Cutting-Edge Facts You Don’t Know About ‘All in the Family’

Published on January 27, 2018
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Harrison Ford almost joined the show!

Could you picture Indiana Jones on this iconic show? Yeah, neither can we but man, that would have been awesome! Turns out that Harrison Ford was offered the role of Michael Stivic but he turned the offer down. Safe to say that it all worked out in the end.

Harrison Ford Almost Joined The Show

Harrison Ford Almost Joined The Show

The series was based on reality!

Norman Lear, who was the developer of the show, actually based the entire Bunker family “off of his own childhood”. You see, Norm’s father, Lear, provided a lot of basis for the charter of Archie but in a lighter, more funnier light.

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The Series Was Based In Reality

The Series Was Based In Reality