Weird Trivia

[Jon Gabriel]

I should have thought of this in the first place: imdb.com's trivia entry for AitF:

Trivia for "All in the Family" (1971)
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The US version of Johnny Speight's hit UK TV series, "Till Death Us Do Part" (1966).

Notoriously, the first toilet flush in prime time television was heard on this show.

Archie and Edith's easy-chairs are now on display at the Smithsonian.

With all of its spin-offs included, save "704 Hauser" (1994), All In The Family ran for fifteen straight years: "All In The Family" 1971-1979, "Maude" 1972-1978, "Good Times" 1974-1979, "The Jeffersons" 1975-1985, "Archie Bunker's Place" 1979-1983, "Checking In" 1981, "Gloria" 1982-1983.

During contract negotiations with Carroll O'Connor one season, the producers planned for Archie Bunker to be murdered at a convention if the negotiations failed.

Sally Struthers sued to get out of her contract in 1974.

Three pilots were shot for 'All in the Family,' the first under the title 'Justice for All,' the second under the title 'Those Were the Days,' and the third as 'All in the Family.' Different actors played the roles of Mike (original an Irish-American), Gloria, and Lionel in the first two. The family name was Justice, not Bunker. Meathead was called Dickie, not Michael, and he was originally Irish, not Polish.

Producer Norman Lear's original choice for Archie was Mickey Rooney

The New York City home whose exterior (only) was a stand-in for the Bunkers's TV house stands on Cooper Ave. near 89th St. in the Glendale section of the borough of Queens.

In 1979, the series was reformatted as _Archie Bunker's Place (1979)_ .

During the end credits, the line of "All in the Family was recorded on tape before a live audience" was spoken by: Bud Yorkin (1971), Rob Reiner (1972-1978), and Carroll O'Connor (1979).

The role of Mike Stivic was offered to Harrison Ford who turned down the part because he felt Archie Bunker's bigotry was too offensive

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