We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article… — Norman Lear

We did an episode on Good Times which came out of a newspaper article about the incidence of hypertension in black males being higher than whites, and increasing. So we did a show in which James, the father on Good Times, had hypertension.

Norman LearProducer · American · b. 1922

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When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. — William Shakespeare
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Son, brother, father, lover, friend. There is room in the heart for all the affections, as there is room in heaven for all the stars. — Victor Hugo
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