'Archie Bunker' Reaction! Is All in the Family too Hot for Today's Mainstream TV??? 

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The funniest, most well-written, well-acted sitcoms of all time, Period!

Carroll O'Connor was awesome. The whole cast was. Brilliant show.

Norman Lear changed America. He forced America to look at its own ignorance, by making Archie and George Jefferson extreme and ridiculous ,people heard how foolish they sounded saying or blindly thinking this way. I think we could use a mirror like this today . Thank you Norman Lear you literally improved our country- for a while ( today we are careful about language but not dealing with problems because we are afraid to say anything for fear of being attacked)

If you want to understand the character of Archie Bunker, watch the two episodes with Sammie Davis Jr., and a episode called "Two's a Crowd". Those three episodes tell you almost everything you need to know about his character. I'm 62 year old black man from Georgia. I laughed when I saw it as a kid and I laugh now. Because I lived in those times. Find those episodes, you'll be glad you did.

All in the Family was decades ahead of its time and decades behind its time all at once. But seriously it's truly shocking what they were allowed to say and the issues they were allowed to confront, that can't even be approached on TV now, a half-century later. The show isn't celebrating racism and homophobia, it's exposing the ignorance behind it and Archie does evolve a begrudging acceptance that his world is changing. The fact that this show couldn't exist now exposes a different wave of modern ignorance and intolerance from small factions who think the only way to deal with social issues is through cancel culture.

Norman Lear, the creator and producer of numerous popular 1970s sitcoms, including All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, and Good Times, etc. Lear was the pioneer of introducing social dialogue in these sitcoms. The honest dialogue was much needed in the 70s. The idea was to expose the stupidity of the bigotry going on at that time. Like you said, it was a different time. Even though it still exists today, there's a broader conversation today than there was back then. These sitcoms were not just meant to be bigoted comedy; they were meant to expose the stupidity of people like Archie Bunker. Also, as a human being in real life, Carroll O'Connor was the opposite of Archie's character. Norman Lear died yesterday at the age of 101. Thanks fpr a great reaction and discussion. ✌💙✌

The comedy in this show wasn't in what Archie would say but in how outrageously over the top he was - and he always got his commupance. Even for the 70s Archie was offensive - that was the point of the show.

When "All In the Family" first aired back in 1971, the did have a "Warning" It said "The program you are about to see is ‘All in the Family.’ It seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices and concerns. By making them a source of laughter, we hope to show - in a mature fashion - just how absurd they are.”

Amazing how you used to be able to laugh at each other no matter how bad the jokes were back in the 70's and laugh at each other without being offended. And not now... we have turned way too sensitive and are more divided now than then, This show actually taught people a lot about how to get along, and now we have done a 180 degree turn.They rarely show the episode where Archie punches a grocery store owner that insulted his female Black housekeeper that was helping him out...

This was the tip of the iceberg, but Archie was always the bad guy in these arguments. They always made him look foolish. That was often times the whole point of the show. They wanted to make racism look foolish and they were in your face about it.

Carroll O'Connor, the actor who played Archie Bunker, was the exact opposite. Through his acting, and his antics, he wanted to show to the world that there are people like his character out there. Bigots, racists, white-supremacists, homophobes. And he did a brilliant job of sending his message.

Gents, I’m 100% on Ollie’s point of view side. I think it’s so important to laugh multiple times a day to help take stress off shoulders. It’s healthy! I miss when people could dish it as well as take it without being so sensitive. It was meant to be funny and in this case Archie was portrayed as family hard working man with stupid ignorant views of culture that was meant to be laughed at period.. no more

Archies type of racism was mainly do to ignorance. As the show goes on you see him learn more about other people ..other races and religions. From these experiences he becomes less of a a racist or bigot... whatever you wanna call him and becomes more understanding. Archie & George Jefferson were so much alike....it was hilarious to see those two interact!

I'm not white and from that era.. was never offended and always thought it was funny, plus he was the only one in their household that felt that way, you got to remember the rest of his family were trying to pass on the right message to him...the show was actually the US's version of the British sitcom ‘Till Death Us Do Part’

I was born in '70 so i was a little kid during it's heyday so I didn't really understand what they'd argue about but Archie's mannerisms still made me laugh. What I've taken from this show was Archie was basically the butt of his own comments and that's how Carroll played it. He didnt want you to agree with Archie so he played it like he was minimally educated. The character wasn't meant to be wise or enlightened but the scene where he finds Edith's slipper after she passed is still one of the most heart wrenching scenes I've still ever seen.

I grew up watching this... In the very first episode, before even meeting Archie, someone asks the wife where he's at, and before she can answer, you hear a toilet flushing in the background! First time on TV that they acknowledged that people used toilets! It set the tone for the whole series, really: Irreverence. The important thing to remember is that, although they used the language of the day for shock value, the show was never, ever, laughing _with_ the bigots. It was laughing _at_ them for being stupid. Archie wasn't the role model in the show, he was the embarrassing clown-show of a dad -- the kids were clearly the role models who would try their best to educate him... And presumably, educate the viewers, too. ;-]

All in the Family was extremely controversial and shocking to audiences at the time - no TV show had ever dared to confront societal issues in such a direct way before, shedding such a bright light on ignorance and intolerance. And it worked. It was one of the most popular and most important shows of all time, and it actually influenced society in America in positive directions. It was truly groundbreaking. Sadly, we have all the same issues today, and modern TV shows also try to confront those issues, but in more subtle ways because our sensibilities have changed. I personally prefer the direct route!

I'm proud to have enjoyed shows like All In The Family, Sanford & Son and Barney Miller - our generation got to see racism, sexism, etc., exposed raw and up close on TV in order to see it confronted and defeated in every episode. Now - the most important issues to humanity can barely be approached, much less worked out, due to arbitrary rules restricting the very languages humanity speaks. Our humanity was affirmed by TV then - now, the equivalent media disrespects humanity.

At the time this show premiered, there were many people who said these things seriously and openly. There was a lot of violence against blacks, and gays, and Jews and women. Shows like this were put up there to confront those attitudes, shine light on them.

The scenes between Archie and George Jefferson were priceless. Archie met his match. This show put a huge spotlight on ignorance and racism. I don't think there will ever be another one like this.

Best american TV show of all time...

These shows still run on the retro channels (MeTV, Cozi TV, Antenna TV, Catchy TV) daily. All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Sanford and Son, etc. I watch them almost every evening🤗

The saddest part about all in the family is that it's 50 years old poking fun of how messed up society is... and it's still messed up in the exact same ways.

You'll find this classic show on ME TV. Carroll was one of the TVs and Hollywood's most talented actors. Won an Emmy for sitcom and drama. Growing up watching at 9:00 pm, I NEVER heard my pops laugh soooo hard. Really, All in the Family was also a real drama show at times. One of the most emotional episodes on TV ever was when Gloria had a miscarriage, Gloria & Mike moved away, and when Edith died...I can laugh so hard and cry like a crocadile watching this show. Norman Lear was a genius for this show!!

Thanks for paying homage to Carroll O'Connor. He was a godly man and an amazing actor. I love his work.

If ya'll ever get the chance you should binge watch full episodes. Archie Bunker actually evolves, but never completely flips, over the run of the series. The series dealt with every issue there was. Abortion, racism, sexual assault, sexism, ageism, gun control etc. Some of the best scenes occurred between Archie and Lionel Jefferson. Lionel was a college kid and neighbor who humorously played into Archie's stereotypes and made Archie look the fool. Another classic two part episode is when Archie thinks he is joining a patriotic group but accidentally joins the KKK causing his daughter and son-in-law to shun him and ban him from seeing his grandson. There were the emotional episodes too like when Gloria and Edith are attacked by rapists, when Archie delivers the eulogy at his best friend's funeral only to find out that he was Jewish and when Edith dies. If you look at the youtube clip "Archie Bunker defends his housekeeper" you will see how far he has come.

Archie was a product of the environment where he was raised. In the TV audience, everyone had parents or grandparents or coworkers who said the same kind of stuff - not necessarily in public, but among friends or in their homes. In the 60s and 70s, both society and the younger generation started challenging those attitudes more directly, and in the show Archie gets to know a wider range of people and learns that many of his assumptions were flat-out wrong. What made All in the Family so successful was that everyone could recognize or identify with someone in the show as people they knew and interacted with every day. And it's not until you get that personal connection that you can actually start to change the underlying attitudes and behavior.

Archie Bunker was one of the most complex characters ever written. There was purpose and intention for everything he said. Exposing hate and fear. Such a great show.

It taught us 80s kids how not to be ignorant,about different people..

We are still talking about a show almost 50 years later..... Ground breaking, innovative, before its time situation-drama-comedy!

The scenes between archie and Edith, when she fights back or he really hurts her feelings is so moving.

The son in law in this is Rob Reiner who made” Stand By Me”, “The Princess Bride”, “A Few Good Men” and tons of other famous movies. This show was his big break.

bringing evil into the light is how we take it's power away

I was 16 when All In The Family first aired. It was only 7 years after Civil Rights legislation was signed and only 3 years after the assignation of MLK. so there was still a lot of division. It was "in your face" but it was needed at the time. And not unlike Blazing Saddles that came out a few years later, this was written to show how idiotic social divisions were. If you watched the entire series over the years you would see that Archie slowly grows to be more understanding. Also, "In the Heat of the Night" tv show was based off a movie of the same title, stirring Sydney Poitier. So if you haven't seen that, I highly recommend it.

The episode where Edith found out she was very ill and the episode where Edith died are two episodes that will pull at your heartstrings. I agree with and respect all of the comments that not every episode was like what we saw in the clips of this video. Archie made his comments and so did George. The banter between the two was hysterical! I’m a white girl and I grew up watching Good Times and The Jeffersons, both of which took their jabs at my race and I laughed my a$$ off. It was comedy. The writing was brilliant and a lot of times there was a good message behind all of it.

You have to watch the episode where Lionel introduces his fiancée’s parents to his parents. Pure gold!

The back and forth between Archie and George is like they were a comedy team. The classic counterfeit $20 bill episode shows everyone in sync to produce a hilarious show. Also the show where George meets his sons future In Laws with Archie in the room is one of many classics.

The reason “All In The Family” was created and the reason why they made Archie a conservative bigot, Mike a liberal, Gloria a feminist, and his next door neighbors the Jeffersons were black was so they could actually deal with socio-political issues that were relevant to the time period.

All in the Family was NOT a."product of its time." Thete was NOTHING like it before. It was the first TV show that (the first two seasons) began with a parental advisory. The show was revolutionary. It was not a program that promoted racism and exclusivity. Archie was a vehicle for showing how stupid that is while still allowing empathy for him because the character WAS a product of his time. The chairs that Archie and Edith sat in every episode are in the Smithsonian.

The American show "All in the Family" was based on the British show "Til Death do us Part". There were quite a few American sitcoms in the 70s based on UK shows (including Three's Company and The Ropers which were copies of Man about the House and George and Mildred). TBH I generally preferred the UK versions.

I think you need to watch some full episodes to get what the show was trying to say. They touched on race, religion, sexuality, rape, infidelity, miscarriage, war, the draft, etc. One of my favorite episodes is Edith Writes a Song, guest starring Cleavon Little (sheriff in Blazing Saddles) and Grady Demond Wilson (Lamont from Sanford & Son). In the episode Two’s a Crowd (a.k.a. the shoe-booty episode), you get a better understanding of who Archie Bunker is.

This and other shows from that time did not sugar coat our language. I sorta miss the older way as more honest.

I absolutely love this show! They addressed so many issues that people just don't talk about anymore and act like they don't exist. This show brought out racism from both sides of the fence! From this show stemmed the show The Jefferson's .....& George Jefferson was exactly like Archie !

The whole point of this show was to show Archie and his prejudices to be abhorrent. I grew up watching this show and it taught me to align with the liberal side of these arguments. Easier to teach through comedy. This show did not use bigotry gratuitously. It was there to shine a light. RIP Norman Lear

Being very young when All In The Family came out, about 8 years old to be exact, I missed a lot of the racial humor until I watched it in reruns when I got older. I appreciate that show, and it brings back memories of watching it with my mom . Maude was another one I liked, especially I’d Esther Rolle as Florida was on the episode, of course she eventually got her own spinoff, Good Times. RIP Norman Lear, he was a legend and TV genius. Also the show is very much in syndication on MeTV (retro tv channel)

Carole O'Connor, The Late, great Norman Lear, Rob Reiner are champions of waking people up.

It was satire and it was a way to “talk about things” without actually “talking about things”. It made fun of touchy subjects. 🖖🏻🇨🇦

The show intended to discuss current cultural issues in the open, using humor, versus keeping quiet. It was a very popular show then, My family watched it every week. The language was all around at the time.

There was nothing wrong with it. People didnt take it personal because it was meant to be comedy. Now, People take everything too personal, and its just meant to be funny...comedy.

I grew up watching All in the Family and there had never been anything like it on television. Norman Lear, the show's creator (who passed away just yesterday) wanted to show racism and intolerance as the absurdities they are, allowing us to laugh at Archie and his extreme views. It was truly revolutionary, and the use of comedy to discuss serious topics continues today. The show dealt with racism, sexism, the Vietnam War, social intolerance, rape, religion, and other things once deemed too controversial for television. And, since you mentioned In the Heat of the Night, you really should see the original film with Sidney Poitier, which was a great film and nothing like the show. Great reaction!

RIP to creator Norman Lear- of AITF, Jefferson’s, Good Times, Sanford and Son, Maude and so much more! Of course watching these excerpts is tough- but when seen in the context of an entire episode , you realize what a jerk Archie is and he always gets his comeuppance- every single episode. AITF was about showing how bad and ridiculous racism is. The encounters between George Jefferson and Archie were iconic! The Jefferson engagement party for their son, Lionel where Archie is invited is HILARIOUS. AND please react to Fred and Esther!!!!! Every episode was hilarious and taught a lesson. You can only get that if you watch an entire episode. Lionel Jefferson’s engagement party is the best. Or when Archie meets Sammy Davis. Sammy really lets Archie have it and Archie’s too stupid to know! Give it another shot and you’ll see.

I grew up with this show. It taught me how to laugh at fools.

Baby Boomer here! I really enjoy listening to how you three gentlemen take turns, don't interrupt each other and listen ! You actually RESPECT the other two . 🤗🥰🤗🇩🇪🇨🇭🇺🇲💙🌊💙🌊

Words weren't taboo back in those days. We openly practiced freedom of speech. People weren't soft back then. Society is way too thin skinned now. If you let "a word" make you involuntarily resort to physical altercation, that's on you, and you are being "owned" by that word. We grew up with, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me." That was our mindset, still is. All of my friends used to tell each other the racist jokes that we heard the adults say and we laughed our a$$e$ off and it brought us closer together. Funny is funny and if you can't laugh at yourself something is wrong. The whole thing with Archie was to show how ignorant he was and they did it in a humorous way. The Jefferson's ended up being the exact opposite when they moved next door. George was the racist in their family and watching him and Archie go at it was hilarious all while them forming a bound with one another. I grew up in the 60's and 70's in and around Louisville. One of my childhood heroes was Muhammad Ali and the funniest man on the planet at that time was Richard Pryor. I went from the Jackson 5 to Jimi Hendrix on the radio dial. We had it good!

It’s difficult to look at the early 1970s through a 2020+ lens. At the time, this show was the Beatles of situation comedies. They broke down any walls that existed, and allowed so many different television art forms to blossom. It was a show everyone enjoyed. And Archie evolved.

I grew up with the Bunkers, and you'll find that what you call controversial is nothing compared to the sex and violence of today's shows. All in the Family poked fun at the limitations of ignorance, and showed quite clearly how denigrating this type of thinking was. It was a smack in the face to bigotry, and helped develop a better perspective for generations to come.Watch the episode with Sammy Davis Jr. Absolutely fantastic!! ❤

I grew up watching this in reruns in the 80s. This was one of the most controversial shows of it's time

I really wish people were the way they were back in the day. STOP TAKING EVERYTHING SO PERSONAL!!!!!!

Sadly there are still a lot of Archie Bunker living in our country today. The show is now being shown on MeTV currently.

Great reaction guys. You should realize this show and many by Norman Lear should real talk sometimes a bit broad but throughout all of All in the Family thru Archies Place you see Archie grow as a human being. archie was a product of the time he grew up in and it took many years but he grew to either be less racists or to be fully woke. He had confrontations with Nazi's and other racists where he defended a black person as OlliWodada said you knew where Archie stood. The point (IMO) was to put what was really going on in neighborhoods and maybe people would say to themselves maybe I shouldn't say this or that. When Sammy Davis Jr. kissed Archie was a big deal at the time.

Proud Gen Xer here. This show changed television as we know it because of the serious topics raised in the show (racism, rape, Vietnam, women's lib, to name a few) but it was still a comedy. No one was doing it until that show. AITF still airs to this very day. Last night on Catchy Comedy channel, the 20th Anniversary of All in the Family special from 1991 with Norman Lear (RIP) hosting was played. On Sunday night (tomorrow), the MeTV channel is airing episodes of shows he produced in a memorial to him. An episode called Two's a Crowd is where you find out why Archie became Archie. Mike & him get locked in a bar basement. I just read about this episode and both of them ad libbed parts of dialogue, and it is the only episode ever in the series where Archie uses the n word. Good review guys and take care 🙂

All in the family is on TV here in Northern Arizona in 2023!

Oh, the episode with Sammy Davis Jr. is priceless! I grew up watching All In The Family and even then I cringed at Archie Bunker! But it was so funny watching him make a fool of himself!

When I was a kid my grandma told me that she never knew how ignorant she was or how stupid she sounded until she heard Archie Bunker. She was of his generation and she and my mom had conversations exactly like Mike and Archie until grandma saw AITF and it really did change her.

This was such an intelligent show If you're not truly woke you won't understand. This expressed the ignorance of racism... One of the most woke shows out there. We need more like it.

Grew up watching this show . Carroll O Conner was very liberal but he was great playing the Archie Bunkers of the world . These were the conversations happening in the 70s households with the WW2 and the Vietnam eras. The Vietnam episode was heavy.

In the Heat of the Night was based on the 1967 movie with Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier

I'm watching it right now on antenna tv..it's on all the time!✌️💞

All in the Family is in still shown on over the air TV - ME TV, as it deserves to be.

Props to you guys for reacting and your senses of humor. When this first came out, I was a huge Mike Stivek fan and loved it when he made Archie (and a lot of America) look like fools. I am so happy we’ve made a “little” progress since then and this should always serve as a stark reminder of those “cavemen”.

I was a kid/young teenager when this show came on. In All in the Family Archie who was white was a racist, in Sanford and Son Fred Sanford who was black was racist, and in The Jeffersons George Jefferson who was black was racist. This was racial humor, not racist humor. We knew the stupidity of what they say was what made it hilarious among all races at the time. I grew up in a 50/50 white/black neighborhood in suburban Charlotte. We loved going to each other's houses (white and back) and watching these shows together. We all thought it was so funny and no one got even the least bit offended. This is a perfect example of why we got along racially much better back then than we do today as a society. We have it drilled into our heads today that we have to be offended at everything, that everyone is out to get us with no proof whatsoever, and if we don't like something or it makes us uncomfortable it has to be banned. This sort of thing SHOULD be allowed to air today. Unless someone is openly calling for the destruction of someone else, shows/music/entertainment should not be censored or banned. Otherwise, we can just label anything we do not like as "offensive" and not allow others to see it. Who gets to make those decisions? Who makes the rules? Maybe Christian programming is "offensive". You open a huge can of worms by treating citizens as children and controlling what grown adults view. I see lots of things I personally find offensive, but I would never dream of having them banned or censored. That is the price we pay for freedom; the risk of being offended. So when I see people's minds blown when they see shows like this, though I understand because they're so use to being sheltered and offended, it makes me sad that this is the World we're in today. I will take the 70's/80's over today anytime.

Them sitting around the table was the January 1971 pilot. Low viewership. It came back in the fall. By the winter of '72 it was a HUGE hit. Everyone watched it. No one had ever seen anything like it on TV.

We grew up watching this in the 70's. It was prime time family viewing

When I hear a man with a full, white beard, say the show was "before my time", I think to myself, "man, I'm old!!!".

I disagree that Archie was a racist in the 'evil' sense. Watch the 'shoe booty' episode and it explains a lot about his thinking. Keep reacting, y'all rock!

The movie "In the Heat of the Night" is one of my favorites starring Sydney Portier and Rod Stieger, to amazing actors with amazing chemistry in that film.

I'm Black. It was funny then and it's funny now. 😂

Show was ground breaking at the time. My parents and their friends were Archie, my generation were Gloria and “meathead”. The show opened a lot of conversation in families.

I don’t care what anybody says. This shows back then are the best shows. I still watch them today. I will continue to watch them every single one them. a lot there’s Soap, All in the family, Maude, The Jefferson’s, Good Times oh so many more

Every episode in this series has a hidden message. Back in the day this language was used. This show was the first one to bring social issues out and talked about openly. You're seeing bits and pieces. Watch whole episodes.

Carrol O'Connor has been an activist for equality his whole life. Norman lear, the writer black comedies to the screen for the first time with the Jeffersons and Sanford and Son . also. "Archie" went on to play sheriff Gillespie in "in the heat of the night" which continued to bring every topic from the dark/quiet into the light. 👍 A modern day example is Reno 911. Those were the days of confrontational conversations to expose ignorance and fear. Not today. 🌈💞 We're Still changing the world - 50 years later.

All in the family taught us not to be an "Archie bunker type"

Good job guys, no pausing. Thumbs up!

Carroll O’Connor was ready to move to Ireland when he was tapped for the job as Archie. He agreed to do the pilot episode and a few more because he believed that America would hate Archie and he could still move. He never made it to Ireland.

All in the Family is on MeTV Sunday night at 8pm til 10pm in Pittsburgh, Pa... I watch it!

They were making Americans face what was going on and exposing the bigotry of it. The best show ever as a social change show - meant to ignite social awareness and foster change in our society - similar to the Jeffersons (a spinoff of All in the Family), and Sanford and Son, whose main characters were all Archie Bunker bigot types. It blazed a trail in being able to present such topics to the public. It is FUN to watch them have to face the truth and be put in their place each episode - and it helped us all recognize and normalize differences. Somehow, we lost this in the 90's and 2000's when we became afraid, violent, and hate spread. I hope bringing these back up can help bring awkward social issues open up again so we can communicate, respect, and celebrate each other :) Thanks for making the video

RIP Ron Glass

Back in the day, nobody got insulted or got their panties in a wad. Everybody laugh together it didn't matter what color you were or where you came from. Didn't matter what religion you were or what political affiliation you had. We lived by the treat you right rule.. You treat me right and I'll treat you right. Nothing else mattered ❤We just wanted to laugh and have a good time and we did. I wish it could be that way today. And I Wonder why it can't. Love you guys show ❤😂

George and Lionel Jefferson Archie were my favorite.

All in the family is still shown in syndication all over the country every night on regular and streaming tv

These three men have had a great discussion. The one thing I would point out is that they mentioned how this was hidden and "Other than George Jefferson, Archie wouldn't say this to someone's face.". And how they would prefer to know how someone feels than to have it hidden. The reason it was somewhat hidden can be found in the title: All In The Family. Millions of people felt the way Archie and Mike felt, but they kept these feelings and discussions largely in the family. Most politics was not thrust into everyday life

Archie Bunker, Fred Sanford, George Jefferson were more honest and likable than most pf today's celebrities.

It helped teach people who needed to see themselves in the mirror. Archie taught everyone about ignorance.

I think the genius of Norman Lear was how he used comedy to hold a mirror up to society. It was more impactful in forcing people to face some hard truths through the laughter directed at the ignorant characters like Archie, George, etc.

Norman Lear was a genius! This show was purposely meant to put a mirror up to America and show how ridiculous bigotry really is. From an article about NL regarding "All In The Family": And so, with Carroll O’Connor as the racist Archie, Jean Stapleton as his naive wife Edith, Sally Struthers as their daughter Gloria and Reiner as their Polish-American son-in-law, All in the Family, taped before an audience of about 250 in Hollywood, debuted at 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1971. It began with this disclaimer: “The program you are about to see is All in the Family. It seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices and concerns. By making them a source of laughter, we hope to show - in a mature fashion - just how absurd they are.”

After the tumultuous 1960’s civil rights movement the show provided the opportunity for viewers to interact, talk and learn about wrong stereotypes and prejudices. The show through comedy, united people of different races, cultures and backgrounds. It was actually a catalyst to open dialogue. It seems these days things are worse and I don’t know why?

It was cutting edge over-the-line then too. The difference is that the audience has become super duper soft. Both eras of people (then and now) were shocked by this material. It's just that one era melts in cringe reaction, the other era laughed and rolled with it. One era allowed free speech, the other era seeks to outlaw free speech.

Wtg guys for playing this and the great convo between you three. It was only in the past two years I’ve been saying to my husband what North America needs now is some serious Archie Bunker. It was funny then, it s funny now. Funny then because of the extreme in your face over the top words and thoughts of the day brought to the surface and always accompanied with a lesson, an eye opener, and a kinder heart towards others. Funny now because of the reactions to those who grew up censored, resulting in a greater distance without understanding or empathy to one another therefore losing the conversation, the lesson, and the kinder heart towards others that this show brought. Back then it was real, in your face, now it’s hushed and only in secret thought can it be expressed. Take a look at the comedians of that time too…Richard Pryor, George Carlin, and then on to Eddie Murphy and and and ….gone are the days of comedians being allowed to be comedians as well… Sometimes…blushing, embarrassed, hands on your face to hide, jaw dropping gasps, reach the truth and when that happens…humour and the coming together can be found and barriers broken. 😉💕

I was a senior in H.S. during this time. It was shown in our culture events portion of class, then discussed. It was a time of social changes taking place and questioning of everything.