Playboy Interview: Edward Asner

April, 1981

Playboy Interview: Edward Asnera candid conversation about drama, comedy and politics with television's gruff lou grant, who runs the most famous fictitious newsroom in americaFor the past ten years, Edward Asner has been one of the most respected, popular and highly paid male stars on TV (his current "Lou Grant" contract is. Worth a reported $60,000 a week). But during the 1980 actors' strike, he also emerged as a power behind the camera--a leader other actors naturally fell in behind...