Red Necks and Blue Collars

Archie Bunker was a character of the 1970s.  The show, All in the Family, was so popular precisely because Archie Bunker was so credible.  Consider this.  He worked at the loading dock yet made enough so that Edith could be a homemaker.  He had a family, including for a while his live-in adult daughter along with her husband.  During the first couple of seasons the Meathead didn't have a job.  A blue collar guy to the core, Archie was living the American Dream.  His home was his castle.  He had his chair and it definitely was his chair.  He could have a beer sitting in that chair after he came home from work, watching TV or listening to the radio.  He could hold forth.  He did hold forth.  Though he was very angry, he really had it made.  Those were the days.