GQcalled writer and producer Norman Lear “The Comedy Godfather of Television.”
But here’s what you don’t know about Norman Lear.
His work gained him fans in the White House and across America.
However, that’s not to say that he didn’t ruffle a few feathers in the process.
In aninterviewwith Lear in 2021,CBSrevealed that he’s still working at 98-years-old.
Lear has been in show business for six decades,behind-the-scenes, writing and producing laughs.
But here are some of the things you may not know about him.
Its lead character, Archie Bunker (played by Carroll O’Connor) became a star in the show.
The ’70s were a busy time for Lear.
Lear toldVoxthat he didn’t see it that way.
“We’re not talking about anything that isn’t a topic in the averageAmericanhousehold.
“What was new was what that the media hadn’t touched it.
Lear’s advocacy work both on- and off-screen gained him some negative attention.
“I grew up in Hartford, Connecticut.
It wasn’t unknown to me,” he told the publication.
IndieWirehighlights that inGood Times, Lear discussesdatingas a wheelchair user.
He also cast a number of disabled actors like Melanie Watson and Geri Jewell in his sitcoms.
I don’t care what the circumstances of one’s birth, it’s hard.
If life hasn’t made mischief for us, we’ll make it for ourselves.
But that’s the game of life.
We pay a lot of money for these fancy games of all kinds.
It requires us to compete and engage and beat that game or this game.
And the game of life we don’t think of that way, and perhaps we should.
It’s tough.”
He called himself a liberal, andCNNsaid he’s “well-known to be a political activist.”
In our work, we’re dealing with feelings.
The writing reflects those feelings.
I guess those feelings reflect politically, too.”
He told the publication, “We desperately need a father in the White House.
She told them, “Oh God, yes.
But that’s just not possible.
He’s not the retiring throw in.
He loves that office and he’s got, what?
Six shows possibly coming up?
I mean, it’s crazy.”
CNNreported that he consulted onSouth Parkand produced a voice for Benjamin Franklin.
It’d seem that he’s still got a ton of sitcom ideas.
