Archie Bunker

Archie Bunker was a fictional character in the long-running and top-rated American television sitcom All in the Family. He was a reactionary, bigoted blue-collar worker played to acclaim by Carroll O'Connor. In 1979 the show was retooled and renamed Archie Bunker?s Place, finally going off the air in 1983. Bunker lived in the borough of Queens in New York City. TV Guide once named Archie TV's greatest character of all time.

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Archie's opposition to the Klan upset several watchdog groups, who were believed the show shouldn't have "humanized" a racist and believed that Archie should be kept thoroughly unlikable.

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Such was the name recognition and societal influence of the Bunker character that by 1972 commentators were discussing the "Archie Bunker vote" (i.e., the voting bloc comprised of urban, white, working-class men) in that year's presidential election; in the same year, there was a significant parody election campaign, complete with T-shirts and bumper stickers, advocating "Archie Bunker for President." The term "Archie Bunker-ism," or just "Archie-ism," was also coined during the show's run to refer to the many malapropisms that Bunker used on the series.

Related Topics:
1972 - Presidential election - Bumper sticker - Malapropisms

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