A Televisual Feast

Archie worries about his job in another short present action episode–two hours or so. The episode really feels like a play here, which isn’t a bad thing and it’s an interesting format for a sitcom. Humor possibilities are limited–for instance, I was actually glad when annoying neighbor Clara shows up, just because the episode definitely […]

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Edith goes on jury duty, which has a lot more potential than the episode has a budget for. Instead of focusing on Edith’s adventures, the episode spends most of the time at home, covering Archie’s suffering in her absence. It’s a funny episode, with Archie faking sick to try to get her to stay, Edith […]

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“All in the Family” has a variation in episodes in the type of humor. This episode unleashes Archie against a black family moving in (the Jeffersons, we eventually learn) and gives him an endless amount of tirades. The tirades only get better and better, culminating with a great scene with Lionel at the end. Though […]

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An excellent episode, again flexing the possibilities for “All in the Family.” The episode manages to cover Archie’s opinions on marriage, his opinions on Mike and Gloria’s hippie friends, and, finally, Mike and Gloria’s changing opinions on their hippie friends. Mike and Gloria’s opinions don’t change much, but they finally get fed up, about the […]

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