Hey everybody I thought I would take a few moments before this part two of this very special episode to let you know that this man that you are about to hear from and who I met with for two hours is one of the absolute

greatest people that ever graced

Los Angeles, Hollywood, the television business.

There's no one like him. There never will be anyone like him. He is truly the goat.

In my opinion. How many people do you know that had five shows in the top seven of all the

shows on television? I don't know anybody. It's incredible and every one of them was edgy.

Just so on top of it, so cutting edge. Most of the shows he did 50, 40, however many

years ago it was you couldn't even play on television today. Think about that. How many things

do you know of that can't be listened to or watched today on regular network television that played long ago.

He can list them on probably half a hand.

Yet he created six shows that he did it every week.

And I'm grateful that I had the time with him.

I'm grateful that I met him.

I'm grateful to know him.

And more importantly,

I'm so grateful that I'm able to share this episode with you.

So please enjoy it.

Norman Lear.

I don't know, a half hour before the show was to go on the air in New York, which is three hours before here, of course, that's when I got a call from Fred Silverman who said

they went the fight was going all the way to the very end they had the not the right but the ability well the right and the ability to take the line out

edited out in New York and what did you tell them? I won't be here tomorrow. Welcome back to another episode of Industry Standard with me, Barrycats. I am so, so, very honored and almost speechless to be here today because this is a really, really

wonderful episode you're about to hear.

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