Why Not Have Gloria Bunker Marry Lionel Jefferson on 'All in The Family?' - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 01-08-2012, 10:07 PM

Does anybody think if Norman Lear and CBS really wanted to be visionaries, they should have paired up Gloria with Lionel instead of Mike Stivic. Don't get me wrong, I love AITF, but, what a statement that would have been in the early 70's?! Do you think it would have lasted with Lionel as a star?

USATVFAN · 01-08-2012, 11:14 PM

But then there would have been No Jefferosns.

Brian Damage · 01-08-2012, 11:29 PM

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But then there would have been No Jefferosns.

Sure there could have been. You could still spin-off the parents and Mother Jefferson.

dakert · 01-08-2012, 11:51 PM

What about Gloria as a lesbian? I think Gloria was fine with Mike

catlover79 · 01-09-2012, 04:24 AM

Interesting idea - I never thought of that.

old grouch · 01-09-2012, 10:47 AM

This reminds me of the movie 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner'.

AB · 01-09-2012, 04:30 PM

Wouldn't it have been too controversial back then to have Gloria & Lionel as a couple? I'm guessing most sponsors would have stayed away from it and the Bible-Belt probably would have boycotted it. Some things/attitudes in the late 60's & early 70's were slow to change, especially in the south.

retrofan05 · 01-09-2012, 04:58 PM

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Wouldn't it have been too controversial back then to have Gloria & Lionel as a couple? I'm guessing most sponsors would have stayed away from it and the Bible-Belt probably would have boycotted it. Some things/attitudes in the late 60's & early 70's were slow to change, especially in the south.

Perhaps, but just a few years later "The Jeffersons" premiered featuring Helen and Tom Willis, an interracial couple.

catlover79 · 01-10-2012, 03:37 AM

For whatever it's worth, if I was Gloria, I totally would've chosen Lionel over Mike. Lionel was fun, funny, warm, smart and CUTE.

TVFactFan · 01-10-2012, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian Damage

Does anybody think if Norman Lear and CBS really wanted to be visionaries, they should have paired up Gloria with Lionel instead of Mike Stivic. Don't get me wrong, I love AITF, but, what a statement that would have been in the early 70's?! Do you think it would have lasted with Lionel as a star?

Archie wouldn't allow a black man to live in his house who married his white daughter-lol

MRPITT · 01-10-2012, 08:38 PM

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Archie wouldn't allow a black man to live in his house who married his white daughter-lol

Thats no problem they could live with George and Weezy

TVFactFan · 01-10-2012, 08:49 PM

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Thats no problem they could live with George and Weezy

How if it was AITF? The jeffersons were supporting cast members

Reverend Jim · 01-10-2012, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by AB

Wouldn't it have been too controversial back then to have Gloria & Lionel as a couple? I'm guessing most sponsors would have stayed away from it and the Bible-Belt probably would have boycotted it. Some things/attitudes in the late 60's & early 70's were slow to change, especially in the south.

catlover79 · 01-10-2012, 09:18 PM

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Thats no problem they could live with George and Weezy

If George had a problem with Lionel marrying Jenny (the product of an interracial marriage), there's no way he'd let a white girl live under his roof! He and George would definitely have been united in their protest.

MRPITT · 01-10-2012, 09:32 PM

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How if it was AITF? The jeffersons were supporting cast members

I was just joking I didnt expect George would allow it either.

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AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,429	Wouldn't it have been too controversial back then to have Gloria & Lionel as a couple? I'm guessing most sponsors would have stayed away from it and the Bible-Belt probably would have boycotted it. Some things/attitudes in the late 60's & early 70's were slow to change, especially in the south.

01-10-2012, 03:37 AM	#9
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,376	For whatever it's worth, if I was Gloria, I totally would've chosen Lionel over Mike. Lionel was fun, funny, warm, smart and CUTE.