This was a thrill for me, the opportunity to talk to Norman Lear. In LA, I opened Google maps and sailed onto the 405 in my rented Nissan, managing not to collide with cars whizzing by in 5 lanes and made it all the way to Lear’s Beverly Hills office. In the 70s and 80s, he was the king of television creating one hit series after another including Sanford and Son, The Jeffersons, One Day at a Time, Maude and the ground breaking All in the Family.