All in The Family (Intro) S2 (1972)

[@kookyrook4170]

Aww my grandpa who passed away used to watch this on the TV every night when I try fall asleep. That woman’s screaming used to keep me up lol.

[@Attmay]

She didn’t actually sing like that for real. She did Broadway musicals where she sounded nothing like that. She was even in the movie *Damn Yankees* and was almost in *Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.*

[@tomikhaos7248]

That was ding bat ....lol

[@rickrozz2439]

(R.I.P.) "Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton"

[@thatotherguy1]

Those really were the days. One income could support your family.
Housing was affordable. People/Neighbors were friendly with one another (maybe not so much with Archie). Times were so much simpler.

[@OtoyaYamaguchi777]

Hart Celler act of 1965.

[@thatotherguy1]

@@OtoyaYamaguchi777 thanks for sharing that. Personally I think CONGRESS ,once again, made a BIG MISTAKE on that one. When quotas were in place, vetting was much more efficient. If an American citizen wants to move to another country, we have to follow procedures and sometimes pay large sums of money to do so.
Immigrants coming here Don't.
So again, CONGRESS got it wrong on passing that law.

[@drew5181]

results my changed based on skin color

[@mr.patriotjol]

Archie was nice. He was just misinformed when growing up. Plus it was at an era where people wanted their culture in their own Neighborhood. Hell, even Mr Jerfferson didn’t want a Puerto Rican to move in.

[@JoaoSantos-ur1gg]

@@mr.patriotjol Puerto Rican culture (whatever that means) is the same as American culture (whatever that means). You'd rather just admit that, by "culture", you mean "skin color".

[@shamus248]

a song about nostalgia was the theme song for a show i am nothing but nostalgic for today

[@BenThuAlot]

@@BladedBear but he means..socially.. and I miss that shit too...
Also, what you said ..I agree

[@SaraHouck461]

Glad I decided to revisit this as my present-day-35-year-old self. I remember watching this series right around I turned twelve just six months into the current millennium when it was part of Nick-at-Nite's lineup.

[@ryansmurda1552]

Me too. Such a great classic!

[@natesmith5493]

rest in peace Archie and dingbat

[@connorjohnson5530]

8 years later this comment made me giggle. That’s the icons Carrol O’Connor and Jean Stapleton were

[@SolaceAmv]

so is this where Family Guy intro comes from

[@The_Str4nger]

simpsons dit it first

[@Kinogotiate]

@@The_Str4nger They dont sing in simpsons at a piano nerd

[@The_Str4nger]

@@Kinogotiate
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[@Kinogotiate]

@@The_Str4nger thats not in the i tro

[@EarthySmerky]

The Raging Majority it’s was a joke in the episode Lisa’s Sax and wasn’t supposed to be the intro so

[@fromthesidelines]

"From Television City, in Hollywood......."

[@TihetrisWeathersby]

This song is so nostalgic, The Golden age of TV

[@1974dormouse]

Same for me. Welcome Back Kotter is another one that’s nostalgic

[@petrella1972]

Best show of all time. Period.

[@charles1203]

Married with Children!

[@abec.501]

wrong family guy

[@blackhippy47149]

chill

[@JackOwens]

Great show but I prefer Mash and Twilight Zone personally.

[@koala7258]

@@abec.501 shut up

[@Ave43able]

I showed this clip to my 22 year old daughter as I had this song stuck in my head. She said "No offense to this iconic show, but Edith sounds like an hyped up Elmo." LOL!! I think so too!

[@michaelschaefer1904]

More like Elmo is a mellow version of Edith.

[@bobbybarnes1652]

Typical Gen Z.

[@sashatoao8421]

Your daughters funny

[@BillSmith-fo9jj]

This was one of the bestest comedy show l've have ever seen

[@Saintnick90]

Thanks to The Simpsons, I can't hear "And you know where you were then" without expecting the next line to be "Watching shows like Gentle Ben."

[@kirkedwards2988]

Thanks.... While I've never heard the Simpsons do this song, but now thanks to you, I probably will only hear "watching Gentle Ben". To damn funny!!!

[@bobbybarnes1652]

Lyrics from the FULL version of that song:
Boy, the way Glen Miller played.
Songs that made the Hit Parade.
Guys like us, we had it made.
Those were the days
Didn't need no welfare state.
Everybody pulled his weight
Gee, our old LaSalle ran great.
Those were the days
And you knew where you were then
Girls were girls and men were men.
Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again.
People seemed to be content.
Fifty dollars paid the rent.
Freaks were in a circus tent.
Those were the days
Take a little Sunday spin,
Go to watch the Dodgers win.
Have yourself a dandy day
That cost you under a fin.
Hair was short and skirts were long.
Kate Smith really sold a song.
I don't know just what went wrong
Those Were the Days

[@eld8494]

What went Wrong …….. The Fleecing of America is what went wrong ….

[@carguy3910]

Fun fact: Eric Cartman from South Park is based on Archie Bunker.

[@Attmay]

Another reason I prefer George Jefferson and Peter Griffin.

[@uhtred7860]

Fun Fact: Archie Bunker was the American copy of Alf Garnet, the whole show was an American version of Brit show “Till death do us part”

[@ericsamuelson5656]

RIP Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, and Norman Lear

[@samsquanch1996]

And you knew where you WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEE THEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!

[@angiebold2592]

And you knew who you were then, girls were girls And men were men. Sounds like our transgender confusion was already known about in the seventies

[@covingtoncourtney436]

This is 1 of THE BEST shows of ALL time! & the spin-offs... Maude, The Jefferson’s, Good Times & Gloria were just as hysterical!

[@Dominus_Ryder]

Good times was a spin off?

[@covingtoncourtney436]

@@Dominus_Ryder Good times was actually a spin off of Maude, which was a spin off of All In The Family, so a spin off of a spin off. All created by Norman Lear, of course!

[@kendallrivers1119]

Yes! Though I never seen Gloria or even heard of it but I agree about the others, especially The Jeffersons and Good Times.

[@muzikdude1188]

@@kendallrivers1119 Gloria debuted in 1982 and lasted one season. She had divorced Mike by this time and was making a new life for herself in the suburbs with her son.

[@thedarknutsackreturns431]

I do recall watching some of the Jeffersons when I was younger
Pretty damn good

[@dgray9020]

Rest In Peace Mr Norman Lear.

[@Attmay]

After he ripped off Eric Monte and is still doing it from beyond the grave, he can burn in Hell!

[@panowa8319]

RIP Norman Lear (1922-2023).

[@snakefang1123]

As a kid whenever I heard this song come on, I went to bed or turned the TV off. The show itself isn't bad, saw it many years later.

[@SaraHouck461]

Seems legit now that my present-day-35-year-old self should consider herself lucky to revisit this particular intro sequence, as it was right around the time I turned twelve when I caught glimpses of this particular series during the dawning of what is now the current millennium when it was part of Nick-at-Nite's lineup.

[@michaelschaefer1904]

The first episode with half of The Jeffersons was amazing. Archie gave up tickets to the Mets to have dinner with the Jeffersons. George went to the Mets game.

[@veraevans6387]

Absolutely the best one.

[@Archimedes616]

From the longer version:
Fifty dollars paid the rent,
Freaks were in a circus tent.

[@aschlamishowsup]

Those were the days!

[@sumthingwikked4257]

You told the goobers to get bent
Those were the days!

[@JoaoSantos-ur1gg]

$50 when Herbert Hoover become President correspond to $900 today. And people didn't live in single family homes back then. And with the Great Depression lots of people couldn't afford those $50...

[@Attmay]

That is still less than I pay for rent now in a blue state shithole from a slumlord whom Archie would call a g-k.

[@LetMeCommentNow94]

This is my sentiment to literally less than 1 year ago. Lol

[@diegomelendez9918]

No matter how old this gets....it never loses its touch of a intro for a show

[@radioboyintj]

Girls were girls
And Men Were Men!!

[@BarrCode674]

50 years ago officially today.

[@TheRacingGenius88]

The game changer for the boob tube.

[@richwestlake2477]

To bad Meat Head, and Gloria turned to the Darkside!!! R.I.P. Arch & Dingbat!

[@bella50008]

When you forgot the actor was acting.

[@DLBMOS]

exactly...

[@boke75]

That has to be the ULTIMATE compliment you can give to an actor. Carrol O'Connor and Jean Stapleton never overacted never hammed it up ridiculously. They were so believable that when I saw both actors as themselves during interviews, I was stunned to not see Archie and Edith anymore.

[@BenThuAlot]

Heard Mr. O'connor was an english teacher ...Now that's irony..great actor overall

[@jaelynmoore1672]

Norman Lear will be always be the king of tv sitcoms
R.I.P mr Norman Lear

[@SpringdayAutumnmoon]

holy hell they even sound like peter and lois

[@koli5586]

I am also here for this reason

[@RickyGTH]

Peter and Lois sound like THEM.

[@susanfit47]

During the show's sixth season, starting on December 1, 1975, CBS began airing reruns on weekdays at 3 p.m. (EST), replacing long-running soap opera The Edge of Night, which moved to ABC. The show would later move to 3:30 p.m. and in September 1978, 10 a.m. This lasted until September 1979, when Viacom distributed the reruns to the off-network syndicated market where many stations picked up the show. In 1991, Columbia Pictures Television began syndicating the show, and Columbia's successor companies have continued to do so. That same year, it returned to CBS in reruns in prime time during the summer of 1991, in the latter instance paired with Norman Lear's new (and decidedly less successful) series Sunday Dinner. Selected reruns also surfaced in prime time in September 1991 and January 1992. Since the late 1980s, All in the Family has been rerun on various cable and satellite networks including TBS (although it held the rights locally in Atlanta, as well), TV Land, Nick at Nite, and Sundance TV. From January 3, 2011, to December 31, 2017, the show aired on Antenna TV. As of January 1, 2018, the show began to air on GetTV.

[@jnadle1]

And the sixth season had Edith now wearing contact lenses while at the piano, with a reshot in the final season.

[@susanfit47]

@@jnadle1 The cast forfeited their residual rights for a cash payout early in the production run of All in the Family.

[@kaddissventorum4149]

Today years old that I found out Family Guy parodies this

[@TheEwing69]

My favorite opening of the series. This one was used for seasons 2 - 5

[@jasonervoes1326]

Great family show 😊

[@anthonylangley8717]

“Awwwchie” and “E-dit”

[@rolandmcknight97]

Thank you❤️ I needed this today 😭

[@thatswhatshesaid2777]

Fact: the intro of family guy is an homage to this intro!

[@charles1203]

Those houses once upon a time were just the best!

[@justcurious3119]

I wanted to comment on that aspect of the introduction also! Reminds me of Baltimore Maryland with the row houses. Also, one of my grandfathers was very much like Archie. I lost him around the time of the last airing of this show originally. Miss him so much sometimes, even if he was ornery. I watched a few episodes of the show but was born on the same year at first aired.

[@rellman85]

They’re singing a happy nostalgic song about the President (Hoover) who presided over the Great Depression: if this doesn’t make you suspicious of nostalgia, nothing will.

[@aschlamishowsup]

Greetings from Hooverville!

[@aschlamishowsup]

@@Alexius1Komnenos greetings from hooverville lol. They definitely blamed hoover didn't they

[@HoshizakiYoshimasa]

@@aschlamishowsup Like Hoover had anything to do with the Stock market. But Americans were never the smartest of people.... But they never needed to be, They have a large population and span half of a continent and thus have large access to food and raw materials and resources.

[@aschlamishowsup]

@@HoshizakiYoshimasa the point is rhetoric. They would say things like newspapers were hoover blankets because people couldn't afford actual blankets and blamed hoover for the situation. I was being sarcastic

[@floydwhatchacallit6823]

Funny thing though, Herbert Hoover was arguably the most educated & successful person to ever become president. The only president who was as educated as him was Jimmy Carter. Engineers are a bit overrated.

[@BillSmith-fo9jj]

This song reminds me of all the time I watched ⌚ this TV show with my grandmother when I was a kid 😊

[@carlossalvadormontelongo4110]

Definitely, those were the days

[@FilmaticProductions]

Every year, this song gets more and more relevant.

[@MikeRiderOOO]

We love you Norman Lear and we miss you dearly.

[@budvibes3367]

Boy if this intro isn’t true. Spot on

[@rodneyskinnermusic]

Edith's part ALWAYS cracked me up everytime I hear 🎼🎶"And You Knew Where You WEERRE THEEEEEEEN!! 😂😂😂😂

[@cameronkaskamin7221]

Use to always watching this when I was younger with my grampa, I think it's time to give another watch cus now this is nostalgic, rip gramps

[@cdeanneeckles]

I loved watching All in the family

[@jbob787]

"Lucky there's a Fam-a-ly Guy"

[@sammathai761]

Dang. This was the inspiration behind it all huh?

[@scottyhotty1003]

Girls were girls and men were men!!!

[@DLBMOS]

How that's all changed...

[@KingJuliantheloneliestwolf]

I wish that stayed but now a woman can identify as a man and I say
Nope and makes everyone mad

[@Thunderlion-yd4nv]

I bet Archie and Edith *SHAT THEMSELVES* when glam music and hair metal became all the rage

[@williamsmootie]

Love it❤

[@alexvillarama7713]

I used to rent a studio apartment in Long Beach CA near the ocean on Linden Ave. for just $65 dollars a month including utilities, back in early 1970s.

[@nikitanokia1249]

Cheers 😢😂❤ hello 👋 from London 🥰✌️

[@beesuarez6230]

Best song ever wrote!!

[@zachariahlloyd6043]

I remember this from *WAY BACK* when I was still a little munchkin!!

[@alexvillarama7713]

I miss the show especially these two awesome characters ❤!

[@jonathanspigel3220]

Good old days

[@u.s_nyc8513]

Good old times

[@ShaulaXNinja]

I found out the inspiration behind Truffles from powder.

[@DeadRaymanWalking]

Happy heavenly birthday to Caroll O'Connor, the man who played Archie Bunker in this show. (August 2, 1924)

[@fortynights1513]

He played the character that has been called the best in the history of American television.
And as that paradigm winds down that’ll always be the case and deservedly so.

[@nicholasyates5629]

Oh how I used to beg my mom to let me stay up to watch this on a school night

[@rumbaenmadrid3796]

The best show!!!!

[@TheRedHonda]

I loved that show. One of a kind and then came the Jeffersons

[@maxfranklinmeans]

*And you knew where you WEEERRE Theeeeen* 🤣🤣🤣

[@jnadle1]

Seems like some popular Norman Lear sitcoms end their openings on a long note, like this, Good Times, The Jeffersons and One Day at a Time.

[@disneydanny2]

Archie and Edith are reunited :(

[@williamhaggard451]

Rest in peace to show’s creator deeply be missed 😢😢💔💔

[@yknow8008]

She would be a great Toad voice actor

[@Honey_Moon_Delight]

Aqui recordando al genio Norman Lear QEPD😢

[@skullduggery3377]

i'm hearing verses in my head.

[@jeffwise8194]

edit and awchie. good intro.

[@drinxs505]

Maw Maw,i dedicate this to you❤️‍🔥🌹

[@mvj1153]

Instead of James Earl Jone's, I want Edith's Voice to narrate my life story.

[@dedebrown1028]

Everyone loved this show, color didn’t matter.

[@Anthony-rh7po]

Those were the days

[@WhyWhydaguy]

Hey look its norm from the new norm show!

[@Rome.Monroe]

"Girls were girls and men were men." "Didn't need no welfare state." Best lines ever.

[@plapin3538]

The more things change the more they stay the same

[@julieerin115]

@@plapin3538 Might have to disagree with you. Now in the 2020s, we've got gender fluid.

[@ryanimal34]

RIP Norman Lear

[@19buseye71]

First time I heard this it sounded like a singing drunk stepped on a cat.

[@tbp1885]

This was used in Season 2, 3, 4 and 5

[@TheInkPitOx]

I always seem to get this and Keeping Up Appearances mixed up

[@napalm5]

Imagine Archie Bunker in the age of trans inclusion and meToo

[@theriverastyx]

it would probably be a very special episode that forces the characters to meet others who they know next to nothing about and then they see that trans people are just people whose mere existence has been politicized.

[@Honey_Moon_Delight]

Mi mama me dijo que vio esta serie de niña, pero buscando no encuentro nada del doblaje de la serie, al parecer esta super perdido

[@tommybranca8800]

0:16 sound like Elmo

[@louisochs9135]

Now i heard that, edith does sound like that.

[@puffnstuff12]

I just came here because this song goes along with a discussion we're having in a forum.

[@peggypenny1]

ssi state garry hixon pulled his weight gee our old la salle ran great those were the rachel cienna days

[@darienhigh]

Jeez that voice... I don't remember her singing THAT bad, I know it was bad, but having a sensitive ear I can hear how truly terrible it really was, having not listened to it since the 80s

[@OldsVistaCruiser]

And Jean didn't sing that badly, except in character.

[@jelijones4205]

Mister we could use a man like AH again.

[@pedzad9528]

It seems today, that all we see...

RIP Jean Stapleton, To Be Fair He Was Getting Quite Old

[@Blackburn-Arts]

Calvin Jacks werent thry already old during the shows run?

[@ISoldKen]

yeah back then (made in 1970)

[@200131356]

So this is where Seth Mcfarland got it from

[@neppy-chan9297]

Even though I'd be probably be considered more liberal than meat-head and Gloria, I have a certain appreciation of this show. Archie may be an uneducated bigot, but he's still a good person at heart, given the opportunity to learn.

[@seronymus]

This statement is really ironic coming from a Neptunia fan lol

[@kendallrivers1119]

Archie (as well as George Jefferson and Fred Sanford) were men of their time and we all have men like them in our family and we recognize them so easily, that's how human and real these characters were, as well as just plain funny.

[@bryansanchez8448]

Love it

[@Alucard45000]

AMV Hell

[@kaishaw7549]

R.I.P Bobby Ebz

[@billslattery5415]

this intro I dedicate it to Glendale Queens 69 th street the famous house in all of Glendale

[@Simfight]

Hi 2023 here. You have no idea.

[@blive720]

I remember in the late 90's they used to air re-runs of this on channel 11 late at night and me and my mom would watch. Those were really the days.