RIP: Norman Lear, a true television great

[thewayne]

Lear was 101. He was known for creating such transformative television as All In The Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, The Jeffersons, and Good Times. And get this - he consulted on a few episodes of SOUTH PARK! I'd kind of like to identify those and see them! President Bill Clinton awarded him the National Medal of Arts.

He brought up issues of the day that no other TV show would touch: breast cancer, inter-racial tensions, sexual liberation, etc. And I think television needed it.

He truly changed the face of television in America, and perhaps inspired the world.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/norman-lear-dead-1299936/

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[bibliofile]

He also founded People for the American Way, a notoriously humanitarian organization.

[kaishin108]

I agree with you so much, television needed him. that is wild about South Park. What a genius he was and brave to go forward addressing difficult topics.

[disneydream06]

It was sad news when I saw that this morning. :(
Thank you for everything Mr. Lear.
Hugs, Jon

[silveradept]

Well done on his part for getting television to start being topical, contemporary, and using comedy to showcase the absurdity of some of our most cherished beliefs.