There’s always a level of caricature that goes along with a sitcom. I couldn’t imagine meeting anyone like Lucy Ricardo or Ralph Kramden either.
Lucy and Ralph Kramden worked, and the comedy was more slapstick and goofy.
All in the Family was a political show using humor as a sugar coating, the family was supposed to be closer to real life, Edith just wasn’t that credible, but then Archie wasn’t either.