‘Lou Grant’s’ Animal covers protest (“If you Want to Fire an Actor, Fire Ronald Reagan.”)

[Omaha Steve]

Marta and I got Ed Asner's autograph when he was in town a few years ago. We also have an autographed script from the series. A great show cancelled over Ed's left leaning politics.



PHOTO BY: TONY BARNARD / LOS ANGELES TIMES

http://framework.latimes.com/2013/10/25/lou-grants-animal-covers-protest/

Posted By: Scott Harrison
Posted On: 12:11 a.m. | October 25, 2013
May 10, 1982: Actor Daryl Anderson, with camera left of center, covers a demonstration by over 1,000 people protesting the cancellation of the “Lou Grant” television series. Anderson portrayed the photojournalist Dennis “Animal” Price on the popular series.

Writer Michael London reported in the May 12, 1982, Los Angeles Times:

Daryl Anderson is usually at home Monday nights, reviewing his performance on “Lou Grant” as Animal, the Los Angeles Tribune’s long-haired photographer. This week was different.

Camera in hand, Anderson showed up at CBS’ Television City studios at Beverly Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, where more than 1,000 demonstrators marched during “Lou Grant’s” 10 p.m.-11 p.m time slot to protest the network’s cancellation of the series.

The demonstrators chanted “Asner Yes, CBS No, Censorship Must Go,” and carried signs ranging from “We Love Ed” to “If you Want to Fire an Actor, Fire Ronald Reagan.”

FULL story at link.

[RockaFowler]

1. I remember these protests

I still can't believe Lou Grant was cancelled because of his politics. But we all know the Liberal Media wouldn't do that. No - Liberal Hollywood would never do that.

I still remember when Michael Moore won for Best Documentary for Bowling for Columbine and he said something against the war. The "Liberal" Hollywood crowd booed him.

[merrily]

2. "Democrat" and "liberal" are not synonyms, not matter how much people use "liberal"

when they mean "Democrat."

In the 1920s and 1930s, liberals from Hollywood were attending meetings of the US Communist Party because the "party line" then was pro-racial equality, pro-worker, etc. Sounded good to many creative types. So, they attended meetings to look into it. Some joined; some didn't.

Then came Joe McCarthy and Jack Warner and others. Edward R. Murrow might eventually have caused disgrace to McCarthy, but, meanwhile, careers were wrecked. Writers could continue writing under assumed names. Directors, producers and actors did not have the option of hiding their identities. Supposedly, that was when Ronnie switched party loyalties. Hollywood became more establishment.

J. Edgar Hoover won. (He was the one supplying McCarthy with names, from intel, mostly intel gathered during WWII. And then, of course, those named were asked under oath to name others who attended the meetings.)

[Bluenorthwest]

3. What happed was a few fuckers booed and they got booed at. Same year he got a 13 minute long

standing ovation at Cannes, where liberal Hollywood reigns and the few fuckers can't get a ticket.

Here's the Oscar speech, with the boos, the cheers, and every last documentary nominee standing with Moore making that statement.