Norman Lear: A life of laughter and activism

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Norman Lear, who created, developed or co-produced some of television's most beloved comedies, such as "All in the Family," "Maude," "The Jeffersons," and "One Day at A Time," died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, at the age of 101. Correspondent Mo Rocca looks back on the remarkable life and career of the legendary producer and social activist who'd said the gift of laughter kept him going strong for more than a century.
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@leemunn2098 5 күн бұрын

THANK YOU FOR THE SHOWS NORMAN

@otisroseboro5613 7 ай бұрын

R.I.P To The Great Norman Lear,You Will Be Missed 😢

@joememphis1571 7 ай бұрын

He brought the whole truth and nothing but the truth to television in terms of bringing taboo topics to the public eye such as racism, various forms of abuse, LGBTQIA topics, feminism, sexism, and other issues.

@kimchow6918 7 ай бұрын

What an amazing human being!!!

@veronicaferguson8548 7 ай бұрын

Good bye Norman.😢And Thank you

@louiserose2609 7 ай бұрын

Loved him and his shows. 💔

@Darci3333 7 ай бұрын

A gift to the world.....now sadly gone😢😢

@nancyhoward7005 7 ай бұрын

Norman Lear is sooooo wonderful 💯 🌺🌹🌺🌹🌺🌹🌺🌹🌺🌹🌺🌹🌺🌹🌺🌹🌺🌹🌺🌹

@nancyhoward7005 7 ай бұрын

Gid Bless you 🙏

@brawnbenson552 7 ай бұрын

He was a good, kind man! Much respect to Norman Lear. My condolences to his family and friends.

@jackmeeellleee4896 7 ай бұрын

A true American, rest in peace Mr. Lear.

@steveconn 7 ай бұрын

His sitcoms so groundbreaking and alive (writing a few myself, it's fun). Good Times, The Jeffersons so much better and vital than today's canned stuff. RIP The Great Norman Lear.

@Ixapter 7 ай бұрын

I salute you, Norman Lear.

@bbjoseyjw 7 ай бұрын

Great Man, Great American, Great Interview!🦘

@bdflatlander 7 ай бұрын

What a brilliant and creative individual. Groundbreaking too.

@tiffanycurtis4794 7 ай бұрын

My generation of television and today is a special tribute marathon to his sitcoms on antenna TV and I will be watching with a big old thing of cinnamon vanilla coffee 😄 ☕️ rip Norman 🙏🏿

@genagena127 7 ай бұрын

The Great Norman Lear. I adore his outlook on life and our gift here on Earth

@angelahodges1015 7 ай бұрын

To watching Norman Lear's 70's shows you'd believe actresses/actors were related so that his audiences understood him as a producer. For me, I always wandered if the actor who played J.J. on Good Times was a family member 😄😄 and I love the theme song to The Jeffersons.😄😄

@johnellharris1366 7 ай бұрын

Norman Lear widened the lenses on the American landscape that propelled us all forward.Thank you so much Mr.Lear.

@Mary-fv4bn 7 ай бұрын

I want to thank you, Mr. Lear, for making me laugh when as a young child at the age of 12, I was suppressing the memories of a gun accident before there was even the diagnosis of PTSD. I just realized what you did for me while watching this. I am forever grateful.

@lawrencegoldworm 7 ай бұрын

God Bless him and keep him. His shows were a part of my youth. Thank you, President Biden for paying a personal call to his home. That shows a lot of class.

@wildoceanappaloosawomangay2535 7 ай бұрын

Wonderful humanitarian We love you Norman forever 💚☮️😞

@yvonned.6764 7 ай бұрын

A life well lived. I enjoyed all of those shows growing up. All funny, and thought provoking. Thanks for the memories Mr. Lear. RIP.

@KasperKali 7 ай бұрын

Truly one of the great ones. His legacy and laughter will live on through his vast work. Thanks for posting.

@ericsamuelson5656 7 ай бұрын

He was a sitcom genius. He was the first to record all his shows on videotape. Thank you for all the laughs. The reruns lives forever.

@rodneyjhackenflash4865 7 ай бұрын

Bull! He was an opportunist who cashed in on the unrest of the time. Commies are good at that, too.

@meman6964 6 ай бұрын

Actually Desilu, Lucille Ball & Desi Arnez were first to tape their work.

@1977IsNotMyAge 4 ай бұрын

I'll have to remember that line about being over the hill 😂

@jeanneanderson3367 7 ай бұрын

An American Treasure. Watched his shows as a child with my parents. Thank you for your service & for the laughter. Rest in Peace Mr. Lear. 😢🙏🏼

@nielspemberton59 7 ай бұрын

Drumroll, Trumpets, and laurel leaves for this good man and great American Patriot; Mr. Norman Lear.

@user-pj9pv4th5j 7 ай бұрын

He was an absolute master at his craft. My childhood is filled with thousands of hours of the different sitcoms His life Stories It would have been very cool to have known him. Personally he had a lot to teach. In life and in his passing.

@lorenzoalsobrooks739 7 ай бұрын

How awesome it had to be during the early 1970s at CBS Television City. At any given day there, you had the tapings of All In The Family, Good Times, Maude, and The Jeffersons and in another studio, The Price Is Right. Godspeed to Norman Lear.

@sherrisolomon8673 4 ай бұрын

@lorenzoalsobrooks the 70's were truly awesome!

@richardmorgan2790 7 ай бұрын

We owe Norman Lear for the laughter in our lives a big debt let's keep laughing keep him alive

@MsDisneylandlover 7 ай бұрын

Good times and fact of life was my show..

@lineshaftrestorations7903 7 ай бұрын

The phrases like "meathead" and "dingbat" and the characters that they exemplify were spot on. Perhaps without Lear those wouldn't be as widely known or used.

@bbygrlpt2 7 ай бұрын

Wow some classic amazing shows!! Such a great man! RIP🙏

@kathryn1304 7 ай бұрын

I grew up with all his tv series in the 1970’s. Rest in peace Norman Lear.

@hartubmoses6645 7 ай бұрын

I'm so grateful for Norman Lear. He force us to look at ourselves and if we were like his characters, we didn't like what we saw for the most part. While racism and biases continued to exist, it was not out of control during the airings of those shows as it now.

@Madbandit77 7 ай бұрын

Well, we didn't have many TV channels and the Internet, which stirred the pot of societal animosity, but what we do have is Mr. Lear's legacy to inspire us to be socially conscious and speak truth to power when it's abused by those who don't have the people's best interests at heart.

@sarahhall9079 7 ай бұрын

Bless him. I loved all of his shows growing up. What a legend.

@frederickrobinson7006 7 ай бұрын

Loved Norman Lear! But why doesn't anyone talk about him stealing show ideas?

@juliethompson8685 7 ай бұрын

How about talking about all the good things he brought us? You sir, are in poor taste.

@Madbandit77 7 ай бұрын

War veteran. Sitcom mastermind. Humanitarian. American. Icon. Inspirational force. Coolest grandfather around. That was and still is Norman Lear, who made us laugh and think about ourselves and each other.

@jl3322 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the Laughs. RIP

@cheska2024 7 ай бұрын

The best tribute to Norman Lear I have watched. Thank you.

@j.frankparnell.radiation 7 ай бұрын

What a man.

@RickTBL 7 ай бұрын

If you haven't seen Cold Turkey, see it! It's not just a comedy, it's a dark satire.

@Madbandit77 7 ай бұрын

It's damn brilliant. Though his film career wasn't as big as his TV career, Mr. Lear had an interesting collection of films as writer-producer (Come Blow Your Horn, Divorce American Style, Start The Revolution Without Me, Cold Turkey, the early films of his friend Rob Reiner).

@hnc52 7 ай бұрын

The epitome of the great Yiddish word mentsch.

@michaelscot4816 7 ай бұрын

Soooooooi awesome. Tuskegee and Lear! 💙💙💙

@Mia7189 7 ай бұрын

Bravo, Mr. Lear...and Thank You.

@jimmykfromnolaart 7 ай бұрын

‘It can’t be all bad?’ He was a brilliant and soulful person…. Where are they now?

@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987 7 ай бұрын

❤❤😢😢😢 His shows where great. My Childhood youth has pass on in TV now at 56 MY TV YOUTH WAS PUT TO REST EASY PEACEFUL NL BLESS YOU

@ericwilliams1023 7 ай бұрын

Eric Monte!

@jeanetteschock4744 7 ай бұрын

Thank you Norman ❤❤❤😢😢😢😢

@ianstewart8301 7 ай бұрын

Great job Mo

@shaedavis53 7 ай бұрын

Norman Lear should be on the Mount Rushmore of the 4 greatest people to ever walk the Earth 🙏🙏🙏🙏

@mililaniman 7 ай бұрын

I love all of Norman Lear's shows growing up. My favorite is One Day At A Time. I also loved Good Times, The Jefferson and All In The Family,

@jillcnc 7 ай бұрын

What a wonderful man. What a great legacy. And at the end he says something not all that different from what my late husband said when he was ill: "I'm not afraid of death; I'm terrified of dying in pain." As it turned out, he didn't have to. And apparently, neither did Norman Lear.

@shaynaa3359 7 ай бұрын

RIP Mr. Lear. You are a legend. Thank you for your service to our country and thank you for the laughs ❤

@user-um9um5op8y 7 ай бұрын

💕 💗

@Theantichryst 7 ай бұрын

❤

@3h2o61 7 ай бұрын

Another bright star lights our constellation tonight. What an amazing human being.

@m42037 7 ай бұрын

Sad that so many young people (under 40) never watched his shows or even know who he was and what a genius he was

@veronicaferguson8548 7 ай бұрын

My son is 30 and grew up watching All in the Family,Sanford and Son and Good Times.He loves All in The Family.

@m42037 7 ай бұрын

@@veronicaferguson8548 Lol my son is 22 and loves our music from the 70s-90s but doesn't watch anything "sitcom" from the 90s on back. He does love Clint Eastwood Dirty Harry or Beverly hills cop eg. Which the new BHC comes out soon

@tobechukwuolumba7337 7 ай бұрын

He was the greatest sitcom developer of all time. He was an incredible staple to humanity, and a trek of politics. Mr. Lear was a legendary star.

@AM-br4ix 7 ай бұрын

My Cousin met him decades ago on a beach right before All in the Family became well known.

@elissakartman 7 ай бұрын

This was wonderful.

@indrataylor3149 7 ай бұрын

💐🙏🏿🕊️💐🙏🏿🕊️💐🙏🏿😭😭😭

@user-ji2pr4gv6f 7 ай бұрын

Anyone lately ...we are loosing all the good people?. They ones that worked hard at good ideas..and keep going no matter what???😢😮

@michaelscot4816 7 ай бұрын

Way to go! JOE! 💙💙💙

@leonoranicolaysen2784 7 ай бұрын

In retrospect Lear made one fatal error. He made Good Times about Jimmie Walker and John Amos and Esther Rolle were sidelined. He actually killed off the Amos character. Proof that even a brilliant creator can make an idiot mistake.

@jasongilmore2709 7 ай бұрын

If you actually knew what you were talking about you would know that the differences that Amos had with Producers- namely Lear- had to do with him wanting more emphasis on the other two children on the series and not just Jimmie Walker... So a little homework before espousing about "idiot mistakes"

@Meridian83West 7 ай бұрын

The term "trailblazer" is somewhat shopworn, but it definitely applies to Norman Lear. When "All In The Family" hit the airwaves, most sitcoms were like "The Brady Bunch". No sitcom was talking about things like the Vietnam war, race relations or religion. But Lear was able to take such serious subjects and make us laugh about them. The legacy he left is admirable and will never be matched.

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@shanellnock5720 7 ай бұрын

Norman Lear is and was Woke and it was a beautiful event he seen racism and injustice thats what being Woke is I would be woke than asleep behind the wheel of life🤔🤨

@ceeceesrevenge33 7 ай бұрын

You forgot The facts of life , and different strokes

@katherinekerbow8344 7 ай бұрын

He was so awesome...no other words apply!!!! He will always live on in all of us.....❤❤ RIP sweet Norman!!!😊

@lolaclyde7915 7 ай бұрын

The genius of Carol O'Connor is that he made a bigot likable. As crazy as his views were, you knew underneath he was a softy. As much as he argued with Mike, you knew deep down he cared for him. I'm not an actor, but that can't be easy to pull off.

@seththomas9105 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for being a Citizen and true American. God bless.

@dannyiselin 6 ай бұрын

Kept us all laughing for 20+ years but we didn't know about his and other macher-moguls "schwartz-ploitation" of Eric Monte's and others' black original sitcom inventions-- which they claimed as their own!

@JesusYTF 7 ай бұрын

Thank God for Norman Lear, but it is not good to live to be 101 and not be sure of what is on the other side, SEEK JESUS TODAY, THE END MAY COME TOMORROW!

@leonoranicolaysen2784 7 ай бұрын

This is not the format for you.

@Iksvomid 6 ай бұрын

Greatest snake in world history. Died 101 years too late.

@paullopez2021 7 ай бұрын

This one hurts. Norman Lear was a fighter. ABC didn't want All in the Family, but that didn't stop him from taking it to CBS. And he ended up completely changing the TV landscape. Without Archie Bunker stopping a lesbian teacher from getting fired in the 70s, we would've never seen Roseanne Conner stand up against Islamophobia at the grocery store in 2018. Norman Lear was never too afraid to "go there" - and neither should we.

@ekop1778 7 ай бұрын

AHHH THE OLD DAYS OF TV WHEN AMERICA WAS FUN NOW ITS PURE REBOOT JUNK GARBAGE GIVE ME A TWINKIE AND A HOUR FOR SANFORD ANY DAY OVER REALITY KRAP

@m42037 7 ай бұрын

That's for sure! I'm glad Frasier is back at least..

@willardlockejr2965 7 ай бұрын

You got that right!! RIP Mr. Lear. And thank you for all those great sitcoms that will forever live on in reruns.

@disastermaster1413 7 ай бұрын

Normans Rear

@MsDisneylandlover 7 ай бұрын

Rip to him i pray he knew the lord ❤

@blendarichter9347 7 ай бұрын

BIH

@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy 7 ай бұрын

He fired John Amos from Good Times for speaking up about positive Black representation. He also settled out of court with African-American writer Eric Monte for "borrowing" copyrighted material. But, yeah, rest in peace.

@jmjfanss 7 ай бұрын

There will never be another like this one.

@AnthonyJMurph 7 ай бұрын

Nobody said he was perfect, but he gave a whole lot of voices to marginalized people in the 70s and 80s.

@mojo7495 7 ай бұрын

Another lost soul bites the dust.

@D-Rex- 7 ай бұрын

Gone at 101, too young. Too young.

@stephaniesmith5515 7 ай бұрын

The man is dead. Not only that, he lived to be 101. Keep your negativity to yourself please.

@my.0224 5 ай бұрын

Since when did truth telling become negativity?

@stephaniesmith5515 5 ай бұрын

@@my.0224 since forever. Didn’t you get the memo? lol Truth or a lie, if it’s negative..keep it to yourself. He’s dead.

@anthonyboyd9053 5 ай бұрын

You’re not gonna sell me a false bill of goods he took advantage of so many Black people you can miss me with that

@patrickhall3878 7 ай бұрын

Was he a bigot? Making fun of one type of person, always portraying them as inferior.

@dondixon4206 7 ай бұрын

Yeah... He should be remembered for his contribution... However, he was also a thief who stole credit from people more deserving. Look it up. Get the facts,

@dianemurray6550 7 ай бұрын

The world is worse for losing that generation. So much so, it seems to be heading for a repeat.

@yeerrr2726 7 ай бұрын

🤣🤣 he didn’t write any of those shows, he’s a cheat & a thief like the rest of his people … history never forgets

@jasoneaton9477 7 ай бұрын

One of the biggest liars in history ..he never wrote for Sanford and son..nor for good times or the Jeffersons . It was eric monte .. two of those shows were originally made in England.. you cant write black dialogue or situations if u havent lived it ..thank u ERIC MONTE whose still alive

@MrGetmoneymane 5 ай бұрын

Stole all the black shows and gave no credit!!!

@ganzvv3726 3 ай бұрын

Yea whatever. Bye bye

@Seekthetruth3000 7 ай бұрын

He was a classic liberal, not a woke leftist.

@82266paon 7 ай бұрын

The true GENIUS is ERIC MONTE!!! Point Blank Period.

@Madbandit77 7 ай бұрын

Not really.

@rodneyjhackenflash4865 7 ай бұрын

Norman Lear - died six decades too late.

@ddduva4440 7 ай бұрын

A leftist icon who worked tirelessly to promote his agenda. Is America better for it? The laughter could not be repeated today with the irreverence and dialogue. Can you imagine Fred Sanford calling someone “ugly” that was a woman? Can you imagine someone being able to say words that cannot even be written here. He was a great success for sure.

@catlover34fl 7 ай бұрын

I remember Sanford calling a woman "gorilla face" in one of his shows. That was shocking even then, but I loved Norman Lear's shows.