Name: 【TED】Norman Lear: An entertainment icon on living a life of meaning (An entertainment icon on living a life of meaning | Norman Lear)
Uploaded: 2017-10-28T08:39:00.000Z
Duration: 19 min 47 s
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Eric Hirshberg: So I assume that Norman doesn't need much of an introduction,

so I've been tasked with starting with his bio,

which could easily take up the entire 18 minutes.

So instead we're going to do 93 years in 93 seconds or less.

Your father was a con man -- I got that right.

He was taken away to prison when you were nine years old.

You flew 52 missions as a fighter pilot in World War II.

EH: You came to LA to break into Hollywood,

You had no training as a writer, formally,

was a little show called "All in the Family."

You followed that up with a string of hits

that to this day is unmatched in Hollywood:

"Sanford and Son," "Maude," "Good Times,"

Not only are they all commercially successful,

but many of them push our culture forward

by giving the underrepresented members of society

You have seven shows in the top 10 at one time.

you aggregate an audience of 120 million people per week

That's more than the audience for Super Bowl 50,

EH: And we're not even to the holy shit part.

You land yourself on Richard Nixon's enemies list --

You're inducted into the TV Hall of Fame on the first day that it exists.

start a third act as a political activist focusing on protecting the First Amendment

You stay active in both entertainment and politics

and make a documentary about your life story.

they finally think you're ready for a TED Talk.

she showed me the letters that I had written her from overseas,

A year later I asked my mother if I could have them,

because I'd like to keep them all the years of my life ...

The best way I can sum it up in more recent times is --

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【TED】Norman Lear: An entertainment icon on living a life of meaning (An entertainment icon on living a life of meaning | Norman Lear)

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