Gentry + Kenadie debate the allyship of Norman Lear. Does Norman qualify? Take a listen. 

Norman Lear, a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors (2017) and the Golden Globes' Carol Burnett Award, changed television and American culture by introducing real-life issues that had been taboo, including race, sex, war – and even flushing toilets –  to a comedy genre previously rooted in silliness and escapism. The volatile mix of deadly serious topics and humor drew howls of opposition and of laughter, along with a bounty of awards and ratings.

"I emphasize the common humanity. To laugh at them and live with them for a half-hour is to share in their humanity," he said in 2017. Issues change over the decades, too, but humor remains a shared response, even in difficult situations, "because the foolishness of the human condition is a constant. It doesn't go away.”