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Podcasts Off-Ramp
It Takes a Character
Off-Ramp with John Rabe Hero Image
(
Dan Carino
)
Jun 6, 2009
Listen 2:19
It Takes a Character
...to voice a character. "Mary Tyler Moore Show" alum Ed Asner tells John about the challenges of voicing cartoons. Asner plays the curmudgeon Carl Frederickson in Up.
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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VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty Images
)

...to voice a character. "Mary Tyler Moore Show" alum Ed Asner tells John about the challenges of voicing cartoons. Asner plays the curmudgeon Carl Frederickson in Up.

...to voice a character. "Mary Tyler Moore Show" alum Ed Asner tells John about the challenges of voicing cartoons. Asner plays the curmudgeon Carl Frederickson in Up.

Listen to the show in full to hear Asner pitching for Off-Ramp.