Ed Asner....

[pbmus]

Link to tweet

[spooky3]

1. "I hate spunk!" Go Ed! Nt

[Brother Buzz]

3. Beat me to it!

[hlthe2b]

7. Yup... the quintessential Mr. Grant... But, I think Ed's tweet is the quintessential Ed Asner

[thegoose]

22. Ohhh, Mr. Grant!!!!

Love that old man!

[TheBlackAdder]

28. Kav likes spunk. So much so there are probably tested and untested rape kits with his DNA in it.

[MontanaMama]

32. Oh dear!

I see what you did there...

[sheshe2]

2. I have always liked him.

Sage advise, Ed.

[Brother Buzz]

8. Interesting to note: Both Asner and Reagan were presidents of the Screen Actors Guild, a union

Yet Reagan, as a politician, developed a strong anti-union position; Ed Asner never wavered on his pro-union position.

There's a lot to like about Ed Asner.

[sheshe2]

13. Thanks for the info about his pro-union stance.

His activism was apparent in his role as Lou Grant.

Thanks, Buzz.

[Brother Buzz]

14. His activism was apparent during his tenure as president of the SAG...,

and it got him in hot water a couple of times, but he prevailed. He can be on my team any time he wants to.

[BigmanPigman]

15. I read that about him and also read that Mary Tyler Moore was pro GOP

and pro Reagun.... interesting dynamics.

[GWC58]

26. I would think MTM would want no parts of

this GOP, or “45.”

[peekaloo]

30. MTM thought Sarah Palin was "fantastic!"

Dick Van Dyke talked about how she would quietly tolerate he and Carl Reiner's liberal viewpoints when they worked together.

I still admired her and I LOVE Ed Asner. He's 88 and still going strong.

[BigmanPigman]

38. They still show her shows everyday

on cable. I love both Dick Van Dyke and the MTM shows and watch them still...always will be funny.

[eppur_se_muova]

20. Reagan was SAG president in violation of SAG's own rules.

Reagan had been given a producer's position, which is a conflict of interest for actors. He engineered a settlement with the fledgling TV networks that enabled them to broadcast old movies for a pittance, leaving all the older actors with almost no royalties for airing of their old movies (contracts were written before TV came along, so didn't have any limits on that) -- actors were fighting for their fair share of TV revenues for work done before the age of TV, and Reagan sold them out. He had thrown in his lot with managment, vs labor, knowing that his acting career was on the skids by that point.

When I was a kid, you could see reruns of Marx Brothers and Bob Hope movies almost any day of the week on local TV -- in the afternoons, evenings, even mornings. They were cheap material to fill any open time slot and sell lots of local commercials. Bob hope complained that he didn't get any payment for those -- he was well-off only because he had invested in CA real estate at the right time.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

35. Interesting...

... I always wondered how it came about that after/before a certain time that actors did not get paid any, "residuals", for their work.

[thegoose]

23. Reagan was a whore

All the way to the White House. Just like Murder Monkey and Dumpster. This shit started a loo-o-ong time ago and has only recently gone into fruition with the ideal stooge -- the orange piece of shit currently taking a Dump in the White House.

[Quixote1818]

4. Be the frustrated squirrel to solve problems! It's Evolutions way

&t=36s

[niyad]

34. my squirrels definitely communcate. the language they use when I give them brazil nuts

(in the shell!!) is quite clear!!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

5. Ed is the man! Tho discouraged is not the word... demoralized, depressed, pissed beyond belief

is more like it.

[lpbk2713]

6. Thank you Ed.

You're an inspiration to us all.

[OnDoutside]

9. I'm shocked Ed is still alive (though happy) ! Ed seemed old when I was a kid 40 years ago. I adored

him as Lou Grant.

[OnDoutside]

11. Follow up..

I just came across a tweet from Ed, which sort of backs up my post above !

Link to tweet

[spike jones]

10. The cure for discouragement

is direct action.

[calimary]

19. Yep! Find your nearest Indivisible chapter.

I just got back from our Indivisible group’s bimonthly Postcard Party. We had to add two more tables to make room for everybody who showed up! Biggest turnout since I joined there in late January.

One of the women there has been volunteering at the nearby Democratic campaign office and has been complaining that she winds up just sitting there all day with no phones ringing and nothing much going on. Not yesterday, though! Not by a long shot! She said it was a madhouse all day!

[BeckyDem]

12. Damn right. Be strong, we have the majority on our side. Don't let them

tell you its 50/50, it is not. Americans also know by great numbers that citizens united is killing off democracy.

[BHDem53]

16. Spunk. Mr. Grant may have hated it

but Mr. Asner has it. Go Ed!

[bdamomma]

17. oh my

first Robert Redford now Ed Asner and Dan Rather who wouldn't heed his word. I am sending monetary donations everywhere even if they $5.00.

[spanone]

18. K&R...

[dalton99a]

21. Kick

[warmfeet]

24. A real mench.

We need as many as we can get.

Ed is wonderful!

[libdem4life]

25. I'm with #5 above...pissed beyond belief! n/t

[RHMerriman]

27. Ed Asner - unlike Donald Trump - is NOT a draft dodging coward

Ed Asner - unlike Donald Trump - is NOT a draft dodging coward.

Good for Mr. Asner.

[Cha]

29. Love this from Ed Asner!

Link to tweet

Thank You, pbmus

[zentrum]

31. Thanks "Lou"!

[niyad]

33. LOVE Ed!! thank you for those encouraging wrods, sir. We PERSIST!!

[Scurrilous]

36. K&R

[oasis]

37. Wake up America, and vote. nt

[Fritz Walter]

39. My inner old-fart really relates to Carl Fredrikson

The curmudgeon-turned-hero in “Up!”

Indeed, I went to a Halloween party shortly after the release of that film, dressed as Carl. Right down to the cane with green tennis balls.