Legendary producer Norman Lear. Photo courtesy Live Talks Los Angeles
All in the Family: The Show That Changed Television
Original Airdates: July 22-24, 2022
TVC 584.4: Ed welcomes back Jim Colucci, deputy editor for CBS Watch magazine, and the co-author, along with Norman Lear, of All in the Family: The Show That Changed Television, an oral history of All in the Family that particularly focuses on fifty episodes that, in the opinion of Norman Lear, best exemplify how All in the Family not only changed the face of television when it premiered in 1971, but remains as funny and relevant as ever today. Norman Lear turns 100 on Wednesday, July 27.
Norman Lear and the Equity of All in the Family
Original Airdates: July 22-24, 2022
TVC 584.5: Jim Colucci, co-author, along with Norman Lear, of All in the Family: The Show That Changed Television, talks to Ed about how a good show, such as All in the Family, builds equity in its characters, such that we as viewers feel like those characters are members of our own families. All in the Family: The Show That Changed Television includes behind the scenes photographs, script pages, production designs, previously unseen notes from Norman Lear, commentary from Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Norman Lear, and many of the writers and guest stars on All in the Family, plus archival commentary from Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton, select letters from viewers, and a whole lot more.
The Innate Goodness of Edith Bunker
Original Airdates: July 22-24, 2022
TVC 584.6: Jim Colucci, co-author, along with Norman Lear, of All in the Family: The Show That Changed Television, talks to Ed about how Norman Lear and the writers of All in the Family tailored the Edith Bunker character after the innate goodness of Jean Stapleton.
All in the Family: The Show That Changed Television includes behind the scenes photographs, script pages, production designs, previously unseen notes from Norman Lear, commentary from Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, Norman Lear, and many of the writers and guest stars on All in the Family, plus archival commentary from Carroll O’Connor and Jean Stapleton, select letters from viewers, and a whole lot more.
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