There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue.
Families in which nothing is ever discussed usually have a lot not to discuss.
The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.
The left ask people to believe that there is no conflict between feminism and the family.
I just thought it was unconscionable for the Congress to insert itself into this debate. We are particularly unqualified to make that decision and to intrude ourselves into the lives of this family.
It was always inevitable that if you get serious trouble in any family then everybody's inclined to look at the head of that family and see if they see any cause or reason to associate it with the head of the, head of the family, why it should be.
I was not very keen on joining the family business... there were 14 family members working together, and it worried me that I would not have enough individuality.
I don't understand that, because I think that what people like most about the show is that they recognize themselves in the characters and their problems, so the more believable the family is, the more we can draw the audience in.
I went into the family business. To me, it was the norm and not the exception.
I think the family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on.