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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Crimson" data-source="post: 417867" data-attributes="member: 5079"><p>Despite his progressive activism, I don't know if Asner was a particularly nice guy; or at least I've come across some pretty unpleasant anecdotes about him.   Around the time LOU GRANT was cancelled, Ted Knight was promoting his new sitcom.  When asked about LOU GRANT's cancellation, Knight apparently didn't defend the situation to Asner's satisfaction.  Ed held a grudge for the rest of Knight's life and refused to speak to him.  Even when Asner visited Knight's death bed, it was to "forgive" Ted.  Said Asner, "The sin was his" which is about the pettiest thing I've heard especially since Asner couldn't even recall what Ted said or didn't say that offended him in the first place.</p></blockquote><p></p>