Old TV Shows

           The TV shows, “The Cosby Show” and “All in the Family” uniquely display socio-cultural problems while using comedy. The “Cosby Show” is based on the Huxtable family and focuses on Bill Cosby trying to teach his youngest son life lessons. The show was groundbreaking, as it was the first to profile an African-American family. Bill’s son believes he will still be rich whether he goes to college or not. Bill explains to his son that he will barely get by in life without a college degree. To show his son how, Bill uses Monopoly money and they argue about how much money he’ll end up with. In the show, “All in the Family”, Archie Bunker is an old, racist factory worker. He has a very short temper and is very easily irritated. He refuses to sell his house to an African-American real estate agent and claims he is a block buster. Also, when faced with a tough decision of who to fire at the factory, he chooses a Puerto Rican. Although he was the best worker, Archie couldn’t fire another white man. Although these shows were once a hit, they are very different from each other.