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Norman Lear : his life and times / Tripp Whetsell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whetsell, Tripp, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lear, Norman.
- Television producers and directors--United States--Biography.
- Television producers and directors.
- Television comedy writers--United States--Biography.
- Television comedy writers.
- Television comedies--United States--History and criticism.
- Television comedies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 352 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, Bloomsbury Publishing Group, Inc., [2025]
- Contents:
- Early childhood and youth
- College (briefly) and off to war
- Return to civilian life
- California dreaming
- Major break #1
- Up and down the Martin and Lewis Merry Go Round
- Putting words into the big mouth and other adventures
- marriage #2 and other ups and downs
- In tandem
- Family origins
- On a mission
- Rube tube awakening
- On the air
- The makings of a hit
- Lightening in a bottle
- The tandem sitcom machine swings into high geer
- And then there's Maude
- Tandemonium
- New additions
- Spinning off a spin-off
- The Jeffersons move on up
- Humps and bumps
- Keep on doing what you do
- Mary Hartman mania
- Changes at 704 Hauser Street and shifting priorities
- End of an era
- 1980-2023.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 08, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Whetsell, Tripp. Norman Lear
- ISBN:
- 9781493068418
- 1493068415
- Publisher Number:
- 40032591594
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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