Posted on 12/08/2023 3:00:40 PM PST by Squawk 8888
Archie Bunker, the slur-spewing outer-borough dad on the CBS sitcom All in the Family, was probably the most famous character to be created by Norman Lear, the TV writer/producer who died this week at age 101. People remember Archie as a reactionary, but did you know he backed that liberal lion Ted Kennedy for president?
OK, so strictly speaking that's actor Carroll O'Connor, not the character he played on the show. But the folks who shot that spot during the 1980 Democratic primaries did everything they could to suggest this was Archie Bunker speaking to voters. If you doubt that, look at the clapperboard at the start of the video—it says "Green Archie A," not "Green Carroll A."
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I have no idea how the original show was cast, but I can't imagine a big audience for a black junkman in Britain.
Did you know the actors weren’t paid well?
No, nor did I say whether they were well-paid or not. If you disagree, quote any post on my thread and I’ll either post a correction or I’ll simply ignore you.
It is interesting how much of an impact a fictional performance by actors can have on the weak minds of a population. The show was an attempt to display over-the-top antics of a radical conservative (produced by hard core liberals, scripts written by hard core liberals, and performed by hard core liberals)....
Laugh In used to get laughs with
jokes beginning “News Of the Future:
President Ronald Reagan...”
btw I think years ago people
pronounced his last name ree-gun
not ray-gun
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