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TV Legend Norman Lear on a Lifetime of “Experience”
Television icon Norman Lear wrote sitcoms that tackled real issues, like rape, abortion and race relations. Lear talks to Kim Masters about a few lifetimes worth of adventures in film and television and his new memoir.
By Kim Masters • • 28m ListenNorman Lear is the force behind TV shows like All in the Family, Maude, Good Times and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, among many others. His new memoir is Even This I Get to Experience and at 92, he’s gotten to experience a lot. Lear joins us to share stories about how he got his first job in television and the line that almost caused CBS to pull the plug on All in the Family.
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