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‘All in the Family’: Carroll O’Connor Went from Newspaper Editor and Playwright to Archie Bunker

UPDATED 9/5/2023 Carroll O’Connor. Archie Bunker. As far as the television audience is concerned, they’re one and the same —…

8 months ago

‘All in the Family’: Bea Arthur’s Maude Was Created As Someone Who Could ‘Destroy’ Archie Bunker

UPDATED 8/15/20234 Television characters are created for all sorts of reasons, but when Norman Lear came up with the concept…

9 months ago

‘All In The Family’ Star Rob Reiner Reveals Why Archie Bunker Wasn’t Meant To Be Lovable

Bearing the mantle of main character doesn’t always mean a person is supposed to be a moral paragon. They may…

3 years ago

Archie Bunker’s Iconic Coat Priced At 350x Original Value In ‘Antiques Roadshow’

The PBS reality program Antiques Roadshow often produces fascinating trinkets with significant value for their rarity or place in history.…

3 years ago

‘All in the Family’: Inside the Early Episode That Challenged Archie Bunker’s View of Gay People

Insofar as series creator/producer Norman Lear was concerned, if an episode of All in the Family wasn’t pushing — if…

3 years ago

‘All in the Family’: Now We Know What Happened to Make Archie Bunker the Man That He Is

One of the biggest tropes within episodic television — though it isn’t done as much now — is the so-called…

3 years ago

‘All in the Family’ Star Carroll O’Connor Feared Too Many People Identified with Archie Bunker

There are actors you can look at and say that they were born to play a certain role, whether it…

3 years ago

How Archie Bunker Forced People To Look Inside Themselves And Shape Up

The role of Archie Bunker was portrayed by the late and great Carroll O'Connor on the TV sitcom All in…

4 years ago

‘All In The Family’ Returns With Woody Harrelson As Archie Bunker

It has been reported that late-night TV show host Jimmy Kimmel will be recreating episodes of All in the Family…

5 years ago

‘All in the Family’: Jean Stapleton and the Death of Edith Bunker Shocked America

UPDATED 8/26/2022 Losing a major character from a weekly television series is not frequently done. Oftentimes when it is, it's…

2 years ago

‘All in the Family’ Was Based on Britain’s ‘Till Death Us Do Part’ — Meet the Original Bunkers

UPDATED 4/11/2022 When you watch All in the Family, you may notice the credit that reads the show was based on…

2 years ago

‘All in the Family’: The Bunkers Turn 50, But the Road to Get Them on the Air Was a Rocky One

Over half a century ago, the concept for what would become All in the Family was put into development by…

3 years ago