All in the Family was based on a British sitcom, Till Death us do part
All in the Family is about a working-class white family living in Queens, New York. Its patriarch is Archie Bunker, an outspoken, narrow-minded man, seemingly prejudiced against everyone who is not like him or his idea of how people should be. Archie's wife Edith is sweet and understanding, though somewhat naïve and uneducated; her husband sometimes disparagingly calls her "dingbat". Their one child, Gloria, is generally kind and good-natured like her mother, but displays traces of her father's stubbornness and temper; unlike them, she's a feminist. Gloria is married to graduate student Michael Stivic referred to as "Meathead" by Archie–whose values are likewise influenced and shaped by the counterculture of the 1960s. The two couples represent the real-life clash of values between theGreateast Generation, and Baby Boomer. For much of the series, the Stivics live in the Bunkers' home to save money, providing abundant opportunity for them to irritate each other.
The show broke ground in its depiction of issues previously considered unsuitable for a U.S. network television comedy, such as racism. antisemitis, infidelity, homosexuality, Women's Liberation, rape, religion, miscarriages, abrotion, breast cancer, the Vietnam War, menopause, and impotence. It became the first television series to reach the milestone of having topped the Nielsen ratings for five consecutive years.
The series' opening theme song "Those Were the Days", It was presented in a way that was unique for a 1970s series: Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton were seated at a console or spinet piano (played by Stapleton) and sang the tune together on-camera at the start of every episode.
The cast forfeited their residual rights for a cash payout early in the production run. The prolific series ran from 1971 to 1979 and spawned seven spinoffs, some of which were more or equally as popular as the original series. “Maude” (1972-78), “Good Times” (1974-79), “The Jeffersons” (1975-85). “Archie Bunker’s Place” (1979-1983), “Checking In” (1981), “Gloria” (1982-83), “704 Hauser” (1994)
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This is at the Southern New Hampshire Arboretum.