neighbors of archie bunker. >> don't call me punk. >> why you so sensitive all of a sudden? >> how would you like it if i called you nigger? >> he called me nigger. >> that's no worse than honky. >> you right. nothing is worse than honky. except being married to one. >> norman lear set the stage for other shows in the '70s that just brought gravitas to television. >> what are you staring at? >> i was just thinking. i would bring my neighbors' kids over here. this place is better than the zoo. we packed new banquet mega bowls full of majestic piles of cheddar mac n cheese, smothered in mozzarella.