It’s sad most people saw carol as the character Archie Bunker. But the truth was that he was a highly educated man and deep thinker. I wish he was alive today so we could unravel more of this complex man. R.I.P. Mr O’Connor. You are missed….

@suzettebennett9112

Жыл бұрын

Carroll

@fhetty

Жыл бұрын

Why is that sad? Sure Archie had his flaws, but at his heart he was a good man and the series showed that. In many ways Archie Bunker was the most honest character on the show and I loved him for it.

@beachboys3326

Жыл бұрын

​@@suzettebennett9112 Stop nitpicking. We knew what was meant.

@b.p4958

Жыл бұрын

So what! Look at warren Mitchell (the original Archie bunker from the inspiration for the show Till Death Us Do Part!) he was oxford educated and loved to play the character of Alf Garnett! And till the end of his life he still did the voice of the character!

@beachboys3326

Жыл бұрын

​@@b.p4958 So what is your problem?

Carol O'Connor is the greatest sitcom actor of all time. Jean Stapleton is just as brilliant as he is.

@golden7146

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!👏🏾👏🏾

@ArnonePamela1

2 жыл бұрын

Ditto ❤🙏🏻Love him❤a special award should have been given for his Part in AITF what a Gifted Man🏆⭐

@marquisdesade3058

2 жыл бұрын

"carroll"

@jerryporter1700

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed...

@Tessmage_Tessera

2 жыл бұрын

I think, for me, he has to share that "greatest" title with Jackie Gleason.

Blown away by his intelligence and his articulate speech.

@jenandjuice99

2 жыл бұрын

He had a masters degree in speech, not surprised. Brilliant man

@trekkiejunk

2 жыл бұрын

Really? i mean, he was an actor. Archie Bunker wasn't real, you know.

@jenandjuice99

2 жыл бұрын

@@trekkiejunk Carroll O’Connor was a real person, ya Meathead! 🤣

@WigsxD

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone will remember Carroll O'Connor as Archie, but he did this other show called "In the Heat of the Night" which debuted in 1988. O'Connor played this southern police chief, Bill Gillespie, and he did a great job playing a southern gentleman. Quite the opposite of Archie. He really was a great actor.

@coypu2005

2 жыл бұрын

@@WigsxD that he was. A real gem.

It is amazing how great television used to be back then. And it is amazing how awful television later became and is now.

@ryansmurda1552

6 ай бұрын

Yep. Comedy is dead! All in the family, Cheers, even Seinfeld couldn't exist today. People are too sensitive and offended by everything.

4:49 *_SATIRE_* coming out of Archie’s mouth. ☠️ Such an unforgettable actor. RIP Mr. Carroll O’Connor, and thanks for those days.

Cavett was one of a kind, almost a cross between Paar and Carson. Can you imagine this level of discourse on today's late night TV?

The way he speaks with his regular voice shows you what an amazing actor he was

Archie was exactly like my dad. RIP Arch and Dad. ☹️ And Mr O Connor was a brilliant smart articulate educated man. Love him.

@deanbianco4982

2 жыл бұрын

@ Melania Trump: Too bad we can't say the same thing about your Donald.

@coypu2005

2 жыл бұрын

@@deanbianco4982 what a lovely reply thank you.

@Kennephone

Жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry you had to deal with that much hate growing up.

@SorayaEsfandiary_

Жыл бұрын

Stop labeling everything you don’t like as “hate”.

@depaola63

4 ай бұрын

Absolutely 💯❤️🌟

Love Carroll O'Connor and his intellect. May he continue to RIP.

every one of those character's were deeply LOVED and still missed till this very day god bless all of them all in the family and the Jeffersons brought a magic that could never be replaced by ANY sitcom today or tomorrow

He does a really fine job as Archie Bunker. He sells the performance every time. He’s so great that when he sits down in an interview and presents his truest self to the world, it’s hard to wrap your head around the fact that this is the same man who plays Archie on tv.

30+ years of solid, thoughtful entertainment and laugh-out-loud comedy. Well done, Carroll O'Connor.Well done.RIP

I'm a big Carroll O'Connor fan Bronx boy New York great actor rest in peace Archie Bunker

@deanbianco4982

2 жыл бұрын

You say rest in peace Archie Bunker. I say rest in peace Carroll O'Connor.

@beachboys3326

Жыл бұрын

​@@deanbianco4982 Same difference

Really miss All in the Family, What a great cast!! Still watch it on U Tube. RIP Carol O conner,Jean Stapleton!!

He was a brilliant actor!

I heard an interview with an All in the Family director. These days, sit-coms take hours to film, with mistakes, outtakes (many done deliberately for gag reels) and other delays. This director said that O'Connor and Stapleton were so professional, that they went on set and had the entire episode shot in 40 minutes. They were both class-act in their skills and talents.

Simply a amazing man! My boy hood grandfather I wish I had! I’m a huge fan of Carroll O’Connor! I hate the thoughts we lost him 20 years ago! 1 of a kind! Love you Carroll!

....Carroll was a "thinking man's actor" with a deep. long dedication to working in the theater....unknown to most of us who only know him from ALL IN thE FAMILY and some small/er parts in movies.

I can still hear my father's belly laugh watching this show when I first came out in the early 70's.

Nice hearing about a character, by the actor.

All in the Family, the best.Great writing and acting!

I love hearing Mr. O’Connor speak so intelligently about his work. It was most certainly NOT your typical tv show by any shape, form or fashion. It’s uniqueness showed up in every performance. It was a true masterpiece. 👏👏👏👏

The key to his success after "All In The Family" was waiting a few years before going on to "In The Heat of The Night". There was enough time for people to be ready for a new character. He took Rod Steiger's role and really expanded it. Plus him being able to do a light southern accent, was amazing. If he had done a deep accent, it would have been to much.

3 of HOLLYWOODS GOLDEN ACTORS!!! Top of the list , each one. ❤️👍

Each time I see a show of All in the Family .. I see more in the depth of the humor! They mirrored almost exactly what so many of us were thinking then & now. Thank you

He was an amazing man and very perceptive. He nailed the summary of his character. Very sad and very true.

Very intelligent actor and I love "All in the Family."

The show made all of us see too much of ourselves and the way we had been raised, and in such a funny way that made us realize how much we needed to change a lot of our attitudes. It was very gutsy for TV of the 70s and people were ready for it.

His NY accent was very distinctive and classy

I have loved Carroll O Connor since I was a little kid. I do have to kind of disagree with him about Archie not being lovable tho. I have always sensed that Archie's heart was more times than not if not always in the right place and was very lovable. He just simply lacked the type of upbringing or education that allowed him to see certain things from a different point of view. He was abused by his father as a child and teased by other kids for being poor. Then goes off to fight in ww2 and certainly saw death and pain and sorrow. The loss of life and friends and what innocents he had left and the trauma that he was exposed to didn't help his world view very much I'm sure. Then comes home from war to work a job that barely allows him to scrape by and care for his family that he deeply cares for and loves (even if he lacks the ability to show it sometimes). Then his precious little girl and only child whom he sees so much potential in brings home a very different man (politically) from himself. A man who (in my opinion) is quite disrespectful to Archie and his home and not to mention is every bit as stubborn and hot tempered as Archie. There's no doubt that Archie realizes how book smart Mike is but also believes that Mike doesn't know much about how the world really works outside of a classroom. Yet to spite all that Archie agrees to take this man into his home because his daughter loves him. He keeps food on the table and a roof over their heads all while constantly being belittled and disrespected by Mike (something Edith points out to mike in one episode) . Now I'm not saying that Archie is a victim because he certainly brings a lot of it on himself but at the end of the day I always felt that Archie just wanted what he thought was best for the people he loved. He even learned to love the meat head better than his own father had ever loved him. Oh and whether the writers meant to or not, Archie had some opinions that would go on to prove to be quite accurate. and the meat head?...yeah he cheated on Gloria and left her and Joey. So at the end of the day you tell me who's heart was in the right place.

@baxpiz1289

10 ай бұрын

insightful post

He was such a great actor that I totally forgot about Archie Bunker while watching In The Heat Of The Night.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

i loved all in the family show, because its a clean comedy.

For people to believe that Carroll was the character that he played on All in the Family, just proved that he was a terrific actor. In real life, everything that I have read about him is the exact opposite. A sweet caring intelligent man. RIP Carroll.

@user-ed4fv9nd3b

Жыл бұрын

He was indeed the exact opposite in that he was a radical left-wing extremist in real life.

@beachboys3326

Жыл бұрын

​@@user-ed4fv9nd3b Bullshit

The greatest television actor/character of ALL time.

@user-ob7rj2zy2g

8 ай бұрын

That's the truth, his acting is impeccable 😊

A wonderful man ❤️🌟 ……the genius can always play the clown, however the clown doesn’t have the capacity to be a genius! Mr. O’Conner was indeed a genius 🌟

Handsome guy

VERY GOOD Interview! 👍

Just love carol occonor a wonderful great actor gone too soon rip beautiful carol😔🇨🇦🇨🇦

Great insights into his character. Thank you for sharing.

Wow, what a cool guy!!! 💛💛

Great interview!

A truly fascinating, intelligent man.

The time when an actor/actress just picks up a cigarette and pulls a puff, and no one says boo! Grew up through the tail end of that, but that caught me off guard... 🤣

@bevally1533

Жыл бұрын

Would like to jump into this video and take that cigarette out of Carroll's hand. Smoking was a major contributor to his health problems. That said, I am blown away by the man's brilliance. What an actor! Cannot imagine anyone else creating the character of Archie as he did.

@bigd3087

Жыл бұрын

@@bevally1533 Oh, don't think I'm condoning it...I'm 4 years smoke free, myself. Horrible habit! I was merely relating to how it was such a status quo kind of action by everyone back in the day, and how they were so oblivious to the effects, et al. So sad... Otherwise, agreed...such a great actor! 👍🏻

@tbewin1z143

8 ай бұрын

@@bevally1533he died in his 80s, old age took him out like it will do to us all if we are lucky

From Queens NYC, Love, Archie & Carroll.

I miss this Carroll O Conner…

I wish he could have lived longer too. I got to where I really liked him. I would have loved to try to meet him in person! I've had thoughts of taking a flight from DFW to LA to pay respects at his interment. Those of us who are fans we will remember him until it is our turn to go! 72 year old from Fort Worth.

@debbieparker2217

7 ай бұрын

TX

My favorite character, in any single show in my 48 years on planet earth, of all time

3:27 - 3:47/ Very telling how Mr. O'Connor didn't mind publicly switching to his Archie persona and get the cheap laughs out of the audience. Meanwhile, Jean Stapleton, who portrayed Edith, very diplomatically declined to put on the Edith voice when asked by the same interviewer, Dick Cavett!

@johnblossom8447

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, Jean Stapleton said she wouldn’t do Edith Bunker for free. She would only do the character if paid. She said that on many talk shows.

@spewgilist

2 жыл бұрын

What does it tell us, praytell

@lennypearl

Жыл бұрын

@@spewgilist I think it tells that Carroll understood how viewers are so interested in how an actor is able to make the character come alive, that audiences are so intrigued about the difference between the actor’s real voice and the character’s voice. It’s almost like a magic trick, and he was happy to oblige!

@bigroy38

Жыл бұрын

He did a couple of characters on Dean Martin’s show in Archie’s attitude & they were a riot!

Love that show

Phenomenal Actor

I used to watch him when I was a little girl with my Father I was about 7 years old or so. I think he's a blast. 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳

You don't have actors of his skill these days.

@nascarman38n88

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@kingy002

3 жыл бұрын

Absolute nonsense! That is such a cliche to say that. There are hundreds of superb actors and actresses.

@divineknowledge4607

3 жыл бұрын

@@kingy002 my opinion is a cliche? A big of a smug attitude isn't it? I'll wait for your answer to that.....

@kingy002

3 жыл бұрын

@@divineknowledge4607 I couldn't care less whether you think I am smug or not. You got called out for a simplistic statement. It is your problem how you deal with that. I'll wait for your answer to that.....

@divineknowledge4607

3 жыл бұрын

@@kingy002 I know people like you. You think your opinion is fact and the most important in the room, when the truth is everyone laughs at you. You're likely the type that cuts people off in conversation to interject your voice over theirs. Basically a real asshole that nobody likes but only get invited anywhere out of sympathy or you're riding the coat tails of someone people like and you're just the obligation invite anywhere. Aka, a no count, but a comedic source of amusement for others.

That’s an interesting point, about being raised to have these “errors” that lead to burdens being put on one’s shoulders - that these folks with these “errors” and burdens could be living much better lives.

Does anyone remember that O'connor played Casca in the movie Cleopatra? A fine actor.

@tomc2376

10 ай бұрын

did you know he adopted his son in Italy while filming that movie ?

@clare1855

10 ай бұрын

@@tomc2376 Wow! Did not know that. Thank you.

“Satire”… Well said…

I can’t imagine life without Archie

This a fascinating interview for me. I totally understand Archie as an individual. But if you take time to read through the comments sections of all of his videos you will see one consistent thing. That is that Conservatives see Archie as a prophet of truth for the american way of life. Carol, though, is a Liberal, as was Norman Lear, satirizing the Conservative Republican mindset. I think that is hilarious, as they all revere him when he is being ridiculed as a racist misogynistic bigot. That says much about them as people to me.

@compassionatecommenter3625

2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly why I enjoyed All in the Family so much when I watched the whole thing for the first time a couple years ago. The poignant satire is amazing, and it's incredible to me the show was so popular at the time with how openly satirical it really was. But that gives you a picture of America in the 1970s and even now since the issues are still so relevant. I'm a millenial and grew up in a really conservative household. My conservative dad told me my grandfather thought Archie was hilarious. I'm absolutely certain so much of what was being conveyed went over their heads at the time, but that shows part of how good AitF was.

@kingy002

2 жыл бұрын

@@compassionatecommenter3625 I think your society has become more entrenched along Liberal and Conservative lines. The last election showed how hostile the Conservatives have become with their ideas around how the American way should be played out.

@compassionatecommenter3625

2 жыл бұрын

@@kingy002 In 2013 when I was in college, my elective government class was subtitled "Is there a culture war?" We read essays and articles arguing both ways, but I've felt like I've had a real look into this topic my whole life because of my conservative family. My dad has openly believed only property owners should have the right to vote since I was a kid in the 90s. They truly believe they are the sole rightful keepers of all American values, traditions, and legacy. America is divided in huge ways right now and those issues aren't going to be resolved for a long while at least, it's tragic. You can be thankful to live in a place like NZ lol (from what I've heard).

@kingy002

2 жыл бұрын

@@compassionatecommenter3625 Those issues will not be resolved at all. Especially when half of the country believe in a fictitious god and base their lives on a childish book.

@jaleesaheath2746

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing about Archie screams Prophet.He is a character that once was part of American thinking that has been dieing and for good reason.The reason to love Archie is no matter how bigoted he is,he does still have a heart a cares about people.He is the relative that people have you can laugh with but can only have around in short doses. Not all Republicans are racist as the left so often try to paint us and not all Liberals are stupid as they try to paint them.If we could stop letting the politicians separate us into groups trying to get us fighting against each other while they do sketchy crap on the side.If we could learn from the past and move on not try to erase what we don't like.We have become something similar to puppets with strings we're getting pulled whatever direction they want us to go or look and getting one another to fight.The American people aren't the enemy its the ones pulling the strings at the top.

The greatest, really.

I really love the show I m part of the generation Y a millenial and my father is a portuguese Archie Bunker lol Being a conservative this days is really hard because society and the new social standards force us to act in phony way. No one cares about your convictions and true belifs and if you think in another away you are out. I learn a lot about this magical times in america and Archie for me is hilarious, wrong in manny ways...but at the same time so right ! lol

What's fascinating is hearing Carrol use a Mid-Atlantic accent (a British-influenced American accent). There are very few Americans that speak like this anymore, and it's more an affectation than a genuine accent. If you listen to interviews of his from years later, he completely dropped this way of speaking, and just spoke like your typical non-descript American. I wonder if he was purposely trying to distance himself from the character at this time.

@MsZoombye

Жыл бұрын

I think that in his lifetime, it was more popular to affect a mid Atlantic accent if you were in the theater. What a strange way of talking now, but still around 1970, there were still plenty showbiz types who really spoke this way.

@beachboys3326

Жыл бұрын

Nonsense

Back when you could smoke anywhere

I didn’t know until now that they were busy rewriting and shaping the plays all the way up to show day! Oof! And there was no small amount of blocking, camera movement, framing, reframing, and boom work that had to be following that progress as well. I wish there were some BTS but I don’t think there’s any. Well spoken guy, O’Connor.

Does anyone know about his new contract and the control he had with the show! That’s why Seasons 5-9 were so good…….

@jonchaney

2 жыл бұрын

He held out. Was good friends with Larry hagman, he held out six years later. They were very good friends.

Carroll O'Conner got away with saying Atheistic Pinko Meathead among other things, but he was loveable cuz at the end of the day he truly loved his family.

I don't believe O'Connor was ever on The Tonight Show with Carson, which is unfathomable due to his popularity. Only 46 during this taping...

The only 2 shows that could do drama and comedy and make both work were MASH and All in the Family. You would think Carroll would be type cast. Not for a great actor like O'Connor. He went on for years to play a Southern Sherriff. A GREAT actor.

He is is telling the audience to think. To realize they are enjoying a pretty lousy , sad person.

@nicksimon7364

7 ай бұрын

Agreed - it’s also very telling that not just on IAITF but other shows or movies - that some of these antiheroes, or more charitably flawed characters (Tony Soorano, etc.) are so likable is due to the actors portraying them and the high standard of the writing

What I find so engaging about O'Connor is how basically he understands that Archie is a despicable guy who could be better but is gonna stay the way he does because of hatred , Carroll a great actor who i respect now more than ever . And I especially like the fact that he was Denise Nicholas inevitable luv interest in Heat of the Night

@tbewin1z143

8 ай бұрын

it's engrained in archie, just like the liberal school system pounded the woke nonsense into your brain

I love the interviews by Cabot he asked such intelligent questions of the guests

To see him smoking, shocked me but it is true about what he says… Archie was a very unhappy soul but Edith could break that and show him love. Enjoyed watching him while he was still acting. 😊

Sadly actors of today don't even have an ounce of O'connor 😎

@kingy002

3 жыл бұрын

Utter drivel! There are hundreds of superb actors and actresses around today. Sir Anthony Hopkins, Sir Ian McKellan, Dame Judy Dench, Dame Maggie Smith, Ray Winstone, Russell Crowe, Tom Hardy, Shia labeouf, Kevin Spacey...............

@peace__777

2 жыл бұрын

@@kingy002 ex out shia labeouff and Kevin spacey and you'll have hit the nail on its head.

@kingy002

2 жыл бұрын

@@peace__777 For what reason? They are superb actors.

@beachboys3326

Жыл бұрын

​@@kingy002 Bullshit

@beachboys3326

Жыл бұрын

​@@kingy002 Nonsense

He would speak as Archie at interviews, but Jean Stapleton would never do it. All the family today is still my favorite show of all time.

Clearly it was good for the country. Why isn't it STILL good for the country?

He knew the 70s would change TV.

*Was the Laura Hobson that Carroll O'Connor mentioned in this interview the same person that wrote "Gentleman's Agreement"?*

He is a intelligent archie.

What a beautiful description that Carol gave of the Archie Bunker character. Yes he’s a funny, silly character, but underneath it all he’s a very sad man who’s let these bigoted beliefs poison his mind. Wonderfully said.

Archie was HAPPY in his own little world. That's all any have in this REALM.

The same thing that happen to Carol O’Connor is the same thing that happens to most actors people forget that they’re playing a fictional character in a tv show & people or fans try to make that fictional character into a real person.

I think the American public really enjoyed the character of Archie Bunker more so than the actual real man Carroll O’ Connor. To prove my point, if he would of went out there dressed as Archie and did a few minutes of Cavett interviewing Archie, I think it would of been a riot and the audience would love it. I really don’t think the audience really gave a crap about his in-depth analysis of interpreting the scripts. Give the people what they want-P.T. Barnum

I liked his other show Heat of the Night too

Have Always ❤❤ Archie !! 👍👍 my Hero 😁😆

Archie Bunker made Mr. O'Connor rich famous and remembered for forever

A time when people were pragmatic and able to smoke anywhere...those were the days.

I thought Archie smoked cigars

@3roachkidsdhe

Жыл бұрын

Right???

Wow, to think of All in The Family as the original satire, the groundbreaker. TV is so filled with satire now, much of it lame and not well written or as well acted as AITF was.

@WigsxD

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. And not to mention it was aired live. Watching it you'd think it was recorded with several takes. I can't really think of any episode where they botched their lines, or missed cue's.

Smoking!!! Lol

Not a bad show--Burt Reynolds,Carol Burnett and Carroll O'Connor--with a talented host.Now we're treated to...Hashan Minhaj(?),Jared Leto,Jamie Dornan(?),Dave Franco(?)the past week on the "Tonight Show" with a lousy host.

@TelevisionVanguard

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and for your comment Voice Guy. We laughed when we read your comment, and there is much truth in what you noted. In the olden days, a talk show could really be loaded with interesting, well known celebrities. A packed show... one guest better than the next. Very impressive. we noticed over the years... we think it was around the 1980s, when guest for some reason just didn't get invited, or didn't want to go onto talk shows any longer. Oprah and Phil started taking over the genre (out of Chicago, not NY or LA), so getting stars to go to Chicago was more challenging.

@TelevisionVanguard

2 жыл бұрын

So, talk shows became more 'real people and their problems' rather than stars sharing their stories. That mode of the 1980s then evolved into the Jerry Springer and Maury Povich era of the 1990s and 2000s... talk shows geared towards the 'spectacle and Enquirer' type set up. Times change, and not always for the better. If you are so inclined, we have our special summer 2016 presentation of 'The History of the Talk Show' in our archives if you would like to check it out. Everyone from Steve Allen and Jack Paar to Jay Leno and David Letterman.... and everyone in between. Thanks for watching. - staff

@voiceguy3635

2 жыл бұрын

Talented celebrities--who can go on a talk show and entertain--are an endangered species. I can name a handful. This is why Jimmy Fallon has contrived "games" for celebrities to play--they don't have to talk--just react banally.

years later, after Lear left, they did make an obvious (and wrongheaded imho)effort to make Archie "lovable"

I didn’t know Cher smoked once it threw me off seeing her grab a cigarette

Dick Cavett way more intelligent than Johnny Carson.Johnny Carson is a bit like Bob Hope, they needed cue cards.Cavett is a pro with that deep voice and great questions and he let the guests talk!

Days would where Smoking was norm

Did dick do this show from Hollywood once or twice year[a month or so at a time]i remember Robert Stack and Eddie Albert on and it was done in New York

what about the Honeymooners? That was also satire.

@news603reduxJack Paar, not Carson!

WHAT A SMART INTELLIGENT NICE MAN HE IS IN REAL LIFE NO WAY LIKE HIS ARCHIE BUNKER CHARACTER ON ALL IN THE FAMILY HE TAUGHT SCHOOL AT ONE TIME A HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER IN HIS EARLIER LIFE

Not a sitcom.. it was a satire

(In my Archie Bunker voice) AWWWWWWWWL IN DA FAMILY THERE, IS RECORDED ON TAPE BEFORE WHADDYA CALL A SHTUDIO AUDIENSH.....😊

Archie, no cigahhh? 😂

Christ, he never stops talking.