Norman Lear Who is Norman Lear? Contributions Famous Quotes Key Terms Jenn McAllister Norman Lear 1922 - Present Day Who is Norman Lear? Contributions Famous Quotes Key Terms Multiple Choice

Early Life Born in New Haven, Connecticut on July 27, 1922 Jeanette and Herman Lear Jewish and had a bar mitzvah High school in Hartford Attended Emerson College in Boston Dropped out in 1942 to join US Air Force Served as a radio operator/gunner during WW2 Flew 52 combat missions 1954 enlisted as a writer, start of his producing career

Career 1950 - Signed to write for the The Ford Star Revue, lasted for four shows Hired to write for the Martin and Lewis Colgate Comedy Hour until 1953 1953 - Began writing his own shows 1958 - Teamed with Bud Yorkin to form Tandem Productions Tandem produced several feature films 1970 - CBS signed with Tandem to produce All in the Family: first aired on January 12, 1971 and ran 9 seasons Other television hit shows - Maude, Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, One Day at a Time, Good Times, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

Political Activities 1981 - founded People For the American Way 1989 - founded the Business Enterprise Trust Serves on the National Advisory Board of the Young Storytellers Foundation Has written articles for The Huffington Post Trustee at The Paley Center for Media 2004 - established Declare Yourself; today it has registered more than 4 million people 2009 - BornAgainAmerican.org

Awards By 1973 – Won a total of 4 Emmy awards 1977 - Humanist Arts Award 1978 - Peabody Award Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 1999 - National Medal of Arts Also in 1999 - Women in Film Lucy Award

TV Productions Norman Lear on CBS Sunday Morning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UIdg1ZDvlU

Contributions Cultural & Political Founded: Business Enterprise Trust and People for the American Way Aims his Declaration of Independence project at children “They may not be old enough to vote, but they can make a difference” Has been donating money to the elections for years One of the most influential people in the history of television All in the family - depicted issues previously considered unsuitable for US network television comedy Exposed the nation to “taboo” topics such as homosexuality, bigotry, premarital sex, etc, through his television comedies “[Norman Lear] has held up a mirror to American society and changed the way we look at it.” – Bill Clinton

Quotes       “Life is made up of small pleasures. Happiness is made up of those tiny successes. The big ones come too infrequently. And if you don't collect all these tiny successes, the big ones don't really mean anything.” – Norman Lear “In this nation, leadership is dollars.” - Norman Lear “My family argued at the top of their lungs and on the edge of their nerves, forever. That's what they did, so that was my experience.” – Norman Lear

Key Terms Radio Operator: uses equipment to engage in two-way personal communications with other individuals on the same radio frequencies Combat Mission: a mission to capture or defend something “Signed with”: Indicate agreement with or authorization by attaching a signature CBS: US radio and TV Network; Columbia Broadcasting System Feature Film: the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater Hollywood Walk of Fame: 2,400 five-pointed stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard; monuments of achievement in the entertainment industry, names of a mix of actors, musicians, directors, producers, musical and theatrical groups, fictional characters, and others

Multiple Choice What did Norman Lear drop out of College to do? Become a screen writer Join the US Air Force Produce a TV Show Join the US Navy Become a Clown

Multiple Choice What was the first show Norman Lear was hired to write for in the year 1950? Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman I Love Lucy All in the Family The Ford Star Revue Drake and Josh

Multiple Choice What TV Network did the first show Norman Lear wrote and produce, air on? CBS NBC ABC A&E TV MTV

Multiple Choice What is the name of the campaign Norman Lear founded in 2004? CARE People for the American Way Declare yourself PlayOgg LibrePlanet

Multiple Choice What website did Lear create in 2009? WarIsACrime.org Pir.org Water.org YouTube.com BornAgainAmerican.org