All in the Family - The Complete Third Season

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Summary: Bunkermania continues!
Review: The 1972-73 season of All In The Family,the sitcom's third,brought an addition to the cast. Sherman Hemsley is George Jefferson,wife of Louise(Isabel Sanford) and son of Lionel(Mike Evans). George is also the brother of Henry who was seen since the first season. It seems that George and Louise reconciled after a separation. George is a bigot like his brother and Archie Bunker(the late Carroll O'Connor). We hear George mention the word "honky",in reference to caucasians. We also welcome Betty Garrett and the late Vincent Gardenia as Irene and Frank Lorenzo,also neighbors of the Bunkers. Frank cooks and Irene repairs. Gardenia was seen in a first season episode as Jim Bowman who sold his home to the Jeffersons.

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Summary: Bunker=King Of The Hill
Review: The third season of the groundbreaking 70's sit-com All In The Family really hit its stride in tackling taboo subjects for television.

Creator Norman Lear and his writing staff walked a fine line in getting their message across and making us laugh. Bigoted working clsss everyman Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) is flawed to the Nth degree but O'Connor nuanced portrayal made him sympathetic at the same time. His wife Edith (Jean Stapleton) really came into her own as a character in the Flips Her Wig episode. Politics was mentioned as the country prepared to vote in the Nixon/McGovern race more than once. Neighbors The Jeffersons were brought into focus more as their son Lionel (Mike Evans) Steps Out with Archie's neice. We also see in a funny and touching two parter how Mike the "meathead" (Rob Reiner) and Gloria (Sally Struthers) tied the knot in Mike And Gloria's Wedding, co-written by Reiner. The Bunkers And The Swingers features guest star and future Maude/Golden Girl regular Rue McClanahan

The third season DVD box set features all 24 episodes. But like the previous sets, other than a booklet featuring episode summaries, there are no extras There's plenty of archival stuff out there at least. It would have been nice to include something else on the discs. After all, the show that broke new ground for tv sit-coms deserves a bit better. Nonetheless, the set is recommended, especially for fans of the show.

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Summary: Fancy
Review: This is awesome, I didn't even get it yet but I know I will love it for I do have the first two seasons and there is nothing I hate about them and I know there will be "Just Noting I Hate About This One" it's great.

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Summary: Why so SLOW
Review: Why is it that All In The Family DVD's are releasing so slow and others like Sanford and Son, and MASH are up to season 5 and 6 and All In The Family is up to season three only. Someone is not doing there job at Columbia Tristar. So Columbia Tristar im waiting for the rest of the seasons i will buy them in a heart beat.

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Summary: Everyone Loves Archie
Review: Yes, Everyone Loves Raymond can't hold a candle to All in the Family...from ANY of the 9 seasons. If you are some young kiddo who has never seen an episode of All in the Family, please try to catch it. This 3rd installment in the series took TOO LONG to get to the market and doesnt have enough extras. Why doesnt Sally Struthers do commentary? You figure she would have the time. The shows look and sound great. The 'subtitle' option is hilarious with the way they represent Archie's 'Bunkerisms'. I will buy all the seasons when they eventually come out. This show should be run on prime time network television to remind everyone what QUALITY really means.