Before he became known as the director of This Is Spinal Tap and The Princess Bride, Rob Reiner played Archie Bunker's liberal foil on All in the Family.
The recent death at the age of 101 of Norman Lear, creator of All in the Family and its improbable folk hero, Archie Bunker, set me to musing (always a dangerous thing) over Archie’s voting history ...
He played a crucial role as Meathead, a foil to Carroll O’Connor’s Archie Bunker on ‘All in the Family.’ When TV viewers tuned in on March 19, 1978, for the Season 8 finale of CBS’s landmark comedy ...
Logan Kelly is a professional author, screenwriter, and proud cinemaphile. He studied screenwriting and film history while attending Valencia College, before moving to the New York Metro Area. The ...
Reiner’s “All in the Family” role didn’t just capture the arguments of its time. It gave us a preview of our own. By James Poniewozik James Poniewozik is the chief TV critic of The New York Times. In ...