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Off-Ramp

Ed Asner, the Grouch, Speaks "Up"

By Off-Ramp Staff
Published May 30, 2009
Ed Asner and character Carl Fredricksen arrive for the premiere of Disney Pixar's 'Up' at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on May 16, 2009.
Ed Asner and character Carl Fredricksen arrive for the premiere of Disney Pixar's 'Up' at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood on May 16, 2009.
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Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.

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Ed Asner, the Grouch, Speaks "Up"
Ed Asner, who voices the lead character in the new Pixar movie "Up!," says this is the era of the grouch ... a role he perfected as "Lou Grant."

Ed Asner, who voices the lead character in the new Pixar movie "Up!," says this is the era of the grouch ... a role he perfected as "Lou Grant."

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