CAL THOMAS: Norman Lear and me | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Arkansas' Best News Source
Television producer Norman Lear, who died last week at age 101, probably could not get away today with what he put on the small screen in the 1970s with his iconic sitcoms "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons." As Mel Brooks did in his movies "The Producers" and "Blazing Saddles," Lear undermined the power of bigotry with humor.
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