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RE: Archie Bunker
February 26, 2015 at 12:18 am
Wow, some of that shit would never make it past Standards and Practices nowadays.
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RE: Archie Bunker
February 26, 2015 at 12:35 am
SO awesome the way they handled the show. I wish something like it would be able to be aired today. It would really put some of the racist/homophobic/cafeteria Christians in their place.
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RE: Archie Bunker
February 26, 2015 at 1:02 pm
Memories! All In the Family and Maude were television staples in our house when I was a kid. Does anyone remember the episode when Archie and Michael got locked in the basement together and started drinking, leading to a moment of revelation for Michael as he listened to Archie describe his relationship to his own father and the casual abuse he received as a child? Sitcoms so seldom pull off the feat of being funny as hell and poignant, but AITF had the goods. Shows may be 'edgier' these days, but they seldom bite as hard as Norman Lear's shows did in the '70s.
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RE: Archie Bunker
February 26, 2015 at 1:13 pm
If you like Archie Bunker maybe you will like the British show on which it's based.
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RE: Archie Bunker
February 26, 2015 at 1:33 pm
My dad in his younger years, was not too far from Archie as far as the racism, mixing up words, attitudes toward women and gays, vocal but uninformed on most any issue and so on.
Back then, many "dads" were like Archie. It was not an uncommon mindset, at least in the white bread SoCal Orange County of the 70s.
As a teenager, I once mentioned to my mom I was sweet on this girl. First thing out of her mouth was, "It's not that black girl is it?!?" Since there was only one black girl in the entire school of 1200 students, no mom, the odds are not good. It is safe! She was probably a proper Euro-blonde! Not a Jew either! Whew! Dodged that bullet!
Pissed me off then and still irks to this day, but what are going to do with old people?
Nonetheless, my folks watched All in the Family and quite enjoyed it, but I think the irony escaped them. With a puzzled look on his face, I remember my dad wondering what exactly was *wrong* with what Archie just said? He's usually right after all!
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RE: Archie Bunker
February 26, 2015 at 2:13 pm
Yeah, Norman Lear hit the target with a few of his comedies back in the day.
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RE: Archie Bunker
February 26, 2015 at 5:46 pm
So, was this show satire? Because the way I've heard people talk about it, I'm not sure everyone understood that...
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RE: Archie Bunker
February 26, 2015 at 6:00 pm
It was satire, and, no, not everyone understood it to be so... including my dad, from what I can remember.
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Archie Bunker
February 28, 2015 at 3:32 pm
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