Michael Stivic

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Michael Stivic is a liberal, idealistic son-in-law character on the classic American sitcom "All in the Family," often clashing with his conservative father-in-law Archie Bunker.

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Michael Stivic canonical 4
Mike Stivic 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
television character
appearsIn All in the Family
All in the Family
surface form: All in the Family Christmas episodes
basedOn Mike Abbott
character from Till Death Us Do Part
characterTrait argumentative
idealistic
intellectual
conflictsWith Archie Bunker
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator Bud Yorkin
Norman Lear
culturalRole representation of 1970s American liberalism
education college student
familyName Michael "Meathead" Stivic
surface form: Stivic
fatherInLaw Archie Bunker
firstAppearance All in the Family
surface form: All in the Family season 1
genre sitcom
givenName Michael
householdRole son-in-law living with in-laws
language English
medium television
motherInLaw Edith Bunker
nationalityInStory Polish American
networkOfOriginalSeries CBS
nickname Meathead
nicknameGivenBy Archie Bunker
notableCatchphraseContext often called "Meathead" by Archie Bunker
occupation student
partOf Bunker family (by marriage)
politicalAlignment liberal
portrayedAs atheist or agnostic
portrayedBy Rob Reiner
portrayedByOccupation Rob Reiner
surface form: actor and director Rob Reiner
relationshipDynamic foil to Archie Bunker
relative Archie Bunker
Edith Bunker
Gloria Stivic
residence Queens
surface form: Queens, New York (in-series)
seriesDebutYear 1971
setIn New York City
spouse Gloria Stivic
themeInvolvement generation gap
political conflict
social change in 1970s America
timePeriodOfFictionalActivity 1970s

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All in the Family mainCharacter Michael Stivic
Archie Bunker fatherInLawOf Michael Stivic
Edith Bunker relative Michael Stivic
this entity surface form: Mike Stivic
Gloria Stivic spouse Michael Stivic
Gloria Stivic relative Michael Stivic