Norman Lear, producer of TV’s ‘All
in the Family’ and influential liberal
advocate, has died at 101
Associated Press,
by
Lynn Elber
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
12/6/2023 1:49:18 PM
Los Angeles—Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with “All in the Family,” “The Jeffersons” and “Maude,” propelling political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of TV sitcoms, has died. He was 101.
Lear died Tuesday night in his sleep, surrounded by family at his home in Los Angeles, said Lara Bergthold, a spokesperson for his family.
A liberal activist with an eye for mainstream entertainment, Lear fashioned bold and controversial comedies that were embraced by viewers who had to watch the evening news to find out what was going on in the world.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
DVC 12/6/2023 1:59:38 PM (No. 1611846)
Well, no more leftist indoctrination from this one.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Son of Grady 12/6/2023 3:01:12 PM (No. 1611897)
"Those were the days" song lyrics...
- Girls were girls and men were men,
- Didn't need no welfare states, Everybody pulled his weight.
Not true anymore.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
konocti95 12/6/2023 3:04:04 PM (No. 1611900)
While many may not agree with his politics we should all take a lesson from his habit of communicating with elected officials, which he did from an early age. It's always been easy and cheap to do, it's far easier and cheaper than ever before.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
formerNYer 12/6/2023 3:40:00 PM (No. 1611921)
Do not speak poorly of the dead, so I'll say nothing, which is exactly my sadness of the loss of this ill advised leftist.
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Most of his shows couldn't even be broadcast today, people would be triggered for sure!!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Strike3 12/6/2023 3:47:29 PM (No. 1611928)
Back when All in the Family was made, liberalism was amusing and an object of ridicule. Now it is recognized as the utterly stupid philosophy that it is. Rob Reiner certainly took it seriously.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
MickTurn 12/6/2023 3:56:38 PM (No. 1611933)
Thanks for Meathead, he's still kicking his stupidity around the Internet!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 12/6/2023 4:11:07 PM (No. 1611944)
Lear infused "All in the Family" with progressive propaganda and was lauded as "cutting edge" by fellow travelers in the entertainment media, soon followed by their compatriots in the lamestream. He satirized on the small screen the societal turmoil already being played out during the late '60s and '70s in almost every living room across America. The program made a deeper and different impact than Lear, and many others, expected. They thought Rob Reiner's "Meathead" was going to be the breakout character; the banner bearer of the radical left giving it to "The Man!". Instead, the breakout character and hero was Archie himself. The irascible, embattled and battered patriarch veteran, fighting to hold on to values and principles, won the hearts of the viewing public.
As a "hometown" girl, I can tell you that Carroll O'Connor hated playing Archie Bunker. But he liked the money, and he liked his fans and appreciated them. He was a really nice man. My father knew him. It will warm your hearts that Rob Reiner absolutely hates being being called "Meathead", and it is not unknown in Los Angeles for him to be out in public for someone in a crowd to shout out, "Hey, Meathead!" LOL!!!!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Italiano 12/6/2023 5:56:37 PM (No. 1611996)
"Didn't need no welfare state. Everybody pulled his weight."
Archie, Edith, you had no idea how much worse it would get.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 12/6/2023 6:10:31 PM (No. 1611999)
Please indulge a second post. I think one of his funniest shows was the late night soap opera spoof, "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman!" I still use my favorite line from the show. Mary Hartman's mother's wise words of advise, "Things are never so bad, that they cannot get worse."
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
JimBob 12/6/2023 7:01:12 PM (No. 1612023)
I was in the room when one of his shows was playing on the TV.
I could feel my brain cells dying from exposure to the stupidity on the screen.
I left immediately and refused to be in the room when one of his shows was playing. Ever.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
skacmar 12/7/2023 1:04:42 AM (No. 1612125)
Norman Lear may have been liberal, but many of his shows and scripts would have liberal heads spinning today. The things Archie Bunker got to say would never ever be shown on TV today.
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