The Norman Lear Episode

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4.9 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2015

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

'Good Times', 'The Jeffersons', 'All In The Family', 'Sanford and Son' creator Norman Lear shares with us the challenges he faced in changing the face/race of American television, his influence on modern culture, Hollywood and more. And how the turbulent times of the post civil rights 1970's mirror's pretty much whats going on in America today. At 93 years old, Norman is as sharp, lucid, focused and concerned as he ever was. This is mos def a great story and an incredible journey. We are definitely moving on up with this one. #RaiseTheBar

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0:00.0	Get ready for combat.
0:04.0	Come that.
0:05.0	Get ready for combat.
0:07.0	Get ready for combat.
0:08.0	Get ready for combat.
0:10.0	Yeah. All that on that.
0:18.0	The Combat Jack Radio show Stand out.
0:20.0	Internet, you're tuned into a very special episode of the Combat Jack show in which I get the
0:26.0	great opportunity to sit down and interview Hollywood, television, American culture, iconic legend Norman Lear.
0:35.0	And let me just give you some background with regard to how does happen, why does happen, and what this is about.
0:42.0	So it's no surprise to you or to the people that have been
0:46.0	listening to the Combat Jack show for a while that I do have some serious aspirations
0:51.2	about entering into academia teaching, particularly on a college
0:56.0	level.
0:57.0	Myself and my network partner, Chris Morrow, because we have a good relationship with NYU or
1:02.1	the people at NYU is that, you know, every year they have an icon
1:07.0	come to the school, specifically for the students, and they're interviewed by a guest lecturer or a guest
1:15.0	interviewer and somebody from from their faculty so this year they asked if I'd
1:19.8	be interested in interviewing Norman Lear I was was like, oh, fuck yeah, Norman, raised the bar internet.
1:26.0	So the format was, it would be myself and one of their members
1:30.0	from their faculty, friend of the Combat Jack show, Dan Charness, who's author of the
1:34.4	amazing book, The Big Payback. If you have not read the Big Payback, it is
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