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What sets ‘Archie’ apart from the many, many times I’ve reworked and rebooted long-standing characters is that this time, it was really scary.
I am a Tintin girl and grew up on Archie comics. Then I was introduced to Mr. Bean.
I haven’t watched a lot of television, but when I was kid, I watched ‘All in the Family,’ and I liked Archie and Edith a lot.
Then is when I decided to take it to Archie to see if they could do it as a comic book. I showed it to Richard Goldwater, and he showed it to his father, and a day or two later I got the OK to do it as a comic book.
I never gave up on ‘Archie.’ I started picking up ‘Archie’ comics when I was in my thirties, and then I started subscribing to them.
Millions of people thought Archie was a happy hero.
People are just way too sensitive. You couldn’t have a show like ‘Archie Bunker’ on TV. People would go crazy; they would lose their minds.
In library science school, back in the years of glowing green non-graphical screens and protocols called Archie and Veronica, I wrote Internet documentation.
I think it’s refreshing that it’s not called ‘The Archie Show.’ It’s called ‘Riverdale,’ not ‘Archie,’ which is good.
Unless you do an Archie and Edith Bunker, there’s not much left In TV for husband-wife conversation.
I grew up reading comic books. Super hero comic books, Archie comic books, horror comic books, you name it.
I feel blessed. All the great running backs that have come through Ohio State – Archie Griffin, Eddie George, Beanie Wells – I’m happy that I was able to carry on that lineage this season.
There are plenty of good, rational, compassionate and talented conservatives who deserve a microphone and a platform. It’s time to pass the baton to a new generation of leaders who don’t speak – or think – like Archie Bunker.
The first work I ever did in comics was for Archie Comics, and I didn’t do that very long because I did other stuff.
We all know him: everybody has an Archie Bunker in their family, so you love to laugh at him, and you never take it personally; everybody just has a ball laughing at him.
When you say ‘comic book’ in America, people think of Mickey Mouse, and Archie. It has a connotation of juvenile.
The way Jughead talks to Archie and vice versa is very much the way I would talk to my twin.
Back in the day, I used to read ‘Archie,’ but I haven’t been a comic book aficionado.
I love ‘Afterlife with Archie.’
It used to be that people would watch TV shows because they knew the characters would stay the same. Whether it’s Archie Bunker or it’s Thomas Magnum you watch it because it’s like, ‘I’m comfortable, this is the same guy.’
The idea of lasting consequences isn’t your usual ‘Archie’ trope.
It’s not new: In the ’70s, Archie Bunker said terrible things on ‘All in the Family,’ but it was all in Carroll O’Connor’s performance. You saw lack of intelligence, and you laughed.
I discovered ‘The Shield’ back around 2010, when the Archie superheroes were licensed to DC Comics. From there, I went back into the archives and discovered this whole universe of characters, and I was hooked.
In high school, I remember feeling like a Jughead – like I was a little bit weird and kind of emotional. I also remember feeling like an Archie – sort of the leader of the pack.
Honestly, before I started working at the comic shop, I was not a huge comic reader. I grew up reading ‘Archie’ and have an incredible love/hate relationship with Archie Comics. I got back into it when I started living with some roommates who were really comics fanatics.
My dad was really into avant garde jazz: Archie Shepp, John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders.
What am I responsible for? Who am I responsible to? Everybody? How come when Archie Bunker nailed everybody, it was funny – but when I do it, it’s not?
At first, when I received the script for the ‘Archie’ show, I was immediately turned off.
I went out for a film where they wanted seven brothers and one sister, so I was there for half a day while they were waiting for ‘Archie’ to read for a boy… I’ve had drivers come to pick me up in England looking for a blond, blue-eyed Scottish boy.
I read the ‘Deadpool’ series back in the ’90s. I’m not, like, a huge comic book reader, per say, though. I’ll check out ‘Archie’ when I’m in the grocery line, but that’s about it.
Our Betty Cooper is still the girl next door – she literally lives next to Archie. And she’s the blonde all-American girl; she’s so sweet and forgiving, gives people the benefit of the doubt and second chances, wears her heart on her sleeve. But she’s also incredibly broken on the inside, for many different reasons.
I love Archie. I love Jughead. I like Reggie. I think my favorite character in the show is Betty. Obviously, I can’t imagine myself playing that character, but if I had to choose a character, I really love Betty.
Comics are so one-dimensional, especially ‘Archie.’
The best we ever did was 8-8. But my career was not as dreadful as people make it out to be. You don’t see any scars on Archie Manning.
I’m an Archie Bunker sexist.
I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of ‘Performance’ called ‘The Entertainer’ with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice.
My dad is a huge ‘Archie’ comics fan.
I love ‘Archie’ comics.
My dad taught me to read by reading comic strips in the Saturday paper and Archie comics.
That was my relationship to ‘Archie’ for the most part: just the Sunday strips.
I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn’t personally sad about finishing a long job.
You can’t hold me to the same standard as the president or a school teacher. I’m just a comedian. My job is like Archie Bunker.
Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man.
My favorite TV couple is Edith and Archie Bunker. Because they were such individuals that I can’t imagine anyone else playing them. And I think that Archie was one of the greatest characters ever on television. Even with his flaws, you loved him.