Archie Bunker's Place
| Archie Bunker's Place | |
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| Based on | Till Death Us Do Part created by Johnny Speight |
| Starring |
Carroll O'Connor Jean Stapleton Martin Balsam Danielle Brisebois Allan Melvin Denise Miller Jason Wingreen Barbara Meek Bill Quinn Anne Meara Barry Gordon |
| Opening theme | "Those Were the Days" by Lee Adams and Charles Strouse (Ray Conniff instrumental version) |
| Ending theme | "Remembering You" by Roger Kellaway and Carroll O'Connor (Ray Conniff instrumental version) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 97 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Tandem Productions The O'Connor-Becker Company (1979-1980) UGO Productions Inc. (1980-1983) |
| Distributor |
Columbia Pictures Television Columbia TriStar Television Sony Pictures Television (Currently) |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 23, 1979 – April 4, 1983 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | All in the Family |
| Followed by |
Gloria 704 Hauser |
| Related shows |
Maude The Jeffersons Good Times Checking In |
Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom produced as a spin-off and continuation of All in the Family that aired on CBS from September 23, 1979 to April 4, 1983. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience to last for four seasons, until its cancellation in 1983. In its first season, the show performed so well that it knocked Mork & Mindy out of its new Sunday night time slot (a year earlier, during its first season, Mork & Mindy had been the No. 3 show on television).
Archie Bunker's Place continued from All in the Family. Although the Bunker home, the primary setting for the original series, was featured, the new series was primarily set in the titular neighborhood tavern in Astoria, Queens which Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) purchased in the eighth-season premiere of All in the Family. During the premiere of Archie Bunker's Place, Bunker takes on a Jewish partner, Murray Klein (Martin Balsam), when co-owner Harry Snowden decides to sell his share of the business. Early in the first season, to increase business, Archie and Murray build a restaurant onto the bar; the additions include a separate seating area for the restaurant and a well-equipped kitchen with a service window. The regular patrons include Barney Hefner, Hank Pivnik, and Edgar Van Ranseleer.
Archie Bunker's Place was the sounding board for Archie's views, support from his friends, and Murray's counterpoints. Later in the series, after Murray remarries and leaves for San Francisco, Archie finds a new business partner, Gary Rabinowitz (Barry Gordon), whose views were liberal, in contrast to Archie's political conservatism.
Unlike All in the Family's first eight seasons, Archie Bunker's Place was not videotaped before a live audience, with the exception of a few select episodes (including "Thanksgiving Reunion"). Instead, the show was shot on a closed set with multiple cameras, with the best takes being edited together. The finished product was then shown to live audiences attending tapings of One Day at a Time, thus providing real laughter for the show.
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