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That was the disclaimer that CBS ran prior to the very first episode of All in the Family. By making them a source of laughter, we hope to show-in a mature fashion-just how absurd they are.’’ It seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices, and concerns. After a few weeks of All in the Family being on the air, we couldn’t go over there anymore.‘‘The program you are about to see is All in the Family. We used to walk out the back door at CBS and go over to the farmers market to get lunch. Rob and I realized it within a few weeks. When did you realize All in the Family was a big hit? Carroll gave me advice, he laughed at my antics, he hugged me all the time - and he introduced me to my husband ! So I gained a father again by doing that show. Carroll and his wife, Nancy, turned out to be as parental with me as he was in the show.

I was still feeling bad and fatherless when I got this show. She didn’t think or say a single negative thing. A lot of that came from her religion as a Christian Scientist. To always be prepared and cooperative and positive. She was my living, breathing, example of what it’s like to be subtle as a human being - to not have to own the room, to just arrive and do the work. What do you remember most fondly about Jean? People who’ve seen them say that Rob and I finally had the right chemistry for Jean and Carroll.

I have never seen those two pilots, but I hear you can find them on YouTube. Rob and I were the third set of kids - Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton had made two other pilots before we went to CBS. We all revered one another because it was the perfect casting. We got along as beautifully as anyone could have ever hoped. I had been eating salad for five years and I finally got the entrée! They finally wrote stories about Mike and Gloria and gave me some meat. The writers also eventually gave me more to do by Gloria having a baby and Mike and Gloria moving next door. Michael expanded Gloria’s knowledge of the world, politics and her power as a woman. She had about three lines per show, which were like, “I’ll help you set the table, Ma,” or, “Daddy, stop it.” For the first five years, the writers didn’t know what to do with her. It must have been a challenge to play her!

ALL IN THE FAMILY EPISODES TV

The TV Shows of Norman Lear: 'All in the Family' and Much More He narrowed it down to four young ladies, and I was one of the final four. I had laryngitis that day, so my voice was raspy, but I guess it made him remember me. He said it was the role of the daughter, and he gave me a yelling scene. But I went to read for this man nobody knew, Norman Lear.

I was distraught! I adored Tim Conway and wondered what would happen to me next. She makes the show look cheap!” So I was let go. I should have been on all 13 weeks of it, but after the fifth show, the executives said, “Get rid of that dancer girl. I had just come off The Tim Conway Comedy Hour. Most often, performers don’t have a clue what the length of a job will be. When you were hired for All in the Family in 1971, did you have any idea the show would change your life? “Then the daughter will say, ‘No, she’s Babette!’ It’s so funny to see the generational thing happen.”

The mother will say, ‘Oh, we love you on All in the Family,’” Sally shares. Quite often I will get stopped by a family. This divorced mom of an adult daughter still works frequently in theater and other projects, but it’s her beloved television roles that fans remember the most fondly. She’s also worked as an advocate for the Save the Children charity and provided voices for animated series, including Dinosaurs and TaleSpin. In the decades since All in the Family went off the air, Sally, 73, became known to a new generation playing Babette on Gilmore Girls. “Time is a curious thing, and I can’t quite get a handle on how much time has passed.” “It feels like it happened 15 years ago, but it also feels like it happened a 100 years ago,” Sally, who won two Emmys for the show, exclusively tells Closer Weekly, on newsstands now. It’s been a whopping 50 years since All in the Family debuted, but Sally Struthers will always be remembered for playing Archie Bunker’s “little girl,” Gloria Stivic.

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