tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post7771789371135372440..comments2024-01-29T01:32:16.780-07:00Comments on 704 Houser Street: Of Straw and MenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-87058312291272238302014-07-05T13:15:09.398-06:002014-07-05T13:15:09.398-06:00Denny Crane was also a consolidation of all things...Denny Crane was also a consolidation of all things wrong with conservatives and right wingers. Same approach, same goals, same outcome.<br /><br />I almost feel sorry for Lear, being so angry at his dad he wants to mock a parody if him on national tv.John Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01077793417700366871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-25971551425422332502014-07-04T16:59:58.809-06:002014-07-04T16:59:58.809-06:00Carroll O'Conner was an outstanding method act...Carroll O'Conner was an outstanding method actor. He mimicked several New Yorkers to come up with Archie. The show writers wanted the dialog to be "realistic" so O'Conner got to say things the way that fit the character. That made Archie very believable, but it also limited the amount of damaging remarks they could put into his mouth.Res Ipsanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-5606215853357854382014-07-04T10:32:01.369-06:002014-07-04T10:32:01.369-06:00I think Norman Lear was shocked that his show back...I think Norman Lear was shocked that his show backfired that badly on him. I don't believe that the libs at that time understood how America felt about all of the garbage that the libs were partaking in.<br /><br />I just loved Archie and his "everyman" way of looking at life. Sometimes he got a smack down, but most times, he came out ahead of the Meathead.Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-36691496657586352762014-07-02T12:38:51.491-06:002014-07-02T12:38:51.491-06:00We've said for years that the only reason &quo...We've said for years that the only reason "AITF" was on TV was to show conservatives in the worst light possible.<br /><br />Thanks for an excellent re-cap of what the show was really all about.Master Doh-Sanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08253282508454605041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-15153142361302808472014-07-02T11:06:41.493-06:002014-07-02T11:06:41.493-06:00Lear admitted latter in life that Archie was based...Lear admitted latter in life that Archie was based on his father. Which leads me to believe that part of the character was based on Lear's revisionism of his relationship with his dad.<br /><br />The audience was never supposed to like Archie. Michael was meant to be the hero of the show. The public loved Archie, and Michael reminded them of the smart aleck, self righteous kid who never appreciated how great he had it, or who made things that way. Michael was banging Archie's daughter, living in his house, eating his food and nit picking everything Archie said or thought. Every dad in America was on Archie's side, no matter what he thought about Puerto Ricans.Res Ipsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433725505878267643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22583491.post-1844850359969722282014-07-02T08:24:37.579-06:002014-07-02T08:24:37.579-06:00Being hit in the butt with shrapnel means you were...Being hit in the butt with shrapnel means you were close enough to where artillery was falling to feel it. "Hit in the but" is not a "near miss". It is a wound and but for a lucky break in the wind, might have been fatal. It was a matter of inches. Pure luck. <br /><br />Fully 2/3 of the US military during WW2 were never even that close to artillery falling.<br /><br />Minimizing the valor of the whole generation, indeed. <br /><br />Leer should have based Bunker on a more believable character... John F-ing Kerry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com