you'll meet her coming up in the morning passport. 40 years ago today americans were talking about a tv show that premiered the night before. ♪ boy the way glenn miller played ♪ ♪ songs that made the h hit parade ♪ ♪ guys like us we had it made ♪ those were the days >> oh, yeah. 1971, producer norman lehrer changed the face of the american sitcom. "all in the family" remembered as a comedy that not only embraced the social issues of the day, it put them in a strange hold. usually at the hands of the show's cranky, but hilarious patriarch meat head, gloria, and all the family introduced us to archie bunker. ♪ those were the days you can compare rates side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less.