Carroll O'Connor on learning how to play comedy from Micheál MacLiammóir, at the Gate Theatre, which he later used in his characterization of Archie Bunker
Carroll O'Connor on his collaboration with Norman Lear on the characterization of "Archie Bunker" and the pilot script
Carroll O'Connor on his rewrite of the pilot script of All in the Family and developer/executive producer Norman Lear telling the story on The Mike Douglas Show
Carroll O'Connor on his weekly contribution to the writing of All in the Family, despite not being credited by Norman Lear
Carroll O'Connor on his contentious working relationship with Norman Lear and how he resented Lear's not offering him an interest in the All in the Family spin-offs
Carroll O'Connor on his character, "Archie Bunker," on All in the Family
Carroll O'Connor on his contribution to the All in the Family episode "Two's a Crowd," and the ad-libbing by he and co-star Rob Reiner
Carroll O'Connor on working with All in the Family co-star Jean Stapleton, and how "Edith" represented the perfect moral counter to "Archie"
Carroll O'Connor on the long gestation period between the All in the Family pilots and a series pick-up
Carroll O'Connor on the perception of "Archie Bunker" by the viewing public.
Carroll O'Connor on All in the Family co-stars Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers
Carroll O'Connor on the source of "Archie Bunker's" malaprops and on series developer/executive producer Norman Lear's contribution to the nicknames "Archie" used
Carroll O'Connor on why he'd rewrite the material written for "Archie Bunker" on All in the Family
Carroll O'Connor on regular Vincent Gardenia's dissatisfaction with his role as neighbor "Frank Lorenzo" on All in the Family
Carroll O'Connor about "Archie Bunker" appearing in blackface in the All in the Family episode "Birth of the Baby, Part One"
Carroll O'Connor on suggesting director Paul Bogart for All in the Family
Carroll O'Connor on working with All in the Family director John Rich
Carroll O'Connor on walking off All in the Family during its run
Carroll O'Connor on the introduction of child actress Danielle Brisebois as "Stephanie Mills" on All in the Family
Carroll O'Connor on All in the Family episodes: "Edith's Problem" ("Edith" enters menopause), "Gloria Has a Belly Full" ("Gloria" has a miscarriage), "Edith's Crisis of Faith" ("Edith" shuns her faith when friend "Beverly LaSalle" is killed), "Sammy's Visit" (Sammy Davis, Jr. appears as himself), and "Archie's Brief Encounter" ("Archie" has an affair)
Carroll O'Connor on the donation of "Archie" and "Edith's" chairs from the set of All in the Family to the Smithsonian Institution
Carroll O'Connor on the creation of the All in the Family spin-off Archie Bunker's Place and deciding on the death of "Edith" (in season two)
Carroll O'Connor on Archie Bunkers in all walks of life
Carroll O'Connor on how All in the Family didn't change television, as its breakthroughs remained one-of-a-kind
Carroll O'Connor on his theory as to why CBS Chairman William S. Paley never socialized with him
Carroll O'Connor on the All in the Family writers
Carroll O'Connor on the creation of the All in the Family spin-off Archie Bunker's Place and deciding on the death of "Edith" (in season two)
Carroll O'Connor on his acting with Danielle Brisebois in the Archie Bunker's Place episode "Archie Alone," that reveals Edith Bunker's death
Carroll O'Connor on the character of "Murray Klein" on Archie Bunker's Place and working with actor Martin Balsam
Carroll O'Connor on casting Martin Balsam's real-life actress-daughter Talia Balsam in an episode of Archie Bunker's Place that mirrored their real life, "Murray's Daughter"
Carroll O'Connor on the cancellation of Archie Bunker's Place after four seasons
Carroll O'Connor on producer Fred Silverman meeting with about the series In the Heat of the Night, an idea of MGM executive Lynn Loring
On the casting of Howard Rollins (over O.J. Simpson and others) for In the Heat of the Night
Carroll O'Connor on his displeasure with the first scripts and initial executive producer of In the Heat of the Night
Carroll O'Connor on the location change, his displeasure with the first replacement producers, and his heart surgery in the early years of In the Heat of the Night
Carroll O'Connor on receiving accommodation from the NAACP for casting African-American actors on In the Heat of the Night
Carroll O'Connor on his In the Heat of the Night co-stars and guest stars
Carroll O'Connor on his favorite episode of In the Heat of the Night, and Rosalynn Carter's response to it's anti-capital punishment message