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By Dave Schlenker Entertainment editor Make no mistake, the people wanted Lou Grant. And when 80-year-old actor Ed Asner spoke to about 75 local college students and staff Monday, the seven-time Emmy winner gave the people what they wanted.
The Collaborative Piano Blog (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
On Monday, December 14 at the Annenberg Community Beach House in Santa Monica, actress Linda Kelsey (you may remember her as Billie Newman on Lou Grant), soprano Anne Marie Ketchum, and pianist Victoria Kirsch will be presenting This, And My Heart , a tribute in words and music to the life and work of Emily Dickinson. From an article in the Califonia Chronicle , Victoria Kirsch speaks about...
The Stage | TV Today (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
... headed by Neil Patrick Harris ( How I Met Your Mother , Dr Horrible’s Singalong Blog ), Ed Asner ( Lou Grant , Disney Pixar’s Up ), Stacy Keach ( Mike Hammer , Prison Break ) and John de Lancie ( Star Trek: The Next Generation ). Elaine Paige on Sunday Radio 2, Sunday 1pm Returning from her Australian tour, EP wrests back control of the Sunday lunchtime airwaves. The studio guest Jane Horrocks,...
Liquor Barn's Party Line Blog (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Btms ^ for Sunday November 15. Liquor Barns are open 1 pm to 9 pm Sunday. Drink 4cast 4 2day: A Bloody Mary for the Brunch Bunch today! On this date in… 1791 – Georgetown, the 1st Catholic college in the U.S. opened. 1887 – Georgia O’Keefe born…to paint and sculpt. 1929 – Actor Ed Asner born…to play “Lou Grant”. 1932 – [...]
Newsgasm (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
Legendary comedy writer, David Lloyd, passed away passed away on Tuesday from prostate cancer. David wrote for many shows such as The Bob Newhart Show, Lou Grant, Rhoda, Phyllis, Taxi, Dear John, Amen, Wings, Cheers, Frasier, but he was...
MSNBC.com: Nightly News (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
Nov. 13: David Lloyd, who wrote for "Cheers," "Taxi," "Frasier," and "Lou Grant" among others, died Tuesday. He was 75. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
... in a guest post at Meanderings and Muses . • Happy birthday to actor Ed Asner . The star of Lou Grant and co-star of The Mary Tyler Moore Show turns 80 years old today. • What are Ian Rankin’s six favorite books? Click here to find out. • Rudy Giuliani doesn’t know what he’s talking about . • Brat Packer Bret Easton Ellis ( Less Than Zero , American...
Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
... — “Phyllis,” “Rhoda,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” “Lou Grant,” “Taxi,” “Cheers,” “Frasier” and more. But it was his work on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” — and that one Chuckles episode in particular — that will be his fitting epitaph." A nice tribute can be found here . Thanks...
Deep Dish (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
I was excited to learn yesterday that the sixth season of The Mary Tyler Moore Show is finally being released on DVD on February 2. The 3-disc set will include such memorable episodes as "Edie Gets Married", "Ted's Wedding", "The Happy Homemaker Takes Lou Home" and, of course, "Chuckles Bites the Dust", in which Chuckles the Clown dies in a freak accident when...
TV Squad (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
David Lloyd was one of those TV writers whose work spread across the history of television. He worked on shows ranging from The Tonight Show in the 60s to Frasier in the 90s and early 2000s. Lloyd died earlier today after a long illness. Lloyd had a part in many memorable TV shows over the years, as a writer and/or a producer, including Cheers , Wings , Taxi , Lou Grant , Rhoda , The Mary Tyler...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
... "The Tonight Show" in 1962 and included writing for "The Bob Newhart Show," "Phyllis," "Rhoda," "Lou Grant," "Taxi," "Frasier" and many other shows."He was a remarkable writer," said Allan Burns, who created "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" with James L. Brooks and began working with Lloyd when he moved to Hollywood from New York in 1974 to write for the series."The word 'wit' doesn't come up...
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
... Mary Tyler Moore Show.” He was Emmy-nominated nine times for writing:THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW“Lou and That Woman” (1975)“Chuckles Bites The Dust” (1976)“Mary Midwife” (1977)“The Last Show” (1977)RHODA“Rhoda’s Wedding” (1975)TAXI“Elaine’s Strange Triangle” (1981)CHEERS“Diane’s Perfect Date” (1982)“Homicidal Ham” (1984)“Sam Turns The Other Cheek” (1982)He was nominated four more times as one of...
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
... , Raines , Moonlighting , L.A. Dragnet , Miami Vice , Simon & Simon , The Rockford Files , and Lou Grant . But would I pay to keep it up? Not a chance. I may be watching lots of Hulu before January 1. • National Public Radio’s Glen Weldon examines the current boomlet in crime-centered comic books for adults . • Fans of the 1965-1966 British TV show The Baron , which was...
SitcomsOnline.com News Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
This December every weekday in the 5pm hour on AmericanLife TV they will have classic Christmas episodes of many classics all month long! The holiday fun begins Monday, November 30 and lasts every weekday through Thursday, December 24 all in the 5pm hour. Classics in order of airing are Lou Grant, The Big Valley, WKRP In Cincinnat, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart,
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
Students in journalism school are taught the maxim: "If your mother says she loves you, check it out." In the 24/7 cable and Internet world of 2009, such a saying might seem old-fashioned, even Lou Grant-esque. But more intense fact checking is desperately needed in this post-Survivor world where "reality" is a form of cheap entertainment, and pithy news bursts of 140 characters on Twitter enjoy...
