Joey Stivic Joey Stivic Joseph Michael "Joey" Stivic is a fictional character who first appeared on the 1970s American sitcom "All in the Family". Joey Stivic was the son and only child of Mike Stivic (played by Rob Reiner) and Gloria Stivic (played by Sally Struthers), and the grandson of Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor) and Edith Bunker (Jean Stapleton). The character first appeared as a newborn baby in a two-part episode of "All in the Family" that aired in December 1975. After many appearances on "All in the Family" until Reiner and Struthers left the series in 1978 (by that time, Joey
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