The Business
Revisiting Norman Lear & His Lifetime of TV 'Experience'
Television icon Norman Lear wrote sitcoms that tackled real issues, like rape, abortion and race relations. This Labor Day, we revisit Lear's conversation with Kim Masters about the lifetimes worth of adventures in film and television chronicled in his memoir.
By Kim Masters • • 29m 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 called Even This I Get to Experience and at 93, 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.
Photo: Norman Lear on the cover of his memoir, Even This I Get to Experience
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