This series was the series which led to even more code breaking shows later. In fact, it led to Maude as a spin off which went on to considerable success in defending the women's movement. This one, broke a lot of long standing taboos in family sit-com comedy.
"They way Glenn Miller Played" from the theme song Those Were The Days for All In the Family inspired the theme song for the animated series Family Guy now on FOX.
This is the first series to do bathroom humor (& led to Roseanne getting even more raunchy later on). This show took racism & portrayed it more accurately the the mainstream media has since. In this series, a white Catholic family accepted all races into their lives when they encountered them. The mainstream media still can not do that today.
Caroll O'Conner really found his lifetime role in this show. He had done quite a few films prior to this, even some TV (notably a great guest shot on the Wild Wild West comes to mind). This show highlighted all his talents.
Maureen Stapleton was already a great live theater actress when she came here. In this show, she proved why she was also a great TV actress. She brings a perfect realism to Caroll's Archie.
Thanks to these two talents, Sally Struthers & Rob Reiner developed their careers on this show. They learned their craft from the veterans, though Rob went more into directing & producing, while Sally never seemed to duplicate her success here.
What is a shame is that this show illustrates how well a real family can deal with difficult issues. It has not been done better since.
"They way Glenn Miller Played" from the theme song Those Were The Days for All In the Family inspired the theme song for the animated series Family Guy now on FOX.
This is the first series to do bathroom humor (& led to Roseanne getting even more raunchy later on). This show took racism & portrayed it more accurately the the mainstream media has since. In this series, a white Catholic family accepted all races into their lives when they encountered them. The mainstream media still can not do that today.
Caroll O'Conner really found his lifetime role in this show. He had done quite a few films prior to this, even some TV (notably a great guest shot on the Wild Wild West comes to mind). This show highlighted all his talents.
Maureen Stapleton was already a great live theater actress when she came here. In this show, she proved why she was also a great TV actress. She brings a perfect realism to Caroll's Archie.
Thanks to these two talents, Sally Struthers & Rob Reiner developed their careers on this show. They learned their craft from the veterans, though Rob went more into directing & producing, while Sally never seemed to duplicate her success here.
What is a shame is that this show illustrates how well a real family can deal with difficult issues. It has not been done better since.