

A first post about funny dudes on PBS
Ed Asner looked handsome and aged in a simple tuxedo, his 82 year-old frame reinforced by a mahogany cane. His wit remains nimble, unharmed by time, very much like the Santa he played in the movie Elf. A flatscreen jumbotron with a cartoon face in the left corner hovered high behind him on the stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. With his eyes squinting, a slight sweat beading from the lights above, Asner introduced the audience to a video clip of Will Ferrell, who