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@@fareedahnuri1422MeTv started airing it several months ago..I started watching from the beginning of the series…..so funny & entertaining…Norman Lear passed away recently…what a Master of Satirical Entertainment.

⁠​⁠​⁠@@brendagoodspeed443G’day Brenda 🙋‍♀️All in the Family was one of the best shows ever to air on the TV 📺 Norman Lear was a great actor. I see you have Annie, Ernie and Indie up, Jami must be feeling really sore atm, love that family too 🤭 Cheers from Western Australia 🇦🇺🥰

@@mornaslocum8376 hi there & g’day from Canada 🇨🇦 eh? 😉 Nice to see your comment..but I do have to correct you..Norman Lear was the Creator, Producer & Writer of All in the Family..he was not an Actor…& Yes, I agree it was a *Great* show!..I’m nearing the end of watching the series now … I was 15 years old when it first aired in 1970..I see it through a totally new set of eyes now that I am a still young at heart *68* Yes, I am very much a Lester & Jami family follower. *Love them* 🥰 & all their Beloved Animals.

Truly!

Minoroities

Minor-arteries...😂😂

How Rob Reiner didn't break out laughing after that line by Carroll is a miracle. That was classic.

Carol was so under-rated in this show precisely because he was such a genius! Archie is a perfect character reference for a narcissistic entitled white nationalist/supremacist who is ignorant to their own bigotry. Miss you Dad, but I definitely don't miss your hurtful bigoted hypocritical comments. ❤

It's like a sorority, only different.

Archie butchering words was one of the best and funniest aspects of this sitcom.

@@msr1116 ...... 😆 Lol... Exactly!

This killed me

An “Archieism”😂

Not so much fun with a dead audience.

As opposed to a laugh track, which was also a thing in classic television.

​@@dan_hitchman007Which the producers of _M*A*S*H_ detested! They never had the laugh track in the O.R. scenes though. And in the later seasons it was used more sparingly.

1st show to feature the sound of a toilet flushing. Think they could say more stuff then than now. Whew! Sammy Davis episode is a classic.

Lol!!!

Spot on. How Meathead kept a straight face as well. Close but he held it.

Did He ever break character?

​@@michaelduncan232I don't think so.

I don’t think so.

It’s those Irish eyes

He had the most beautiful baby blues. 👀

Honestly, it looked like Carroll was looking at him like "I gotcha huh. You're about to break aren't you". Priceless...:)

Too bad he's still quite literally a meat head . Carrol was acting. Rob isn't.

​@@DeltaElitesYeah he was really giving him the eye. Both funny guys !

Just suck that bottom lip into your mustache and carry on 😅

Don't forget that each episode of this show was filmed before a live studio audience twice in the same day. Then for each camera shot the director could pick which one worked better. If an improvised line happened in one of the two recordings, the reaction shot could be taken from the other recording.

and the look on Carrol's face daring him to.

@patriciaassumpta..I know..gawd.., I don't really remember all the time going by.."You nvr know what you got, til it's gone.." ..sighh.. ✌️😉

Yeah, but Meat Head barely kept it together! 🤣

Canned laughter

@@miraclehands9040befriend Wiki: “All in the Family was the first major American series to be videotaped in front of a live studio audience. “

There are a few times that Mike is acting like he is trying to stifle a laugh.😂

😂😂😂😂😂..truth

Looked like he was going to bust out laughing.

@@catgirl3913 😆

@@catgirl3913 I love Archie & Edith, one of the best tv shows " All in the Family", we had a sense of humor & a good laugh, we didn't have to walk on eggshells, just a good laugh, Archie talked about everybody

Yeah, l caught that. 😆😆

I saw what you did there....nice one! Kinda sad only 25 people caught that.

​@@CRlocoman1989Yes, that's the very last phrase of the theme song. She sang it in a high long tone. 🙂

​@@CRlocoman1989It was a clever comment 👍

Very clever comment 🤔👍😊

Bom ba ba baaa Bommm

I would love it if there were new originals of these shows.

@@charlistubbs5525like a reboot? No thanks. Those always stink to high heaven.

Norman Lear brought the dark side of human nature into light with laughter and compassion. I had hope for humanity then. Now half the world is trying to pretend our dark nature doesn’t exist or is trying to control it in others , all while committing the most heinous acts in the dark.

Norman Lear was a freakin' genius!! 👍👍

Michael almost busted out laughing! He almost didn't get his next line out!

It’s possible this was the third or fourth time they did it after Carroll had improved the line the first time. You see outtakes of comedies with live audiences and actors break up time and time again at a line.

@@cards0486 With live audiences they don't redo any scenes unless something major happens. I've sat in live audiences before, it's all one take.

​​@@hyzercreekI once saw Debra Jo Rupp, who plays Kitty Foreman on "That 70s Show", say she had always been taught, "Never break character until the director says, 'Cut'." They were talking about a scene where Kelso comes running to talk to Laurie, jumps over the back of the sofa and rams his leg into the big spool coffee table. He never broke character, but Debra stops and looks over as she's heading up the stairs. She was concerned that Ashton had hurt himself and waited until he said his next line to continue up the stairs. I think he said he had.

Not true. I've seen many outtakes from shows like Everyone Loves Raymond that were filmed in front of an audience, and they redid scenes all the time.@@hyzercreek

Right😂😂😂

No

Keep in mind this was done in front of a live audience. They had to wait for the laughter to die down.

​@@russellhltn1396 which can make things worse now a days almost too dangerous to do

Yep. Shows a good, honest, real man full of faults, and insecurities realistically learning how to love his fellow man as himself. He’s not a “bleeding heart” he’s problematic and prejudiced as ALL HELL but he LEARNS to treat people by content of character. Not through one experience of “I was wrong”. And sometimes he was entirely RIGHT with his pre judgement! But he learned that folks like the Jeffersons deserve the same consideration as him regardless of skin tone. BUT that sometimes people use the fact that coloreds were/are mistreated as a free pass for anything. Even with all that you have a GOOD MAN doing what GOOD MEN do! Work hard, love your family, support your country through good times and bad, be a pal to those willing to be a pal, and having an open mind and open heart but not so open it falls out! Truly a great character study as real today as it was then! More Archie Bunkers! Less people who see him just as his “racist” (more so ignorance that couldn’t be helped) self…

The show was pure trash. Always made working class.White people look like buffoons.

@@danielthoman7324 Speaking as one myself, if the shoe fits...

@@jemiller226 "All generalizations are false, including this one."

@@danielthoman7324ummm there are real families like this… please spare me… have you been to Walmart lately ? At least they pro tray a decent hard working loving family. Not everyone can relate to the Cosbys or the Waltons…

another good one - you can't say that meat hear, it's considered a defecation of character of course it is .... defamation of character

meat head*

I wouldn't have even tried, I'd just bust out in hysterical laughter and eventually just stare at him and say, YOU WOULD think that wouldn't you?

Archie Bunker's name for Rob Reiner is still spot on.

You have seen the bloopers the show was live

​@@ihave35cents95The shows were filmed before a live audience back then so there was no laugh track. But it was still filmed, it wasn't shown live.

@@Fountainofyouth007 towards the end, they weren’t

Of Alot of their stuff🎉🎉 Killed me that they ended Mike and Gloria the way they did 😢

@@nl8989 What do you mean? How did it end?

😂 Yes! Ahahahaha sooo good!

What planet were you living on? The entire reason for this show was to expose and combat prejudice and bigotry that was rampant then.

All matter matters

@@mrb1619 No it wasn't. It was to sell ads and make lots of money...like everything else. You really think radio for for entertainment?

I think you’re looking at it through rose colored glasses. That might be what it seemed like to you and me, but I can guarantee you that wasn’t everyone’s experience, perception or reality. Many of the shows from this time period dealt with social issues involving racism, poverty, women’s lib, homosexuality, etc. And there’s never been a time when “nobody was above anybody”. Social elitism and class wars have been a fixture of the human experience since the dawn of time.

@@KB-ke3fi - The shows creator, Norman, did it for the artistic appeal. The network did it for your reason. Please tell me you know the difference.

Carol Burnett too

D@mn right!!!!!!!!!!! 😊

I remember all those, as well as Chico and the man. I saw a commercial for the first time tonight using "those were the days" as part of an ad about financial planning for your old age.

​@@aprilhoyt8031 That was a variety show something different than a sitcom.

Slightly older... but absolutely 💯 in agreement

You can see Carroll yank back a quick smirk too.

Props to him for not breaking character too!

Unfortunately, the same problems we have today 😢

@@jennifervaughn2466 Only they have gotten worse, because it is so obvious! Meathead has gotten worse also!

​@@johnswanson3741meathead then actually had more libertarian views compared to today

@@jennifervaughn2466 We have a whole bunch of NEW problems, too!

Iptv it's on 24/7 , watch it all the time

Sounds like the theme song....

The best days when even they knew minor ority jokes shouldn't punch down on the subject but made way more tasteful and clever. How have some people still not lerned this lesson and would rather be edgy and dickish.

They were wonderful. We used to watch this written my husband's Mom and Dad. I nicknamed His Dad Archie. And it stuck. My husband was meathead. His Mom was Dingbat.

​@@jill3686my grandfather was Archie. Same attitudes on minorities, immigrants, women

@@tncorgi92So basically the same as mostly every man of every race and religion of that generation.

DITTO! ✌️

Same here , we arrived in this country in the mid 70s . This show Introduced us to USA , we love it , half my family’s ly has passed on now , but the memories are alive ,,,

Bless you both.

Time indeed flies. Seems like just yesterday i sat on the couch with my family watching this show as well.

don't you love it when you unexpecedly hear a song or catch a glimpse of a show/movie on TV & it triggers a FLOOD of memories & gets you all emotional & the only one who can calm you down is your S/O WHO WAS AT WORK when this happened!!! :)

Milwaukee, 1963. I totally agree with you 💯!

Murder, She Wrote has entered the chat

The Cosby Show and I Love Lucy are rated better. But still a wonderful show.

It took until married with children and it wasn't 5 years more like 3 to 4.

A testament to its writing and comedy!

The Greatest show of ALL time!!!! There is really no debating it because it covered everything from politics,religion, racial and socially sensitive topics and it delt with woman's issues of equality and even mental health issues. It was a ground breaking marvel!!!! Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton were made for the character's as were Rob and Sally. It couldn't be duplicated today. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity for everything to come together and it worked to perfection!!!!!!

He was REALLY messing with him, lol.

Ala Tim Conway with Harvey Korman! 🤣

​@@johnvandam106They were two of the funniest people Ever! Love the Carol Burnett show!

And it's so hard not to laugh when you're not supposed to laugh, too! Being with a friend would just make it harder! But to be honest, I LOVED when the cast of the Carol Burnett show would bust each other up! Especially Tim Conway! I miss good clean comedy!

Carroll kept looking at him like he was thinking, "This is IT, I'm gonna crack you RIGHT NOW!" They were BOTH about to bust up. That's funny. It was a competition in the end there and they both barely made it across the finish line. I'd call it a tie! xD

Right bc that's when laughs hit the hardest😂😂

me too

I'm 72. The entire cast was pure gold. I still watch the episodes every Sunday on METV. I'm pretty sure they can be found on Utube too. Also, "In the Heat of the Night" another good series with Carroll O'Connor. Although nothing compares to The Bunkers. The Jeffersons hold a solid 2nd place!

​@sherryherrick6567 I agree! All In The Family and The Jeffersons were 2 of the best shows on television. Archie Bunker and George Jefferson didn't hold back with the racial slurs and comments, but we could all laugh at them back them; and laugh at ourselves. I'm surprised Liberals allow these shows to continue to air.

Jean Stapleton did sush a great job that i never appreciated it becsuse i thought of it as real . She may have done the best job out of all of them . Hard to believe tv was that good back then . That compared to todays tv is like comparing the Beatles to Reyna or Taylor swift

Absolutely!!@@PM-gv4mq

When I lived in Pensacola, I used to watch The Rockford Files on MEtv. Love that channel.

Me too. I frequently watch All in the Family on MeTV and I’m struck by how some of the content relates to current issues.

It really was. 🤣🤣🤣 Minororities, really?! Mike's response to many of Archie's stupid comments, made me weak.😂😂😂 Rob Reiner and Carroll O'Connor were so hilarious together. 👍🏼👍🏼🕊

It's on MeTV every Sunday night at 7pm CST. 7-9 pm.

Too bad they don't make shows like this anymore!

Loved the interview I saw of him speaking on this very issue and how the show was against the negative thoughts/feelings of his character. Protect our democracy and freedoms this year.

I haven't watched this show since I was a little kid so I never really understood the humor until now because I'm rewatching it. One thing I absolutely love about this show is the brilliant stupidity of Archie - how he mispronounced at least one word in every episode and especially that the beliefs that he held were SO arrogantly wrong, lol. Like how white people had to be careful giving CPR to black people so they didn't breathe in the "wrong" kind of air. And as a woman who has been in a relationship with a narcissist who was verbally abusive, every time I see Edith stand up to him, which isn't often, I get such satisfaction. In today's society, this would have been deemed as a very manipulative and verbally abusive marriage, the way Archie orders her around, makes her obey him, and doesn't let her have her own opinions - and constantly calls her names like "stupid" and "dingbat". It's so mindblowing watching this and knowing how drastically different our world is today. But I have to admit, I'm glad I'm watching it all the way thru now, at 46 years old. 😊

@@Ladyne77 Agree💯. Love it still today.🩷

All of those were ssso funny. In the episode about Archie going back to school, Mike and Gloria both lost it by screaming, shaking their heads, and walking away when Archie tried to justify his cheating.😂😂😂

@@chrystal0411 They were great.😅

Amen. Not only laugh at life but also at themselves

Tell the leftists that!

@@MicheleHambachGet therapy.

@@MicheleHambachAlso, I hope you know Carol O’Conner was as liberal as you could get in real life. ❤

​@@Declutteringmybrain True, yet he so brilliantly portrayed a staunch Republican.. just a great, great actor.

I think Rob's line calling for Gloria was improvised to compose himself.

I think it was the “what’s the matter is my fly open?”

​@@Chicken_Wing91I think it started with "minerorities" and then "is my fly open" about did him in. Reiner's response was perfect

Is that even a word?... Minorority's..?... Minoralities..? Minor realities..? I have to look up one of these iterations, as I don't understand what the word is that he's expressing.... Please explain, thank you...

​@@MarkSeiboldI don't understand either. Did you ever understand what was so funny?

This show was unique, but there have been some good sitcoms.

There would always be an argument there. It's definitely in my top five.

Your favourite, fair enough.....the best ?

I'd say Seinfeld is the greatest sitcom ever but I would also say that All In The Family is the most important sitcom. It broke down barriers and opened the floodgates for all the great programs that came after.

MASH, the Jeffersons, taxi, three's company, cheers, Frasier, married with children, Benny hill, wings, to close for comfort, mork and Mindy, Barney Miller. All fantastic sit come. I hated friends and Seinfeld.

My dad and I would always watch this, and he also reminds me of my dad because he looked and sounded like him. My dad passed in 2022.

@@SNancyhereWow, because MY father looked so much like Carroll O’Conner that people pointed it out quite often! His views were the opposites of Archie’s, thank God, but he certainly looked like him, and he only died a bit over a year ago. So that makes three of us! Odd.

Archie reminded me of my Dad too! We would watch the show together and bonded over it ( he died at 38...when I was 13). Dad would even drop "youse people" and "stifle yourself" into conversation!

@@gigidayz6936 Hi, Gigi. I’m truly sorry that you lost him at such an early age (for both of you). But I’m happy to know that you have these memories to cherish him by.

@gigidayz6936 I'm sorry you had such little time with your dad. 😔 My dad always said "you-uns." I don't think he ever got up from his La-z-boy, lol. May they rest in peace. 🙏

There is 1 show that isn't its called Curb Your Enthusiasm it often has no script just scene guidelines & no canned laughter or audience fakery it's brilliant.

Television comedies haven't used laugh tracks in years. Haven't you noticed? They record television shows today like they would a movie.

Even Liv audiences have can laughter added to them to bump the noise. Best fun fact is that most of those people laughing if not all are 6 feet under now 😂

​@@andrewbroughton65 that show and Fawlty Towers makes me uncomfortable watching them dig the hole bigger every episode. .tho I did love CYE w MJ Fox and his Parkinson's. That was hilarious!

This and Sanford & Son

@@kensingletary5694 Yes indeed

@@kensingletary5694 i started singing the theme song as soon as i saw the words....... god i miss that show......... IM COMING ELIZABETH

@@hollyshaw-elliemae...I don't remember the Sanford and Son theme song having any words at all... do you mean like the M.A.S.H. theme song didn't have words, but the actual song (Suicide is Painless) that became the theme did?

The Office also.

except Jackie Gleason was funny and not a communist

@@armadilllo no one believes you.

that's what commies do@@jimperry4108

Nope!

When live audiences were still in use, they always had plants who were paid to laugh louder and longer. Having someone laugh loudly made it more likely other people would do the same.

@@lysanamcmillan7972 wow thanks for informing me of that I never thought about it.

They also strongly encouraged no one do that fake laugh nonsense

hold up they still have LIVE audiences