Gloria and Michael (liberals) were constantly portrayed as the plucky underdogs chipping away at Archie's "toxic" ideology. And every time Archie speaks one of his truths, and they were truths, the laughter lights came on, and the "live studio audience" happily obeyed.
There were some things that I don't agree with Archie on. Smoking is one thing. I used to smoke, and now that I've quit, I hate it. It gets in clothing and hair and leaves a film over everything. Sorry, Arch. I can't get behind you on that one.
If you've never seen the show, pirate that shit and binge away. The episodes are available on Jewtube, but don't go there.
The coons are comin'!
---Archie Bunker
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[–] 8691118? [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
The premise was derived from Till Death do us Part. But the characters were rewritten. Although, Michael and Gloria were liberals. So socialist, I'd say they were. I don't know much about British political affiliations, though. So I can't say if Archie was a Tory.
[–] 8691185? ago
Archie was written to be shorter