hay rastro de su doblaje en español, parece que se perdio en el tiempo porque no hay rastro de ella por ningun lado.....es una lastima

[@cnsmith0719]

Anyone else thinks the opening with the piano looks a lot like the Family Guy intro??

[@TereziPyrope413]

The Family Guy intro was based of this.

[@The_Real_Indiana_Joe]

No. Family guy might look a lot like this, but not visa versa.

[@inkoinfinity2]

Family Guy version is a parody of this

[@bratton79]

I just found this out. Family Guy was heavily inspired by All In The Family. Not only just the intro with Peter and Lois singing in front of a piano which only lasts for a few seconds before the intro becomes a big musical production. Peter always wears a white shirt, his wife has red hair and speaks with a nasal voice, and The staircase in the Griffin living room is behind the living room. Peter is an ignorant loud mouth, and a lovable character. The title of the show even has the word "family" in it. And of course the show is highly offensive, even though Peter isn't bigoted against anyone the show manages to somehow insult everyone. And like All In The Family, Family Guy has been on the air for many years. My mother watches Family Guy and she watched All in The Family as a teenager. I suspect she likes the cartoon because her subconscious mind probably makes the connection to All in the Family. Or maybe she's just a real pip who doesn't know any better lol.

[@brdane]

"This is Archie Bunker, and I just wanted to say..."

[@aaronnathan9614]

I'm a nigga and I sing this to white people to remind them of the good old days

[@MypronounIsKing]

aaron nathan good boy

[@wimweender1306]

😅🥰👍

[@brodycole1292]

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[@seanjuth]

Archie

[@dillonkinder9296]

What’s really funny I thought he put a hot dog in his mouth

[@brodycole4372]

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