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If you’re like me, you owe a debt of gratitude to Rob Reiner.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 6:54 pm
Posted on 12/15/25 at 6:54 pm
I was starting HS right around the time that “Archie Bunker’s Place” ended its run, so “All in the Family” was a big part of our entertainment repertoire as grammar school kids. And while he was by no means decisive, the Michael “Meathead” Stivic character, with his anti-Americanism and limp-wristed non-masculinity, contributed greatly to me growing up to be a right-wing conservative partisan (Jimmy Carter was also a major factor). Thank you, Rob Reiner, not so much for leading me down the right path, but for showing me which path to avoid.
This post was edited on 12/15/25 at 6:56 pm
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Posted on 12/15/25 at 6:57 pm to soonerinlOUisiana
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I was starting HS right around the time that “Archie Bunker’s Place” ended its run, so “All in the Family” was a big part of our entertainment repertoire as grammar school kids. And while he was by no means decisive, the Michael “Meathead” Stivic character, with his anti-Americanism and limp-wristed non-masculinity, contributed greatly to me growing up to be a right-wing conservative partisan (Jimmy Carter was also a major factor). Thank you, Rob Reiner, not so much for leading me down the right path, but for showing me which path to avoid.
A little older than you, but I remember hating meathead for that reason.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 6:59 pm to moneyg
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A little older than you, but I remember hating meathead for that reason.
That is why Trump has built up some level of popularity in the Youth. They are tired of the crappy policies of the liberals that make their lives more difficult.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 7:00 pm to moneyg
Both Norman Lear and Rob Reiner thought that Reiner's character would emerge as the "hero" of All in the Family.
Boy, were those lefties wrong.
Boy, were those lefties wrong.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 7:02 pm to KCT
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Both Norman Lear and Rob Reiner thought that Reiner's character would emerge as the "hero" of All in the Family.
Boy, were those lefties wrong.
He played a nauseating character and somehow became an even bigger dousch nozzle in real life.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 7:04 pm to soonerinlOUisiana
I probably saw more reruns than the prime time.
Republicans should pay to air episodes with a lot of stivic content
Gain votes
Republicans should pay to air episodes with a lot of stivic content
Gain votes
Posted on 12/15/25 at 7:08 pm to moneyg
Good points, sometimes the influences that stick out are the ones we don’t want to emulate. Guess that dude wasn’t acting, but get it, no one wanted to be a weak feckless meathead, back then, but boy have times changed, they are everywhere now, so bad times are coming
Posted on 12/15/25 at 7:12 pm to soonerinlOUisiana
I disliked the mans politics but so what.
I know him more from the 90s films he directed and his bit parts in other movies. The father in Wolf of Wallstreet was the last thing I think I know him from and he was funny as heck in that one.
I know him more from the 90s films he directed and his bit parts in other movies. The father in Wolf of Wallstreet was the last thing I think I know him from and he was funny as heck in that one.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 7:27 pm to KCT
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Both Norman Lear and Rob Reiner thought that Reiner's character would emerge as the "hero" of All in the Family. Boy, were those lefties wrong.
As if the Meathead character weren’t loathsome enough, there was a short-lived spinoff named “Gloria”. It wasn’t shown in the series, but the backstory was that Gloria was raising Joey on her own because “Professor Stivic” ran off with one of his students to live in a commune. Bottom line, Archie, a WW2 vet who was loyal to his wife until her death (that episode was pure gold), was 1,000,000 times the man that Meathead was.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 8:36 pm to hogcard1964
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He played a nauseating character and somehow became an even bigger dousch nozzle in real life.
No lie was detected here.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 9:24 pm to soonerinlOUisiana
It's sock sock shoe shoe you damn psychopath
Posted on 12/15/25 at 9:28 pm to CAD703X
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It's sock sock shoe shoe you damn psychopath
If there's a fire and it's raining, he can hop around on one foot and stay dry.
This post was edited on 12/15/25 at 9:42 pm
Posted on 12/15/25 at 9:32 pm to CAD703X
Damn I remember that episode. I always think about my order of putting socks and shoes because of it. 
Posted on 12/15/25 at 9:32 pm to soonerinlOUisiana
Proving that no one is totally worthless. They can always serve as a bad example.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 9:35 pm to soonerinlOUisiana
Meathead was a disrespectful preachy bitch.
The preachy aspect was a theme in sitcoms produced by libs for a long time.
MASH
Maude
Rhoda
Designing Women
The commonality in these is Linda Bloodworth-Thomason.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:35 pm to TheHarahanian
Thing is… playing Meathead was natural for Reiner. That was really who he was.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 10:59 pm to soonerinlOUisiana
Norman Lear is the real person you should be thanking.
Posted on 12/15/25 at 11:02 pm to CAD703X
Even as a kid, I knew they were both wrong. Ditch the socks and just throw on the shoes because in an emergency socks aren’t going to do a damn thing for you.
Plus, it’s just faster to put on your shoes.
Plus, it’s just faster to put on your shoes.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 1:38 am to soonerinlOUisiana
Carroll O'Connor was a big liberal. He actually had to act to play the character of an over the top bigot. Later in life, his son died of a drug overdose, and he fought the rest of his life to make sure his son's drug dealer was charged with his murder. And he was.
Posted on 12/16/25 at 3:36 am to soonerinlOUisiana
Zero debt to that POC
He is resting in Hell with his compadres. Zero compassion for evil people
He is resting in Hell with his compadres. Zero compassion for evil people
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