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Current Status (updated 12/30/25)
I’m not deleting the previous Daily Status regarding the Murder of Meathead which is included below. I decided to add even more context that has come to light since this story broke.
As I mentioned, All In The Family was my all time favorite show. I’ve watch almost every episode when it air lived in the 70’s after the family would get back from Saturday evening mass, and every episode countless times on reruns ever since. I was a constant in our lives - go to church and rush home in time for AITF and the Carol Burnett Show. It was the perfect end to every week.
The topics discussed back then were not burdened with woke attitudes and censorship to avoid “triggering” or offending certain groups. Every derogatory term I knew (and many I did not) was used on the show. Meathead played the bleeding heart liberal while Archie was the stodgy old conservative. Topics were discussed in a manner that even though the show originated in leftist Hollywood, Archie at times was portrayed as a decent person who maybe had crazy ideas. Archie became a character that most of America could relate to. I thought the writing was great and the acting was stellar.
Meathead portrayed the staunch liberal who stuck to his leftist guns while dealing with Archie. It was a time, I thought, where people could have a passionate discussion without completely going off the rails. I assume the show represented calmer and more rational times.
The video below blows the cover off the idea that, at least I had, that Hollywood and people like Reiner were less crazed back then about the prevailing “progressive” policies that Hollywood has always been know for. Now I discover that Reiner was as crazy back during his AITF appearances as he was in his later years, and back then, he did not have Trump to kick around.
It just goes to show that people don’t really change that much. Reiner would become unhinged when talking about Trump and gleefully spread all the falsehoods about Trump that the media would promote. In the Hollywood bubble, no one gets any pushback the meaner you are with regard to attacking the other side (instead, they are lavished with praise), and Rob Reiner was very comfortable pushing the limits to extremes.
Apparently during Reiner’s stint on All In The Family, Reiner’s hatred toward the right was raging out of control even back then, and why would that surprise anyone? The older Reiner has always been out of control and full of anger and hatred, and people do not become that way over night.
In light of this confirmation that Reiner relentlessly tried to push All In The Family to completely different direction to obliterate Archie’s character who represented evil to Reiner and everything wrong with America by rewriting the entire show his way, fortunately Carroll O’Connor had the wisdom and foresight to stick to Norman Lear’s vision of the show. Maybe that is why the show was number one for so many years. The seething emotions that the actors were dealing with during their acting on the show came out in their outstanding performances.
But this is just another layer of the onion peeled back that may help explain the tense and troubled relationship that Rob Reiner had with his son NIck. I believe that the level of intensity that builds up in a the far-left progressive bubble creates scenarios that we see all the time in Hollywood. In this case, the Reiners paid with their lives, and their protective bubble could not protect them and maybe only prevented help from entering in time to save them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9pNgp2KYsQ
I am still obsessing on the murder of the Reiners. There are so many facets of this story I find intriguing at many levels. It’s a reminder of how a mindset can be dangerous and ultimately put one in immediate danger. I am finding out more about Rob Reiner, his Marxist leanings, and potentially abusive treatment of his son Nick as he attempted to groom him to follow in his footsteps.
The Hollywood Bubble: Rob Reiner epitomized the progressive "live and let live" ideology - a mindset that often mistakes virtue signaling for reality. This worldview assumes inherent goodness in everyone if they are simply left unpunished, ignoring the objective existence of evil.
A Fatal Distraction: While Reiner spent his final years consumed by political vitriol against Donald Trump, a more immediate danger lived within his own home Had he channeled that energy into his troubled son, Nick, the outcome might have been different .
From Meathead to Martyr: We once respected Reiner for portraying the "Meathead" who could debate Archie Bunker while maintaining deep mutual love. But the fictional tolerance of All in the Family didn't translate to his real-world arrogance.
The Ultimate Price: Ultimately, the Reiners were victims of a "Pollyanna" mentality that refused to acknowledge how the world truly operates. Stubbornly clinging to ideological blind spots cost him his life.
RIP Meathead. Maybe now, you finally get it, albeit too late.
[Meathead definitely had a severe case of TDS - no doubt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf0cwISV6Lo](attachment:114d4543-2a7a-4774-b71a-21b8778cf58d:20251217-MeatheadHatesTrump.mp4)
Meathead definitely had a severe case of TDS - no doubt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf0cwISV6Lo
[***https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLkIDJmF4rg***](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLkIDJmF4rg)
***https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLkIDJmF4rg***
[***https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QHHj1IPZSQg** Bill Maher SHREDS Rob Reiner For INSANE Trump Claims*](attachment:0470d8a2-316b-4892-a409-51c23f8b7878:20251223-BillMaher-Reiner.mp4)
***https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QHHj1IPZSQg** Bill Maher SHREDS Rob Reiner For INSANE Trump Claims*
I like the “Master Brayton” part.
I like the “Master Brayton” part.
jesus-christ-brayton-you-would-wouldn't-you.mp4