(Surprising) Facts You Didn’t Know About ‘All in the Family’

Published on 08/17/2017
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The Rural Purge

During this era, there were a lot (like, a lot) of western-type television shows on air. However once that phase burned out, due to CBS’s Royal Purge, a lot of new programs were ordered – ergo All in the Family was born.

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Paging Harrison Ford

Michael Stivic, the stubborn Polish-American hippie with progressive social values – or as we like to call him, the polar opposite of Archie Bunker. Well, Harrison Ford was actually sought out for the role, but he turned it down.

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