MSNBC's "Time and Again:" on "All in the Family" - part 1!!

[@mike196212]

One of the best shows of all time. Fantastic cast.

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

Gosh yes!

[@mike196212]

Yes,it never ages. You can't say that about most tv shows from any era.

[@SuiGenerisAbbie]

@@mike196212 Here-here!

[@ssnoc]

What a class act - O’Connor was such a great actor and man - May he Rest In Peace with his beloved son by his side 🙏

[@Michelina22]

What a beautiful chemistry they all had, one of my favorite shows , Maude and the Jeffersons as well ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@depaola63]

I am now 55 and THIS, was my youth !....a little tear in my eye as I see this, Classic 4 sure !

[@elmayberry6467]

I am 58. I would watch AITF, with my mother. She was raised in the Deep South. She adored Archie! She would often comment she wished all bigots were as honest as him. She got the joke and taught me the same. Bigots are a joke. Modern day minstrels 😊to this day.

[@susanbumblebee6086]

Best sitcom ever!

[@gtyler7451]

Yes it was ...nothing like that anymore .. Like the Beatles of sitcoms

[@chocloditelensman]

The acting was incredible.

[@thecatman4ever]

What a wonderful and talented actor! "All in the Family" my favorite show : )

[@jacquelinebodkins8161]

I can listen to Carroll O'Connor speak all day. He spoke so well and refined so sad that he endured tragedy of his sons death. Hope he rest in peace with his wife and son by his side.

[@lisairizarry962]

Bring back the 1970, on TV

[@MrRtoman]

such a brilliant man!!!!!!!!

[@Missangelcake68]

My favorite show, hands down.

[@melindakiser9994]

What a memorable show,and such great memories. The Tenn Girl.🥰

[@margaretsnipes4346]

Edith and Archie seemed like real people. I watch the reruns and it's hard to believe they are gone.

[@depaola63]

The genius can play the clown but not the other way around ⭐️

[@A358M]

The best show ever!!! Makes me cry Edith and Archie are no longer with us.

[@bexlyspeed]

I cannot compute Jean Stapleton speaking in her real voice!

[@AndrewVOdom]

Check out the very first episode or two of “All In the Family” : she uses her normal voice early on!

[@phaneserichthoneus8895]

@@AndrewVOdom She was like that for the whole first season, which was twelve episodes, I think. Even Season 2 had some of that, but her vocal pitch was slightly higher by the end of Season 2. Season 3 is when she really started to take on the extra-sweet and affectionately dingbatty tone she's most known for. But I agree with Jean when she said that Edith is a real person in the minds of some viewers. I know I see her that way myself. I've seen all the episodes so many times that, to me, it feels like they're still alive out there somewhere in an immortal form, still living through days and experiences we no longer hear about through the TV. But the relationship between Archie and Edith sometimes seemed strangely strained to the point of being a farce. How could Archie remain married to a woman who seemed to annoy him so much, and how could sweet Edith remain married to someone who could be so nasty toward her? Yeah, they had their intimate moments when the love between them was obvious, but it was relatively rare compared to all the sometimes uncomfortable tension.

[@AndrewVOdom]

Phanes Erichthoneus - Well said ! They are still sort of living on in eternal reruns as it were! Also art can only replicate relationships so far. I agree it’s a bit of a farce - because it is in fact satirical. That’s the essence of comedy- exaggeration for effect.

[@elmayberry6467]

I have been rewatching lately. I am amazed that most of the topics are still topics to this day! It begs to question, how much have we actually progressed?

[@honiotes1]

we were in a better place back then. Look at the terrible way we are today. You can't even laugh with each other. Too many people have a pool cue up their ass & have sucked the FUNNY out of life. I'd go back to the 70's in a heartbeat, especially when we had REAL Presidents who weren't senile. Today;s an embarrassment. People are offended over nothing.

[@andrewzaltman6934]

Most brilliant human being on the television world Jackie Gleason and. Jack Webb

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton were the complet OPPOSITE of their characters.

[@mchow2984]

I totally agree with you! We just love 💞 them; and have NEVER gotten bored with the show (this is now 2019). The casting was bang-on 👍... cannot imagine anyone else playing these characters!! For this family there can ONLY be: Carroll O'Connor = Archie Bunker... Jean Stapleton = Edith Bunker... Rob Reiner = Michael (Meathead) Stivic... Sally Struthers = Gloria (Bunker) Stivic... Isabel Sanford = Louise Jefferson... Sherman Hemsley = George Jefferson... Mike Evans = Lionel Jefferson... Bob Hastings = Kelsey... Burt Justin = Quigley... Estelle Parsons = Blanche Hefner... Allan Melvin = Barney Hefner... George Wyner = Dr. Sidney Shapiro... James Hong = Chinese waiter... Barnard Hughes = Father Majeski... Clyde Kusatsu = Rev. Chong... A. Martinez = Manuel... Lori Shannon = Beverly LaSalle... Gloria LeRoy = 'Boom Book's Turner... et al. Such Wonderful actors (sigh) 👏. Ooops, my apologies for going on 'n on... just love 💕 this show to bits!!! 💞 🎭 🌟

[@phaneserichthoneus8895]

@@mchow2984 Same here. I've been on an All in the Family binge since the beginning of the year, just cycling through mostly seasons 2 through 6 and 7. I like all the episodes (except the one in which Edith is attacked by a rapist, and the one in which she's so overworked that she can't walk while Archie is pushing her to do more-those were very hard to watch). Even if I'm just falling asleep, listening to them talk is like being part of their family while I drift off to sleep.

[@susanr3933]

Love you Archie, RIP. XO

[@SuperBigMike1992]

Carroll O’Connor is so cool. Although it’s weird not hearing his New York accent. Lol

[@depaola63]

I love the man as an actor.

[@__seeker__]

Michael Harrison ...guess you weren’t really listening then lol

[@slee-choi3826]

Michael Harrison Carroll was a native New Yorker. He was very educated so his natural NY accent is subtle.

[@SuperBigMike1992]

S Lee I get that. It’s like Rue McClanahan. She exaggerated the Southern accent for Blanche.

[@andrebeck1444]

Carroll exaggerated Archie's New York accent to perfection. Great first-class man. Miss him.

[@DENo1MatchGameFan]

"All in the Family" lasted until 1979, not 1978 as NBC posted.

[@orangebetsy]

oh poor Jean had to force that voice up for years hahaha

[@jonchaney]

I absolutely love Jane. Classy gal. And easy on the eyes.

[@Ali-zw9jy]

Unbelievable talent on this show...each of them, especially Carroll O. and Jean S. Today, there's NO talent on TV. I watch them every night

[@johnjarou2357]

maybe best tv show ever!

[@ralphabreu5022]

Archie was a character

[@Michelina22]

It’s so weird watching Jean speak and not sound like Edith , what a fabulous actress she was 💖✝️💖

[@Kearyjb]

lol sometimes the interviewers try to make the questions so deep they're nonsensical. The cast has to bring them back "Its just make believe."

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

From Jackie, Carroll might have got a bit of his 'To the Moon' and translated it to Dingbat.

[@MrMenefrego1]

wrong.

[@luislopes2494]

How the f..All in the Family is not yet remastered?

[@sherivandenbusch4120]

Loved the show.

[@rubylee446]

A fine tv show love the actors dearly

[@UnitTheory]

damn jean stapleton spoke really well

[@Ali-zw9jy]

Love them all!

[@jvolgelstein6278]

class all the way

[@stricknine8623]

Archie had it right most of the time.

[@CBJAMPA]

Strick nine - You bet he did!!!!

[@CBJAMPA]

Point Dexter - Who’s ignoring what? Your creepy utopia? But of course we are. Shouldn’t we all, sound minded regular decent people? Oh, please, let me remind you of a few more classics, besides bigot, you schizophrenics keep at the tip of your tongues to attack any perfectly reasonable thinking people, who refuse to submit to your masters of deceit and mediocrity. Although you might not even know the meaning of them, since most of you talk pretty much like a pirate’s parrot, here are some more, you maneuverable idiotic, good for nothing piece of waste matter: homophobe, misogynist, racist, fascist, neonazi. There! Do yourself a favor and save yourself the poison for your own demise - in case you haven’t noticed, vomiting politically correct gibberish doesn’t cut it any longer these days, you pathetic humanoid. How much longer did you lefturds think you could pull it off for? Which only goes to show how Archie really did get it right most of the time about people like you and the foolishly simpletons, like even Carrol O’Connor himself. Difference was Carrol might have been misinformed and didn’t know any better back in his day, but there’s no excuse now with so many dependable sources of information instantly and easily available now. So If you’re still a liberal/progressive today, on your quite predictable way to marxism, as your mental illness progresses, you’re a self conscious control freak, psychopath, con artist, all in one, wrapped in toilet paper, and in desperate need of psychiatric help (or blood, who knows the stage you’re in). May the constitution soon be enforced on the likes of you as soon as dignified honest decent people of this country and in the world wake up and join forces against your low life schemes and abject goals. You gross me out! Pewk!

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

@Point Dexter IGNORANT is the key word though. And NOT in a bad way. As the show progressed, we found where ARCHIE came from, in terms of his back ground. In one episode, where Archie and Meathead were locked in the basement and Archie let fly with the way he grew up. His FATHER informed a LOT of how Archie thought. His father would lock him in his room or something, and Mike's got this look on his face. He's stunned and almost sympathetic. I THINK (correct me if I'm wrong) that a big reason Norman Lear gravitated to the original series (Til Death do us Part) was because of his own relationship with his father. If I HAD to guess, I'd say that Norman was raised by a man who HAD to get married because he got a woman (Norman Lear's mom) pregnant. So much of what Norman brought to Archie was his way of trying to figure out his father. With Archie, his dad's view of rearing a kid was "My way or the Highway" . Some weird parental cult indoctrination. Thankfully, Archie did not really HATE black people or Jewish people. He just stereotyped them based on what he was taught.

[@HelloooThere]

Uh no

[@juliefournier2704]

My fav all in the family yes Archie such a bigot I loved them all hysterical

[@MrMenefrego1]

@ 5:34 Bob Costas says, Because as stupid as he (Archie) may have been in his positions".. Really, "stupid"? Even though we all know the writers and actors of AITF were liberals, that doesn't make Archie's opinions wrong, or "stupid". It's just a way for liberals to show the world how they are never wrong, even though their policies are destroying America. Archie's opinions were, in many instances, correct; but he was unable to defend those positions because the writers were all liberals, including Carroll O'Connor himself.

[@joed1122]

Please... Shut up

[@Kearyjb]

And yet he managed to over come all the odds and become President of the United States of America.

[@sunworship5080]

@ di giusto talk about missing the point of the show sheesh...

[@stricknine8623]

j.d. di giusto Very smart and profound takeaway on a beloved character, show and an underlying truth.

[@mikewynne7131]

Of course- don't engage the issue. Typical Leftist. The problem for Leftists is that the issues used to make Archie look like a bigoted, racist, ass haven't shown to be improved or resolved with Leftist Utopian social engineering. Archie Bunker was a devise used to clobber white, conservative men over age 40 over the head and shut them up. Calling your Dad or Grand Father "Archie Bunker" was an insult to shame him from expressing his views and make him doubt his thoughts about protecting his way of life and influencing the society his children would inherit. I'm old enough to remember the 60's and 70's. And I remember being a liberal and mocking "old guys", particularly my Grandfather as an "archie"- even though he employed many blacks and paid them and treated them as well as whites that worked for him. He just didn't think welfare, socialism, free love and racial egalitarianism and affirmative action were good for America. He'd lived in the world 60+ years; born into poverty in Chicago, started working at age 12, been through the Depression, fought in WWII at age 36 and built a business. He knew the cold hard facts about the world and human nature. He knew that civilization, peace and prosperity were not a given and that it can be lost easily without due diligence. As a man almost 60 now- I'd say he was right. And yet we called him Archie because we arrogantly thought we knew better. And Norman Lear fed OUR youthful, liberal, inexperienced and uninformed prejudices against men like him every week via All in the Family. And we are paying the price today with a fractured, divisive and crumbling society on the brink of collapse.

[@Westindiangyal1111]

Everyone loved Archie bunker❤️

[@schoolkid234]

Archie Bunker is the MAN !!!!.....in our new days and social standards this character is more authentic, genuine proudly guy. Our world need more right persons like him, after all the negative points he remains a good soul full of steel values. Great actor !

[@radiodj1520]

In This Clip, From 4:48 To 6:34, It Was NBC Late Night's Later With Bob Costas Reports On Carroll O'Connor On Early Saturday Morning, April 4, 1992.

[@jayjo77144]

All in the family best show ever ♥️ Singing dingbats 😂😆😂

[@celticlofts]

The irony was that Carroll was the most educated of all the actors on the show. He studied in Trinity College Dublin along with his brother who was a medical student there. He went on to to get his masters degree back in the states. He started his acting career in Dublin Ireland.

[@stricknine8623]

celticlofts Yes, very true information.....Also Archie was right most of the time.

[@pameladecicco6509]

Incorrect. UCD.

[@radiodj1520]

In This Clip, From 0:00 To 1:08, It Was MSNBC News' Time And Again Video Open From April 18, 2000.

[@SuperBigMike1992]

As far as Jean goes, I can see where she would not want to do the voice. I can also see where she does come across as superior, but when you think about it, she played Edith, a kind-hearted DIMWIT. Obviously, she would want to be taken seriously in real life to avoid being type-casted. So, for that matter, I don’t fault her for showing off her intelligence.

[@andrebeck1444]

One can show off one's intelligence without being arrogant and standoffish. It's why the Edith Bunkers of the world will always have more respect than the Jean Stapletons. And by the way, Edith was very dimwitted at times but she also showed assertiveness and strength as well.

[@dolphingurls8204]

@@andrebeck1444 I felt the same way about Jean but thought maybe it was just me. If she was to do the voice what a great for all of her Edith fans. She could most defiantly be taken serious and still be personable.

[@michelinelalonde2217]

@@andrebeck1444 I think the same observations could be made of Lucille Ball.

[@Michelina22]

7:04 wow I was 9 years old

[@TJ1920]

I remember the 1950s I ❤Love Lucy The Lucy Show 1960s Here’s Lucy 1970s

[@flakyb321]

Wow, Jean was pretty dry

[@morgancalvi6675]

It's unreal how sophisticated 'Edith' truly is.

[@DSGNflorian]

LOL at 1:01 a classic mix-up when she mentions the British original on which "All In The Family" was based. That show was called "Till Death DO US part", not "Till Death US DO part".

[@qualityman1965]

Pauli was a nock out in her day

[@radiodj1520]

In This Clip, From 2:02 To 4:48, It Was NBC News' Today's Entertainment News Reports On Carroll O'Connor On Monday Morning, November 7, 1983.

[@slee-choi3826]

Interesting how some fans are disappointed that Jean was not a real dingbat and expect her to be exactly like Edith. If Jean really did behave like Edith she would have never made it in Hollywood. Can't be a naive pushover in that industry.

[@dolphingurls8204]

Just expected her to be more personable I guess

[@yuegonghuamei6685]

Season mean one year?

[@Michelina22]

I wish the Bunkers made more guest appearances on the Jeffersons

[@ItWILLbeWONDERFUL_THERE]

Norman Lear's father called Norman a *"Meathead"* and *"the laziest white kid I know."* (Nice guy. Or NOT! ) Archie was the tip of the iceberg that was Norman Lear's father. Given that factor, it's amazing Norman didn't become an archie.

[@migueldeleon6677]

How did Jane Pauley have a career doing what she does?

[@ralphabreu5022]

Yes best sitcom ever Best actor Carroll O Conner .....

[@BlumeHome70]

🥰🥰🥰👏👏👏💐💐💐😘😘😘🇵🇹Açores 2022

[@larissabrewington9065]

Stapleton was an amazing, incredible actor. She was a smart and articulate woman. Wonderful. RIP. However, watching some of these videos where she talks about Edith, as a figment, made up, not real… I get it. It’s important to forge something new and getting pigeon holed isn’t fun. I have to admit, listening to her put so much emotional distance between herself and the character that made her an icon is disconcerting… I admire that she was NOT Edith. I wish she knew she didn't need to try to hard to force people to see that.

[@steveendicott1855]

I can't help but feel that Jean Stapleton was standoffish towards Edith ! In another show she was on she was asked to do Edith's voice and her only reply was she doesn't do that anymore. And this is in no way to be taken in offense. I do love Jean but of it makes a fan or the audience happy why not give them a little enjoyment? She really distanced herself from Edith Bunker RIP Jean and Carroll

[@ClintScottFischer]

Norman Lear ended up with a serious case of Gavin McLeod!

[@bigroy38]

Went to Hell after Rob,& Sally left.

[@ursulasmith6402]

Well the agenda got completed. Divide and conquer, creating order out of chaos. 😡, those🐊🦎🐍🐉🦕🐲🐸mof the elites.

[@MrMenefrego1]

I met Jean Stapleton during a stay in New York, she was friends of my fathers business partners. She was asked to do her 'Edith' for us by the host of the dinner party, and she sharply said, "I don't do that!" When asked why, she stated, "I get paid for that!". Up till then we were all having a good time. The man who asked for Jean to do the Edith character was really embarrassed by her haughtiness, he offered her 100 dollars to do it. Then she got even more obnoxious, saying, "I'd have to get paid a hell of a lot more than that, pal!" Yes, sadly she is full of herself. When she played Edith we loved her as she is so sweet and kind, but the real Jean Stapleton is an arrogant and very ugly woman, both inside and out

[@johnperrigo6474]

I don't blame her. How rude of them to ask her to perform on que!

[@1thetvzone]

Not only that but that a character she played, and after the lights and the cameras go away..hello it real life....I wish ppl would understand the difference between tv character on tv v. actor in real life....most actors would of said the same thing...I get paid alot of $$$ to play the role...$100 is an insult....know the difference between fact v. fiction, and stop being butthurt because they didn't respond well to your liking of not doing what you want them to do...she had every right to turn you all down....

[@touraneindanke]

Some people can not get it there way and become haters

[@andrebeck1444]

Jean could have been far more diplomatic in refusing to do her trademark character's voice. When one is in the entertainment & sports industries and excels, there are going to be a lot of fans and admirers. It just goes with the territory.

[@JONOSBG]

I heard that from another source that she was arrogant and nasty!

[@JoeBuck207]

Jane pauley interrogation ofJean is s strange indeed.

[@bootsf1f1f1]

Is it me or is Jean Stapleton full of herself?

[@kleeamd8274]

I met her in person, being I'm a big AITF fan, when she made a personal appearance at a mall while promoting a local play she was in. She was very aloof & unfriendly.

[@ClintScottFischer]

I agree, took herself and her whole acting thing a little too seriously. I think somebody should have told her to come back down to earth at some point.

[@jako3214]

Yeah on basically every interview she basically comes across very well spoken and I guess 'grateful' enough but aloof, cold, arrogant and pretty meh of AITF/Edith. :/ I hate when actors have these huge roles that made their CAREERS yet throw them under the bus in a split second years after the show ended. Yes, she seems to take herself WAY too seriously. Its almost always the most likable characters on TV (Edith, Chrissy from Threes Company, Mary Tyler Moore etc..) who in real life are either b*tchy, difficult or just polar opposites of their character.

[@MrMenefrego1]

Gary Furlong: You are SO RIGHT! I met her during a stay in New York, she was friends of my fathers business partners. She was asked to do her 'Edith' for us and she sharply said, "I don't do that!" When asked why, she stated, "I get paid for that!". The man who asked for the Edith character was really embarrassed by her haughtiness, he offered her 100 dollars to do it. Then she got even more obnoxious, saying, "I'd have to get paid a hell of a lot more than that!" Yes, sadly she is full of herself. When she played Edith we loved her as she is so sweet and kind, but the real Jean Stapleton is an arrogant and very ugly woman, both inside and out!

[@Kearyjb]

Its mostly you

[@GeorgeMaster-xg7lg]

There's an Archie Bunker in our families whether we know it or not.

[@sohooded]

Carroll o' Connor 💖💓❤💓💖💓❤

[@hobbygamer6220]

HOW do you make yourself up to look like Edith ??? she looks 30 tops !

[@rogermansour993]

FANTASTIC SHOW!! DONALD. TRUMP'S FAVORITE SHOW.HE LOVED ARCHIE BUNKER.

[@flobekoe]

Archie will hate Trump

[@Hopejoyenergy]

Miss Carrol O’Conner

[@toddfowler4017]

Archie Bunker for President!🇺🇸💼🍺🚕🇺🇸

[@Person-mh6xq]

Oh dear God.

[@toddfowler4017]

@@Person-mh6xq Great idea, right!!📺🎬🗽🚕🍺

[@firstlast1732]

He was right about the blacks all these years later dead on

[@napalm5]

I get Hillary Clinton vibes from Jean

[@jonchaney]

Then don’t watch. Free country.

[@rustyellis3702]

Bryant Gumble is a liar , critics loved it, prove me wrong

[@brianmouland209]

Never spoke in his normal voice on TV

[@radiodj1520]

In This Clip, From 6:50 To 8:27, It Was NBC News' Today's Entertainment News Reports On Jean Stapleton On Monday Morning, November 19, 1979.

[@radiodj1520]

In This Clip, From 8:56 To 9:52, It Was NBC News' Today's Entertainment News Reports On Jean Stapleton On Tuesday Morning, July 8, 1986.