Norman Lear Reaffirms To Bob That “All We Have Is This Moment”
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All Things Comedy
4.4 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2020
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Legendary writer and television show creator, Norman Lear (One Day at a Time, All in the Family) calls up Bob to catch up about everything from the difficulties of splitting time between family and TV work to what it was like as a Radio Operator in a B-17 during World War II. Plus, Norman talks the joy of saving the new One Day at a Time from cancellation gives his secret on why he’s always been able to stay in the moment.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, 42 here from the Random Interesting Facts Podcast, the show about everything and nothing. |
| 0:10.0 | Every week I delve into three random interesting facts on a random topic. |
| 0:15.5 | So if you're in the car, on the train or even on the toilet, |
| 0:20.7 | and you're just itching to know more about the world around you. |
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| 0:29.4 | Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your your podcasts don't miss it. |
| 0:35.0 | Hey welcome to a very incredibly special episode of my podcast, my show. |
| 0:42.0 | My episode is with Norman Lear, |
| 0:46.0 | the Norman Lear, the Norman Lear, the incredibly brilliant wonderful man |
| 0:52.0 | who is a friend of mine which I'm shocked that I get to know this |
| 0:57.4 | incredible human being creator of so many shows, |
| 1:03.0 | producer of All in the Family, |
| 1:06.0 | writer of all these shows, |
| 1:08.0 | Sanford and Son, Good Times, The Jeffersons, |
| 1:12.0 | One Day at a Time time which is now on pop after having left Netflix |
| 1:17.6 | because he wouldn't let it go with this beautiful Latina version of the show and he has a three-year contract to continue to make it and he's |
| 1:25.6 | 97 years old and he's brilliant. |
| 1:30.6 | I don't have to tell you you'll be listening for yourself. He has so many accolades and what do they all mean? |
| 1:37.5 | You'll find out what they mean to him as you're about to hear and see if you're on YouTube right now. |
| 1:46.1 | But he's, you know, the Peabody Award, |
| 1:48.8 | Emmys, Kennedy Center honors, |
| 1:52.6 | honors, so many Writers Guild honors. |
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