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Antenna TV To Air 'All Of All In The Family"

They've been airing it, uncensored for a few years now. It currently airs after The Jeffersons. Where have you been?
 
If you had read the linked article, you will see that Antenna is running the entire series, in order, over Thanksgiving weekend. Episode #1 airs Thanksgiving Eve at 5 am ET and will run for five days.
 
I wonder if they have an online stream. I live under a rock and don't have a TV anymore, but this is sort of making me wish I did. I'm curious why they would need to sensor this show though.
 
I didn't. That's what you should have led with. Also, They should also air the pilot episodes, so people can see the evolution, or lack thereof, leading to it's finally airing.
 
oldiesgirl said:
I wonder if they have an online stream. I live under a rock and don't have a TV anymore, but this is sort of making me wish I did. I'm curious why they would need to sensor this show though.
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I am not sure why they would censor it either. I am old enough to remember when it first ran on CBS. During the first season they would run a disclaimer about "mature subject matter, viewer discretion advised". But it's all pretty tame compared to the stuff that is on TV today.
 
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The one big thing I would imagine they'd censor would be Archie's use of terms like (here goes) "jungle bunnies" or even "Polack". I don't ever remember the N-word on "All In The Family" ("Sanford & Son" was a different story!)
 
oldiesgirl said:
I wonder if they have an online stream. I live under a rock and don't have a TV anymore, but this is sort of making me wish I did. I'm curious why they would need to sensor this show though.
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Political correctness wasn't as major. There were plenty of comments that are not allowed OTA now, but were used then. I still can't get over the use of the "N" word on broadcast tv, among other slurs and slanders.
 
Corky Marlowe said:
The one big thing I would imagine they'd censor would be Archie's use of terms like (here goes) "jungle bunnies" or even "Polack". I don't ever remember the N-word on "All In The Family" ("Sanford & Son" was a different story!)
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It was, and on The jeffersons as well. It didn't register with me as a kid, but in the political climate we're in now, it's more noticeable.
 
The whole reason those words were written into the script was to illustrate that Archie WAS a bigot.
You kind of destroy that whole effect when you start bleeping him.
 
You beat me to it, but I feel the same way. Archie's character was written to be shocking so that people who watched it would go, "Man that guy is a jerk. I don't want to be like that", and then hopefully they would start thinking differently. Sadly, in today's overly politically correct environment, people who didn't know the history of the show and what the purpose is would start freaking out and complaining. I'm definitely not an advocate for being a racist or throwing around racist terms or even gratuitous swearing, but in some cases there is a reason and if you sensor it you have lost the whole point of the work being sensored.
 
oldiesgirl said:
You beat me to it, but I feel the same way. Archie's character was written to be shocking so that people who watched it would go, "Man that guy is a jerk. I don't want to be like that", and then hopefully they would start thinking differently. Sadly, in today's overly politically correct environment, people who didn't know the history of the show and what the purpose is would start freaking out and complaining. I'm definitely not an advocate for being a racist or throwing around racist terms or even gratuitous swearing, but in some cases there is a reason and if you sensor it you have lost the whole point of the work being sensored.
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I will agree with most here. The reason this show was so game-changing was it went where no show had gone before. Yes, some of the language wouldn't be allowed today, but in the early to mid-70's it was a critical component to not only change television, but change many attitudes about race, religion, sexuality, and gender....basically the same issues that are on every companies "non-discrimination policy" today.

To take this to a lighter place, I own most of the "All In The Family" library on DVD. I have rated all episodes over the years, and just for fun here are my favorites:

1. Class Reunion (season 3)
2. Sammy's Visit (season 2) guest: Sammy Davis Jr.
3. The Bunker's and The Swingers (season 3)
4. Archie The Hero (season 6)
5. Amelia's Divorce (season 5)
6. Maude (season 2) first appearance for her later spin-off
7. Mike's Mysterious Son (season 2)
8. Judging Books By Covers (season 1) first gay theme
9. Edith's Problem (season 2)
10. Black Is The Color Of My Lover's Wig (season 4)
 
oldiesgirl said:
You beat me to it, but I feel the same way. Archie's character was written to be shocking so that people who watched it would go, "Man that guy is a jerk. I don't want to be like that", and then hopefully they would start thinking differently. Sadly, in today's overly politically correct environment, people who didn't know the history of the show and what the purpose is would start freaking out and complaining. I'm definitely not an advocate for being a racist or throwing around racist terms or even gratuitous swearing, but in some cases there is a reason and if you sensor it you have lost the whole point of the work being sensored.
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Yes. Norman Lear (Producer) was and is a major liberal. I saw him interviewed a couple of years ago. He looks the same at age 90+ as he did in those days - even wears the same little porkpie hat. Like so many American shows, AITF was based on a British show - Till Death Us Do Part - a sitcom that ran in the UK from 1965 to 75. Archie got considerably more likable as the show progressed, and - like most human beings - learned and changed his ways to a degree. By the time Edith died (Jean Stapleton wanted out of the show), he was a mourning widower operating his little local bar - Archie Bunker's Place. IMO, he was one of TV's all time great characters, and Caroll O'Connor was perfect in the roll.

I used to collect Bunkerisms, though I'm blanking on most of them at the moment. I remember that 'hormones' were "hermones," or "hismones." It was the first time I'd heard, "You can't buy beer, you can only rent it."

In the context of what the show was trying to tell people, the bigoted words had meaning, and some of the shows were considered shocking at the time. Remember that it was only a few years out from I Dream of Jeannie, and silly sitcoms of that nature, which were still a staple of network TV, though Lear shows changed the landscape somewhat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till_Death_Us_Do_Part
 
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FreddyE1977 said:
The whole reason those words were written into the script was to illustrate that Archie WAS a bigot.
You kind of destroy that whole effect when you start bleeping him.
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And THAT is what's wrong with political correctness. You don't get the context, and then you misconstrue what was said and was really meant.
 
Fakeem said:
And THAT is what's wrong with political correctness. You don't get the context, and then you misconstrue what was said and was really meant.
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I've heard that To Kill A Mockingbird (the book) is being banned in schools due to the words it contains that are currently verboten. Huckleberry Finnhad similar problems in school some years ago. It's too bad that we can't make allowances for the time in which these classics - and AITF for that matter, were written and produced.

There's a famous SNL skit from the show's first or second season - Richard Pryor (host, IIRC) and Chevy Chase - that probably wouldn't get on the air today. And it's too bad because the use of hurtful and racially tinged words was the entire point of the skit. Thankfully, You Tube does not censor, though sadly, the picture quality on this clip is poor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9TS1pRmajU
 
The last time NBC aired that sketch in the condensed 10 PM ET classic hour, it aired uncensored.

Chevy: "N----r!"
Richard: "Deeeaadd honkey!"
 
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