archie, gloria, edith and meathead couldn't tell them better.orman lear couldn't have written a more touching tale of his life than here, in "even this i get to experience." and president clinton, norman lear, he's been so successful throughout his more than nine decades on earth and how americans have relied on his wit and wisdom for more than six of the decades. it's also why "even this i get to experience" is such a great experience. >> i could listen to that all day. thank you, charlie. >> charlie: your son-in-law, the great jon lapook is at cbs. >> he is responsible for the title. the next morning, he called me and said, you have to promise me we can bury you. i said, why? he said, because i want to take your children some day, your grandchildren, my children to a stone that reads "even this i get to experience." >> charlie: thank you, norman. for more, visit us online at pbs.org and charlierose.com. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> rose: additional funding provided by: >

who did you have in mind when you created the character of archie bunker? >> an amalgam of people i had known and heard about and the people we lived with and a piece of my father. my father called me the laziest white kid he ever met. >> that line became famous in "all in the family." >> i used to scold him for putting down a race of people. he said, "you are also the dumbest white kid i've ever met." that part was homegrown but the rest of it is just what i felt, read, saw among family and neighbors and so forth. >> you said carol connor gave it a lot, that he helped enhance archie bunker. >> i cannot begin to tell you the personality i had in mind because it depended so on the character who would perform it. carol o'connor walked into the room, sat down and read five sentences and that's the guy. i wrote the words and he inhabited the character. >> take a look there. here's a clip from "all in the family" where archie asked sammy davis junior a question. >> they always tell me i'm prejudiced. listen. you're a guy who's been around a lot. you've seen a lo

[laughter] and then of course that's where archie got the word. he left and he was arrested the day he got back. he was going to bring me a 10-gallon hat from oklahoma and the day he was arrested there was a picture in the paper folding a hat over his face manacled to a detective, but he was briefed -- away for three years at a crucial time for a kid. and he persisted following that getting into trouble one way or another and the thing that defined him for me i could not not love him. he had a for life that also defined him and i loved that for life and found that i guess easier to hold onto them the fact that he could be a scoundrel. >> there is a red chair in the family living room that is kind of his spot and you carried that chair in your imagination for decades. why was this significant? >> well it was a red leather chair and ottoman. there was no television. it was radio and he controlled the radio dial. we used to listen to especially the fights, the friday night fights from madison square garden every week of our lives. my father and i lis

>> archie would not -- archie would have denied the tea party.d have started a coffee party or something. but he was not a hater. that was the secret of archie bunker. he was not the a hater. he was -- he was much more afraid of progress than he was of bigotry. >> that's what it is. afraid of change. >> black people moving into the neighborhood. that's never happened before. >> such an honor to have the great norman lear on with us. >> why are you saying good-bye? >> the show has to end at some point. >> you can stay with us. you know how this works. >>> still ahead, who the president's immigration move could have the biggest impact on next. aveeno®. because beautiful skin goes with everything. [ female announcer ] aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion has active naturals® oat with five vital nutrients naturally found in healthy skin. where do i wear aveeno®? everywhere. aveeno® daily moisturizing lotion.. and try the body wash too. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results™. aveeno®. ♪soft holiday music ]♪ can you help me up? [ snow intensifies ] [ sleig

archie, gloria, and meathead could not have told them better. norman lear could not have written a more funny and telling role of his life than he did here. president clinton said norman lear can find humans darkest moments, no surprise. it's the reason he's been so successful in his more than nine decades on earth and why americans have relied on his wit and wisdom for more than six of these decades and why "even this i get to experience" is such a big deal. >> i can listen to your read that all day. thank you, charlie. >> i should mention your son-in-law is a colleague of ours at cbs. >> he's the guy that called me and is responsible for that title. he called me to find out and the next morning he said you have to promise me. you said you wanted to be cremated. your promise we can bury you because i want to take your children someday, your grandchildren, to a stone that says "even this i get to experience." >> thank you, norman. ♪ >> progress isn't always linear. sometimes it is exponential. new innovations create newer breakthroughs. >> it is

connor helpedrol enhance archie bunker in any measurable way. to tell youbegin the personality i had in mind because it depended so on the character who would perform it. he sat down and read five sentences and that's the guy. i wrote the words and he inhabited the character. >> here's a clip from "all in the family" where he asked sammy davis junior in question. me i'm always tell prejudiced. listen. you're a guy who's been around a lot. you've seen a lot of people. do you think of me a prejudiced guy? >> don't tell me you are really paying attention to those young kids. what do they know? you prejudiced? if you are prejudiced, if i commend your house you would have called me a [blee]. right straight out you said "colored." >> that's what i done, all right. >> if you were prejudiced, you would close your eyes to what's going on in this great country we live in. but not you. he you can tell the difference between black and white. i have a deep-rooted feeling that you will always be able to tell the difference between black and white. and if you

he said, "i ain't going to tell you." >> gary: i spoke with archie today. he's still recuperating from his surgery on his knee, and he's watching the game now, so he's got to be having a joyous day along with his alma mater. >> verne: which they entered the game have disappeared. mississippi state lost any chance -- oh, dear. they got his wife too. oh, well. >> gary: i think he should go kiss bo. >> verne: dak prescott. the trophy for the golden egg. >> gary: it was a total team win, verne, but the warrior bo wallace is going to graduate from ole miss almost a folk hero. >> verne: jill freeze almost froze. allie laforce is with hugh freeze. >> allie: coach, did that gatorade ice bath look as good as it feels? >> al, it felt so good, winning this game means so much to the people of this state, to our kids. we've had some tough breaks this year in some games and our kids fought all year. we're getting closer. that's a good team we beat there and just so proud of our guys and our university. our administration. our fans. awesome. >> allie: you did it with a ba

archie gets firebombed accidentally. semi-davis sammy davis junior kisses archie, the jeffersons move next door, how did you come up with some of those topics? >> as i said earlier, we were just a a group of hard-working writers, some men, some women, families. we read three and sometimes for newspapers today. we read, for example, the incidence of hypertension was higher in black males, noticeably, seriously higher that was a great subject for john and his character on good times. .. attention to life in america for 1972, 3, 4 american family. >> host: next call for norman lear is bob in oklahoma. >> caller: i enjoyed your work. in my 50s. i grew up watching all in the family, my parents were quakers and they were active in the civil rights movement. it was good entertainment. i have been politically active all my life. i am wondering, a candid question, do you think that some of the older folks, when i say old driving 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, do you think we could be more instrumental in bringing at end to cannabis prohibit

his name is archie. and archie is a legendary whale hunter. you know, they go out in kayaks and hand-throw whales... harpoons into big whales. he's 70-plus years old, and he's of the highest status rank in this nupiak eskimo village. very, very high status kind of guy. and one day he was with me in one of his cabins, and he said, "i want to show you something." this never made it on the show, actually. you know, i followed him and he took me into an ice cellar. and an ice cellar is something that the eskimos cut out of the permafrost, which is frozen earth, in order to store their meat. and it's very, very hard to build. you've got to chip it out of solid ground, right? solid frozen ground. and inside, it's stacked with all the meat for his family, and his extended family. so whale, and walrus, and goose, and caribou and so on and so forth. and he said, "this has been in my family all my life." and this guy is 70-plus years old. >> hinojosa: oh, you mean, like, they build it once and it stays? >> exactly. it's like the frigidaire, the permanet

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as it turns out went teddy finally announced that he was running against taft archie but says i can't leave you now. taft says go now, it will be fine, you will be back in time. he goes to europe and comes back on the titanic and he died. for taft it was yet another blow. he said every time i look in the room i think is coming in. i miss him every single moment but those letters are an absolute treasure in showing how taft especially felt betrayed and saddened by his great friend teddy running against him. >> to me the most poignant part of the book is taft and roosevelt were enemies even though they have been friends for so long so after the election wilson as president. taft and roosevelt don't talk at all and taft tries to talk to roosevelt that roosevelt ignores them and finally they meet by happenstance in a hotel. what happened than? >> i was so happy this happen. what happened is when i finished the book up to 1912 i did not want it ended with a sense of betrayal but i didn't really know what the relationship had been like past that. i followed them in 1914, 15 and 16. people b

archie! archie! [shouting] who took my dog? [phone ringing] hello? owen. hey. how you feeling? okay. good. you're not calling me from idaho, are you? no, i'm home. good, stay there. hey, can i ask you a question? yeah, sure. go ahead. if you delete something from a hard drive, is it gone forever? because my--my dad deleted something and-- well, they have those data recovery programs, but if that doesn't work, you can always get a tech guy to get it back. i might have a number for you. no, thanks. i'll let you know, though. okay. well, you rest up, all right? i'll, uh, i'll talk to you soon. bye. bye. why did you have danny solano's skateboard? why did you give danny solano's skateboard to tom miller? what's your favorite color? i want to see my dog. i'm not talking to you till i see my dog. oh, we're bargaining now, are we? that's your choice. i see. interview terminated 4:16 p.m. think things over. i'm happy to keep you locked up here all spring. find her frigging dog. now! [clattering] tom? what are you doing? nothing. where's your mom and dad? my mom's at work, and my dad--

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archie says he won't sits at christmas dinner with somebody who escaped the war. then he turns to the father of the deceased that and says you tell him, whatever his name was, you tell him and the guy stands up and says very slowly, my son did what he sought was right. he didn't believe in the war and he wouldn't fight and he died. >> he would want to be there too. >> if my son were alive he would be sitting with this young man. >> amazing, thank you. >> thank you. >> i mainly lost a few names but i would be curious to know which of the people you thought were the most brilliant in comedy. i have carl reiner, mel brooks, larry gilbert, woody allen. >> it is a terrible question. >> it is not a terrible question. it is a great question. >> i miss spoke, i am sorry. >> they all happen to be very close friends, everything you mentioned. larry gilbert was the wittiest man i have ever known. line for line, there was nobody like him. mel brooks couldn't say anything felt wasn't funny because -- i can't start to do it. carl reiner could get up with no notes at all and hav

the guy that got soaked into my emotional head when i was writing this book was a man named archie budd who had been an aid for teddy before becoming a military aide for taft. again what you look for is an historian or letters and diaries. this guy wrote letters to his family every single day and the rotating antenna. he was despairing he stayed on taft and teddy thought that was fine at first and then when teddy started running against him he was torn into preview was so depressed depressed that he was beginning to lose its vitality. taft said he better take a vacation. you need to relax. he said okay i'm going to go for a while but i will be back. as it turns out when teddy announced that he was running against taft archie budd says i can't leave you now now. to have cisco now come it will be fine. he goes to europe and it comes back on the titanic and he dies. for taft it was yet another blow. he said every time i look in the room i'm missing every single moment. those letters are an absolute treasure and he felt especially betrayed with teddy running against him. >> to me the most p

and the next day, saturday, archie was born. seth did "update" for the first time.. and the night before, we had -- it was one of the most fun nights i ever had at "snl" because it was a friday night -- we talk about this in the book. but everybody was just -- we did a group scene, so we were blocking until 11:00 at night. and everyone -- like fred and maya were doing bits. and bill was doing bits. kenan and maya were singing songs. and i do feel like your -- like archie was born through the most incredible series of circumstances. >> i agree. and i just remember laughing, like -- [ chuckles ] [ laughter ] like a giant monster. and then getting in the car and eddy, the security guard, being, "you look tired." and i was like, "yeah, i'm a little tired, eddy." it was like a movie. and then i was like, "waa!" the baby came. [ laughter ] and then seth was in his dressing room like, "waa!" he had to do it by himself. >> seth: i was. i felt very much a victim of your childbirth. i went to lauren and i said, "this is really irresponsible. have it next week." your parents,

[laughter] and that, of course, is where archie got the word. and he left, and he was arrested the day he got back. he was going to bring me a ten-gallon hat from oklahoma, and the day he was arrested there was a picture in the paper with his holding the hat over -- hat over his face, manacled to a detective. but he was away for three years at a crucial time for a kid. and he persisted following that in getting into trouble one way or the other. and the thing that defined him for me, i could not not love him. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> here's some of the latest news about the publishing industry. publishers weekly released their selections for the best books of 2014. the list, composed of five fiction and five nonfiction titles, includes lawrence wright's account of the camp david accords, 13 days in september, a look at childhood vaccination on immunity, and the recounting of the chilean miners trapped underground for 69 days in 2010, "deep down dark." ..

you don't own it, archie. consuetudo pro lege servatur, i think you'll find.l we? the day after tomorrow, the right honorable geoffrey parks mp will be visiting the school to open the new computer center. well, it wouldn't be a language lab, would it? that boy couldn't conjugate a verb to save his life. so mr. parks will be accompanied by

you don't own it, archie. consuetudo pro lege servatur, i think you'll find.l we? the day after tomorrow, the right honorable geoffrey parks mp will be visiting the school to open the new computer center. well, it wouldn't be a language lab, would it? that boy couldn't conjugate a verb to save his life. so mr. parks will be accompanied by

. >> one of the veterans that you just met, archie tyler, was released from prison yesterday.py veterans day, welcome home, and thank you for your service. >>> coming up next, the president's love story. george w. bush talks about his relationship with his father in a funny, touching tribute and he claims why he didn't want to wait to write his father's biography. >> plus, bill cosby learns that the internet can be tough. do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states against all enemies foreign and domestic... ♪ ♪ big day? ah, the usual. moved some new cars. hauled a bunch of steel. kept the supermarket shelves stocked. made sure everyone got their latest gadgets. what's up for the next shift? ah, nothing much. just keeping the lights on. (laugh) nice. doing the big things that move an economy. see you tomorrow, mac. see you tomorrow, sam. just another day at norfolk southern. with my andi can...m tracfone, order more shaving cream. pay the electric bill. keep towels piping hot. get kids to sit still. play beard styling tunes. learn new

one, archie was depressed and meathead runs out and archie yells that's fine but you're going to getline because ronald reagan was considered a joke. four years later ronald reagan won. >> romney is not a talented candidate. >> i will say the one thing that nixon didn't have was in 1960 warning kennedy about vietnam and warning kennedy about go down the list of things. mitt romney has that actually. with all of the chaos that -- reagan was talented but he won in 1980 because we were actually watching welfare state creep to a halt and blow apart and democrats, independents, republicans were ready. there is chaos now across the globe. mitt romney is more of the father figure, more of the ike figure. >> you can reasonably assume he either knows how to deal with challenges of being the rich candidate and answer those things that hurt him last time or that those things become old news and they just don't play the same way as they did that last time. >> another number in this poll about cares about people like you. which party's nominee cares about people like you in 2016. tied in new hamp

archie gets firebombed accidentally. semi-davis sammy davis junior kisses archie, the jeffersons move next door, how did you come up with some of those topics? >> as i said earlier, we were just a a group of hard-working writers, some men, some women, families. we read three and sometimes for newspapers today. we read, for example, the incidence of hypertension was higher in blac

he shared the backfield with archie griffin, two time heisman trophy winner.that tells you how beloved this guy was and how much respected he was on the field. >> to think he's here now at st. albans. >> right down the street doing some great things. >> inspiring legions of young people along the way. >>> a family member of a man accused in that philadelphia kidnapping case is speaking out and what he has to say may surprise you. >> also coming up why more than a dozen drug defendants are back on the streets tonight. we thought our cable internet was fast. but, our uploads are half the speed of our downloads so our internet is really half-fast. so half-fast. someone did a half-fast job posting our vacation pics. stop living with half fast internet. only verizon fios comes with speedmatch - uploads as fast as downloads. so his homework won't be so half-fast? that is up to him. get a fios triple play online for this great price and a $400 visa prepaid card with a 2-year agreement. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800.974.6006 tty/v >>>

and that, of course, is where archie got the word. and he left and was arrested the day he got back. he was going to bring me a ten gallon hat, from oklahoma, and the day he was arrested, there was a picture in the paper with this -- his holing a hat over his face, man kelled to a -- handcuffed to a detective and was away at a crucial time for a kid. and he persisted following that, in getting into trouble one way or the other. and the thing that defined him for me, i could not not love hill. >> you can find books like this online. here's a look at events we'll be attending this week. look for this programs to air in the near future on booktv on c-span2. on monday, we're at the jewish community center of san francisco for former cia operative robert bear's talk on the history of political asass nations. the next evening at the university of pennsylvania book store in philadelphia. steven cook examines the life of joseph stalin. on wednesday, james robbins recounsels the military career of general george custer at the hudson library in

and that, of course, is where archie got the word. and he left and he was arrested the day he got back. he was going to bring me a ten gallon hat from oklahoma. and the day he was arrested, there was a picture in the paper with his holding the hat -- a hat over his face, man -- manacled to a detective, and -- but he was away 0 for three years at a crucial time for a kid. and he persisted following that, in getting into trouble one way or the other. and the thing that defined him for me i could not not love him. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> this week, booktv takes a look at books on the reading list. all of the authors are contributors to the magazine: ...

. >> archie bnker bunker's buddy, was the great character actor, james -- uh.ld. >> they do sell a little version -- stretch dolls. >> little stressed out. >> james cromwell played stretch cunningham on the old archie bunker. >> not to be mistaken with stretch armstrong, which is what we were talking about. >> got it. i'm following. >> after they get the dolls, the video games, the toys, do they say thank you? >> i hope so. >> do they? >> they've been drilled like marines. >> for the most part. >> i did a birthday party for my son. sleepover, pizza party, the whole thing, not a thank you. i was like, josh, you didn't say thank you. you spent a day and a half with your friends. he said oh, i said thank you to dad. who am i? >> he said it to someone. >> he figured that counts. >> on "time" magazine's website, why kids don't thank you for can gifts. they don't offer you as much gratitude as you would like them to because they expect parents to always be there to serve their needs. >> really? >> kids say they think it's their parents' responsibility to take care of

the most recent one was four weeks ago, a full eight months archi left the office and was a democraticorney general who did so. and he did so because of my gang work in the city. if they ever thought that i did any of the things you thought, you're trying to infer in your commercials, your attack adings, i would never had those. and i wouldn't have this the top secret security clearances. i would have never stepped one foot in any baseman sit if any the things you're flying to allege i did actually happened. >> i think we're going to get back to the ads, so you'll have another opportunity, unless you feel the need to respond at this moment. >> our next question is for you, congressman maffei. plan 2014 deals with water levels on lake ontario. from there are many residents and officials who live on the southern shore of the lake who worry about the impact of raising and lowering water levels, saying it could have a devastating impact on the shoreline. some of the town officials have also criticized you for not coming out with a clear position on plan 2014. where do you stand? >> i met w

. >> you knew it wasn't archie manning, right? >> no. i know there's eli and peyton.it. >> okay. >>> you just got your seat at the seattle game and little did you know the mascot would be landing on your head. better the mascot than something from the mascot. the hawk shaking things up become kickoff. he decided to land on a fan and watch the game from the stands. that is cool. the hawk usually flies around centurylink field before the game and then it returns to its handler. and they were later reunited. but that'll get your attention. those claws can -- you take your eyes for granted. >> they are so beautiful when they fly. >> they aren't beautiful to rats and other vermin. >> i don't know if it was the same bird, but i did a story about paul allen years ago and i was on the field. i know they score home runs there and held that bird. >> that one. >> that one. yeah. i don't know if that was that impact bird. >> i went with taiman. >> i don't know. >>> when we come back, big pharma's push to save your liver. we're back in a moment. ing u.s. is now voya. changing the

archie bunker called. >> still has his sense of humor. >> in case you missed, just about an hour ago,, we should point out. still doing his forecast when he hit 34 hours. unbelievable. >> over the time, al, you've lost your voice a little bit, starting to sound, as we've said all morning, like harvey firestein. give you a dry erase board if you need it. still want you to communicate with us. >> how does it feel right now? >> i actually feel pretty good. and what i really feel best about is that the team effort, everybody that came together within our organization, jackie levin kind of spearheaded it and we had sean reece and matt greenfield and, you know, all these great folks, all of our p.a.s and a.p.s and on our weather side, don really led a great team. and then all the viewers who called in and went on crowdrise.com/roker to raise money for the uso. you know, made these small contributions that put us over the top. it just, really is a good feeling. >> you're over $70,000 in donations. i'm impressed, you know, when people win the oscars, they have to have a piece of paper to reme

i would accept the next archie and veronica. do basic reporting. put the numbers up. all there, it's just that the average person is too busy working. they don't have time to do research and google stuff to find out the actual costs of obama care or the fact that the statements you're being given are bogus. they rely on the media and the media has let the american people down. >> and open enrollment starts today for obama care so i guarantee you will see mainstream media stories praising the fact that the website actually works this time and how easy it is for people to get care. >> website. >> it's a low bar. >> yeah. >> great to see you this morning, michael. >> happy to be here. thanks so much. >> that was great. coming up a dad whose son was killed by an illegal allen fires off a message to the united states. use your executive action to bring back his son. we'll have more from that man coming up. >>> then this phone case normally sells for 100 bucks. but today, you can get it for 60% off. but only if you stay tuned. how to score the deal and more just like it. we