Then we could have been treated to scripts like these:
Meathead: "Arch, Nixon went too far!He has to be removed."
Archie: "Gee, Mike. I never thought it could come to that but I guess you're right"
Meathead: "Don't worry, Arch. I'll help you get through this."
Archie: "Thanks Mike, I don't know what I'd do without you."
THE END
Had that been the case, they show would have been cancelled after the first season..............