Was Maude a spin off of All in the Family?
Maude was one of the most popular shows during the 70s. Not only was it one of the most popular, it was one of the most controversial. The show was real and told it like it is – much like the show that first introduced us to Maude, All in the Family. Maude is a half-hour American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 22, 1978. Maude starred Beatrice Arthur as Maude Findlay, an outspoken, middle-aged, politically liberal woman living in suburban Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York with her fourth husband. Maude embraced the tenets of women’s liberation, always voted for Democratic Party candidates, strongly supported legal abortion, and advocated for civil rights and racial and gender equality. However, her overbearing and sometimes domineering personality often got her into trouble when speaking out on these issues. The program was a spin-off of All in the Family, on which Beatrice Arthur had first played the character
All In The Family and Maude All In The Family (1971-1979) Maude (1972-1978) Type: Spin Off Group: 1 Maude was a spin off of All In The Family. Maude was the cousin of All In The Families Edith Bunker. She started there as a recurring character designed as an antagonist and almost exact opposite of Archie Bunker. She made her debut in an episode where all in the family, as it were, were sick. Maude showed up to take care of them and the fireworks started. While Archie Bunker was conservative to the point of biggotry, Maude was liberal to… well to the point of being shocking to the other extreme. While Archie Bunker was yelling about blacks and hispanics, Maude was shocking viewers by having an abortion. Major issues aside, the main thing that makes Maude hard for me to watch is the way it wallowed in the styles of the seventies. Maude’s house, the characters’ clothing… all just visually too much for my system to take. The Bunker’s house might have been a bit run down but at least it
