{"id":13055,"date":"2023-12-07T22:07:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T22:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13055"},"modified":"2024-01-01T22:09:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T22:09:54","slug":"norman-lear-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2023\/12\/07\/norman-lear-gone\/","title":{"rendered":"Norman Lear Gone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/tv\/news\/norman-lear-dead-dies-tv-legend-all-in-the-family-1235823995\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from Variety<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"section-heading\">Norman Lear, TV Legend, Dies at 101<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/author\/christopher-morris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris Morris<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"101 Moments From The Norman Lear Effect | The Norman Lear Effect\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VOWpr0VrKVQ?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Writer-producer-developer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/norman-lear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Norman Lear<\/a>, who revolutionized American comedy with such daring, immensely popular early-\u201870s sitcoms as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/all-in-the-family\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">All in the Family<\/a>\u201d and \u201cSanford and Son,\u201d died on Tuesday. He was 101.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lear had already established himself as a top comedy writer and captured a 1968 Oscar nomination for his screenplay for \u201cDivorce American Style\u201d when he concocted the idea for a new sitcom, based on a popular British show, about a conservative, outspokenly bigoted working-class man and his fractious Queens family. \u201cAll in the Family\u201d became an immediate hit, seemingly with viewers of all political persuasions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lear\u2019s shows were the first to address the serious political, cultural and social flashpoints of the day \u2013 racism, abortion, homosexuality, the Vietnam war \u2014 by working pointed new wrinkles into the standard domestic comedy formula. No subject was taboo: Two 1977 episodes of \u201cAll in the Family\u201d revolved around the attempted rape of lead character Archie Bunker\u2019s wife Edith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their fresh outrageousness turned them into huge ratings successes: For a time, \u201cFamily\u201d and \u201cSanford,\u201d based around a Los Angeles Black family, ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the country. \u201cAll in the Family\u201d itself accounted for no less than six spin-offs. \u201cFamily\u201d was also honored with four Emmys in 1971-73 and a 1977 Peabody Award for Lear, \u201cfor giving us comedy with a social conscience.\u201d (He received a second Peabody in 2016 for his career achievements.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[ <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/tv\/news\/norman-lear-dead-dies-tv-legend-all-in-the-family-1235823995\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click to continue reading at Variety<\/a> ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Variety Norman Lear, TV Legend, Dies at 101 By\u00a0Chris Morris Writer-producer-developer\u00a0Norman Lear, who revolutionized American comedy with such daring, immensely popular early-\u201870s sitcoms as \u201cAll in the Family\u201d and \u201cSanford and Son,\u201d died on Tuesday. He was 101. 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