Archibald "Archie" Bunker was a fictional character in the long-running and top-rated American television sitcom All in the Family and its spin-off Archie Bunker's Place. He was a reactionary, bigoted, blue-collar worker and family man, played to acclaim by Carroll O'Connor. The Bunker character was first seen by the American public when All in the Family premiered in January 1971. In 1979, the show was retooled and re-named Archie Bunker’s Place, finally going off the air in 1983. Bunker lived in the borough of Queens in New York City. TV Guide once named Archie the greatest television character of all time.^{[citation needed]} This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS situation comedy All in the Family. ... Archie Bunkers Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a continuation of All in the Family. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... John Carroll OConnor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) was an Emmy Award-winning American actor, producer and director whose television career spanned four decades. ... All in the Family is an acclaimed American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 to April 8, 1979. ... Archie Bunkers Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a continuation of All in the Family. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... For the rap album, see 1924 (album). ... A blue-collar worker is a working class employee who performs manual or technical labor, such as in a factory or in technical maintenance trades, in contrast to a white-collar worker, who does non-manual work generally at a desk. ... Michael Meathead Stivic is a fictional character on the American sitcom All in the Family, played by Rob Reiner. ... Joey Stivic is a fictional character who first appeared on the American sitcom All in the Family. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... All in the Family is an acclaimed American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 to April 8, 1979. ... A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ... Archie Bunkers Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a continuation of All in the Family. ... Reactionary (or reactionist) is a political epithet, generally used as a pejorative, originally applied in the context of the French Revolution to counter-revolutionaries who wished to restore the real or imagined conditions of the monarchical Ancien Régime. ... For people named Bigot and other meanings, see Bigot (disambiguation). ... A blue-collar worker is a member of the working class who performs manual labor and earns an hourly wage. ... John Carroll OConnor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) was an Emmy Award-winning American actor, producer and director whose television career spanned four decades. ... All in the Family is an acclaimed American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 to April 8, 1979. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar, known as the year of cyclohexanol. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... For the Jimi Hendrix song, see 1983. ... For other uses, see Queens (disambiguation) and Queen. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... TV Guide is the name of two North American weekly magazines about television programming, one in the United States and one in Canada. ...

All in the Family got many of its laughs by playing on Archie's bigotry, although the dynamic tension between Archie and his left-wing son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic (Rob Reiner), provided an ongoing political and social sounding board for a variety of topics. In politics, left-wing, political left, leftism, or simply the left, are terms which refer (with no particular precision) to the segment of the political spectrum typically associated with any of several strains of socialism, social democracy, or liberalism (especially in the American sense of the word), or with opposition... Michael Meathead Stivic is a fictional character on the American sitcom All in the Family, played by Rob Reiner. ... Robert Rob Reiner (born March 6, 1945) is an American actor, director, producer, writer, childrens advocate and political activist. ... For other uses, see Politics (disambiguation). ...

The inspiration for Archie Bunker was Alf Garnett, the character from the BBC sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, on which All in the Family was based. Archie, in turn, was an inspiration for Eric Cartman^[2] of South Park. Alf Garnett was a fictional character on the BBC television sitcom Till Death Us Do Part, the ITV sitcom Till Death. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... This article is about the BBC TV series. ... Eric Theodore Cartman, commonly referred to by his family name, Cartman, is one of the four main characters in the animated series South Park (the others being Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick). ... This article is about the TV series. ...

In 2005, Archie Bunker was listed as number 1 on Bravo's 100 Greatest TV Characters^[3], defeating runners-up such as Lucy Ricardo, Fonzie, and Homer Simpson. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the U.S. cable network. ... Lucille Ball as Lucy, Vivian Vance as Ethel on an episode of I Love Lucy Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 - April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedian and star of I Love Lucy. ... Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli (also known as The Fonz or simply Fonzie) is a fictional character played by Henry Winkler in the American sitcom Happy Days (1974–1984). ... Homer Simpson is also a character in the book and film The Day of the Locust. ...

Personal life

During the series' run, it would be revealed that, while he did disagree with his son-in-law's political views, much of his resentment stemmed from the fact that Mike was attending college and would be able to chart his own successful future, while Archie was forced to drop out of high school during the Depression to help support his family. One episode showed very clearly that both Archie and Mike were not above twisting the truth to make minorities into stereotypes. Interestingly it is Edith who exposes both Archie and Mike prejudices-yet neither Archie or Mike will admit the truth. For other uses, see College (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... The Great Depression was a global economic slump that began in 1929 and bottomed in 1933. ... This article is about the concept of a minority. ... In modern usage, a stereotype is a simplified mental picture of an individual or group of people who share a certain characteristic (or stereotypical) qualities. ...

While locked in the store room of Archie's Place with Mike in the episode "Two's a Crowd", Archie confides (after getting drunk), that he was a poor kid who was teased in school for coming to class wearing one shoe and one boot, since his family could not afford to buy him new footwear. ("They called me Shoe-Bootie.") In the same episode, it becomes clear that Archie was also an abused child — yet he then goes on to vehemently defend his father who he says loved him and taught him "right from wrong." This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS situation comedy All in the Family. ... Child abuse is the physical, emotional or sexual abuse or neglect of children. ...

In spite of his numerous flaws, Archie was simultaneously portrayed as being basically decent and, rather than motivated by genuine malice, a product of the time in which he was raised. In the episode "Archie and the KKK," for example, Archie is invited to join a secret "Christian" club which turns out to be a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. In spite of his inherent discomfort around people of color, Archie responds with genuine revulsion at the group's violent methods, and attempts to thwart a cross burning. It should also be noted that as the years went on, Archie grew more accepting of people different from himself, albeit partially out of necessity. For example, in 1978, the character became the guardian of Edith's nine-year old niece, Stephanie (Danielle Brisebois), and when it was revealed that Stephanie was Jewish (episode 197), Bunker accepted her faith. Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ... For the practice in Europe, see Fiery cross. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Danielle Brisebois Danielle Brisebois (born June 28, 1969) was a child actress in the 1970s, most recognized for her role as Stephanie Mills on the sitcoms All in the Family and its spin-off/continuation Archie Bunkers Place. ...

Viewer reactions

Such was the name recognition and societal influence of the Bunker character that by 1972 commentators were discussing the "Archie Bunker vote" (i.e., the voting bloc comprised of urban, white, working-class men) in that year's presidential election; in the same year, there was a parody election campaign, complete with T-shirts, campaign buttons, and bumper stickers advocating "Archie Bunker for President." In the show, Archie strongly supported President Richard M. Nixon, of whom he often spoke very highly, incorrectly calling him "Richard E. Nixon." He was also an early supporter of Ronald Reagan, writing him in on the ballot for the 1976 election, and threatening Mike that "he'll have Reagan in '80," predicting his win in 1980. The character's imprint on American culture is such that Archie Bunker's name is still being used in the media to describe a certain group of voters who will vote in the 2008 U.S. presidential election.^[4][5] Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... (Redirected from 1972 U.S. presidential election) Democratic nomination Democratic Candidates Shirley Chisholm, U.S. representative from New York Fred Harris, U.S. senator from Oklahoma Hubert Humphrey, U.S. senator from Minnesota, former vice president, and 1968 presidential nominee Henry Scoop Jackson, U.S. senator from Washington John Lindsay... In contemporary usage, a parody (or lampoon) is a work that imitates another work in order to ridicule, ironically comment on, or poke some affectionate fun at the work itself, the subject of the work, the author or fictional voice of the parody, or another subject. ... T-Shirt A T-shirt (or tee shirt) is a shirt with short or long sleeves, a round neck, put on over the head, without pockets. ... Ralph Naders campaign in the State of Hawaii during the fateful 2000 Presidential Election Campaign buttons are used in a election as political advertising for the candidate or political party, or to proclaim the issues that are part of the political platform. ... Bumper stickers are often used on commercial vehicles so that employers can receive feedback about the driving habits of their employees A bumper sticker is an adhesive label or sticker with a message, intended to be attached to the bumper of an automobile and to be read by the occupants... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Reagan redirects here. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... The United States presidential election of 2008, scheduled to be held on November 4, 2008, will be the 55th consecutive quadrennial president and vice president of the United States. ...

The term "Archie Bunker-ism," or just "Archie-ism," was also coined during the show's run to refer to the many malapropisms, such as "groin-acologist" for "gynecologist," that Bunker used on the series. A malapropism (from French mal à propos, ill to purpose) is an incorrect usage of a word, usually with comic effect. ...

After the episode in which Archie's opposition to the KKK was made evident, several watchdog groups became upset; they believed that the show shouldn't have "humanized" what they viewed as a racist. They believed that Archie should be kept thoroughly unlikable.^{[citation needed]} This box:      Racism has many definitions, the most common and widely accepted is that members of one race are intrinsically superior or inferior to members of other races. ...

Archie's racism had strongly subsided by the time Archie Bunker's Place began in 1979. During that program's second season, he hired a black nanny, Ellen Canby, for Stephanie and became fond of her. In one episode, Archie punched a man for making a remark about her and was thrown out for good from the lodge he had attended since the early days of All in the Family.

Production

• The only clue to Archie Bunker's father's occupation is the railroad watch, belonging to their father, that Archie's brother Fred gives to Archie.
• Archie Bunker served in the Army Air Corps in Foggia, Italy during World War II. Carroll O'Connor served in the United States Merchant Marine.
• Archie's character voice was created by a mix of accents Carroll O'Connor heard while studying acting in New York City.^{[citation needed]}

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Popular and academic use of the concept

• In 1989, British musicians, The KLF, released a single called "Kylie Said to Jason." The song makes reference to "the Archie Bunker show" and other sitcoms.
• Archie and Edith Bunker's living room chairs are featured in an exhibit at the National Museum of American History.
• Philosopher Paul de Man used Archie to show that language is not in the first place "logical" or even "meaningful," but rhetorical. Rhetoric, in his view, always tends to suspend logic and subvert any clear meaning. He uses the example: "Asked by his wife whether he wants to have his bowling shoes laced over or laced under, Archie Bunker answers with a question: 'What's the difference?' His wife replies by patiently explaining the difference between lacing over and lacing under, but provokes only ire. 'What's the difference?' did not ask for the difference but means instead 'I don't give a damn what the difference is.'^[6]
• There is a groove metal band named Archie Bunker.
• In Israel, where the series (with Hebrew subtitles) was extremely popular, television presenter and politician Yosef Lapid was on several occasions compared with Archie Bunker, both because of physical resemblance to O'Connor and because of making some remarks which commentators on the left regarded as bigoted and demagogic.
• According to South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Bunker had an influence on the design of Eric Cartman.

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References

Archie Bunkers Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a continuation of All in the Family. ... This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS situation comedy All in the Family. ... All in the Family is an acclaimed American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 to April 8, 1979. ...

See also

• All in the Family
• Archie Bunker's Place
• Edith Bunker
• List of All in the Family episodes
• Anti-hero

All in the Family is an acclaimed American situation comedy that was originally broadcast on the CBS television network from January 12, 1971 to April 8, 1979. ... Archie Bunkers Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a continuation of All in the Family. ... Information Gender Female Age 50 (in 1977) Date of birth 1927 Date of death Dead 1980) Occupation housewife Family Michael Stivic (son-in-law) Joey Stivic (grandson) Maude (cousin) Stephanie Mills (niece) Floyd Mills (cousin) Amelia (cousin) Liz (cousin) Rose (Aunt) Clara (Aunt) Relationships Archie Bunker Children Gloria Stivic (daughter... This article is list of episodes from the groundbreaking 1971-1979 CBS situation comedy All in the Family. ... In literature and film, an anti-hero is a central or supporting character that has some of the personality flaws and ultimate fortune traditionally assigned to villains but nonetheless also have enough heroic qualities or intentions to gain the sympathy of readers or viewers. ...

External links

• Archie Bunker information at tvland.com
• The Bunkers' chairs at the National Museum of American History