It’s funny/sad how many people take All in the Family at face value, and don’t realize the show runner was liberal as hell and trying to make a point.
Norman Lear just died a week or two ago. He changed the landscape of television for the better and it was because of him trying to make those points.
How can my ignorant ass ruin him for my uncle then?
At least they have Redd Foxx memes, you big dummy.
I'm fifty and even I consider myself too young for Archie Bunker.
All in the Family was on until 1979 and it was on in reruns for my entire childhood in the 80s.
Yep. I was five to six years old by the time it when off the air.
I'm 34. My mom would always tell me that I would say "Archie bunker" is my favorite show as a kid.
Calm down there grandpa. The actor who played Archie Bunker was 46.
I know. So am I.
That scene was one of the most difficult ones to watch (Archie Bunker's Place I think is the name of the spinoff series)
Young 'uns.
So are most people at some point.
Plenty of right-wing toxic masculinity ones out there. Not many actually trying to be funny.
A quick duckduckgo search provided several:
Even on more recent topics than Norman Lear's show would have covered.
Not that the above is my opinion.
Good Times memes are dyn-o-mite!
Edit: Oh damn it, Rerun was on What's Happening?
Oh well. The fact that I know what either of those shows are is depressing enough.
I just turned 40 earlier this year (last year for some by now?) and I know and seen all of these shows back in the early 90s, maybe late 80s. There wasn't too much to watch back then, and reruns were always on at night. I know I have seen all the popular stuff from back then, probably not much of the lesser known stuff.
i collect these old shows, and this is one has not aged well. i cant actually bring myself to watch the whole run as an adult.
The show was made by a liberal, but it suffers from the same problem Rick and Morty suffers from: just because somebody is the protagonist, doesn't mean they're the good guy. But you want to put yourself in the shoes of the protagonist, so you mentally try to make them into the good guy. So when Archie Bunker is a misogynistic racist, it makes you feel bad, but the point is he's not a good guy, it's just hard to separate yourself from the character by that time.
For me, I don’t quite make him the good guy, but I do root for him (in the specific sense that I want to see him grow and become a better person). I understand what you’re concerned about, and it’s a good point.
It’s vital to understand that Archie Bunker was written as a bigot intentionally. You’re meant to laugh at him, not with him. The show deliberately addressed controversial social subjects.
Not aged well how?
its just not funny. i found myself feeling sorry for the wife constantly... hell everyone in this guys circle. it felt like... hmm.. work to watch.
contrast that with something like taxi or the golden girls, i still find funny.
it kinda of reminds me of mash (not that they are really comparable pieces). i used to watch mash religiously. both hilarious and heartfelt, it it an amazing show. i just cant watch it anymore. the morose, dramatic side of the show is just too much work. the older i get the less i want to deal in dramas.
Same. Gulp
