Norman Lear Looks Back in “Just Another Version Of You”

When it comes to television icons, there’s Norman Lear and then there’s everyone else.

The man behind some of the biggest hit series of the 1970s – among them “All in the Family” (1971 to 1979), “Maude” (1972 to 1978), “Good Times” (1974 to 1979) and “The Jeffersons” (1975 to 1985) – Lear was drawing more than 120 million viewers every week to his programming by 1976, according to a “60 Minutes” report at the time.

But before he became of the television’s defining voices, Lear’s entertainment roots took hold during a childhood that found him living with his grandparents in Brooklyn, earning his keep by working in the amusement business at Coney Island.

Speaking with the Asbury Park Press’ “Fan Theory” podcast Lear, 93, discussed how his time at Coney Island informed his artistic life.Read more at APP.