Sketch o’the Week- Norman Lear!

Considering more than a few of the classic 1970’s sitcoms I have been/will be drawing the casts of were created/produced by the man, I had to draw legendary television producer and screenwriter Norman Lear, who just recently passed away at age 101.

It seemed like when you were watching a sitcom in the 1970’s, Norman Lear’s name was listed in the credits more often than not. The man was a true television legend, having produced, wrote, created, or developed over 100 TV shows, a number of which are considered among the greatest of their genre. “All in the Family”, “Sanford and Son”, “Maude”, “Good Times”, “The Jeffersons”, “One Day at a Time”, “Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman”… the list is long. Lear was also fearless in bringing serious social and political themes and subjects into his shows like racism, religion, the Vietnam War, abortion, rape, and others not usually tackled in the sitcom world. He was a pioneer and a visionary.