#Archie bunker

[whereifindsanity]

#archie bunker #thanksgiving

[citizenscreen]

All in the family

#sammy davis jr #archie bunker

[contemplatingoutlander]

I never realized it before, but Donald Trump is Archie Bunker in a nice suit

It's sad if you think about it.

In the 1970s we used to laugh at the bloated, ignorant, bigoted, racist, sexist, homophobic Archie Bunker.

It makes me scratch my head when I consider:

Who would have thought that about 45 years after All in the Family first aired on TV, some Americans would decide it was a good idea to vote for a bloated, ignorant, bigoted, racist, sexist, homophobic man for president in 2016?

Furthermore, after the trainwreck of his corrupt, self-enriching, racist, sexist, homophobic, pro-billionaire, pro-right-wing, white, "Christian" nationalist administration, who'd have thought many Americans would have voted to get him elected to the Oval Office again in 2020?

In addition, after his attempted coup, his repeated lies about the "fraudulent" 2020 election, and all of his current and pending criminal indictments, who'd have thought that many Americans would still be backing him for president in 2024?

Finally, who'd have ever thought a wealthy Archie Bunker would have so much influence in American society in the 21st century?

How far we as a nation have fallen since the 1970s, when we knew that Archie Bunker was someone to laugh at--NOT someone to elect as president.

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#trump #archie bunker #all in the family #racism #sexism #us politics #homophobia #1970s #how far we have fallen as a nation

[cinemablogs]

All in the Family

Directors: John Rich & Bob LaHendro USA, 1973

#All in the Family #Predjudice #Archie Bunker #Carroll O'Connor #Jean Stapleton #Sally Struthers #Rob Reiner #The Jeffersons #Norman Lear #Swearing #Sitcom #TV

[rrrick]

#my gif #archie bunker #sammy davis jr

[danepopfrippery]

@thenormanlear died today at 101. First glance you may go wtf is he doin here? Bigots and all? No actually Lear was wildly progressive for the time and place, including having what may very well have been the first openly #trans character on his show #allinthefamily Beverly La Salle. Her first episode is in 1975 and she appeared 3 times total ending in 1977.

Now its 1975 so if you do watch it the language is now offensive (a truth for much of the show that mocked bigots) and La Salle is at best called the now offensive #transvestite . Female impersonator was also used. Beverly is mostly a #dragqueen but the actress Lori Shannon lived as what we’d call trans now, performing as a drag queen and writing columns for the newspaper.

Her first ep is the most meaty, #archiebunker is driving a cab and saves her life with cpr. Ofc he goes from lothario to joke when its noted that she wasnt born she. Gross i know. But #edithbunker adores her and through the rough plot line a lot of humanity is shown for the time and place.

2nd ep she says hi and her and Edith are penpala. Archie is sick of being pranked by a jerk friend and asks her to prank him as not really a lady (again gross). The friend had seen her perform and knows her so they make a plan to drive Archie crazy.

Third ep shes barely in and yet its the saddest and best storyline. She visits dressed cis, shes playing the Met and taking Edith. Mike goes with her to meet a friend at the subway. Bigots mock her and Mike tells them to fuck off. They get violent. Mike almost dies but Beverly steps in to save him and she is killed for it. The ep is a two parter #xmas special where sweet Edith loses faith in a god for taking her friend just for being different. Yes i bawled.

These eps are s6e4, s7e8, s8ep 13-14.

Irl Lori Shannon didnt die by violence or aids as much of the 80s did to so many others. She sadly died a day before valentines day, 1984 age 45 of a heart attack.

#transhistory #transgender #lgbtq #queer #queerhistory #trans #queertv #lgbtqrights

#norman lear #archie bunker #edith bunker #beverly la salle #lori shannon #all in the family #1975 #queer #lgbtq #trans #trans history #transgender #drag queen #lgbtq history

[lenbryant]

“All In The Family” was woke!

#all in the family #archie bunker #edith bunker #70s tv #lgbt

[ms-boogie-man]

Archie Bunker on Democrats

Angie/Maddie🦇❥🇺🇸

#Archie Bunker #Democrats #Congress #Edith #Meathead

[yeahiwasintheshit]

#all in the family #archie bunker

[alanhunt]

#archie bunker #all in the family #1970s #1970s vintage #boardgames #70s tv

[eyepool]

For all his faults, Archie [Bunker] loved his country and he loved his family, even when they called him out on his ignorance and bigotries. If Archie had been around 50 years later, he probably would have watched Fox News. He probably would have been a Trump voter. But I think that the sight of the American flag being used to attack Capitol Police would have sickened him. I hope that the resolve shown by Representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, and their commitment to exposing the truth, would have won his respect.

—Norman Lear in 2022

RIP. I don’t know how many of you watched “All In The Family” — it’s part of the Boomer and early Gen-X era — but it was on every week in my house. Most of the politics and cultural commentary went over my kid head, but I remember the theme that people with very different points of view can still find common ground and even love each other.

#Norman Lear #archie bunker

[vintage-tech]

A series of pinbacks, several of which feature Archie Bunker from the 1970s show All In The Family. A friend said that there are people of the right wing today who don’t realize he was presented as a bad example, showing the evils of narrowmindedness and intolerance and bigotry, not a hero to emulate.

And in a moment of irony, “we still have the freedom of choice” in 1972 but not 2022.

#vintage #pinback #technology #archie bunker #television

[blackrosesredwineblogspot]

Watch "Edith Bunker reads Playgirl Magazine" on YouTube

Oh my 😂

#all in the family #retro tv #archie bunker #edith bunker #omg haha #playgirl #🤭 #fyp #blackrosesredwine #fypツ #archie was just jealous #🤣 #lol #哈哈 #Youtube

[closertotheheart]

#all in the family #archie bunker #sammy davis jr

[cinemablogs]

All in the Family

Director: John Rich | USA, 1971 Starring: Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, & Rob Reiner

#All in the Family #Archie Bunker #Predjudice #The Jeffersons #Sitcom #Norman Lear #Carroll O'Connor #TV #Rob Reiner #Sally Struthers

[doppleganger-rental]

In 1972, MGM decided to cash in on the popularity of Archie Bunker and rerelease Kelly’s Heroes (1970) and make Bunker’s face as big as the entire graphic of the film.

#kelly’s heroes #carol o’connor #archie bunker #1972 #1970