Asner Highlights Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Convention

Attended the Mid Atlantic Nostalgia Convention in Hunt Valley and met Edward Asner.  Yup that's Lou Grant from Mary Tyler Moore Show and the sequel drama, Lou Grant, a key actor in Roots and Rich Man Poor Man, Santa in Elf, the old man in Up, and so many more!   Nice guy. I told him I saw he was on TCM the previous night on The Satan Bug as a bad guy and asked if he was friends with actor Richard Basehart who he also co-starred with that year in TV's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea-he was. His was the longest line and he stayed for several hours signing autographs and posing for pictures. I think it was maybe his daughter who was helping him at the table. I told him thanks for the many years of good work, and he took his fist and thumped my leg several times as a thank you.  Also saw Julie Newmar (TV's Catwoman on Batman), Johnny Crawford (the son in The Rifleman), Robert Loggia (the general in Independence Day), and others. Actress Mamie Van Doren had to postpone til next year and Norman Lloyd had to cancel-was hoping to meet a contemporary of Hitchcock-maybe next year. So many vendors and so little time and money...