If Archie were still around he would be a Trump supporter --100% guaranteed.
What's amusing is that a certain kind of conservative doesn't understand the fact that Archie is intended to satirize a conservative bigot. For example the humor would go over the head of people like @Mark94 and @Clubber.
@BGSD3100 wrote: "He's the current President of the USA."
Maybe you were kidding but how far off is that from reality? Wouldn't it be in character for Archie to compliment the "very fine people" who started the race riots in CHarlottesville? And wouldn't Archie come up with a cartoonish wall idea to keep the Mexicans out because they're all rapists and murderers? Or perhaps these things are so cartoonish that Norman Lear would have avoided putting into the TV series.
LOL, we really did elect Archie Bunker as our current president!
^ try to find the episode That Sammy Davis Jr. guest starred in you’ll laugh from beginning to end
And check out The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason you’ll enjoy that just as much
How could none of you mention George Jefferson on this thread? He was the yang to Archie's yin. All in the family was and always will be the single most important show in the history of television. What it did was bring up unomfortable issues and splash them on tv. In fact its even the first tv show to have the sound of a toilet flushing. Maybe none of you remember the show, but the day after people discussed it and by doing so actually discussed real issues. The Sammy Davis Jr epsiode is funny, but not even half as funny as the episode where Edith undergoes the "change". I don't want to go to disney world, I want to go to Scranton. The single best line is when Archie is locked in a basement; gets drunk; believes God is coming for him (black working man actually) and Archie says: "forgive me Lord, the Jeffersons was right."
^?Of course we remember George Jefferson, but the thread was going in the direction of who is “Everyman”
George was supposed to be the example of a black man done good to counter the stereotypes that were common to those times
My favorite clip is the one I linked to the board.....his ideas on gun control....especially taking the inside of an airplane and making it the wild wild west.
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last commentFlagooner has no idea
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He was the main character in a SitCom back in the 70’s I think, called “All in the Familyu”
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always thought he was kind of anti-meathead.
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Now deceased Carroll O’conner
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For its time it was funny.......and the irony is that Carroll O Conner was a very liberal guy playing the part of a conservative bigot.
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^ You just outed flagooner
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On this site, this could be our "I am Spartacus!" moment...
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He's the current President of the USA.
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Lol! Luv the Archie character and Flagooners prop of him
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Archie Bunker is one of two Iconic America Heros for the common man. The other, of course, is Al Bundy.
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^ You’re forgetting Ralph Kramden
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Al Bundy and Colin Crappernick..... both sucked at football, both sell shoes now
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^^^^ lol. But, Al Is a Hero. That differentiates him.
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@25. Holy shit, how could I forget Ralph?! He was probably Archie’s and Al’s mentor.
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If Archie were still around he would be a Trump supporter --100% guaranteed.
What's amusing is that a certain kind of conservative doesn't understand the fact that Archie is intended to satirize a conservative bigot. For example the humor would go over the head of people like @Mark94 and @Clubber.
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I think most people understand the satire..... what most liberals do not understand is that they elected Trump
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Add Fred Sanford to the mix. Also one of the best characters TV ever produced.
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@BGSD3100 wrote: "He's the current President of the USA."
Maybe you were kidding but how far off is that from reality? Wouldn't it be in character for Archie to compliment the "very fine people" who started the race riots in CHarlottesville? And wouldn't Archie come up with a cartoonish wall idea to keep the Mexicans out because they're all rapists and murderers? Or perhaps these things are so cartoonish that Norman Lear would have avoided putting into the TV series.
LOL, we really did elect Archie Bunker as our current president!
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How about the movie Peter Boyle made “Joe”
And who remembers Archie being in the silent majority;)
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Maybe I’ll have to watch a few episodes of this show.
Flag is awesome. Smash that like button
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^ try to find the episode That Sammy Davis Jr. guest starred in you’ll laugh from beginning to end
And check out The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason you’ll enjoy that just as much
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How could none of you mention George Jefferson on this thread? He was the yang to Archie's yin. All in the family was and always will be the single most important show in the history of television. What it did was bring up unomfortable issues and splash them on tv. In fact its even the first tv show to have the sound of a toilet flushing. Maybe none of you remember the show, but the day after people discussed it and by doing so actually discussed real issues. The Sammy Davis Jr epsiode is funny, but not even half as funny as the episode where Edith undergoes the "change". I don't want to go to disney world, I want to go to Scranton. The single best line is when Archie is locked in a basement; gets drunk; believes God is coming for him (black working man actually) and Archie says: "forgive me Lord, the Jeffersons was right."
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^?Of course we remember George Jefferson, but the thread was going in the direction of who is “Everyman”
George was supposed to be the example of a black man done good to counter the stereotypes that were common to those times
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My favorite clip is the one I linked to the board.....his ideas on gun control....especially taking the inside of an airplane and making it the wild wild west.
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