Since 1978, Archie and Edith Bunker's original chairs have been on display at the Smithsonian in DC: "As modest as they may look, the chairs, standing stoically behind plexiglass in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, are second only to Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz as its pop culture must-see." After 1978, the chairs featured on the show were $15,000 recreations. Source: "From His Tattered Chair, TV’s Archie Bunker Caricatured America’s Divides", Smithsonian Magazine, January 12, 2021

@jethro1963

8 ай бұрын

One of the original seven Fonzie's leather jacket is there.

I'm 56, so yes, my dad had his chair, and he would watch all in the family every time it was on. Then, after all in the family, he would watch Mash. No one sat in his chair. My mom also had her chair. They had a cigarette table between the chairs. The cigarette table was more like a stand that had 2 ash trays and a lighter. The lighter was actually wired, and there was a decorated glass around the pole under the table top.

FDR was the most socialist democrat of any president ever elected. He manhandled the Congress and got a lot of bills passed. His greatest legacy was Social Security. Even then, conservative republicans fought it tooth and nail, but FDR was a fighter and got it passed thru Congress. For many Americans, like the character Maude, he held almost God-like devotion. Archie's character was a staunch republican and loved Pres. Nixon. Not surprising these two characters butted heads in every episode!

@MsMarple

8 ай бұрын

“Socialist Democrat”: one who wants benefits to flow to all people, esp those of color through the tax dollars of the populace, which is mostly white and self-centered. There is no objection, however, when said “socialist” wants to imprison over 100,000 Japanese in camps (2/3 of whom were American citizens) using same dollars. And Nixon was such a great President apart from that little misunderstanding called Watergate.

@pendorran

3 ай бұрын

Fair dues, Social Security was passed with both Democratic and Republican votes in Congress.

@gidouille

3 ай бұрын

The New Deal was largely the brain child of the Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins, the first female cabinet official. Roosevelt, despite his old money patrician background, was smart enough to realize that to save the republic he would have to go big and he listened to the ideas of visionaries like Perkins. The business elite hated him because they saw him as a traitor to his class. They tried to mount a coup against him in 1933, but the soldier they chose to lead the revolt, Gen. Smedley Butler, instead exposed the conspiracy. Big business in the US during the '30s was largely sympathetic to Mussolini and Hitler, and wanted to see the US use the upheaval of the Great Depression to turn more authoritarian. If they'd succeeded we would likely have seen unrest to a degree that has never occurred in the US. The financial elite has been opposed to the New Deal ever since, though for decades they were frozen out of policy. Eisenhower, for instance, was in many respects to the left of Clinton and Obama, as was even Nixon to a degree. These days the elites' dumbed down congressional shills are still trying to destroy social security, and all things New Deal.

FDR was Maude's hero. She was standing up for the social programs. When FDR was president, the 2 term limit wasn't a law yet. It came because of him.

@PapaEli-pz8ff

8 ай бұрын

FDR also died while still in Office

@RobertJuzstone

8 ай бұрын

He had/got the fourth term because a little thing called WW 2 was still going on.

@MsMarple

8 ай бұрын

I don’t believe it is a law yet. It is custom only. Trump was intending to stay for more than 2 terms - just another reason he was so PO’d when he only got one. 😂

@gwencorkum

7 ай бұрын

In its day it was like having a Donald Trump hater and a Donald Trump supporter together.

@gwencorkum

7 ай бұрын

In that age the husband worked and the wife stayed home . When the husband came home from work, his work was over for the day . He sat on his chair , the most comfortable chair in the house, and drank his beer and watched the 1 TV. Usually the wife has a lesser comfortable chair by his , and when she did get to sit down, she did the family's sewing or some sewing or something. Children weren't allowed on those chairs at any time . Guests got the sofa , which was usually overed in a plastic sheet and then a cloth couch covering. If the husband had a friend over , that friend would sit next to the husband and talk or watch TV. When guests came over , the children only made a brief appearance and then left the living room. Children didn't stay and listen in while adults were talking. The thing with All In The Family was that Gloria was an adult and married to Mike , and still living with her parents. With Mike in the house Archie didn't get away with his usual behavior. But Mike was going to school and not working, while Gloria worked ( I think in a store and not making much money ) . To Archie that wasn't right , because he was stuck in his old ways of thinking. But , to Archie's defense he was being mean nor hateful , he honestly believed what he was saying. He was ignorant, and actually afraid of changes. He was brought up by a man , his father, who was 100Xs worse than he ever was, and who had abused him many times. The show wasn't to promote Archie's way of thinking. The show was about how & why he was that way , and why people were like that . I am in my 60s now , and I have seen and heard , in real life , much worse than Archie ever dished up . I also worked with Dementia patients for over 25 years . Elderly people who had lost their filter and said whatever came into their heads . Where I live a lot of foreigners are doing heathcare jobs . Remember when Archie was a patient in the hospital ? Picture a lot of unfiltered Archie - types .

FDR was ELECTED President 4 times. The two-term rule did not come into effect until after he died. He didn't stay on longer than people wanted because the American people elected him all 4 times. He didn't serve his 4th term because he passed away. He was President during two of the worst times in American history (The Great Depression & WW2). The Great Depression started under President Hoover (regarded as one of the worst Presidents ever). Regardless, FDR helped lead us out of that. FDR helped create many of the social safety nets we have today, including social security, unemployment insurance and disability, etc. Archie is part of a group that believes that people should not get assistance, even though many of those same people used those services and relied on them. The root issue for Archie is that he and many other white working class bigots, racists, etc resented that these programs helped minorities out of poverty to be on a more equal playing field. Not unlike today! That is also why they hated Eleanor Roosevelt because she was a strong independent woman, and they wanted their women at home and subservient to them. Maude had her own spin off show, also called "Maude". Bea Arthur is Maude and she went on to another iconic show "Golden Girls". Maude, like Bea Arthur, were independent no nonsense women who didn't take no crap from men like Archie. The show "Maude" also explored controversial topics such as abortion, rape, and feminism to name a few.

@thepoeticbutcher3370

8 ай бұрын

…😂😂😂😂 😂😂😂

@MsMarple

8 ай бұрын

Glad to see someone beside myself talk about why people hate assistance for the poor. See my comment above.

@thepoeticbutcher3370

8 ай бұрын

@@MsMarple ….probably “those people” knew/know that this Social Safety Net was supposed to be temporary, but here it is 60 years later👀

@Mainecoonlady.

8 ай бұрын

@@MsMarple. As a disabled American, I paid for my disability/social security income out of every paycheck for the 48 years I worked full time. It’s not assistance, it’s a government sponsored retirement and disability savings for American workers. It’s my money put away for my later years when I retire or become disabled.

@a.grimes4202

5 ай бұрын

He actually served as president for just over a month of his fourth term, with his vice president, Harry S Truman completing it from April 12, 1945-January 20, 1949. He would famously go on to win re-election in an affair that saw newspaper the _Chicago Daily Tribune_ end up with egg on its face when it prematurely printed editions on November 3, 1948, incorrectly declaring *“DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN”*, a copy of which was famously held high above his head by a smiling Harry S Truman after it was clear he had won and Dewey had bern defeated. He would then serve his second and newly mandated by Congress, last term as president from January 20, 1949-January 20, 1953, when then president-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower was sworn in as the next president.

Omg, Maude. I forgot how much I love her. She also had one of the best introductions into her own show when it came out.

Maude was a Liberal Democrat like FDR. Archie was a conservative Republican

@briandelaney9710

5 ай бұрын

Archie could have been a Nixon Democrat

@briandelaney9710

5 ай бұрын

As Edith said “his whole family was for Roosevelt “

@chips1a

4 ай бұрын

Archie actually was a progressive republican, not a conservative republican. Meathead was a marxist socialist. Maude was a progressive liberal. People tend to mix up conservative and progressive republicans a lot, there is a huge difference between the two.

Archie not wanting anyone sitting in his chair was a running gag throughout the run of the series. Usually the target of his ire was Mike (Meathead). Video was fun. My dad had "his" chair but he didn't mind if someone sat in it.

@dallasguy3306

8 ай бұрын

Remember that time when Archie came home and found Mike in the chair. Mike said, "You weren't even here." He bellowed, "Your butt changes the shape of it!"

@edschultheis9537

7 ай бұрын

Archie paid all the bills for the household. Meathead was living in Archie's and Edith's home because he was in his mid twenties, married, w/o a job, and still going to school. If I were Archie, I would kicked Meathead out of the chair too. If Meathead is unwilling to show some respect, then he shouldn't be living in their home.

@TerryKrysinski

4 ай бұрын

Anyone watch Big Bang Theory? Sheldon has his own 'spot' on the couch where no one else can sit. It's not an 'old' thing at all.. T

Bea Arthur was so good as Maude that they gave her her own show. It was a great show also! My grandfather had his own chair in the living room also. No one else could sit in it. 😂

@Sunny-jz3dy

8 ай бұрын

That still holds true for a lot of men these days too! LOL

@kina18

8 ай бұрын

My dad has a huge recliner chair but he needs it because he's extremely tall. In American math he'd be seven foot.

Maude was Edith's cousin. Played by Bea Arthur who went on to play Dorothy in The Golden Girls. She was so good as Maude in this show that she went on to get her own show spun off titled Maude.

@IvanCastillo-gb9vp

4 ай бұрын

Also "Then There's Maude"

OMG, I adore MAUDE!!! She is the only person who could put Archie in his place. She and Archie were polar opposites. It's no surprise that Norman Lear was quick to give Maude her own spin-off, which ran from 1972-78. Hope y'all do some reaction vids to some MAUDE episodes. 😁

@Swampzoid

8 ай бұрын

Maude was the funniest sitcom from the 1970's I thought.

@thepoeticbutcher3370

8 ай бұрын

@@Swampzoid….nope, Sanford & Son was..

I just watched you guys for the first time All in the family reruns, I just want to say that it really was all in good fun. I believe that once one watches the show, bunkers character is just so out there, the one just realizes just how ridiculous racism truly is. Just to clarify I am 59 I watched that show growing up, if anything it taught me to not be racist. Love you guys looking forward to watch your future shows.

In the theme song, Archie sings, "Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again." Hoover did not believe in a strong central government. He wanted to let market forces naturally get the economy out of the Depression. The country roundly rejected that and elected Roosevelt in a landslide. He was the antithesis of Archie's beliefs. The theme song also has Archie singing, "Didn't need no welfare state" which is a derogatory way of describing Roosevelt's programs like Social Security and the many initiatives that made up the New Deal.

Typa Dudes suggestion. Every Norman Lear Series 1) All in The Family 2) Archie's Place 3) Thr Jeffersons 4) Maude 5) Good Times 6) One Day at a Time

We STILL have our "own spots" where we sit in the living room to watch tv, and such!! ...and, back during that time period: it was definitely that way! Great reaction, Guys!! ❤

There was no 2 term limit when FDR was in office. The 2 term thing came about because of FDR. The people kept electing him because they loved him and he did a great job for the people. A novel concept in todays reality.

@louislaguardia3190

8 ай бұрын

Just because there was no two term limit doesn’t mean Roosevelt had to stay on. Look at Washington, the people loved him and he could have stayed on. But he had enough dignity and respect and love of country to realize the presidency was not just about one man. And he bowed out graciously after two terms.

@musicairplanes4884

8 ай бұрын

@@louislaguardia3190 Of course he didn't have to stay but I guess the people wanted him to. They kept voting for him.

@johnmoreland6089

8 ай бұрын

@@louislaguardia3190 But Washington was president at a very different time. It made total sense to not change presidents in the middle of the the Great Depression, the worst financial crisis the country had ever seen. Then came Pearl Harbor and our entrance into WW2. Another major reason not to arbitrarily change leaders. They were not normal times for normal leaders. And FDR was getting extraordinary results during those difficult times.

@MsMarple

8 ай бұрын

@@louislaguardia3190 There’s one man I KNOW would not have bowed out graciously after Term 2 - only he never got a Term 2 - thankfully.

@louislaguardia3190

8 ай бұрын

@@MsMarple Trump would have left after two terms. Clinton and Obama on the other hand royals have kept going.

Richard "M" Nixon - not "E" .. Archie didn't even know his favorite presidents correct name. LOL . . . .Anyway, watch the episode of Maude where she and Vivian goes to a funeral to get Vivian's broach off of the dead woman who had borrowed it. I wish I knew the name of that episode but it's classic and so hysterical.

@johnmoreland6089

8 ай бұрын

“Vivian’s First Funeral.” Definitely one of the best episodes of Maude. Hysterical.

Btw, Maude had a spin-off show, called "Maude," which included the character Florida, who got the spin-off show "Good Times."

@breckrichardson390

8 ай бұрын

Or did she. Maude had a maid from New York named Florida Evans who was married to Henry.. And the main character on Good Times was also named Florida Evans, and was played by the same actress, but the Good Times Florida Evans was from Chicago, never lived in New York, and was married to James, not Henry. And she was never a maid and never mentioned Maude.

Here's a piece of info that you guys may not know. The two chairs Edith and Archie's, are both in the Smithsonian as a representation of a time period of television

@LarryGonzalez00

8 ай бұрын

Along with Fonzie's leather jacket.

@PaulK-ve1pu

8 ай бұрын

Except it isn't an American creation at all. The chairs belong to Mr and Mrs Alf Garnett of the BBC series Till Death Us Do Part from 1964-78. Most of the scenes you see are lifted from that and the American networks bought the rights in 1974. Just saying.

I'm 66 years old and yeah, right now I'm looking at my special chair. It's a suede Lazy Boy in beautiful natural beige. It leans to the right (my drinking hand) and I refuse to have it touched by human hands even to repair it. My daughter always shakes her head at me whenever she visits. But says nothing. She knows the chair is specifically for football, basketball and baseball. And yes, it's also great to sleep in. Which comes in handy when buying a new bed set. Because I can take my time selecting the right bed knowing my chair is the perfect substitute. Ahhhh....

@MsMarple

8 ай бұрын

I honestly think it’s a “man thing” and pretty harmless. We women have our things, too. 😊

I love Maude and her show tackled controversial topics as well!

Yes Guys, "The Chair" is still a "Thing" When friends come over they know better NOT to sit in "My Recliner" and at family dinners my Dad always sits at the head of the table and everyone else has their designated seats that they personally have chosen before.

clinging peached in heavy syrup is a classic scene.

GenX here -- I have a Lazy-boy in my living room but it is not just-for-me, but I do like it much better than the couch.

The dad chair definitely is a thing in our home Lol. Anyone is welcome to sit in it, however when dad walks in the room get out of it fast, cause he's sitting in it. If you move or not!

He was Prez for almost four terms Multiple terms were legal- Repubs changed it to two because Roosevelt was so damn popular. . He saved the damn country- conservatives hated him. Guys- I highly recommend all those brilliant Ken Burns documentaries- amazing accounts of the American story.

@MsMarple

8 ай бұрын

Oh so right about Ken Burns docs! His award-winning doc on the Civil War was a turning point for me.

@lonlevinholler74

4 ай бұрын

2 terms was an unwritten rule by George Washington who didn't want to be like a King, a Constitutional amendment wasn't needed because every President abided by it except for FDR.

3 terms… 1 of our best presidents ever. And Eleanor was our best First Lady.

L8ve hearing you guys talk about the chair thing. My dad was the same way. He had his chair and mom had her couch. I don't think I ever, ever, in 45 years saw either of them in the other's seat 😂

Definitely still have "Dad's chair" although others can get away with sitting in it when Dad is not around. Back in the 60's when i was a kid nobody dared sit in Dad's chair.

@theresawestnedge8136

8 ай бұрын

Yup, my husband had his chair when we were raising our son and nobody sat in it Except the cat when Daddy went up to bed at night.

🧡 My grandfather had his recliner with his can of Planters Party Peanuts next to it. Everyone knew not to go near either of them! Lol TFS!

Yes I have my chair I’m 57 lol 😂. I love Archie and Maude she got a spin off like the Jeffersons. 😂

@MsMarple

8 ай бұрын

I’m 64 and to this day can sing the whole theme of the Jeffersons! “Now we’re up in the big leagues”!

I’m 62 and hubby 72 and he has his solo leather expensive recliner and I have my spot on the sofa Having a color tv in the ‘60s and ‘70s for many, it was a luxury and back then there weren’t many channels nor networks Great times when family United!

On FDR, You have think of Maude and Archie's age. They were teenagers to young adults during FDR Days. The beginning of their very strong political opinions started in the FDR Days. Maude, practically worshiped FDR, thinking he could do no wrong. Archie took up the opinion that FDR was the cause of the Country's problems. Archie and Maude have been arguing about this for years. Maude gets mad and usually leaves. Edith loves her cousin and wants to spend time with her. Edith always begs Archie to try to get along with Maude so she can have more time with her. Archie kept saying FDR knowing Maude would get up to argue with him. Then he could get his chair. 😊❣️

No one seems to have noticed that "Maude" (Bea Arthur) seems familiar from another show.... also had her own spin-off from "All in the Family" called - "Maude". But more today should recognize Bea Arthur as also playing as "Dorothy" from the long running 80s sit-com - "The Golden Girls". Still that show was way before these reactors time.... No one does reactions to that show "Maude" either with Bea Arthur... if they can might be some they might do too?

Can't wait till y'all do the golden girls reaction. Guaranteed to having you crying from laughter.

I always loved how Maude came on. The great Donny Hathaway sung the theme song!

Back then, everyone had to gather to watch tv shows in the same room at the same time, so a favorite chair would be more important than today. I think earlier in this episode, they explained that Maude really loved FDR.

All In The Family and the other Norman Lear ground breaking series, really helped us open our eyes to the prejudices of the time and made us laugh at ourselves.These shows really helped the country heal from the turbulent, civil rights unrest of '50' and put us on the road to acceptance and understanding. We've come along way over the past 50 yrs...some good...some bad. Sometimes I think we over corrected on our journey as a nation, where you have to be careful what you say and made to fear the ever present cancel culture. Today, I definitely miss the good old days when we could reach out, laugh and communicate with each other, without the fear of 'Wokeness' watching from above.

FDR did not serve 5 terms. He was elected to 4, and died only slightly over a month into the fourth, and less than 1 month before WWII in the European theater ended. He served as president from March 4, 1933-April 12, 1945 when he died in office, and he was one of the finest leaders of this country in the 20th century, and ever, for that matter.

It's cool watching you younger folks reacting to these and I think it's even cooler watching ya'll trying figure out some of the references to the humor. I was a kid when I would watch these with my family the first time they were aired. If you ever get a chance you should binge watch some All in the Family, Maude and Good Times. Time well spent.

Fun fact Archi Bunkers chair sits at The Smithsonian Museum.

At that time, there was not a limit on the number of terms a president could serve. That became law in 1951. During his time several programs, such as Social Security, were initiated to help the people. Archie may have objected to FDR, because he was a Democrat; Nixon was a Republican.

perfect example, of the dad chair and sitting in the same spot. As long as I have watched you guys you all sit in the same exact spots. 😁😁😁 ALSO: Can you guys do scenes from Maude? That show was excellent!

p.s. Dad also ruled what channel we watched on v as well rom his beloved cair which is how we all came to love Archie in the first place and adore our fathers for introducing us to him. Every Saturday night we all knew Dad would be happy

Bea Arthu would also go on later in her career as a Golden Girl as the star of that TV series also with some very well know Co stars.

Archie was an old fashioned the man is head of the household, king of the castle, what he says goes. His chair was used in the show as a symbol of that attitude. Many men in real life did the same thing. They had a chair that they sat in and no one else did when they were around. It was a sign of their power. When other people sat in his chair, it symbolized to archie that he was losing control of his life. The scene had that aspect and the chair was an instigator for the debate between a conservative and a liberal over a president who is considered very liberal. This show has many scenes where a simple interaction is used to start a deeper discussion of a social or political issue.

Bea Arthur. AKA Maud, drove a truck during WWII, and was described as one hell of a Marine!

I do in fact have My chair in the living room. But I'm also sixty years old and still use a manual wind pocket watch with the gold chain watch fob. And I wear bib overalls almost exclusively. So yeah. We're still around.

Dads went to work all day. Mom and the kids were home, so naturally, the "home" felt more like this. Dad having his own chair was a respectful way of saving him his on spot in the house, thereby acknowledging his presence, home or not. When people in the house got some goofy idea (women's lib) that it wasa sexist thing for dad to have his "on" chair, dad was somewhat outsted from his own home. Then came separations, divorces, and homes with no father present.sunds simplistic but actually quite true. Having his own throne made a man feel like a man and a family man at that.

THAT CHAIR is in the Smithsonian! I have no idea whether it is still on display but from the end of the series and for at least 20 years, it was on display at the Smithsonian Institute. So that musta been one hell of a chair!

Yes my dad had his rocking chair I was born in the early 70s. Everything was so structured and strict then.

Archie Bunker's Chair from All in the Family was donated to the Smithsonian, National Museum of American History

@PaulK-ve1pu

8 ай бұрын

Shame the entire series was based on the BBC series Till Death Us Do Part (1964-78). So it isn't really American history, it's British history, just like almost everything you do, think and say.

FDR was the first truly "liberal President" according to conservatives. He actually wasn't that liberal, but did what he had to do to get the country out of the Depression. In doing so he transformed the country in a way that conservatives have resented ever since. He was a hero to liberals, and it was a mixed bag for conservatives who hate his economic policies, but respect his performance during the war.

Archie's chair is in the Smithsonian Museum.

Yes!!!! Thanks Typa Dudes!!!! This lead to Maudes own show. A spin off from Maude was " Good Times' ! Typa Dudes should react to every Norman Lear series !!

@breckrichardson390

8 ай бұрын

Carl Reiner had nothing to do with any of these series, other than being Rob Reiner's father

@jgsrhythm100

8 ай бұрын

​@breckrichardson390 Ha, I meant Norman Lear !! Thanks for correcting me ( edited).!! Though most who grew up in the 70's are also unfamiliar with comedies Carl Reiner was involved with like Sid Caesars Show of Shows.

@breckrichardson390

8 ай бұрын

I knew you meant Norman Lear, but these guys have gotten Carl Reiner and Rob Reiner mixed up recently, so I didn't want to confuse them further. :)

@jgsrhythm100

8 ай бұрын

@@breckrichardson390 Ha yes I know!! I think all that rubbed off on me!!

@MsMarple

8 ай бұрын

@@jgsrhythm100 And Carl Reiner produced the brilliant Dick Van Dyke show, also starring in it as Rob Petrie’s egotistical boss. 😊

Big Bang Theory , Frasier, Etc. LOL !!!! Some people gotta have their spots to sit

Maude also introduced the Jeffersons.

Earlier in the episode, the stage was set for this argument. Earlier in the episode, it was made apparent that since Maude and Archie first met 30 years earlier, they never got along. Maude and Archie have had multiple arguments over the past few decades about FDR. LOL!

Yes, the chair lives!

Watch Fraiser. When his dad moves in and brings his old recliner Fraiser is not happy! Most folks I know have the mom and dad chair!

FDR was looking out for the common man, and the very rich in this country hated him from the start because of that. Some things never change.

@jotham777

8 ай бұрын

I’m the common man, and don’t support socialism. That’s because Socialism hurts the common man, while empowering the oligarchs above them. Move to Venezuela.

@jellyrollnorton

7 ай бұрын

And Archie wasn’t rich, much like many a trump supporter today.

In this episode, Maude was a fan of FDR. It's explained earlier before Maude shows up.

I understand how Millennials and GenZrs may not know much about 1970s/1980s TV, but everyone who graduated high school should know a LOT about FDR. That's essential US history. You can't get through high school without having a clear understanding about what FDR accomplished.

@DJTexan

8 ай бұрын

I think you meant to say GenZrs. Generation X knows a lot about 1970s/1980s TV and were around during those decades.

@kenjacoby7404

8 ай бұрын

presumes the school teaches history anymore...

@dodger2829

8 ай бұрын

@@DJTexan Yes - I did mean GenZ. Thank you for catching that; I've made the correction.

@MsMarple

8 ай бұрын

Well, most are getting thru HS and even college now without being able to put an English sentence together! Or do simple math n their head to give you change. . .

Archies and Ediths chair are in the Smithsonian and if you watched Night at the Museum , it was even in it .

Archie’s chair is in the Smithsonian.

Archie fought with everyone over that chair.. The biggest fight he had with Edith was when she sat in it an refused to move. But he would offer it up to certain people..as a "good host". Sammy Davis Jr got to sit in it.. It was a "head of the house" kind of thing. "My house..my money...my family..my chair!" Archie was a very simple guy without alot of things in his life..his chair was one of them. It was a running joke in the series...you always KNEW someone was going to sit in it! 😂

My Dad is 85 years old and has his own recliner in the family room and chair at the kitchen table. No one will be at the table and you still can't sit on that chair

My Dad and my Mom definitely had their seats in the living room. Probably less common today.

My sister and father would bring politics into everything. They really enjoyed it. Maybe I was interested in science and engineering as an escape from the endless challenges about political opinions, legal history, civil rights history, etc. I could go and learn to calculate a value that had an answer. I could determine what something is. It wasn’t based on opinions. Science seemed so refreshing.

There were many spinoffs from all in the family including Maud, and the Jeffersons 👏👏

You guys really need to watch some Maude episodes. Not only a spin off of Archie but also there is a spin off from Maude called Good Times which is a great show also. And yes I have a fave chair I sit in all the time!

Check out the one when Archies chair gets broken

She was great...They made a great pair of antagonists on that series...

Oh yeah the dads chair is still a real deal!!!

My dad had "his" chair and it was understood that it was his; no one else ever sat there.

Nobody thought he was a tyrant,he passed away going into his fourth term not his fifth term he had great approval rating very popular with the people.

Yep... Maude was liberal. Fun fact Ester Rolle from Good Times was in the show Maude and then from there to Good Times. Interesting to see the actors who got spin off shows based on their characters from other shows. I 💕 Bea Arthur in All in the Famy, then Maude and The Golden Girls. Her humor was just the best and always had me 😂

Maude was the only one who can put Archie in his place LMAO

Its still very much a thing! Lol. Not just with older men.... I know several younger people who are married late 20s early 30s and they have their chair too! 😂😂😂

Archie said that his chair was perfect because the seat was moulded to his butt because he was wounded there in WW2., the big one.

Maude is Archie's Nemesis!!!

I'm 59, and from a family with 7 kids. Both my mom and dad had their own chair in the living room and at the dinner table. We would only sit in their chairs if they were not in the room. As soon as they came into the room, we would move. It was the chair that they felt most comfortable in. But perhaps most important, it would be disrepectful to make them sit in another chair. After all, they owned the house, paid all the bills, put all the food on the table, and made sure each kid had what they needed. I can't imagine it any other way. Dad died several years ago. My mom is 94 and still full of life. To this day, I would never sit in her chair if I thought she wanted to sit there. I would promptly get my butt out of her chair and find someplace else to sit. It is the only respectful thing to do. I think that Maude sitting in Archie's chair, refusing to move, was quite disrespectful of him.

🎵 Lady Godiva was a freedom rider, she didn't care if the whole world looked...& when the country was falling apart Betsy Ross got it all sewn up..& THEN THERE'S MAUDE, & then there's Maude....All The Golden Girls have passed...

Yes we have two chairs. One for dad and mom.

What is Archie’s problem with FDR? Listen to the lyrics of the show’s opening theme song: “Didn't need no welfare state ev'rybody pulled his weight… Those were the days And you knew who you were then girls were girls and men were men Mister we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again” FDR defeated Herbert Hoover in 1932 to become President. FDR launched the New Deal which conservatives like Archie considered the beginning of the welfare state. Big government spending programs and liberal policies. Liberals like Maude adored FDR for these policies and programs. Archie knows he can antagonize Maude by attacking her hero.

These are getting SO good. Wonderful reaction

There was a spinoff called Maude then that had a spinoff Golden Girls.

She helped create Good Times....her maid is the mother

Yes the $20 bill show on All in the Family seems like it will never end hilarious non stop. Also the KKK 2 parter with the classic Archie pushback is worth it .

FDR couldn't even stand on his own two feet !!!

Fdr would be joe biden , and Archie would have been a trump supporter. So that was the same political intensity back then as we unfortunately have today .

@breckrichardson390

8 ай бұрын

Nope, much worse now. I lived through those times and politics didn't destroy families and friendships like it does now, aided by cable TV and the Internet.

@thepoeticbutcher3370

8 ай бұрын

….wasn’t anything remotely close to today. Conversation existed.

@LuckyBastardProd

8 ай бұрын

No way FDR was Biden.he got us through two major events The Depression and WWII. Goldwater would’ve been analogous of Trump not Nixon. Nixon was intelligent but unlikable and Trump is unlikable and stupid.

@MsMarple

8 ай бұрын

@@breckrichardson390 And Nixon and even Watergate child’s play compared to what we’ve gone thru with DT.

What about the morning/breakfast scene in this episode? Maude shreds Archie!

As a few have probably noted, Maude and FDR were very committed, liberal Democrats while Archie and Nixon were staunchly conservative Republicans. In modern political terms, think of Maude as AOC and FDR as Obama, while Archie is Jim Jordan and Nixon is Trump. Did I just come up with a new sitcom! 🤪

@PaulK-ve1pu

8 ай бұрын

No, not even the original was original. The rights were bought in 1974 from the BBC and their sitcom, Till Death Us Do Part. Watch it and you'll see how hard hitting it was and how truly degenerate Alf Garnett (Archie) was. No redeeming features, no wit, no humanity. Utterly repulsive.

@richardherdman2121

8 ай бұрын

@@PaulK-ve1pu Yes I always read that it was based on that show. But I don't think I've ever even seen clips from Till Death Us Do Part. And from what you're saying, that sounds like a good thing!

@MsMarple

8 ай бұрын

Don’t remind me of JJ and DT. We’re about to see that all bumped up a notch in Congress. Ugh.

@richardherdman2121

8 ай бұрын

@@MsMarple Pretty scary, right? But maybe Gymbo will finally see some repercussions in the near future for hiding the abuse of all those athletes. As far as the other one....there's 91 reasons I should be hopeful. But I'll believe it when I see it. 😐

Economic research developed in recent decades suggests the New Deal prolonged the Depression. The most troubling issue is the persistence of high unemployment throughout the New Deal period: At no point during the 1930s did unemployment go below 14 percent. The New Deal expanded the federal government's power with unprecedented taxation and deficit spending. He was a more giant tyrant than Hoover.

I hope you four got to see this show at the beginning, it was great.

Franklin Roosevelt was in a wheelchair, because of polio ,i believe, he was beloved president. In real life archie carol oconner was a liberal in teal life. And eleanor Roosevelt was beloved too.

Archie's chair made it into the Smithsonian, as a piece of American history.

She is Dorothy of the golden girls.

Nothing said on TV in the ,70s could ever be as vile disgusting, or ignorant as what is said on TV today. Especially the reality shows. If that's the reality of today we need to bring Archie bunker back. He was a saint

I don't currently have "the chair" but in the past I have had my chair that I always had to sit in (no other spot in the living room would do).