Norman Lear has enjoyed a long career in television and film ... After only four shows, they were hired away by Jerry Lewis to write for the Martin and Lewis Colgate Comedy Hour, which they continued ...
After serving in the U.S. Air Force and flying missions during World War II, Lear relocated to Los Angeles ... TV and nightclub acts for Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. A critic hailed them as ...
(JTA) — Norman Lear, the Jewish TV pioneer behind iconic comedies of the 1970s and 1980s that helped bring social commentary and Black characters into the mainstream, has died at 101. Lear’s ...