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DJM77 · 10-30-2016, 01:07 PM

I was able to catch all but the first 20 minutes of it last night. It was a little bit of a let down, but still very enjoyable. It'll be on again tonight at 12AM eastern/11PM central.

liane60 · 10-31-2016, 10:13 AM

I'll try and watch it. He does a good interview on Emmytvlegonds.org on his life and rise to fame. Very intresting.

Heenan Fan · 11-10-2016, 03:38 AM

The documentary was all over the place and I didn't care for it much. The few minutes they showed of the behind the scenes table readings of AITF, Good Times, and The Jeffersons were really cool though. I just wish they would of devoted more time to those segments and less time to all the meaningless fluff.

loaferman · 11-10-2016, 11:17 AM

Looking back, while Lear was influential and a game-changer some of those shows were outright propaganda and pushed his political ideology. They were not bad shows but sometimes he really lacked restraint and went over-board on his "issues".

liane60 · 11-10-2016, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Heenan Fan

The documentary was all over the place and I didn't care for it much. The few minutes they showed of the behind the scenes table readings of AITF, Good Times, and The Jeffersons were really cool though. I just wish they would of devoted more time to those segments and less time to all the meaningless fluff.

I missed it on PBS but I saw it on Youtube and I really like it. I've seen many interviews on him and he's a legond in TV.

10-30-2016, 01:07 PM	#1
DJM77 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: May 15, 2001 Location: Missouri Posts: 5,568	American Masters: Norman Lear on PBS I was able to catch all but the first 20 minutes of it last night. It was a little bit of a let down, but still very enjoyable. It'll be on again tonight at 12AM eastern/11PM central.
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11-10-2016, 11:17 AM	#4
loaferman Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 23, 2011 Location: Virginia Posts: 642	Looking back, while Lear was influential and a game-changer some of those shows were outright propaganda and pushed his political ideology. They were not bad shows but sometimes he really lacked restraint and went over-board on his "issues".
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10-31-2016, 10:13 AM	#2
liane60 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 03, 2015 Location: MD Posts: 438	I'll try and watch it. He does a good interview on Emmytvlegonds.org on his life and rise to fame. Very intresting.

11-10-2016, 03:38 AM	#3
Heenan Fan Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Oct 19, 2016 Posts: 6,001	The documentary was all over the place and I didn't care for it much. The few minutes they showed of the behind the scenes table readings of AITF, Good Times, and The Jeffersons were really cool though. I just wish they would of devoted more time to those segments and less time to all the meaningless fluff.