We mocked that concept ['movies are better than ever'] by doing a sketch that was about a theater trying to get one… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
We all [Ed Simmons,Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis] started together, so there were no rules - anything we wrote became television. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
As a matter of fact, when people ask where my 'point of view' comes from, it was there in one of the… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
Next up [new TV stars] was [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis on 'The Colgate Comedy Hour.' — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
I guess the story that best defines us [with Bud Yorkin] and our relationship goes back to the [Dean] Martin and [Jerry]… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
When we went on the air, I didn't want to be interrupted for an act-one curtain. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you can get them to… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
I think if you're feeling great about where you are, everything that led up to it had to be terrific. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
Life goes on pretty much the same way. I've been working on a couple of films on the side. You may see some more.… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
We just may be the most well-informed, yet least self-aware, people in history. — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
The people responsible for the dollars that will buy the sex and violence so many deplore, don't even know what's going - well, of… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
... For all our alarm, it is clear that the religious right is responding to a real hunger in our society... a deep-seated yearning… — Norman Lear Copy Share Image
![“We mocked that concept ['movies are better than ever'] by doing a sketch that was about a theater trying to get one customer to come in...and that customer was Jerry Lewis. It generated so much controversy that Dean [Martin] and Jerry [Lewis] had to apologize in a full page ad in Variety.” quote by Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/550/norman-lear-7597_ads_we-mocked-that-concept-movies-are-better_1546756.jpg)
![“We all [Ed Simmons,Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis] started together, so there were no rules - anything we wrote became television.” quote by Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/70e/norman-lear-7597_dean_we-all-ed-simmons-dean-martin-and-jerry_1595187.jpg)
![“As a matter of fact, when people ask where my 'point of view' comes from, it was there in one of the first sketches we wrote for [Dean] Martin and [Jerry] Lewis.” quote by Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f46/norman-lear-7597_asks_as-a-matter-of-fact-when-people-ask-wher_1873186.jpg)
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