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

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Archie took refuge in his long-suffering wife, Edith, who tries her best to understand Archie's conservative ways and outdated beliefs.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

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    • @Heidelberger1970
      @Heidelberger1970 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

    • @bornyesterday21
      @bornyesterday21 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @thenny6600
      @thenny6600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @daviddaniel387
      @daviddaniel387 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

    • @thekingsilverado8419
      @thekingsilverado8419 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Archie for President 2024!!!!

  • @dan4345
    @dan4345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +372

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

    • @cinmac3
      @cinmac3 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      NY Times suck, sorry

    • @RowdyBorders-ni3ti
      @RowdyBorders-ni3ti 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    • @willmercury
      @willmercury 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

    • @terminat1
      @terminat1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @claudedalton8970
      @claudedalton8970 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@terminat1 ?

  • @jamesharris4775
    @jamesharris4775 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1369

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

    • @coyotefever105
      @coyotefever105 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @stevenmcwilliam6945
      @stevenmcwilliam6945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

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

    • @coachloubrown-22
      @coachloubrown-22 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @@stevenmcwilliam6945 brilliant???

    • @justinedwards5021
      @justinedwards5021 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      rob reiner is just another leftist partisan hack nothing more

    • @LucasVigor
      @LucasVigor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      And people like you are still Archie bunker, apparently

  • @FazMaTaz
    @FazMaTaz ปีที่แล้ว +221

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

    • @jeffreyknowles863
      @jeffreyknowles863 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Edith looks ecstatic about Mike. Archie is just disapproving

    • @b.a.k.2683
      @b.a.k.2683 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The best actor in TV comedy

  • @skoffco
    @skoffco ปีที่แล้ว +171

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

    • @shermanmullen9526
      @shermanmullen9526 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Really Serious.

    • @charleshubert6751
      @charleshubert6751 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      And worth every penny!

    • @benwasserman8223
      @benwasserman8223 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

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

    • @user-ms3jz7ub7n
      @user-ms3jz7ub7n 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@benwasserman8223Really? That's hilarious!

    • @robertmasina7388
      @robertmasina7388 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

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

  • @Ericwvb2
    @Ericwvb2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +754

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

    • @maccabbee2014
      @maccabbee2014 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

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

    • @teresalinton5898
      @teresalinton5898 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      great actor

    • @kathleenmichelet6585
      @kathleenmichelet6585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

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

    • @43cjd
      @43cjd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @cesarnunez2330
      @cesarnunez2330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It was my Dads favorite characters on TV….

  • @glennatkinson9948
    @glennatkinson9948 ปีที่แล้ว +106

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

    • @cignusx-1294
      @cignusx-1294 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I must agree...

    • @lawrencethompson1875
      @lawrencethompson1875 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @cignusx-1294
      @cignusx-1294 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      He ended with the best choice. :- )

    • @jk-kr8jt
      @jk-kr8jt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why was it pure genius?

    • @Tarheel13
      @Tarheel13 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @TiagoSantos-ld6qf
    @TiagoSantos-ld6qf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    Probable the best comedy series of all times.

  • @dennisdemark8151
    @dennisdemark8151 2 ปีที่แล้ว +160

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

    • @richardmoore2124
      @richardmoore2124 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      It could never be repeated these days!

    • @zanohoriamazo1
      @zanohoriamazo1 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@richardmoore2124 Exactly!

  • @WatchingTrainsGoBy-PassingTime
    @WatchingTrainsGoBy-PassingTime 2 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    One of the undisputed greatest shows of all time.

    • @mortsnerd5100
      @mortsnerd5100 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      #1 in my book.

    • @MrCobraLynnPark
      @MrCobraLynnPark ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@mortsnerd5100 Mine too

    • @user-ev4pb9xj7e
      @user-ev4pb9xj7e 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @stupidas9466
      @stupidas9466 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @chendersondesoto
    @chendersondesoto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +367

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

    • @maxpolaris99
      @maxpolaris99 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Norman Lear was a hypocritical Cultural Marxist.

  • @TheJB1970
    @TheJB1970 2 ปีที่แล้ว +101

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

    • @TheMan05555
      @TheMan05555 ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

    • @brando7266
      @brando7266 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ironic that Archie was the real meathead,

    • @mr.hansholmes2367
      @mr.hansholmes2367 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@brando7266 Spoken like a TRUE Meathead.

    • @mrbubblebuns3994
      @mrbubblebuns3994 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @shermanmullen9526
      @shermanmullen9526 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @lengoldstein6227
    @lengoldstein6227 2 ปีที่แล้ว +129

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

  • @Rasputin443556
    @Rasputin443556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +264

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

    • @nassauguy48
      @nassauguy48 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @Kelle0284
      @Kelle0284 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @CrimeSchool138
      @CrimeSchool138 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Sporty doesn't mean sports.

    • @JRotten
      @JRotten 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      She was such a great actor.

    • @kevino4846
      @kevino4846 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@JRotten And underrated.

  • @CB-wg4lq
    @CB-wg4lq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1595

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

    • @martincvitkovich724
      @martincvitkovich724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Before all the meatheads ruined everything.

    • @chasbodaniels1744
      @chasbodaniels1744 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

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

    • @deion762871
      @deion762871 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      😂

    • @NuisanceMan
      @NuisanceMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Before the Archie Bunkers ruined everything.

    • @martincvitkovich724
      @martincvitkovich724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

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

  • @scottgould6590
    @scottgould6590 2 ปีที่แล้ว +53

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

  • @kathleenfountain7726
    @kathleenfountain7726 2 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Carroll O'Connor was a genius!!

  • @hendriksmedia
    @hendriksmedia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +284

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

    • @brenthill4271
      @brenthill4271 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Somewhat,But always loved it

  • @joeheid4757
    @joeheid4757 3 ปีที่แล้ว +325

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

    • @garylobo348
      @garylobo348 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @darlenekozlovskis6907
      @darlenekozlovskis6907 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      yes and that liberal democrat is definately a meathead

    • @clembob8004
      @clembob8004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

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

    • @colossusforbin5484
      @colossusforbin5484 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @reyannawynters1800
      @reyannawynters1800 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @928frogman
    @928frogman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +234

    50 years later, Archie is still right about meathead.

    • @whyputaname
      @whyputaname 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @DJ-bj8ku
      @DJ-bj8ku ปีที่แล้ว +19

      And Archie was a MAGA ahead of his time.

    • @nomandad2000
      @nomandad2000 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @furrybogard9724
      @furrybogard9724 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@DJ-bj8ku In what way?

    • @robertpreston2220
      @robertpreston2220 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fact!

  • @charlesward9486
    @charlesward9486 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Still a classic, by any measure!

  • @robertvc4716
    @robertvc4716 3 ปีที่แล้ว +693

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

    • @NuisanceMan
      @NuisanceMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

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

    • @ericlevy553
      @ericlevy553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @toucansam3
      @toucansam3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

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

    • @kurtbarlow9402
      @kurtbarlow9402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

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

    • @landofodin
      @landofodin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

  • @gmoney1592
    @gmoney1592 3 ปีที่แล้ว +709

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

    • @Laurieis1
      @Laurieis1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Agreed

    • @phillipvaughn5719
      @phillipvaughn5719 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

    • @kathleenmichelet6585
      @kathleenmichelet6585 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @NotIfWhen
      @NotIfWhen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +50

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

    • @NuisanceMan
      @NuisanceMan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

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

  • @harrycallahan686
    @harrycallahan686 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

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

  • @shawneldridge4465
    @shawneldridge4465 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

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

    • @mortsnerd5100
      @mortsnerd5100 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @kevino4846
      @kevino4846 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

  • @russellcherry3288
    @russellcherry3288 3 ปีที่แล้ว +177

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

  • @BassGod1225
    @BassGod1225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +133

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

    • @BassGod1225
      @BassGod1225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@geetarman If only I cared.

    • @cldavis33
      @cldavis33 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @us-Bahn
      @us-Bahn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @FischerFan
      @FischerFan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @FischerFan
      @FischerFan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @patrickk.6295
    @patrickk.6295 2 ปีที่แล้ว +44

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

    • @chumleye1112
      @chumleye1112 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @kevino4846
      @kevino4846 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @Rich-yj4ub
    @Rich-yj4ub 2 ปีที่แล้ว +268

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

    • @cgh7337
      @cgh7337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      You forgot the progressives.

    • @wilcee238
      @wilcee238 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @CGH Cool story lady

    • @johnharrison6745
      @johnharrison6745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @dtklamf7457
      @dtklamf7457 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

    • @Salem-yy5wn
      @Salem-yy5wn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @verucasaltbaum2358
    @verucasaltbaum2358 3 ปีที่แล้ว +130

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

    • @kijekuyo9494
      @kijekuyo9494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @mainecoon6514
      @mainecoon6514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @shermanmullen2406
      @shermanmullen2406 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      AND HE BREAK'S IT.

    • @Rich-yj4ub
      @Rich-yj4ub 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

    • @verucasaltbaum2358
      @verucasaltbaum2358 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @sophiadavenport3959
    @sophiadavenport3959 3 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    This show brings back so many good childhood memories.💕

  • @cignusx-1294
    @cignusx-1294 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

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

    • @jdmarti100
      @jdmarti100 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @two-nine7730
    @two-nine7730 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @teresaselby6455
    @teresaselby6455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +105

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

    • @jmseipp
      @jmseipp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @KB-ke3fi
      @KB-ke3fi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @bholaoates1542
      @bholaoates1542 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @donaldw6049
      @donaldw6049 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @moviemaker60fps
      @moviemaker60fps 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @actionguy6031
    @actionguy6031 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    I always loved the toilet flush sound up stairs

    • @redrock3109
      @redrock3109 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's "ter-let.' LOL

    • @ronj9448
      @ronj9448 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @actionguy6031
      @actionguy6031 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ronj9448 😀😂🤣

    • @43cjd
      @43cjd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I forgot all about that.

    • @strivingformindfulness2356
      @strivingformindfulness2356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @Rich-yj4ub
    @Rich-yj4ub ปีที่แล้ว +15

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

  • @jamicl2580
    @jamicl2580 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

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

  • @vanessashaw6912
    @vanessashaw6912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

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

    • @brentelliott7262
      @brentelliott7262 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well said friend...

    • @frisco21
      @frisco21 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @lynnm7768
    @lynnm7768 3 ปีที่แล้ว +263

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

    • @coachbaseball7618
      @coachbaseball7618 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Loved it. Watched every Saturday

    • @dr.victorfrankenschtein7053
      @dr.victorfrankenschtein7053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Days are gone my friend

    • @dr.victorfrankenschtein7053
      @dr.victorfrankenschtein7053 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      To look back is hell

    • @mitchellmarcus4843
      @mitchellmarcus4843 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      On Saturday night I was aloud to drink a whole 12oz Pepsi all by myself and as much stovetop popcorn I could eat.

    • @honcp4367
      @honcp4367 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@dr.victorfrankenschtein7053 to look forward is hell too

  • @Kritiker313
    @Kritiker313 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

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

  • @vozzio2824
    @vozzio2824 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

  • @chimpshock7790
    @chimpshock7790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    and after all these years ARCHIE was right!

    • @kevino4846
      @kevino4846 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No.

  • @davidnault2186
    @davidnault2186 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    This master piece should air today just for fun

    • @theropesofrenovation9352
      @theropesofrenovation9352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Amen

    • @commonsenserules7995
      @commonsenserules7995 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Unfortunately, the cancel culture wouldn't allow it. They would howl, cry and complain to no end.

    • @theropesofrenovation9352
      @theropesofrenovation9352 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@commonsenserules7995 Very, very true

    • @billjoang
      @billjoang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I watch it all the time it’s on GETtv on FIOS.

    • @darrenengels9584
      @darrenengels9584 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Further evidence of the veracity of my observation.

  • @Heart2HeartBooks
    @Heart2HeartBooks ปีที่แล้ว +63

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

    • @Tsamokie
      @Tsamokie ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That is exactly the essence of Reiner. True to the core 'meathead'.

    • @robertpreston2220
      @robertpreston2220 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Fact!

    • @cameraman655
      @cameraman655 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Preach it...!

    • @Mark-ps6zf
      @Mark-ps6zf 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Type cast 😂

  • @e.leohassanmodeste756
    @e.leohassanmodeste756 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @stevenstair1068
    @stevenstair1068 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Watched every episode back in the day 😅😅😅

  • @rocco...
    @rocco... 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

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

  • @PartyMTLcom
    @PartyMTLcom 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @justinmathewson3692
    @justinmathewson3692 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @nancyhey1012
      @nancyhey1012 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

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

    • @nopcshere6097
      @nopcshere6097 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

  • @domenicospadola1254
    @domenicospadola1254 3 ปีที่แล้ว +152

    Never tired of watching All in the Family. Hilarious

  • @mrsTraveller64
    @mrsTraveller64 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

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

  • @tiffanynaidoo2003
    @tiffanynaidoo2003 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @brando7266
      @brando7266 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ironic that Archie was the real meathead,

    • @johnp139
      @johnp139 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was the writers.

  • @fleatactical7390
    @fleatactical7390 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @snicketysnickerdoodle8484
    @snicketysnickerdoodle8484 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

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

  • @brandonallen3289
    @brandonallen3289 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

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

  • @namastemcl
    @namastemcl 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @twolak1972
    @twolak1972 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

  • @larrymoore6640
    @larrymoore6640 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

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

  • @martyzug256
    @martyzug256 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    scary how this show is relevant 50 years later

    • @robertthomas5196
      @robertthomas5196 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      People never change.

    • @user-mi3pv7ql4g
      @user-mi3pv7ql4g 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @dougstyles
      @dougstyles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @camerondiaztwin
      @camerondiaztwin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @arlmont123
      @arlmont123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @Neurotripsicks
    @Neurotripsicks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The best show of all time. Masterpiece.

  • @michaellaughlin8457
    @michaellaughlin8457 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @jasonbarney4737
    @jasonbarney4737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

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

  • @jamesmarjan5481
    @jamesmarjan5481 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    So much comedy packed into this scene.

  • @cahg3871
    @cahg3871 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @TheUnsignedbands
    @TheUnsignedbands 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @johnnymossville
    @johnnymossville 3 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    Mike played himself. It was a cameo role.

    • @Grazimoto1
      @Grazimoto1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

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

    • @kijekuyo9494
      @kijekuyo9494 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

    • @johnnymossville
      @johnnymossville 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Grazimoto1 Meatheads views were even more silly.

    • @Grazimoto1
      @Grazimoto1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

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

    • @jagerkennethify
      @jagerkennethify 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@johnnymossville hey Johnny Trump lost

  • @MillerMeteor74
    @MillerMeteor74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    "Dead from the neck up", lol.

  • @mikeperry6794
    @mikeperry6794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Reiner wasn't acting.

  • @blockmasterscott
    @blockmasterscott 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @michaelmorgan5303
    @michaelmorgan5303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +112

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

    • @mikelombardi8172
      @mikelombardi8172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Who gives a sh$t

    • @robinlowney9171
      @robinlowney9171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

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

    • @robinlowney9171
      @robinlowney9171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

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

    • @robinlowney9171
      @robinlowney9171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

    • @gratefuljr
      @gratefuljr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah especially trumpsters because that summarizes Archie and his friends

  • @tedgegi155
    @tedgegi155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +838

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

    • @navvet4518
      @navvet4518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Quite literally a liberal meathead.

    • @debbiehanisch2099
      @debbiehanisch2099 3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      It's worse. Much worse.

    • @janiemoore2721
      @janiemoore2721 3 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      😂 and a Commie.

    • @roberthuber3518
      @roberthuber3518 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

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

    • @macclark4112
      @macclark4112 3 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @@roberthuber3518

  • @thenny6600
    @thenny6600 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @donmoore7785
    @donmoore7785 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @mikeelek9713
    @mikeelek9713 3 ปีที่แล้ว +178

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

    • @joejones9520
      @joejones9520 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

    • @johnbrowneyes7534
      @johnbrowneyes7534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @MrStevekpln
      @MrStevekpln 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@johnbrowneyes7534 By his own father not a coworker.

    • @johnbrowneyes7534
      @johnbrowneyes7534 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

    • @MrStevekpln
      @MrStevekpln 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @IsaacNewton1966
    @IsaacNewton1966 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    The world needs more Archie Bunkers.

    • @alexanderestrada2499
      @alexanderestrada2499 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I’m not positive I agree with that.

    • @michelangelobuonarroti916
      @michelangelobuonarroti916 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

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

    • @alexanderestrada2499
      @alexanderestrada2499 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh I see

    • @rvz77
      @rvz77 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

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

    • @alexanderestrada2499
      @alexanderestrada2499 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I don’t think so.

  • @grantp4022
    @grantp4022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @dennissculaf2740
    @dennissculaf2740 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @christophermyers3758
    @christophermyers3758 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

    • @chumleye1112
      @chumleye1112 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

  • @deebee9917
    @deebee9917 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @Neilxtc
    @Neilxtc ปีที่แล้ว +5

    One of the greatest shows of all time!!!

  • @mattwilliam4803
    @mattwilliam4803 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @onealheard7622
    @onealheard7622 3 ปีที่แล้ว +168

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

    • @abbeyjane1306
      @abbeyjane1306 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Semper Fi, '72-76

    • @richardkaltenbach3961
      @richardkaltenbach3961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      And Don't Forget To Include George Jefferson!

    • @gregory46236
      @gregory46236 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, yeah yeah

    • @DarhaLB
      @DarhaLB 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup 💯

    • @gkprivate433
      @gkprivate433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

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

  • @geridinewhite869
    @geridinewhite869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

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

  • @wavealip8059
    @wavealip8059 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

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

  • @ChaniceMReidREALTOR
    @ChaniceMReidREALTOR 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

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

  • @gord6992
    @gord6992 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

  • @sharethefootage1088
    @sharethefootage1088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

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

    • @teresalinton5898
      @teresalinton5898 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      thats great

    • @michaelanderson2881
      @michaelanderson2881 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Funny. How many of your acquaintances understand what it means?

    • @thewolfdoctor761
      @thewolfdoctor761 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I named 2 squirrels in my back yard, Mike and Gloria.

  • @nancyzorbaugh510
    @nancyzorbaugh510 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Such great classic show with great actors

  • @raoulgalavis6755
    @raoulgalavis6755 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m only 25 but I feel like Archie bunker especially when mike introduced himself and he just stared. 😂

  • @richardmanginelli2624
    @richardmanginelli2624 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    You know the old saying
    "THE TRUTH HURTS"

  • @ericharper7652
    @ericharper7652 3 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    The dawn of the meathead word 😆

    • @simonmarshall19
      @simonmarshall19 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Or Ham hock

    • @geridinewhite869
      @geridinewhite869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And the definition !

    • @whisperingsage
      @whisperingsage 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      There was a boy in my class that someone nicknamed Meathead, even the teachers called him that. Middle school.

  • @sarge420
    @sarge420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @garysledge576
    @garysledge576 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

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

  • @debrawilliams7983
    @debrawilliams7983 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Boy they argued from Day One!

    • @SpyroTDragon
      @SpyroTDragon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Which makes the show unique.

    • @armoredsweatpants3997
      @armoredsweatpants3997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      And Archie was right 98% of the time.

    • @BrentWilkins7777
      @BrentWilkins7777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

    • @armoredsweatpants3997
      @armoredsweatpants3997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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

  • @dougstyles
    @dougstyles 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

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

  • @themermaidstale5008
    @themermaidstale5008 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Still hilarious 50 + years later!

  • @winst0n888
    @winst0n888 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

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

  • @renegadetenor
    @renegadetenor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Meathead was a meathead then, and is the very definition of it today.

  • @janedoe805
    @janedoe805 3 ปีที่แล้ว +200

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

    • @lucianolorenzo8395
      @lucianolorenzo8395 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Sorry it happened
      Guess it was to much for him

    • @ROGER2095
      @ROGER2095 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

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

    • @gr33n3ggs4
      @gr33n3ggs4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

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

    • @jodyguilbeaux8225
      @jodyguilbeaux8225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

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

    • @lindaj171
      @lindaj171 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

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

  • @darlenenichols9658
    @darlenenichols9658 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Archie cracks me up..😅😅😅