Well, it was Ed Asner, and he was playing God in a play, but close enough, eh?
Weird story, he was starring in a play in this tiny theater this past weekend that was in my hometown! I only found out the night before, from my friend Danny. And he only found out through his barber posting a picture with him earlier in the day. The play itself was sold out (it's a REALLY tiny theater on the second floor of a storefront), or else we would've bought tickets to see it.
So we waited until the play ended at roughly 9:30 at night to go up and try to meet him. Now, Danny likes to send out fan mail for celebrity autographs and had actually sent out for Ed before.
This was his birthday present for me. Not only did he sign a picture of Cosgrove from "Freakazoid" (my personal favorite role he did), but also pictures of Carl from "Up," Hoggish Greedly from "Captain Planet," and Hudson from "Gargoyles." The man has had a hell of a career, he hasn't just been Santa, and Lou Grant from the Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Back to the main point, I had enough autographs from him and didn't want to be greedy and ask for something else (Danny, however, was a different story). Now, we weren't the only non-ticket holders waiting for him. A mother and her son had beaten us there and were also waiting for the show to end. The son ALSO sends out fan mail, and THEY only knew about it through passing, too.
So after almost everyone left, we all went up to the theater and there he was, still dressed as God. It was a tiny place, not like anyone was gonna stop us. The man is 89 and while he might've been a bit slower, unlike Carroll Spinney, he still had all his marbles intact.
I told him how much I loved him in Freakazoid. "It was a fun time," he told me.
Well, I'm happy. That's all I ever wanted to do.
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