," from norman lear.ne of a kind. one of a kind. i adore him and am so proud to have him on this program. congratulations, my friend. i apologize to the audience, there's so much in this book -- he's led such a full life. there's so much i couldn't get to. you have to read it for your. a lot of great photos in the book. one of my favorite is first white hat. he was wearing hats a long time. the first in the book. that's our show for tonight. thanks for watching. as always, keep the faith. ♪ >>> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. >>> hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with prolific biographer and writer david rich, about his home and respect the life of aretha franklin. that's next time. see you then. ♪ >>> and by characteristontributr pbs station by viewers like you. thank you. announcer: "image makers" is made possible by the members of kqed.

shockingly -- i think 5 of the top 10 were norman lear productions.number one at the time was maude getting an abortion. when you had maude get an abortion in the '70s -- i'm thinking i can't imagine a sitcom television show today dealing with abortion. there are so many things that you dealt with race and with culture. we talk about reproductive rights. in the '70s that i get the feeling today network executives would back away from. do you get that sense? >> well, i'm told this all the time. and it is clear that abortion -- couldn't go near it. none of the shows go near it. >> what do you remember from the reaction of maude getting an abortion? >> i remember this very clearly. of course, the network didn't wish to do the show. we did the show. there was very little fallout. it was months and monthsiym

tv legend norman lear on the making of "all in the family" in a new memoir., the unsung stories of the people behind ideas that make modern life possible. >> from the president on down the federal government sought to tamp down any anxiety over additional ebola cases in the u.s. while at the same time it adjusted the increase of response and dliferred some disturbing news of a second nurse that contracted the disease just after she flew commercially. lora garrett who has long written about infectious diseases and international health joins us from new york. she's a fellow at the council on foreign relations. lora garrett, welcome back to the program. administration officials have been saying for some time that the u.s. knows how to stop ebola, the protocols are in place but clearly something has gone wrong. is it clear what's gone wrong? >> i don't think precisely what happened with each of these nurses but the unions have been releasing distressing photographs showing gaps in the protective gear, in particular the neck completely exposed and the top of the p

norman lear.g here. >> one of us was calling last night because you just had this experience. with whoopi goldberg, doing a talk with you. i couldn't be there because i get up way too early. but you had a good time, right? >> we had a wonderful time. >> this title, "even this, i get to experience." what are we going to find out? >> even this, look at it. got up early. look at all these pleasant faces. i'm here. even as i get -- >> is it a celebrate of your life, is that what you mean by the title? >> it's certainly a celebration of my life, but isn't at all what i intended. what i intended was, it's amazing how many fabulous this is occur to us over the course of time. i mean, i have a great time with any meal i enjoy. to pause and think about that meal. to pause and think about the relief when that meal is jetisent -- >> did he just say that? >> the man said that. >> these are lifetime highlights. >> i got to ask you, i grew up on "all in the family." i don't think kids today can appreciate how b

i want to start with you, fascinated by the idea that she see herself in the tradition of norman lear about that, i was like, lear put "sanford and son" on air "good times" on air. shonda's way of coping with this is not like the will will and grace of it all. it's less reputable but more real. >> it's so much real. like, it's so much more real than any other thing that we have ever seen before. i was watching it, i'm like, oh my god, this scene is epic. mainstream america has never seen anything like this. me, i used to watch queerist folk. but it's the first time you're seeing gay people as sexual beings. we've gone a long way to talk about gay people as full human beings, we talk about our love, commitment, but we in some way have like become eunuchs in that way where we have become desexualized, we're the good sidekick, best friend but you want to see us do anything more than give us a stare or do a hand holding. but this full-on like yes in your face, we're going to be ripping clothes off and talking about "devel"velvet rage," i'm about it. >> she says marriage equality in that r

. >> norman lear will be as well. >> whatever your interests, it's a great event. >> the authors luncheon takes place this saturday beginning at 10 a.m. at the hilton union square. tickets are still available. so that's good. just head to the national kidney foundation website. it's not just about tents a campfires... one bay area woman is building lead y taking the lessons outdoors. >> thank you. >>> it is not just about tents and campfires. one bay area woman is building leaders by taking the lessons outdoors. >> and we want to invite all you pet lovers out there send us your questions about their health and well-being. just email pets@kpix.com or on our facebook page, just search kpix/cbs, and we'll have our pet expert give you an answer every friday right here at noon. as a young woman growing up ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> well, "today in l.a.'s" is with lemons months priced very expensive but the market came down on the lemons, well, today's tip of the day is going to be is lemons. lemon on fruit salads or just about anything because lemons add so much s selection and storage is very i

. >> rose: you and i went to a dinner for norman lear. were you writing the book then or did that inspire you to write the book. >> i was writing then and norman who is -- >> rose: 90. >> yes. and who wrote a beautiful book. even this i get to experience. is a friend of mine, and i'm happy to say. and i would speak about our books and i would kind of laugh and we would laugh because it was kind of silly talking about my memoir next to norman. he encouraged me and reminded me everyone's voice is distinct and different. and i, my approach to the book was really less that is my life and more this is how i'm feeling and thinking. >> rose: this is my experience. >> this is my experience so far, yes. and it's kind of a compendium of essays and stories and personal stories and lists and lots of jokes hopefully. and my goal is really just to be funny and truthful which that alone was hard to do. >> rose: really. >> to be truthful and funny at the same time? i think so. >> rose: does being, do you think being funny helps you with being truthful. >>

. >> '70s sitcom king norman lear relives his storied career, including the one scene carroll o'connor he didn't want to go near it. >> then, gwen's husband gavin rossdale in studio and inside his musical marriage. >> i'm pretty much seen as a bit of a pushover. >> and their first ever collaboration. >> apparently it was her idea. >> let's go inside. >> i'm so shocked. >> i was really nervous about it. >> now the latest celebrity news delivered to you 24/7. it's the "insider" together with yahoo!. >> gaven and gwen, one of hollywood's most favorite musical couples collaborating for the very first time. professionally anyhow. >> and i'm louis aguirre. we go inside the rock star marriage and we're breaking down the day's big headlines. >> i'm going to apologize to a couple of people i've been rude to, can only think of a couple of people. >> russell brand addressing his sometimes unrefined attitude. yesterday he unleashed a twitter war with donald tramp. the donald versus russell match was triggered yesterday when mr. trump tweeted,

was all in the family -- tjeffersons and good times -- ♪ any time you need a payment there was norman leartv pioneer. he created hit after hit and tells all the stories in his new memo memoir. even this i get to experience, fantastic title. somewhat of the motto, too, right? >> this is kind of my life. this is the moment, even this i get to experience. >> it's hard to imagine today the kind of audiences you were getting with a show like "all in the family". >> bacon souffle. >> not going to eat that. >> archie bunker, beloved character, bigoted but beloved. inspired by his father. isn't it true that your dad came up with archie's signature line? >> you're a meat head dead from the head up. >> looks like we lost a daughter, but we gained a meat head. >> so that's real life. >> yes, that's real life. >> and stifle is real life. >> stifle, stifle yourself. right into her face. >> stifle that, will you. >> and then i would pick it off the -- >> will you stifle that? >> carol oh connor, doing archie bunker tortured him. it wasn't him. >> it was 180 degrees from him. >> you just made me change m