All In The Family | Mike Meets Archie For The First Time | The Norman Lear Effect

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  • Gloria (Sally Struthers) has a new boyfriend called Michael (Rob Reiner) and she is very excited to introduce him to her parents (Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton), but Archie doesn't feel the same way.
    From Season 2, Episode 5 'Flashback: Mike Meets Archie' - On their first anniversary, Mike and Gloria reminisce (in a flashback) the first time Gloria brought the Meathead home to meet the man that would become his father-in-law.
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    About All In The Family:
    One of the most acclaimed comedy series of all time, All in the Family with Archie Bunker as the irascible, highly opinionated, working-class family man who viewed the world on his terms and his terms only. When not arguing with his liberal son-in-law, "Meathead," Archie took refuge in his long-suffering wife, Edith, who tries her best to understand Archie's conservative ways and outdated beliefs.
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  • @thenormanleareffect
    @thenormanleareffect  3 роки тому +258

    If you want to see more iconic scenes from All In The Family, SUBSCRIBE to our channel! 🏠💪🏻

    • @Heidelberger1970
      @Heidelberger1970 3 роки тому +24

      Will DO...I'm a 50 year old New Yorker that can not tolerate today's PC BULL SHIT!!

    • @bornyesterday21
      @bornyesterday21 2 роки тому +9

      @Dean F. ... The first five seasons are the best .. For me, once Mike and Gloria moved out, it was never the same.

    • @thenny6600
      @thenny6600 2 роки тому +12

      Amen to that shit never gonna be another like the hilarious bunker

    • @daviddaniel387
      @daviddaniel387 2 роки тому +9

      The look on Archie's face when Mike says Poland love it priceless

    • @thekingsilverado8419
      @thekingsilverado8419 2 роки тому +4

      Archie for President 2024!!!!

  • @dan4345
    @dan4345 3 роки тому +378

    Archie's been gone for 20 years. Edith passed away 8 years ago. But this show will last forever in our hearts.

    • @cinmac3
      @cinmac3 8 місяців тому

      NY Times suck, sorry

    • @RowdyBorders-ni3ti
      @RowdyBorders-ni3ti 7 місяців тому +2

    • @willmercury
      @willmercury 7 місяців тому

      ​@@kshepard52I see them on the screen. Do you just read the scripts?

    • @terminat1
      @terminat1 3 місяці тому +1

      Archie is a fictional character who never died in the canon.

    • @claudedalton8970
      @claudedalton8970 2 місяці тому +1

      @@terminat1 ?

  • @FazMaTaz
    @FazMaTaz Рік тому +226

    Archie’s face when he first sees him is priceless.

    • @jeffreyknowles863
      @jeffreyknowles863 Рік тому +6

      Edith looks ecstatic about Mike. Archie is just disapproving

    • @b.a.k.2683
      @b.a.k.2683 7 місяців тому +1

      The best actor in TV comedy

  • @skoffco
    @skoffco Рік тому +175

    Every one of Carol O’Connor‘s facial expressions was priceless. He was paid $35,000 a show. Huge money for the era.

    • @shermanmullen9526
      @shermanmullen9526 9 місяців тому +1

      Really Serious.

    • @charleshubert6751
      @charleshubert6751 7 місяців тому +13

      And worth every penny!

    • @benwasserman8223
      @benwasserman8223 7 місяців тому +2

      Yeah but when he first signed on, he asked for the salary to come with a ticket back to Italy in case the show was canceled. Thankfully it wasn't.

    • @user-ms3jz7ub7n
      @user-ms3jz7ub7n 7 місяців тому +1

      ​@@benwasserman8223Really? That's hilarious!

    • @robertmasina7388
      @robertmasina7388 6 місяців тому +5

      Even in today's money, how much of the population would give their right arm to be given $35,000.

  • @jamesharris4775
    @jamesharris4775 3 роки тому +1384

    Rob Reiners first act as Meathead, and today he still maintains the part.

    • @coyotefever105
      @coyotefever105 2 роки тому +17

      Yup. And once he was a director who made great movies back to back until North

    • @stevenmcwilliam6945
      @stevenmcwilliam6945 2 роки тому +87

      That’s not cool. Reiner is a brilliant director.

    • @coachloubrown-22
      @coachloubrown-22 2 роки тому +75

      @@stevenmcwilliam6945 brilliant???

    • @justinedwards5021
      @justinedwards5021 2 роки тому

      rob reiner is just another leftist partisan hack nothing more

    • @LucasVigor
      @LucasVigor 2 роки тому

      And people like you are still Archie bunker, apparently

  • @Ericwvb2
    @Ericwvb2 3 роки тому +758

    Carroll O'Connor was amazing. Every scene is a little master class in acting. He played this character so well ...

    • @maccabbee2014
      @maccabbee2014 3 роки тому +41

      Carrol O'Connor was classically trained and highly educated. He was mocking and saluting blue collar men at same time. He knew both sides. They were heroes, worked themselves to death so their children would have a better life.

    • @teresalinton5898
      @teresalinton5898 3 роки тому +16

      great actor

    • @kathleenmichelet6585
      @kathleenmichelet6585 3 роки тому +23

      @@maccabbee2014 he was attacking racists in the role of a racist

    • @43cjd
      @43cjd 3 роки тому +25

      Can you even imagine this show ever getting by the sensors nowadays? Hey people there was a rebuttal to this show. it was called the jeffersons. there was more racial tolerance back in the 70's than there is now. WTF happened to our common sense?

    • @cesarnunez2330
      @cesarnunez2330 3 роки тому +4

      It was my Dads favorite characters on TV….

  • @TiagoSantos-ld6qf
    @TiagoSantos-ld6qf 3 роки тому +50

    Probable the best comedy series of all times.

  • @dennisdemark8151
    @dennisdemark8151 2 роки тому +163

    This show was absolutely a head of it's time... never to be repeated.

  • @WatchingTrainsGoBy-PassingTime
    @WatchingTrainsGoBy-PassingTime 2 роки тому +120

    One of the undisputed greatest shows of all time.

    • @mortsnerd5100
      @mortsnerd5100 Рік тому +3

      #1 in my book.

    • @MrCobraLynnPark
      @MrCobraLynnPark Рік тому +2

      @@mortsnerd5100 Mine too

    • @user-ev4pb9xj7e
      @user-ev4pb9xj7e 7 місяців тому +4

      Wish they would still show it in syndication. But with America being the way it is now, it’s probably illegal to broadcast 🙄

    • @stupidas9466
      @stupidas9466 5 місяців тому

      @@user-ev4pb9xj7eYou sir, are a meathead! By the very fact you just witnessed it being "broadcast" shows it isn't illegal.

  • @Rasputin443556
    @Rasputin443556 3 роки тому +265

    Jean Stapleton's reaction to seeing Mike for the first time is priceless.

    • @nassauguy48
      @nassauguy48 2 роки тому +12

      Even Edith was put off by his appearance. I mean, geesh, he didn't have to wear a suit and tie, but why not something nice and sporty? And the hair and beard?

    • @Kelle0284
      @Kelle0284 2 роки тому +2

      ​@@nassauguy48 Because he's not into sports. 😅

    • @CrimeSchool138
      @CrimeSchool138 2 роки тому +5

      Sporty doesn't mean sports.

    • @JRotten
      @JRotten 7 місяців тому +2

      She was such a great actor.

    • @kevino4846
      @kevino4846 3 місяці тому

      @@JRotten And underrated.

  • @lengoldstein6227
    @lengoldstein6227 2 роки тому +129

    hilarious even to this day and Carroll O'Conner's expressions were priceless!

  • @chendersondesoto
    @chendersondesoto 3 роки тому +370

    This was more honest and genuine than we will ever see again. I loved this. Norman Lear broke ground, a true pioneer.

    • @maxpolaris99
      @maxpolaris99 2 роки тому

      Norman Lear was a hypocritical Cultural Marxist.

  • @glennatkinson9948
    @glennatkinson9948 Рік тому +107

    When Norman Lear matched the character Archie bunker with Carol O’Connor it was pure genius

    • @cignusx-1294
      @cignusx-1294 Рік тому +3

      I must agree...

    • @lawrencethompson1875
      @lawrencethompson1875 11 місяців тому +1

      Mickey Rooney was Norman Lear's 1st choice to play Archie Bunker.

    • @cignusx-1294
      @cignusx-1294 11 місяців тому +4

      He ended with the best choice. :- )

    • @jk-kr8jt
      @jk-kr8jt 4 місяці тому

      Why was it pure genius?

    • @Tarheel13
      @Tarheel13 3 місяці тому +1

      @@jk-kr8jta word that escapes you..genius

  • @hendriksmedia
    @hendriksmedia 3 роки тому +284

    This show was a 'once-in-a-century' miracle.

  • @russellcherry3288
    @russellcherry3288 3 роки тому +178

    This show was awesome in its time I could remember my grandfather watching it and he would laugh for days I can still here him laughing. Good memories.

  • @shawneldridge4465
    @shawneldridge4465 2 роки тому +37

    Oh my goodness the look that Archie gave Mike when he first walked through that door, which by the way was priceless.

    • @mortsnerd5100
      @mortsnerd5100 Рік тому +1

      Meathead was very disrespectful going to meet his girlfriend's parents like that. Archie should have thrown him out.

    • @kevino4846
      @kevino4846 3 місяці тому +1

      @@mortsnerd5100 My late father-in-law used to call me meathead. He looked remarkably like Archie Bunker, even the pale blue eyes and raised eyebrows. We watched the show together and got along so well. Miss you, Earl.

  • @TheJB1970
    @TheJB1970 2 роки тому +101

    Love how he gets the nickname that sticks with him for the whole show within five minutes of Archie meeting him.

    • @TheMan05555
      @TheMan05555 Рік тому +15

      The show has been off the air for over 40 years, and the name is still stuck with Reiner.

    • @brando7266
      @brando7266 Рік тому +6

      Ironic that Archie was the real meathead,

    • @mr.hansholmes2367
      @mr.hansholmes2367 Рік тому +11

      @@brando7266 Spoken like a TRUE Meathead.

    • @mrbubblebuns3994
      @mrbubblebuns3994 Рік тому

      @@brando7266 so, a person that loves freedom above all else is a meat head. lol shows how many Marxist are in this country now.

    • @shermanmullen9526
      @shermanmullen9526 7 місяців тому

      Yup J.B. where's the meathead anyway.

  • @joeheid4757
    @joeheid4757 3 роки тому +327

    And thus, one of the greatest nicknames in sitcom history was born.

    • @garylobo348
      @garylobo348 3 роки тому +10

      Yeppers. Right alongside Dingbat for lovely Edith. And you know that in a much later episode, Archie reveals that HIS father had called him Meathead? It's trueeeee!

    • @darlenekozlovskis6907
      @darlenekozlovskis6907 3 роки тому +18

      yes and that liberal democrat is definately a meathead

    • @clembob8004
      @clembob8004 3 роки тому +7

      @@darlenekozlovskis6907 Almost as much of a meathead as you are as a rightwing conservative.

    • @colossusforbin5484
      @colossusforbin5484 3 роки тому

      Technically it wasn't the first time the word was used on the show as this is a flashback scene.

    • @reyannawynters1800
      @reyannawynters1800 3 роки тому +2

      @@clembob8004 one word regarding people who actually vote-brainwashing

  • @robertvc4716
    @robertvc4716 3 роки тому +694

    When we all laughed and nobody was offended! And Archie went on rants about everyone! Lol too funny 😂

    • @NuisanceMan
      @NuisanceMan 3 роки тому +42

      And at the end of each and every episode, it was always clear that Archie was ignorant and self-defeating.

    • @ericlevy553
      @ericlevy553 3 роки тому +25

      @@NuisanceMan but the point was he wanted to be but deep in his heart he wanted the best for his daughter and he wasn't a real racist with George Jefferson being his buddy.

    • @toucansam3
      @toucansam3 3 роки тому +21

      @@NuisanceMan Not always, sometimes it was clear Archie was the most enlightened one in the room.

    • @kurtbarlow9402
      @kurtbarlow9402 3 роки тому +16

      Archie was a good man who loved his family and country. All his faults stemmed from his upbringing. He wasn't intentionally racist, he just didn't know any better.
      The 1978 episode "Two's a Crowd" illustrates this perfectly (and is one of the best episodes in the entire series)

    • @landofodin
      @landofodin 3 роки тому +12

      @@kurtbarlow9402 Brainwashing from hollywood, that's all it was. White guilt, pollution/global warming. Predictive programming.

  • @kathleenfountain7726
    @kathleenfountain7726 2 роки тому +28

    Carroll O'Connor was a genius!!

  • @scottgould6590
    @scottgould6590 2 роки тому +55

    The look on Archie and Edith’s faces…
    “Oh look, he brought his halloween costume.” 🤣😂

  • @CB-wg4lq
    @CB-wg4lq 3 роки тому +1596

    Still one of the best shows ever. When people had a sense of humor.

    • @martincvitkovich724
      @martincvitkovich724 3 роки тому +75

      Before all the meatheads ruined everything.

    • @chasbodaniels1744
      @chasbodaniels1744 3 роки тому +28

      Hated Archie then and even more so now. Sickening that his kind exist now.

    • @deion762871
      @deion762871 3 роки тому +9

      😂

    • @NuisanceMan
      @NuisanceMan 3 роки тому +19

      Before the Archie Bunkers ruined everything.

    • @martincvitkovich724
      @martincvitkovich724 3 роки тому +66

      @@NuisanceMan The Conservatives grew up, but the liberals are still meatheads

  • @BassGod1225
    @BassGod1225 3 роки тому +134

    Good Times, All in The Family, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, Chico and the Man, Barney Miller.
    Loved Them All.

    • @BassGod1225
      @BassGod1225 3 роки тому +4

      @@geetarman If only I cared.

    • @cldavis33
      @cldavis33 3 роки тому +1

      Loved them too, watched all but Barney Miller. Never even crossed my mind "hey I'm watching a diverse show", it was just good. Good and funny was good and funny. We didn't think like these morons today. Godd Times was my favorite - JJ and the crew.

    • @us-Bahn
      @us-Bahn 3 роки тому

      Plenty of racism to go around in all those shows. Some think it was to show we are all very similar, others to show our essential differences.

    • @FischerFan
      @FischerFan 3 роки тому +4

      @@us-Bahn In some episodes of 'All in the Family', the viewer soon realizes that - political affiliation notwithstanding - Archie Bunker and Meathead are really two of a kind!

    • @FischerFan
      @FischerFan 3 роки тому +6

      Yeah, and look what we've been stuck with in recent years!:
      The Sopranos, The Kardashians, Desperate Housewives, SATC.
      You look at the selection of garbage and then it occurs to you that television programs have deteriorated just as much as popular music over the same period!
      I have two seasons of Sanford & Son on DVD and I will gladly watch them for their honest humour.

  • @charlesward9486
    @charlesward9486 2 роки тому +18

    Still a classic, by any measure!

  • @cignusx-1294
    @cignusx-1294 11 місяців тому +8

    Even my Dad and Mom laughed, along with me ,my brother and sisters while watching this program on Sunday nights way back when. It was just right for the TIMES. We all laughed together AND it taught us a few things along the way. :-)

    • @jdmarti100
      @jdmarti100 2 місяці тому

      I still laugh at it. Wish we would have a show like this today.

  • @sophiadavenport3959
    @sophiadavenport3959 3 роки тому +102

    This show brings back so many good childhood memories.💕

  • @gmoney1592
    @gmoney1592 3 роки тому +710

    One of the best shows ever . They told it like it was regardless of who they offended or who’s feelings got hurt. Long live Archie,Edith Gloria and Meathead

    • @Laurieis1
      @Laurieis1 3 роки тому +10

      Agreed

    • @phillipvaughn5719
      @phillipvaughn5719 3 роки тому +25

      The Bunkers weren't WOKE.
      God bless Archie Bunker🇺🇲

    • @kathleenmichelet6585
      @kathleenmichelet6585 3 роки тому +12

      @Spanky spanky what was better, wage inequity, sexual harassment, homophpbia or the racism?

    • @NotIfWhen
      @NotIfWhen 3 роки тому +50

      @@kathleenmichelet6585 it was great if you were intelligent enough to get that Archie was a clown. His ignorance was to be laughed at. Unfortunately some people are still like that all these years later.

    • @NuisanceMan
      @NuisanceMan 3 роки тому +20

      @Spanky spanky Actually, it offended a LOT of people and was very controversial, along with being #1 in the ratings.

  • @patrickk.6295
    @patrickk.6295 3 роки тому +44

    Best sitcom ever!! The back and forth between O'Connor and Reiner was absolute gold during the many seasons. This was my favorite episode of the whole series, and I'm so grateful for being born in the late 70's and was raised on All in the Family reruns in the 80's as a kid. Just a great show that could really be used in such sensitive times we live in now, just to show this generation that it is okay to laugh at ourselves and our differences as well. Holy hell, this world has totally forgotten how to laugh

    • @chumleye1112
      @chumleye1112 2 роки тому +6

      Agreed. Unfortunately everyone is too sensitive and has too many rights these days to laugh at anything let alone a classic like this.

    • @kevino4846
      @kevino4846 3 місяці тому

      The one scene I remember the most with them is when they are discussing something serious upstairs. Mike starts putting on socks and shoes but puts on a sock and then a shoe before moving on to the other foot. Archie notices and then the brilliant writing takes over.

  • @jamicl2580
    @jamicl2580 2 роки тому +24

    Genius. Genius everything, from wrtiters, producers and especially actors. Ground breaking conversation. Truly iconic, and hilarious.

  • @teresaselby6455
    @teresaselby6455 3 роки тому +106

    Such a funny show. The banter between Archie and Mike was hysterical. My all time fav was “ sock & a sock” vs “sock & a shoe”.

    • @jmseipp
      @jmseipp 3 роки тому +4

      Rob Reiner says that scene was totally ad lib. They just made it up as they went along.

    • @KB-ke3fi
      @KB-ke3fi 3 роки тому +2

      yeah!! My dad and I use that every time someone comes to visit, they go, what? Then they remember.

    • @bholaoates1542
      @bholaoates1542 2 роки тому +1

      @@jmseipp I've heard that too. I don't think what we saw was ad libbed, though. I believe they were ad libbing at rehearsal and came up with it and then the routine was written into the show.

    • @donaldw6049
      @donaldw6049 2 роки тому +3

      I sometimes relive that scene when I put on my socks & shoes. It gives me a Smile. Loved this show when it was first aired. I’m 64yrs old

    • @moviemaker60fps
      @moviemaker60fps 2 роки тому +2

      I remember that one sock and sock, vs sock and shoe so funny

  • @vanessashaw6912
    @vanessashaw6912 3 роки тому +56

    That first meeting between Mike and Archie is so brilliantly set up...so well written and seamlessly acted that we (the audience) know exactly where this relationship is headed. ...and we were not disappointed. Bravo!

    • @brentelliott7262
      @brentelliott7262 Рік тому +1

      Well said friend...

    • @frisco21
      @frisco21 7 місяців тому

      Actually, the two men eventually came to love each other, despite their differences.

  • @cahg3871
    @cahg3871 Рік тому +5

    What a classic show-still watching the reruns 50 years later.

  • @Rich-yj4ub
    @Rich-yj4ub Рік тому +15

    Whoa! Poland! OMG! Look at Archie's face. I'm dying laughing. Even the people in the audience knew about Archie. Hilarious!

  • @verucasaltbaum2358
    @verucasaltbaum2358 3 роки тому +130

    I love hearing the audience mutter oh no, no, when Mike sits in Archie's chair 😄

    • @kijekuyo9494
      @kijekuyo9494 3 роки тому +1

      @Tobert Tate And I'm sure it's up to you to decide what the criteria is for those categories.

    • @mainecoon6514
      @mainecoon6514 3 роки тому +5

      @Tobert Tate Those were the days when "girls were girls and men were men."

    • @shermanmullen2406
      @shermanmullen2406 2 роки тому +3

      AND HE BREAK'S IT.

    • @Rich-yj4ub
      @Rich-yj4ub 2 роки тому +5

      Veruca, did you see the episode where Meathead broke Archie's chair? Hilarious

    • @verucasaltbaum2358
      @verucasaltbaum2358 2 роки тому +2

      @@Rich-yj4ub Yes! Always funny when they're together!😄

  • @mrsTraveller64
    @mrsTraveller64 3 роки тому +32

    Sooooo glad I grew up with this show, still remember how me and my parents laughed and laughed!!!

  • @two-nine7730
    @two-nine7730 2 роки тому +10

    Stapleton,have yet to see anyone come remotely close to the talent of this woman.
    I don't think she even knew what a gift she had.

  • @e.leohassanmodeste756
    @e.leohassanmodeste756 Рік тому +5

    The way he flicks the paper at 3:02 😂😂😂 hilarious.

  • @rocco...
    @rocco... 3 роки тому +30

    To this day Archie and Edith are the two best roles in TV history.

  • @snicketysnickerdoodle8484
    @snicketysnickerdoodle8484 3 роки тому +25

    Character development of the show was perfect. You know what Archie is thinking just by his expression.

  • @Rich-yj4ub
    @Rich-yj4ub 2 роки тому +268

    "Meathead" Dead from the neck up! 🤪 Archie just described most of the Politicians & Karen's in the world 🌎 today! 🤣

    • @cgh7337
      @cgh7337 2 роки тому +18

      You forgot the progressives.

    • @wilcee238
      @wilcee238 2 роки тому

      @CGH Cool story lady

    • @johnharrison6745
      @johnharrison6745 2 роки тому +6

      @@wilcee238 If ONLY it was JUST a story.....

    • @dtklamf7457
      @dtklamf7457 2 роки тому

      and in real life Carroll (little goils name ;) O'Connor was the biggest meathead of them all.

    • @Salem-yy5wn
      @Salem-yy5wn 2 роки тому +6

      Rich - you’re funny. Do you not realize the show was making fun of Archie, and even Mike to an extent?

  • @harrycallahan686
    @harrycallahan686 2 роки тому +48

    You're a Meathead! Freedom of speech without the cancellation queens. Bravo!

  • @lynnm7768
    @lynnm7768 3 роки тому +263

    Sat. night was TV night when i was about 14. All in the Family, M*A*S*H, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett. What a lineup!

  • @stevenstair1068
    @stevenstair1068 3 роки тому +54

    Watched every episode back in the day 😅😅😅

  • @justinmathewson3692
    @justinmathewson3692 Рік тому +12

    The comedic chemistry between Archie and Meathead is simply amazing. No 2 other sitcom characters are in their echelon. AITF has to be the GOAT of all sitcoms. Combine cultural impact with the amount of successful spinoffs, and nothing else comes close to this show.

    • @nancyhey1012
      @nancyhey1012 Рік тому +1

      The joke of it all is that Archie and Mike did grow to like each other in spite of all their differences.

    • @nopcshere6097
      @nopcshere6097 7 місяців тому

      I remember seeing an interview with Carroll O'Connor for the show's 20th anniversary. He said that a lot of the dialogue was the result of improvising between himself and Rob Reiner. He would start with an extra line and that would generate a laugh, and Reiner would build on that and it would just keep going until the rehearsal was stopped because everyone in the cast & crew was laughing. So of course those lines were written into the script.

  • @vozzio2824
    @vozzio2824 2 роки тому +12

    One of my favorite parts of the show is when Sammy Davis Jr. kissed Archie on the cheek and his jaw dropped!

  • @jasonbarney4737
    @jasonbarney4737 3 роки тому +23

    Made you laugh all those years ago and still makes you laugh all these years later. Now that's a damn good show.😆

  • @larrymoore6640
    @larrymoore6640 3 роки тому +65

    A great show which everyone enjoyed. We need more shows like this, so people can have a smile and a good laugh.

  • @Neurotripsicks
    @Neurotripsicks 2 роки тому +10

    The best show of all time. Masterpiece.

  • @PartyMTLcom
    @PartyMTLcom 3 роки тому +13

    Absolutely love All in the Family. Grew up watching every episode. I don’t think that One of the episodes would fly today, but educated us for the times.

  • @actionguy6031
    @actionguy6031 3 роки тому +44

    I always loved the toilet flush sound up stairs

    • @redrock3109
      @redrock3109 3 роки тому +8

      That's "ter-let.' LOL

    • @ronj9448
      @ronj9448 3 роки тому +3

      In 2020-2021 you sometimes get that "message" in work ZOOM calls. Ouch!

    • @actionguy6031
      @actionguy6031 3 роки тому

      @@ronj9448 😀😂🤣

    • @43cjd
      @43cjd 3 роки тому +1

      I forgot all about that.

    • @strivingformindfulness2356
      @strivingformindfulness2356 3 роки тому +2

      I understand that All In The Family was the first sitcom (possibly first TV show) to have the sound of the toilet flush (or "terlet," if you prefer) on TV.

  • @domenicospadola1254
    @domenicospadola1254 3 роки тому +152

    Never tired of watching All in the Family. Hilarious

  • @michaellaughlin8457
    @michaellaughlin8457 2 роки тому +5

    the expression on both Archie n ediths face was priceless when Gloria opened the door to see meathead lol 👍

  • @Kritiker313
    @Kritiker313 4 місяці тому +4

    I love the way Archie played off Edith. They were the perfect matchup for the show.

  • @brandonallen3289
    @brandonallen3289 3 роки тому +54

    Rob Reiner and Sally Sruthers are so young here. My goodness. R.I.P. Caroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton.

  • @jamesmarjan5481
    @jamesmarjan5481 3 роки тому +24

    So much comedy packed into this scene.

  • @TheUnsignedbands
    @TheUnsignedbands 3 роки тому +5

    Based on one of the best 70’s British comedy’s . Till death do us part. Alf Garnet. Classic show.

  • @grantp4022
    @grantp4022 3 роки тому +5

    Gotta love that Archie -- still a classic after all these years. It was the best
    comedy show to have ever run.

  • @davidnault2186
    @davidnault2186 3 роки тому +179

    This master piece should air today just for fun

  • @johnnymossville
    @johnnymossville 3 роки тому +208

    Mike played himself. It was a cameo role.

    • @Grazimoto1
      @Grazimoto1 3 роки тому +22

      And Carroll O'Connor played the opposite of himself. He was very politically liberal in real life. But that's what made the show so funny... we could laugh at how ridiculous Archie Bunker's views were.

    • @kijekuyo9494
      @kijekuyo9494 3 роки тому +6

      Actually, pretty much the entire cast were liberals. You pretty much have to be in order to be self-reflective and to face those issues rationally and compassionately.

    • @johnnymossville
      @johnnymossville 3 роки тому +6

      @@Grazimoto1 Meatheads views were even more silly.

    • @Grazimoto1
      @Grazimoto1 3 роки тому +10

      @@johnnymossville I hate to break it to you but you're wrong. The reason All in the Family was so funny is that Archie Bunker was the BUTT of the joke! We laughed at what an ignorant, racist bigot he was. If you don't understand that, then you never understood the show in the first place!

    • @jagerkennethify
      @jagerkennethify 3 роки тому +2

      @@johnnymossville hey Johnny Trump lost

  • @donmoore7785
    @donmoore7785 3 роки тому +6

    This show was so PERFECT for the time it played in. The 70s - an amazing decade.

  • @tiffanynaidoo2003
    @tiffanynaidoo2003 2 роки тому +12

    Haha it took Bunker 4 minutes to nickname Mike the meathead. They both played their parts so well!

    • @brando7266
      @brando7266 Рік тому +1

      Ironic that Archie was the real meathead,

    • @johnp139
      @johnp139 7 місяців тому

      It was the writers.

  • @christophermyers3758
    @christophermyers3758 3 роки тому +12

    Brilliant writing, great actors...
    "Those Were the Days" 🤗

    • @chumleye1112
      @chumleye1112 2 роки тому

      Yes they were, unfortunately they are long gone and we are left with ..... nothing but garbage on TV.

  • @martyzug256
    @martyzug256 3 роки тому +119

    scary how this show is relevant 50 years later

    • @robertthomas5196
      @robertthomas5196 3 роки тому +5

      People never change.

    • @user-mi3pv7ql4g
      @user-mi3pv7ql4g 3 роки тому +8

      All because the it's still the same 2 crappy parties running the show. Just out for money and power BOTH of them. NO LIFE MATTERS JUST MONEY

    • @dougstyles
      @dougstyles 3 роки тому +1

      And in 50 more yrs, sadly it will remain relevant .

    • @camerondiaztwin
      @camerondiaztwin 3 роки тому +3

      @Rob You need to learn the history of these two parties' platforms. They were completely the opposite of each other at that time. If Abraham Lincoln were running today, he'd be a Democrat. Anyone with a modicum of understanding of US political history knows that.

    • @arlmont123
      @arlmont123 3 роки тому

      I dont know about this. Edith as a wife and mother would never be portrayed in this fashion, imo. She was portrayed as docile and dumb as a brick. in today's shows, women tend to be portrayed as much smarter than their husbands in the script writing. Nit always, but most of the time.

  • @twolak1972
    @twolak1972 2 роки тому +8

    Jean Stapleton was soooo good , she played Edith to a T.

  • @thenny6600
    @thenny6600 2 роки тому +6

    This really is one of the best show of all time.

  • @sharethefootage1088
    @sharethefootage1088 3 роки тому +35

    I named my 72 Impala hardtops Archie and Edith. Meathead is my 72 convertible!

  • @geridinewhite869
    @geridinewhite869 3 роки тому +29

    Honest dialog is a beautiful thing ,people should be comfortable being who they are ,that way everyone is honest with themselves and others ,no one is misled.

  • @sarge420
    @sarge420 2 роки тому +4

    What a Classic Series with a phenomenal cast and superb writing.

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott 2 роки тому +4

    I just cannot get over just how young Rob Reiner was.

  • @tedgegi155
    @tedgegi155 3 роки тому +839

    Hey Arch-----50 years later and he's still a meathead.

    • @navvet4518
      @navvet4518 3 роки тому +88

      Quite literally a liberal meathead.

    • @debbiehanisch2099
      @debbiehanisch2099 3 роки тому +72

      It's worse. Much worse.

    • @janiemoore2721
      @janiemoore2721 3 роки тому +83

      😂 and a Commie.

    • @roberthuber3518
      @roberthuber3518 3 роки тому +53

      Ahh Archie Bunker, A true Trump supporter before his time!!! And just as pig ignorant as the real ones today🐷😉

    • @macclark4112
      @macclark4112 3 роки тому +82

      @@roberthuber3518

  • @mikeelek9713
    @mikeelek9713 3 роки тому +178

    So the "Meathead" nickname started right away. I never understood what it meant. Now, I do - "dead from the neck up."

    • @joejones9520
      @joejones9520 3 роки тому +4

      when they all first got together to start doing the show, o'connor had bought subs for everyone...he noticed later that reiner had eaten most of them himself, that's when he called him a meathead and it stuck for the show.

    • @johnbrowneyes7534
      @johnbrowneyes7534 3 роки тому +1

      On a later episode, we learn that Archie was called Meathead by a former coworker. Before he met Mike.

    • @MrStevekpln
      @MrStevekpln 3 роки тому +1

      @@johnbrowneyes7534 By his own father not a coworker.

    • @johnbrowneyes7534
      @johnbrowneyes7534 3 роки тому +2

      @@MrStevekpln The episode with Vic Tayback called Et Tu, Archie? I thought Vic mentions Archie being called a meathead.

    • @MrStevekpln
      @MrStevekpln 3 роки тому +3

      @@johnbrowneyes7534 Yes but there was an episode that explains the origin of it was from Archies father calling him. I forget if Edith told the story or a visiting family member.

  • @dennissculaf2740
    @dennissculaf2740 2 роки тому +5

    This show was brilliant in so many ways.......

  • @namastemcl
    @namastemcl 2 роки тому +8

    This was a groundbreaking show and regrettably could most likely not be done today.

  • @onealheard7622
    @onealheard7622 3 роки тому +168

    USMC 2 of my favorite characters Fred Sanford Archie Bunker you men made TV worth watching

    • @abbeyjane1306
      @abbeyjane1306 3 роки тому +1

      Semper Fi, '72-76

    • @richardkaltenbach3961
      @richardkaltenbach3961 3 роки тому +8

      And Don't Forget To Include George Jefferson!

    • @gregory46236
      @gregory46236 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah, yeah yeah

    • @DarhaLB
      @DarhaLB 3 роки тому

      Yup 💯

    • @gkprivate433
      @gkprivate433 3 роки тому +2

      RIP Mr Sanford. "This is the big one..". Show was good because it showed how many people live, not in some picture perfect, color coordinated, show room house

  • @deebee9917
    @deebee9917 3 роки тому +6

    never understood this show when i was little,now that i do it’s one of the best shows ever made

  • @Neilxtc
    @Neilxtc Рік тому +5

    One of the greatest shows of all time!!!

  • @ChaniceMReidREALTOR
    @ChaniceMReidREALTOR 2 роки тому +5

    I remember my grandmother watched this show. I'm seeing this for the 1st time. I'm blown away with how raw, and multi-dimensional the writing was back then. I thought The Jeffersons and Good Times went in with the storytelling and breaking down politics and social events of the time. I can appreciate the perspective All in the Family portray as well. It's like All in the Family was the precursor to the current talk radio.

  • @dougstyles
    @dougstyles 3 роки тому +6

    🤣🤣🤣 Archie's 1st look is comedy gold!

  • @gord6992
    @gord6992 3 роки тому +13

    The problem we have today is people take themselves too seriously, this is pure comedy gold made by someone who knew how to laugh. "Hey look Edith he wore his Halloween costume".

  • @928frogman
    @928frogman 2 роки тому +236

    50 years later, Archie is still right about meathead.

    • @whyputaname
      @whyputaname 2 роки тому

      What, that RepubliCons are a-holes.. Yup, I guess Meathead was right 👍

    • @DJ-bj8ku
      @DJ-bj8ku 2 роки тому +20

      And Archie was a MAGA ahead of his time.

    • @nomandad2000
      @nomandad2000 Рік тому

      If you’re a knuckle dragging MAGAT I guess...

    • @furrybogard9724
      @furrybogard9724 Рік тому +5

      @@DJ-bj8ku In what way?

    • @robertpreston2220
      @robertpreston2220 Рік тому +2

      Fact!

  • @fleatactical7390
    @fleatactical7390 2 роки тому +6

    Not even 5 minutes in and he had already earned his new moniker!

  • @richardmanginelli2624
    @richardmanginelli2624 3 роки тому +22

    You know the old saying
    "THE TRUTH HURTS"

  • @IsaacNewton1966
    @IsaacNewton1966 3 роки тому +61

    The world needs more Archie Bunkers.

    • @alexanderestrada2499
      @alexanderestrada2499 8 місяців тому +7

      I’m not positive I agree with that.

    • @michelangelobuonarroti916
      @michelangelobuonarroti916 8 місяців тому +12

      The show made fun of Archie and his bigotry, but some don't realize that.

    • @alexanderestrada2499
      @alexanderestrada2499 8 місяців тому

      Oh I see

    • @rvz77
      @rvz77 7 місяців тому +3

      ​@@alexanderestrada2499you're part of the problem & don't realize it. Because you've swallowed the kool-aid.

    • @alexanderestrada2499
      @alexanderestrada2499 7 місяців тому +3

      I don’t think so.

  • @Heart2HeartBooks
    @Heart2HeartBooks Рік тому +64

    The most prophetic show ever.
    He is still a Meathead. Always will be!

  • @nancyzorbaugh510
    @nancyzorbaugh510 2 роки тому +5

    Such great classic show with great actors

  • @michaelmorgan5303
    @michaelmorgan5303 3 роки тому +112

    Couldn't have a show like that today to many people would get there feelings hurt

    • @mikelombardi8172
      @mikelombardi8172 3 роки тому +12

      Who gives a sh$t

    • @robinlowney9171
      @robinlowney9171 3 роки тому +14

      Yeah... wah wah wah. Cry babies getting ready to run our already ruined country.

    • @robinlowney9171
      @robinlowney9171 3 роки тому +8

      @@haydennault5342 people are super sensitive. Whine and cry about the most unheard of things on the planet. Comedy for some is not for others. 😂

    • @robinlowney9171
      @robinlowney9171 3 роки тому +3

      @@haydennault5342 relax, don't worry about other people. 😑

    • @gratefuljr
      @gratefuljr 3 роки тому +8

      Yeah especially trumpsters because that summarizes Archie and his friends

  • @kinkinmyslinky967
    @kinkinmyslinky967 3 роки тому +8

    I grew up with this show. The episode with sammy davis jr was freaking epic! Not to mention the banter with George Jefferson.

  • @wavealip8059
    @wavealip8059 2 роки тому +3

    The comedic acting and timing was off the charts with this show. This is still probably one of the funniest things ever on TV. Lmfao!

  • @mattwilliam4803
    @mattwilliam4803 2 роки тому +4

    -best, 30-minute sitcom... ever.

  • @debrawilliams7983
    @debrawilliams7983 3 роки тому +35

    Boy they argued from Day One!

    • @SpyroTDragon
      @SpyroTDragon 3 роки тому +1

      Which makes the show unique.

    • @armoredsweatpants3997
      @armoredsweatpants3997 3 роки тому +7

      And Archie was right 98% of the time.

    • @BrentWilkins7777
      @BrentWilkins7777 3 роки тому +1

      @@armoredsweatpants3997 And the actor who portrayed Archie, Carroll O'Connor, who was a leftist, perhaps would have disagreed with him 100% of the time.

    • @armoredsweatpants3997
      @armoredsweatpants3997 3 роки тому +1

      @@BrentWilkins7777 😂🤣😂🤣😂,….🤣😂🤣,…..😅true that my friend,..coaching the meathead on the side!

  • @joe-vz6hx
    @joe-vz6hx 3 роки тому +8

    best sitcom ever, absolutely ground-breaking and the highest quality in so many ways. most if not all sitcoms before or since are just silly stuff, going for the cheap laugh...they didn't have as much intelligence in an entire year as this show had in one episode. I so pity the younger generations who can't get this now...and that's not a slam, I don't think it's fair to expect them to...to really appreciate it, you'd have to have been around back then and understood the climate then.

  • @winst0n888
    @winst0n888 2 роки тому +9

    Early episodes and seasons were the best. But the episode when Archie finds Edith's slipper under the bed after she passed, still makes me break down. RIP Archie and Edith.

  • @themermaidstale5008
    @themermaidstale5008 Рік тому +2

    Still hilarious 50 + years later!

  • @janedoe805
    @janedoe805 3 роки тому +200

    I remember my Dad meeting my boyfriend, whom l later married back in 1981. My Dad was very much like Archie, my Mom nothing like Edith... My Late Husband was not a “Hippie” but a Biker with long hair and covered in tattoos. The meeting didn’t go well to say the least. My Mom kept pinching my Dad every time he said something obnoxious. Unfortunately, my Dad never got to met my Sweetie again, Dad died the following week. We named our first child after my Dad.

    • @lucianolorenzo8395
      @lucianolorenzo8395 3 роки тому +15

      Sorry it happened
      Guess it was to much for him

    • @ROGER2095
      @ROGER2095 3 роки тому +20

      Too bad your father never got to know him. My father was also like Archie and right after high school, my sister married a biker. My parents were unhappy and sad at first. But the biker turned out to be a good, decent, honorable family man, well-loved and respected by both my parents.

    • @gr33n3ggs4
      @gr33n3ggs4 3 роки тому +17

      Thanks for sharing your story.
      Unfortunately, most people judge by the outside.
      Majority of bikers, REAL stand up great people 💯

    • @jodyguilbeaux8225
      @jodyguilbeaux8225 3 роки тому +13

      they dont make dads like him anymore. sorry for your loss.

    • @lindaj171
      @lindaj171 3 роки тому +12

      So sorry for the loss of two such important men in your life. Maybe they're Buds on the other side. You never know 🤗

  • @MillerMeteor74
    @MillerMeteor74 3 роки тому +27

    "Dead from the neck up", lol.

  • @doug8587
    @doug8587 2 роки тому +2

    Loved this show. I also saw Carrol O'Connor on stage, in the movies (Kelly's Heroes is one of my favorites).

  • @garysledge576
    @garysledge576 2 роки тому +4

    I wish there were more shows today like All in the family

  • @chimpshock7790
    @chimpshock7790 3 роки тому +37

    and after all these years ARCHIE was right!

  • @jackflash5659
    @jackflash5659 3 роки тому +69

    Did you know All in the Family has spun off more shows than almost any other television program. All in the Family spun off Maude (1972) which spun off Good Times (1974). It spun off The Jeffersons (1975) which spun off Checking In (1981). It spun off Archie Bunker's Place (1979), 704 Hauser (1994) as well as Gloria (1982). That's 7 programs spun off from one TV show.

    • @johnbrowneyes7534
      @johnbrowneyes7534 3 роки тому

      I remember seeing Checking In when it was on TV. Wow, time flies.......

    • @stevesmith291
      @stevesmith291 3 роки тому +4

      Star Trek has it beat, 11 series in all, including the animated shows and the upcoming.

    • @hope2029
      @hope2029 3 роки тому

      Mama's family

    • @donmoore7785
      @donmoore7785 3 роки тому +1

      @@stevesmith291 He said more than almost any other program...

    • @mariahyohannes
      @mariahyohannes 2 роки тому +1

      These shows were before my time, Good Times , The Jeffersons, Maude and all in the family are some of my favorite sitcoms and had no idea growing up that they were all connected,

  • @stevelacambria883
    @stevelacambria883 2 роки тому +3

    One of the greatest shows ever put on this world. Archie bunker Meathead. Dingbat. Gloria. Little girl. There will be never a show like this ever. All
    In the family. Was my show. I watched it all the time. Had plenty of laughs. I watch the reruns.