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Rezny@gmail.com · 05-29-2011, 08:33 PM

Who was it who said "All in the Family"was recorded on tape before a live audience"?For the longest time I thought it was either Rob Reiner or Norman Lear.Who was it?

TV_on_the_Porch · 05-29-2011, 08:45 PM

It was definitely spoken by Rob Reiner.

Mr. Television · 05-29-2011, 08:46 PM

Rob Reiner said it for a long time. Someone else also said it at one time. That might have been Norman Lear.

TV_on_the_Porch · 05-29-2011, 08:56 PM

After Reiner (and Struthers) left, the show was no longer taped in front of an audience, a change of Carroll O'Connor's insistence. O'Connor voiced a new tag about the show being 'played to a studio audience for live responses', a somewhat ambiguous statement that could interpreted as having the same meaning as the previous announcement with slightly different wording, but really meant that the pre-taped episode was played to the studio audience on monitors and their live responses dubbed into it.

Mr. Television · 05-29-2011, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TV_on_the_Porch

After Reiner (and Struthers) left, the show was no longer taped in front of an audience, a change of Carroll O'Connor's insistence. O'Connor voiced a new tag about the show being 'played to a studio audience for live responses', a somewhat ambiguous statement that could interpreted as having the same meaning as the previous announcement with slightly different wording, but really meant that the pre-taped episode was played to the studio audience on monitors and their live responses dubbed into it.

Oh yea I do remember that. I always thought that was strange.

I'm pretty sure someone else also said it was taped in front of a studio audience. It might have been in season one. I don't know. I'm pretty sure it wasn't Rob Reiner though.

lucyandethel · 07-13-2011, 01:00 AM

I never understood why they felt compelled to say it, especially the later. Too bad today they don't have someone say, "Such and such show used laugh tracks from the days of I Love Lucy because this crap wasn't funny at all!"

704Hauser · 07-15-2011, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by TV_on_the_Porch

After Reiner (and Struthers) left, the show was no longer taped in front of an audience, a change of Carroll O'Connor's insistence. O'Connor voiced a new tag about the show being 'played to a studio audience for live responses', a somewhat ambiguous statement that could interpreted as having the same meaning as the previous announcement with slightly different wording, but really meant that the pre-taped episode was played to the studio audience on monitors and their live responses dubbed into it.

If I'm not mistaken, the studio audience of One Day At A Time got to see, and thus add laughter to, the pre-taped AITF as a bonus.

05-29-2011, 08:33 PM	#1
Rezny@gmail.com Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Nebraska Posts: 2,675	At the end of every episode of "AITF" Who was it who said "All in the Family"was recorded on tape before a live audience"?For the longest time I thought it was either Rob Reiner or Norman Lear.Who was it?

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Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,133	Rob Reiner said it for a long time. Someone else also said it at one time. That might have been Norman Lear.
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05-29-2011, 08:45 PM	#2
TV_on_the_Porch anything good on? Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Posts: 879	It was definitely spoken by Rob Reiner.

05-29-2011, 08:56 PM	#4
TV_on_the_Porch anything good on? Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Posts: 879	After Reiner (and Struthers) left, the show was no longer taped in front of an audience, a change of Carroll O'Connor's insistence. O'Connor voiced a new tag about the show being 'played to a studio audience for live responses', a somewhat ambiguous statement that could interpreted as having the same meaning as the previous announcement with slightly different wording, but really meant that the pre-taped episode was played to the studio audience on monitors and their live responses dubbed into it.

07-13-2011, 01:00 AM	#6
lucyandethel Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 18, 2009 Location: Los Angeles CA Posts: 435	I never understood why they felt compelled to say it, especially the later. Too bad today they don't have someone say, "Such and such show used laugh tracks from the days of I Love Lucy because this crap wasn't funny at all!"