The death of Norman Lear at the age of 101 ended the reign of one of the most prolific television producers in the industry’s history. Lear was known for pushing viewers’ buttons in some of his most unforgettable television series, including All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time, The Jeffersons, and Good Times. Lear never shied away from tackling the tough topics. Here are 5 of Norman Lear’s most controversial TV episodes.
‘All in the Family’: Edith’s 50th Birthday
The two-part All in the Family episode titled “Edith’s 50th Birthday” was a dark look into Edith Bunker’s (Jean Stapelton) attempted rape. It was the first time a television sitcom dealt directly with the subject.
The season 8 episode centered on Edith’s milestone birthday. As her family was next door planning her birthday party, an attacker posing as a police detective entered her home.
‘All in the Family’: Edith’s 50th Birthday
The two-part All in the Family episode titled “Edith’s 50th Birthday” was a dark look into Edith Bunker’s (Jean Stapelton) attempted rape. It was the first time a television sitcom dealt directly with the subject.
The season 8 episode centered on Edith’s milestone birthday. As her family was next door planning her birthday party, an attacker posing as a police detective entered her home.
- 12/6/2023
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Oh the 90s. In the past few years, the world has celebrated some of the decade’s classic trends with such a nostalgic fervor that it’s almost hard to believe that it was over 20 years ago. While pop music shook off the glossy synthetic excess of the 80s by way of Nirvana’s angst and Oasis’s cocaine fueled arena rock, a lo-fi indie scene was growing in the Denver Colorado, where childhood friends Robert Schneider, Bill Doss, Will Cullen Hart and Jeff Mangum formed the Elephant 6 Recording Collective.Armed with 4 track tape machines and a love of 60s psychedelic pop, […]...
- 4/12/2015
- by Ethan Goodman
- Monsters and Critics
Hell On Wheels has been an enjoyable ride throughout season one, despite certain episodes feeling disconnected or plot lines that were introduced and then rather quickly wrapped up before jumping on to the next. Ultimately, it's been the interesting and entertaining cast of characters that have kept this show going forward by digging deeper into their pasts and exploring the choices that each makes on their particular journeys.
Of course, Cullen Bohannon is the center around which all the others seem to rotate and has been consistently fantastic, whether he's been leading the railroad construction, sweet talking with Lily Bell or pointing a gun and shooting without a blinking eye. He drives the scenes towards the action and Anson Mount (who embodies Bohannon to perfection) delivers emotion and dialogue, making the character more three-dimensional than what his revenge-focused goal initially portrayed him to be.
And while Bohannon has grown further...
Of course, Cullen Bohannon is the center around which all the others seem to rotate and has been consistently fantastic, whether he's been leading the railroad construction, sweet talking with Lily Bell or pointing a gun and shooting without a blinking eye. He drives the scenes towards the action and Anson Mount (who embodies Bohannon to perfection) delivers emotion and dialogue, making the character more three-dimensional than what his revenge-focused goal initially portrayed him to be.
And while Bohannon has grown further...
- 1/16/2012
- by smckenna412@gmail.com (Sean McKenna)
- TVfanatic
Intrepid sonic explorer sets sail atop trusty 4-track, searching for meaning in the face of affliction
Like most projects involving Olivia Tremor Control co-founder Will Cullen Hart, Signal Morning is an epic, challenging, noisy psychedelic opus of the highest order. The first music he’s released since 2001’s self-titled Circulatory System, this new collage of sound and song—featuring Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum and Julian Koster, and members of Otc—contains snippets of material dating back to the early ’90s: bits and pieces of aging 4-track cassettes expertly manipulated and blended with material Hart has written over the last decade.
Like most projects involving Olivia Tremor Control co-founder Will Cullen Hart, Signal Morning is an epic, challenging, noisy psychedelic opus of the highest order. The first music he’s released since 2001’s self-titled Circulatory System, this new collage of sound and song—featuring Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum and Julian Koster, and members of Otc—contains snippets of material dating back to the early ’90s: bits and pieces of aging 4-track cassettes expertly manipulated and blended with material Hart has written over the last decade.
- 9/17/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
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