These clips were absolutely HILARIOUS. Unfortunately, we couldn't get them on youtube with blocking the video. Full unblocked videos available on Patreon.
My buddies call me a wagon burner. I'm pretty ok with it as long as they're funny about it!!! ;-) Oh...they make fat jokes too but I can give it back as good as they give!!
When Carroll O'Connor died, Larry King did a special about him, Carroll was certainly a powerhouse in the entertainment industry. Sherman Hemsley called into the show and told a great story of how he got the role of George Jefferson. His manager called him and told him All In The Family was casting people to play their new black neighbors, Sherman was like I dunno, Carroll is a very respected actor and AITF is a big hit, his manager encouraged him to go to an audition, so he did, He said he was very nervous, and he met Carroll who senses his being nervous, put his arm around Sherman's shoulder, gave him a very reassuring smile and said you'll do fine. So that greatly put Sherman at ease, So they ran through some lines, Carroll looked at him, the production crew, pointed to Sherman and said He's our George Jefferson and the rest is fab tv history.
It's unfortunate that the mother Jefferson scene you guys watched was the short clip. In that scene, George meets Lionel's fiancee's parents and we find out that her parents are an interracial couple. White father, black mother. It was hilarious.
This show was meant to expose bigotry and prejudice, wrapped up in comedy, with some of the best writing in tv history. My senior year of high school, the Current Events teacher bought an early model Sony video machine. He’d record it at home, then on Friday’s play it in class, and have discussions afterwards. It was a truly groundbreaking show created by Norman Lear.
Everyone laughed and cried with All in the Family and the Jeffersons because George Jefferson was a lot like Archie in a lot of ways as a Black man vs. A Whoie Man. All of Norman Leat's shows back in the day wete meant to expose social issues and strike up debates and water cooler conversations. I think we ended up being better gor being able to laugh with the characters portrayed whether Archie Bunker, George Jefferson, Maude, the cast of Good Times. These shows all dealt with major issues with humor . Today, you can't discuss anything and have real conversations or such powerful writing without offensiveness. It's really sad that shows today can be this real and deliver a punch with the intended purpose to just start real conversations.
Agreed. Archie was to be laughed at, and not meant to be laughing with. Unfortunately, nowadays the lines between evil and ignorance are becoming blurred.
Best show ever for teaching people using comedy to show the ignorance everyone had at that the time. You have to realize each generation had such different access to knowledge and news etc. Communitites were formed when America started, as immigrants came from all over the world they settled into little enclaves of their own people, that is why big cities have so many different neighborhoods.....their languages, culture, faith, etc. The Archie Bunker time frame was when the country was really intermixing and how everyone handled it. Comedy the best way to teach.
@@bobjames5264 Bing Crosby as a teen was in awe of him. Of course, their styles of singing were vastly different. Al belted to songs to the rafters while Bing crooned winsomely to a microphone.
This show was to bring to light how ridiculous it was to judge or think you know people just from their ancestry or color. Archie was not the norm, he was the one stubborn uncle who didn't know better, but thought he was right. He wasn't being mean, just that's what he thought was the truth. BY highlighting how stupid it was, people laughed at Archie and tried to be a bit more open minded, in my opinion. I grew up watching this show, and my parents would laugh so hard at him.
The shows were FUNNY And you are absolutely correct. They made us think and laugh at ourselves. They showed how funny ignorance and you were dealing with hard topics watch the one when Edith almost got raped the one when they showed Archies talking about his father and his upbringing
The first clip was from the episode about Jenny Willis and Lionel Jefferson’s engagement party. Y’all need to react to that whole episode because it is absolutely hilarious!!!!😂😂😂
Norman Lear was on fired back then. Out of All in the Family came (without me going to look it up). 1. The Jeffersons 2. Maude 3. Good Times And all three were absolutely ground breaking in entertainment.
they say they cant do a show like that anymore,well thats because now you avoid a topic or dance around it instead of just having the conversation unfiltered.this was ppl asking questions on how the otherside lived to get to know each other and find out we are all the same
I loved watching this show back in the 1970's. It is a classic. I understand what you are saying about the generation because my parents are from Archie's generation. Although Archie was like he was this would show him having an open mind and could be persuaded to change or sway from it with LOTS of LOVE and understanding. They did show Archie and how he could have empathy and compassion for others from time to time which made him seem more relatable. He reminds me of of my Daddy. You knew you was loved but it was never spoken but it was shown in different ways. Loved this and ya'lls reaction. Thanks - have a great day!
@@I_AM_BAYTOR I wouldn't say a majority but I would definitely say that far too many straight white people identified with him and missed the point that he was the butt of the joke and instead laughed at the racism he was constantly spewing.
@@timcarr6401 they allowed him to do something far too many bigots never do. They allowed him to learn and grow and become a better person. Sadly that's all too often NOT reality.
1.) we all laughed at this episode when it came out, regardless of what our families background was, there wasn't a big deal made of it and we didn't all fight about it, i think in a lot of ways we enjoyed our differences. 2.) my friend Eric and his older brother, who are Potowatomi on their Fathers side and Kickapoo on their Mothers side, we watched this at their house...everyone was laughing at it, even Erics Grandmother who was born in the 1890s and worked at the Shawnee Indian Agency when she was younger. My immediate friends or "our group" was diverse, Charles, Porto Rican - Eric, Native American - Kurt, Jewish - Kevin, English - Steve, German - Scott, Scottish, - Danny, English - Eddie, African - and i am German/Italian. we grew up together, went to school, played ball, hunted, fished, explored together, ate at each other's house, spent the night, camped out, worked in the fields together, always had each other's back when the older kids got bored and decided to screw with us, listened to each others Grandparents tell stories... We were Brothers in every way, and all of their parent treated us as if we were their kids too. We were a solid crew - aside from the occasional "Redskin" tease - Steve and I got messed with the most by the older kids calling us Nazi's and Hitler, but even that was easily defused by knowing my history, I would just say "My people came here in 1864, Hitler wasn't even born yet" they would just look at us funny and walk away, there was nothing for them to say anymore. I didn't learn, or should i say - I wasn't exposed to any real racism until I moved to just north of Atlanta in 1977, what a shock, I had never known all this BS existed, I had never thought of my friends as Black, Indian, Jewish, British or whatever, they were my friends and that was all that mattered, we all stood for each other, the move to Atlanta was a big adjustment, but I remained who I am, and after being in the Military, I have true friends from MANY Countries, all races and religions, I think all the differences we share are interesting and there is always something new to learn, or another point of view to see things from, it makes us stronger and better human beings... Everyone puts their pants on the same way, I give all a chance to prove who they are, and if you aren't genuinely honest about who you are, it catches up to you and you can't hide from it, you will be exposed for who you truly are. "Under The Heavens We Are One" Lǐ Zhènfān
I could remember in 1971 being 5 years old how funny this was by the expressions and comments, but I was too young and innocent to truly understand the dialogue. Today, over 50 years later, it's easy to see how we're still living with the same issues. We're not permitted to use the terminologies that they were able to get away with in those days, but they are still felt and deep within many people's hearts. The comedy relief to be able to joke about it was a nice way to shrug these issues off (just for a 30 minute sitcom) each week. However, the reality today is that ignorance, bigotry, racial hatred and dysfunctional attitudes about fellow humans still exist. The writers and the actors did a superb job in bringing out the every-day-issues we continue to face, poking fun at them, making us laugh, cry and experience every emotion. Unfortunately, the sad reality is that deep-rooted divisions and racial pride still exist. Fast forward to 2025, I have acquired a much deeper appreciation for the content and am able to decipher the dialogue than when I was a kid in the early 70's. I hope everyone realizes one thing. Carroll O'Connor was playing a character written in a script. He was one of the most nicest, loving actors and was not the same guy in real life as he was on screen. Very down-to-earth and personable. Check out some of his interviews. The acting and talent in these episodes is second to none! Each character breathes life and passion throughout every line and we are left at the end with much to digest. Thank you Norman Lear and the entire cast of "All in the Family" for bringing this phenomenal TV show to our living rooms for over 50 years! 🙂
Growing up in the 70's watching shows like this and Sanford and Son and movies like Blazing Saddles is the main reason us older folks don't get offended at anything.....
I am from that generation when things were funny. Archie made his sincere, but crude ignorance, hysterical. No one was ever off the hook. Blacks, Hispanics, whites: Italian (mobsters), Irish (drunks), Jews (cheap and scammers), Polish (dumb) etc, etc. Everyone was "a target" and we all had fun. Today? Pronouns? Heck no. They can look elsewhere for that. I love to visit here and how you guys have fun and laugh openly. That's what comedy is supposed to be. More power to you two! 👍👍
I was born in 1965. I was a kid in the 1970's. I grew up in the golden age of television comedies. Monty Python's Flying Circus, All in the Family, The Odd Couple, Barney Miller and the original cast of Saturday Night Live. The clip you played was one of my favorite scenes in the history of television. Another was when Archie asked Reverend Chong to baptize his grandson and said something like, "We just want a regular old American baptism. We don't want no dragons or firecrackers."
All in the Family was groundbreaking, unlike anything before it and meant to shine a light on ignorance and racism through its' outrageous humor. Archie's son in law, Mike was played by Rob Reiner who went on to direct some of the most influential movies of the last 50 years.
I met Sherman Helmsley at Disney World back in 1970s. We shook hands and he was warm & smiling. Used to watch All In The Family as often as I could. Good Reactions.
I remember watching this as a child as this series premiered. I looked forward to this show, The Partridge Family, Good Times, and The Brady Bunch. I also liked Get Smart and Hogans Hero’s. Got in trouble a lot for watching too much TV.
I was raised in the 70's and let me tell you, we told and said it as it was. We didn't have thin skin or easily offended like now. And nobody got freaked out, most people just laughed. This country is soft compared to the 70's. This was and still is one of the, if not the, funniest shows ever. All that laughter you hear is real from the live studio audience, no laugh track. Great to see you both have a sense of humor.
I’m a 63yr old white guy & I’d watch ALL in the Family with my Dad trust to watch him laugh because he had a very dry sense of humor. This was a great time of comedy satire when this show along with the Jeffersons & Sanford & Son were the top tv shows & EVERYBODY thought it was funny & didn’t get offended… it was COMEDY. Wish we could go back to this👈🏻
Most of the reason we can't is because too many ignorant fools thought that this kind of humor gave sanction for them to be racist. If you've never seen it you should watch Richard Pryor live at the Sunset Strip where he talks about why he wasn't going to use the N word in his stand up act anymore. The gist of it was, that white people started coming up to him and acted like it was perfectly acceptable to use the word around him in a derogatory way and that he didn't like being treated that way. Now as far as it goes movies like this CAN still be made. Django Unchained is NOT that old, nor is the Hateful 8. And I'm not saying Tarentino hasn't gotten blowback for those movies but the fact remains they were still tremendously successful and widely acclaimed. If you want to debate censorship in TV shows that's a completely different issue but it's always been a wonder to me how much murder we will put on TV but god forbid we show a female nipple on the (no pun intended) boob tube.
From the Britannica entry on "Archie Bunker Show": "Much of its success came from its frank and satirical treatment of sensitive or important topics, such as race, gender, sex, bigotry, and social inequity. The willing and deft portrayal of these topics made a dramatic impact at the time and a lasting influence on television."
Great reaction, TNT! I am 60 and watch All In The Family with all of my family. We knew it was only a show, even as kids. It would seem that 'meathead' was the most educated and understanding but as I have gotten older I realize that meathead truly was the real 'meathead'.
As a conservative...the actor who played Archie hated Archie..but played him well....but this was a time we could all laugh at each other without getting butthurt
Do you know who Archie's son in law is? Rob Reiner, son of Mel Brooks' old comedy partner, director Carl Reiner. Rob directed This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men, The Princess Bride, and more.
All in the Family was extremely popular in the 70's, everyone watched it that I knew of. It was considered the best comedy show at the time, it was simply funny and the show made fun of everyone and addressed current events. At times, it had good and serious messages but most of the time it was just light hearted funny dialogue. If you get the chance to watch the episode "The Swingers", when Edith unknowingly invites swingers (wife swoppers) to their home, that episode is hilarious, it addresses how naive and gullible Edith was but it's hilarious.
I grew up watching this in 1971-ish. We just got through the tumultuous 1960's, political assassinations, riots across the country, and Civil Rights. And we could still laugh at ourselves. Blacks and whites often watched these programs together. We were not overly sensitive when we had every right to be.
I'm a 64 year old white guy and my family watched this show when it was on back in the day. Our reactions were pretty much the same as yours. Its inappropriateness is what made it so funny. You are both good sports! It's fun watch and share! 🙏
Watching these reactions freaks me out sometimes because of the way reactors are shocked about tv shows and what they say. The part that gets me is they seem to have to censor everything. It sort of scares me because I know a lot of people were trying to keep this from happening but maybe we didn’t try hard enough. As for Archie, he was like the one grandparent in the family who would come out with the embarrassing comment. It just sometimes sounds like your generation are like prisoners, no freedom of speech,and so many things you can’t do. It seems like you should be so much more free now with computers,the internet and social media.
All in the family was one of the greatest sitcoms of all time. I loved the banter between Archie and “Meathead”. However Archie was a liberal’s stereotype of a conservative.
This generation just cannot handle comedies from back then All In The Family, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, back then black and white alike looked forward to these shows and laughed out loud with them, what these shows really pointed out was the lunacy and ridiculousness of racism!!!!
Like Seinfeld, this is another series that you two should be watching full episodes rather than clips which sometimes don't give you the full context of a story.
I watched these episodes when first aired after school at my grandparents' place. We all thought it was hilarious. I think my grandparents related to Archie and Edith although we were in Boston. One thing I remember that you don't see today is 'Archie Bunker for President' bumper stickers.
You guys gotta watch the full segment. It's titled "Lionel's engagement party " or you can also type up "All in the family mixed marriage " it gets even more funny and chaotic.
This show is not shocking for us "older" people, it was just normal TV for me as a 8-10 year old. It was not meant to offend; it was just normal TV that pointed out the stupidity of racism in a comedic way.
It's just that too many of the people our age ( born in 72) failed to get the joke that racism was absurd and stupid and instead identified with Archie and laughed at the racism he spewed (and that they increasingly were not allowed to engage in).
I was 13 and happened to see the first show by chance alone. The strange opening with them singing almost made me think it was a parody. And it was at times but the parody was mainly Archie who represented very common attitudes of the time. It became extremely popular and I think very thought provoking. It showed people (like my father) what they looked like from the outside.
Peoples heads would explode 🤯 in todays world.😂😂😂😂😂 nobody gets him calling meathead a Pollock. Back then everybody saw race even the difference in white races.
Carroll O'Connor , the actor who played Archie Bunker was a super liberal in real life. He also plays the sheriff on the show In the Heat of the Night. He dates a Black Lady Mayor.
I’ve screamed a lot like Mike trying to talk to my Dad in the 1990’s, believe me it depends on the person, some people willingly prefer to stay ignorant just so they don’t have to change anything about their life. And they manage to find people exactly like them and only stay around people like that for the rest of their life!
As a kid I loved this show As a black family we loved laughing at the ignorance of racism not just of blacks but if other people The reality was very different but it gave us a small respite from it
I am a 61 yo white guy. as a kid we all knew or lived with an Archie. We watched the show and i think it educated a lot of working class white kids to the fact that the bigatry around us was ignorant. In many ways it was the start of a life that tried to learn and grow. I think of going to an integrated HS across town and making friends with black kids for the 1st time; man, we were awkward and we all said dumb things on the road to understanding. I sometimes worry that those awkward conversations would get shut down today... we needed them.
188th I was 10 in 1970 .....our family used to always watch this show..... there are a lot of great interviews with Carol O'Conner in regards to his Character as Archie....he was Liberal in Real Life....
The interesting thing is that Carroll O’Conner who played Archie was the direct opposite of that character. He couldn’t understand why they wanted him to play that character. He thought he would do a horrible job, but nailed it!
This did spark a lot discussion in households about different topics. I grew up watching this with my parents and grandparents as a white male from the north that didn’t have a lot of diversity in my community. So I think it hit people differently from different areas and backgrounds
The thing about Archie was that he wasn't racist, he was a bigot. It didn't come from a place of hatred, but ignorance. The show had many episodes that revealed he was fundamentally decent--two episodes involving a drag queen he gave CPR to; an episode where the Klan wanted to burn a cross on Mike's lawn; and ultimately, when the show became ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE, and he had a Jewish partner, niece and love interest for his other niece. He also had a black housekeeper who he defended when someone called her the N-word.
The thing you are missing is that most people who are racist are racist because of their ignorance. Ignorance breeds fear, fear leads to anger and anger leads to hate. ALL forms of bigotry are based in hatred generated by fear of the unknown. Archie wasn't inherently evil like some bigots or racists are but the behavior he was engaged in was still extremely harmful to himself and those around him as well as society. You are debating a point here based on intent, whether it is better or not that he was unintentionally racist. To that I say that the rode to Hell is pathed with good intentions. Sure it's better if you don't intend to hurt somebody but the fact that you hurt them doesn't change and the need to make amends doesn't change either. And it's important to remember that Archie was willing to learn and grow and change. By the time most people are Archie's age they are no longer willing to do that, ESPECIALLY where it involves their core beliefs. That's where we get cognitive dissonance from and it's why generational and institutional racism and bigotry is such a problem in this country.
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 Firstly, it's road, not rode...and paved, not pathed. Secondly, Archie DOES change over the course of this series and its spin-off. Thirdly, you're reacting to a comedy show as if it's real life, when in fact the intentions behind the show were never in sympathy with Archie, but rather espousing a liberal point of view by making him comically ignorant. And lastly, there is no institutional racism, you've just been brainwashed to believe it to be so. Maybe forty years ago, but not today. For someone filled with such certitude, I bet you're quite young, without the years of experience to be so confident in your assertions. Just a hunch, I'm not as arrogant as you are to think I'm one hundred percent right.
I think his main point is that Archie wasn’t often malicious, and wasn’t all full of hate. He was fairly accepting of being friends with the Jefferson’s, for example. He thought the old ways were the right ways and didn’t want to learn and change. But over several years he softened his attitudes.
@ you are so off base on almost everything in your comment. First, I was born in 1972 so I saw a lot of these episodes when they were first on TV. So that's a complete FAIL on your part trying to "read me" like you know me or my experience. Second, I've seen institutionalized racism and bigotry with my own eyes through out my life UP CLOSE AND IN PERSON to say nothing of what I've seen in the wider world. I've actually read some of the research reports on this subject and seen some of the legal data unfiltered. I've had friends and family in law enforcement or working in the legal system through out my life as well. So the only brainwashing around here is yours and you are likely getting it from somewhere like Faux News. So again that's a complete FAIL on your part. Third, I'm not reacting to a comedy show as if it's real life I'm quite literally trying to explain the difference between Archie and a real life bigot to you and I'm also trying to explain to you that far too many real life bigots completely missed the point of Archie Bunker. You are batting 0 for 3 on your assumptions and suppositions at this point pal! If you weren't arrogant you wouldn't have written that response comment the way you did. So saying you aren't and trying to hedge your comment after your download of mansplaining is disingenuous at best. But hey props to you for discovering a couple of typos caused by auto correct in an online comment. I mean hell, you clearly demonstrated your intellect with those catches! When it comes down to it if you want to know why shows like this aren't made anymore it's because of people like you trying to wave away racism and bigotry like it doesn't exist anymore. I'm not going to make any presumptions about who you are but I bet I can guess a fair amount about you based on your comments here and none of it is anybody I'd want to be associated with.
Truth be told, this show was a mirror held up to our society to awaken us from the blatant bigotry of our time. Hence, the contrast between Archie's generation (my parents) and Michael's, (the son in law). I loved this show when I was a teen!
Another clip you might find funny was one of Archie getting locked in his basement. He finds a bottle of booze and starts drinking and thinks he's going to die...A worker comes and saves him but he thinks it's God coming to get him.... Look up "All in the Family Archie thinks he's meeting God"
this is a spin off from All in the Family. I was a kid when these episodes aired on television .. I just remember contagious laughter echoing. I didn’t understand then .. but as an adult I feel privileged to have grown up with ground breaking programs
To understand where we are and going, we have to understand where we came from. This is a time-capsule for sure. And I agree, things have been skewed and I 1000% agree that this brings to light a lot of things. My grandpa would talk crazy too and I would be shocked as a kid because my mom taught us that it was wrong (they were the same ages as the show) and what's even crazier is that he was a registered Native American lol.
I learned that racism is in all cultures, the way we addressed it back in the 70's was with comedy to showed how stupid there beliefs were and we needed to stop judging people by stereotypes and accept people as the are.
I'm 77 and white. Some of the men I knew at the time loved the show but didn't understand the humor. They related to the character of Archie, because they thought like him.
All in the Family covered a LOT of relevant topics during it's decade on the air: politics, race, economics, religion, sex, injustice, crime, death, marriage, divorce. AITF may be THE SHOW that sparks debates and controversy over any show ever made. And I get that people can like and dislike what they choose, but I feel like anyone who says that this show, of all shows, doesn't spark debate or make them think, then perhaps some of these topics are very uncomfortable for them to see on screen. All in the Family didn't cut corners and didn't sugarcoat it's characters or plots. These characters were very authentic and resonated as real people, which is something I think is lacking in a lot of modern entertainment, and AITF even in the midst of having all these serious topics is still a very entertaining series to watch.
I'm a mutt... Italian/Scottish/English/Irish... maybe some American Indian... there were 8 of us... 4 boys... 4 girls. And... we called our Mom... "Weezie"!
These clips were absolutely HILARIOUS. Unfortunately, we couldn't get them on youtube with blocking the video. Full unblocked videos available on Patreon.
I was wondering about that.
My buddies call me a wagon burner. I'm pretty ok with it as long as they're funny about it!!! ;-) Oh...they make fat jokes too but I can give it back as good as they give!!
When Carroll O'Connor died, Larry King did a special about him, Carroll was certainly a powerhouse in the entertainment industry. Sherman Hemsley called into the show and told a great story of how he got the role of George Jefferson. His manager called him and told him All In The Family was casting people to play their new black neighbors, Sherman was like I dunno, Carroll is a very respected actor and AITF is a big hit, his manager encouraged him to go to an audition, so he did, He said he was very nervous, and he met Carroll who senses his being nervous, put his arm around Sherman's shoulder, gave him a very reassuring smile and said you'll do fine. So that greatly put Sherman at ease, So they ran through some lines, Carroll looked at him, the production crew, pointed to Sherman and said He's our George Jefferson and the rest is fab tv history.
It's unfortunate that the mother Jefferson scene you guys watched was the short clip. In that scene, George meets Lionel's fiancee's parents and we find out that her parents are an interracial couple. White father, black mother. It was hilarious.
Don’t be intimidated by the deranged 0.01% of the modern era.
White father, black mother.
So True!!!……so frickin funny!!!!
Yes! That was the funniest part of the whole scene.
This is the 2nd time I watched clips on this channel and the whole premise of the scene was not shown, don't know why.
One of my favorite episodes is when Archie and George both went nuts because a Hispanic family moved into the neighborhood. Hilarious.
Hmmm. Were they illegal aliens? 😮🤔🥴😵💫😱🙀
This show was meant to expose bigotry and prejudice, wrapped up in comedy, with some of the best writing in tv history. My senior year of high school, the Current Events teacher bought an early model Sony video machine. He’d record it at home, then on Friday’s play it in class, and have discussions afterwards. It was a truly groundbreaking show created by Norman Lear.
Everyone laughed and cried with All in the Family and the Jeffersons because George Jefferson was a lot like Archie in a lot of ways as a Black man vs. A Whoie Man. All of Norman Leat's shows back in the day wete meant to expose social issues and strike up debates and water cooler conversations. I think we ended up being better gor being able to laugh with the characters portrayed whether Archie Bunker, George Jefferson, Maude, the cast of Good Times. These shows all dealt with major issues with humor . Today, you can't discuss anything and have real conversations or such powerful writing without offensiveness. It's really sad that shows today can be this real and deliver a punch with the intended purpose to just start real conversations.
Week said!
I grew up in the 1970s and watched this show, and many others. Hilarious! We knew it was a joke and we never got offended.
Archie’s character was never evil. He was ignorant, not evil.
There was one episode where he stopped his neighbours burning crosses on the Jefferson's front lawn.
He was also supposed to be a lesson to white Americans.
His character evolved over the years and even into Archie's Place
Spot on! People today miss this point.
Agreed. Archie was to be laughed at, and not meant to be laughing with. Unfortunately, nowadays the lines between evil and ignorance are becoming blurred.
This turned TV comedy on it's end at the time. It was needed. It's needed again.
Needed again indeed.
Best show ever for teaching people using comedy to show the ignorance everyone had at that the time. You have to realize each generation had such different access to knowledge and news etc. Communitites were formed when America started, as immigrants came from all over the world they settled into little enclaves of their own people, that is why big cities have so many different neighborhoods.....their languages, culture, faith, etc. The Archie Bunker time frame was when the country was really intermixing and how everyone handled it. Comedy the best way to teach.
Ohhhhhhhhh those two together were comedic gold! Loved All in the Family and the Jeffersons
The thing that cracks me up from that first clip is Archie actually believed Al Jolson was Black! 🤣
Al Jolson was the first International singer superstar. Even though he wore blackface, he as a friend to blacks in his day. He was their defender.
Hee Yeah, it's almost as funny as Bp thinking President Obama is black.
And I’m sure these kids have no idea who Al Jolson even was…
@@bobjames5264 Bing Crosby as a teen was in awe of him. Of course, their styles of singing were vastly different. Al belted to songs to the rafters while Bing crooned winsomely to a microphone.
@@randygriffin1859 most of the jokes are meant to poke fun at Archie’s ignorance. 👍🏼
This show was to bring to light how ridiculous it was to judge or think you know people just from their ancestry or color. Archie was not the norm, he was the one stubborn uncle who didn't know better, but thought he was right. He wasn't being mean, just that's what he thought was the truth. BY highlighting how stupid it was, people laughed at Archie and tried to be a bit more open minded, in my opinion. I grew up watching this show, and my parents would laugh so hard at him.
The shows were FUNNY And you are absolutely correct. They made us think and laugh at ourselves. They showed how funny ignorance and you were dealing with hard topics watch the one when Edith almost got raped the one when they showed Archies talking about his father and his upbringing
Sherman Helmsley was fantastic in his role, you see why its an iconic character today.
Yep, too bad the writing on The Jeffersons wasn't half as good as on AITF.
Indeed, no doubt I will always miss those days.
This was a show for intelligent people who sought to understand nuance better and were not offended only for the sake of being offended.
The first clip was from the episode about Jenny Willis and Lionel Jefferson’s engagement party. Y’all need to react to that whole episode because it is absolutely hilarious!!!!😂😂😂
I wasn´t born yet, but I put this sitcom always in the top of all! Greetings from Portugal!
It's amazing when you look at all the hit comedy shows that spawned from All in the Family.
Norman Lear was on fired back then. Out of All in the Family came (without me going to look it up).
1. The Jeffersons
2. Maude
3. Good Times
And all three were absolutely ground breaking in entertainment.
@@ashleighelizabeth5916And when All In The Family ended, they continued it with the show Archie Bunker's Place.
@@ashleighelizabeth5916And Archie Bunker's Place.
they say they cant do a show like that anymore,well thats because now you avoid a topic or dance around it instead of just having the conversation unfiltered.this was ppl asking questions on how the otherside lived to get to know each other and find out we are all the same
I know, because look how the lady host here is already getting offended.
I loved watching this show back in the 1970's. It is a classic. I understand what you are saying about the generation because my parents are from Archie's generation. Although Archie was like he was this would show him having an open mind and could be persuaded to change or sway from it with LOTS of LOVE and understanding. They did show Archie and how he could have empathy and compassion for others from time to time which made him seem more relatable. He reminds me of of my Daddy. You knew you was loved but it was never spoken but it was shown in different ways. Loved this and ya'lls reaction. Thanks - have a great day!
The Jefferson clip continues with him meeting his future daughter in law’s white father. I can’t believe you didn’t finish.😮
It’s been a really rough day. Seeing this upload just made it so much better - wish you guys posted more of these clips! 🙏🏻✌🏻🩶
More on the way. UA-cam is making it hell for us, so I spend more time editing than posting.
When people had thick skins and loved to laugh.....Loved All in the Family
Carroll O'Connor said he hated Archie, and that you were supposed to hate Archie.
Instead they created a character the majority can relate with.
They did commercials where Carroll O'Connor talked about why you shouldn't act like Archie and you miss out on things if you do.
@@I_AM_BAYTOR Archie became lovable.
@@I_AM_BAYTOR I wouldn't say a majority but I would definitely say that far too many straight white people identified with him and missed the point that he was the butt of the joke and instead laughed at the racism he was constantly spewing.
@@timcarr6401 they allowed him to do something far too many bigots never do. They allowed him to learn and grow and become a better person. Sadly that's all too often NOT reality.
1.) we all laughed at this episode when it came out, regardless of what our families background was, there wasn't a big deal made of it and we didn't all fight about it, i think in a lot of ways we enjoyed our differences. 2.) my friend Eric and his older brother, who are Potowatomi on their Fathers side and Kickapoo on their Mothers side, we watched this at their house...everyone was laughing at it, even Erics Grandmother who was born in the 1890s and worked at the Shawnee Indian Agency when she was younger.
My immediate friends or "our group" was diverse, Charles, Porto Rican - Eric, Native American - Kurt, Jewish - Kevin, English - Steve, German - Scott, Scottish, - Danny, English -
Eddie, African - and i am German/Italian. we grew up together, went to school, played ball, hunted, fished, explored together, ate at each other's house, spent the night, camped out, worked in the fields together, always had each other's back when the older kids got bored and decided to screw with us, listened to each others Grandparents tell stories... We were Brothers in every way, and all of their parent treated us as if we were their kids too. We were a solid crew - aside from the occasional "Redskin" tease - Steve and I got messed with the most by the older kids calling us Nazi's and Hitler, but even that was easily defused by knowing my history, I would just say "My people came here in 1864, Hitler wasn't even born yet" they would just look at us funny and walk away, there was nothing for them to say anymore.
I didn't learn, or should i say - I wasn't exposed to any real racism until I moved to just north of Atlanta in 1977, what a shock, I had never known all this BS existed, I had never thought of my friends as Black, Indian, Jewish, British or whatever, they were my friends and that was all that mattered, we all stood for each other, the move to Atlanta was a big adjustment, but I remained who I am, and after being in the Military, I have true friends from MANY Countries, all races and religions, I think all the differences we share are interesting and there is always something new to learn, or another point of view to see things from, it makes us stronger and better human beings...
Everyone puts their pants on the same way, I give all a chance to prove who they are, and if you aren't genuinely honest about who you are, it catches up to you and you can't hide from it, you will be exposed for who you truly are.
"Under The Heavens We Are One" Lǐ Zhènfān
I could remember in 1971 being 5 years old how funny this was by the expressions and comments, but I was too young and innocent to truly understand the dialogue. Today, over 50 years later, it's easy to see how we're still living with the same issues. We're not permitted to use the terminologies that they were able to get away with in those days, but they are still felt and deep within many people's hearts. The comedy relief to be able to joke about it was a nice way to shrug these issues off (just for a 30 minute sitcom) each week. However, the reality today is that ignorance, bigotry, racial hatred and dysfunctional attitudes about fellow humans still exist. The writers and the actors did a superb job in bringing out the every-day-issues we continue to face, poking fun at them, making us laugh, cry and experience every emotion. Unfortunately, the sad reality is that deep-rooted divisions and racial pride still exist.
Fast forward to 2025, I have acquired a much deeper appreciation for the content and am able to decipher the dialogue than when I was a kid in the early 70's.
I hope everyone realizes one thing. Carroll O'Connor was playing a character written in a script. He was one of the most nicest, loving actors and was not the same guy in real life as he was on screen. Very down-to-earth and personable. Check out some of his interviews.
The acting and talent in these episodes is second to none! Each character breathes life and passion throughout every line and we are left at the end with much to digest.
Thank you Norman Lear and the entire cast of "All in the Family" for bringing this phenomenal TV show to our living rooms for over 50 years! 🙂
The best comedy is that comedy that stretches boundaries
Growing up in the 70's watching shows like this and Sanford and Son and movies like Blazing Saddles is the main reason us older folks don't get offended at anything.....
Folks were clutching their pearls back then too, they just didn't have social media to whine on.
@@I_AM_BAYTOR maybe some, but nothing like today.
I am from that generation when things were funny. Archie made his sincere, but crude ignorance, hysterical. No one was ever off the hook. Blacks, Hispanics, whites: Italian (mobsters), Irish (drunks), Jews (cheap and scammers), Polish (dumb) etc, etc. Everyone was "a target" and we all had fun. Today? Pronouns? Heck no. They can look elsewhere for that. I love to visit here and how you guys have fun and laugh openly. That's what comedy is supposed to be. More power to you two! 👍👍
I am older and never thought any of that was "funny."
I miss old tv, we all made fun of each other including ourselves.
I was born in 1965. I was a kid in the 1970's. I grew up in the golden age of television comedies. Monty Python's Flying Circus, All in the Family, The Odd Couple, Barney Miller and the original cast of Saturday Night Live. The clip you played was one of my favorite scenes in the history of television. Another was when Archie asked Reverend Chong to baptize his grandson and said something like, "We just want a regular old American baptism. We don't want no dragons or firecrackers."
You guys are making me feel like a dinosaur at only 56!! 😭😭
Ikr 😂🎉
I loved the jeffersons too! Watch the one when Edith goes through menopause
All in the Family was groundbreaking, unlike anything before it and meant to shine a light on ignorance and racism through its' outrageous humor. Archie's son in law, Mike was played by Rob Reiner who went on to direct some of the most influential movies of the last 50 years.
I met Sherman Helmsley at Disney World back in 1970s. We shook hands and he was warm & smiling. Used to watch All In The Family as often as I could. Good Reactions.
One of my favorite episodes is when Archie saves a life. I’m not saying anything else, you’ll just have to watch it. Hilarious!
This show was light-years ahead of it's time. The entire premise was based on making fun of racists. That's why it worked!
We need and deserve a modern All in the Family today. I used to watch this as a kid and many times Archie reminded me of the way my father thought.😥
I remember watching this as a child as this series premiered. I looked forward to this show, The Partridge Family, Good Times, and The Brady Bunch. I also liked Get Smart and Hogans Hero’s. Got in trouble a lot for watching too much TV.
Yea, other than this, a lot of lame TV
I was raised in the 70's and let me tell you, we told and said it as it was. We didn't have thin skin or easily offended like now. And nobody got freaked out, most people just laughed. This country is soft compared to the 70's. This was and still is one of the, if not the, funniest shows ever. All that laughter you hear is real from the live studio audience, no laugh track. Great to see you both have a sense of humor.
I’m a 63yr old white guy & I’d watch ALL in the Family with my Dad trust to watch him laugh because he had a very dry sense of humor. This was a great time of comedy satire when this show along with the Jeffersons & Sanford & Son were the top tv shows & EVERYBODY thought it was funny & didn’t get offended… it was COMEDY.
Wish we could go back to this👈🏻
Most of the reason we can't is because too many ignorant fools thought that this kind of humor gave sanction for them to be racist. If you've never seen it you should watch Richard Pryor live at the Sunset Strip where he talks about why he wasn't going to use the N word in his stand up act anymore. The gist of it was, that white people started coming up to him and acted like it was perfectly acceptable to use the word around him in a derogatory way and that he didn't like being treated that way.
Now as far as it goes movies like this CAN still be made. Django Unchained is NOT that old, nor is the Hateful 8. And I'm not saying Tarentino hasn't gotten blowback for those movies but the fact remains they were still tremendously successful and widely acclaimed. If you want to debate censorship in TV shows that's a completely different issue but it's always been a wonder to me how much murder we will put on TV but god forbid we show a female nipple on the (no pun intended) boob tube.
From the Britannica entry on "Archie Bunker Show":
"Much of its success came from its frank and satirical treatment of sensitive or important topics, such as race, gender, sex, bigotry, and social inequity. The willing and deft portrayal of these topics made a dramatic impact at the time and a lasting influence on television."
Great reaction, TNT! I am 60 and watch All In The Family with all of my family. We knew it was only a show, even as kids. It would seem that 'meathead' was the most educated and understanding but as I have gotten older I realize that meathead truly was the real 'meathead'.
As a conservative...the actor who played Archie hated Archie..but played him well....but this was a time we could all laugh at each other without getting butthurt
This is hilarious. We grew up with this
Do you know who Archie's son in law is? Rob Reiner, son of Mel Brooks' old comedy partner, director Carl Reiner. Rob directed This Is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men, The Princess Bride, and more.
All in the Family was extremely popular in the 70's, everyone watched it that I knew of. It was considered the best comedy show at the time, it was simply funny and the show made fun of everyone and addressed current events. At times, it had good and serious messages but most of the time it was just light hearted funny dialogue. If you get the chance to watch the episode "The Swingers", when Edith unknowingly invites swingers (wife swoppers) to their home, that episode is hilarious, it addresses how naive and gullible Edith was but it's hilarious.
All in the Family is a goldmine of hilarity.
I grew up watching this in 1971-ish. We just got through the tumultuous 1960's, political assassinations, riots across the country, and Civil Rights. And we could still laugh at ourselves. Blacks and whites often watched these programs together. We were not overly sensitive when we had every right to be.
I'm a 64 year old white guy and my family watched this show when it was on back in the day. Our reactions were pretty much the same as yours. Its inappropriateness is what made it so funny. You are both good sports! It's fun watch and share! 🙏
Watching these reactions freaks me out sometimes because of the way reactors are shocked about tv shows and what they say. The part that gets me is they seem to have to censor everything. It sort of scares me because I know a lot of people were trying to keep this from happening but maybe we didn’t try hard enough. As for Archie, he was like the one grandparent in the family who would come out with the embarrassing comment. It just sometimes sounds like your generation are like prisoners, no freedom of speech,and so many things you can’t do. It seems like you should be so much more free now with computers,the internet and social media.
“Giving the medicine with the candy” - I’ve never heard that before! Great metaphor
Mother Jefferson was a fantastic character! She was great on "The Jeffersons".
They highlighted racism to show people it was wrong. It worked.
This was the highest rated show on TV (CBS) for many, many years. It opened lots of peoples' eyes
Mother Jefferson was the best character on this show, played so well!
ROFL!! Tasha's reactions are great! her face looked like a classic emoticon or something - a capital "O" with umlauts : Ö
Can you believe this was on network television? They would never allow this now. We need more of it now!
All in the family was one of the greatest sitcoms of all time. I loved the banter between Archie and “Meathead”. However Archie was a liberal’s stereotype of a conservative.
This generation just cannot handle comedies from back then All In The Family, The Jeffersons, Sanford and Son, back then black and white alike looked forward to these shows and laughed out loud with them, what these shows really pointed out was the lunacy and ridiculousness of racism!!!!
Like Seinfeld, this is another series that you two should be watching full episodes rather than clips which sometimes don't give you the full context of a story.
We will probably do full episodes on Patreaon but editing this for UA-cam took FOREVER. It would be hell to edit a full episode.
I watched these episodes when first aired after school at my grandparents' place. We all thought it was hilarious. I think my grandparents related to Archie and Edith although we were in Boston. One thing I remember that you don't see today is 'Archie Bunker for President' bumper stickers.
You guys gotta watch the full segment. It's titled "Lionel's engagement party " or you can also type up "All in the family mixed marriage " it gets even more funny and chaotic.
This show is not shocking for us "older" people, it was just normal TV for me as a 8-10 year old. It was not meant to offend; it was just normal TV that pointed out the stupidity of racism in a comedic way.
It's just that too many of the people our age ( born in 72) failed to get the joke that racism was absurd and stupid and instead identified with Archie and laughed at the racism he spewed (and that they increasingly were not allowed to engage in).
One of my favorite shows on Saturday night! So much better than now
I was 13 and happened to see the first show by chance alone. The strange opening with them singing almost made me think it was a parody. And it was at times but the parody was mainly Archie who represented very common attitudes of the time. It became extremely popular and I think very thought provoking. It showed people (like my father) what they looked like from the outside.
Peoples heads would explode 🤯 in todays world.😂😂😂😂😂 nobody gets him calling meathead a Pollock. Back then everybody saw race even the difference in white races.
Archie evolves through the years and into Archie's Place
My dad loved that show. I wish they made shows like that still.
Carroll O'Connor , the actor who played Archie Bunker was a super liberal in real life. He also plays the sheriff on the show In the Heat of the Night. He dates a Black Lady Mayor.
I’ve screamed a lot like Mike trying to talk to my Dad in the 1990’s, believe me it depends on the person, some people willingly prefer to stay ignorant just so they don’t have to change anything about their life. And they manage to find people exactly like them and only stay around people like that for the rest of their life!
As a kid I loved this show
As a black family we loved laughing at the ignorance of racism not just of blacks but if other people
The reality was very different but it gave us a small respite from it
You need to finish the first part when Archie called George's mother Mammy, it gets 10 times worse but funny.
Yeeessssss!!!! It is hilarious!!!
This was fun watching you guys.....Great reactions
I am a 61 yo white guy. as a kid we all knew or lived with an Archie. We watched the show and i think it educated a lot of working class white kids to the fact that the bigatry around us was ignorant. In many ways it was the start of a life that tried to learn and grow. I think of going to an integrated HS across town and making friends with black kids for the 1st time; man, we were awkward and we all said dumb things on the road to understanding. I sometimes worry that those awkward conversations would get shut down today... we needed them.
188th I was 10 in 1970 .....our family used to always watch this show..... there are a lot of great interviews with Carol O'Conner in regards to his Character as Archie....he was Liberal in Real Life....
My grandfather loved this show but my grandmother would fuss at him for watching it...she called it vulgar lol
It was the wrong thing to say THEN. That's what made it funny! 😄
Find the episode where Sammy Davis Junior kissed Archie on the cheek. Archies's reaction and the laughter from the audience were priceless!
The interesting thing is that Carroll O’Conner who played Archie was the direct opposite of that character. He couldn’t understand why they wanted him to play that character. He thought he would do a horrible job, but nailed it!
This did spark a lot discussion in households about different topics. I grew up watching this with my parents and grandparents as a white male from the north that didn’t have a lot of diversity in my community. So I think it hit people differently from different areas and backgrounds
🤣🤣 I loved all in the family I used to watch late at night as a kid.
The actress that played Helen Willis is the mother of rock musician Lenny Kravitz and grandmother of actress Zoë Kravitz.
Now you know.
The thing about Archie was that he wasn't racist, he was a bigot. It didn't come from a place of hatred, but ignorance. The show had many episodes that revealed he was fundamentally decent--two episodes involving a drag queen he gave CPR to; an episode where the Klan wanted to burn a cross on Mike's lawn; and ultimately, when the show became ARCHIE BUNKER'S PLACE, and he had a Jewish partner, niece and love interest for his other niece. He also had a black housekeeper who he defended when someone called her the N-word.
The thing you are missing is that most people who are racist are racist because of their ignorance. Ignorance breeds fear, fear leads to anger and anger leads to hate. ALL forms of bigotry are based in hatred generated by fear of the unknown. Archie wasn't inherently evil like some bigots or racists are but the behavior he was engaged in was still extremely harmful to himself and those around him as well as society. You are debating a point here based on intent, whether it is better or not that he was unintentionally racist. To that I say that the rode to Hell is pathed with good intentions. Sure it's better if you don't intend to hurt somebody but the fact that you hurt them doesn't change and the need to make amends doesn't change either. And it's important to remember that Archie was willing to learn and grow and change. By the time most people are Archie's age they are no longer willing to do that, ESPECIALLY where it involves their core beliefs. That's where we get cognitive dissonance from and it's why generational and institutional racism and bigotry is such a problem in this country.
@@ashleighelizabeth5916 Firstly, it's road, not rode...and paved, not pathed. Secondly, Archie DOES change over the course of this series and its spin-off. Thirdly, you're reacting to a comedy show as if it's real life, when in fact the intentions behind the show were never in sympathy with Archie, but rather espousing a liberal point of view by making him comically ignorant. And lastly, there is no institutional racism, you've just been brainwashed to believe it to be so. Maybe forty years ago, but not today. For someone filled with such certitude, I bet you're quite young, without the years of experience to be so confident in your assertions. Just a hunch, I'm not as arrogant as you are to think I'm one hundred percent right.
I think his main point is that Archie wasn’t often malicious, and wasn’t all full of hate. He was fairly accepting of being friends with the Jefferson’s, for example. He thought the old ways were the right ways and didn’t want to learn and change. But over several years he softened his attitudes.
@ Exactly, thank you.
@ you are so off base on almost everything in your comment.
First, I was born in 1972 so I saw a lot of these episodes when they were first on TV. So that's a complete FAIL on your part trying to "read me" like you know me or my experience.
Second, I've seen institutionalized racism and bigotry with my own eyes through out my life UP CLOSE AND IN PERSON to say nothing of what I've seen in the wider world. I've actually read some of the research reports on this subject and seen some of the legal data unfiltered. I've had friends and family in law enforcement or working in the legal system through out my life as well. So the only brainwashing around here is yours and you are likely getting it from somewhere like Faux News. So again that's a complete FAIL on your part.
Third, I'm not reacting to a comedy show as if it's real life I'm quite literally trying to explain the difference between Archie and a real life bigot to you and I'm also trying to explain to you that far too many real life bigots completely missed the point of Archie Bunker. You are batting 0 for 3 on your assumptions and suppositions at this point pal!
If you weren't arrogant you wouldn't have written that response comment the way you did. So saying you aren't and trying to hedge your comment after your download of mansplaining is disingenuous at best.
But hey props to you for discovering a couple of typos caused by auto correct in an online comment. I mean hell, you clearly demonstrated your intellect with those catches!
When it comes down to it if you want to know why shows like this aren't made anymore it's because of people like you trying to wave away racism and bigotry like it doesn't exist anymore. I'm not going to make any presumptions about who you are but I bet I can guess a fair amount about you based on your comments here and none of it is anybody I'd want to be associated with.
The character was more ignorant than racist. And only as racist as everyone else is. No real malice in him.
Right. Honestly George Jefferson was just as bad.
And the Meathead was just as bad in his Leftist ways.
We were from a generation where we could laugh at ourselves and each other
Truth be told, this show was a mirror held up to our society to awaken us from the blatant bigotry of our time. Hence, the contrast between Archie's generation (my parents) and Michael's, (the son in law). I loved this show when I was a teen!
I used to watch this with my brothers and sister and my parents every time it came on, we would laugh our a@@ off
I watch All in the Family on Amazon Prime tv, they have the whole series, as well as Sanford and Son. I always loved those shows.
I remember watching All in the family as a child in the 1970s
Another clip you might find funny was one of Archie getting locked in his basement. He finds a bottle of booze and starts drinking and thinks he's going to die...A worker comes and saves him but he thinks it's God coming to get him.... Look up "All in the Family Archie thinks he's meeting God"
We all had a good time back then. We're all americans
this is a spin off from All in the Family. I was a kid when these episodes aired on television .. I just remember contagious laughter echoing. I didn’t understand then .. but as an adult I feel privileged to have grown up with ground breaking programs
I grew up watching All in the Family and The Jeffersons. The Jeffersons was my favorite, I'm light skinned, lol. George was the best
To understand where we are and going, we have to understand where we came from. This is a time-capsule for sure. And I agree, things have been skewed and I 1000% agree that this brings to light a lot of things. My grandpa would talk crazy too and I would be shocked as a kid because my mom taught us that it was wrong (they were the same ages as the show) and what's even crazier is that he was a registered Native American lol.
I learned that racism is in all cultures, the way we addressed it back in the 70's was with comedy to showed how stupid there beliefs were and we needed to stop judging people by stereotypes and accept people as the are.
I'm 77 and white. Some of the men I knew at the time loved the show but didn't understand the humor. They related to the character of Archie, because they thought like him.
Back in those days, people laughed at their differences. 😂
All in the Family covered a LOT of relevant topics during it's decade on the air: politics, race, economics, religion, sex, injustice, crime, death, marriage, divorce. AITF may be THE SHOW that sparks debates and controversy over any show ever made. And I get that people can like and dislike what they choose, but I feel like anyone who says that this show, of all shows, doesn't spark debate or make them think, then perhaps some of these topics are very uncomfortable for them to see on screen. All in the Family didn't cut corners and didn't sugarcoat it's characters or plots. These characters were very authentic and resonated as real people, which is something I think is lacking in a lot of modern entertainment, and AITF even in the midst of having all these serious topics is still a very entertaining series to watch.
I'm a mutt... Italian/Scottish/English/Irish... maybe some American Indian... there were 8 of us... 4 boys... 4 girls. And... we called our Mom... "Weezie"!
Kudos to Norman Lear for having the guts to give us this show. It really did, IMO, play a part in shedding the light on hurtful speech.
When you understand what is in your heart you know whether it is ugly or not.
Archie's character didn't have hate in his heart.
@@timcarr6401 Archie is a product of segragation and that is ignorasnce, he really isnt a bad guy, everybody needs to understand that and understand.