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Norman Lear Is Still The King
Of Night Time Television Comedy

Mardarin Orange Pudding (Tanjulin)

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1 pkg.
2 cups
1

vanilla pudding mix
skim milk
11-ounce can mandarin
oranges, well drained

1 tbsp.

toasted almonds,
slivered
sherry

MICHAEL ELKIN

Prepare vanilla pudding according to directions on the package or
make your own pudding using skim milk. Cool.
Before serving, fold in the drained mandarin oranges and the
sherry. Serve in individual glass dishes garnished with the toasted
slivered nuts.

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Mandarin Orange Pudding

Nutritional Analysis per Serving

127
3.5 g.
1.3 g.
.1 g.
.25 g.
.74 g.

Calories
Protein
Total Fat (est.)
Saturated Fat
Polyunsaturated Fat
Monounsaturated Fat

0 mg.
25.5 g.
107 mg.
163 mg.
154 mg.

Cholesterol
Carbohydrates
Calcium
Potassium
Sodium

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n a medium where the
jesters are rarely as
funny as they should be,
Norman Lear crowns his
comedic efforts with caustic
quips and sly satire, cour-
ting the audience's intel-
ligence.
The man who brought "All
in the Family" to TV would
seem to have it all. And all
he wants these days is for
the audience to be in on the
joke.
Norman Lear is executive
producer of "The Powers
That Be," an off-the-wall po-
litical comedy that has gone
through the ratings roof for
NBC.
The quick-witted comedy
sends up the political process
with a catapult, poking and
punching with punchlines
that are jaw-droppers.
Created by Marta Kauff-
man and David Crane, "The
Powers That Be" is Norman
Lear at his most powerful.
Placing the family and
friends as well as profes-
sional staff of a dingbat U.S.
Sen. Powers under a
microscope, the series
magnifies their every worry
and wart.
Some of the jokes jab at
Jews, the infirm, the
suicidal: The senator's il-
legitimate Jewish daughter
is a vintage whiner; his
anorexic daughter a thinly
disguised human clothes
pole; and his son-in-law, the
suicidal congressman, an
ambulatory distress signal.
Mr. Lear shows no sign of
discomfort with these quirky
characters. And for a man
long acknowledged to be
concerned with Jewish
causes, accusations of anti-
Semitism would seem ir-
relevant.
But the show is irreverent.
"We don't sit around think-
ing about what kind of reac-
tion we'll get except,
hopefully, laughter," he
says.
When it comes to track
records, the 70-year-old
Norman Lear is a
marathoner. One of the
golden boys of the golden age
of TV, Mr. Lear was produc-
ing TV specials for such

Michael Elkin is the
entertainment editor of the
Jewish Exponent in
Philadelphia.

legendary figures as Jack
Benny and Fred Astaire
some 40 years ago.
But it was "All in the
Family" that made him
head of the house in TV

Norman Lear:
Comedy in politics.

terms. The 1971 series he
created went on to sweep
audiences and critics off
their feet, taking a broom to
bigotry as no TV show before
it had done. Using the
character of Archie Bunker
to debunk the rituals of
racial hatred, Lear set a new
standard for adult TV,
following up with such
landmark shows as
"Maude," "Good Times,"
"Sanford and Son," "The
Jeffersons," "One Day at a
Time," "Mary Hartman,
Mary Hartman," "Fernwood
2-Night" and "America 2-
Night."
The liberal Norman Lear
has made liberal use of
formerly taboo topics for TV
fare, talking about abortion,
anti- Semitism and rape.
Outspoken and never
underestimated, Norman
Lear jets around the country
on behalf of People for the
American Way, listed as a
national, non- partisan con-
stitutional-rights organiza-
tion he helped found.
Poking fun at politics
seems to come naturally to
Mr. Lear. So, doing such a
show as "Powers" is nothing
new for the New Haven na-
tive.
"If this isn't a time
America ought to enjoy
laughing at itself, I don't
know what is," he says.

Mr. Lear is no party poope:
when it comes to "Powers.'
When asked if the sitcom'
leading couple — the senator:
(John Forsythe) and his wif;
(Holland Taylor), portrayer'.
un- abashedly as the FoCt
and the Cruel — are base:1
on a recent Republican preEI —
idential twosome, one with 3
tendency toward forget- -
fulness, the other with
unforgiving nature, ho
demurs.
"This is a Democratic
household and he is a Dem
ocratic senator," says Nor.
man Lear of the Powers
"The Republicans do not
have a lock on empty suits."
Which suits Mr. Lear, ar,
equal opportunity offender
just fine.
"I think there's a lot of ter-
rific television on, but 1
think there are enough kind,
sweet wonderful families;
enough dutiful children and
enough dutiful wives ana
wonderful relationships," he
says.
It is a function of the new_
show to showcase the
dysfunctional family atitsz
most inept. And that's what j
Mr. Lear seems to do best.
"I didn't manufacture Ar-
chie Bunker's attitudes," hen
says. "They were out there c_
in the culture all along."
Ironically, the man who
cemented his reputation as a
ground breaker doesn't taken
a lot of credit for innovation
after all.
A veteran movie producer
(Cold Turkey, Divorce''
American Style), Norman
Lear seems more suited to
dissect small-minded-
America on the small scree-.
But did any of his show.
wind up making a differ-
ence? "No," he says. "Not at ,
all."
Really? Mr. Lear then
hedges, admitting that,,
maybe, the watershed series
he created have made some
thing of a difference after
all.
"My grandfather taught
me as a very young kid, life
is about throwing pebbles in
the water," says Mr. Lear.
"You don't always see th, +
water rise, but you have to
have the faith that it does "
Does Norman Lear, who
refuses to water down his
messages on a medium
known for just that, have-
that faith? "I've never seen
the tide rise at all," says the--
producer, but, yes, "I have
faith that it does." ❑