Plenty of other TV character, like Robbie Douglas, had at least part time jobs working their way through college.
Why Didn't Mike Stivic Have A Job?
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 10, 2018 10:38 PM |
That was a key plotline throughout the show. Archie was always badgering Mike to get a job, while Mike wanted to devote all his time to his studies.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 10, 2018 3:46 PM |
OP he was Polish.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 10, 2018 3:48 PM |
He was a meathead.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 10, 2018 3:51 PM |
r2
Exactly he could've polished the silverware, polished the brass or any other number of jobs.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 10, 2018 3:54 PM |
Where did they live? Was he going to Queens College?
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 10, 2018 4:01 PM |
He was too busy protesting to work.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 10, 2018 4:03 PM |
Too busy being a SJW.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 10, 2018 4:07 PM |
He was a lazy bum living off his wife's parents.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 10, 2018 4:25 PM |
He was going to Columbia. Didn’t he have a fellowship in grad school?
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 10, 2018 5:53 PM |
He was attending the Fashion Institute of Technology but got thrown out for being a slob.
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 10, 2018 5:55 PM |
Well thats a commute. Did they live in the Bronx?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 10, 2018 5:56 PM |
He was a perpetual student.
There was one episode where he worked as a tutor to pay Archive back for something.
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 10, 2018 5:57 PM |
Because back then, television writing had some nuance, OP. Mike's viewpoints were presented as being politically and morally sound in most cases, but that didn't mean he was perfect. He could still be self-righteous, arrogant, and annoying. Oh, and lazy as hell.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 10, 2018 6:09 PM |
He eventually graduated and became a teacher. They moved next door to Archie for a couple of seasons and then Mike was offered a position in California. That is when Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers left the show.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 10, 2018 6:10 PM |
[quote] Well thats a commute. Did they live in the Bronx
No they lived in queens.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 10, 2018 6:41 PM |
The actual house in the opening credits was in Glendale Queens, but in AitF lore it’s supposed to be set in either Corona or Astoria.
Btw, a lot of those houses are gone, bought up by wealthy immigrants who knock them down and fill the entire lot with brick apartment houses
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 10, 2018 6:53 PM |
FLUSHING R16
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 10, 2018 8:16 PM |
I don't recall it was ever stated where Mike went to college. Both Archie and Gloria are depicted as riding the subway to work. Archie works at the docks so that would put him in Manhattan.
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 10, 2018 8:38 PM |
Archie Bunker would have LOVED Donald Trump because like Archie he's a Protestant White Male from Queens , N.Y.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 10, 2018 10:20 PM |
Definitely, R20. In fact Trump reminds me of Archie mixed with Caruso from Everybody Hates Chris.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 10, 2018 10:24 PM |
R13 is the best answer here.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 10, 2018 10:38 PM |