Talk:Ed Asner

Voice work

Someone should mention his massive amount of voice over work for cartoons. He was "Granny Goodness"!

Deletions

Could you stop deleting this? This is a notable and verifiable view she has, why are you deleting her views, and her apearance on a notable tv show? --Striver 06:17, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Edited

Why are the Mumia references edited. They happen to be true. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.145.92.27 (talk) 21:28, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Because (a.) they are uncited, and (b.) as phrased, they repeatedly and clearly represent a point of view and are intended to influence opinion and as such are inappropriate for WP. If you wish to submit UNBIASED information, then word it so that your bias doesn't show and provide a citation. Until then, these repeated attempts to slant opinion one way or the other will be deleted. Monkeyzpop 06:09, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

Ed Asner - local relatives

Ron Gold - cousin Labe Asner - brother ?

Yitzak/Yitzhak?

This says his birth name is Yitzak Eddie Asner. Googling, I find there are many websites that support his birth name as either Yitzak or Yitzhak. Others, however, such as IMDB, say nothing about the Yitzak name, and say that Ed is not short for Eddie but for Edward. What's the truth? -- JackofOz 00:28, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

That list is now gone, but there are still multiple online refs to Yitzak or Yitzhak. -- Jack of Oz ^{[your turn]} 01:35, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Feuds with Charlton Heston

Heard Charlton Heston died today and was reading a little bit about him and I noticed it mentioned many conflicting feuds with Ed Asner regarding his political views, thought it would be a good idea to maybe add something about it as I came here to find a little more information on it.--Papajohnin (talk) 08:08, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

Use of the 911ct template on the article's page

Hi — I have included the following template on the article's page, because Ed Asner has been (and is currently) included in the list of "Notable proponents and supporters" of alternative theories on 9/11. In his letter addressed to peace and justice activists, which is cited in the article, he states:

• "the 9-11 truth movement is the most pressing issue of the peace & justice movement today"
• "I urge all to read "The New Pearl Harbor: Disturbing Questions About the Bush Administration and 9/11" by David Ray Griffin"

In the letter, Ed Asner urges an investigation into the possible complicity of high-ranking U.S. officials in the 9/11 event. As the template has just been deleted from the page, I'm starting this talk page discussion so that we can build consensus on whether it should or should not be included in the article.  Cs32en  05:00, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Asner's own words re his real name

The citation of Asner's own detailed description of his birth and birth name in his on-camera interview with the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is valid, despite the fact that the link goes to Youtube. The Academy uses Youtube as a conduit for its published interview archive. This is not some random clip copied from god-knows-where, it's the official archive of the TV Academy, intended to be the information of record on it subjects. To reject it because it links through Youtube is carrying Youtube discrimination too far. A cite from the subject's own words should carry more weight than contradictory information from a less reliable source.Monkeyzpop (talk) 03:27, 13 December 2010 (UTC)

Ed Asner

He was also in KID GALAHAD. He played a detective. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.218.185.177 (talk) 20:03, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Please add under television "Hot in Cleveland" (2012)appearing with Betty White — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.181.216.226 (talk) 15:43, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

moved list to its own page

As his filmography was three full pages even divided into columns, I moved it into its own article, Filmography of Ed Asner. If a better title makes sense, please move it. Thanks! Thargor Orlando (talk) 04:21, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

It appears a vandalism-only account moved this list back in. As it appeared to be uncontroversial for over a year, I'm going to be bold and move it back. Thargor Orlando (talk) 14:32, 17 March 2014 (UTC)

Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was move per request.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 04:36, 9 September 2013 (UTC)

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Edward Asner → Ed Asner – Ed is what he is commonly known as - a search for "ed asner" on Google produced about 1,200,000 results, while "Edward Asner" gets significantly less (558,000). IMDB also shows he is usually credited as Ed Asner. Taylor Trescott - ^{my talk} + _{my edits} 19:56, 1 September 2013 (UTC)

• Support per nom. In ictu oculi (talk) 23:22, 1 September 2013 (UTC)
• Support per nom. The 2007 move was based on "OFFICIALNAME" -- 76.65.128.222 (talk) 01:40, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
• Support per nom. Dicklyon (talk) 06:06, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
• Support per nom. He is sometimes billed as "Edward Asner", but "Ed Asner" is definitely more common. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:02, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
• Support per nom.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 12:15, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
• Support it seems common-sensical that the name that gets the most use in the most places--and is the one used as a common name (on informal occasions) by the actual actor--is the best choice. Especially if it's a more compact option. DeistCosmos (talk) 22:01, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

unsupported claim

I have removed claims that Mr. Asner is affiliated with the socialist party or a Democratic-Socialist type party. It is unsupported by a citation. The citation listed does not mention this claim. Furthermore, the citation itself has not been updated since 1996. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Catherinejarvis (talk • contribs) 15:14, 27 March 2014‎

I have reverted your removal of easily verifiable information, and added references. Please don't make unsubstantiable claims of "BLP violations" before at least a cursory glance at available sources for the information you're removing. Also, there is no shame whatsoever in being a socialist, so I'm not sure how you would assume that this constitutes a "BLP violation". And finally, please sign your comments with four tildes (like this: ~~~~). --78.35.253.106 (talk) 07:46, 3 April 2014 (UTC)