Archie Bunker, as Carol O'Connor plays, is a fascinating cultural pillar for American television. He was false, fact and eternal angry, confused by the social progress made in the United States in the 1970s. He often looked at the past and recalled how life was before; No wonder the thematic song of his show "All in the Family" was called "They were the days". The bunker was not a good person ... and yet he constantly showed vulnerability and heart. Nostalgia is good and good, but he may not want to use the past; It wasn't always better for everyone. No wonder what "Family Boy" regularly lamps "all in the family" With such a vote.

As "all in the family" progressed, the bunker again and again proved to be capable of compassion and can - if it was resolved - Rise above his prejudice. "Everyone in the Family" is a story of how a terrible man, long ago calcified, develops a sense of principles. He was Bigot, but he could occasionally learn not to be.

O'Connor, meanwhile, was quite the opposite. Indeed, O'Connor After appearing on the "Dick Quet" show Explain Archie Bunker in ordinary, moody terms. O'Connor saw Archie as an unfortunate person. He does not do so in the modern world after being poisoned by hatred and deception at an early age. O'Connor knew that Archie Bunker's usual descriptor of the "The Department" was oxymoron.

Outside his wise view of Archie Bunker, O'Connor was also deeply principled and once refused to shoot scenes of "all in the family" because of his integrity. According to an interview with the ordinary dealer (manually prescribed by METV), O'Connor remained beyond the set of "All in the Family" when workers at CBS went on strike. He refused to shoot with anyone who crossed the Piquet line.

For a little background, there was an eight -week strike with CBS technicians in 1972, When "all in the family" was in the third season. The strike lasted from November 3 and was not properly resolved until December 29, as reported by the Newoujork Times. The strike was about how CBS wanted to replace many technicians with automatic machines and how old technicians would not retain dominance over some of the new digital devices that overlap in multiple productions. The neighborhood of the strike was difficult unanimous - the voting to solve was 364 to 206 - but it was enough to return the technicians to work under slightly better conditions.

O'Connor, a lifelong man of the Union, believed in the technicians. During the strike, he could continue the shooting "all in the family", but would have to work with the higher windows, denying the technicians for fairness, or with a scab that were not striking. O'Connor was ordinary on this issue, saying:

"I have been a man of the union all my life. On the top comic book on the TV - in the atmosphere of labor.

There was some speculation about whether O'Connor's relationship with the creator "All in the Family" Norman Lear was tightened by his comments. O'Connor commented that Lear often doubts the actor's sincerity and often implies that O'Connor works against the better interests of the show; Their relationship was classically tight. Of course, Lear is well known for arguing with its biggest starsevilsSo O'Connor probably followed his heart ... and he came in a little digging in the lear in the process.