They’re sheep. They like Bush enough to credit him with saving the nation after 9/11. Three thousand people get killed, and everybody thinks they’re next on the list. The president comes along, and he’s got his six-guns strapped on, and people think he’s going to save them.
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Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare.
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Birth: | 15th November, 1929 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Actor |
Edward "Ed" Asner was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He is an American actor and a former president of the Screen Actors Guild. He is primarily known for his role as Lou Grant during the 1970s and early 1980s, on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off series Lou Grant, making him one of the few television actors to portray the same leading character in both a comedy and a drama. He is also known for portraying Santa Claus in the 2004 comedy Elf. He starred in the Canadian television series Michael, Tuesdays and Thursdays, on CBC Television and has appeared in the 2013 television series The Glades, in the episode "Killer Barbecue". Asner provided the voice of Carl Fredricksen in the Academy Award-winning Pixar film Up. In 2001, Asner was the recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.
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