All In The Family: Season 2
Columbia TriStar (1971)
Comedy
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043396004054
IMDB   8.5
8 hr 48 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Carroll O'Connor Archie Bunker
Jean Stapleton Edith Bunker
Rob Reiner Michael Stivic
Sally Struthers Gloria Bunker-Stivic
Mike Evans Lionel Jefferson
Sherman Hemsley George Jefferson
Isabel Sanford Louise Jefferson
Mel Stewart Henry Jefferson
Jr. Sammy Davis Himself
Vincent Gardenia Frank Lorenzo
Liz Torres Theresa Betencourt
Betty Garrett Irene Lorenzo
Danielle Brisebois Stephanie Mills
Danny Dayton Hank Pivnik
Director
Paul Bogart
Bud Yorkin
Producer Lou Derman
Brigit Jensen
Writer Norman Lear
Johnny Speight


All in the Family was first seen in January of 1971 and immediately changed the face of television. Not only was this the number one television series from 1971 through 1976, but it also signified an avalanche of other situation comedies that dealt with controversial subjects in realistic ways, including Chico and the Man, The Jeffersons, Maude, Good Times and Sanford and Son. The series centered around the Bunker family who lived in a home located at 704 Houser Street in Queens, New York. Archie Bunker was the main character, and what a character he was. He was televisons most famous bigot, crass and down right rude. Yet he was loveable, with a soft side just beneath the surface. Edith Bunker was his somewhat dizzy wife whom he called "Dingbat". Edith put up with Archie and had qualities about her that made her one of television's most unforgetable characters. Also living in the Bunker household were Archie and Edith's daughter, Gloria, and her husband Mike, or "Meathead".
Episodes
 0 hr 30 mins    9/18/1971  1.  Gloria Poses In The Nude
Archie is incensed when his sponging cousin Oscar has the nerve to drop dead in the upstairs bedroom.
Director:  John Rich  / Burt Styler  Writer:  Norman Lear  / Burt Styler  / Michael Ross 
Guest starring:  Will B. Able, Jack Grimes,  Peggy Rea, Connie Sawyer, William Benedict,  M. Emmet Walsh
 0 hr 30 mins    9/25/1971  2.  The Saga Of Cousin Oscar
Mike has second thoughts after he agrees to let Gloria pose as a nude model for one of his artist friends.
Director:  John Rich  / Burt Styler  Writer:  Norman Lear  / Michael Ross 
Guest starring:  David Soul
 0 hr 30 mins    10/2/1971  3.  Flashback: Mike Meets Archie
Archie suffers his ultimate indignity when he's arrested along with a group of radicals at a a protest rally.
Director:  John Rich  / Paul Wayne  Writer:  Michael Ross  / Paul Wayne  / Rob Reiner 
Guest starring:  Allan Melvin, Ken Lynch, Kelly Houser, Corey Fischer
 0 hr 30 mins    10/9/1971  4.  Edith Writes A Song
Archie buys a gun to protect his family, but a pair of burglars hold the family at bay with Archie's own pistol.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Lee Kalcheim 
Guest starring:  Cleavon Little, Demond Wilson
 0 hr 30 mins    10/16/1971  5.  Archie And The Lock-Up
On the Stivic's first wedding anniversary, the family recalls the day Archie and Michael met.
Director:  John Rich  / Paul Wayne  Writer:  Rob Reiner  / Phil Mishkin  / Michael Ross 
Guest starring:  Allan Melvin, Ken Lynch, Kelly Houser, Corey Fischer
 0 hr 30 mins    10/30/1971  6.  The Election Story
Mike and Gloria campaign for the liberal candidate in a local election, while Archie places himself in the opposing camp.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Michael Ross  / Bernie West 
Guest starring:  Barbara Cason, Robert Gibbons, Frank Whiteman,  Isabel Sanford
 0 hr 30 mins    11/6/1971  7.  Edith's Accident
A priest pays a call to reward Edith's honesty for leaving a note on his car after she accidentally dents it with a large can of clind peaches.
Director:  John Rich  / Helen August  Writer:  Michael Ross  / Bernie West 
Guest starring:  Barnard Hughes
 0 hr 30 mins    11/13/1971  8.  Mike's Problem
An unscrupulous black real-estate salesman tempts Archie to sell his house to a black family at an inflated price.
Director:  John Rich  / Austin Kalish  Writer:  Michael Ross  / Austin Kalish 
Guest starring:  Peggy Rea
 0 hr 30 mins    11/20/1971  9.  The Blockbuster
Gloria is upset when Mike's nervousness over his grades causes him to become temporarily impotent.
Director:  John Rich  / Alan J. Levitt  / Austin Kalish  Writer:  Phil Mishkin  / Alan J. Levitt  / Michael Ross  / Austin Kalish 
Guest starring:  Brendan Dillon
 0 hr 30 mins    11/27/1971  10.  The Insurance Is Canceled
Archie lays off a Puerto Rican worker during a cut back at the dock; and his homeowner's policy is canceled when his neighborhood is redlined as a bad risk.
Director:  John Rich  / Lee Kalcheim  Writer:  Lee Kalcheim  / Michael Ross 
Guest starring:  Phil Proctor, Rafael Campos
 0 hr 30 mins    12/4/1971  11.  Christmas Day At The Bunkers
Archie Bunker is the voice of the American working man when his man-on-the-street interview is scheduled to appear on Walter Cronkite's Evening News.
Director:  John Rich  / Paul Harrison  Writer:  Paul Harrison  / Don Nicholl 
Guest starring:  Jack Griffin, Neil J. Schwartz
 0 hr 30 mins    12/11/1971  12.  The Man In The Street
Everyone in the family is sick, so Edith calls Cousin Maude to help out.
Director:  John Rich  / Phil Mishkin  / Paul Harrison  Writer:  Michael Ross  / Phil Mishkin  / Paul Harrison  / Don Nicholl 
Guest starring:  Beatrice Arthur
 0 hr 30 mins    12/18/1971  13.  Cousin Maude's Visit
Archie casts a pall on the family's Yuletide spirit when he complains that he was passed over for this year's Christmas bonus.
Director:  John Rich  / Phil Mishkin  Writer:  Don Nicholl  / Michael Ross 
Guest starring:  Beatrice Arthur
 0 hr 30 mins    1/1/1972  14.  Edith's Problem
Archie gets caught in an elevator, along with a pregant Puerto Rican and her husband, an aging hippie, and an erudite black businessman.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Alan J. Levitt  / Burt Styler 
Guest starring:  Roscoe Lee BrowneEileen BrennanHector Elizondo, Edith Diaz
 0 hr 30 mins    1/8/1972  15.  The Elevator Story
Edith is suddenly moody and irritable with the approach of menopause.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Burt Styler  / Alan J. Levitt 
Guest starring:  Roscoe Lee BrowneEileen BrennanHector Elizondo, Edith Diaz
 0 hr 30 mins    1/15/1972  16.  Archie And The FBI
Archie's paranoia during a mysterious government investigation drives him to betray a long-standing friendship.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Susan Harris  / Michael Ross 
Guest starring:  Graham Jarvis, Jon Korkes
 0 hr 30 mins    1/22/1972  17.  Archie Sees A Mugging
An old girlfriend of Mike's suddenly arrives at the Bunkers' with a four-year-old boy who she claims is his son.
Director:  John Rich  / Henry Garson  Writer:  Warren S. Murray  / Don Nicholl  / Phil Mishkin 
Guest starring:  Marcia Rodd, Stephen Manley
 0 hr 30 mins    1/29/1972  18.  Mike's Mysterious Son
Archie refuses to get involed with the police, even though he's the only witness to a neighborhood mugging.
Director:  John Rich  / Henry Garson  Writer:  Don Nicholl  / Phil Mishkin 
Guest starring:  Jack Somack,  Val Bisoglio, Frank Campanella,  Bill Macy
 0 hr 30 mins    2/5/1972  19.  Archie And Edith Alone
The Bunkers are alone for eight days while Mike and Gloria are spending a week at a commune.
Writer:  Don Nicholl  / Lee Kalcheim 
 0 hr 30 mins    2/12/1972  20.  Edith Gets A Mink
Archie is too proud to let Edith accept a mink stolen from her cousin Amelia, until he sees a chance to make a three-hundred-dollar profit.
Director:  John Rich  / Elias Davis  Writer:  Don Nicholl  / Elias Davis 
Guest starring:  Rae Allen,  Richard A. Dysart
 0 hr 30 mins    2/19/1972  21.  Sammy's Visit
One of the classic episodes in the series, Sammy Davis Jr. plays himself, a passenger in Archie's taxi cab who has inadvertently left his briefcase behind. Arrangements are made to retrieve the briefcase at the Bunker house. As usual, Archie displays his ignorance and bigotry, but Sammy plays along. Before Sammy has to leave, Munson decides to have the two pose for a picture. HE KISSES ARCHIE!!! Archie is too astonished to say anything.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Bill Dana 
Guest starring:  Sammy Davis Jr., Fay DeWitt, Keri Shuttleton
 0 hr 30 mins    2/26/1972  22.  Edith, The Judge
Edith arbitrates a dispute between Archie and the irate proprietor of a laundromat.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Lee Kalcheim 
Guest starring:  Jack Weston
 0 hr 30 mins    3/4/1972  23.  Archie Is Jealous
Archie is disturbed to discover Edith once spent an entire weekend with an old beau.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Rod Parker 
Guest starring:  Brendan Dillon
 0 hr 30 mins    3/11/1972  24.  Maude
Archie and Edith visit Maude's house for Carol's wedding to David Green, a Jewish man. Archie doesn't want to go, and Carol doesn't want him there. Archie is invited to the bachelor party, but declines the invitation, and ends up staying at the hotel, where the bachelor party is held (which he doesn't know). Archie calls the police because the party is too loud. Edith stays for the bridal shower. After David and Walter return from the bachelor party, David and Carol fight over their differences in opinion regarding women's roles. The wedding is off, much to Maude's dismay.
Director:  John Rich  Writer:  Rod Parker 
Guest starring:  Beatrice ArthurBill Macy, Marcia Rodd,  Bob Dishy, Bernie West
Edition Details
Series All In The Family
Distributor Sony Pictures
Release Date 2/4/2003
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English; English (Closed Captioned); Spanish
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Mono [English]
Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 3

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