All in the Family Season 1 Episode 3

Oh, My Aching Back (aka Archie's Aching Back)

Archie is convinced he'll collecty a large settlement from a petty traffic accident if a Jewish laywer handles the case. The stylistic minimalism of the Bunker's sparsely furnished set is on full display in this early episode. According to director John Rich, who grew up not far from Archie's neighbood, the Spartan look of the Bunkie's living room deco was achieved as a result of painstaking efforts. The director remembers personally supervising the cracking of windows and repainting of walls to give the place a run-down, lived-in look. ""I told the set designers to take all the color out of it,""remember Rich.""Norman and i wanted to do the show ib black and white, but CBS nearly went into a coma. So we decided to do the next best thing and shoot the entire show in muted sepia tones.""