[Grizzled Bear]

He alone supported a stay at home wife, a married daughter, an unemployed son-in-law who was in college studying to be government employee and later a grandson. And Archie was the bad guy?!

Do you remember the spin-off, "Gloria?"

The daughter works for a Veterinarian played by Burgess Merideth. The story line picks up after she and Meat-Head had lived in a commune for several years. Meat-Head abandoned her and their son, Joey. She leaves the commune and is hired by the pet clinic while she attends school to become a Veterinarian.

Just when you thought Meat-Head couldn't be less contemptable!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Slight correction. Once out in CA for several years, Meathead demanded he, Gloria and Joey move to said commune and quit their jobs (inferring his liberal utopian world had gone to hell after Reagan’s election). Gloria, having an ounce of sense, simply refused to go and returned to NY. It was the set-up for her new show, but I personally thought it didn’t ring true. Meathead was often an idiot, but he was starting to understand the way of the world as his character developed, and I just couldn’t picture him totally flipping out and demanding to move to a commune or giving up his family (not in the ‘80s). More likely his character would’ve become like Steven Keaton on “Family Ties.”

[dfwgator]

The story line picks up after she and Meat-Head had lived in a commune for several years. Meat-Head abandoned her and their son, Joey. She leaves the commune and is hired by the pet clinic while she attends school to become a Veterinarian.

"People who live in communes are commune-ists!"