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Lou Grant Disses Mary Richards! (Ed Asner down on Mary Tyler Moore for liking Sarah Palin)
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune ^ | Friday, September 9, 2011 | Neal Justin

Posted on 09/09/2011 11:50:36 AM PDT by kristinn

The great thing about being a living legend is that you can pretty much speak your mind without major repercussions. I was reminded of that Thursday night when I found myself chatting with Ed Asner at a party celebrating the upcoming season at the Fitzgerald Theater. Asner's in town for his one-man performance as Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

By way of saying hello, I asked him what he thought of the announcement earlier in the day that Mary Tyler Moore would be getting a lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild.

Asner, 81, hadn't heard the news and, based on his reaction, he didn't really seem to care.

"She's changed," said Asner, who was once president of SAG and received its lifetime achievement award in 2001. "She's a Republican." Asner was now in his "I hate spunk" mode. "Last time I saw her, she said Sarah Palin was a great lady."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: asner; edasner; edassinine; marytylermoore; mtm; palin; pds; sarahpalin
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To: kristinn
Asner didn't stay too long. He was off to have dinner with former wrestling superstar Verne Gagne.

Gagne has dementia so he will have forgotten Asner about an hour after he sees him. The rest of us aren't so fortunate.

81 posted on 09/09/2011 12:57:52 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: kristinn
Mary Tyler Moore In Boots Pictures, Images and Photos

Not guilty.

82 posted on 09/09/2011 12:58:52 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: miss marmelstein


Mary Tyler Moore and Suzanne Pleshette - I had a crush on them both as a young teenage boy, and also Mary Ellen on the Waltons, and the oldest daugher on the Patridge Family ...
83 posted on 09/09/2011 12:59:05 PM PDT by Scythian
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To: miss marmelstein

been watching it on Netflix...just started with the first season. They included Carl Reiner’s pilot Head of the Family where he play Dick’s role. What a difference. No wonder his version didn’t get picked up.

I have found myself laughing out loud quite a bit while watching the shows.


84 posted on 09/09/2011 1:06:54 PM PDT by RummyChick (It's a Satan Sandwich with Satan Fries on the side - perfect for Obama 666)
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To: RummyChick

Actually, the series gets better from season to season. The first-season is the weakest (and it’s none too shabby).


85 posted on 09/09/2011 1:15:35 PM PDT by greene66
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To: stratman1969

El Dorado is one of my favorite John Wayne movies and that is my favorite Ad Asner role for obvious reasons.


86 posted on 09/09/2011 1:20:24 PM PDT by Tomhorn (Wake up and smell the coffee)
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To: COBOL2Java

Carl is SO like me...

Ed Asner is one reason I love the movie ‘El Dorado’. It’s always good to see John Wayne shoot him down...over and over again.


87 posted on 09/09/2011 1:22:16 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: kristinn
"Franklin Delano Roosevelt"

A worthy role for Assner to play.

88 posted on 09/09/2011 1:27:48 PM PDT by Savage Beast ("That is the great eternal question: Are 'Liberals' evil or stupid?" ~Ann Coulter)
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To: lonevoice
To this very day, I am convinced that the woman with the blue scarf and brown coat behind and to the right of MTM in that photo is one of my old 4th grade teachers, Mrs. Armstrong.

I remember watching that show every week when I was a kid and seeing her during the opening credits and saying, "That's Mrs. Armstrong!!!" My parents thought I was crazy...

I SWEAR it is her.


89 posted on 09/09/2011 1:33:59 PM PDT by FortWorthPatriot (Obama is no Hitler; Hitler got the Olympics)
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To: kristinn

The only difference between Asner and a 200lb. sack of horse manure is the sack! What a sad, little man he has been and continues to be.


90 posted on 09/09/2011 1:34:12 PM PDT by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: Tomhorn

Mine too! I love this clip.


91 posted on 09/09/2011 1:38:38 PM PDT by stratman1969 (Run, Sarah, Run - 2012!)
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To: kristinn
Mary Tyler Moore didn't do much screen acting. She was adorable in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and practically stole the show from the great Julie Andrews. I walked out of "Flirting With Disaster", a Ben Stiller vehicle that was irritating and unfunny. But, she was truly great in "Ordinary People", a film with three great performances - hers, Donald Sutherland's and Timothy Hutton's for which he rightfully won an Oscar.

On the other hand, Asner has been doing voices for The Cleveland Show and American Dad, and was Santa Claus in Elf! Hmmm. His performances will probably not get him a Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award. In fact, when he leaves us, he will likely be soon forgotten.

92 posted on 09/09/2011 1:43:50 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne (Fall on your knees before Christ, your only salvation now!)
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To: Carl LaFong
I see him more as a Nikita Krushchev

Without Krushchev's charm...:O)

93 posted on 09/09/2011 1:48:38 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: kristinn

I always liked Mary. She was so normal, compared to other tv actresses.


94 posted on 09/09/2011 1:50:50 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Dear God, please let it rain in Texas. Amen.)
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To: FortWorthPatriot

No. I think that’s Nurse Murch.


95 posted on 09/09/2011 1:57:29 PM PDT by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
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To: Dr. Thorne

She was also very good in “Just Between Friends” with Christine Lahti..not the best message, what with the adultery and out of wedlock baby on Lahti’s part, but MTM was wonderful.


96 posted on 09/09/2011 2:00:14 PM PDT by bootless (Never Forget. Never Again. (PursuingLiberty.com))
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To: FortWorthPatriot

What a fun memory to have! And maybe it is Mrs. Armstrong. :-)


97 posted on 09/09/2011 2:10:11 PM PDT by lonevoice (schizophrenic hostage taking hobbit terrorist)
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To: bootless

Mary Tyler Moore show theme and opening credits:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBTWF1bDPn0

Man does that seem like another world now. Weird.


98 posted on 09/09/2011 2:12:59 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Scythian

Can’t go with you on the Walton girl, but the others - va-va-va-voom! You were a young man with great taste.

By the way, Camille Paglia wrote a book on “The Birds” in which she sings the acting praises of Suzanne Pleshette. A fine actress and a great, smokey beauty. When I was first married my husband always called me Laura Petrie (I was very thin and had very dark, sleek hair). Times have changed, lol!


99 posted on 09/09/2011 2:30:50 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Run, Sarah, Run! Please!)
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To: RummyChick

Carl Reiner was an incredible talent - I have all the discs of the Sid Caesar shows which highlight his comic genuis. And, let’s face it, no one could have played Alan Brady as hilariously as Carl Reiner!!


100 posted on 09/09/2011 2:35:46 PM PDT by miss marmelstein (Run, Sarah, Run! Please!)
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