Box set: All In The Family: The Complete Series
Barcode 826663136142
Release Date 10/30/2012

All In The Family: Season 2
CBS (1971)
TV Series  /  Comedy, Drama
In Collection
#1799
0*
Seen ItYes
IMDB   8.4
528 mins USA / English
DVD    US - TV-PG
Rob Reiner Michael 'Meathead' Stivic
Jean Stapleton Edith Bunker
Sally Struthers Gloria Bunker-Stivic
Carroll O'Connor Archie Bunker
Mike Evans Lionel Jefferson
Isabel Sanford Louise Jefferson
M. Emmet Walsh Billy Hartfield
Roscoe Lee Browne Hugh Victor Thompson III
Richard A. Dysart Russ DeKuyper
Bill Macy Uniformed Policeman
Allan Melvin Sgt. Paul Pulaski
Peggy Rea Cousin Bertha
Beatrice Arthur Maude Findlay
Mel Stewart Henry Jefferson
Brendan Dillon Tommy Kelsey
Billy Halop Bert Munson
Marcia Rodd Carol Traynor
Robert R. Barry Man at the Door
Phil Proctor Wendell
Hector Elizondo Carlos Mendoza
Director
John Rich
Producer Norman Lear
George Turpin
Bud Yorkin
Writer Norman Lear
Johnny Speight
Michael Ross
Bernard West


All in the Family was first seen in January of 1971 and immediately changed the face of television. Not only was this the number one television series from 1971 through 1976, but it also signified an avalanche of other situation comedies that dealt with controversial subjects in realistic ways, including Chico and the Man, The Jeffersons, Maude, Good Times and Sanford and Son. The series centered around the Bunker family who lived in a home located at 704 Houser Street in Queens, New York. Archie Bunker was the main character, and what a character he was. He was televisons most famous bigot, crass and down right rude. Yet he was loveable, with a soft side just beneath the surface. Edith Bunker was his somewhat dizzy wife whom he called "Dingbat". Edith put up with Archie and had qualities about her that made her one of television's most unforgetable characters. Also living in the Bunker household were Archie and Edith's daughter, Gloria, and her husband Mike, or "Meathead".
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/18/1971  1.  The Saga of Cousin Oscar
Archie is incensed when his sponging cousin Oscar has the nerve to drop dead in the upstairs bedroom.
Director:  John Rich  / Burt Styler  Writer:  Norman Lear  /  Michael Ross  / Burt Styler  / Bernie West 
Guest starring:  Will B. Able, Jack Grimes,  Peggy ReaConnie Sawyer, William Benedict,  M. Emmet Walsh
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/25/1971  2.  Gloria Poses in the Nude
Mike has second thoughts after he agrees to let Gloria pose as a nude model for one of his artist friends.
Director:  John Rich  / Burt Styler  Writer:  Norman Lear  /  Michael Ross  / Burt Styler  / Bernie West 
Guest starring:  David Soul
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/2/1971  3.  Archie in the Lock-Up
Archie suffers his ultimate indignity when he's arrested along with a group of radicals at a a protest rally.
Director:  John Rich  / Paul Wayne  Writer:  Rob Reiner  /  Michael Ross  / Paul Wayne  / Phil Mishkin 
Guest starring:  Allan MelvinKen Lynch, Kelly Houser,  Corey Fischer
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/9/1971  4.  Edith Writes a Song
Archie buys a gun to protect his family, but a pair of burglars hold the family at bay with Archie's own pistol.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Lee Kalcheim 
Guest starring:  Cleavon Little, Demond Wilson
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/16/1971  5.  Flashback: Mike Meets Archie
On the Stivic's first wedding anniversary, the family recalls the day Archie and Michael met.
Director:  John Rich  / Paul Wayne  Writer:  Rob Reiner  /  Michael Ross  / Paul Wayne  / Phil Mishkin 
Guest starring:  Allan MelvinKen Lynch, Kelly Houser,  Corey Fischer
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/30/1971  6.  The Election Story
Mike and Gloria campaign for the liberal candidate in a local election, while Archie places himself in the opposing camp.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Michael Ross  / Bernie West 
Guest starring:  Barbara Cason, Robert Gibbons, Frank Whiteman,  Isabel Sanford
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/6/1971  7.  Edith's Accident
A priest pays a call to reward Edith's honesty for leaving a note on his car after she accidentally dents it with a large can of clind peaches.
Director:  John Rich  / Helen August  / Tom August  Writer:  Michael Ross  / Bernie West 
Guest starring:  Barnard Hughes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/13/1971  8.  The Blockbuster
An unscrupulous black real-estate salesman tempts Archie to sell his house to a black family at an inflated price.
Director:  John Rich  / Austin Kalish  / Irma Kalish  / Alan J. Levitt  Writer:  Michael Ross  / Austin Kalish  / Irma Kalish  / Phil Mishkin 
Guest starring:  Peggy Rea
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/20/1971  9.  Mike's Problem
Gloria is upset when Mike's nervousness over his grades causes him to become temporarily impotent.
Director:  John Rich  / Austin Kalish  / Irma Kalish  / Alan J. Levitt  Writer:  Michael Ross  / Austin Kalish  / Irma Kalish  / Phil Mishkin 
Guest starring:  Brendan Dillon
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/27/1971  10.  The Insurance Is Canceled
Archie lays off a Puerto Rican worker during a cut back at the dock; and his homeowner's policy is canceled when his neighborhood is redlined as a bad risk.
Director:  John Rich  / Lee Kalcheim  Writer:  Lee Kalcheim  /  Michael Ross  / Bernie West 
Guest starring:  Phil Proctor, Rafael Campos
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/4/1971  11.  The Man in the Street
Archie Bunker is the voice of the American working man when his man-on-the-street interview is scheduled to appear on Walter Cronkite's Evening News.
Director:  John Rich  / Paul Harrison  / Lennie Weinrib  Writer:  Paul Harrison  /  Don Nicholl  / Lennie Weinrib 
Guest starring:  Jack Griffin, Neil J. Schwartz
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/11/1971  12.  Cousin Maude's Visit
Everyone in the family is sick, so Edith calls Cousin Maude to help out.
Director:  John Rich  / Paul Harrison  / Lennie Weinrib  / Phil Mishkin  Writer:  Paul Harrison  /  Don Nicholl  /  Michael Ross  / Lennie Weinrib 
Guest starring:  Beatrice Arthur
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/18/1971  13.  Christmas Day at the Bunkers'
Archie casts a pall on the family's Yuletide spirit when he complains that he was passed over for this year's Christmas bonus.
Director:  John Rich  / Phil Mishkin  Writer:  Don Nicholl  /  Michael Ross  / Phil Mishkin  / Bernie West 
Guest starring:  Beatrice Arthur
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/1/1972  14.  The Elevator Story
Archie gets caught in an elevator, along with a pregant Puerto Rican and her husband, an aging hippie, and an erudite black businessman.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Burt Styler  / Alan J. Levitt 
Guest starring:  Roscoe Lee BrowneEileen BrennanHector Elizondo, Edith Diaz
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/8/1972  15.  Edith's Problem
Edith is suddenly moody and irritable with the approach of menopause.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Burt Styler  / Alan J. Levitt 
Guest starring:  Roscoe Lee BrowneEileen BrennanHector Elizondo, Edith Diaz
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/15/1972  16.  Archie and the FBI
Archie's paranoia during a mysterious government investigation drives him to betray a long-standing friendship.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Susan Harris  /  Michael Ross  / Bernie West 
Guest starring:  Graham Jarvis, Jon Korkes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/22/1972  17.  Mike's Mysterious Son
An old girlfriend of Mike's suddenly arrives at the Bunkers' with a four-year-old boy who she claims is his son.
Director:  John Rich  / Henry Garson  Writer:  Don Nicholl  / Phil Mishkin  / Warren S. Murray 
Guest starring:  Marcia RoddStephen Manley
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/29/1972  18.  Archie Sees a Mugging
Archie refuses to get involed with the police, even though he's the only witness to a neighborhood mugging.
Director:  John Rich  / Henry Garson  Writer:  Don Nicholl  / Phil Mishkin  / Warren S. Murray 
Guest starring:  Jack Somack, Val Bisoglio,  Frank CampanellaBill Macy
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/5/1972  19.  Archie and Edith, Alone
The Bunkers are alone for eight days while Mike and Gloria are spending a week at a commune.
Writer:  Don Nicholl  /  Lee Kalcheim  / Bernie West 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/12/1972  20.  Edith Gets a Mink
Archie is too proud to let Edith accept a mink stolen from her cousin Amelia, until he sees a chance to make a three-hundred-dollar profit.
Director:  John Rich  / Elias Davis  / Dave Pollack  Writer:  Don Nicholl  / Elias Davis  / Dave Pollack 
Guest starring:  Rae AllenRichard A. Dysart
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/19/1972  21.  Sammy's Visit
One of the classic episodes in the series, Sammy Davis Jr. plays himself, a passenger in Archie's taxi cab who has inadvertently left his briefcase behind. Arrangements are made to retrieve the briefcase at the Bunker house. As usual, Archie displays his ignorance and bigotry, but Sammy plays along. Before Sammy has to leave, Munson decides to have the two pose for a picture. HE KISSES ARCHIE!!! Archie is too astonished to say anything.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Bill Dana 
Guest starring:  Sammy Davis Jr., Fay DeWitt, Keri Shuttleton
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/26/1972  22.  Edith the Judge
Edith arbitrates a dispute between Archie and the irate proprietor of a laundromat.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Lee Kalcheim 
Guest starring:  Jack Weston
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/4/1972  23.  Archie Is Jealous
Archie is disturbed to discover Edith once spent an entire weekend with an old beau.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Rod Parker 
Guest starring:  Brendan Dillon
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/11/1972  24.  Maude
Archie and Edith visit Maude's house for Carol's wedding to David Green, a Jewish man. Archie doesn't want to go, and Carol doesn't want him there. Archie is invited to the bachelor party, but declines the invitation, and ends up staying at the hotel, where the bachelor party is held (which he doesn't know). Archie calls the police because the party is too loud. Edith stays for the bridal shower. After David and Walter return from the bachelor party, David and Carol fight over their differences in opinion regarding women's roles. The wedding is off, much to Maude's dismay.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Rod Parker 
Guest starring:  Beatrice ArthurBill MacyMarcia RoddBob Dishy, Bernie West
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Series All In The Family
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
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