Vincent Wanders Aimlessly · @VincentWandersAimlessly
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Will McKinley · @willmckinley
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Tonight in 1971 — #IsabelSanford made her debut as Louise Jefferson on #AllInTheFamily
"I did Louise patterned after me, like I was with my husband."
#OnThisDay #TheJeffersons #ClassicTV #1970sTV #1970s #Nostalgia
#nostalgia #1970s #1970stv #classictv #thejeffersons #onthisday #AllInTheFamily #isabelsanford
Cantara Christopher · @cantara
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#TheGreatAmericanSongbook #AllIntheFamily One last post before I go get Mister Grumble his beer (really) and start dinner. Is this not the sweetest, tenderest version of the Carmichael-Loesser standard "Two Sleepy People" you have ever heard? (And in one part worth a laugh out loud.) Carroll O'Connor>Archie Bunker+Jean Stapleton>Edith Bunker. From the (of course) once-novelty-now-collectible 1973 vinyl album, Archie & Edith Side by Side. https://bit.ly/carmichael3
#thegreatamericansongbook #AllInTheFamily
Will McKinley · @willmckinley
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“The purpose was to make people laugh, but we’re also going to make them think.”
— #BudYorkin (1926–2015)
#NormanLear’s producing partner on groundbreaking 1970s sitcoms like #AllInTheFamily would have been 97 today.
#1970stv #1970s #classictv #bornonthisday #AllInTheFamily #normanlear #budyorkin
Will McKinley · @willmckinley
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"My greatest achievement? Just making it. That's the hardest thing, coming from where I came from."
#ShermanHemsley (1938–2012) would have been 85 today.
#BornOnThisDay #TheJeffersons #AllInTheFamily #Amen #ClassicTV #1970sTV #1970s #Nostalgia
#nostalgia #1970s #1970stv #classictv #amen #AllInTheFamily #thejeffersons #bornonthisday #shermanhemsley
Will McKinley · @willmckinley
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#ZaraCully (1892–1978) was #BornOnThisDay.
She originated the role of Mother Jefferson on #AllInTheFamily in 1974 at age 82 — and continued on the spinoff until her death in 1978.
#1970stv #1970s #thejeffersons #classictv #onthisday #AllInTheFamily #bornonthisday #zaracully
Will McKinley · @willmckinley
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"There's nothing like humor to burst what seems to be an enormous problem."
— #JeanStapleton (1923–2013)
The three-time Emmy winner would have been 100 today.
#1970stv #1970s #AllInTheFamily #classictv #bornonthisday #jeanstapleton
Will McKinley · @willmckinley
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Tonight in 1971 — #AllInTheFamily debuted on CBS.
#CarrollOConnor and #JeanStapleton Bunker first played Archie and Edith in 1968!
It took producer #NormanLear 3 years (and 3 pilot episodes) to sell the show.
#nostalgia #1970stv #1970s #classictv #onthisday #normanlear #jeanstapleton #carrolloconnor #AllInTheFamily
Will McKinley · @willmckinley
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Today in 1975 — George and Louise Jefferson "moved on up to the East Side" of Manhattan on #AllInTheFamily.
The spinoff #TheJeffersons premiered a week later!
#OnThisDay #ClassicTV #1970s #1970sTV #ShermanHemsley #IsabelSanford
#isabelsanford #shermanhemsley #1970stv #1970s #classictv #onthisday #thejeffersons #AllInTheFamily
Steven Capsuto - Alt. Channels · @StevenCapsuto
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ALL IN THE FAMILY: "Edith's Crisis of Faith - Part 2" - 12/25/1977, CBS
In this episode of the controversial 1970s sitcom, Edith is in mourning and questions her faith in God after the murder of her friend Beverly LaSalle, who was killed by queerbashers in the previous episode.
Beverly (a drag performer played by drag artiste Lori Shannon) appeared on ALL IN THE FAMILY in 1975-77 and the scripts were vague about Beverly's identity. Originally written as an implicitly gay "female impersonator," by 1977 Beverly seemed really uncomfortable in men's clothes and many viewers read the character as a trans woman, though he preferred male pronouns. It was all rather muddy.
ALL IN THE FAMILY was based on the popular British sitcom TILL DEATH US DO PART.
#lgbtq #queer #AllInTheFamily #normanlear #mediastudies
Will McKinley · @willmckinley
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Tonight in 1973 — Irene Lorenzo challenged Archie Bunker to a game of pool.
#BettyGarrett (1919–2011) won a Golden Globe for #AllInTheFamily in 1974.
The star of #OnTheTown (1949) and other #ClassicFilm musicals was also a survivor of the Hollywood Blacklist.
#nostalgia #1970stv #1970s #classictv #classicfilm #onthetown #AllInTheFamily #bettygarrett
Will McKinley · @willmckinley
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Tonight in 1971 — #BeaArthur made her debut as Maude on #AllInTheFamily.
“We were three days into rehearsal when I knew I would hear from [CBS Head of Programming] Fred Silverman ‘Let’s do a show with this woman.’” — #NormanLear
#nostalgia #1970stv #1970s #onthisday #classictv #normanlear #AllInTheFamily #beaarthur
Martin de Boer :mastodon: · @MartinDeBoer
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Vandaag mijn #herhaalprik gehaald bij de GGD. Toegediend door mijn eigen Wilma. #AllInTheFamily
Martin de Boer :mastodon: · @MartinDeBoer
81 followers · 96 posts · Server mstdn.socialVandaag mijn #herhaalprik gehaald bij de GGD. Toegediend door mijn eigen Wilma. #AllInTheFamily
Martin de Boer :mastodon: · @MartinDeBoer
52 followers · 54 posts · Server mstdn.socialVandaag mijn #herhaalprik gehaald bij de GGD. Toegediend door mijn eigen vrouw. #AllInTheFamily
Will McKinley · @willmckinley
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#PaulBogart (1919–2012) was #BornOnThisDay.
He directed more #AllInTheFamily episodes than anyone else — and won an Emmy for the unforgettable "Edith's 50th Birthday."
Other credits: #GetSmart, #Alice, #TheGoldenGirls and films like #TorchSongTrilogy (1988)
#1970stv #1970s #classictv #torchsongtrilogy #thegoldengirls #alice #GetSmart #AllInTheFamily #bornonthisday #paulbogart