Happy Birthday: Edward Asner

Edward Asner

Born: November 15, 1929 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA

[on making the transition from the comedy Mary Tyler Moore (1970) to its dramatic spin-off series Lou Grant (1977)] We were really worried about changing over from a three-camera, half-hour comedy to a one-camera, full-hour drama. The audience wasn’t ready for the switch–even CBS billed us in their promos as a comedy. In fact, the whole thing was impossible. But we didn’t know that.

[on the history of American foreign policy] I also think that there is a strong streak of racism, whenever we engage in foreign adventures. Our whole history in regime change has been of people of different color.

JFK 1996 dir. Oliver Stone Starring Kevin Costner Tommy Lee Jones SUPERMAN/BATMAN: APOCALYPSE 2010 dir. Lauren Montgomery Starring: Tim Daly Kevin Conroy Gigantic 2008 dir. Matt Aselton Cast Paul Dano Deschanel ALL-STAR SUPERMAN 2011 dir. Sam Liu Starring: James Denton Christina Hendricks ELF 2003 dir. Jon Favreau Stars: Will Ferrell James Caan UP dir. Pete Docter Bob Peterson Voices by: Edward Asner Christopher Plummer

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