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All in the Family creator Norman Lear, along with writer Jim Colucci, talked with NPR about Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton and their roles on the groundbreaking TV show.

Like most of the citadels of culture, Hollywood is in thrall to liberalism, whereas those who consume its products are, like the country itself, a grab bag of Left and Right. Every once in a while, waking up to a constituency it ignores or belittles, the entertainment industry acknowledges the great unwashed: those who value honest work, hold true to traditional values, maintain confidence in the American experiment, even when it fails them, and, by and large, vote Republican.

“All in the Family: The Show that Changed Television” by Norman Lear, the cast and the crew as told to Jim Colucci; Universe (224 pages, $39.95) ——— The Bunkers weren’t

All in the Family creator Norman Lear, along with writer Jim Colucci, talked with NPR about Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton and their roles on the groundbreaking TV show.

All in the Family creator Norman Lear, along with writer Jim Colucci, talked with NPR about Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton and their roles on the groundbreaking TV show.

All in the Family creator Norman Lear, along with writer Jim Colucci, talked with NPR about Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton and their roles on the groundbreaking TV show.

All in the Family creator Norman Lear, along with writer Jim Colucci, talked with NPR about Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton and their roles on the groundbreaking TV show.