CD Audiobook
Even this I get to experience [sound recording] / Norman Lear.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781611763195 :
- Physical Description: 15 sound discs (ca. 19 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged ed.
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Audio, p2014.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Compact discs. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by the author. |
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| Subject: | Lear, Norman. Audiobooks. Screenwriters > United States > Biography. Television comedy writers > United States > Biography. Television producers and directors > United States > Biography. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | CD 791.45023092 Lear | 31681002393908 | CDNONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
The producer of such sitcoms as "All in the Family," "The Jeffersons," "One Day at a Time," and "The Facts of Life" traces fifty years in show business and politics while discussing his wartime contributions and experiences as a family man. - Baker & Taylor
The Emmy Award-winning producer of such sitcoms asAll in the Family , The Jeffersons , One Day at a Time and The Facts of Life traces 50 years in show business and politics while discussing his wartime contributions and experiences as a family man. Read by the author. Simultaneous. Book and eBook available. - Penguin Putnam
The dynamic and always controversial television producer shares fifty years of show business and politics, with all the candor and wisdom expected from the creator of All in the Family
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.
In the nineteen seventies, Lear’s comedies were viewed by one hundred and twenty million people per week—yes, one hundred and twenty million— with stories that reflected the most serious issues of their lives and still left them howling. But before this, Lear led a charmed life throughout postwar Hollywood’s golden years, befriending the likes of Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks; writing and directing Frank Sinatra, Robert Redford, Dick Van Dyke, and Martha Raye; becoming the highest paid comic writer in the country while working for Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Not to mention, Lear flew some fifty bombing missions over Germany with the Fifteenth Air Force.
Shamelessly in love with the country the Founding Fathers laid out for him while his own father was serving time, Lear won the first American Legion Oratorical Contest speaking about the Constitution. He later founded People For the American Way, a national organization to protect the civil rights and liberties of us all, and bought an original copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed the night of July 4, 1776, not to hang on a wall in his home, but to travel across the country to schools, and libraries, and public institutions to be shared with citizens everywhere.
Married three times and the father of six children ranging from nineteen to sixty-eight, Lear’s penetrating look at family life, parenthood, and marriage is a volume in itself. Told with the charm and candor of one of the century’s greatest storytellers, Even This I Get To Experience is nothing less than a profound gift, endlessly readable and characteristically unforgettable.
