Originally, with all the shows, we went looking for belly laughs.

There was no real controversy with All In The Family. That came from the people on the business end.

The movies had a slogan at the time, to distinguish themselves from TV, that said 'movies are better than ever.'

You know, you throw rocks in the lake and scientists will tell you you're raising the level of the lake, but all you get to see is the ripple.

I stop and look at traffic accidents. I won't hang around, but when I hear something is terrible, as bad as it is, I've gotta look at it.

Culturally, I think 'All in the Family' was universal enough to have good timing at any time.

We had two African American writers [Eric Monte and Michael Evans] on the show ['Good Times'] that knew Cabrini Green inside and out, and that's why we set it there.