Showing posts with label Norman Lear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norman Lear. Show all posts

Saturday, July 27, 2024

Born on this day – Norman Lear:


Norman Lear

Writer

Producer

July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023

Credits:

2021 Golden Globe Awards (2021); 227 (1985–1990); 31st Annual Imagen Awards (2016); 3rd Annual AAFCA TV Honors (2021); 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration (1989); 60 Minutes / Norman Lear, Norman Lear (1976); 70 Over 70 (2021); 704 Hauser (1994); A Different Approach (1978); A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (2005); A Will & Grace-ful Goodbye (2020); A Year at the Top (1977); a.k.a. Pablo (1984); ABC Stage 67 (1966); Access Hollywood (2016); Adventures in Christmasing (2021); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978–1980); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1991); All in the Family (1998); All in the Family: 20th Anniversary Special (1991); All Star Revue (1950); All That Glitters (1977); All's Fair (1976–1977); America 2-Night (1978); America Divided (2018); America in Primetime (2011); America Salutes You: Guitar Legends II (2018); American Masters (2016–2021); Apple Pie (1978); Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983); Barnaby (1965); Behind Closed Doors (2020); Being Mary Tyler Moore (2023); Biography (1999–2007); Biography: I Want My MTV (2019); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Bob Saget's Here for You (2020); Bobby Darin and Friends (1961); Brief But Spectacular (2017); Bring Your Own Brigade (2021); Casting By (2012); CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (2023); CBS Mornings (2023); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2016–2023); CBS This Morning (2014–2017); CBS: The First 50 Years (1998); Celebrity Page (2017–2020); Channel Umptee-3 (1997–1998); Chappelle's Show (2003–2006); Cold Turkey (1971); Color Adjustment (1992); Come Blow Your Horn (1963); Corpus Christi: Playing with Redemption (2012); Corwin (1996); Creativity with Bill Moyers (1982); Day at Night (1974); Dear Jesse (1997); Declaration of Independence (2003); Dem Tinseltown Homiez, the Hollywood Guys (2023); Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic (2023); Dinah! 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(2019); Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time (2020); Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2020); King of Cool (2021); King of the Road (1978); Larry King Now (2014); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994); Late Night with David Letterman (1982); Late Night with Seth Meyers (2021); Late Show with David Letterman (2014); League of Legends (1998); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'All in the Family' and 'Good Times' (2019); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' (2019); Live in Front of a Studio Audience: 'The Facts of Life' and 'Diff'rent Strokes' (2021); Lucy and Desi (2022); Maguy (1985); Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009); Mama Malone (1984); Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity (2015); Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976–1977); Maude (1972–1978); Meet the Biz (2020); Mel Brooks, el genio del entretenimiento / Mel Brooks: the genius entertainer (2022); Mergers & Acquisitions (1989); Mobituaries with Mo Rocca (2023); Mr. Dugan (1979); MSNBC Live (2014); NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (2023); Nerdrotic (2024); Never Too Late (1965); New Passages (1996); Norman Lear, A Mini Documentary (2018); Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music & Laughter (2022); Norman Lear: A Life on Television (2023); Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016); Now on PBS (2002–2006); On Story (2016); One Day at a Time (1975–2020); One on One with John Tesh (1992); One Voice (1986); Over Easy (1979); P.O.P. (1984); Pablo (2012); Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1980–1981); Peace Through Music: A Global Event for Social Justice (2020); Perfect Moment (1997); Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (2007); Pioneers in Skirts (2020); PoliticKING with Larry King (2016); Quiz Kids (1981); Ray Charles America (2010); Real Time with Bill Maher (2006); Red Carpet Report (2016); Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution (2022); Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021); Robert Scheer: Above the Fold (2019); Robert Young and the Family (1971); Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (2017); Sanford (1980–1981); Sanford and Son (1972–1977); Sanford Arms (1977); Saturday Night Live (1976); Scared Stiff (1953); See It Loud: The History of Black Television (2023); She Turned the World on with Her Smile: The Making of 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show' (2002); Showtime Looks at 1981 (1981); Silver Spoons (1982–1987); Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015); Slam Planet (2006); Somebody Feed Phil (2024); South Park (2003); Square Off (2006); Square Pegs (1982–1983); Sr. (2022); Stand Up Planet (2013); Stand Up Planet Comedy Showcase (2014); Stars in the House (2020–2021); Start the Revolution Without Me (1970); StarTalk (2015); Steptoe and Son (1965); Sunday Dinner (1991); Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso (2017–2020); Talking Tech (2018); Tavis Smiley (2009–2016); TCM Remembers 2023 (2023); Television (1988); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); Television: The Ultimate Drug (1981); Texas Monthly Talks (2003); The 100 Most Memorable TV Moments (2004); The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments (2005); The 1st Annual American Comedy Awards (1987); The 1st Annual Noble Awards (2009); The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame (1984); The 2018 Media Access Awards (2018); The 202 Xtra (2018); The 2021 Just for Laughs Award Show (2021); The 20th Century: Funny Is Money (1999); The 23rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1971); The 29th Annual Imagen Awards (2014); The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1977); The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1978); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 40th Annual Kennedy Center Honors (2017); The 40th Annual Media Access Awards (2019); The 4th Annual TV Land Awards (2006); The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017); The 70s: The Decade That Changed Television (2000); The 71st Primetime Emmy Awards (2019); The Adventures of Dugg & Lemmy (2012); The After Party: The Last Party 3 (2011); The Alan Thicke Show (1981); The American Flag: Two Centuries of Concord & Conflict (2007); The Andy Williams Show (1962–1963); The Andy Williams Special (1962); The Arsenio Hall Show (1991); The Baxters (1979); The Black Eyed Peas feat. The World: #WheresTheLove (2016); The British Academy Britannia Awards (2019); The Brothers Warner (2007); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950–1953); The Comedy Store (2020); The Daily Show (2014); The Danny Kaye Special (1961); The David Frost Show (1971); The Deputy (1959–1961); The Dick Cavett Show (1972); The Dumplings (1976); The Earth Day Special (1990); The Evolution Will Be Televised (2005); The Facts of Life (1979–1988); The Florence Henderson Show (2009); The Funniest Families of Television Comedy: A Museum of Television & Radio Special (2004); The George Gobel Show (1958–1959); The Great Hack (2019); The Grio Awards (2022); The History of Comedy (2017); The History of Concord Jazz (2019); The Hollywood Masters (2017); The Hollywood Moment (2021); The Hollywood Moment at Home Edition (2020); The IMDb Show (2018); The Jeffersons (1975–1985); The Kelly Clarkson Show (2020); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1998); The Last Act (2018); The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (1998); The Little Rascals (1977); The Lorenzo and Henrietta Music Show (1976); The Martha Raye Show (1954–1956); The Merv Griffin Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1977–1979); The Nancy Walker Show (1976–1977); The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017); The Night They Raided Minsky's (1968); The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (2015); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2004); The Paley Honors: A Special Tribute to Television's Comedy Legends (2019); The Photographs of Your Junk (Will Be Publicized!) (2011); The Powers That Be (1992–1993); The Princess Bride (1987); The Reagans (2020); The Revisionaries (2012); The Roseanne Show (1998); The Simpsons (2017 / 2023); The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts the Tonight Show (2020); The Super Bob Einstein Movie (2021); The Talk (2023); The Tanning of America (2014); The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (1957–1958); The Thing in Bob's Garage (1998); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1992); The View (2014); The Vow (2020); There Were Times, Dear (1985); This Is Your Life (1984); Those Were the Days (1998); Three to Get Ready (1975); Time & Again (2000); To Dine For with Kate Sullivan (2018); To Tell the Truth (2019); Today (1979–2016); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1974); True Love: The Princess Bride Phenomenon - Entering the Zeitgeist (2012); TV Land Icon Awards 2016 (2016); TV Land Moguls (2004); TV Land's Top Ten (2006); TV Tales (2002); TV's 50 Funniest Catch Phrases (2009); TV's Most Censored Moments (2002); Unsung Hollywood (2014–2017); Viewer Direction Advised (2018); Visible: Out on Television (2020); Way Past Cool (2000); We All Play Our Part (2020); WGN Morning News (2016); What Would Sophia Loren Do? (2021); WTF with Marc Maron (2014); Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg (2009).

Monday, February 19, 2024

On this day in movie history - Cold Turkey (1971):


Cold Turkey

directed by Norman Lear,
written by Norman Lear and William Price Fox,
based on the novel I'm Giving Them Up for Good by Margaret and Neil Rau,
was released in the United States on February 19, 1971.
Music by Randy Newman.


Cast:

Dick Van Dyke, Bob Newhart, Pippa Scott, Tom Poston, Edward Everett Horton, Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding, Vincent Gardenia, Barnard Hughes, Graham Jarvis, Jean Stapleton, Barbara Cason, Judith Lowry, Sudie Bond, Helen Page Camp, Paul Benedict, Simon Scott, Raymond Kark, Peggy Rea, Woodrow Parfrey, George Mann, Charles Pinney, M. Emmet Walsh, Gloria LeRoy, Eric Boles, Jack Grimes, Walter Sande, Harvey Jason.