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Death, Sex & Money

Death, Sex & Money - All in the Family of Norman Lear

Death, Sex & Money

Slate Audio

Careers, Sexuality, Business, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture

4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

The 93-year-old writer and producer behind shows like The Jeffersons and All in the Family talks about his childhood and how it shaped the way he's raised his own six kids.

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0:00.0

The fact of my life is, wherever you are at the moment, it took every bit, every second, every split second of your life to get there.

0:12.1

It's gone. You did it. It's over.

0:17.0

This is death, sex, and money.

0:20.1

Listen, little girl, respect us for the debt.

0:22.8

The living need dough.

0:24.2

The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot.

0:27.3

I think he's going through male menopause.

0:29.7

And need to talk about more.

0:31.3

We don't often talk about that sex and money.

0:34.6

I'm in a sale.

0:39.2

My name is Norman Lear.

0:47.7

I was born on the 27th of July 1922, which makes me 93, if I'm counting directly.

0:57.4

Norman Lear is the TV writer and producer behind iconic sitcoms like the Jeffersons, All in the Family, Good Times, and Maud.

1:00.4

Carol, you want to move, then move.

1:01.8

You mean that?

1:02.4

No.

1:06.9

His shows took real life and put it on the small screen.

1:10.9

All right, we both own the house, we both own the furniture. We both own the window half and half.

1:12.8

I want my half close.

1:15.0

And they became some of the most watched TV programs of the 70s and 80s.

1:19.2

Hold it, Diane.

1:20.2

We are the Jefferson.

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