Stacks of paper, multi-part forms, computer cards, and continuous forms produce paper splinters that can cause bite-like sores, rashes, or itching. So too can small pieces of wire insulation, carbon, and particle board. This is where paper mite and cable mite infestations got their name.
Betty Garrett played Archie's liberal tomboyish nemesis, Irene Lorenzo. Garrett had been blacklisted by Senator Mccarthy and the House of Unamerican Activities years before that due to alleged affiliations with the communist party and had struggled finding work, so All in the Family was a big break for her.
The couple works hard to keep their relationship solid in spite of, and sometimes because of, nonstop interference by Rhodas manipulative mother Ida (played by the brilliant Nancy Walker), her needy, depressed sister Brenda (Julie Kavner, The Simpsons), her loving but ineffectual father Martin (Harold Gould, The Sting) and, of course, Carlton the Doorman.