WRITER

Norman Lear

1922 - 2023

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Norman Milton Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023) was an American screenwriter and producer who produced, wrote, created, or developed over 100 shows. Lear created and produced numerous popular 1970s sitcoms, including All in the Family (1971–1979), Maude (1972–1978), Sanford and Son (1972–1977), One Day at a Time (1975–1984), The Jeffersons (1975–1985), and Good Times (1974–1979). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Lear has received more than 6,900,585 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Norman Lear is the 4,400th most popular writer (up from 6,054th in 2019), the 5,867th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,606th in 2019) and the 473rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 21

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  • 3.77

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Notable Works

Laughing Space
American Science fiction, Pictorial American wit and humor, American wit and humor
A Fuller Explanation of Original Sin - poem by Isaac Asimov and Janet Asimov [as by Isaac Asimov and Janet O. Jeppson] Et Tu - poem by John Stallings Creation - poem by L. Sprague de Camp Stag Night, Paleolithic - poem by Ogden Nash An Epicurean Fragment - poem by Robert Hillyer Spaced Out - short story by Russell Baker The Coffin Cure - short story by Alan E. Nourse Silenzia - short story by Alan Nelson The Agony of Defeat - short story by Jack C. Haldeman, II Epitaph on Rigel XII - poem by Sherwood Springer Epitaph on Ceres - poem by Sherwood Springer The Snowball Effect - short story by Katherine MacLean Pâté de Foie Gras - short story by Isaac Asimov The Available Data on the Worp Reaction - short story by Lion Miller Imaginary Numbers in a Real Garden - poem by Gerald Jonas The Mathenauts - short story by Norman Kagan Coffee Break - short story by D. F. Jones Putzi - short story by Ludwig Bemelmans All Things Come to Those Who Weight - short story by Robert Grossbach Derm Fool - short story by Theodore Sturgeon The Heart on the Other Side - short story by George Gamow Blackmail - short story by Fred Hoyle A Slight Miscalculation - short story by Ben Bova A Subway Named Mobius - short story by A. J. Deutsch A Sinister Metamorphosis - short story by Russell Baker Something Up There Likes Me - short story by Alfred Bester A Prize for Edie - short story by J. F. Bone Isaac Asimov's "The Caves of Steel" - poem by Randall Garrett (variant of Parodies Tossed: Isaac Asimov's "The Caves of Steel" 1956) Neptune - poem by Sansoucy Kathenor [as by Sansoucy North] Pluto - poem by Sansoucy Kathenor [as by Sansoucy North] Jury-Rig - short story by Avram Davidson Protection - short story by Robert Sheckley The Self-Priming Solid-State Electronic Chicken - short story by Jon Lucas (variant of The Self-Priming, Solid-State Electronic Chicken) The Night He Cried - short story by Fritz Leiber The Big Pat Boom - short story by Damon Knight The Adventure of the Solitary Engineer - short story by John M. Ford Report on "Grand Central Terminal" - short story by Leo Szilard Ad Astra, Al - poem by Mary W. Stanton They'll Do It Every Time - short story by Cam Thornley No Homelike Place - short story by Dian Girard (variant of No Home-Like Place) Simworthy's Circus - short story by Larry T. Shaw A Growing Concern - short story by Arnie Bateman The Vilbar Party - short story by Evelyn E. Smith A Pestilence of Psychoanalysts - short story by Janet Asimov [as by J. O. Jeppson] Death of a Foy - short story by Isaac Asimov The One Thing Lacking - poem by Isaac Asimov The Merchant of Stratford - short story by Frank Ramirez The Wheel of Time - short story by Robert Arthur Quit Zoomin' Those Hands Through the Air - short story by Jack Finney The Adventure of the Global Traveler or: The Global Consequences of How the Reichenbach Falls into the Wells of Iniquitie - short story by Anne Lear Pebble in Time - short story by Avram Davidson and Cynthia Goldstone Ahead of the Joneses - short story by Al Sarrantonio The Pinch Hitters - short story by George Alec Effinger (variant of The Pinch-Hitters) Swift Completion - poem by Brad Cahoon A Skald's Lament - poem by L. Sprague de Camp The Stunning Science Fiction Caper - short story by Thomas N. Scortia [as by Gerald Macdow] I, Claude - short story by Charles Beaumont and Chad Oliver Out of Control - short story by Raylyn Moore Slush - short story by K. J. Snow An Unsolicited Submission - poem by Deborah Crawford Judo and the Art of Self-Government - short story by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. Lulu - novelette by Clifford D. Simak The Splendid Source - short story by Richard Matheson MS. Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie - short story by C. M. Kornbluth The Several Murders of Roger Ackroyd - short story by Barry N. Malzberg The Critique of Impure Reason - novelette by Poul Anderson One Rejection Too Many - short story by Patricia Nurse Bug-Getter - short story by Reginald Bretnor [as by R. Bretnor] The Last Gothic - short story by Jon L. Breen A Benefactor of Humanity - short story by James T. Farrell The Silver Eggheads (Excerpt) - short fiction by Fritz Leiber Adverbs - poem by E. Y. Harburg Dry Spell - short story by Bill Pronzini The Odds-On Favorite - poem by E. Y. Harburg MS Fnd in a Lbry - short story by Hal Draper
All in the family
Prejudices in popular culture, Blue collar workers, Drama
Introductory show. It is Edith and Archie Bunker's wedding anniversary. Edith manages to drag Archie to church for once in a while, and daughter Gloria and her husband Mike Stivic try to whip up a party atmosphere for the parents --Archivist's notes. "In this pilot episode, it's Archie and Edith's 22nd wedding anniversary, and Gloria and Michael have planned a surprise brunch to celebrate. But a heated discussion that leads to the question of whether or not Archie is prejudiced alters the party atmosphere"-- [Contents note from DVD description].
Comedian and an Activist Walk into a Bar
Comedy, Social justice, Mass media, united states
Meet the Bunkers
Being God's Partner
Even this I get to experience
Television comedy writers, Screenwriters, Biography
The legendary creator of iconic television programs All in the Family, Sanford and Son, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Norman Lear remade our television culture, while leading a life of unparalleled political, civic, and social involvement. Sharing the wealth of Lear's ninety years, Even This I Get to Experience is a memoir as touching and remarkable as the life he has led.

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Norman Lear ranks 4,400 out of 7,302Before him are Mario Rigoni Stern, Roderich Menzel, Charles Brockden Brown, Richard Steele, Graham Swift, and Vasily Lebedev-Kumach. After him are Vladimir Dudintsev, David Baldacci, Yuri Bondarev, Paul Bekker, Radclyffe Hall, and Géza Csáth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Norman Lear ranks 270Before him are Hal Moore, Agustina Bessa-Luís, Gordon Tullock, William Gaddis, Ruby Dee, and Károly Németh. After him are Lizabeth Scott, Leonel Brizola, Pio Laghi, Stellan Nilsson, Ann-Britt Leyman, and Lorenzo Antonetti. Among people deceased in 2023, Norman Lear ranks 385Before him are Marcel Amont, Shozo Sasahara, Jenő Jandó, Tapley Seaton, and Günther Herrmann. After him are Francesco Maselli, Herschel Savage, Gérard Latortue, Ganira Pashayeva, François Bracci, Jorge Edwards, and Tom Verlaine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Lear ranks 5,867 out of 20,380Before him are Mark Tobey (1890), Benjamin Orr (1947), Jacqueline Cochran (1906), Charles Brockden Brown (1771), Yuri Lowenthal (1971), and Butler Lampson (1943). After him are George Ritzer (1940), Tay Garnett (1894), David Baldacci (1960), Usher (1978), Lawrence Roberts (1937), and Sandy Koufax (1935).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Norman Lear ranks 473Before him are Larry Collins (1929), Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), William Gaddis (1922), William Wharton (1925), Arthur Golden (1956), and Charles Brockden Brown (1771). After him are David Baldacci (1960), Anna Katharine Green (1846), Greg Bear (1951), Norman Vincent Peale (1898), Brian Herbert (1947), and Helen Thomas (1920).