"All in the Family" (1971) TV series 1971-1979

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | unknown

Release Date:

12 January 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A working class bigot constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

Plot Keywords:

Working Class | Conservative | Son In Law | Meathead | Remake

Awards:

Won 8 Golden Globes. Another 31 wins & 60 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Jan. 4	10:30 AM	TVLAND	Gloria's Shock	#5.7
Mon. Jan. 4	6:30 PM	TVLAND	Gloria's Shock	#5.7

Cast

Jean Stapleton	...	Edith Bunker / ... (205 episodes, 1968-1979)
Carroll O'Connor	...	Archie Bunker / ... (202 episodes, 1968-1979)
Rob Reiner	...	Michael 'Meathead' Stivic / ... (179 episodes, 1971-1978)
Sally Struthers	...	Gloria Bunker-Stivic / ... (173 episodes, 1971-1978)

Series Directed by
Paul Bogart		(97 episodes, 1975-1979)
John Rich		(81 episodes, 1971-1974)
Bob LaHendro		(34 episodes, 1972-1974)
Wes Kenney		(24 episodes, 1974-1975)
Norman Lear		(2 episodes, 1968-1969)
Norman Campbell		(2 episodes, 1972)
Hal Cooper		(2 episodes, 1972)

Series Writing credits
Norman Lear		(208 episodes, 1968-1979)
Larry Rhine		(35 episodes, 1975-1979)
Mel Tolkin		(34 episodes, 1975-1979)
Don Nicholl		(31 episodes, 1971-1975)
Michael Ross		(31 episodes, 1971-1975)
Bernard West		(31 episodes, 1971-1975)
Milt Josefsberg		(20 episodes, 1975-1979)
Lou Derman		(17 episodes, 1974-1976)
Bob Schiller		(17 episodes, 1977-1979)
Bob Weiskopf		(17 episodes, 1977-1979)
Bill Davenport		(13 episodes, 1974-1976)
Ben Starr		(11 episodes, 1975-1978)
Phil Sharp		(8 episodes, 1978-1979)
Phil Mishkin		(7 episodes, 1971-1972)
Douglas Arango		(6 episodes, 1976-1977)
Phil Doran		(6 episodes, 1976-1977)
Charles Stewart		(6 episodes, 1976-1977)
Lee Kalcheim		(5 episodes, 1971-1972)
Mort Lachman		(5 episodes, 1976-1979)
Austin Kalish		(4 episodes, 1971-1973)
Irma Kalish		(4 episodes, 1971-1973)
Rob Reiner		(4 episodes, 1971-1972)
Burt Styler		(4 episodes, 1971-1972)
Bryan Joseph		(4 episodes, 1971)
Gordon Mitchell		(4 episodes, 1973-1975)
Lloyd Turner		(4 episodes, 1973-1975)
Michael Loman		(4 episodes, 1976-1978)
Susan Harris		(3 episodes, 1971-1973)
Stanley Ralph Ross		(3 episodes, 1971-1973)
John Rappaport		(3 episodes, 1973-1975)
Harve Brosten		(3 episodes, 1974-1977)
Barry Harman		(3 episodes, 1974-1977)
Erik Tarloff		(3 episodes, 1977)
Patt Shea		(3 episodes, 1979)
Harriett Weiss		(3 episodes, 1979)
Paul Wayne		(2 episodes, 1971-1974)
Alan J. Levitt		(2 episodes, 1971-1972)
Jerry Mayer		(2 episodes, 1971)
Lennie Weinrib		(2 episodes, 1971)
Lila Garrett		(2 episodes, 1972-1974)
Sam Locke		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Warren S. Murray		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Olga Vallance		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Steve Zacharias		(2 episodes, 1972-1973)
Rod Parker		(2 episodes, 1972)
Michael Morris		(2 episodes, 1973-1975)
Bud Wiser		(2 episodes, 1974-1975)
Heywood Kling		(2 episodes, 1974)
Hal Kanter		(2 episodes, 1975)

Series Produced by
Norman Lear	....	executive producer / producer (87 episodes, 1971-1976)
Brigit Jensen	....	associate producer (77 episodes, 1975-1978)
Milt Josefsberg	....	producer (72 episodes, 1976-1979)
Mort Lachman	....	executive producer (72 episodes, 1976-1979)
Gene Marcione	....	associate producer (59 episodes, 1972-1975)
John Rich	....	producer / associate producer (46 episodes, 1972-1974)
Don Nicholl	....	executive producer (24 episodes, 1974-1975)
Michael Ross	....	producer (24 episodes, 1974-1975)
Bernard West	....	producer (24 episodes, 1974-1975)
Lou Derman	....	producer (24 episodes, 1975-1976)
George Turpin	....	associate producer (23 episodes, 1971-1972)
Bill Davenport	....	producer (19 episodes, 1975-1976)
George Sunga	....	associate producer (11 episodes, 1974-1975)
Heywood Kling	....	executive producer (7 episodes, 1976)
Hal Kanter	....	executive producer (6 episodes, 1975)
Jane Hoyt Thompson	....	associate producer (3 episodes, 1971)

Series Original Music by
Roger Kellaway		(3 episodes, 1971)

Series Film Editing by
Marco Zappia		(91 episodes, 1971-1976)
Harold McKenzie		(30 episodes, 1976-1978)
Andy Zall		(13 episodes, 1975-1977)
Kris Trexler		(9 episodes, 1978)
Jerry Greene		(8 episodes, 1973)
Chuck Adams		(7 episodes, 1976-1978)
Bill Kendall		(5 episodes, 1974-1976)
Jim Steiner		(3 episodes, 1971)
Jay Cook		(3 episodes, 1975-1976)
Jay Scherberth		(3 episodes, 1976)
Tucker Wiard		(2 episodes, 1976)

Series Casting by
Jane Murray		(131 episodes, 1971-1977)
Pat Kirkland		(9 episodes, 1976-1977)

Series Art Direction by
Don Roberts		(171 episodes, 1971-1978)
Peter Clemens		(2 episodes, 1978)

Series Set Decoration by
Earl Carlson		(104 episodes, 1971-1976)

Series Makeup Department
Rita O'Dell	....	makeup artist (50 episodes, 1976-1978)
Ariel Bagdadi	....	hair stylist (28 episodes, 1977-1978)
Edie Panda	....	hair stylist (26 episodes, 1971-1972)
Ellis Burman Jr.	....	makeup artist (23 episodes, 1971-1972)
Billie Jordan	....	hair stylist (23 episodes, 1976-1977)
Michael Lorenz	....	makeup artist (11 episodes, 1975-1976)
Al Schultz	....	makeup artist (3 episodes, 1971)
Jim Nielsen	....	makeup artist (2 episodes, 1978)

Series Production Management
Norman Lear	....	production supervisor (90 episodes, 1974-1978)
Bob Davis	....	production supervisor (69 episodes, 1972-1975)
Jim Terry	....	unit manager / unit production manager (51 episodes, 1976-1978)
Allan Baumrucker	....	production supervisor (23 episodes, 1971-1972)
Don Dresser	....	unit manager (11 episodes, 1975-1976)
Loretta Townsley	....	production supervisor (11 episodes, 1975-1976)
Alan Horn	....	production supervisor (9 episodes, 1978)
David Osborne	....	production supervisor (3 episodes, 1971)
Martin Vagts	....	production supervisor (2 episodes, 1974-1975)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gary Shimokawa	....	associate director / second assistant director (60 episodes, 1973-1977)
Marlene Laird	....	associate director (40 episodes, 1976-1978)
Bob LaHendro	....	associate director (33 episodes, 1971-1972)
Jerry Preshaw	....	associate director / assistant director (17 episodes, 1972-1973)
Jim Drake	....	associate director (12 episodes, 1975-1976)
Jon Sharp	....	associate director (9 episodes, 1978)
Bob Lally	....	associate director (2 episodes, 1978)

Series Sound Department
Norman Dewes	....	audio (74 episodes, 1971-1974)
Georja Skinner	....	audio (61 episodes, 1975-1978)
Hal Kolker	....	audio consultant (25 episodes, 1975-1976)
Art Warshaw	....	audio consultant (25 episodes, 1975-1976)
Marshall King	....	audio (23 episodes, 1974-1975)
Don Helvey	....	audio (3 episodes, 1974-1975)
Ray Kemper	....	audio (3 episodes, 1975-1976)
Neal Weinstein	....	audio (2 episodes, 1974-1975)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Dick Holbrook	....	lighting director (44 episodes, 1971-1973)
Tom Schamp	....	lighting director (44 episodes, 1976-1978)
Tony Cestare	....	lighting director (35 episodes, 1974-1976)
Chris Roberts	....	lighting director (32 episodes, 1977-1978)
Art Roberts	....	lighting director (20 episodes, 1973-1975)
Marc Palius	....	lighting director (11 episodes, 1975-1976)
George Schamp	....	lighting director (11 episodes, 1976-1977)
Tom Lindner	....	lighting director (7 episodes, 1976)
Vito J. Giambalvo	....	camera operator (5 episodes, 1974-1977)
Ed S. Hill	....	lighting director (3 episodes, 1971)
Hank Renek	....	lighting director (3 episodes, 1972)

Series Casting Department
Jane Murray	....	casting executive (37 episodes, 1976-1978)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rita Riggs	....	wardrobe / costumes / ... (159 episodes, 1971-1978)
Gunnel Eriksson	....	costumes (9 episodes, 1978)
Liza Stewart	....	costumes (8 episodes, 1978)
George Whittaker	....	wardrobe (3 episodes, 1971)

Series Music Department
Roger Kellaway	....	composer: closing theme "Remembering You" (176 episodes, 1971-1979)
Charles Strouse	....	composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days" (176 episodes, 1971-1979)
Lee Adams	....	composer: opening theme "Those Were the Days" (174 episodes, 1971-1978)
Carroll O'Connor	....	composer: closing theme "Remembering You" (150 episodes, 1972-1979)

Series Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (4 episodes, 1973)

Series Other crew
Norman Lear	....	developed for television by / developer / ... (191 episodes, 1971-1979)
Brigit Jensen	....	assistant to producer / stage manager (93 episodes, 1971-1975)
Leslie Vaught	....	technical director (90 episodes, 1971-1975)
Michael Ross	....	story editor / script supervisor (79 episodes, 1971-1975)
Bernard West	....	story editor / script supervisor / ... (79 episodes, 1971-1975)
Don Nicholl	....	script consultant / script supervisor / ... (75 episodes, 1971-1975)
Milt Josefsberg	....	script supervisor / story editor (75 episodes, 1975-1978)
Gail Liberti-Kennedy	....	assistant to producer (75 episodes, 1975-1978)
Larry Rhine	....	story editor / executive story editor (75 episodes, 1975-1978)
Mel Tolkin	....	story editor / executive story editor / ... (75 episodes, 1975-1978)
John Westbrook	....	technical director (57 episodes, 1975-1978)
Michael Mount	....	production assistant / assistant to executive producer (53 episodes, 1976-1978)
Mort Lachman	....	script supervisor (52 episodes, 1976-1978)
Jim Rice	....	stage manager (49 episodes, 1973-1976)
Ted Ray	....	stage manager (49 episodes, 1976-1978)
Lou Derman	....	script supervisor / story editor (46 episodes, 1974-1976)
Bill Davenport	....	story editor / script supervisor (41 episodes, 1974-1976)
Sharyn E. Burg	....	production assistant (28 episodes, 1976-1977)
Bob Schiller	....	script consultant (28 episodes, 1977-1978)
Bob Weiskopf	....	script consultant (28 episodes, 1977-1978)
Douglas Arango	....	story editor (27 episodes, 1976-1977)
Phil Doran	....	story editor (27 episodes, 1976-1977)
Harry Rogue	....	stage manager (25 episodes, 1971-1975)
Gary Shimokawa	....	stage manager (24 episodes, 1972-1973)
Bea Dallas	....	assistant to executive producer (24 episodes, 1974-1975)
Mary Hughes	....	production assistant (23 episodes, 1971-1972)
Anne Siegel	....	production assistant (13 episodes, 1977-1978)
Selig Frank	....	stage manager (12 episodes, 1975-1976)
Dick Hall	....	technical director (9 episodes, 1971-1974)
Ben Starr	....	program consultant (9 episodes, 1975-1976)
Phil Sharp	....	story consultant (9 episodes, 1978)
Hal Kanter	....	script supervisor (5 episodes, 1975)
Heywood Kling	....	script supervisor (5 episodes, 1976)
Richard Baxter	....	stage manager (5 episodes, 1977-1978)
Buddy Borgen	....	stage manager (4 episodes, 1973)
Clive Bassett	....	technical director (4 episodes, 1975-1976)
Alice G. Tapp	....	production assistant (4 episodes, 1976)
Anne Hopkins	....	assistant to producer (3 episodes, 1971)
Jay Merrick	....	stage manager (3 episodes, 1971)
Ken Uslaner	....	technical director (3 episodes, 1978)
Charles Franklin	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1972)
John Liberti	....	stage manager (2 episodes, 1974)
David Eisenbise	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1976-1977)
Dick Woodka	....	technical director (2 episodes, 1976)
Arlando Smith	....	stage manager (2 episodes, 1977-1978)
Gail Abarbanel	....	consultant (2 episodes, 1977)

Production Companies

• Bud Yorkin Productions
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)
• Norman Lear/Tandem Productions

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1971-1979) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia Pictures Television
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television (2001)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD) (season 1)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD) (season 2)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD) (season 3)
• Columbia TriStar Television
• Embassy Telecommunications
• Paramount Television
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD) (season 4)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (season 5)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD) (season 6)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-)
• Viacom
• Vrijzinnig Protestantse Radio Omroep (VPRO) (1972-1980) (Netherlands) (TV)

Other Companies

• CBS Television City  taping location
• Metromedia Square  taping location

Also Known As:

Justice for All (USA) (original script title)
Those Were the Days (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

30 min | USA:30 min (212 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:PG | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Metromedia Square - 5746 W. Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Bud Yorkin Productions

Trivia:

Rob Reiner was already losing his hair so rapidly when the show debuted that he started wearing a hairpiece halfway through the show's first season.

Goofs:

Continuity: From the inside, reading backwards, we see "Kelcy's Bar". In most, but not all episodes, the ending credits spell the name of the Brendon T. Dillon or Bob Hastings character as "Kelsey", not "Kelcy".

Quotes:

Archie Bunker: [at an art exhibit] Looks like half man, half toilet.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mad About You: Paul in the Family (#1.5)" (1992)

Soundtrack:

Those Were the Days

Too Bad It Couldn't Be Made Today

In today's politically correct environment, a show like this could not be made today. This show dealt with the prejudices that ALL of us have in us. I am African-American and I admit that at times I have said things about other races that I now regret. I get that from my late father who was a Black version of Archie, even down to the favorite easy chair. Anyone can be a bigot and I feel that this show pointed it out in its own unique way.

Also, this show really dealt with issues besides predjudice. In fact it was groundbreaking due to the fact it dealt with so many controversial issues such as Vietnam, menopause, impotence, gun control and rape. In fact, the episode that pretty much stands out in a lot of peoples minds is when Edith had to deal with the fact that she was nearly raped on her birthday and what she went through to face her worst fear.