The show that started in earnest the undermining of American culture.
“”Stifle yourself Edith””
All in the Family episode “Too Good Edith” as aired on April 9, 1979
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcTVvK3_jB4
The show was designed to make conservatives look like a-holes.
My mother could have been Edith Bunker.
I remember Mom used to stay up late to see the weather report on TV. Most of the time she was asleep before the weather report came on. One time she actually made it through the weather report. The forcaster said to expect a lot of precipitation tomorrow morning. Sure enough it was pouring down rain in the morning. Mom looked out the window and said, “It sure is participating out there.”
Another time my aunt and uncle came to visit whit their “free spirit” daughter in tow. Sunday morning, Mom asked my cousin if she’d like to go to Church with all of us. We were Baptists. She politelitely refused. My aunt told my Mon on the way to Church her daughter was an agnostic. Mom asked, “Is that one of those Methodist groups?”
It was the beginning of the stupid white guy shows.
I agree with so many posts on here, but this thread should really be about Jean Stapleton. As an actress, I thought she was truly magnificent.
“Boy the way Glen Miller played
Songs that made the hit parade
Guys like us we had it made
Those were the days!
And you know where you were then
Girls were girls and men were men
Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again
Didn’t need no welfare state
Everybody pulled his weight
Gee our old Lasalle ran great
Those were the days!”
Always loved the show theme. RIP Jean Stapleton.
It’s weird now to realize Jean was only 47 when ‘All in the Family’ started.
I think that show helped bring on Ronald Reagan in 1980,, the exact opposite of what Norman Lear wanted.. the more wacky left Meathead went over the years the more right the country went...