History Series / AllInTheFamily

* GreyAndGrayMorality: While we're clearly meant to see Archie as a blue-collar bigot with horribly outdated, racist, sexist, and generally socially backward thinking, he's also an overall nice guy who loves his daughter, spoils his grandson, had a troubled childhood that explains most of his nasty behavior, and is generally trying to keep up with a world that's changing extremely fast. ** On the other hand, we have Mike, who is a liberal and typically stands for everything Archie doesn't like, including positive ideas including the civil rights movement and equal rights for women. However, he can be just as narrow-minded and selfish as Archie, and perhaps even more so, as he tends to claim a moral high ground in every argument (regardless of whether it's justified). The overall theme of the show seems to be that while there are certain things—such as rape or racial profiling—that are definitely wrong, there aren't any easy answers to major problems like war, poverty, and violence, and both sides are represented by people who are equally good and bad regardless of position.

-> ''"'''All in the Family'''" was recorded on tape before a live audience."''

* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: Archie & Mike have a bet as to who can hold out longer: Archie without a cigar or Mike without food. Archie starts to tempt Mike by eating in front of him; Mike counters by smoking cigars in front of Archie. They finally decide to end in a draw, with Mike eating and Archie lighting up on the count of three. On "3" Mike puts food in his mouth but Archie draws the match away from his cigar, with a "Ha!"

-->'''Gloria:''' Daddy, you're supposed to play fair! Michael is, and this is no picnic for him, you know!
-->'''Mike:''' Don't say "picnic", Gloria.
-->'''Gloria:''' I'm sorry, honey.
-->'''Mike:''' Don't say "honey", Gloria.

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** Averted in Season 9 at Carroll O'Connor's behest. Instead, episodes were shot on a closed set and then screened after completion for audiences attending live tapings of ''[[Series/OneDayAtATime1975 One Day at a Time]]'' so that their reactions could be edited in. The closing-credits voiceover, now given by O'Connor, was rephrased to reflect this: "''All in the Family'' was played to a studio audience for live responses." (This setup was continued for ''Series/ArchieBunkersPlace''.)

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-> ''"'''All in the Family'''" was recorded on tape before a live audience.''

-->-- The (unused) lyrics written by Carroll O'Connor for the instrumental closing theme, "'''Remembering You'''", composed by Roger Kellaway.

->''"Got a feelin' it's all over now...\\
All over now, we're through...\\
And tomorrow I'll get lonesome... rememberin' you!\\
Got a feelin' the sun will be gone...\\
The day will get long and blue...\\
And tomorrow I'll be cryin'... rememberin' you!"''