RIP Ed Asner

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19182]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ed-asner-dead-lou-grant-1235004802/

 

 

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So the new Doug series on Disney, based on Up, may have been one of his last, if not his last?

 

[Gil Bang 26071]

This dude was so completely awesome

[TwiceHorn 31653]

91 is a good run.  RIP.

[Deej 77012]

Crazy he was only 40 when The Mary Tyler Moore Show came on the air. He looked a lot older than that. Somewhat shocked he was only 91.

[Guest Lobo]

RIP, Ed.  A lesser known role but he fucking nails it:

 

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3 minutes ago, Deej said:

Crazy he was only 40 when The Mary Tyler Moore Show came on the air. He looked a lot older than that. Somewhat shocked he was only 91.

What's crazy is that a 91 year-old man was not old enough to have served in WWII.

FFS, I can remember a 90 year-old I knew as a kid who served in WWI.  Little did I know I'd wind up on a sports forum that he also posts on, making jokes about his age.

[Gil Bang 26071]

RIP, Ed.  A lesser known role but he fucking nails it:
 

Came here to post that

[WhatTheBuck 28824]

53 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

91 is a good run.  RIP.

Yep. What’s weird is that when I was a kid watching the MTM show he first struck me as tough and it took me a while to figure out that Lou Grant was actually a softy. I remember watching the Lou Grant show but don’t remember much about it. I’ve seen him in a lot of different things. He’s always solid. I remember thinking the premise for Up was stupid and I wasn’t interested. Then I watched it at my sister’s place over the holidays. That was brilliant.

RIP, Ed. It's a Long Way to Tipperary.

[Dennis Taylor 18897]

Damn RiP

 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9382]

He never mailed it in. Not in a single scene. A pro's pro. If Oliver Stone ever wanted to release a director's cut of JFK just featuring scenes with Asner and Jack Lemmon I'd buy it. A master class in acting.

[Captain Ron 12936]

Damn. RIP

 

[RPM 26382]

The man was talented. He flipped Lou Grant from a small market, wisecracking, not so bright TV news boss to a savvy, hard core, major market newspaper editor and never missed a beat. Loved him in The Boondocks.

[Brandywine 1317]

Sad day! Terrific actor. 

One of my favorites of his that I watch every Christmas, The Gathering. 

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1 hour ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

He never mailed it in. Not in a single scene. A pro's pro. If Oliver Stone ever wanted to release a director's cut of JFK just featuring scenes with Asner and Jack Lemmon I'd buy it. A master class in acting.

 

[Deej 77012]

 

[Underdog 28845]

Betty the only one remaining from MTM?  

[WhatTheBuck 28824]

7 hours ago, Underdog said:

Betty the only one remaining from MTM?  

John Amos is still with us.

(Cue someone to come along saying he wasn’t in enough episodes.)

[Tom 2959]

Never seen The Mary Tyler Moore show, but I've had it in my queue on Hulu forever waiting to watch it.  One of the classics I've never seen I've been meaning to get around to.  I think I'll finally pull the trigger and start watching it.  

Edited August 30, 2021 by Tom

[WhatTheBuck 28824]

Decades is running a MTM Show binge this weekend in tribute to Ed Asner instead of the scheduled Dean Martin Celebrity Roast binge.