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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: 0,0:00:04.52,0:00:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but TED's audience is global,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.08,0:00:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's diverse,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.30,0:00:10.31,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: 0,0:00:12.60,0:00:17.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so instead we're going to do\N93 years in 93 seconds or less.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.34,0:00:20.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were born in New Hampshire.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.05,0:00:21.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Norman Lear: New Haven, CT.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.48,0:00:22.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: New Haven, CT.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.99,0:00:25.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.79,0:00:27.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: There goes [70] seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.40,0:00:29.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Nailed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.22,0:00:30.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.16,0:00:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You were born in New Haven, CT.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.76,0:00:34.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your father was a con man --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.09,0:00:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got that right.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.48,0:00:38.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was taken away to prison\Nwhen you were nine years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.16,0:00:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You flew 52 missions\Nas a fighter pilot in World War II.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.86,0:00:42.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You came back to --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.86,0:00:44.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Radio operator.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.84,0:00:47.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: You came to LA\Nto break into Hollywood,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.20,0:00:49.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first in publicity, then in TV.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.16,0:00:51.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You had no training as a writer, formally,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.20,0:00:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you hustled your way in.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.56,0:00:53.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your breakthrough --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.56,0:00:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your debut --
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.56,0:00:56.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a little show\Ncalled "All in the Family".
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.66,0:00:58.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You follow that up with a string of hits
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.56,0:01:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that to this day is unmatched\Nin Hollywood:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.73,0:01:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sanford and Son",
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.73,0:01:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Maude",
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.73,0:01:03.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Good Times",
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.73,0:01:04.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Jeffersons",
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.72,0:01:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"One Day at a Time",
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.73,0:01:07.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman",
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.15,0:01:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to name literally a fraction of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.92,0:01:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only are they all commercially --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.70,0:01:11.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.81,0:01:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not only are they all\Ncommercially successful,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.58,0:01:18.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but many of them push our culture forward
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.58,0:01:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by giving the underrepresented\Nmembers of society
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.96,0:01:23.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their first prime-time voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.53,0:01:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have seven shows\Nin the top 10 at one time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.11,0:01:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one point,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.11,0:01:31.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you aggregate an audience of 120\Nmillion people per week
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.73,0:01:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching your content.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.78,0:01:35.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's more than the audience\Nfor Super Bowl 50
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.13,0:01:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which happens once a year.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.38,0:01:37.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Holy shit.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.57,0:01:38.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.47,0:01:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.84,0:01:44.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: And we're not even\Nto the holy shit part.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.10,0:01:45.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.10,0:01:47.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You land yourself\Non Richard Nixon's enemies list --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.91,0:01:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had one.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.57,0:01:50.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're --
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.57,0:01:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's an applause line, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.34,0:01:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.34,0:01:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're inducted into the TV Hall of Fame\Non the first day that it exists.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.96,0:01:58.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then came the movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.39,0:01:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Fried Green Tomatoes",
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.99,0:02:01.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"The Princess Bride",
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.04,0:02:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Stand By Me",
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.04,0:02:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is Spinal Tap".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.40,0:02:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.40,0:02:06.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, just to name a fraction.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.88,0:02:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then you wipe the slate clean --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.54,0:02:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start a third act as a political activist\Nfocusing on protecting the First Amendment
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.51,0:02:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the separation of church and state.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.39,0:02:16.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You start People For The American Way.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.20,0:02:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You buy the Declaration of Independence
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.06,0:02:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and give it back to the people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.60,0:02:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You stay active in both\Nentertainment and politics
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.96,0:02:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until the ripe old of age of 93,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.87,0:02:24.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you write a book
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.98,0:02:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make a documentary\Nabout your life story.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.11,0:02:28.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after all that,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.65,0:02:31.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they finally think you're\Nready for a TED Talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.16,0:02:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.84,0:02:34.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.62,0:02:39.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: I love being here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.60,0:02:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I love you for agreeing to do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.27,0:02:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Thank you for asking.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.68,0:02:44.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's my honor.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.64,0:02:46.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So here's my first question.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.36,0:02:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was your mother proud of you?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.12,0:02:49.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.35,0:02:51.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: My mother ...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.62,0:02:52.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what a place to start.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.93,0:02:55.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I came back --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.93,0:02:57.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let me put it this way --
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.14,0:02:59.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I came back from the war,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.04,0:03:04.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she showed me the letters\Nthat I had written her from overseas,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.49,0:03:06.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were absolute love letters.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.76,0:03:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This really sums up my mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.92,0:03:15.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were love letters,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.05,0:03:17.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as if I had written them to --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.26,0:03:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were love letters.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.36,0:03:25.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A year later I asked my mother\Nif I could have them
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.77,0:03:30.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I'd like to keep them\Nall the years of my life ...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.33,0:03:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she had thrown them away.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.47,0:03:34.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.12,0:03:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's my mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.22,0:03:39.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.01,0:03:47.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The best way I can sum it up\Nin more recent times is --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.51,0:03:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is also more recent times --
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.58,0:03:50.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a number of years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.71,0:03:54.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they started the Hall of Fame\Nto which you referred,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.90,0:03:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was a Sunday morning
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.50,0:04:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I got a call from the fellow who ran\Nthe TV Academy of Arts and Sciences,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.17,0:04:04.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was calling me to tell me\Nthey had met all day yesterday
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.79,0:04:09.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was confidentially telling me\Nthey were going to start a hall of fame
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.79,0:04:12.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these were the inductees.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.96,0:04:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to say Richard Nixon
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.40,0:04:18.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because Richard Nixon --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.52,0:04:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: I don't think he was on their list.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.77,0:04:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: William Paley who started CBS,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.72,0:04:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,David Sarnoff who started NBC,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.36,0:04:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Edward R. Morrow,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.41,0:04:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the greatest of the foreign\Ncorrespondents,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.12,0:04:33.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Patty Chayefsky --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.31,0:04:35.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the best writer\Nthat ever came out of television --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.02,0:04:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Milton Berle,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.23,0:04:37.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lucille Ball
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.21,0:04:39.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and me.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.09,0:04:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Not bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.11,0:04:43.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: I call my mother immediately\Nin Hartford, Connecticut.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.52,0:04:44.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mom, this is what's happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.06,0:04:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're starting a hall of fame,"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.17,0:04:48.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I tell her the list of names and me,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.56,0:04:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she says,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.42,0:04:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Listen, if that's what they\Nwant to do, who am I to say?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.51,0:04:54.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.90,0:04:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.69,0:04:57.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: So that's ...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.15,0:04:59.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's my Ma --
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.82,0:05:01.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think it earns that kind of a laugh
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.96,0:05:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everybody\Nhas a piece of that mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.31,0:05:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.70,0:05:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: And the sitcom Jewish mother\Nis born right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.88,0:05:13.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So your father also played\Na large role in your life,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.57,0:05:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mostly by his absence.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.48,0:05:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell us what happened when\Nyou were nine years old.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.91,0:05:20.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: He was ...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.12,0:05:22.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was flying to Oklahoma
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.70,0:05:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with three guys that my mother said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.39,0:05:26.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.48,0:05:28.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want you to have anything\Nto do with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.39,0:05:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't trust those men."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:30.34,0:05:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's when I heard,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.01,0:05:33.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe not for the first time,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.40,0:05:37.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Stifle yourself, Jeanette, I'm going."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.33,0:05:38.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he went.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.95,0:05:40.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It turns out he was selling --
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.09,0:05:43.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,picking up some fake bonds,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.80,0:05:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which he was flying\Nacross the country to sell.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.13,0:05:51.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the fact that he was\Ngoing to Oklahoma in a plane,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.87,0:05:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was going to bring me\Nback a 10-gallon hat,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.44,0:06:01.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just like Ken Maynard,\Nmy favorite cowboy wore.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.67,0:06:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know this was a few years after\NLindburgh crossed the atlantic--
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.82,0:06:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean it was exotic\Nthat my father was going there.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.33,0:06:12.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when he came back,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.65,0:06:14.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they arrested him as he got off the plane.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.20,0:06:19.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That night newspapers\Nwere all over the house,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.27,0:06:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my father was with his hat\Nin front of his face,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.08,0:06:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[manicled] to a detector.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.68,0:06:27.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my mother was selling the furniture\Nbecause we were leaving --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.70,0:06:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she couldn't afford --
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.98,0:06:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she didn't want to stay\Nin that state of shame,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.78,0:06:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Chelsea, Massachussetts.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.27,0:06:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And selling the furniture,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.40,0:06:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the house was loaded with people,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.28,0:06:43.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in the middle of all of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.32,0:06:49.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some strange horse's ass\Nput his hand on my shoulder and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.27,0:06:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, you're the man of the house now."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.42,0:06:59.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm crying and this asshole says\N"You're the man of the house now,"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.83,0:07:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I think that was the moment
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.92,0:07:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I began to understand the foolishness\Nof the human condition.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.15,0:07:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.96,0:07:15.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it took a lot of years to look back at it\Nand feel it was a benefit,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.100,0:07:17.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.71,0:07:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Well it's interesting\Nyou call it a benefit.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.57,0:07:20.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listening to you --
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.69,0:07:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Benefit in that it gave\Nme that springboard.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.96,0:07:25.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean that I could think
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.96,0:07:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how foolish it was to say\Nto this crying nine year old boy,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.79,0:07:31.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"you're the man of the house now."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.99,0:07:34.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I was crying and then he said,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.06,0:07:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And men of the house don't cry."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.08,0:07:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.05,0:07:41.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.38,0:07:42.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ...
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.70,0:07:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I look back and I think
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.41,0:07:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's when I learned\Nthe foolishness of the human condition,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.50,0:07:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's been that gift that I've used.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: So you have father who's absent,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have a mother for whom\Napparently nothing is good enough.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think that starting out as a kid\Nwho maybe never felt heard
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,started you down a journey
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ended with you being an adult
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a weekly audience\Nof 120 million people?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: I love the way you put that question.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I guess I spent my life wanting --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if anything, wanting to be heard.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think ...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a simple answer,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was what sparked --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's are other things, too.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When my father was away,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was fooling with a crystal radio set\Nthat we had made together,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I caught a signal that turned\Nout to be Father Coughlin on --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, somebody laughed.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not funny,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this was a horse's--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not a horse's ass --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was very vocal\Nabout hating the New Deal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Roosevelt and Jews.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First time I ran into an understanding
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there were people\Nin this world that hated me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I was born to Jewish parents.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that had an enormous\Neffect on my life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: So you had a childhood
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with little in the way of strong\Nmale role models,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,except for your grandfather.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tell us about him.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Oh, my grandfather.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well he was the way I always talked about,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that grandfather.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were parades,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lots of parades when I was a kid.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were parades on Veteran's Day,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on President's --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there wasn't a President's Day.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was for Abraham Lincoln's birthday,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,George Washington's birthday
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Flag Day,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and lots of little parades.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My grandfather used to take me,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we'd stand on the street corner,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he'd hold my hand
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I look up and I'd see a tear\Nrunning down his eye.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he meant a great deal to me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he used to write Presidents\Nof the United States,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every President --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every letter started,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My dearest, darling Mr. President,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he'd tell him something\Nwonderful about what he did.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when he disagreed\Nwith the President he also wrote,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My dearest, darling Mr. President,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,didn't I tell you last week...?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I would run down the stairs\Nevery now and then
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and pick up the mail --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we were three flights up,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,74 York Street, New Haven, Connecticut --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'd pick up a little white envelope\Nreading, "Shia C. called at this address,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's the story I have told\Nabout my grandfather --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: They wrote him back\Non the envelopes --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: They wrote back.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I have shown them myself,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,going way back to Phil Donahue\Nand others before him,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dozens --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,literally --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of interviews in which I told that story.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will be the second time I have said\Nthe whole story was a lie.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth was my grandfather\Ntook me to parades,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we had lots of those.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is a tear came down his eye.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is he would write\Nand occasional letter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I did pick up those little envelopes.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, "My dearest darling Mr. President",
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the rest of it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a story I borrowed from a good friend\Nwhose grandfather was that grandfather,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who wrote those letters.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I mean, I stole Arthur\NMarshall's grandfather
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and made him my own.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I started to write my memoir --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even this, how about that?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even this I get to experience.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I started to write the memoir
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started to think about it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then I ...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did a reasonable amount of crying
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I realized how much\NI needed the father,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so much so that I appropriated\NArthur Marshall's grandfather.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So much so,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the word "father" --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have six kids by the way,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my favorite role in life,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and husband to my wife Lynn --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I stole the man's identity\Nbecause I needed the father.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I've gone through a whole lot of shit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and come out on the other side,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I actually --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the best thing --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the worst thing --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,word I'd like to use about him\Nand think about him is rascal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact that he lied\Nand stole and cheated,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and went to prison ...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I submerge that in the word "rascal".
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Well there's a saying that amatuers\Nborrow and professionals steal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: I'm a pro.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: And that quote is widely\Nattributed to John Lennon,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it turns out he\Nstole it from T.S. Eliot.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you're in good company.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: I want to talk about your work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Obviously the impact of your work\Nhas been written about
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm sure you've\Nheard about it all your life:
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it meant to people,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what it meant to your culture,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you heard the applause when I just\Nnamed the names of the shows,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you raised half the people\Nin the room through your work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But have there ever been any stories\Nabout the impact of your work
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that surprised you?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Oh, god --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,surprised me and delighted me\Nfrom head to toe.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was an evening wtih Norman Lear\Nwithin the last year
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a group of Hip-Hop\Nimpressarios and performers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Academy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The subtext of "An Evening With ..."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was "what do a 92-year-old Jew" --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then 92 --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"and the world of Hip-Hop\Nhave in common?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Russel Simmons was among seven on stage.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when he talked about the shows,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wasn't talking about the Hollywood\NGeorge Jeffereson in the Jeffersons
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the show that was\Nthe "Number Five" show
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was talking about a simple thing\Nthat made a big --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Impact on him?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: An impact on him --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was hesitating over the word, "change."
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard for me to imagine,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, changing somebody's life,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that's how he put it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saw George Jefferson\Nwrite a check on The Jeffersons,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he never knew that a Black man\Ncould write a check.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he says it just\Nimpacted his life so --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it changed his life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when I hear things like that --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,little things --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I know that there isn't\Nanybody in this audience
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that wasn't likely responsible today for\Nsome little thing they did for somebody,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as little as a smile\Nor an unexpected "hello,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's how little this thing was.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could have been the dresser of the set
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who put the checkbook on the thing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and George had nothing to do while\Nhe was speaking so he wrote it,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: So in addition to the long list\NI shared in the beginning,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should have also mentioned\Nthat you invented Hip-Hop.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Well --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: I want to talk about --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Well, then do it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: You've lead a life of accomplishment,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but you've also built a life of meaning.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all of us strive to do\Nboth of those things --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not all of us manage to.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even those of us who do\Nmanage to do both of those,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very rarely do we figure out\Nhow to do them together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You managed to push culture\Nforward through your art
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while also achieving [world ...]\Ncommercial success.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did you do both?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: When I hear that --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here's where my mind goes when I hear\Nthat recitation of all I accomplished.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This planet is one of a billion ...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they tell us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a universe of which\Nthere are billions --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,billions of universes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,billions of planets
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which we're trying to save
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it requires a --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but anything I may have accomplished is --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my sister once asked me\Nwhat she does about something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was going on\Nin Newington, Connecticut
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I said, "Write your [alderman]\Nor your mayor or something,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she said, "Well I'm not\NNorman Lear, I'm Claire Lear,"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that is the first time\NI said what I'm saying,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Claire. Everything you think\Nabout what I may have done
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everything you've done" --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she never left Newington --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Can you get your fingers close enough
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you consider the size\Nof the planet and so forth,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to measure anything I may have done\Nto anything you may have done?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So ...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am convinced we're all responsible
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for doing as much\Nas I may have accomplished.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I understand what you saying --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: It's an articulate deflection --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: But you have to think about the --
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have to really buy\Ninto the size and scope
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the creator's enterprise, here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: But here on this planet\Nyou have really, really mattered.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: I'm a son of a gun.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: So I have one more question for you.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How old do you feel?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: I am the peer\Nof whoever I'm talking to.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Well I feel 93.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: [We out of here?]
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,EH: Well I feel 93 years old,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I hope to one day feel as young\Nas the person I'm sitting across from.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ladies and gentleman,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the incomparable Norman Lear.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NL: Thank you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)