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  • Adaptation Displacement: In the United States, All in the Family is far better known than the British original, where it's mostly remembered for being the inspiration for the former.
  • Hilarious in Hindsight: Anthony Booth, who played the left-winger Mike, had a daughter called Cherie ... who married Tony Blair.
  • Retroactive Recognition:
    • Fred from "Christmas Club Books" and "The Window" is played by Felix Bowness, who would later be best known for playing Fred Quilley in Hi-de-Hi!.
    • The Television License inspector from "TV License" is played by Gorden Kaye, who would later be best known for playing RenĂ© Artois in 'Allo 'Allo!.
  • Seasonal Rot: The show's 1972 colour revival, which coincided with the revival of other 1960s sitcoms like Steptoe and Son and The Likely Lads, was less topical than the original B&W series, mainly because writer Johnny Speight felt he could no longer wait till the last minute before submitting scripts (and also because he himself was becoming less interested in politics). However, this was also the series' downfall, as viewers noted the decreased topicality of the plots, in addition to which the satirical elements were noticeably less vicious than they had been in the 1960s. At around the same time, Dandy Nichols (who played Else) was having problems with attending the live-audience recordings due to increasingly poor health, which led to Else being written out (in-universe, she moved to Australia). This in turn led to Alf's neighbours, Min and Bert, getting more airtime. The show's rating began to suffer and when it became clear that Nichols was not going to return, it was cancelled.


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