"All in the Family" (1971)TV series 1971-1979

Directors:

Norman Campbell
Hal Cooper
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Writers:

Bill Dana (writer)
Susan Harris (writer)
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | unknown

Release Date:

12 January 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A working class bigot constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Daughter | Grandfather Grandson Relationship | Mother Daughter Relationship | Insult | Grandmother

Awards:

Won 8 Golden Globes. Another 31 wins & 59 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 28	9:00 AM	TVLAND	Archie and the Miracle	#5.13
Tue. July 29	9:00 AM	TVLAND	George and Archie Make a Deal	#5.14

Cast

Jean Stapleton	...	Edith Bunker / ... (200 episodes, 1968-1979)
Carroll O'Connor	...	Archie Bunker / ... (198 episodes, 1968-1979)
Rob Reiner	...	Michael 'Meathead' Stivic / ... (171 episodes, 1971-1978)
Sally Struthers	...	Gloria Bunker-Stivic / ... (162 episodes, 1971-1978)

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Series Directed by
Paul Bogart		(97 episodes, 1975-1979)
John Rich		(86 episodes, 1971-1974)
Bob LaHendro		(10 episodes, 1972-1973)
Wes Kenney		(6 episodes, 1974-1975)
Norman Lear		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Norman Campbell		(unknown episodes)
Hal Cooper		(unknown episodes)
Michael Kidd		(unknown episodes)
Bob Livingston		(unknown episodes)
Walter C. Miller		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Larry Rhine		(30 episodes, 1975-1979)
Mel Tolkin		(30 episodes, 1975-1979)
Bob Schiller		(17 episodes, 1977-1979)
Bob Weiskopf		(17 episodes, 1977-1979)
Milt Josefsberg		(15 episodes, 1975-1979)
Michael Ross		(12 episodes, 1972-1974)
Bernard West		(12 episodes, 1972-1974)
Lou Derman		(10 episodes, 1974-1976)
Ben Starr		(8 episodes, 1976-1978)
Bill Davenport		(7 episodes, 1974-1976)
Phil Sharp		(7 episodes, 1978-1979)
Norman Lear		(6 episodes, 1968-1979)
Don Nicholl		(6 episodes, 1971-1974)
Douglas Arango		(6 episodes, 1976-1977)
Phil Doran		(6 episodes, 1976-1977)
Chuck Stewart		(6 episodes, 1976-1977)
Mort Lachman		(5 episodes, 1976-1979)
Michael Loman		(4 episodes, 1976-1978)
Erik Tarloff		(3 episodes, 1977)
Patt Shea		(3 episodes, 1979)
Harriett Weiss		(3 episodes, 1979)
Burt Styler		(2 episodes, 1971)
Michael Morris		(2 episodes, 1973-1975)
John Rappaport		(2 episodes, 1973)
Johnny Speight		(2 episodes, 1975-1979)
Hal Kanter		(2 episodes, 1975)
Bill Dana		(unknown episodes)
Susan Harris		(unknown episodes)
Eric Monte		(unknown episodes)
Rod Parker		(unknown episodes)
Mickey Rose		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Milt Josefsberg	....	producer (72 episodes, 1976-1979)
Mort Lachman	....	executive producer (72 episodes, 1976-1979)
Lou Derman	....	producer (23 episodes, 1975-1976)
Bill Davenport	....	producer (17 episodes, 1975-1976)
Norman Lear	....	executive producer (15 episodes, 1974-1976)
Brigit Jensen	....	associate producer (9 episodes, 1975-1977)
Hal Kanter	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 1975)
Heywood Kling	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 1976)
Jane Hoyt Thompson	....	associate producer (unknown episodes, 1971-1972)
Don Nicholl	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
John Rich	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Michael Ross	....	producer (unknown episodes)
George Turpin	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Bernard West	....	producer (unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Marco Zappia		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Hal Collins		(unknown episodes)
Lou Derman		(unknown episodes)
Harold McKenzie		(unknown episodes)

Series Casting by
Jane Murray		(2 episodes, 1974-1976)

Series Art Direction by
Don Roberts		(4 episodes, 1974-1976)

Series Set Decoration by
Earl Carlson		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)

Series Makeup Department
Edie Panda	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Bob Davis	....	production supervisor (1 episode, 1974)
Norman Lear	....	production supervisor (1 episode, 1976)
Alan Horn	....	production supervisor (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gary Shimokawa	....	associate director (1 episode, 1974)

Series Art Department
Larry Vigus	....	carpenter (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Norman Dewes	....	audio (1 episode, 1974)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Vito J. Giambalvo	....	camera operator (5 episodes, 1974-1977)
Steven Castaneda	....	dimmer operator (unknown episodes)
Tony Cestare	....	lighting director (unknown episodes)
Ed Chaney	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Joe Epperson	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rita Riggs	....	wardrobe (1 episode, 1974)
George Whittaker	....	wardrobe (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Roger Kellaway	....	composer: closing theme "Remembering You" (3 episodes, 1974-1979)
Carroll O'Connor	....	composer: closing theme "Remembering You" (3 episodes, 1974-1979)
Charles Strouse	....	composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days" (3 episodes, 1974-1979)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (4 episodes, 1973)

Series Other crew
Norman Lear	....	developer / development (95 episodes, 1975-1979)
Michael Mount	....	assistant to executive producer (49 episodes, 1976-1978)
Charles Franklin	....	technical director (unknown episodes)
Selig Frank	....	associate director (unknown episodes)
John Liberti	....	stage manager (unknown episodes)
Gary Shimokawa	....	stage manager (unknown episodes)
Dick Woodka	....	technical director (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Bud Yorkin Productions
• CBS Television
• Norman Lear/Tandem Productions

Distributors

• CBS Television (1971-1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia Pictures Television
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)
• Columbia TriStar Television
• Embassy Telecommunications
• Paramount Television
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 4)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (season 5)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (season 6)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)
• VPRO Television (1972-19??) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Viacom

Other Companies

• CBS Television City  taping location
• Metromedia Square  taping location

Also Known As:

Justice for All (USA) (original script title)
Those Were the Days (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min | USA:30 min (212 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:PG | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

CBS Television City - 7800 Beverly Blvd., Fairfax, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Bud Yorkin Productions

Trivia:

Originally the theme tune was going to be performed by an orchestra. However, due to budgetary concerns it was decided that series stars Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton perform the song seated at the piano. The two stars updated their rendition each year.

Goofs:

Continuity: The house in the opening credits (that is presumably supposed to be Archie and Edith Bunker's house) does not come anywhere near matching the studio sets that represent the house in the show. For example, window placement and size is completely wrong, and the sets depict the house as having a large front porch whereas, the house in the credits has only a small stoop.

Quotes:

Archie: [after seeing the bag filled with the blood he has just given] Is that mine?
Nurse: Not anymore.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour: (#2.1)" (1971)

Soundtrack:

Remembering You

Wow! What a great show

When All In The Family first came on the air in 1971, you could say that tv was in it's infancy. I mean, when Lucille Ball became pregnant with Desi on her tv show they couldn't even say that word on the air. On the Dick Van Dyke show, they always showed Rob and Laura in seperate beds. All In The Family exploded like a bomb on this innocent world of tv. It showed subjects that were previously taboo like menopause, breast cancer, vasectomies, impotence, rape and even Archie taking a dump and flushing the toilet! Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers all were an amazing team that made tv history. People don't realize that Norman Lear actually based the character of Archie Bunker on his father Herman. His father was basically a good man, but he was very prejudiced like Archie was. He would tell his wife to "stifle herself" and there was a special chair in his house that he alone would sit in. He would tell his son that he "was the laziest white kid he ever knew". Norman grew up hating his father's prejudices while he still loved his father. Paul Harvey had that on one of his "Rest Of The Stories". Carroll O' Connor had started off his acting career in drama and playing Archie gave him the chance to be dramatic on many occasions. The one episode that I remember was one that came on while the Vietnam war was still being fought it was where Mike brought home a friend for Thanksgiving who was a draft dodger and that same night a friend of Archies came over who had lost a son in the war. Archie exploded in rage at Mike (usually on the show when he gets mad its funny because he is just making a fool of himself, but in this episode it is chilling!). There was another episode where Archie had a problem with drugs and delivered a tearful monologue to Edith and Gloria and Mike when they confronted him with his problem. All In The Family spawned the realistic tv shows that we see today and also led to the spin offs Maude and The Jeffersons. Norman Lear created such a wonderful television legacy for all time and it all started with Archie Bunker, America's favorite bigot and All In The Family. His original aim was to create a show that would allow us to look into our own hearts and souls and see our own fears and prejudices and be able to laugh at them. I guess that in a sense you could say that there is a little bit of Archie Bunker in all of us and that is why he remains so endearing and so popular. It is like we are looking into a mirror.