Norman Lear
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Norman Milton Lear was an American screenwriter and producer who wrote and produced more than 100 television shows during a career that lasted over 70 years. Lear created and produced numerous popular
Lear in 1977
Lear standing before a bank of camera monitors in 1975
Lear at the Texas Book Festival in 2014
Lear was among the 2017 Kennedy Center Honors recipients.
All in the Family
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All in the Family is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS for nine seasons from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979, with a total of 205 episodes. It was followed by Archie Bunker's P
The Bunkers and the Stivics: standing, Gloria (Sally Struthers) and Michael (Rob Reiner). Seated, Archie (Carroll O'Connor) and Edith (Jean Stapleton) with baby Joey
When Archie visits a local blood bank to make a donation, he meets his neighbor, Lionel Jefferson, who is there for the same purpose.
The house featured in the opening credits sequence, as it appeared in late 2013
Vincent Gardenia, before becoming a regular cast member as Frank Lorenzo, and Rue McClanahan played a "wife-swapping" couple who meet the unsuspecting Bunkers in a 1972 episode. L–R: McClanahan, Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton and Gardenia.[citation needed]