"Family"

It has been a couple a decades since people were more openly racist and discriminating. "All in the Family," (a show from the 1970s) is a perfect example of how society in general and the era itself acted as a whole. Todays shows may not act the same as they did back then because they take a softer and more cautious approach, but they do try to convey a moral.

A perfect example is that in the "All  in the Family" episode we watched, the main point had to do with homosexuals and how its unethical and abnormal they are. Yet if we compare it to "George Lopez" (a modern family show) there is an episode where George had to deal with his daughters (Carmen) boyfriend (Noah). The supposed boyfriend ends up being gay when George and his mom follow him and sees him kiss a boy. Yet the episode is not about him, its about how Carmen is pretending Noah is her boyfriend because she is still seeing her ex-boyfriend. In "All in the Family" Archie Bunker makes rude remarks such as "fairy" and "he's as queer as a $4 bill" to Roger (which he thinks is gay) but it ends up that Roger is not gay, but one of his true friends is. (See videos below for examples.)
Another example that makes "All in the Family" different than "George Lopez" is that in "All in the Family" Archie bosses his wife around all the time, while George never seems to boss or tell his wife anything along those lines.

Both of these shows are the same in that they use racial humor. "All in the Family" talks briefly about a lot of races and cultures and what they are stereotyped as (2:01 on the video), while in "George Lopez" he seems to make fun of and mock his own race.

Lastly, it seems that "All in the Family" talks about issues that were going on in politics and society around that time and "George Lopez" seems to talk about problems at work or typical teenage problems with his daughter, and even problems with his mother. In other words "George Lopez" talks more family related problems while "All in the Family" did not. Some of the things they both do and talk about is race, even if it's both in different ways. Also they both poke fun at, and use humor for different issues.

"All in the Family"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dKpHtc9F9M

"George Lopez"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9N9LLJRl9bA