Playboy Interview: Norman Lear

March, 1976

Playboy Interview: Norman LearIt has been estimated that about 120,000,000 Americans--more than half the nation's population--watch the television shows of Norman Lear. His established series--"All in the Family," "Maude," "Good Times," "The Jeffersons" and "Sanford and Son"--have enjoyed a collective rating unprecedented in the medium and, because of their potent mixture of humor and social comment, have earned for their creator a power and infl...