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...10th feature, the main character is an elderly balloon salesman who flies via helium to South America. Stars the voices of Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer and John Ratzenberger. Vickers Theatre (Three Oaks) "The Boys Are Back"Clive...

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...the pirates were reportedly paid a ransom.) Today's Birthdays: Judge Joseph Wapner is 90. Statesman Howard H. Baker Jr. is 84. Actor Ed Asner is 80. Actor John Kerr is 78. Singer Petula Clark is 77. Comedian Jack Burns is 76. Actress...

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There are 46 days left in the year. ► Today's birthdays: Judge Joseph Wapner is 90. Statesman Howard H. Baker Jr. is 84. Actor Ed Asner is 80. Actor John Kerr is 78. Singer Petula Clark is 77. Comedian Jack Burns is 76. Actress Joanna...

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...TV station colleagues: kiddie-show host Chuckles the Clown, who died while serving as grand marshal for a visiting circus. As Ed Asner's Lou Grant informs the newsroom staff: "It was a freak accident. He went to the parade dressed as...

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...hundreds of balloons that look like jelly beans: What an image. Same goes for those distinctive glasses on elderly protagonist Carl (Edward Asner), apparently borrowed from Spencer Tracy in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Back story: Just as...

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The series, which was set in a television newsroom in Minneapolis, starred Moore as Mary Richards, an earnest news producer; Edward Asner as her boss, Lou Grant; Ted Knight as the self-admiring nitwit of a news anchor, Ted Baxter; and...

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...starring Shelley Fabares, Fred Savage, Helen Hunt, Tess Harper, Patricia Wettig, Jill Clayburgh, Missy Crider and Edward Asner. Farrell/Minoff also did two features: "Dominick and Eugene" (1988), starring Tom Hulce and Ray Liotta,...

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...Comments (0) Print Share Reprints As ambitious and strange as its title is simple, Up tells the story of Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Ed Asner), a curmudgeonly widower who decides to tie thousands of helium-filled balloons to his house and...

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...again. The 10th film off the animation powerhouse's assembly line, Up is a lighter-than-air fable about a crotchety old widower (Ed Asner in gruff Lou Grant mode) who floats to South America in a rickety house tethered to thousands of...

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...Date: May 29, 2009; Rated: PG; DVD Release Date: Nov 10, 2009; Genres: Animation, Kids & Family; With: Ed Asner; Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures; BALLOON BOY Ed Asner gets a lift as Up's grumpy hero It's getting a bit repetitive saying...

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