The Movies Had A Slogan At The

We Mocked That Concept ['movies Are Better Than Ever'] By Doing A Sketch That Was About A Theater Trying To Get One Customer To Come In...and That Customer Was Jerry Lewis. It Generated So Much Controversy That Dean [martin] And Jerry [lewis] Had To Apologize In A Full Page Ad In Variety.

As H.l. Mencken Once Said, 'nobody Ever When Broke Underestimating The Intelligence Of The American People.' Our Show [all In The Family] Countered That Witticism. I Think He Was Wrong.

The Trafficking Of Sex And Violence Is Comes After The Demand For Ratings.

Bud [yorkin] Broke Out Big When He Did 'the Fred Astaire Show' And Won Four Emmys. His Wife At The Time Suggested That We Team Up. We Got A Lot Of Press In Show Business Papers, And A Number Of Offers...we Eventually Signed With Paramount Pictures. But I Always Like To Say, His Was The Horse That We Rode In On. That Is My Favorite Recollection.

Culturally, I Think 'all In The Family' Was Universal Enough To Have Good Timing At Any Time.