and you begin right away by talking about your father, herman k. lear, and he says the k. stands for king lear. i love that. [laughter] i know he becomes a prototype for a couple of people in your television shows we can talk about later, but let's just stay with him for a while. tell us about king lear, your king lear. >> he, he served time. when i was 9 years old, he announced that he was going to oklahoma to finish some deal, do something there with a couple of men my mother had met who said i don't like those men, herman, don't go with those men. >> and you're living on the east coast, so oklahoma's really -- >> yes. we were living in connecticut, in connecticut. and -- [laughter] his reply was, finally when they were arguing about it, jeanette, stifle yourself! [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. b

a childhood without taking challenges and it begins right away by talking a about your father herman k. lear. the k stands for king lear. i love that. it becomes a prototype for a couple of people in your telephone -- television shows that the kids talk about later but let's stay with him for a while. tell us about k lear. >> he serves time when i was nine years old. he announced that he was going to oklahoma to do something there. a couple of men my mother had met said i don't like those men are men, don't go with those men. >> you are living on the east coast and oklahoma. >> in connecticut, in connecticut and his reply was finally when they were arguing about it, jeanette stifle yourself. [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

and you begin by talking about your father, herman k. lear, and you say the k stands for king lear. i love that. i know he becomes a prototype for a couple of people in your shows. but let's stay with him for a while. tell us about king lear, your king lear. >> guest: he served time when i was nine years old. he announced he was going to oklahoma to finish some deal, do something there, and a couple of men my mother had met who said, i don't like those men, herman, don't go with those men. >> host: you're living on the east coast. oklahoma is -- >> guest: we were living in connecticut. and his reply was, finally, when they were arguing about it, jeannette, stifle yourself! 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

herman lear, or as he preferred to be known, h k, this case standing for king, a name he insisted he had been given and would never admit to having appropriated, was, i am going to skip a little here. he was arrested upon his return on july 1st for receiving and trying to to sell phony bonds to the boston brokerage house keep a person and company. a list of childhood memories, a photograph of my father. on the front page of the next day's newspaper coming down the steps to the courthouse with one hand holding his hat over his face and the other man. to a detective. five weeks later he was convicted and sentenced to deer island prison off of boston harbor. that evening our house was filled with friends and relatives offering comfort as they brought the furniture my mother was selling, she having decided on the spot that we couldn't continue to live in chelsea in such distress. at one point, however, at one point, someone i didn't know but instantly disliked offered to buy my father's red leather chair, the throne from which he had controlled the radio dial just as 40 years later argy