Yeah, but it had Adrienne Barbeau.
So can the Jeffersons.
One that will never be funny in reruns is Maude.
She is such a repulsive example of haughty, elitist liberals, that I wager she wasn't that "funny" even to 1973 TV viewers.
And yes, Lear "intended" for Archie to be the villain, average Joes actually LIKED the character.
Lear happily pocketed all that dough he made from the show, but it kind of blew up in his face when it didn't go how he wanted.
Hatred of the conservative viewpoint.
And how liberalism was just the correct way of thinking.
If you watch it now, you realize how Archie really had common sense, hard working American values and Mike was just a hypocritical buffoon.
Yeah, but it had Adrienne Barbeau.