What were some of Norman Lear's most iconic sitcoms?

  • Thread starter Thread starter phinds
  • Start date Start date
AI Thread Summary
Norman Lear, the influential creator of groundbreaking sitcoms such as "All in the Family," "Sanford and Son," "The Jeffersons," and "Maude," has passed away at the age of 101. His work is credited with introducing social commentary and addressing complex issues through comedy, significantly shaping American television. The discussion highlights the potential for a modern remake of "All in the Family," suggesting it could explore the evolution of its characters into contemporary archetypes, reflecting current societal divides. The idea emphasizes the blend of humor and serious themes that characterized Lear's original work, while also acknowledging the challenges and risks involved in producing such content today.
phinds
Science Advisor
Insights Author
Gold Member
2024 Award
Messages
19,336
Reaction score
15,462
Reply
  • Like
Likes dwarde, jedishrfu, pinball1970 and 3 others
Physics news on Phys.org
I think "All in the family" was the most incisive. A remake today will have to show the (d)evolution of Archie and Meathead respectively into MAGA and woke entities. Just imagine the possibilities for laughter with a measure of its success being (no laughing matter) the number of death threats to its producers.
 
Reply
  • Like
  • Wow
Likes Hornbein, dwarde and Greg Bernhardt

Thread 'Predictions for the Nobel Prize in Physics 2025'

Similar to the 2024 thread, here I start the 2025 thread. As always it is getting increasingly difficult to predict, so I will make a list based on other article predictions. You can also leave your prediction here. Here are the predictions of 2024 that did not make it: Peter Shor, David Deutsch and all the rest of the quantum computing community (various sources) Pablo Jarrillo Herrero, Allan McDonald and Rafi Bistritzer for magic angle in twisted graphene (various sources) Christoph...
View full post »
Thread 'My experience as a hostage'

Thread 'My experience as a hostage'

I believe it was the summer of 2001 that I made a trip to Peru for my work. I was a private contractor doing automation engineering and programming for various companies, including Frito Lay. Frito had purchased a snack food plant near Lima, Peru, and sent me down to oversee the upgrades to the systems and the startup. Peru was still suffering the ills of a recent civil war and I knew it was dicey, but the money was too good to pass up. It was a long trip to Lima; about 14 hours of airtime...
View full post »

Similar threads

Challenge Math Challenge - December 2018
2
Replies
67
Views
14K
Mathematica This Week's Finds in Mathematical Physics (Week 241)
Replies
8
Views
4K

Hot Threads

Recent Insights

Back
Top