Sketch o’the Week- Ed Asner!

I’m old enough to remember both “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Lou Grant” when they were originally aired on TV. I was a bit young to watch MTMS (I was 11 during its last season) but my parents watched it so I saw it through osmosis. “Lou Grant” aired when I was in junior high and my first few years in high school. The thing I remembered most about “Lou Grant” was my initial confusion as to how the same character went from being in a comedy to a drama. I expected to see Lou as the comedic character, but in this new show he was a hard nosed newsman. The fact that the character was able to make that transition and stay essentially the same recognizable Lou is a real tribute to the acting of Ed Asner, who passed away a few days ago.

As always, the original of this sketch is available in my Studio Store if interested.