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StellaBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-05 01:21 AM
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God, I love 'All in the Family'
Watching it on TVLand now. Love it, love it, love it.
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-05 01:23 AM
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1. I just LOVE Edith Bunker
smart woman she was :)
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-05 01:23 AM
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2. Would ya stifle dere?
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-05 01:40 AM
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-05 12:04 PM
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4. she did cook.
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mtowngman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-05 01:16 PM
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12. There was one episide when they ate horsemeat
but didn't tell Archie
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Laelth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-05 12:23 PM
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5. Mister we could use a man like ...
Norman Lear again.

:dem:

-Laelth
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Left_Winger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-05 12:28 PM
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6. My favorite episode was with
Sammy Davis Jr.

How I rolled when he kissed Archie. :rofl:
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-05 12:30 PM
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7. I always thought the show was
blatantly racist, even as a child I could understand the racist overtones.

Never was a fan, although I really loved Sally Struthers!
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StellaBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-05 12:35 PM
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8. unless I am confused about what you mean
That's the point. Archie is supposed to look like a stupid bigot.

But, as I am a Texan, too, maybe we had similar experiences - my family loved it when I was little because they identified with Archie and they loved seeing someone with 'common sense' articulate their views on national television.
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Texasgal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-05 12:38 PM
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9. He did look like a stupid bigot!
I think the problem was that alot of people didn't understand that the show was trying to show "funny bigotry" does that make sense? :hi:
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StellaBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-05 01:13 PM
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11. Exactly
That's why my dad loves it. And says things like, 'Boy, you'd never get away with saying that on TV nowdays!'... approvingly.

And the show is also about how Mike, being a leftie, is also a political absolutist in his own way... so there is no common ground. And, BOOM! -hilarity ensues.

(Hook 'em!)
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 12:07 AM
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16. For the first few episodes they ran a voice-over intro
saying something to the effect "this is a show to help us laugh at our prejudices and to see how silly they are". (Very broad paraphrase)
The creators of the show didn't realize that some people would actually see Archie as a sympathetic character who felt as they did about the world.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 12:02 AM
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15. funny you bring that up
i remember a media studies class i had back in grad school, and we examined the show....the professor showed us the huge survey in the 70s that said a sizable portion of the audience watched because they were archie bunker, and were very unlikely to change their views
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Pharlo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-05 12:58 PM
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10. Favorite episode:
Archie does a televised editorial response about guns on airplanes.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-05 01:34 PM
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13. remember that one episode where
Archie shot off some racial blasts, called his wife a 'dingbat' and his son-in-law a 'meathead?'...I really love that episode...lol
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dajoki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-05 01:58 PM
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14. that's every episode
:rofl:
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-21-05 12:50 AM
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17. My dad used to watch it all the time and i hated it unitll now
I finally understand the crap mike took every show.
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