All in the Family was a family based situation comedy created in the early 70s. It was one of the first shows to cover risqué topics such as race, sexuality, gender roles, abortion, and religion. In comparison to contemporary shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm, these same issues have become normal topics and people no longer are surprised by their presence in today's shows. There are many similarities and differences between All in the Family and Curb your Enthusiasm.
One such similarity is obviously that they both cover much of the same subject matter. All in the Family and Curb Your Enthusiasm have both dealt with subject matter like racist attitudes, gender roles, sexuality and even make fun of serious things like death and abortion. However there are a few differences. Archie Bunker has been described as a 'lovable bigot' and as such expresses his conservative views and ideals, but is still liked by audiences. Larry Davis on the other hand is not a bigot at all. He is just a selfish individual who will gladly set up other people to take his fall, or resort to racist ideals or behave in a different manner then usual just to get his way. Although Archie is selfish as well, Larry is not a stubborn conservative. When Larry does or says something it is likely that he is lying. Curb Your Enthusiasm did deal with subjects that were not covered in All in the Family. Like drugs and prostitution for example. These particular issues might have been too risqué even for Archie Bunker.
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