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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767813181
Format: Color, EP, NTSC
ISBN: 0767813189
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: July 07, 1998
Running Time: 75 minutes
Sales Rank: 20869
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: January 12, 1971
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
All in the Family didn't feature a typical sitcom family. Indeed, no TV family prior remotely resembled the Bunkers, who were more likely representative of the average American family than those portrayed on the tube. What would Archie (Carroll O'Connor) have been without Michael Stivic, a.k.a. Meathead (Rob Reiner)? Certainly, in later episodes, after Gloria (Sally Struthers) and Mike moved away and then divorced, Archie had to find other liberal nemeses with which to do battle. But it was his early conflicts with the son-in-law he dubbed 'Meathead' that set the tone for the series (based on a British sitcom), defined Archie's distinctive personality, and established the watershed issues that executive producer Norman Lear and his talented team brought to the small screen.
In 'Meet the Bunkers,' Archie and Mike have plenty to argue about during a surprise anniversary party. Meanwhile, Archie's put-upon wife, Edith (the brilliant Jean Stapleton), and daughter Gloria try to keep things upbeat. Archie likes Lionel (Mike Evans) just fine--but then Archie finds out that Lionel's parents, George and Louise (Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford), are the black family he's trying to prevent from moving in next door. Another wedding anniversary--this time that of the Stivics--offers a flashback of when Archie first meets Michael. Each episode encapsulates some of the series' finest elements: its ability to intrigue audiences through the irrepressible archconservative Archie Bunker, its ability to get its message across clearly, its intelligence, and never underestimating its audience. --N.F. Mendoza
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Three Very Funny Episodes, Including The First Show!
"All In The Family" was certainly a ground-breaking TV show, and the episodes selected for this VHS video will give you a pretty good idea as to why that was true. Archie Bunker, in all his bigoted splendor, comes to life right away in the premiere episode of the series, entitled "Meet The Bunkers" (first aired in January of 1971).
In addition to that first episode, this tape also gives us another Season-One program (Episode # 8), "Lionel Moves Into The Neighborhood", and a show from ... Read More
Rating: - A masterpiece that will live on forever!!!
My husband and I are major fans of All in the Family. There is not and episode that we did not cry laughing. There is so much to be learned from this show. I've heard some say what a crude man Archie was, but I could always see the good in him and how Edith was the perfect partner for him. I know I talk of them as if they were real. But to me they are and they will live on in my heart forever. This was and is a very special special show, and I hope that all the seasons come out soon on DVD/Video, ... Read More
Rating: - Brilliant Comedy that Refuses to Age
Though it's riddled with references to Watergate, Vietnam, inflation, and Nixon, "All in the Family" is still as fresh and thought-provoking today as it was in the early '70s. Based on the British comdy "Til Death Do Us Part", AITF is a rare example where an American adaptation of a British property, where the American version is actually better than the show that inspired it.
The show exists on several levels. As a political forum, it bought many issues into our living rooms, smartly diffusing ... Read More
Rating: - One Of The Best Sitcoms On TV.
"All In The Family" Is 1 Of The Best Sitcoms Ever. On This Cassatte It Has Lional From The Spinoff "The Jeffersons". Archie Meets His Future Son-In-Low Mike "The Meathead". Gloria And Mike Put On A Anniversiry Party For Edith And Archie, Lional From "The Jeffersons" Visits The Bunker House, And Gloria And Mike Celebrate Their Wedding Anniversiry. This Is A Funny Tape. You Must Buy It.
Rating: - SO SO SO SO SO SO SO SO FUNNY!!!!!!!!
Have you ever seen such a look on anyones face like the one you see on Archie's when he first saw "Meathead"? I would admit, Mike did look sort of like a friek!
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