norman lear, the great producer norman lear. [ cheers and applause ] and great american, norman lear.my parents. and i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for norman lear. >> jimmy: that is crazy. so he -- how did he -- he knew them both individually then set them up? >> he did. my mother was working for him as a script supervisor. he did that show with dean martin and jerry lewis called "the lux hour," i think? >> jimmy: oh, yes, early on. >> he was doing that. my mother was a the script supervisor, my father was directing in yiddish theater. norman had also been involved with the yiddish theater. then the lore is he just put them both together, and voila. >> jimmy: and you came out. [ cheers and applause ] >> i did. i was -- yeah. >> jimmy: that's crazy. your parents both working in television theater, that sort of stuff, you grew up, i assume, on sets? on these different shows? >> yeah. i mean, once i got to middle school and found out that, you know, nobody liked me and i was such a quiet, shy child, if i took them to the set, my dad directed "man from u.n.c.l.e.," "try light zone." >>