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Dave Groom's avatar

Our tv set was located in the basement downstairs. Furniture in the “entertainment room” consisted of a six-foot long sofa - with blown out cushions, foam exposed - all five family members packed in like sardines. The CBS Saturday evening program lineup was our highly anticipated viewing night of the week with All in the Family our favorite program amongst the network’s stellar lineup. It took a special kind of humor to elicit a laugh from Dad, but Norman Lear/Carol O’Connor never failed to do it. To this day, I associate Rob Reiner with Meathead and a certain character type that continues to live on in our world. There are far fewer Archies. Only those that grew up in the Depression would have understood the theme song lyrics. I had to look them up last year. What a time!

Alyosha's avatar

Those were the days…

Andy Fately's avatar

my father, who only watched the news and golf on TV, watched All in the Family. It was truly groundbreaking.

Victor Adair's avatar

Hey JJ: I planned to congratulate you on your "void" comments, which were excellent. (A sign on my wall says "wait for a good location before entering,") but then I clicked on your link to "Archie," and I laughed so much that I forgot about markets. God bless Mr. Bunker and all his family.

Brian Clavin's avatar

To your ABunker clip….* (Had totally forgotten about him! Legend.)

“Politics is the Entertainment Arm of the Military Industrial Complex.“ Frank Zappa.

RIP Frank….

Andy Fately's avatar

in FX, we talk about pockets of illiquidity, your voids, but then FX guys were never smart enough to name things well :)

Jonathan Davis's avatar

Thanks for your explanations on POC JJ !

Enjoy your evening,

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