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Article Title: Encyclopedia of Television... Published Date: 1977
All in
the Family--a landmark series that changed the nature of situation comedies, opening them
to realistic characters, mature themes, and frank dialogue. Written by Norman Lear and
produced by Yorkin-Lear Productions, the series was introduced on CBS in January 1971 as a
second season entry and did poorly in the ratings at the outset. Rare among TV programs,
it developed its great popularity during the summer reruns. Based on an immensely peculiar
and controversial British series, Till Death Us Do Part, created by Johnny Speight for a
limited run on BBC-TV, Family is built upon the clashes of a working-class bigot, Archie
Bunker, with his neighbors and his liberal son-in-law. (His British counterpart was named
Alf Garnett.)
Article
Title: Prime Time Television.... Published Date: 1983
The
Jefferson's was the second successful spin-off from All in the Family after Maude.
Article
Title: The Television Annual... Published Date: 1979
Gloria
and Mike left the series, but the ninth season bounced along without a hitch. In fact,
Archie and Edith were never better in a group of well-defined episodes. Nine year old
Stephanie, played by Danielle Breisbois, was added to the cast, but she didn't do anything
for the show. The 200th episode prompted a special which offered excerpts of some of the
best scenes from one of TV's all time great series!
Article
Title: Television 1970-1980.... Published Date: 1981
Comedy.
The story of the Bunkers, a white middle class Anglo-Saxon American Family. Archie, a dock
foreman, for the Prendergast Tool and Dye Company, a prejudiced, uncouth, loud-mouth,
hardhat conservative who is unable to accept a changing America. Edith, his dimwitted wife
is sensitive and a totally honest wife. Gloria, their daughter, beautifully independent,
and Mike, Gloria's Husband, an unemployed college student. Through the events of the
series, the Bunker and Stivic families, led out of infancy and into maturity. The series,
which reveals the little traces of Archie Bunker within everyone, allows the viewer to
laugh at his own flaws as it presents life as it is: rampant with bigotry and racism.
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19871109 POLITICS
& POLICY: WINNING ONE FROM THE GIPPER
19880101 FINE ARTS: Archie Bunker
19890504 TOP 25 STARS:
19910215 REVOLUTIONARY SHOWS RETURN AS
CLASSICS
19940408 TELEVISION: JOHN AMOS MOVES INTO ARCHIE'S
PLACE
19940411 JOHN AMOS `GETS ROARING OVATIONS'
19940415 PROVOCATIVE TV PRODUCER NORMAN LEAR
19940416 WE CAN ALL STAND A LITTLE JOHN AMOS and
FAMILY
19940427 ARCHIE IS GONE, BUT 704 HAUSER IS
SIMILAR"
19940504 DEATHS ELSEWHERE
19960101 ALL IN THE FAMILY
19960214 MARTIN BALSAM, 67, DIES IN ROME
19970119 BRITCOMs VS. SITCOMs
19980706 SCRIPTWRITER WHO INSPIRED ARCHIE BUNKER DIES
19981009 CABLE SCHEDULES 'FAMILY' REUNION
19981015 ALL IN THE FAMILY' LOOSENING LIMITS OF
LANGUAGE
19990618 THE ARCHIE BUNKER FORMULA
19990908 BUNKER'S REACHING A NEW GENERATION OF FANS
19991011 NEWSTREAM-INTERNET-NEWS
19991012 PERCEPTIONS OF AITF ETHNIC SLURS
19992310 FANS TRY TO REVITALIZE ARCHIE BUNKERS PLACE
19991219 30 NAMES TO REMEMBER
20000108 E! TO AIR AITF TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY
20001603 WOULD YOU VOTE ARCHIE FOR PRESIDENT?
20000221 EX-TV PRODUCERS FINDS A NEW DRAMA: TEACHING
FURTHER
REFERENCES:
Variety-January
13, 1971, Daily Variety-January 13, 1971, New York Times-January 12, 1971, New York
Times-January 21, 1971, New York Times-January 24, 1971, New York Daily News-January 13,
1971, San Diego Union-January 14, 1971, San Francisco Examiner-January 12, 1971, Christian
Science Monitor-January 18, 1971, Los Angeles Sentinel-January 28, 1971, Los Angeles
Sentinel-February 4, 1971, Chicago Daily News-February 23, 1971, TV Guide-February 27,
1971, Life-March 18, 1971, Saturday Review-March 27, 1971, New York Times-September 12,
1971, New York Times-October 10, 1971, Newsweek-November 29, 1971, Educational
Broadcasting Review-April 1972, Journal of Communication-Winter 1974, Journal of
Communication-Autumn 1976, Journal of Broadcasting-Winter 1976, The New Republic-December
22, 1973, Christian Century-March 27, 1974,The New Yorker-March 10, 1975,The New
Republic-May 24, 1975, Commentary-October 1975 |
