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  • And if the morale of many American men is eroding and depression is paying more visits at noonday, it isn’t because sitcom buffoons such as Archie Bunker, Homer Simpson, and Married … with Children’s Al Bundy have subverted the affable authority of Robert Young in Father Knows Best, ushering in nihilism.

    Men Evolving Badly Wolcott, James 2008

  • Archie Bunker was right to be skeptical of his son-in-law's opinions.

    Sociology and Other 'Meathead' Majors Harvey Mansfield 2011

  • He decided to do that by creating a tabloid newspaper that would play to the inner "Alf Garnett" the British TV sitcom character that was the direct inspiration for the Archie Bunker character that he reasoned was inside every working-class Englishman.

    Martin Lewis: Murdoch Most Foul Martin Lewis 2011

  • He decided to do that by creating a tabloid newspaper that would play to the inner "Alf Garnett" the British TV sitcom character that was the direct inspiration for the Archie Bunker character that he reasoned was inside every working-class Englishman.

    Martin Lewis: Murdoch Most Foul Martin Lewis 2011

  • Spin-offs and spin-off of spin-offs that still took place in the Bunker universe include Maude, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Archie Bunker's Place, Gloria, Checking In, and 704 Hauser even the house got its own show.

    Michael Giltz: DVDs: Law & Order's Record-Breaking Boxed Set Michael Giltz 2011

  • That great American democrat Archie Bunker used to call his son-in-law "Meathead" for his fatuous opinions, and Meathead was a graduate student in sociology.

    Sociology and Other 'Meathead' Majors Harvey Mansfield 2011

  • It sports a 718 area code, and that makes me feel like Spike Lee , Archie Bunker and Barbra Streisand rolled up in one.

    Attaining Area Code Chic Anne Kadet 2011

  • But far from rejecting Americana, Mr. Kennedy, who died Friday at age 85, redoubled the museum's collections of pop culture, including Archie Bunker's favorite chair, Dorothy's ruby slippers and Muhammad Ali's boxing gloves.

    His Innovations Got Americans Talking About Their History Stephen Miller 2011

  • All in the Family is just as offensive and funny as Curb is, and since it has been off the air for 30 years a whole new generation can be offended by Archie Bunker.

    Kris LoPresto: Bigger Bang Theory: Replace Newly Syndicated Shows With Classics Kris LoPresto 2011

  • Spin-offs and spin-off of spin-offs that still took place in the Bunker universe include Maude, The Jeffersons, Good Times, Archie Bunker's Place, Gloria, Checking In, and 704 Hauser even the house got its own show.

    Michael Giltz: DVDs: Law & Order's Record-Breaking Boxed Set Michael Giltz 2011

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