All in the Family
The title screen as seen in the opening credits
Format	Sitcom
Created by	Norman Lear (based on Till Death Us Do Part, created by Johnny Speight)
Starring	Carroll O'Connor Jean Stapleton Rob Reiner (1971-78) Sally Struthers (1971-77) Danielle Brisebois (1978-79)
Country of origin	USA
No. Norman Milton Lear (born July 27 1922 in New Haven Connecticut) is an American Television writer and producer who produced such popular Till Death Us Do Part is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1965 to 1975 Johnny Speight ( 2 June, 1920 &mdash 5 July, 1998) was a TV scriptwriter of many classic British Sitcoms. John Carroll O'Connor ( August 2, 1924 &ndash June 21, 2001) was an American Actor, producer and director Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray on January 19, 1923 in New York City New York) is an American character actress Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American Actor, director, producer, Writer, and Sally-Ann Struthers (born July 28, 1948) is a two-time Emmy-winning American actress and Spokesperson, known for her roles in Sitcoms Danielle Anne Brisebois (born June 28 1969) is a producer, Songwriter and former Singer. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the of seasons	9
No.  of episodes	202
Production
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	CBS
Original run	January 12, 1971 – April 8, 1979
Chronology
Followed by	Maude The Jeffersons Archie Bunker's Place Gloria 704 Hauser
External links
IMDb profile

All in the Family is an acclaimed American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 to April 8, 1979. This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Maude is an Emmy and Golden Globe -winning half-hour American Television Sitcom that was originally broadcast on the Archie Bunker's Place is an American Sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network conceived in 1979 as a continuation of Gloria was a Spin-off television Situation comedy that lasted one season on CBS, from September 1982 to September 1983 704 Hauser is a short-lived CBS Television series that aired in 1994. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Events 217 - Roman Emperor Caracalla is Assassinated (and succeeded by his Praetorian Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) In September 1979, the show was revamped, and given a new title, Archie Bunker's Place. Archie Bunker's Place is an American Sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network conceived in 1979 as a continuation of This version of the sitcom lasted another four years, ending its run in 1983.

Produced by Norman Lear and based on the British television series Till Death Us Do Part, the show broke ground in its depiction of issues previously deemed unsuitable for U. Norman Milton Lear (born July 27 1922 in New Haven Connecticut) is an American Television writer and producer who produced such popular Till Death Us Do Part is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1965 to 1975 S. network television comedy, such as racism, homosexuality, women's liberation, rape, miscarriage, breast cancer and impotence. List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. The feminist movement (also known as the Women's Movement or Women's Liberation) is a series of campaigns on issues such as Reproductive rights (sometimes Rape, also referred to as Sexual assault, is an Assault by a person involving Sexual intercourse with or Sexual penetration of another person Miscarriage or spontaneous abortion is the natural or spontaneous end of a Pregnancy at a stage where the embryo or fetus is incapable of surviving generally defined Breast cancer is a Cancer that starts in the cells of the Breast in women and men

The show ranked #1 in the yearly Nielsen ratings from 1971 to 1976. Nielsen Ratings are audience measurement systems developed by Nielsen Media Research to determine the Audience size and composition of television As of 2007, The Cosby Show has been the only other show to top the ratings for at least five consecutive seasons. The Cosby Show is an American television Situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, first airing on September 20, 1984 In 2002, All in the Family was ranked #4 on TV Guide's list of the 50 greatest TV shows of all time. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. TV Guide is the name of a North American weekly magazine about television programming TV Guide also named the show's protagonist, Archie Bunker, TV's greatest character of all time. } Archibald "Archie" Bunker was a Fictional character in the long-running and top-rated American television Sitcom All in the Family ^[1]

Contents 1 Premise 2 Cast 2.1 Main characters 2.2 Supporting characters 2.3 Recurring characters 2.4 Actors in multiple roles 2.5 "Kelcy" or "Kelsey" 3 Controversial nature 4 Production 5 Awards 6 Episodes 7 Ratings 8 Spin-offs and TV special 9 Theme song 10 Cultural impact 11 DVD releases 12 See also 13 References 14 Further reading 15 External links

Premise

This series starred veteran character actor Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, a working-class, very outspoken bigot, prejudiced against everyone and everything not in agreement with his view of the world. John Carroll O'Connor ( August 2, 1924 &ndash June 21, 2001) was an American Actor, producer and director } Archibald "Archie" Bunker was a Fictional character in the long-running and top-rated American television Sitcom All in the Family His ignorance and stubbornness tend to cause his malapropism-filled arguments to self-destruct. A malapropism (also called a Dogberryism) is the substitution of an incorrect word for a word with a similar sound usually to comic effect He often responds to uncomfortable truths by blowing a raspberry. Blowing a raspberry or strawberry or making a Bronx cheer is to make a noise signifying derision (and/or silliness made by sticking out the tongue between the lips He longs for simpler times, when people sharing his viewpoint were in charge, as evidenced by the nostalgic theme song, "Those Were the Days," the show's original title. (In the first pilot filmed, the family name was Justice rather than Bunker ^[2]. )

By contrast, his wife Edith (Jean Stapleton) is a sweet, understanding, if somewhat intellectually limited woman. Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray on January 19, 1923 in New York City New York) is an American character actress She usually defers to her always-opinionated husband, but on the rare occasions when she takes a stand, she proves to be one of the wisest characters in the series. This is perhaps best seen in episodes "The Battle of the Month" and "The Games Bunkers Play". This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family. This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family. Archie often tells her to "stifle herself" and calls her a "dingbat", but despite their very different personalities, they love each other deeply.

They have one child, Gloria (Sally Struthers), who is married to perennial college student Michael Stivic (Rob Reiner). Sally-Ann Struthers (born July 28, 1948) is a two-time Emmy-winning American actress and Spokesperson, known for her roles in Sitcoms Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American Actor, director, producer, Writer, and Michael is an archetypal 1960s-style liberal. He and Archie constantly clash over political, social, and personal issues. For much of the series, the Stivics live in the Bunker home to save money, providing even more opportunity for the two men to irritate each other. When they finally move out, it is to the house next door, offered to them by George Jefferson, the owner, who knew it would get to Archie. George Jefferson is a Fictional character played by Sherman Hemsley in American television Sitcoms All in the Family Archie frequently calls his son-in-law "meathead" and "Polack" (pronounced Polock) to insult Michael's intelligence and Polish ancestry respectively. The Ethnonyms for the Poles (people, and Poland (their country include endonyms (the way Polish people refer to themselves and The Ethnonyms for the Poles (people, and Poland (their country include endonyms (the way Polish people refer to themselves and

The show is set in the Astoria^[3] section of Queens, one of New York City's five boroughs. Astoria is a Neighborhood in the northwestern corner of the borough of Queens in New York City. The City of New York

Cast

Main characters

• Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, frequently called a "lovable bigot," an assertively prejudiced blue-collar worker. John Carroll O'Connor ( August 2, 1924 &ndash June 21, 2001) was an American Actor, producer and director } Archibald "Archie" Bunker was a Fictional character in the long-running and top-rated American television Sitcom All in the Family Former child actor Mickey Rooney was Lear's choice to play Archie, but Rooney declined the offer due to the strong potential for controversy and, in Rooney's opinion, poor chance for success. Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule Jr; September 23, 1920) is an American Film Actor and Entertainer whose O'Connor enthusiastically sought the part, even though he agreed with Rooney's assessment. O'Connor was living in Italy at the time, and made his acceptance contingent on Lear's covering his airfare back to Italy if the show failed. At the end of the 1973-74 season, O'Connor attempted to renegotiate his contract. When he and producers reached a stalemate, he went on strike. To work around his absence, the writers devised a three-part episode in which Archie disappears on his way to a convention (O'Connor only appears for less than a minute, at the very end of the third part). Had O'Connor not returned to work by the time taping began on the third part, the writers had reportedly planned to kill the character off. Ironically, O'Connor, the actor who fought the most with Lear, remained with the series throughout its run, including the Archie Bunker's Place era. All the other actors either were written off before the end of its run or debuted in later seasons. O'Connor appeared in all but seven episodes.

• Jean Stapleton as Edith Bunker, née Baines. Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray on January 19, 1923 in New York City New York) is an American character actress Edith Bunker ( Née Baines) is a fictional 1970s Sitcom mom on All in the Family (and occasionally Archie Bunker's Place Stapleton remained with the show all through the original series run, but decided to leave before the first season of Archie Bunker's Place had wrapped up. Archie Bunker's Place is an American Sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network conceived in 1979 as a continuation of At that point, Edith was written out as having suffered a stroke and died off camera, leaving Archie to deal with the death of his beloved "dingbat". Stapleton appeared in almost every show with the exception of four.

• Sally Struthers as Gloria Bunker-Stivic, the Bunkers' college-age daughter, married to Michael Stivic. Sally-Ann Struthers (born July 28, 1948) is a two-time Emmy-winning American actress and Spokesperson, known for her roles in Sitcoms Gloria Stivic, née Bunker is the name of the Supporting character played by Sally Struthers on the American Situation comedy Gloria frequently attempts to mediate Archie and Michael's arguments. The roles of Archie and Edith's daughter and son-in-law (then named "Dickie") initially went to Candice Azzara and Chip Oliver. Candice Azzara (born May 18, 1945) is an American character actress frequently cast in Italian or Jewish roles However, after seeing the show's pilot, the original production company, ABC, requested a second pilot, expressing dissatisfaction with both actors. A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Lear recast the "Gloria" and "Dickie" roles with Struthers and Reiner. Penny Marshall, whom Reiner married in April 1971, shortly after the program began, was also considered for the role of Gloria. Penny Marshall (born October 15, 1942) is an American Golden Globe-nominated actress producer and director Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.

• Rob Reiner as Michael Stivic, Gloria's college-student husband, a liberal Polish-American who constantly spars with Archie (in the original pilot, the character was Irish-American). Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American Actor, director, producer, Writer, and Michael "Meathead" Stivic is a fictional character on the American Sitcom All in the Family, played by As discussed in All in the Family retrospectives, Richard Dreyfuss sought the part, but Norman Lear was convinced to cast Reiner.

Supporting characters

• Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford and Mike Evans as George Jefferson, his wife Louise and their son Lionel, Archie's African American neighbors. Sherman Hemsley (born February 1, 1938 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American Actor most famous for his role as George Isabel Sanford ( August 29, 1917 - July 9, 2004) was an Emmy Award -winning American actress most known for her role Michael Jonas Evans ( November 3 1949 – December 14 2006) (usually credited as Mike Evans) was an American Actor George Jefferson is a Fictional character played by Sherman Hemsley in American television Sitcoms All in the Family Louise Jefferson ( Née Mills) was a Supporting character portrayed by Emmy Award -winning actress Isabel Sanford, is a fictional Lionel Jefferson is a Supporting character from the hit sitcoms All in the Family and The Jeffersons. African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa George is Archie's combative black counterpart, while Louise is a smarter, more assertive version of Edith. Lionel and Louise joined the show in its first season. Although previously mentioned many times, George was not seen until 1973. Hemsley, who was Norman Lear's first choice to play George, was performing in the Broadway musical Purlie and did not want to break his commitment to that show. However, Lear kept the role waiting for him until he had finished with the musical.

• Mel Stewart, as George's brother Henry Jefferson. Mel Stewart ( September 19, 1929 - February 24, 2002) was an American Character actor, director, and Henry Jefferson is a fictional character the brother of George Jefferson from the TV series All in the Family. Stewart filled in for Hemsley. The two appeared together only once, in the 1973 episode in which the Bunkers host Henry's going-away party, marking Stewart's final episode and Hemsley's first. Even when the Jeffersons were spun off into their own show in 1975, Stewart's character was rarely referred to again and was never seen. In the closing credits of the "The First and Last Supper" episode, Mel Stewart is credited as playing George Jefferson. This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family. Mel Stewart ( September 19, 1929 - February 24, 2002) was an American Character actor, director, and Stewart was actually playing George's brother, Henry Jefferson, who was pretending to be George for most of the episode. Mel Stewart ( September 19, 1929 - February 24, 2002) was an American Character actor, director, and

• Betty Garrett and Vincent Gardenia as the liberal and Roman Catholic next-door neighbors Irene and Frank Lorenzo. Betty Garrett (born May 23, 1919, St Joseph Missouri) is an American actress, Comedian and Dancer who Vincent Gardenia ( January 7 1922 – December 9 1992) was an American award-winning stage, Film, and They joined the show as semi-regulars in 1973; Gardenia only stayed for one season, but Garrett remained until her character was phased out in late 1975, later resurfacing as a regular in the sitcom Laverne and Shirley. Laverne & Shirley was a popular American television Situation comedy that ran on ABC from 1976 to 1983

• Danielle Brisebois as Edith's 9-year old niece, Stephanie Mills. Danielle Anne Brisebois (born June 28 1969) is a producer, Songwriter and former Singer. For the TV series character see Stephanie Mills (All in the Family Stephanie Mills (born March 22, 1957 in The Bunkers take her in after the child's father, Floyd Mills, abandons her on their doorstep in 1978. (He later extorts money from them to let them keep her. ) She would remain with the show through its transition to Archie Bunker's Place.

• Allan Melvin as Archie's neighbor and best friend Barney Hefner. Allan Melvin ( February 18, 1923 - January 17, 2008) was an American Character actor who appeared in several television The character first appeared in 1973 as a fairly minor character. Barney's role expanded toward the end of the series, after the departures of Reiner and Struthers.

Recurring characters

• James Cromwell as Jerome^[4] "Stretch" Cunningham (1973-1976), Archie's friend and coworker from the loading dock. James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940) sometimes credited as Jamie Cromwell, is an American Film and Television What Archie did not know was that Stretch was Jewish, evident only after Stretch died and Archie went to the funeral.

• Liz Torres as Theresa Betencourt (1976-1977), a Latina nursing student, who initially meets Archie when he is admitted to the hospital for surgery; she later rents Mike and Gloria's former room at the Bunker house. Elizabeth "Liz" Torres (born on September 27, 1947) is an actress singer and comedian of Puerto Rican descent

• Bob Hastings as Kelcy or Tommy Kelsey, who owns the bar Archie frequents and later buys. Robert Hastings (born April 18, 1925) is an American film and television character actor

• Jason Wingreen as Harry Snowden, a bartender at Kelcy's Bar who continues to work there after Archie purchases it and eventually becomes his business partner. Jason Wingreen (born October 9, 1920) is an American actor Born in Brooklyn New York, He lent his voice to Boba Fett in the

• Gloria LeRoy as Mildred "Boom-Boom" Turner, a buxom, middle-aged secretary at the plant where Archie works, who is not initially fond of Archie due to his and Stretch's leering and sexist behavior, but later becomes friendly with him, occasionally working as a barmaid at Archie's Place. Gloria LeRoy (born November 7, 1931, Bucyrus, Ohio) is an American Character actor best remembered for having played

Actors in multiple roles

A number of actors played multiple roles during the show's run:

• Jean Stapleton played both Edith Bunker and Judith Klammerstadt in the episode "A Girl Like Edith". Jean Stapleton (born Jeanne Murray on January 19, 1923 in New York City New York) is an American character actress Edith Bunker ( Née Baines) is a fictional 1970s Sitcom mom on All in the Family (and occasionally Archie Bunker's Place This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family. The end credits list actress "Giovanna Pucci" for the latter character. In fact, this is a play on words with Stapleton's married name: Jean Putch.

• Vincent Gardenia portrayed neighbor Jim Bowman, who sells the Jeffersons their house in "The Jeffersons Move In"; Curtis Rempley, half of a wife-swapping couple Edith befriends in "The Bunkers and the Swingers" (from the show's first and third seasons respectively); and later had a recurring role as neighbor Frank Lorenzo during the 1973-74 season

• Gloria LeRoy played the wife of one of Archie's old Army buddies (Duke Loomis) in third season episode "The Threat" and later portrayed Mildred "Boom-Boom" Turner in a few episodes between 1974 and 1978. Vincent Gardenia ( January 7 1922 – December 9 1992) was an American award-winning stage, Film, and Swinging, sometimes referred to as the swinging lifestyle, is "non-monogamous sexual activity treated much like any other social activity that can be experienced as a Gloria LeRoy (born November 7, 1931, Bucyrus, Ohio) is an American Character actor best remembered for having played

• Allan Melvin played NYPD Sergeant Paul Pulaski in the second-season episode "Archie and the Lock-up" and later played the recurring role of Archie's best friend Barney Hefner from 1973 on. Allan Melvin ( February 18, 1923 - January 17, 2008) was an American Character actor who appeared in several television Allan Melvin ( February 18, 1923 - January 17, 2008) was an American Character actor who appeared in several television This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family.

• Marcia Rodd appeared in two episodes during the 1971-1972 season, playing two different characters, first as a single mother who accuses Mike of being the father of her eight-year old son in "Mike's Mysterious Son", and Maude's daughter Carol in the episode "Maude". Marcia Rodd (born July 8, 1940) is an American Actress. Rodd was born in Lyons Kansas, the daughter of Rosetta ( née This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family. This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family. (Adrienne Barbeau would take over the role of Carol on spinoff series Maude. Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11 1945 is an American Television, Film, character and Musical theater actress as well as the Maude is an Emmy and Golden Globe -winning half-hour American Television Sitcom that was originally broadcast on the )

• Bill Macy first appeared as a uniformed Police Officer in the "Archie Sees a Mugging" episode before returning as Maude's husband

• Roscoe Lee Browne appears as Hugh Victor Thompson III in "The Elevator Story" (1972) and then returns as Jean Duval in "Archie in the Hospital" (1973)

• Burt Mustin played the role of night watchman Harry Feeney in the episode titled Archie is Worried About His Job. Bill Macy - born Wolf Marvin Garber on May 18 1922 in Revere Massachusetts to Michael Garber a manufacturer and his wife Mollie ( née Roscoe Lee Browne ( May 2 1925 &ndash April 11 2007) was an American Actor and director, known for his Burton Hill Mustin ( February 8, 1884 — January 28, 1977) was an American Character actor born in Pittsburgh This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family. He came back later in a few episodes, as Justin Quigley, starting with Edith Finds an Old Man. This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family.

• Sorrell Booke (who played Boss Hogg in the Dukes of Hazzard) played Mr. Sorrell Booke ( January 4, 1930 – February 11, 1994) was an American Actor JD ( Jefferson Davis) Hogg (better known as "Boss" Hogg) is a Fictional character featured in the American The Dukes of Hazzard is an American Television series that originally aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985. Bennett, the owner of a television station in "Archie and the Editorial (1972)" and then returned four more times as Mr. Sanders, Archies boss down at the loading dock.

"Kelcy" or "Kelsey"

The name of the establishment is Kelcy's Bar (as seen in the bar window in various episodes). However, unaccountably, the end credits of episodes involving the bar owner spell the name "Kelcy" for the first two seasons and "Kelsey" thereafter, although the end credits show "Kelcy" in the "Archie Gets the Business" episode. This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family.

Controversial nature

In a warning to viewers, CBS ran a disclaimer before airing the first episode (which disappeared from the screen with the sound of a toilet flushing):

"The program you are about to see is All in the Family. A toilet is a Plumbing fixture and disposal system primarily intended for the disposal of the bodily wastes: Urine and fecal matter. It seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices, and concerns. By making them a source of laughter we hope to show, in a mature fashion, just how absurd they are. "

All in the Family was notorious for featuring language and epithets previously absent from television, such as "fag" for homosexual, "spic" for Hispanics, "dago" and "wop" for Italians, "chink" for Asians, "spade" for Blacks, and phrases such as "God damn it. " It was also famous for being the first major television show to feature the sound of a flushing toilet; it became a running gag on the show. The running gag is an often amusing Joke or reference that appears repeatedly throughout a work or series of works

While moral watchdogs attacked the show on those grounds, others objected to the show's portrayal of Archie Bunker as a "lovable" bigot. Defenders of the series pointed out that Archie usually lost his arguments by reason of his own stupidity. (It is perhaps worth noting that Alf Garnett, Archie Bunker's counterpart in the original British series, was far from lovable and used much stronger language that would not have been allowed on US network television. Alf Garnett is a Fictional character in the British sitcoms Till Death Us Do Part, Till Death )

In addition to its candid political dialogs, All in the Family's story lines also included a sense of realism not previously associated with sitcoms. A 1973 episode, for example, found the Bunkers discovering a swastika painted on their front door. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The swastika (from Sanskrit: svástika sa स्वस्तिक Hindu IS CORRECT if 'ि' is positioned incorrectly see -->) is (It had been intended for their Jewish neighbors down the street. ) An activist from the Jewish Defense League showed up, proposing violent retaliation against whoever painted it, but upon leaving, he was blown up in his car, as the Bunkers watched in horror from their front door. To interweave illness, crime, or in this case, the off-screen violent death of a character into the plot of a comedy show was an unprecedented move.

While Archie's bigotry and short-sightedness were the focus of much of the humor, Mike Stivic's naive liberal nature was on the receiving end of occasional jabs. In the episode Edith Writes a Song, where the family is held by African-American burglars, Mike attempts to intervene on Archie's behalf, explaining to the burglars how Archie does not know about the pain of ghetto poverty. This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family. One of the burglars, played by Demond Wilson and Cleavon Little, responds: "And YOU do?"

Production

Lear bought the rights to Till Death Us Do Part and incorporated his own family experiences with his father into the show. Grady Demond Wilson (born October 13, 1946) is an American Actor, best known for his role as Redd Foxx 's long-suffering son Lamont Cleavon Jake Little ( June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992) was an American film and theatre actor, best known Lear's father would tell Lear's mother to "stifle herself" and she would tell Lear's father "you are the laziest white man I ever saw" (two 'Archieisms' that found their way onto the show).

There were three different pilots shot for the series, first was named "Justice" in reference to Archie's family name (later changed to Bunker). The second was titled Justice for All but was later changed to Those Were the Days. Different actors played the roles of Mike, Gloria, and Lionel in the first two.

ABC became uneasy at about the time Richard Dreyfuss sought the role of Michael and canceled the project. Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29 1947 is an Academy Award -winning American Actor, known for a number of film television and theater roles such Rival network CBS was eager to update its image, and was looking to replace much of its then popular "rural" programming (Mayberry R.F.D., The Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction and Green Acres) with more "urban", contemporary fare (see Rural purge), and was interested in Lear's project. CBS Broadcasting Inc ( CBS) is an American radio and Television network. Mayberry RFD Mayberry RFD (RFD is a postal abbreviation for Rural Free Delivery was a Spin-off, or perhaps more accurately a direct continuation of The Beverly Hillbillies is an American Television series about a Hillbilly family transplanted to Beverly Hills California after finding Petticoat Junction is an American Situation comedy produced by Filmways, which originally aired on the CBS network from 1963 Green Acres is an American Television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City The " Rural Purge " of American television networks was a series of cancellations of still-popular rural-themed or senior citizen-skewing shows They bought the rights from ABC and re-titled the show All in the Family.

Lear initially wanted to shoot in black and white, perhaps feeling that it would emphasize the Bunkers' stark surroundings to greater effect. While CBS insisted on color, Lear had the set furnished in rather neutral tones, keeping everything relatively devoid of color.

All in the Family was the first major American series to be videotaped in front of a live studio audience. Videotape is a means of recording images and sound onto Magnetic tape as opposed to movie film. At the time, sitcoms were shot on film in front of an audience (like Mary Tyler Moore and The Dick Van Dyke Show), and the 1960s had seen a growing number of sitcoms filmed on soundstages without audiences, with a laugh track simulating audience response. After the success of All in the Family, videotaping sitcoms in front of an audience became common format for the genre during the 70s. However, the use of videotape also gave All in the Family the look and feel of the classic sitcoms of early television, which had been performed live before a studio audience (including the original live broadcasts of The Honeymooners, to which All in the Family is sometimes compared. The Honeymooners debuted as a half-hour series on October 1 1955.

In the final season, the practice changed to playing the already taped and edited show to an audience and recording their laughter to add to the original sound track. Thus, the voice-over during the end credits was changed from Rob Reiner's "All in the Family was recorded on tape before a live studio audience" to Carroll O'Connor's "All in the Family was played to a studio audience for live responses. " (Typically, the audience would be gathered for a taping of One Day At A Time, and get to see All In the Family as a bonus. For the song of the same name see One Day at a Time (song One Day at a Time was a long-running American Situation ) Throughout its run, Norman Lear took pride in the fact that canned laughter was never used (mentioning this on many occasions); the laughter heard in the episodes was genuine.

The house shown in the opening credits is located at 89-70 Cooper Avenue in the Glendale neighborhood of Queens, New York. Glendale is a neighborhood in the west-central portion of the borough of Queens in New York City. One may notice there is no porch on that house. The fictional address of the Bunker home was 704 Hauser Street and a number of scenes took place on a porch during the series' run.

Awards

All in the Family is the first of three sitcoms in which all the main characters won Emmy Awards (O'Connor, Stapleton, Struthers, and Reiner). The other two are The Golden Girls and Will & Grace. The Golden Girls is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, Will & Grace is a popular Emmy Award -winning American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from 1998 to 2006

It won numerous Emmys:

• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Carroll O'Connor, 1972, 1977-1979
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Jean Stapleton, 1971, 1972, 1978
• Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy Series - Sally Struthers, 1972 (tied with Valerie Harper for The Mary Tyler Moore Show), 1979
• Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Comedy Series - Rob Reiner, 1974, 1978
• Outstanding New Series - Norman Lear, 1971
• Outstanding Comedy Series - Norman Lear, 1971, 1972, 1973 (with John Rich); Mort Lachman and Milt Josefsberg, 1978
• Outstanding Direction in a Comedy Series - John Rich, 1972; Paul Bogart, 1978
• Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series - Burt Styler, 1972; Michael Ross, Bernard West and Lee Kalcheim, 1973; Bob Weiskopf, Bob Schiller, Barry Harman and Harvey Bronsten, 1978
• Outstanding Live or Tape Sound Mixing - Norman Dewes, 1972

It was nominated an additional 34 times. Valerie Harper (born August 22, 1940) is an Emmy Award -winning American actress best known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern The Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American Television sitcom created by James L John Rich is a film and television director He directed such television shows as The Dick Van Dyke Show, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Maude Milt Josefsberg ( 29 June, 1911 &ndash 14 December, 1987) was a Radio writer for Jack Benny and later for many television Michael Ross is an American Emmy Award -winning Screenwriter, Television producer.

Its Golden Globe Awards are:

• Best TV Actor, Musical/Comedy - Carroll O'Connor, 1972
• Best TV Actress, Musical/Comedy - Jean Stapleton, 1973, 1974
• Best Supporting Actress, Television - Betty Garrett, 1975
• Best TV Show, Musical/Comedy - 1972-74, 1978

There were also 21 nominations. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner

Episodes

Main article: List of All in the Family episodes

The longest sustained audience laughter in the show's history occurred in the famous episode-ending scene in which guest star Sammy Davis, Jr. plays himself. This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family. Samuel George “Sammy” Davis Jr (8 December 1925 &ndash 16 May 1990 was an American Entertainer. Archie is working as a cabdriver. Davis leaves a briefcase behind in his taxi and goes to the Bunker home to pick it up. Archie asks for a photograph with the famous celebrity; the picture captures Davis (after hearing some of Archie's racist remarks) suddenly kissing a stunned Archie on the cheek. The ensuing laughter went on for so long that it had to be severely edited for network broadcast, as Carroll O'Connor still had one line ("Well, what the hell — he said it was in his contract!") to deliver after the kiss. (The line is usually cut in syndication. )

Ratings

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The ratings for each season, at the end of the season, were:

Season	Ratings Rank
1970-1971	#34
1971-1972	#1 21,114,000 households[5]
1972-1973	#1 21,578,400 households[6]
1973-1974	#1 20,654,400 households[7]
1974-1975	#1 20,687,000 households[8]
1975-1976	#1 20,949,600 households[9]
1976-1977	#12 16,304,800 households[10]
1977-1978	#4 17,787,600 households, tied with 60 Minutes and Charlie's Angels[11]
1978-1979	#9 18,550,500 households, tied with Taxi[12]

The series finale brought in 40. 2 million viewers

Spin-offs and TV special

All in the Family spawned several spin-offs, beginning with Maude on September 12, 1972. Maude is an Emmy and Golden Globe -winning half-hour American Television Sitcom that was originally broadcast on the Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maude Findlay, played by Beatrice Arthur, was Edith's cousin; she had first appeared on All in the Family in December 1971 in order to help take care of the Bunkers when they all were sick. Maude disliked Archie intensely, mainly because she thought Edith could have married better, but also because Archie was a conservative while Maude was very liberal in her politics. Maude was featured in another All in the Family episode in which Archie and Edith visited Maude's home in Westchester County to attend the wedding of Maude's daughter Carol — it aired near the end of the second season in the spring of 1972. Westchester County is a primarily Suburban county located in the U Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The episode was essentially designed to set up the premise for the spin-off series Maude. In the episode, Bill Macy played Maude's husband, Walter; it was a role he would reprise for the weekly series that fall. Bill Macy - born Wolf Marvin Garber on May 18 1922 in Revere Massachusetts to Michael Garber a manufacturer and his wife Mollie ( née Marcia Rodd, the actress who played Carol in the episode was replaced by Adrienne Barbeau in Maude. Adrienne Jo Barbeau (born June 11 1945 is an American Television, Film, character and Musical theater actress as well as the

The second and longest-lasting spin-off of All in the Family was The Jeffersons. Debuting on CBS on January 18, 1975 The Jeffersons lasted 11 seasons compared to All in the Family's 9 seasons. Events 350 - Generallus Magnentius deposes Roman Emperor Constans and proclaims himself Emperor Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The main characters of The Jeffersons were the Bunkers' former next-door neighbors George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley) and his wife, Louise "Weezie" Jefferson (Isabel Sanford). George Jefferson is a Fictional character played by Sherman Hemsley in American television Sitcoms All in the Family George Jefferson was the owner of a chain of seven successful dry-cleaning stores; as The Jeffersons begins, they have just moved from the Bunkers' neighborhood to a luxury high-rise apartment building in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Dry cleaning is any cleaning process for Clothing and Textiles using an organic Solvent rather than Water. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park and the East River. George was considered to be the "Black Archie Bunker", and just as racist as Archie. George and Louise would later appear on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an award winning American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10 1990 to May 20 1996 They bought the Banks mansion on the last show.

Other spin-offs of All in the Family include:

• Archie Bunker's Place was technically a spin-off, but was more of a continuation of the series. Archie Bunker's Place is an American Sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network conceived in 1979 as a continuation of
• Gloria, wherein Gloria divorces Mike and starts a new life. Gloria was a Spin-off television Situation comedy that lasted one season on CBS, from September 1982 to September 1983
• 704 Hauser features the Bunkers' house with a new family. 704 Hauser is a short-lived CBS Television series that aired in 1994.

There were also two spin-offs from spin-offs of All in the Family:

• Good Times, features Maude's former maid Florida Evans and her family in a Chicago ghetto
• Checking In, the Jeffersons' maid Florence gets her own show

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Theme song

The series' opening theme song "Those Were the Days",^[13] written by Lee Adams (lyrics) and Charles Strouse (music), was presented in a unique way for a 1970s series: Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton seated at a console or spinet piano (played by Stapleton) and singing the tune on-camera at the start of every episode, concluding with live-audience applause. Lee Adams (born August 14, 1924) is a Tony Award -winning American lyricist best known for his Musical theatre collaboration with Lyrics (in singular form Lyric) are a set of words that accompany music either by speaking or singing Charles Strouse (born June 7 1928) is a three-time Tony Award -winning American Composer and Lyricist. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. A spinet is a smaller type of Harpsichord or other keyboard instrument such as a Piano or organ. Several different performances were recorded over the run of the series, including one version that includes additional lyrics. The song is a simple, pentatonic melody (that can be played exclusively with black keys on a piano) in which Archie and Edith wax nostalgic for the simpler days of yesteryear. The additional lyrics in the longer version lend to the song a greater sense of sadness, and make poignant reference to social changes taking place in the sixties. A few perceptible drifts can be observed when listening to each version chronologically: In the original version after the first time the lyric "Those Were The Days" were sung over the tonic (root chord of the song's key) the piano strikes a Dominant 7th chord in transition to the next part and that is absent from subsequent versions. Jean Stapleton's screeching high note on the line "And you knew who you WEEERRE then" became louder, longer, and more comical, Carroll O'Connor's pronunciation of "welfare state" gained more of Archie's trademark enunciation and the closing lyrics (especially "Gee, our old LaSalle ran great. This article refers specifically to the Welfare state of the United Kingdom. ") were sung with increasingly deliberate articulation, as viewers had initially complained that they could not understand the words.

In interviews, Norman Lear stated that the idea for the piano song introduction was a cost-cutting measure. After completion of the pilot episode, the budget would not allow an elaborate scene to serve as the sequence played during the show's opening credits. Lear decided to have a simple scene of Archie and Edith singing at the piano -- a sequence that became one of the most famous and parodied openings in TV history.

The closing theme (an instrumental) was "Remembering You" played by Roger Kellaway with lyrics co-written by Carroll O'Connor. An instrumental is a Musical composition or recording without Lyrics or any other sort of Vocal music; all of the Music is produced by Roger Kellaway (born November 1, 1939) is an American Composer, Arranger, and Pianist. It was played over footage of houses in Queens intended to represent the Bunkers' neighborhood.

Except for some brief instances in the very first episodes, there was no background or transitional music.

Cultural impact

• Then-US President Richard Nixon can be heard discussing the show (specifically the 1971 episodes "Writing the President" and "Judging Books by Covers") on one of the infamous Watergate tapes. The Watergate tapes, also known as the Nixon tapes are a collection of recordings of conversations between U ^[14]

• Eric Cartman from South Park was created as an Archie Bunker type character. Eric Theodore Cartman,commonly referred to by his Family name, Cartman, is one of the four main Fictional characters in the animated series South Park is an animated American television comedy series created and written by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for Comedy Central According to Trey Parker and Matt Stone, when they were creating South Park, they were vexed that it would be impossible to put a character like Archie Bunker on late-20th century television. They thought, however, that if he were an animated eight-year-old boy, it might just be allowed.

• Popular T-shirts, buttons, and bumper stickers showing O'Connor's image and farcically promoting "Archie Bunker for President" appeared around the time of the 1972 presidential election. A bumper sticker is an adhesive Label or sticker with a message intended to be attached to the bumper of an Automobile and to be read by the occupants The United States presidential election of 1972 was waged on the issues of radicalism and the Vietnam War. A number of voters were said to have voted for the fictional TV character as a write-in candidate. A write-in candidate is a candidate in an Election whose name does not appear on the Ballot, but for whom voters may Vote nonetheless by writing in the

• Archie and Edith's chairs are now in the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution (smɪθsoʊnɪən is an educational and research institute and associated Museum complex administered and funded by the Government of ^[15] Originally purchased by the show's set designer for a few dollars at a local Goodwill thrift store, the originals were given to the Smithsonian (for an exhibit on American television history) in 1978. A charity shop, second-hand shop ( UK) thrift shop, thrift store, hospice shop ( U It cost producers thousands of dollars to create replicas to replace the originals.

• In 1998 All in the Family was honored on a 33-cent stamp by the USPS. ^[16]

• On the TV series Family Guy, the opening sequence shows Peter and Lois Griffin playing the piano and singing, which is an homage to the opening sequence for All in the Family. Family Guy is an animated American television sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox and regularly on other Also, the Family Guy episode "PTV" depicts a fictional All in the Family scene where Archie and Edith get the Jeffersons to move by burning a cross on their lawn while dressed like members of the Ku Klux Klan. "PTV" is the fourteenth episode of season four of the FOX animated series Family Guy. Ku Klux Klan ( KKK) is the name of several past and present secret domestic terrorist organizations in the United States, generally in the southern states that are However, a two-part episode called "Archie and the KKK" shows that Archie does not approve of the racist organization. This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family. The closing credits are also parodied in the episode Stewie Loves Lois. "Stewie Loves Lois" is the first episode of season five of Family Guy.

• An episode of The Simpsons, "Lisa's Sax", features a parody of the opening sequence of All in the Family, with Marge playing piano and Marge and Homer singing an updated version of "Those were the Days". " Lisa's Sax " is the third episode of The Simpsons ' ninth season and originally aired on the Fox network on October The episode then proceeds to state that it was filmed in front of a live studio audience. Homer Simpson also has some notable comparisons to Archie as well. including his first line following the intro to Bart: "hey there "meathead' what are you watching?" ^[17]

• The show inspired the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series Wait Till Your Father Gets Home. Wait till Your Father Gets Home is an Animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera which aired in first-run syndication in the United

• In the series The Golden Girls, in an episode where the girls discover their neighbor's palm tree has crashed into their yard after a storm, their neighbors make an appearance and have personalities very similar to the Bunkers. The Golden Girls is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9,

• There is an Amazing Race episode called "I've Become the Archie Bunker of the Home". The Amazing Race 12 was the twelfth installment of the six-time Emmy Award winning reality television show The Amazing Race.

• The television series History Bites was also known to parody the show, as witnessed in the Talkin' Turkey^[18] episode. History Bites was a Television series on the History Television network that ran from 1998 - 2003. The following is an episode list of the Rick Green show History Bites, which ran from 1998-2004

DVD releases

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (formerly Columbia Tri-Star Home Entertainment) has released the first six seasons of All in the Family on DVD in Region 1. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is the Home video distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is DVD video discs may be encoded with a region code restricting the area of the world in which they can be played

Season Releases

DVD Name	Broadcast Season	Release Date	# of Eps
The Complete First Season	1971	March 26, 2002	13
The Complete Second Season	1971-72	February 4, 2003	24
The Complete Third Season	1972-73	July 20, 2004	24
The Complete Fourth Season	1973-74	April 12, 2005	24
The Complete Fifth Season	1974-75	January 3, 2006	25
The Complete Sixth Season	1975-76	February 13, 2007	24
The Complete Seventh Season	1976-77	TBA	25
The Complete Eighth Season	1977-78	TBA	24
The Complete Ninth Season	1978-79	TBA	24

See also

• Till Death Us Do Part
• Archie Bunker's Place
• All In A Family - a popular Hong Kong sitcom/soap opera also based on Till Death Us Do Part

References

Further reading

• All in the Family: A Critical Appraisal, edited by Richard P. Adler, (Praeger; 1979) ISBN 0-275-90326-5
• Archie & Edith, Mike & Gloria : the Tumultuous History of All in the Family, Donna McCrohan, (Workman Publishing; 1988) ISBN 0-89480-527-4
• Stay Tuned: Television's Unforgettable Moments, Joe Garner, (Andrews McMeel Publishing; 2002) ISBN 0-7407-2693-5

External links

• Encyclopedia of Television entry on All in the Family
• All in the Family at the Internet Movie Database
• All in the Family on TVLand.com
• All in the Family on TV.Com
• All In The Family: 35 Years Of Defining Moments (WCBS-TV story with video, January 12, 2006)

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