However, Lear was successful as a businessman, especially with his leveraged acquisition vehicle Act III Communications, founded in 1986 and led initially by Tom McGrath ( who met Lear while negotiating on behalf of Coca-Cola the acquisition of Lear's old company ) and later by Hal Gaba, a former Embassy executive.

The historic television studio at Metromedia Square, once home to Norman Lear's Tandem Productions and TAT Communications Company, also produced hit programs such as The Jeffersons, Mama's Family, Diff ' rent Strokes, One Day at a Time, Hello, Larry, Soul Train, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, Small Wonder and the groundbreaking sketch comedy In Living Color.

Communications Company was formed in 1974 when Norman Lear joined up with comedian Jerry Perenchio, a year before Lear's split with Yorkin.

A study by psychologist Rachel E. Goldsmith and others suggests that Lear's temporary amnesia of his daughters ' betrayal is consistent with psychogenic amnesia.

Critics who dislike the film particularly draw attention to its bleak nature from its opening: complaining that the world of the play does not deteriorate with Lear's suffering, but commences dark, colourless and wintry, leaving ( in Douglas Brode's words ) " Lear, the land, and us with nowhere to go ".

Ironically, although Lear's shows are often considered somewhat autobiographical and closely identified with his personal experiences, his early hits were actually all adapted from someone else's creations: the two aforementioned British adaptations and Maude, while reputedly based on Lear's wife, was actually the brainchild of series producer Charlie Hauck.

Lear's longtime producing partner was Bud Yorkin, who created / produced " All in the Family ," " Sanford and Son ," " What's Happening ," " Maude ," and " The Jeffersons ," split with Lear in 1975.

Pierce's first big television break came in the early 1990s with Norman Lear's political comedy The Powers That Be, in which Pierce played Theodore, a Congressman.

Knowing that Rae was one of Lear's favorite actresses, he hired her immediately for the role of housekeeper Edna Garrett, and she co-starred with Conrad Bain in all 24 episodes of the first season.

On April 10, 1967, Bill Lear's stock — he held approximately 60 % of the company ( US $ 27, 000, 000 )— was acquired by the Gates Rubber Company of Denver, Colorado, United States, with Lear remaining on the board until April 2, 1969.

Ruben was a man who had " success in inverse proportion to effort ", so Lear's mother left him ; mother and son stayed with aunt Gussie Bornhouser in Dubuque, Iowa.

The Lear's Macaw ( Anodorhynchus leari ), also known as the Indigo Macaw, is a rare Brazilian parrot with a highly restricted range.

Kirkus Reviews describes it as a roman à clef, with Lear's career resembling that of William S. Paley.

While generally easily recognized, it can be confused with the far rarer and smaller Lear's Macaw.

Many of Edward Lear's children stories and poems contain nonsense and are basically surreal in approach ; for example, The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World ( 1871 ) is filled with contradictory statements and odd images intended to provoke amusement, such as the following:

The music video for Amanda Lear's " Blue Tango " saw the singer playing with rumours on her alleged transsexuality, then heavily discussed.

From 1992 to 1993 she starred in Norman Lear's The Powers That Be with John Forsythe and David Hyde Pierce ; and from 1995 to 1998 on The Naked Truth.

In 2010, Richard Morel produced Amanda Lear's new EP I'm Coming Up.

In 1976, ABC-TV offered Walker a contract to headline her own series, The Nancy Walker Show, which was produced by Norman Lear's production company.

Her notable television roles include Ruth Dunbar in Bosom Buddies, senator's wife Margaret Powers on Norman Lear's The Powers That Be, Judge Roberta Kittleson on The Practice and Evelyn Harper in Two and a Half Men.

Newman also made his first foray into music for films at this time, writing and performing the theme song " He Gives Us All His Love " for Norman Lear's 1971 film Cold Turkey.

As a young child, before the age of eight, Edward Lear's Book of Nonsense, including the much loved The Owl and the Pussycat, and Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland had made their impression, although she later said of Alice that she was more interested in Tenniel's illustrations than what they were about.

For example, Henry Irving's 1892 King Lear offered spectacles such as Lear's death beneath a cliff at Dover, his face lit by the red glow of a setting sun ; at the expense of cutting 46 % of the text, including the blinding of Gloucester.

The film highlights Lear's role as king by including his people throughout the film on a scale no stage production could emulate, charting the central character's decline from their god to their helpless equal ; his final descent into madness marked by his realisation that he has negelected the ' poor naked wretches '.

This opening format – showing actual footage of the cities and neighborhoods in which the show was set – would become the standard for most of Norman Lear's sitcoms including Maude, Good Times, and The Jeffersons.

Numerous hit shows followed thereafter, including Maude ( the lead character of which was reportedly based on Lear's then-wife Frances ), The Jeffersons ( both spin-offs of All in the Family ), and One Day at a Time.

After Ramparts collapsed, Scheer became a freelance writer who was published in major magazines including Playboy, Look, Esquire, Lear's and Cosmopolitan.

Its holdings also include numerous illustrated works from as early as the 15th century, including Konrad Gessner's Historia animalium, Maria Sibylla Merian's Insects of Surinam, Edward Lear's Psittacidae or Parrots, and a double elephant folio of John James Audubon's The Birds of America.

Lear features some punishing scenes of violence, including knitting needles being plunged into a character's eardrum, a bloody on-stage autopsy and a machine which sucks out Lear's eyeballs.

As this was Lear's primary purpose in assembling those three divisions, and the Interior Systems Division was not profitable, the company began seeking to get rid of this division.

As well as habitat loss the Lear's Macaw has historically suffered from hunting and more recently, trapping for the aviary trade.

The Fool mocks Lear's misfortune.

Gloucester protests against Lear's mistreatment.

Though the works of other writers were also used, notably Lewis Carroll and Ogden Nash, Lear's works were the main source, and characters like The Yongy Bonghy Bo and The Unmbrageous Umbrella Maker were all Lear creations.

Some original material was also written based on characters created by Lear, although much of the material was a straight recital of poems and limericks or songs using Lear's poems set to music.

" The annotated copy of Lear's book, signed and dated November 2001, was auctioned in 2012.

In 1964, Lear's aircraft company constructed 100 demonstration Stereo 8 players for distribution to executives at RCA and the auto companies.

Lear's sister had virtually brought her brother up.

Stanshall reprises the role of Hubert, reciting a poem loosely based on Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat, at the end of which all the diners produce oars and row the table off-screen.

Former child actor Mickey Rooney was Lear's first choice to play Archie but Rooney declined the offer because of the strong potential for controversy and, in Rooney's opinion, a poor chance for success.

Hemsley, who was Norman Lear's first choice to play George, was performing in the Broadway musical Purlie and did not want to break his commitment to that show.

Lear's second big TV hit was also based on a British sitcom, Steptoe and Son, about a west London junk dealer and his son.

Today, Lear's TV library is owned by Sony Pictures Television.