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Season 8 of All In The Family! One of the most acclaimed comedy series of all time, All in the Family with Archie Bunker as the irascible, highly opinionated...
- What Happened to Cousin Oscar?
2022 Dec 19. Arche (Carroll O'Connor) and Mike (Rob Reiner)...
- What Happened to Cousin Oscar?
Dec 20, 2023 · Mike (Rob Reiner) and Gloria (Sally Struthers) try to hide the fact that they have separated, while Edith (Jean Stapleton) and Archie (Carroll O'Connor) visit for Christmas.
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Dec 19, 2022 · 2022 Dec 19. Arche (Carroll O'Connor) and Mike (Rob Reiner) find out that cousin Oscar is not doing too well. From Season 2, Episode 1 'The Saga of Cousin Oscar': Archie's freeloading cousin,...
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- All In The Family
All in the Family centers on a working-class White American family living in Queens, New York. Its patriarch, Archie Bunker (O'Connor), is an outspoken, narrow-minded man, seemingly prejudiced against everyone not like him or his ideas of how people should be.
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In its day, All in the Family was truly a revolutionary sitcom. Created by Norman Lear, it broke new ground in network television and was the first sitcom to openly discuss subjects like racism, miscarriage, menopause, homosexuality, and breast cancer.
All in the Family revolves around a blue-collar household thats owned by a bigoted working stiff, Archie Bunker (Carroll OConnor), and his sweet but dim-witted wife, Edith (Jean Stapleton). Living with them are their adult daughter, Gloria (Sally Struthers), and her liberal husband Michael Stivic (Rob Reiner). Recurring supporting characters are pl...
Struthers once said that the network was bracing for a barrage of angry phone calls but instead received lots of calls from people who wanted to see it return.
After eight seasons, Struthers and Reiner left the series. In season nine, Brisebois joined the cast as Ediths young niece, Stephanie. Her mother had died and her father, Ediths cousin Floyd, couldnt take care of her properly so the Bunkers stepped in to raise her. The tone of the series had clearly changed.
All in the Family ended more than 20 years ago, on March 25, 1979, but the characters continued on in a new series, Archie Bunkers Place, in the Fall of 1979. The new sitcom focused more on Archies neighborhood bar. Stapleton appeared in some of the episodes and then asked to be written out of the show. After that, Edith was mentioned but not shown...
Ediths death is foreshadowed a bit in the series finale of All in the Family. In Too Good Edith, Archie calls on his wife to help cook the food for the St. Patricks Day celebration at his bar. Unknown to him, Edith has a bad case of phlebitis and has been told by her doctor to stay off her feet. She doesnt want to disappoint her husband but finally...
All in the Family follows Archie Bunker, a hilariously cantankerous patriarch whose outdated beliefs clash with the progressive ideals of his family, especially son-in-law Mike. Their comedic battles reveal deep societal issues, making laughter a powerful tool for change.
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The family manages to collect $30 in the family pot and an argument ensues when Edith wants to use the money to set her lyrics for a song to music. Meanwhile, Archie is disturbed by robberies in the neighborhood and wants to use the money to buy a gun.
