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Friday Happy Hour Video: How we turned ourselves around, on gay marriage

05.24.2012 by David Murray // 3 Comments

Blowing out of town for a long weekend, so Friday Happy Hour comes on Thursday. But this video, when you consider the political context—it was 40 years from the Bunkers to Barack—ought to hold us over.

Categories // Uncategorized Tags // All in the Family, Archie Bunker, Edith Bunker, gay marriage, President Obama

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  1. Rueben says

    May 24, 2012 at 11:12 am

    Three thoughts:
    1) How great were Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton as Archie and Edith? Seriously, they just defined those characters so perfectly.
    2) How come so few sitcoms (or pretty much anything on any screen) are written that well anymore?
    3) How come people are still having this discussion? It is remarkable to think that All in the Family tackled this almost 40 years ago with such honesty and humour. And yet, at the risk of killing the Happy Hour happiness, it is equally disappointing that we’re still grappling with this issue. We’ve certainly made progress. But the exact same conversation Archie and Edith had still happens countless times every day, only without the wit and laughs. And that’s really a shame.

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  2. David Murray says

    May 24, 2012 at 11:44 am

    What Rue said.

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