That's the heart of it: My shows were not that controversial with the American people. They were controversial with the people who think for the American people. Norman Lear americancontroversialheart Change image and share on social
Originally, with all the shows, we went looking for belly laughs. Norman Lear bellylaughoriginally Change image and share on social
Nobody doubts my partisanship, but a lot of the activity is nonpartisan. Norman Lear activitydoubtlot Change image and share on social
TV that people will never see, that giant international corporations will never touch, will never pay your salary. Norman Lear corporationgiantinternational Change image and share on social
We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension. Norman Lear articleblackepisode share on social
The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart. Norman Lear americaneducateheart Change image and share on social
I guess because the shows were activist in their own way - the marriage of my public activism and my career activism, you know - people understand me very well. They also understand there's a very strong bipartisan part in all of this. Norman Lear activismactivistbipartisan share on social
It crossed our minds early on that the more an audience cared - we were working before, on average, 240, live people. If you could get them caring - the more they cared, the harder they laughed. Norman Lear audienceaveragecare Change image and share on social
