Other regular characters include Allan Melvin’s Barney, Archie’s friend whom we met all the way back in 1972, Bill Quinn as the blind patron Mr. The catalyst for the action occurs in the double-length pilot when bartender and co-owner Harry Snowden (Jason Wingreen) sells his share of the bar to Murray Klein (Martin Balsam), a liberal Jew, who naturally, is designed to both clash with and balance out Archie. So with Edith only a tiny presence, most of the stories are set in the bar. But Stapleton only committed to a few appearances, and as we discussed in that aforementioned Thanksgiving post, Edith appears in only five half hours, all of which were shot consecutively and aired in the fall of 1979. The first season begins where the last year of All In The Family finished, with Archie (Carroll O’Connor) and his wife Edith (Jean Stapleton) caring for Stephanie (Danielle Brisebois). I’m going to cover two seasons per entry (because, again, this isn’t a show of great comedic quality), so look for my thoughts on the last two years next month.
#Carroll oconnor almost quit all in the family because of series
Although only the first season is on DVD, my curiosity won’t let me alone, and because I have multiple copies of each episode (and because we’re getting ready to cover another, better, sitcom set in a bar), discussing this series felt right.
Welcome to another Wildcard Wednesday! In November 2014, I did a post on the Thanksgiving two-parter from the first season of Archie Bunker’s Place (1979-1983), the Archie-centric continuation of All In The Family. In the entry, I discussed the hour-long installment, “Thanksgiving Reunion,” and claimed that I was almost certain that I would never cover the series here in full.
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