Not dead yet. Norman Lear

[elleng]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/06/opinion/not-dead-yet.html?

(He attended Emerson College when my mother was there.)

[DianaForRussFeingold]

1. K&R 70s TV, Genius! -- He still has it!

Thank you so much, elleng!

Even more relevant today.

"with ground-breaking shows like “All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons,” “Maude,” “Sanford and Son” and “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.” He then turned his attention to politics, founding “People for the American Way,” an influential progressive advocacy group defending foundational Constitutional rights including free speech, freedom of religion and equal protection under the law."
" In this interview, Lear and The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur discuss:
- Why, even though he’s a standard-bearer for “liberal Hollywood, he considers himself “deeply conservative”
- How a quarter flipped to him by an uncle changed the trajectory of his life
- Why being a good liar got him fired from his first job as a press agent
- Which are his favorite TV shows of all time (number three may surprise you!)
- The experience in an airport terminal that made him realize that he’d finally “made it.”
- Why Republicans today never talk about President Eisenhower":

"Norman Lear, now 93, who crossed racial lines and tackled tough social issues with his shows, and who is at it again, promoting a new comedy about the elderly."