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All In The Family - The Complete 1st. Season

All In The Family

All In The Family - The Complete 1st. Season

CBS (1971)
DVD
NR (Not Rated)
043396082076
TV Series | TV Shows
USA | English | Color | 04:46

Boy, the way the Beaver played. Ricky Nelson made the hit parade. Voices they were seldom raised. Those were the days. And then, on January 12, 1971, America met the Bunkers, and sitcoms would never be the same. The Bunkers were TV's first dysfunctional family: blue-collar bigot Archie (the late Carroll O'Connor in his iconic role), his long-suffering but loving wife Edith (Jean Stapleton), "little goil" Gloria (Sally Struthers), and her liberal husband "Meathead" Mike (Rob Reiner). Series creator Norman Lear broke near every rule and taboo in adapting the British series "Till Death Do Us Part" for American television. The series pilot, "Meet the Bunkers," was a bracing shocker that dared to find humor in prejudice. Archie dispenses racial epithets and ethnic slurs. Mike and Gloria clearly have an active sex life, while Edith, in the pilot at any rate, is more "pip" than "dingbat." In its first season, the series refused to, in Archie's words, "stifle" itself, tackling such hot-button topics as homophobia ("Judging Books by Covers"), racism ("Lionel Moves into the Neighborhood"), feminism ("Gloria Discovers Women's Lib"), and the generation gap (the touching "Success Story," with William Windom as Archie's former army buddy, a successful man who is revealed to be estranged from his son). All in the Family was a rich human comedy. Brought to life by a peerless ensemble, these characters would come to feel like family. Their foibles produced some of television's biggest laughs. They could also make us cry, as with the heartbreaking "Gloria's Pregnancy." Another series landmark is the season finale, "The First and Last Supper," in which we meet Isabel Sanford's Louise Jefferson (but, hilariously, not her husband, George). All in the Family was an instant lightning rod for controversy but went on to earn the comedy Emmy Award in its first year. This three-disc set has no extras (future sets will hopefully contain commentary by Lear or surviving cast members), but each episode is presented complete and uncut, restoring the funny, sometimes touching codas that were cut for syndication. --Donald Liebenson


Episodes View details

1 Meet the Bunkers 26 min | Jul 15, 2021

In the series' premiere, Mike and Gloria plan a surprise party to celebrate Archie and Edith's 22nd anniversary. But it quickly turns into a shouting match between conservative Archie and the liberal "Meathead" on virtually every topic.

2 Writing the President 26 min | Jan 19, 1971

Archie learns that Mike has written to President Nixon to criticize his policies. So Archie takes pen in hand and writes his own letter of praise.

3 Archie's Aching Back 26 min | Jan 26, 1971

Archie is involved in a minor, non-injury car accident, then finds out that Lionel Jefferson's family used an insurance settlement to open a dry-cleaning business. He gets an idea ... and a sudden aching back.

4 Archie Gives Blood 26 min | Feb 02, 1971

Archie and Mike donate blood, sparking heated discussions on race, modern medicine, and God's will.

5 Judging Books by Covers 26 min | Feb 09, 1971

Archie is irritated at Mike's offbeat friend, who dresses and behaves in a way that leads him to mistakenly conclude he is a homosexual. But Archie soon learns that one of his best friends is gay.

6 Gloria Has a Belly Full 26 min | Feb 16, 1971

Gloria announces she is pregnant which worries Archie and Mike.

7 Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit 26 min | Feb 23, 1971

Mike invites his unmarried hippie friends to spend the night in the Bunker's living room, over Archie's strong objections.

8 Lionel Moves Into the Neighborhood 26 min | Mar 02, 1971

Archie and several neighbors learn that a black family is moving into the neighborhood, unaware that it is the Jeffersons. Lionel finds out about the effort to purchase the Jeffersons' new house and gets Archie to reveal his plans.

9 Edith Has Jury Duty 26 min | Mar 09, 1971

Edith is the lone holdout in a high-profile murder case, in which the prosecution's case seems clear-cut. Archie whines because Edith has been sequestered for the duration and refuses to help himself around the house.

10 Archie Is Worried About His Job 26 min | Mar 16, 1971

Archie can't sleep because he's worried about possible layoffs at the loading dock where he works.

11 Gloria Discovers Women's Lib 26 min | Mar 23, 1971

Gloria reads up on women's liberation and then tells Mike that she should be an equal partner in their marriage. Mike doesn't agree and Gloria storms out of the house.

12 Success Story 26 min | Mar 30, 1971

Archie's old buddy, Eddie Frazier, has amassed a fortune in the used car trade. However, Eddie's quest for money comes at a huge price: his estranged family wants nothing to do with him.

13 The First and Last Supper 26 min | Apr 06, 1971

Edith invites Henry and Louise Jefferson over for dinner, ruining Archie's plans to go to a Mets game. Before dinner, Archie and Henry start a debate over racial matters.

Cast View all

Rob Reiner Michael 'Meathead' Stivic
Sally Struthers Gloria Bunker-Stivic
Jean Stapleton Edith Bunker
Carroll O'Connor Archie Bunker
Mike Evans Lionel Jefferson
Billy Sands Bailiff
Isabel Sanford Mrs. Jefferson
Hollis Irving Clara Weidermeyer
James Hong Doctor
William Windom Eddie Frazier
Bob Hastings Kelcy
George Furth Whitney Fitzroy IV
Len Lesser Billy Pendergast
Vincent Gardenia Jim Bowman
Richard Stahl Clarence V. Marshall
William 'Billy' Benedict Jimmy McNab
Burt Mustin Harry Feeney
Rich Little Richard Nixon
Salem Ludwig Solomon Rabinowitz
Herbie Faye The Deliveryman
Sandy Kenyon Dave the Cop
Corey Fischer Jeff Walker
Mel Stewart Henry Jefferson
Philip Carey Steve
George Savalas Joe Frouge

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Edition details

Packaging Keep Case
Nr Discs 3
Screen Ratios Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Subtitles English | Spanish
Distributor Sony Pictures
Layers Single side, Single layer
Edition Release Date Jul 06, 2004
Regions Region 1

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