Ninety-four-year-old legendary TV producer and longtime political activist
Norman Lear has led a remarkable life. He helped revolutionize sitcom television
with a string of hit shows including "All in the Family," "Sanford and Son,"
"The Jeffersons," "Good Times" and "Maude." In 1999, President Clinton awarded
him the National Medal of Arts, saying, "Norman Lear has held up a mirror to
American society and changed the way we look at it." Norman Lear is also a
longtime activist, earning him a place on Richard Nixon’s enemies list and the
scorn of the Christian right. His life, art and social activism is the subject
of the new "American Masters" documentary, "Norman Lear: Just Another Version of
You," which premieres tonight on PBS. We spoke with Norman Lear in studio last
week.
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