All In The Family

According to David Dukes, the actor who played Edith's rapist, the original taping of the scene in which Edith shoves the cake in his face had to be redone because both times that they filmed it in front of a live audience(there was both a 5:30 and an 8:30 taping), the studio audience was so loud and stamping on the bleachers and cheering for so long that it overrode all the subsequent dialogue, and had to be reshot.

This two-part episode was heavily criticized by some, including both The New York Daily News, which accused Lear and CBS of stooping to a new low to get ratings, and The New York Post, which derided Lear as "a good showman."

David Dukes, the actor who portrayed the rapist, actually received numerous death threats after this episode aired. Apparently, there were people who could not distinguish David Dukes the actor from his role as a rapist.

The loud cheering we hear during the scene where Edith hits Lambert in the face with the burnt cake, kicks him out the back door and storms out of the house through the front door, is a standing ovation given by the live studio audience.

This episode won the 1978 Emmy for Best Direction in a Comedy Series.