Category: Norman Lear

Remembering Archie

Commentary A once popular TV sitcom, “All in the Family,” which ran from January 1971 to April 1979, has been in the news again. Its producer Norman Lear wrote an op ed piece for the New York Times (July 27, 2022) on the occasion of his hundredth birthday. Lear speculated about what his best-known figure…


This One Action Can Change Your Life, but It Takes Some Work

By Barton Goldsmith The wonderful multi-award-winning producer, writer and director Norman Lear was being interviewed by Jimmy Fallon. Jimmy asked Lear, now 99 years old, what advice he would give to younger people. Without missing a beat, Lear said: “Learn to let things that bother you go.” He elaborated, of course, but those few words…