after the two pilot episodes from 1968 and 1969, the first episode of the first season of "all in the family" was called "meet the bunkers" and was on television january, 12 1971. most of the seasons had 24 episodes but the first season only had 13 episodes. there were nine seasons of "all in the family". in the episode, "sammy's visit" the longest laugh from the crowd happened when sammy davis jr. kissed archie during a photo. the episode was number 13 on "tv guide"'s 100 greatest episodes of all-time. a special 90 minute episode was made in season nine for the 200th episode. the episode was called "the 200th episode celebration of all in the family". the last episode is called "too good edith" and is used to start the story of the spin-off "archie bunker's place".