TV and the Evolution of American Culture with Norman Lear

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🗓️ 28 June 2015

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Neil deGrasse Tyson looks at the relationship between television and American culture, with the help of writer and producer Norman Lear, author Saul Austerlitz, and co-host Chuck Nice. Plus, Bill Nye remembers “All in the Family.”

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	Your place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:09.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:13.0	I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson, your personal astrophysicist.
0:22.0	We're featuring my interview with Norman Lear.
0:26.0	Norman Lear, the legendary TV writer and producer.
0:29.0	Perhaps best known for creating all in the family back in the 1970s.
0:34.0	So I've got as my comedic co-host Chuck Nice.
0:37.0	Chuck, always good to have you here on Star Talk.
0:40.0	Thank you.
0:43.0	We didn't get Chuck Nice comment.
0:45.0	Chuck Nice comment.
0:46.0	How are you, man?
0:47.0	How are you, buddy?
0:48.0	You feeling sick, Tommy?
0:49.0	You know, I kind of always feel sick, Tommy.
0:53.0	You know what I mean?
0:55.0	I wake up and there's a laugh track to my life.
0:58.0	Some people have a soundtrack to their life.
1:00.0	I have a laugh track to my life.
1:02.0	A laugh track to my life.
1:03.0	So you turn it up if nobody's laughing.
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