Mike had been planning to protest President Nixon's inauguration but opted to go on a blind date with Gloria instead.

In season 7's "Mike and Gloria Meet", Mike and Gloria don't initially like one-another, until they discover that they share a mutual love of ballroom dancing.

In the season 2 episode "Cousin Maude's Visit", Edith reveals that she first met Archie at the Puritan Maid Ice Cream Parlor. "Finally, he got up and came over to where Maude and me were sittin'," she says. "And while he looked at me straight in the eye, your father squished his hand right down into my steamboat. Well, I had to laugh, 'cause there he was up to here in five flavors, three toppings--marshmallow, whipped cream, and butterscotch sauce."

Although Stapleton's opening credits performance of "Those Were the Days" is played for laughs, she was actually an accomplished singer. The New York native performed on Broadway in Damn Yankees and Bells Are Ringing in the 1950s and recreated her stage roles in the film versions.

In the season one episode "Judging Books by Covers", Archie's thoughts of what makes a "real man's man" are challenged when his long-time friend Steve, a former NFL linebacker, comes "out of the closet".

The show had multiple spin-offs, including Maude, The Jeffersons, Archie Bunker's Place, Gloria, and 704 Hauser.

Alfred "Fred" Bunker, Archie's long-estranged brother, appears in two episodes of All in the Family: Season 8's "Archie's Brother" and Season 9's "The Return of Archie's Brother".

The Bunkers take in Edith's nine-year-old grand-niece Stephanie after the child's father, Floyd Mills, abandons her on their doorstep. (He later extorts money from them to let them keep her).

The vast majority of scenes take place in the Bunkers' home at 704 Hauser Street. A short-lived spin-off featured the next residents of the house--the Cumberbatch family.

When Stapleton decided to move on after season nine, CBS requested that O'Connor continue without her. Lear agreed, on the condition that they change the show's name. Stapleton appeared in a handful of Archie Bunker's Place episodes until Edith died (off-camera) from a stroke.