Edith Disliked Her Role in ‘All in the Family’ & Never Married after Her Husband’s Death
Most known for bringing to life “All in the Family” character Edith Bunker, Jean Stapleton hated her role and hoped most housewives were nothing like […]
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Carroll O’Connor on playing Bunker: ”It’s the hardest work I’ve ever done as an actor.”
Playing a lovable bigot is no easy task, but Carroll O’Connor was able to do it for nine seasons on All In the Family, and then […]
Carroll O’Connor was far from Archie Bunker, despite what people thought
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. […]
The TV Shows of Norman Lear, ‘All in the Family’ to ‘Live Before a Studio Audience’: A Complete Guide
Although Norman Lear came from a background that included working as a publicist for Broadway stars, writing jokes for comedians and splitting his time between political activism […]
Carroll O’Connor almost quit All in the Family in 1977
Have you ever imagined what All in the Family would’ve been like without Archie? The thought probably never even crossed your mind, but it almost happened in […]
Carroll O’Connor struggles to keep Howard Rollins on ”In the Heat of the Night”
Sometimes, it’s not necessarily the plot of a television series that compels an audience to continue tuning in for more episodes, but rather, the actors […]
‘All in the Family’: Rob Reiner on His Emotional Final Scene in the Series – ‘There Was No Acting’
Rob Reiner, also known as “Meathead” on the classic comedy, All in the Family, was part of one of the greatest ensemble shows in television history. The seasoned […]
Carroll O’Connor said that criticism of his shows got to him
If you’re CBS in 1978, surely the most disastrous thing you can do is invite Carroll O’Connor to a dinner with some of the biggest […]
Sally Struthers assumed that the first episode of All in the Family would also be its last
While the show itself was based on the British sitcom Till Death Do Us Part, All in the Family was seen as an unprecedented piece of entertainment, even […]
Jean Stapleton vetoed this plot point and changed an ”All in the Family” script
Norman Lear is a singular entity in the history of American television production. Nobody has dominated network TV for such a sustained period (until, perhaps, […]
