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Norman Lear, the dynamic and always controversial television producer, shares fifty years of show business and politics as he talks about his new memoir, Even This I Get to Experience.
Don’t miss this opportunity to hear his remarkable story.
The legendary creator of iconic television programs “All in the Family,” “Sanford and Son,” “Maude,” “Good Times,” “The Jeffersons” and “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,” Norman Lear remade our television culture-while leading a life of unparalleled political, civic and social involvement (he is the founder of People For the American Way).
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Truly fascinating, incredible interview. And wow, not only does he look good for 92, his mind is sharp as a tack! This man is a true national treasure. And so is Whoopi.
Norman Lear is responsible for creating some of the most iconic shows and characters of all time, that changed the tv landscape forever; shows that represented people of all ethnicities, races, walks of life, socioeconomic classes and viewpoints, he was and is a true television and cultural revolutionary. Yes they were funny, and whip smart, with great characters and incredible writing, but they also made us look at things that some were uncomfortable openly discussing, things like systems of class and the disparage between the classes, how someone is treated when they are poor vs. when they are not, inner racial marriage and bi racial children, the confines of societal norms and pre conditioned expectations, systemic racial hindrances woven into the very fabric of society, and systemic racism and racial stereotyping. He told the truth, in that if you are black or brown or poor or a woman, it’s not true that just because you’re a hard worker and live an honest, upstanding life that things will improve for you and you’ll make it and move up in the world. Cause the world as ways to cheat you. That if someone wasn’t able to succeed within societies racially biased, sometime sexist and often stereotypical confines, it’s not automatically because they are not hard working, intelligent, capable, decent human beings who are giving 💯. And that being all those things is not always enough. Especially when the confines holding you back are part of society itself. The American Dream is alive and well, it is; it’s just more structured towards supporting a very specific and ultra narrow demographic: The American born, Christian white male. He was the very first person to ever present that in television comedy, and one of the first period. The first that really told the truth about racial injustice on television.
Classics such as The Jefferson’s, Good Times, All In The Family, Sanford And Son, Maude…my God were they incredible shows. Those beloved shows were my childhood right there. Could not love them more. And Mr. Lear’s father may not have been “king” Lear, but his son will always be the founding king of incredible television.
We need more producers today like Norman Lear. He was never afraid to showcase controversial subjects like racism, rape, a slew of political issues, economic inequality, racial inequality, gender inequality... the list goes on and on, and he did it using COMEDY! He got people talking... I don't think people are fully aware of the impact he had on television, and society in general.
No we don't he was a thief...We need honest producers and ppl with integrity...
@@malikkimanimaasai3703 what did he steal? Is there something I'm unaware of?
@@KLUNKETThe ideas of these shows:
Good tymes
Sanford and son
What's happening
All 4rom Eric Monte
@@malikkimanimaasai3703 I've heard his name before, remember him as a writer on All In The Family, but I just did a little research... You are absolutely correct. I had no idea. Looks like Lear settled with Monte by giving him a million bucks, which is peanuts when you consider the fact that each of those shows were hugely successful and still run in syndication to this day. Such bullshit. I never knew that.
@KLUNKET Exactly...thanks 4 the follow up and follow through...maximum respect...
Wonderful interview. Everyone should give it a listen.
Loved this so much - both great people
I hope you have a fantastic day to come💝🎉😘
Im so happy to see this interview, because I thought he was deceased! LOve this ICON for all the great shows he put out over the past 40 years
I wish I could have known this man… he must have been fascinating and so fun to just hang out and talk to
The stories he had, stretching across 90+ years, I mean, can you imagine? We lost a national treasure when we lost him. But his shows, they’ll live forever.
Great interview 😊👍
Very heart warming ♥️
This is awesome, thank you so much!!!! :)
+stormwatcher59 This just amazes me, still so sharp after all these years!!!
Also, Whoopi is doing the best interview ever.....
Give Eric Monty what you owe him Lear
Evil man he made $1 trillion from the struggle of the bp protects struggle he would never go there so he is all lies 👿👿
💯💯💯
Created equal! All equal under the law in America. Total myth. Lies.
Too many gddm commercials!
What he says about his father, EXPLAINS ALOT, EXPLAINS ALOT🤔 🙄 !!!
Wow...the apple 🍎 didn't drop...SMH !
Heard terrible things about this man. It seems so many get so high because of the number of bodies beneath them. I see why they say ignorance is so bliss😢
Prove comment.
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I worked for Norman for five years and he was a wonderful, down to earth person. He served our country with honor and has done a lot of political work to help our country.
This interview makes me lose all respect for Whoopi Goldberg..
No one like him...
She basically changed her name from Johnson to Goldberg to fit in in Hollyweird. Such a sellout to make $$$$. Not a fan of either of them.
So wonderful, that you got to see this then
You do understand that most actors have changed their name because someone else already an actor has their name. Lets change your last name to moron.
Fk off MAGAT
It was one of her husbands last names and she kept it
Lucille LeSeuer (Joan Crawford), Archie Leach (Cary Grant), Dana Owen’s (Queen Latifah), Issur Danielovitch (Kirk Douglas), Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra (Meg Ryan), Edda van Heemstra (Audrey Hepburn), Carlos Irwin Estevez (Charlie Sheen) … POINT BEING - Darling, this is not uncommon.
I love this man;but too much assumption of a collective we,as far as what being American is.