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...With "Family," "Sanford" and "Maude" going for them, Yorkin and Lear have emerged in a big way from the twilight of anonymity behind the scenes in TV. Johnny Carson was barely exaggerating when he introduced this year's Emmy, Award ceremonies as "an evening with Norman Lear." After Lear had collected one of the seven Emmys won by "Family," Carson quipped: "I understand Norman has just sold his acceptance speech as a new series...
...Poussaint was impressed at this first meeting, he says, and the speech likely played a key role in Carson's selection as Class Day speaker for the students who chose...
...Procuring the neurosurgery superstar was something of a boon for the medical school. Because he juggles his clinical work with administrative work, still teaches, and gives priority to his family, Carson's calendar is so full that he turns down many speaking engagements simply because his schedule has no opening...
...love commencements," says Carson. "I used to do 12 a year, now I've cut back to six a year...
...always say, if you need somebody to do something you have to get somebody who's busy," Carson says. "Because people who are not busy take all day to do nothing...