First, you do a piece of material that begins and ends and has a flow; it's not chopped up as in a film, where in an extreme case you might be doing the last scene of the script the first day that you go to work, and you don't know enough about the character you're playing.

The show was created by Shelley Duvall and lasted only one season. When the show's hosts asked her to perform in Edith Bunker's voice Jean Stapleton jokingly told them that Jean Stapleton only does so "for pay". Stapleton appeared in made-for-TV movies and feature films such as Klute the comedy Cold Turkey and the Faerie Tale Theatre episode "Cinderella" as the fairy godmother and as the Giant's Wife in "Jack and the Beanstalk".

Stapleton was also seen occasionally on the All in the Family follow-up series Archie Bunker's Place but tired of the role asked to be written out after the first season. She is best known for her portrayal of Edith Bunker the long-suffering yet devoted wife of Archie Bunker (played by Carroll O'Connor) and mother of Gloria Stivic (played by Sally Struthers) on the 1970s situation comedy All in the Family.