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Archie Bunker
First appearance "Meet the Bunkers"
Last appearance "I'm Torn Here"
Cause/reason End of the series
Created by Norman Lear
Portrayed by Carroll O'Connor
Episode count 198 (All in the Family)
97 (Archie Bunker's Place)
Information
Gender Male
Age 50 (in 1974)
Date of birth 1924
Occupation Blue Collar {Loading Dock Foreman, Janitor, and Taxi Driver}
Bar Owner (1979-)
Family David Bunker (father)
Sarah Bunker, née Longstreet (mother)
Michael Stivic (son-in-law)
Joey Stivic (grandson)
Alfred Bunker (brother)
Linda Bunker (niece)
Barbara Lee "Billie" Bunker (niece)
Katherine Bunker (sister-in-law)
Oscar (cousin)
Spouse(s) Edith Baines Bunker (1948-1980, her death[1])
Children Gloria Bunker Stivic (daughter)

Archibald "Archie" Bunker was a fictional character in the long-running and top-rated American television sitcom All in the Family and its spin-off Archie Bunker's Place. This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family. Archie Bunker's Place is an American Sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network conceived in 1979 as a continuation of Norman Milton Lear (born July 27 1922 in New Haven Connecticut) is an American Television writer and producer who produced such popular John Carroll O'Connor ( August 2, 1924 &ndash June 21, 2001) was an American Actor, producer and director All in the Family is an American Situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12 1971 to April Archie Bunker's Place is an American Sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network conceived in 1979 as a continuation of Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael "Meathead" Stivic is a fictional character on the American Sitcom All in the Family, played by Joey Stivic is a Fictional character who first appeared on the 1970s American sitcom All in the Family. Edith Bunker ( Née Baines) is a fictional 1970s Sitcom mom on All in the Family (and occasionally Archie Bunker's Place Gloria Stivic, née Bunker is the name of the Supporting character played by Sally Struthers on the American Situation comedy The United States of America —commonly referred to as the All in the Family is an American Situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12 1971 to April A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new Organization or Entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a Television series based on a pre-existing Archie Bunker's Place is an American Sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network conceived in 1979 as a continuation of He was a reactionary, bigoted, blue-collar worker and family man, played to acclaim by Carroll O'Connor. Reactionary (also reactionist) is a derogatory term usually used by the Left wing in regards to movements which oppose radical change in society and seeks a return A bigot is a person who is intolerant of opinions lifestyles or identities differing from his or her own and bigotry is the corresponding state of mind John Carroll O'Connor ( August 2, 1924 &ndash June 21, 2001) was an American Actor, producer and director The Bunker character was first seen by the American public when All in the Family premiered in January 1971. All in the Family is an American Situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12 1971 to April Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. In 1979, the show was retooled and re-named Archie Bunker’s Place, finally going off the air in 1983. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Bunker lived in the borough of Queens in New York City. The City of New York TV Guide once named Archie the greatest television character of all time. TV Guide is the name of a North American weekly magazine about television programming

All in the Family got many of its laughs by playing on Archie's bigotry, although the dynamic tension between Archie and his left-wing son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic (Rob Reiner), provided an ongoing political and social sounding board for a variety of topics. Michael "Meathead" Stivic is a fictional character on the American Sitcom All in the Family, played by Robert "Rob" Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American Actor, director, producer, Writer, and Politics Politics is the process by which groups of people make decisions

The inspiration for Archie Bunker was Alf Garnett, the character from the BBC sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, on which All in the Family was based. Alf Garnett is a Fictional character in the British sitcoms Till Death Us Do Part, Till Death Till Death Us Do Part is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1965 to 1975 Archie, in turn, was an inspiration for Eric Cartman[2] of South Park. 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

In 2005, Archie Bunker was listed as number 1 on Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters[3], defeating runners-up such as Lucy Ricardo, Fonzie, and Homer Simpson. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bravo is a Cable television network owned by NBC Universal. It is currently seen in more than 80 million homes and was the first service dedicated to film drama Lucille "Lucy" Esmeralda McGillicuddy Ricardo is a Fictional character from the popular U For the similarly named Muppet, see Fozzie. Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli (also The Fonz or simply Fonzie) is a Fictional Homer Jay Simpson is a main fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the eponymous family.

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Character traits

During the series' run, it would be revealed that, while he did disagree with his son-in-law's political views, much of his resentment stemmed from the fact that Mike was attending college and would be able to chart his own successful future, while Archie was forced to drop out of high school during the Depression to help support his family. College ( Latin collegium) is a term most often used today to denote an Educational Institution. High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Episode "Everybody Tells the Truth" showed very clearly that both Archie and Mike were not above twisting the truth to make minorities into stereotypes. A stereotype (from Greek: stereo + týpos = "solid impression" is a generalized perception of first impressions behaviors presumed by a group Interestingly it is Edith who exposes both Archie and Mike's prejudices-yet neither Archie or Mike will admit the truth.

While locked in the store room of Archie's Place with Mike in the episode "Two's a Crowd", Archie confides (after getting drunk), that he was a poor kid who was teased in school for coming to class wearing one shoe and one boot, since his family could not afford to buy him new footwear. This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family. ("They called me Shoe-Bootie. ") In the same episode, it becomes clear that Archie was also an abused child — yet he then goes on to vehemently defend his father who he says loved him and taught him "right from wrong. Child abuse is the physical, psychological or sexual maltreatment of children "

In spite of his numerous flaws, Archie was simultaneously portrayed as being basically decent and, rather than motivated by genuine malice, a product of the time in which he was raised. In the episode "Archie and the KKK," for example, Archie is invited to join a secret "Christian" club which turns out to be a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. 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 In spite of his inherent discomfort around people of color, Archie responds with genuine revulsion at the group's violent methods, and attempts to thwart a cross burning. Cross burning or cross lighting is a practice widely associated with the Ku Klux Klan as a reminder of faith It should also be noted that as the years went on, Archie grew more accepting of people different from himself, albeit partially out of necessity. For example, in 1978, the character became the guardian of Edith's nine-year old niece, Stephanie (Danielle Brisebois), and when it was revealed that Stephanie was Jewish (episode 197), Bunker accepted her faith. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Danielle Anne Brisebois (born June 28 1969) is a producer, Songwriter and former Singer.

Viewer reactions

Such was the name recognition and societal influence of the Bunker character that by 1972 commentators were discussing the "Archie Bunker vote" (i. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. e. , the voting bloc comprised of urban, white, working-class men) in that year's presidential election; in the same year, there was a parody election campaign, complete with T-shirts, campaign buttons, and bumper stickers advocating "Archie Bunker for President. The United States presidential election of 1972 was waged on the issues of radicalism and the Vietnam War. A parody (ˈpɛɹədiː US, [ˈpaɹədiː] UK) in contemporary usage is a work created to mock comment on or poke fun at an original work its subject A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a Shirt which is pulled on over the head to cover most of a person's Torso. Campaign Button is a 4-track CD EP of songs by the Irish singer/songwriter Fionn Regan. 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 " In the show, Archie strongly supported President Richard M. Nixon, of whom he often spoke very highly, incorrectly calling him "Richard E. Nixon. " He was also an early supporter of Ronald Reagan, writing him in on the ballot for the 1976 election, and threatening Mike that "he'll have Reagan in '80," predicting his win in 1980. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The character's imprint on American culture is such that Archie Bunker's name is still being used in the media to describe a certain group of voters who will vote in the 2008 U.S. presidential election. The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled for Tuesday November 4 2008 will be the 56th consecutive [4][5]

The term "Archie Bunker-ism," or just "Archie-ism," was also coined during the show's run to refer to the many malapropisms, such as "groin-acologist" for "gynecologist," that Bunker used on the series. A malapropism (also called a Dogberryism) is the substitution of an incorrect word for a word with a similar sound usually to comic effect

After the episode in which Archie's opposition to the KKK was made evident, several watchdog groups became upset; they believed that the show shouldn't have "humanized" what they viewed as a racist. 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 They believed that Archie should be kept thoroughly unlikable.

Archie's racism had strongly subsided by the time Archie Bunker's Place began in 1979. During that program's second season, he hired a black nanny, Ellen Canby, for Stephanie and became fond of her. In one episode, Archie punched a man for making a remark about her and was thrown out for good from the lodge he had attended since the early days of All in the Family.

Production

Popular and academic use of the concept

References

  1. ^ Declared dead a month earlier of the premiere episode of the second season of Archie Bunker's Place, in 1980. Archie Bunker's Place is an American Sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network conceived in 1979 as a continuation of
  2. ^ Matt Stone, Trey Parker, Larry Divney 'Speaking Freely' transcript (Recorded March 1, 2002, in Aspen, Colo.)
  3. ^ The 100 Greatest TV Characters according to BravoTV.
  4. ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080306/pl_bloomberg/ar7wd5nircc
  5. ^ http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20080313_The_Archie_Bunker_strategy_.html
  6. ^ Citation from the Archie and the Bowling Team episode of All in the Family. This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS Situation comedy " All in the Family. All in the Family is an American Situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12 1971 to April

See also

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All in the Family is an American Situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12 1971 to April Archie Bunker's Place is an American Sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network conceived in 1979 as a continuation of 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.
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