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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.90,0:00:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Eric Hirshberg: So I assume that Norman\Ndoesn't need much of an introduction,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.55,0:00:06.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but TED's audience is global,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.08,0:00:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's diverse,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.30,0:00:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I've been tasked\Nwith starting with his bio,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.31,0:00:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which could easily take up\Nthe entire 18 minutes.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.62,0:00:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So instead we're going to do\N93 years in 93 seconds or less.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.59,0:00:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.26,0:00:19.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were born in New Hampshire.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.83,0:00:21.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Norman Lear: New Haven, Connecticut.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.57,0:00:22.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: New Haven, Connecticut.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.88,0:00:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.79,0:00:27.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: There goes seven more seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.43,0:00:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Nailed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.70,0:00:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.04,0:00:32.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were born in New Haven, Connecticut.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.97,0:00:35.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your father was a con man --\NI got that right.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.40,0:00:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was taken away to prison\Nwhen you were nine years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.17,0:00:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You flew 52 missions\Nas a fighter pilot in World War II.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.69,0:00:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You came back to --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.86,0:00:44.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Radio operator.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.54,0:00:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: You came to LA\Nto break into Hollywood,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.05,0:00:48.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first in publicity, then in TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.95,0:00:51.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You had no training as a writer, formally,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.14,0:00:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you hustled your way in.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.56,0:00:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your breakthrough, your debut,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.04,0:00:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a little show\Ncalled "All in the Family."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.33,0:00:58.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You followed that up with a string of hits
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.46,0:01:00.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that to this day is unmatched\Nin Hollywood:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.60,0:01:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sanford and Son," "Maude," "Good Times,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.67,0:01:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Jeffersons," "One Day at a Time,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.52,0:01:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.95,0:01:07.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to name literally a fraction of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.74,0:01:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only are they all commercially --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.54,0:01:13.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.57,0:01:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only are they all\Ncommercially successful,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.58,0:01:18.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but many of them push our culture forward
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.58,0:01:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by giving the underrepresented\Nmembers of society
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.96,0:01:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their first prime-time voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.33,0:01:26.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have seven shows\Nin the top 10 at one time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.03,0:01:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one point,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.29,0:01:31.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you aggregate an audience\Nof 120 million people per week
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.65,0:01:32.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching your content.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.90,0:01:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's more than the audience\Nfor Super Bowl 50,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.16,0:01:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which happens once a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.42,0:01:37.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Holy shit.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.67,0:01:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.47,0:01:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.71,0:01:44.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: And we're not even\Nto the holy shit part.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.10,0:01:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.16,0:01:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You land yourself\Non Richard Nixon's enemies list --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.91,0:01:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had one.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.40,0:01:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's an applause line, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.52,0:01:53.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.34,0:01:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're inducted into the TV Hall of Fame\Non the first day that it exists.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.96,0:01:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then came the movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.39,0:01:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Fried Green Tomatoes,"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.99,0:02:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Princess Bride," "Stand By Me,"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.04,0:02:03.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This Is Spinal Tap."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.24,0:02:04.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.40,0:02:05.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, just to name a fraction.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.96,0:02:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.01,0:02:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you wipe the slate clean,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.54,0:02:12.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start a third act as a political activist\Nfocusing on protecting the First Amendment
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.61,0:02:14.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the separation of church and state.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.59,0:02:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You start People For The American Way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.50,0:02:18.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You buy the Declaration of Independence
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.38,0:02:19.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give it back to the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.90,0:02:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You stay active in both\Nentertainment and politics
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.26,0:02:23.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until the ripe old of age of 93,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.82,0:02:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you write a book
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.08,0:02:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make a documentary\Nabout your life story.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.27,0:02:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after all that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.47,0:02:31.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they finally think\Nyou're ready for a TED Talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.04,0:02:32.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.84,0:02:37.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.44,0:02:39.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: I love being here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.26,0:02:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I love you for agreeing to do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.100,0:02:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Thank you for asking. It's my honor.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.01,0:02:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's my first question.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.92,0:02:47.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was your mother proud of you?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.66,0:02:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.06,0:02:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: My mother ...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.41,0:02:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what a place to start.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.97,0:02:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me put it this way --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.14,0:02:58.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I came back from the war,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.79,0:03:04.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she showed me the letters\Nthat I had written her from overseas,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.40,0:03:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were absolute love letters.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.96,0:03:11.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.56,0:03:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This really sums up my mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.73,0:03:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were love letters,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.90,0:03:17.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if I had written them to --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.13,0:03:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were love letters.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.21,0:03:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A year later I asked my mother\Nif I could have them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.77,0:03:30.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'd like to keep them\Nall the years of my life ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.07,0:03:31.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had thrown them away.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.60,0:03:35.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.89,0:03:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's my mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.22,0:03:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.72,0:03:47.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The best way I can sum it up\Nin more recent times is --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.26,0:03:49.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is also more recent times --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.58,0:03:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a number of years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.79,0:03:54.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they started the Hall of Fame\Nto which you referred.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.69,0:03:56.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a Sunday morning,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.50,0:04:01.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I got a call from the fellow who ran\Nthe TV Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.77,0:04:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was calling me to tell me\Nthey had met all day yesterday
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.77,0:04:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was confidentially telling me\Nthey were going to start a hall of fame
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.00,0:04:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these were the inductees.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.20,0:04:17.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to say "Richard Nixon,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.15,0:04:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Richard Nixon --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.81,0:04:20.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: I don't think he was on their list.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.71,0:04:23.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: William Paley, who started CBS,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.26,0:04:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David Sarnoff, who started NBC,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.91,0:04:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Edward R. Murrow,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.09,0:04:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the greatest of the foreign\Ncorrespondents,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.82,0:04:32.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paddy Chayefsky --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.01,0:04:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the best writer\Nthat ever came out of television --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.80,0:04:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Milton Berle, Lucille Ball
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.80,0:04:39.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.20,0:04:40.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Not bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.38,0:04:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: I call my mother\Nimmediately in Hartford, Connecticut.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.12,0:04:44.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mom, this is what's happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.67,0:04:46.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're starting a hall of fame."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.29,0:04:48.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell her the list of names and me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.04,0:04:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she says,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.22,0:04:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Listen, if that's what they\Nwant to do, who am I to say?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.98,0:04:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.50,0:04:58.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.44,0:04:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's my Ma.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.82,0:05:01.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it earns that kind of a laugh
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.73,0:05:03.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everybody\Nhas a piece of that mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.85,0:05:05.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.05,0:05:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: And the sitcom Jewish mother\Nis born, right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.35,0:05:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So your father also played\Na large role in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.18,0:05:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mostly by his absence.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.86,0:05:16.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.04,0:05:18.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Tell us what happened\Nwhen you were nine years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.68,0:05:23.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: He was flying to Oklahoma
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.59,0:05:25.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with three guys that my mother said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.68,0:05:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I don't want you to have\Nanything to do with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.09,0:05:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't trust those men."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.04,0:05:31.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when I heard,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.41,0:05:32.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe not for the first time,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.92,0:05:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Stifle yourself, Jeanette, I'm going."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.61,0:05:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he went.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.11,0:05:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out he was picking up\Nsome fake bonds,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.15,0:05:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which he was flying\Nacross the country to sell.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.76,0:05:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the fact that he was going\Nto Oklahoma in a plane,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.34,0:05:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was going to bring me\Nback a 10-gallon hat,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.05,0:06:00.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like Ken Maynard,\Nmy favorite cowboy wore.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.12,0:06:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, this was a few years\Nafter Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.24,0:06:10.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, it was exotic\Nthat my father was going there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.86,0:06:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when he came back,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.12,0:06:14.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they arrested him as he got off the plane.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.55,0:06:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That night newspapers\Nwere all over the house,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.97,0:06:21.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my father was with his hat\Nin front of his face,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.62,0:06:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,manacled to a detective.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.72,0:06:27.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my mother was selling the furniture,\Nbecause we were leaving --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.40,0:06:31.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she didn't want to stay\Nin that state of shame,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.24,0:06:33.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.53,0:06:38.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And selling the furniture --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.22,0:06:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the house was loaded with people.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.71,0:06:42.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the middle of all of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.85,0:06:49.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some strange horse's ass\Nput his hand on my shoulder and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.07,0:06:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, you're the man of the house now."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.98,0:06:58.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm crying, and this asshole says,\N"You're the man of the house now."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.27,0:07:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think that was the moment
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.23,0:07:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to understand the foolishness\Nof the human condition.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.68,0:07:09.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.56,0:07:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it took a lot of years to look back at it\Nand feel it was a benefit.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.44,0:07:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.61,0:07:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: It's interesting\Nyou call it a benefit.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.90,0:07:22.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Benefit in that it gave\Nme that springboard.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.36,0:07:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean that I could think
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.16,0:07:29.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how foolish it was to say\Nto this crying nine-year-old boy,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.37,0:07:31.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're the man of the house now."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.30,0:07:34.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I was crying, and then he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.74,0:07:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And men of the house don't cry."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.76,0:07:39.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.32,0:07:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.63,0:07:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.41,0:07:45.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look back, and I think
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.94,0:07:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's when I learned the foolishness\Nof the human condition,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.11,0:07:53.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's been that gift that I've used.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.02,0:07:56.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: So you have a father who's absent,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.57,0:07:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have a mother for whom\Napparently nothing is good enough.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.87,0:08:05.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think that starting out as a kid\Nwho maybe never felt heard
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.16,0:08:06.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started you down a journey
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.70,0:08:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ended with you being an adult
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.50,0:08:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a weekly audience\Nof 120 million people?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.87,0:08:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: I love the way you put that question,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.90,0:08:18.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I guess\NI've spent my life wanting --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.75,0:08:20.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if anything, wanting to be heard.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.90,0:08:26.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.52,0:08:30.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a simple answer, yes,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.12,0:08:32.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was what sparked --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.86,0:08:35.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, there were other things, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.59,0:08:38.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my father was away,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.44,0:08:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was fooling with a crystal radio set\Nthat we had made together,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.51,0:08:49.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I caught a signal that turned out\Nto be Father Coughlin.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.68,0:08:50.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.77,0:08:54.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, somebody laughed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.14,0:08:55.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.59,0:08:57.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not funny,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.04,0:08:58.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was a horse's --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.57,0:09:00.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another horse's ass --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.21,0:09:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who was very vocal\Nabout hating the New Deal
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.82,0:09:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Roosevelt and Jews.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.26,0:09:09.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The first time I ran into an understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.61,0:09:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there were people\Nin this world that hated me
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.53,0:09:14.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was born to Jewish parents.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.29,0:09:19.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that had an enormous\Neffect on my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.06,0:09:22.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: So you had a childhood
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.07,0:09:25.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with little in the way\Nof strong male role models,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.17,0:09:26.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except for your grandfather.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:27.27,0:09:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell us about him.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.18,0:09:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Oh, my grandfather.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.32,0:09:35.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well here's the way I always\Ntalked about that grandfather.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.61,0:09:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were parades,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.78,0:09:40.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lots of parades when I was a kid.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.68,0:09:42.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were parades on Veteran's Day --
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.62,0:09:44.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there wasn't a President's Day.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.21,0:09:46.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was Abraham Lincoln's birthday,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.15,0:09:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,George Washington's birthday
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.28,0:09:50.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Flag Day ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.82,0:09:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And lots of little parades.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.60,0:09:55.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grandfather used to take me
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.06,0:09:56.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'd stand on the street corner,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.81,0:09:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'd hold my hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.17,0:10:01.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd look up and I'd see a tear\Nrunning down his eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.91,0:10:06.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he meant a great deal to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.30,0:10:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he used to write presidents\Nof the United States.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.68,0:10:13.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every letter started,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.32,0:10:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My dearest, darling Mr. President,"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.43,0:10:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he'd tell him something\Nwonderful about what he did.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.07,0:10:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when he disagreed\Nwith the President, he also wrote,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.02,0:10:25.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My dearest, darling Mr. President,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.72,0:10:27.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Didn't I tell you last week ...?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.53,0:10:29.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.56,0:10:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would run down the stairs\Nevery now and then
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.76,0:10:35.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pick up the mail.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.02,0:10:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were three flights up,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.26,0:10:39.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,74 York Street, New Haven, Connecticut.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.94,0:10:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'd pick up a little white envelope\Nreading, "Shya C. called at this address."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.73,0:10:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the story I have told\Nabout my grandfather --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.29,0:10:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: They wrote him back\Non the envelopes --
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.34,0:10:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: They wrote back.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.86,0:11:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I have shown them myself,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.29,0:11:10.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going way back to Phil Donahue\Nand others before him,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.43,0:11:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally dozens of interviews\Nin which I told that story.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:16.28,0:11:21.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will be the second time I have said\Nthe whole story was a lie.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.15,0:11:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth was my grandfather\Ntook me to parades,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.37,0:11:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had lots of those.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.09,0:11:32.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is a tear came down his eye.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.34,0:11:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is he would write\Nan occasional letter,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.07,0:11:39.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I did pick up those little envelopes.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:40.54,0:11:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But "My dearest darling Mr. President,"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:43.97,0:11:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the rest of it,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:46.46,0:11:50.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a story I borrowed from a good friend
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.100,0:11:56.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose grandfather was that grandfather\Nwho wrote those letters.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.51,0:12:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, I mean, I stole\NArthur Marshall's grandfather
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.98,0:12:06.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made him my own.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:08.100,0:12:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.17,0:12:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I started to write my memoir --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:12.81,0:12:14.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Even this --"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.28,0:12:15.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How about that?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:15.47,0:12:17.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Even This I Get to Experience."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:18.85,0:12:20.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I started to write the memoir
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.62,0:12:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started to think about it,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.21,0:12:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.28,0:12:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.53,0:12:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did a reasonable amount of crying,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.36,0:12:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I realized how much\NI needed the father.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.14,0:12:38.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So much so that I appropriated\NArthur Marshall's grandfather.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.58,0:12:42.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So much so, the word "father" --
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.57,0:12:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have six kids by the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.27,0:12:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My favorite role in life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.48,0:12:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It and husband to my wife Lyn.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:55.97,0:13:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I stole the man's identity\Nbecause I needed the father.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.24,0:13:04.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I've gone through a whole lot of shit
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.95,0:13:06.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and come out on the other side,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.98,0:13:08.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I forgive my father --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.59,0:13:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best thing I --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.83,0:13:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the worst thing I --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:11.71,0:13:14.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The word I'd like to use about him\Nand think about him is --
Dialogue: 0,0:13:14.82,0:13:16.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was a rascal.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.02,0:13:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact that he lied\Nand stole and cheated
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.96,0:13:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and went to prison ...
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.35,0:13:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I submerge that in the word "rascal."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.81,0:13:35.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Well there's a saying that amateurs\Nborrow and professionals steal.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.37,0:13:37.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: I'm a pro.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.62,0:13:38.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: You're a pro.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:38.79,0:13:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.13,0:13:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that quote is widely\Nattributed to John Lennon,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.30,0:13:45.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it turns out\Nhe stole it from T.S. Eliot.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.52,0:13:46.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you're in good company.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.93,0:13:48.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.60,0:13:52.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: I want to talk about your work.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.95,0:13:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously the impact of your work\Nhas been written about
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.68,0:13:58.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm sure you've heard\Nabout it all your life:
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.07,0:13:59.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it meant to people,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.25,0:14:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it meant to our culture,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.70,0:14:03.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you heard the applause when I just\Nnamed the names of the shows,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.72,0:14:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you raised half the people\Nin the room through your work.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.18,0:14:10.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But have there ever been any stories\Nabout the impact of your work
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.74,0:14:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that surprised you?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.74,0:14:13.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Oh, god --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:14.39,0:14:19.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surprised me and delighted me\Nfrom head to toe.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.44,0:14:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was "An Evening with Norman Lear"\Nwithin the last year
Dialogue: 0,0:14:26.95,0:14:30.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a group of hip-hop impresarios,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.48,0:14:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,performers and the Academy put together.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.90,0:14:37.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The subtext of "An Evening with ..."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.83,0:14:41.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was: What do a 92-year-old Jew --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.94,0:14:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then 92 --
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.12,0:14:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the world of hip-hop have in common?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.16,0:14:47.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Russell Simmons\Nwas among seven on the stage.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:48.78,0:14:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when he talked about the shows,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.13,0:14:57.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wasn't talking about the Hollywood,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.68,0:15:01.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,George Jefferson in "The Jeffersons,"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.43,0:15:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the show that was a number five show.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:04.85,0:15:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was talking about a simple\Nthing that made a big --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.32,0:15:14.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Impact on him?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.55,0:15:16.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: An impact on him --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:16.51,0:15:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was hesitating over the word, "change."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:19.43,0:15:21.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard for me to imagine,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.02,0:15:23.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, changing somebody's life,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:23.87,0:15:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's the way he put it.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.68,0:15:31.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saw George Jefferson\Nwrite a check on "The Jeffersons,"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.79,0:15:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he never knew that a black man\Ncould write a check.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.79,0:15:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he says it just\Nimpacted his life so --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.76,0:15:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it changed his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.47,0:15:46.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I hear things like that --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:46.97,0:15:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little things --
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.67,0:15:51.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know that there isn't\Nanybody in this audience
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.88,0:15:58.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wasn't likely responsible today for\Nsome little thing they did for somebody,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:58.40,0:16:03.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whether it's as little as a smile\Nor an unexpected "Hello,"
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.77,0:16:06.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's how little this thing was.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:06.83,0:16:11.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could have been the dresser of the set
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.13,0:16:12.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who put the checkbook on the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.84,0:16:16.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and George had nothing to do\Nwhile he was speaking, so he wrote it,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.55,0:16:17.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:17.85,0:16:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.63,0:16:22.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: So in addition to the long list\NI shared in the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.60,0:16:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should have also mentioned\Nthat you invented hip-hop.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.27,0:16:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:26.39,0:16:27.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Well ...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.76,0:16:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: I want to talk about --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:30.26,0:16:31.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Well, then do it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.59,0:16:36.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:16:37.71,0:16:40.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: You've lead a life of accomplishment,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:40.49,0:16:42.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you've also built a life of meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:42.81,0:16:45.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of us strive to do\Nboth of those things --
Dialogue: 0,0:16:45.40,0:16:46.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not all of us manage to.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.98,0:16:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even those of us who do manage\Nto accomplish both of those,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.78,0:16:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very rarely do we figure out\Nhow to do them together.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.88,0:16:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You managed to push culture\Nforward through your art
Dialogue: 0,0:16:59.79,0:17:03.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while also achieving world-beating\Ncommercial success.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.67,0:17:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did you do both?
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.39,0:17:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Here's where my mind goes when I hear\Nthat recitation of all I accomplished.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.30,0:17:23.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This planet is one of a billion,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.38,0:17:24.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they tell us,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.88,0:17:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a universe\Nof which there are billions --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.72,0:17:32.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,billions of universes,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.31,0:17:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,billions of planets ...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.94,0:17:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we're trying to save
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.85,0:17:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it requires saving.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:41.55,0:17:42.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But ...
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.70,0:17:47.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything I may have accomplished is --
Dialogue: 0,0:17:47.77,0:17:51.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my sister once asked me\Nwhat she does about something
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.83,0:17:54.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was going on\Nin Newington, Connecticut.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.80,0:17:57.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I said, "Write your alderman\Nor your mayor or something."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:57.75,0:18:00.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "Well I'm not\NNorman Lear, I'm Claire Lear."
Dialogue: 0,0:18:01.82,0:18:06.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was the first time\NI said what I'm saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.36,0:18:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Claire. With everything\Nyou think about what I may have done
Dialogue: 0,0:18:10.72,0:18:12.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything you've done," --
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.22,0:18:14.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she never left Newington --
Dialogue: 0,0:18:14.59,0:18:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"can you get your fingers close enough
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.42,0:18:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you consider the size\Nof the planet and so forth,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.36,0:18:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to measure anything I may have done\Nto anything you may have done?"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.15,0:18:25.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ...
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.49,0:18:30.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am convinced we're all responsible
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.10,0:18:33.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for doing as much\Nas I may have accomplished.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.27,0:18:37.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I understand what you're saying --
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.18,0:18:38.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: It's an articulate deflection --
Dialogue: 0,0:18:38.92,0:18:42.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: But you have to really buy into\Nthe size and scope
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.90,0:18:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the creator's enterprise, here.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:44.88,0:18:47.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: But here on this planet\Nyou have really mattered.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.49,0:18:48.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: I'm a son of a gun.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:48.98,0:18:50.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:50.53,0:18:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: So I have one more question for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:54.35,0:18:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How old do you feel?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:57.41,0:19:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: I am the peer\Nof whoever I'm talking to.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:02.70,0:19:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Well, I feel 93.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:04.10,0:19:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.68,0:19:11.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: We out of here?
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.02,0:19:13.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Well, I feel 93 years old,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:13.93,0:19:17.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I hope to one day feel as young\Nas the person I'm sitting across from.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:17.74,0:19:18.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentlemen,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.91,0:19:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the incomparable Norman Lear.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:20.36,0:19:26.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:19:26.05,0:19:27.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.22,0:19:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)