All In The Family | Mike Meets Archie For The First Time | The Norman Lear Effect

[@thenormanleareffect]

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[@Heidelberger1970]

Will DO...I'm a 50 year old New Yorker that can not tolerate today's PC BULL SHIT!!

[@bornyesterday21]

@Dean F. ... The first five seasons are the best .. For me, once Mike and Gloria moved out, it was never the same.

[@thenny6600]

Amen to that shit never gonna be another like the hilarious bunker

[@daviddaniel387]

The look on Archie's face when Mike says Poland love it priceless

[@thekingsilverado8419]

Archie for President 2024!!!!

[@Ericwvb2]

Carroll O'Connor was amazing. Every scene is a little master class in acting. He played this character so well ...

[@maccabbee2014]

Carrol O'Connor was classically trained and highly educated. He was mocking and saluting blue collar men at same time. He knew both sides. They were heroes, worked themselves to death so their children would have a better life.

[@teresalinton5898]

great actor

[@kathleenmichelet6585]

@@maccabbee2014 he was attacking racists in the role of a racist

[@43cjd]

Can you even imagine this show ever getting by the sensors nowadays? Hey people there was a rebuttal to this show. it was called the jeffersons. there was more racial tolerance back in the 70's than there is now. WTF happened to our common sense?

[@cesarnunez2330]

It was my Dads favorite characters on TV….

[@dennisdemark8151]

This show was absolutely a head of it's time... never to be repeated.

[@richardmoore2124]

It could never be repeated these days!

[@zanohoriamazo1]

@@richardmoore2124 Exactly!

[@FazMaTaz]

Archie’s face when he first sees him is priceless.

[@jeffreyknowles863]

Edith looks ecstatic about Mike. Archie is just disapproving

[@b.a.k.2683]

The best actor in TV comedy

[@D.D.-ud9zt]

The WW2 generation who got us where we are today. He should have thrown him out never to talk to him again. They were too weak on the new generation. Sure some of them were tougher than sand fighting the Japs, but most put up with way too much.

[@nopcshere6097]

‘Hey look Edith, he wore his Halloween costume!!’.

[@dan4345]

Archie's been gone for 20 years. Edith passed away 8 years ago. But this show will last forever in our hearts.

[@cinmac3]

NY Times suck, sorry

[@Woodyperckerhead-ni3ti]

❤

[@willmercury]

​@@kshepard52I see them on the screen. Do you just read the scripts?

[@terminat1]

Archie is a fictional character who never died in the canon.

[@claudedalton8970]

@@terminat1 ?

[@TiagoSantos-ld6qf]

Probable the best comedy series of all times.

[@JOERANSTRAIGHT]

Irreverent sometimes offensive, but still one of the best !

[@FischerFan]

This and 'Sanford and Son'.

[@johnstriker480]

Married with Children & Fresh Prince still

[@skoffco]

Every one of Carol O’Connor‘s facial expressions was priceless. He was paid $35,000 a show. Huge money for the era.

[@shermanmullen9526]

Really Serious.

[@charleshubert6751]

And worth every penny!

[@benwasserman8223]

Yeah but when he first signed on, he asked for the salary to come with a ticket back to Italy in case the show was canceled. Thankfully it wasn't.

[@우사민-r3c]

​@@benwasserman8223Really? That's hilarious!

[@robertmasina7388]

Even in today's money, how much of the population would give their right arm to be given $35,000.

[@CB-wg4lq]

Still one of the best shows ever. When people had a sense of humor.

[@martincvitkovich724]

Before all the meatheads ruined everything.

[@chasbodaniels1744]

Hated Archie then and even more so now. Sickening that his kind exist now.

[@deion762871]

😂

[@RadicalCaveman]

Before the Archie Bunkers ruined everything.

[@martincvitkovich724]

@@RadicalCaveman The Conservatives grew up, but the liberals are still meatheads

[@workisnotlife]

This was more honest and genuine than we will ever see again. I loved this. Norman Lear broke ground, a true pioneer.

[@maxpolaris99]

Norman Lear was a hypocritical Cultural Marxist.

[@WatchingTrainsGoBy-PassingTime]

One of the undisputed greatest shows of all time.

[@mortsnerd5100]

#1 in my book.

[@MrCobraLynnPark]

@@mortsnerd5100 Mine too

[@M21-w1y]

Wish they would still show it in syndication. But with America being the way it is now, it’s probably illegal to broadcast 🙄

[@stupidas9466]

@@M21-w1yYou sir, are a meathead! By the very fact you just witnessed it being "broadcast" shows it isn't illegal.

[@shaify22]

If it’s undisputed, how can it be “one of”? It’s either the undisputed number 1 show of all time or it’s not. It’s like writing, “one of the undisputed Super Bowl winners of all time.” Huh?

[@hendriksmedia]

This show was a 'once-in-a-century' miracle.

[@brenthill4271]

Somewhat,But always loved it

[@jcm9356]

I fully agree with you and add that it is never to be repeated.

[@lengoldstein6227]

hilarious even to this day and Carroll O'Conner's expressions were priceless!

[@jamesharris4775]

Rob Reiners first act as Meathead, and today he still maintains the part.

[@tbirdUCW6ReAJ]

Yup. And once he was a director who made great movies back to back until North

[@stevenmcwilliam6945]

That’s not cool. Reiner is a brilliant director.

[@coachloubrown-22]

@@stevenmcwilliam6945 brilliant???

[@justinedwards5021]

rob reiner is just another leftist partisan hack nothing more

[@dustinnukem5458]

@@stevenmcwilliam6945 ok but his politics suck. I like Ron Pearlmans acting too but not his politics. You don't have to agree with everything or like everything about someone to appreciate something else about them.

[@Rasputin443556]

Jean Stapleton's reaction to seeing Mike for the first time is priceless.

[@nassauguy48]

Even Edith was put off by his appearance. I mean, geesh, he didn't have to wear a suit and tie, but why not something nice and sporty? And the hair and beard?

[@Kelle0284]

​@@nassauguy48 Because he's not into sports. 😅

[@CrimeSchool138]

Sporty doesn't mean sports.

[@JRotten]

She was such a great actor.

[@kevino4846]

@@JRotten And underrated.

[@robertvc4716]

When we all laughed and nobody was offended! And Archie went on rants about everyone! Lol too funny 😂

[@RadicalCaveman]

And at the end of each and every episode, it was always clear that Archie was ignorant and self-defeating.

[@ericlevy553]

@@RadicalCaveman but the point was he wanted to be but deep in his heart he wanted the best for his daughter and he wasn't a real racist with George Jefferson being his buddy.

[@mrchopsticks3]

@@RadicalCaveman Not always, sometimes it was clear Archie was the most enlightened one in the room.

[@kurtbarlow9402]

Archie was a good man who loved his family and country. All his faults stemmed from his upbringing. He wasn't intentionally racist, he just didn't know any better. The 1978 episode "Two's a Crowd" illustrates this perfectly (and is one of the best episodes in the entire series)

[@landofodin]

@@kurtbarlow9402 Brainwashing from hollywood, that's all it was. White guilt, pollution/global warming. Predictive programming.

[@glennatkinson9948]

When Norman Lear matched the character Archie bunker with Carol O’Connor it was pure genius

[@cignusx-1294]

I must agree...

[@lawrencethompson1875]

Mickey Rooney was Norman Lear's 1st choice to play Archie Bunker.

[@cignusx-1294]

He ended with the best choice. :- )

[@jk-kr8jt]

Why was it pure genius?

[@Tarheel13]

@@jk-kr8jta word that escapes you..genius

[@russellcherry3288]

This show was awesome in its time I could remember my grandfather watching it and he would laugh for days I can still here him laughing. Good memories.

[@gmoney1592]

One of the best shows ever . They told it like it was regardless of who they offended or who’s feelings got hurt. Long live Archie,Edith Gloria and Meathead

[@Laurieis1]

Agreed

[@phillipvaughn5719]

The Bunkers weren't WOKE. God bless Archie Bunker🇺🇲

[@kathleenmichelet6585]

@Spanky spanky what was better, wage inequity, sexual harassment, homophpbia or the racism?

[@NotIfWhen]

@@kathleenmichelet6585 it was great if you were intelligent enough to get that Archie was a clown. His ignorance was to be laughed at. Unfortunately some people are still like that all these years later.

[@RadicalCaveman]

@Spanky spanky Actually, it offended a LOT of people and was very controversial, along with being #1 in the ratings.

[@patrickk.6295]

Best sitcom ever!! The back and forth between O'Connor and Reiner was absolute gold during the many seasons. This was my favorite episode of the whole series, and I'm so grateful for being born in the late 70's and was raised on All in the Family reruns in the 80's as a kid. Just a great show that could really be used in such sensitive times we live in now, just to show this generation that it is okay to laugh at ourselves and our differences as well. Holy hell, this world has totally forgotten how to laugh

[@chumleye1112]

Agreed. Unfortunately everyone is too sensitive and has too many rights these days to laugh at anything let alone a classic like this.

[@kevino4846]

The one scene I remember the most with them is when they are discussing something serious upstairs. Mike starts putting on socks and shoes but puts on a sock and then a shoe before moving on to the other foot. Archie notices and then the brilliant writing takes over.

[@vanessashaw6912]

That first meeting between Mike and Archie is so brilliantly set up...so well written and seamlessly acted that we (the audience) know exactly where this relationship is headed. ...and we were not disappointed. Bravo!

[@brentelliott7262]

Well said friend...

[@frisco21]

Actually, the two men eventually came to love each other, despite their differences.

[@kim-pm8gi]

Meathead didn't need to act....still a real life meathead

[@sophiadavenport3959]

This show brings back so many good childhood memories.💕

[@jamicl2580]

Genius. Genius everything, from wrtiters, producers and especially actors. Ground breaking conversation. Truly iconic, and hilarious.

[@joeheid4757]

And thus, one of the greatest nicknames in sitcom history was born.

[@garylobo348]

Yeppers. Right alongside Dingbat for lovely Edith. And you know that in a much later episode, Archie reveals that HIS father had called him Meathead? It's trueeeee!

[@darlenekozlovskis6907]

yes and that liberal democrat is definately a meathead

[@clembob8004]

@@darlenekozlovskis6907 Almost as much of a meathead as you are as a rightwing conservative.

[@colossusforbin5484]

Technically it wasn't the first time the word was used on the show as this is a flashback scene.

[@reyannawynters1800]

@@clembob8004 one word regarding people who actually vote-brainwashing

[@BassGod1225]

Good Times, All in The Family, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, Chico and the Man, Barney Miller. Loved Them All.

[@BassGod1225]

@@geetarman If only I cared.

[@cldavis33]

Loved them too, watched all but Barney Miller. Never even crossed my mind "hey I'm watching a diverse show", it was just good. Good and funny was good and funny. We didn't think like these morons today. Godd Times was my favorite - JJ and the crew.

[@us-Bahn]

Plenty of racism to go around in all those shows. Some think it was to show we are all very similar, others to show our essential differences.

[@FischerFan]

@@us-Bahn In some episodes of 'All in the Family', the viewer soon realizes that - political affiliation notwithstanding - Archie Bunker and Meathead are really two of a kind!

[@FischerFan]

Yeah, and look what we've been stuck with in recent years!: The Sopranos, The Kardashians, Desperate Housewives, SATC. You look at the selection of garbage and then it occurs to you that television programs have deteriorated just as much as popular music over the same period! I have two seasons of Sanford & Son on DVD and I will gladly watch them for their honest humour.

[@cignusx-1294]

Even my Dad and Mom laughed, along with me ,my brother and sisters while watching this program on Sunday nights way back when. It was just right for the TIMES. We all laughed together AND it taught us a few things along the way. :-)

[@angelthman1659]

I remember it being on Saturday nights.

[@caesarfiorini1728]

​@angelthman1659 Sunday after 60 Minutes

[@verucasaltbaum2358]

I love hearing the audience mutter oh no, no, when Mike sits in Archie's chair 😄

[@kijekuyo9494]

@Tobert Tate And I'm sure it's up to you to decide what the criteria is for those categories.

[@mainecoon6514]

@Tobert Tate Those were the days when "girls were girls and men were men."

[@shermanmullen2406]

AND HE BREAK'S IT.

[@Rich-yj4ub]

Veruca, did you see the episode where Meathead broke Archie's chair? Hilarious

[@verucasaltbaum2358]

@@Rich-yj4ub Yes! Always funny when they're together!😄

[@teresaselby6455]

Such a funny show. The banter between Archie and Mike was hysterical. My all time fav was “ sock & a sock” vs “sock & a shoe”.

[@jmseipp]

Rob Reiner says that scene was totally ad lib. They just made it up as they went along.

[@KB-ke3fi]

yeah!! My dad and I use that every time someone comes to visit, they go, what? Then they remember.

[@bholaoates1542]

@@jmseipp I've heard that too. I don't think what we saw was ad libbed, though. I believe they were ad libbing at rehearsal and came up with it and then the routine was written into the show.

[@donaldw6049]

I sometimes relive that scene when I put on my socks & shoes. It gives me a Smile. Loved this show when it was first aired. I’m 64yrs old

[@moviemaker60fps]

I remember that one sock and sock, vs sock and shoe so funny

[@shawneldridge4465]

Oh my goodness the look that Archie gave Mike when he first walked through that door, which by the way was priceless.

[@mortsnerd5100]

Meathead was very disrespectful going to meet his girlfriend's parents like that. Archie should have thrown him out.

[@kevino4846]

@@mortsnerd5100 My late father-in-law used to call me meathead. He looked remarkably like Archie Bunker, even the pale blue eyes and raised eyebrows. We watched the show together and got along so well. Miss you, Earl.

[@mrsTraveller64]

Sooooo glad I grew up with this show, still remember how me and my parents laughed and laughed!!!

[@domenicospadola1254]

Never tired of watching All in the Family. Hilarious

[@larryorsiniorsini9788]

Never!👍👍🤣🤣

[@ruibento9840]

I used to watch it at night

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

alf was just a bit funnier ....

[@mchrysogelos7623]

@@krishnan-resurrection714 ugh

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

@@mchrysogelos7623 alf Garnett i mean . .. . .not A.L.F. . . ... 😆

[@scottgould6590]

The look on Archie and Edith’s faces… “Oh look, he brought his halloween costume.” 🤣😂

[@Angel_Sent_From_Heaven]

😅😅😅😅

[@TheJB1970]

Love how he gets the nickname that sticks with him for the whole show within five minutes of Archie meeting him.

[@JaMarcusRussellGOAT]

The show has been off the air for over 40 years, and the name is still stuck with Reiner.

[@brando7266]

Ironic that Archie was the real meathead,

[@mr.hansholmes2367]

@@brando7266 Spoken like a TRUE Meathead.

[@mrbubblebuns3994]

@@brando7266 so, a person that loves freedom above all else is a meat head. lol shows how many Marxist are in this country now.

[@shermanmullen9526]

Yup J.B. where's the meathead anyway.

[@two-nine7730]

Stapleton,have yet to see anyone come remotely close to the talent of this woman. I don't think she even knew what a gift she had.

[@cahg3871]

What a classic show-still watching the reruns 50 years later.

[@lynnm7768]

Sat. night was TV night when i was about 14. All in the Family, M*A*S*H, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett. What a lineup!

[@coachbaseball7618]

Loved it. Watched every Saturday

[@dr.victorfrankenschtein7053]

Days are gone my friend

[@dr.victorfrankenschtein7053]

To look back is hell

[@mitchellmarcus4843]

On Saturday night I was aloud to drink a whole 12oz Pepsi all by myself and as much stovetop popcorn I could eat.

[@honcp4367]

@@dr.victorfrankenschtein7053 to look forward is hell too

[@larrymoore6640]

A great show which everyone enjoyed. We need more shows like this, so people can have a smile and a good laugh.

[@krishnan-resurrection714]

On the buses is good ....😆

[@charlesward9486]

Still a classic, by any measure!

[@natehendricksen3338]

My father did not think much of TV but he watched All in the Family and laughed his butt off.

[@rocco...]

To this day Archie and Edith are the two best roles in TV history.

[@Rich-yj4ub]

"Meathead" Dead from the neck up! 🤪 Archie just described most of the Politicians & Karen's in the world 🌎 today! 🤣

[@cgh7337]

You forgot the progressives.

[@wilcee238]

@CGH Cool story lady

[@johnharrison6745]

@@wilcee238 If ONLY it was JUST a story.....

[@dtklamf7457]

and in real life Carroll (little goils name ;) O'Connor was the biggest meathead of them all.

[@Salem-yy5wn]

Rich - you’re funny. Do you not realize the show was making fun of Archie, and even Mike to an extent?

[@PartyMTLcom]

Absolutely love All in the Family. Grew up watching every episode. I don’t think that One of the episodes would fly today, but educated us for the times.

[@brandonallen3289]

Rob Reiner and Sally Sruthers are so young here. My goodness. R.I.P. Caroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton.

[@sarge420]

What a Classic Series with a phenomenal cast and superb writing.

[@jasonbarney4737]

Made you laugh all those years ago and still makes you laugh all these years later. Now that's a damn good show.😆

[@davidnault2186]

This master piece should air today just for fun

[@theropesofrenovation]

Amen

[@commonsenserules7995]

Unfortunately, the cancel culture wouldn't allow it. They would howl, cry and complain to no end.

[@theropesofrenovation]

@@commonsenserules7995 Very, very true

[@billjoang]

I watch it all the time it’s on GETtv on FIOS.

[@darrenengels9584]

Further evidence of the veracity of my observation.

[@kathleenfountain7726]

Carroll O'Connor was a genius!!

[@stevenstair1068]

Watched every episode back in the day 😅😅😅

[@snicketysnickerdoodle8484]

Character development of the show was perfect. You know what Archie is thinking just by his expression.

[@Rich-yj4ub]

Whoa! Poland! OMG! Look at Archie's face. I'm dying laughing. Even the people in the audience knew about Archie. Hilarious!

[@actionguy6031]

I always loved the toilet flush sound up stairs

[@redrock3109]

That's "ter-let.' LOL

[@ronj9448]

In 2020-2021 you sometimes get that "message" in work ZOOM calls. Ouch!

[@actionguy6031]

@@ronj9448 😀😂🤣

[@43cjd]

I forgot all about that.

[@strivingformindfulness2356]

I understand that All In The Family was the first sitcom (possibly first TV show) to have the sound of the toilet flush (or "terlet," if you prefer) on TV.

[@onealheard7622]

USMC 2 of my favorite characters Fred Sanford Archie Bunker you men made TV worth watching

[@abbeyjane1306]

Semper Fi, '72-76

[@richardkaltenbach3961]

And Don't Forget To Include George Jefferson!

[@gregory46236]

Yeah, yeah yeah

[@DarhaLB]

Yup 💯

[@gkprivate433]

RIP Mr Sanford. "This is the big one..". Show was good because it showed how many people live, not in some picture perfect, color coordinated, show room house

[@Neurotripsicks]

The best show of all time. Masterpiece.

[@jamesmarjan5481]

So much comedy packed into this scene.

[@christophermyers3758]

Brilliant writing, great actors... "Those Were the Days" 🤗

[@chumleye1112]

Yes they were, unfortunately they are long gone and we are left with ..... nothing but garbage on TV.

[@justinmathewson3692]

The comedic chemistry between Archie and Meathead is simply amazing. No 2 other sitcom characters are in their echelon. AITF has to be the GOAT of all sitcoms. Combine cultural impact with the amount of successful spinoffs, and nothing else comes close to this show.

[@nancyhey1012]

The joke of it all is that Archie and Mike did grow to like each other in spite of all their differences.

[@nopcshere6097]

I remember seeing an interview with Carroll O'Connor for the show's 20th anniversary. He said that a lot of the dialogue was the result of improvising between himself and Rob Reiner. He would start with an extra line and that would generate a laugh, and Reiner would build on that and it would just keep going until the rehearsal was stopped because everyone in the cast & crew was laughing. So of course those lines were written into the script.

[@TheUnsignedbands]

Based on one of the best 70’s British comedy’s . Till death do us part. Alf Garnet. Classic show.

[@grantp4022]

Gotta love that Archie -- still a classic after all these years. It was the best comedy show to have ever run.

[@timothyoneill981]

Parents. Loved. This. Show. Rest. In. Peace. Mr. O'Connor. ❤👍😊🇨🇦

[@tedgegi155]

Hey Arch-----50 years later and he's still a meathead.

[@navvet4518]

Quite literally a liberal meathead.

[@debbiehanisch2099]

It's worse. Much worse.

[@janiemoore2721]

😂 and a Commie.

[@roberthuber3518]

Ahh Archie Bunker, A true Trump supporter before his time!!! And just as pig ignorant as the real ones today🐷😉

[@macclark4112]

@@roberthuber3518

[@janedoe805]

I remember my Dad meeting my boyfriend, whom l later married back in 1981. My Dad was very much like Archie, my Mom nothing like Edith... My Late Husband was not a “Hippie” but a Biker with long hair and covered in tattoos. The meeting didn’t go well to say the least. My Mom kept pinching my Dad every time he said something obnoxious. Unfortunately, my Dad never got to met my Sweetie again, Dad died the following week. We named our first child after my Dad.

[@lucianolorenzo8395]

Sorry it happened Guess it was to much for him

[@ROGER2095]

Too bad your father never got to know him. My father was also like Archie and right after high school, my sister married a biker. My parents were unhappy and sad at first. But the biker turned out to be a good, decent, honorable family man, well-loved and respected by both my parents.

[@gr33n3ggs4]

Thanks for sharing your story. Unfortunately, most people judge by the outside. Majority of bikers, REAL stand up great people 💯

[@jodyguilbeaux8225]

they dont make dads like him anymore. sorry for your loss.

[@joejones9520]

bikers are conservatives usually.

[@928frogman]

50 years later, Archie is still right about meathead.

[@whyputaname]

What, that RepubliCons are a-holes.. Yup, I guess Meathead was right 👍

[@DJ-bj8ku]

And Archie was a MAGA ahead of his time.

[@nomandad2000]

If you’re a knuckle dragging MAGAT I guess...

[@furrybogard9724]

@@DJ-bj8ku In what way?

[@robertpreston2220]

Fact!

[@johnnymossville]

Mike played himself. It was a cameo role.

[@Grazimoto1]

And Carroll O'Connor played the opposite of himself. He was very politically liberal in real life. But that's what made the show so funny... we could laugh at how ridiculous Archie Bunker's views were.

[@kijekuyo9494]

Actually, pretty much the entire cast were liberals. You pretty much have to be in order to be self-reflective and to face those issues rationally and compassionately.

[@johnnymossville]

@@Grazimoto1 Meatheads views were even more silly.

[@Grazimoto1]

@@johnnymossville I hate to break it to you but you're wrong. The reason All in the Family was so funny is that Archie Bunker was the BUTT of the joke! We laughed at what an ignorant, racist bigot he was. If you don't understand that, then you never understood the show in the first place!

[@jagerkennethify]

@@johnnymossville hey Johnny Trump lost

[@mikeelek9713]

So the "Meathead" nickname started right away. I never understood what it meant. Now, I do - "dead from the neck up."

[@joejones9520]

when they all first got together to start doing the show, o'connor had bought subs for everyone...he noticed later that reiner had eaten most of them himself, that's when he called him a meathead and it stuck for the show.

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

On a later episode, we learn that Archie was called Meathead by a former coworker. Before he met Mike.

[@MrStevekpln]

@@johnbrowneyes7534 By his own father not a coworker.

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

@@MrStevekpln The episode with Vic Tayback called Et Tu, Archie? I thought Vic mentions Archie being called a meathead.

[@MrStevekpln]

@@johnbrowneyes7534 Yes but there was an episode that explains the origin of it was from Archies father calling him. I forget if Edith told the story or a visiting family member.

[@Heart2HeartBooks]

The most prophetic show ever. He is still a Meathead. Always will be!

[@Tsamokie]

That is exactly the essence of Reiner. True to the core 'meathead'.

[@robertpreston2220]

Fact!

[@cameraman655]

Preach it...!

[@Mark-ps6zf]

Type cast 😂

[@deebee9917]

never understood this show when i was little,now that i do it’s one of the best shows ever made

[@chrisheffernan7540]

I've watched a lot of Archie Bunker but never seen that priceless scene. Our of this world, love it!!!

[@thenny6600]

This really is one of the best show of all time.

[@joe-vz6hx]

best sitcom ever, absolutely ground-breaking and the highest quality in so many ways. most if not all sitcoms before or since are just silly stuff, going for the cheap laugh...they didn't have as much intelligence in an entire year as this show had in one episode. I so pity the younger generations who can't get this now...and that's not a slam, I don't think it's fair to expect them to...to really appreciate it, you'd have to have been around back then and understood the climate then.

[@geridinewhite869]

Honest dialog is a beautiful thing ,people should be comfortable being who they are ,that way everyone is honest with themselves and others ,no one is misled.

[@vozzio2824]

One of my favorite parts of the show is when Sammy Davis Jr. kissed Archie on the cheek and his jaw dropped!

[@michaelmorgan5303]

Couldn't have a show like that today to many people would get there feelings hurt

[@mikelombardi8172]

Who gives a sh$t

[@robinlowney9171]

Yeah... wah wah wah. Cry babies getting ready to run our already ruined country.

[@robinlowney9171]

@@haydennault5342 people are super sensitive. Whine and cry about the most unheard of things on the planet. Comedy for some is not for others. 😂

[@robinlowney9171]

@@haydennault5342 relax, don't worry about other people. 😑

[@gratefuljr]

Yeah especially trumpsters because that summarizes Archie and his friends

[@IsaacNewton1966]

The world needs more Archie Bunkers.

[@alexanderestrada2499]

I’m not positive I agree with that.

[@michelangelobuonarroti916]

The show made fun of Archie and his bigotry, but some don't realize that.

[@alexanderestrada2499]

Oh I see

[@rvz77]

​@@alexanderestrada2499you're part of the problem & don't realize it. Because you've swallowed the kool-aid.

[@alexanderestrada2499]

I don’t think so.

[@Neilxtc]

One of the greatest shows of all time!!!

[@debbieprice3435]

Loved this show, People's heads would explode today. Should show them to some sissies of today

[@larryorsiniorsini9788]

Exactly. All friggn cupcakes 🖕🖕🤣

[@guomondur9248]

LOL, shithole MAGA house that he lived in

[@bonniesilva5162]

@@guomondur9248 Yeah, like houses with BLM signs on the lawn look SO much better inside...🙄

[@thecatspajamas8075]

@@guomondur9248 😂😂😂👍👌✌️

[@pacz8114]

@@guomondur9248 Well, Einstein, that row house in Queens would probably set you back $800,000 today. Any other pinheaded comments you care to ooze from that hole in your head?

[@martyzug256]

scary how this show is relevant 50 years later

[@robertthomas5196]

People never change.

[@user-mi3pv7ql4g]

All because the it's still the same 2 crappy parties running the show. Just out for money and power BOTH of them. NO LIFE MATTERS JUST MONEY

[@dougstyles]

And in 50 more yrs, sadly it will remain relevant .

[@camerondiaztwin]

@ You need to learn the history of these two parties' platforms. They were completely the opposite of each other at that time. If Abraham Lincoln were running today, he'd be a Democrat. Anyone with a modicum of understanding of US political history knows that.

[@arlmont123]

I dont know about this. Edith as a wife and mother would never be portrayed in this fashion, imo. She was portrayed as docile and dumb as a brick. in today's shows, women tend to be portrayed as much smarter than their husbands in the script writing. Nit always, but most of the time.

[@e.leohassanmodeste756]

The way he flicks the paper at 3:02 😂😂😂 hilarious.

[@donmoore7785]

This show was so PERFECT for the time it played in. The 70s - an amazing decade.

[@chimpshock7790]

and after all these years ARCHIE was right!

[@kevino4846]

No.

[@vinny6685]

Archie was spot on when he met the “meathead” Reiner wasn’t acting at all 50 years later he’s still the same character.

[@gord6992]

The problem we have today is people take themselves too seriously, this is pure comedy gold made by someone who knew how to laugh. "Hey look Edith he wore his Halloween costume".

[@jackflash5659]

Did you know All in the Family has spun off more shows than almost any other television program. All in the Family spun off Maude (1972) which spun off Good Times (1974). It spun off The Jeffersons (1975) which spun off Checking In (1981). It spun off Archie Bunker's Place (1979), 704 Hauser (1994) as well as Gloria (1982). That's 7 programs spun off from one TV show.

[@johnbrowneyes7534]

I remember seeing Checking In when it was on TV. Wow, time flies.......

[@stevesmith291]

Star Trek has it beat, 11 series in all, including the animated shows and the upcoming.

[@hope2029]

Mama's family

[@donmoore7785]

@@stevesmith291 He said more than almost any other program...

[@mariahyohannes]

These shows were before my time, Good Times , The Jeffersons, Maude and all in the family are some of my favorite sitcoms and had no idea growing up that they were all connected,

[@michaellaughlin8457]

the expression on both Archie n ediths face was priceless when Gloria opened the door to see meathead lol 👍

[@ChaniceMReidREALTOR]

I remember my grandmother watched this show. I'm seeing this for the 1st time. I'm blown away with how raw, and multi-dimensional the writing was back then. I thought The Jeffersons and Good Times went in with the storytelling and breaking down politics and social events of the time. I can appreciate the perspective All in the Family portray as well. It's like All in the Family was the precursor to the current talk radio.

[@renegadetenor]

Meathead was a meathead then, and is the very definition of it today.

[@delcannon5051]

THE GREATEST SIT-COM EVER CREATED.

[@teresaninkovich7607]

I have always loved this show its one of the best ones ever!

[@namastemcl]

This was a groundbreaking show and regrettably could most likely not be done today.

[@doug8587]

Loved this show. I also saw Carrol O'Connor on stage, in the movies (Kelly's Heroes is one of my favorites).

[@johnscalf3540]

I loved that show! Archie Bunker made a lot of sense!

[@twolak1972]

Jean Stapleton was soooo good , she played Edith to a T.

[@nopcshere6097]

She defined the role!

[@pennicandy1611]

All in the family is and always will be my favorite tv show! Tv is not the same in this day and age.

[@ericharper7652]

The dawn of the meathead word 😆

[@simonmarshall19]

Or Ham hock

[@geridinewhite869]

And the definition !

[@whisperingsage]

There was a boy in my class that someone nicknamed Meathead, even the teachers called him that. Middle school.

[@tiffanynaidoo2003]

Haha it took Bunker 4 minutes to nickname Mike the meathead. They both played their parts so well!

[@brando7266]

Ironic that Archie was the real meathead,

[@johnp139]

It was the writers.

[@kv99990]

This show is just the best. Everyone associated with it should be proud.

[@nancyzorbaugh510]

Such great classic show with great actors

[@rstone7727]

Carroll O'Conner - the best of all time.

[@Rick_King]

It's easy to forget how awesome this show was! And it was! I remember watching the first episode, and it began with a warning that the show could be offensive to some people. Fifty-five years ago. Incredible!

[@mattwilliam4803]

-best, 30-minute sitcom... ever.

[@fleatactical7390]

Not even 5 minutes in and he had already earned his new moniker!

[@michaellang7908]

Best television show ever! The cast was golden.. the chemistry between the 4. Carroll O’Connor my favourite Hollywood actor