Archie Bunker’s chair

All in the Family, a sitcom from the 1970s, clearly couldn't be produced today. Archie Bunker, the show's protagonist, was blatantly racist, anti-Semitic, misogynistic, anti-liberal, and extremely humorous. Carroll O'Connor played the role of Archie, who parodied the traditional blue-collar, conservative family guy of the day. His wife Edith, daughter Gloria, and son-in-law Mike put up with his rants during which the latter was frequently called a "meathead." Archie also used a disparaging term for people of Polish heritage to describe his son-in-law. Although the show was as politically incorrect as it was humanly possible to be, it has consistently ranked among the top 10 television shows.

Archie's chair and his reaction to anyone having the effrontery to sit in it were the subject of a running joke on the program. He always gave the same response, telling the person to get up from their chair and frequently adding an expletive. Archie frequently sat in his chair and offered his opinion on current events. Edith sat in the chair across from Archie's, which was obviously less comfortable. A little table that typically held a can of beer for Archie's delight and an ashtray for his cigar separated the two. All of them are on display in the Smithsonian's Museum of American History, exactly as they did for many years on the All in the Family set.