All in the family

We’ve all got a dingbat in our family, and if you don’t think you do, I’ve got bad news: You’re the dingbat. In Jean Stapleton’s […]

According to Norman Lear, the creator and producer of *All in the Family*, working with Carroll O’Connor was both a blessing and a challenge. It […]

It shouldn’t shock anyone to learn that Carroll O’Connor was just as outspoken as his role on TV, Archie Bunker. While the actor and his […]

No Norman Lear? No problem. Jean Stapleton knew how to be head of the household on All in the Family. Jean Stapleton was best known […]

It turns out that if you’re a great enough actor, there’s always a chance that you could play a role a little bit too well. […]

“All in the Family” made Archie Bunker one of the most famous right-wing characters in television history, but Rob Reiner thinks that the Jan. 6 […]

Fifty years ago, on Jan. 12, 1971, “All in the Family” premiered. Its warts-and-all look at real-life issues was a shock to controversy-averse television that […]

How many times have you watched All in the Family and seen Archie Bunker speak on behalf of Edith Bunker, instead of Edith Bunker, and […]

Any good fiction is rooted, at least to a degree, in reality. Whether you’re writing something completely autobiographical, or something so outlandish it barely makes […]

You know how they always say write what you know? Well, Norman Lear seemed to take that advice and it almost certainly turned him into […]