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50 Years of Lou Grant and MTM, plus the Legacy of RBG: Next on TVC

Eight-time Emmy Award-winning actor Ed Asner and longtime national TV legal analyst Stan Goldman will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Oct. 16-18 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY Friday … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Eight-time Emmy Award-winning actor ED ASNER helps us celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW by sharing a few memories of each of his fellow cast members. Ed’s memoir, SON OF A JUNKMAN: My Life from the West Bottoms of Kansas City to the Bright Lights of Hollywood, is available in hardcover, paperback and as an eBook through Amazon.com

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 484.3 with guest Ed Asner is now available for listening on demand

Ed Asner on the UP-lifting experience of playing Carl Fredericksen Original Airdates: Mar. 13-15, 2020 TVC 484.3: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with eight-time Emmy Award winner Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, … Continue reading

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Asner and Purcell: Together for the First Time: Next on TVC

We will welcome back two-time Emmy nominee Lee Purcell (Adam at 6 A.M., Big Wednesday, Valley Girl, Carol of the Bells) and play Part 2 of our interview with Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Son of … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 483 with guest Ed Asner is now available for listening on demand

Ed Asner: Son of a Junkman Original Airdates: Mar. 6-8, 2020 TVC 483.3: Ed welcomes back eight-time Emmy Award winner Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Elf, Disney Pixar’s UP, Briarpatch). Ed’s new memoir, SON OF A … Continue reading

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Ed Asner: Next on TVC

Actor, author, and activist Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Son of a Junkman, Briarpatch, The Grouchy Historian) and authors Carol Ford and Linda Groundwater (Bob Crane: The Definitive Biography) will join us this weekend on a … Continue reading

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Ed Asner will bring his critically acclaimed stage productions of GOD HELP US and A MAN AND HIS PROSTATE to several cities across the United States this spring, including a performance Thursday 6/11 in Kansas City, Missouri. See the dates listed in this post for tickets and more information. Ed’s memoir, SON OF A JUNKMAN: My Life from the West Bottoms of Kansas City to the Bright Lights of Hollywood, is available now in hardcover, paperback, and as an eBook through Amazon and wherever books are sold online

Ed Asner plays God Almighty in God Help Us, a political comedy written by Samuel Warren Joseph that provides hope for the future, provided we all listen to each other. Samuel Warren Joseph was one of the collaborators of Ed’s memoir, … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Ed Asner on how his father taught him the importance of standing up for his principles; why his experience of doing the movie UP gave him a feeling a rebirth; and whether James Staghorne Sr., the character he plays on BRIARPATCH, likes “spunk.” Season Two of BRIARPATCH airs Thursday nights on USA Network. Ed’s memoir, SON OF A JUNKMAN: My Life from the West Bottoms of Kansas City to the Bright Lights of Hollywood, is available now in hardcover, paperback, and an eBook through Amazon and wherever books are sold online

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Make a donation to the Ed Asner Family Center during the month of February and you’ll be entered into a drawing for one of Ed’s original scripts from The Mary Tyler Moore Show, signed by Ed Asner himself. Go to EdAsnerFamilyCenter.org for more information. Meantime, Ed Asner will be visiting us in March on TV CONFIDENTIAL

Last 3 days! https://t.co/fOikmSWDQY — Ed Asner (@TheOnlyEdAsner) February 26, 2020

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Now available in hardcover, paperback, and as an eBook: SON OF A JUNKMAN: My Life from the West Bottoms of Kansas City to the Bright Lights of Hollywood, a charming, hilarious and remarkable memoir by eight-time Emmy Award-winning actor Ed Asner. Ed will visit us later this month on TV CONFIDENTIAL

Eight-time Emmy Award-winning actor Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, God Help Us, A Man and His Prostate, Briarpatch), recounts tales from his amazing life in SON OF A JUNKMAN, a charming and hilarious memoir that is now available in hardcover, paperback, … Continue reading

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