'Real Life' spoof, plus...

You simply cannot watch this famous TV series without seeing Albert Brooks's brilliant, nearly as famous iconic 1979 spoof, "Real Life."

Or, just watch HBO's 2011 bio movie "Cinema Verite," the somewhat fictionalized, TV-movie narrative of the Louds and the making of "An American Family." Then, you won't be able to resist looking back at the ground-breaking 1973 public TV series.