Trivia: Archie and Edith's easy-chairs are now on display at the Smithsonian.
Trivia: The show featured the first toilet flush heard on TV.
Trivia: The LaSalle - a GM car produced in the 1930s - was immortalized in the opening credits when Jean Stapleton sang the line "Gee, our old LaSalle ran great." However, the line was somewhat slurred at first and people wrote in asking what she was saying. In later seasons the opening was refilmed and Stapleton sang the line slower and more phonetically so it could be understood.
Trivia: Vincent Gardenia was meant to be a series regular, but he quit after a few episodes because he found his character boring.
Trivia: Originally the show was suppose to be called justice for all and Archie was suppose to be called Archie Justice.
Answer: Yes, Gloria and Michael have friends, but when they got married they decided it was best to live *rent free* with Edith and Archie, while Mike was going to college. Living with friends rent free, for quite a few years, is not an easy thing no matter how close the friends are with them. Since the Stivics needed their money to pay for the tuition and its other costs, their living arrangement made it all easier to deal with. Hence the Archie and Mike scenarios.
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