Norman Lear

Maltin on Movies

Leonard Maltin

Comedy, Jessie, Leonard, On, Tv & Film, Maltin, Movies

4.2 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2018

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

At 96 it’s fair to call Norman Lear a living legend. He gave birth to such TV series as All in the Family, Maude, and The Jeffersons. Instead of living in the past he’s reinventing it, supervising a reboot of One Day at a Time, just for starters. He’s worked in television since 1950, but no one seems to talk to him about the movies he wrote, produced, and/or directed, like Cold Turkey or those for which he was a midwife (like The Princess Bride). Leonard and Jessie relished spending time with this highly amusing, soft-spoken giant—even when he fielded a cell phone call from a political fundraiser in the midst of our interview!

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0:42.0	And I'm Jesse Malton.
0:43.2	And we are sitting here today with, I'm sorry, I have to call you a living legend.
0:49.5	I apologize.
0:50.5	So long as it's living.
0:52.4	Prolific, I think, yeah.
0:55.1	Anyway, this is Mr. Norman Lear we are sitting with.
0:58.7	Welcome.
0:59.5	Welcome, Mr. Leonard Maldon.
1:01.8	Thank you, sir.
1:04.3	You made a remark.
1:05.9	I saw you speak at the AFI Award Lunch in a couple of years ago,
1:10.7	and you said that when you were in your 80s,
1:13.7	people were respectful and kind, you know, and polite.
1:18.1	But as soon as you turn 90, they became very deferential.
1:21.8	Yes.
1:22.8	I would start to get applause for standing.
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