.>> my favorite night, and i'm looking forward to this, we are honoring norman lear with the freedom of expression award, and we saw a fantastic opening night film on sundance, "norman lear jets, another version of you." and norman lear will join us and be showing the film and then sit down for an onstage interview following the film with peter stein, the former executive director.>> it is beautiful. and here's a clip of the film we will be seeing.>> it is full of clips from "all in the family" "the jefferson" and "good times." norman lear was cutting edge for his times, and the history of these experiences.>>> you have talked about the general theme being comedy this year. did that evolved spontaneously, how did that happen?>> maybe it is the times where living in right now, a lot going on in the world, facing some very troubling issues. it has been great to see so many independent film makers bringing comedy to the forefront, but comedy with the message and meeting -- and meaning. >>> a quick break and we will return to mosaic. totally. i did. did you know that boys that pldolls ma

and bud yorkin really turned the spinoff series into an art form. >> norman lear hates to call ear factory. all his series come out of this building, allowing lear to move from show to show like a dervish. >> "good times" was like holy smokes. there's black people on tv! >> there had never been a complete black family on tv with the father. >> what made it so unique and universal was that we had the same problems in our household, and we do not live in the projects in chicago. >> dynomite! >> you want to worry your head about nothing, go on and do it. i have $32 in the shoe box. and i got another $6 in my pocket. >> you worked all night all they paid you was $6? >> there were a lot of folks who were not happy with the show. the black panthers were very upset. when huey newton came to see me, the big complaint was why can't we see a black man that's doing better than that? >> "the jeffersons" started as neighbors of archie bunker. >> don't call me honky. >> why are you so sensitive all of a sudden? >> how would you like it if i called you nigger? >> he called me nigger! >> that's

norman lear, new documentary, maybe a new all in the family, thanks for stopping by. appreciate it. >> my very dear pleasure. >> i had a lot of fun doing that interview. norman lear is about to turn 94 years old. that's amazing. we should all be that lucky in life. that was a fun interview. >>> still to come on this show, so much talk about the race for the white house, how about the almost as important battle for the u.s. senate, which party is going to control it, this guy we're showing you pictures of right now, who is he and why is he suddenly so important to that question. we're going to address it in our most important number of the day, that is straight ahead. proud of you, son. ge! a m. well that's why i dug this out for you. it's your grandpappy's hammer and he would have wanted you to have it. it meant a lot to him... yes, ge makes powerful machines. but i'll be writing the code that will allow those machines to share information with each other. i'll be changing the way the worlworks. (interrupting) you can't pick it up, can you? go ahead. he can't lift the

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. >> norman lear brought one day at a time into our lives, the story following a single working mom as she raised two teen-age daughters. now lear is bringing up with netflix to bring the story back with a latino cast a dream come true. >> embarking on anything with norman lear i there. >> netflix not stopping there. now a whole new generation will be able to follow in love with the family of space pioneers and hopefully an updated robot too. mcgiver is one of the longest shows on tv and now cbs has a new cast lined up. and there's no doubt cutting edge technology will transform this classic for audiences. >> cannot wait to check those out. both mcgyver and one day a a time are in production. lost in space isn't slated to hit netflix until 2018. coming to you from los angeles. >> thanks. >>> tj miller is on tv in silicon valley but the about to blow up with six other projects in the works. we're diving deeper into this breakout star's career in this cover story. tj made his film debut in the thriller clover fields. the role put him on the map leading to a part in one of these year's su

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every version of it. >> ladies and gentlemen, norman lear. >> lear's name is back on the screen in and career set to be released nationwide later this month. >> my bumper sticker has read for some years just another version of you. that's where they got the title. >> norman, that hat. is that your favorite hat? you're known to wear hats. >> in the world this is my favorite. not just my favorite hat, this is my favorite garment. >> what's the origins of the hat? >> the simple origin of the hat when i was writing 16 hours a day, i would scratch my scalp. my wife at one point threw a hat on me and said don't take that off. i loved it. i fell in love with it. >> here is where i am today. doctors tell me i'm in excellent health looking down my arm what my father's hand is doing hanging out of my sleeve. >> going to be 94. what's the secret? >> i think it has as much to do as living in the moment as anything. it's taken me almost 94 years. 93 years, 11 months. sometimes minutes and seconds to get to this moment where i see smiling opposite me and pastrami that separates us. maybe we ought

that's good mustard. >> now, we showed you in the norman lear piece, cleveland's answer to the deli.hing. corned beef. ruben. terrific with a dill pickle. i saw you eating pickles. are you pregnant? >> i'm a cliche. i don't think my mouth is big enough for this. >> yes, it is. >> making it easy for you. >> you set it up and you kick them through. that's amazing. >> okay. don't look at me. >> you know what would be great on this >> it's a bipartisan sandwich. both president bush and vice president biden have been there. >> all right. you have to have one of these. jimmy fallon said these are amazing. >> okay. >> you know what washes them down well? >> we're not quite done yet. >> you have more. >> this is from cincinnati. the question is how do you eat your chili? people put chili on it and put it on spaghetti and in buns and top it with a ton of cheddar cheese. >> 30 seconds >>> 30 seconds left. >> we have great beers here, including this last one, and they have it back in the studio, carson. this is city -- >> that's nonalcoholic for me. >> this is the thirsty dog. give that a try.