Matt Asner

President and CEO of The Ed Asner Family Center, Light Up The Blues, award winning producer/director of film and television, devoted husband and father @masner

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Will just made the best autism analogy. - “All the apps are running at once.”

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🎄 JUST 2 DAYS UNTIL PRESALE! 🎄 The countdown is ON! ⏰

Join Bryan Cranston, Jean Smart, Noah Wyle, Tom Bergeron, and Connor Tomlinson (Love on the Spectrum), along with an extraordinary cast, for a magical evening of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, LIVE from the Garry Marshall Theatre!

✨ One unforgettable performance.
🎭 An incredible all-star cast.
❤️ One very special cause.

Experience the magic from the comfort of your own home while supporting The Ed Asner Family Center!

🎟️ EXCLUSIVE PRESALE: Streaming tickets just $20!

⏰ Presale begins October 24 at NOON PDT!

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🎄 A timeless story. An extraordinary cast. An evening that makes a difference.

The Ed Asner Family Center proudly presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL, performed and streamed LIVE from the Garry Marshall Theatre in Burbank on Thursday, December 17, 2026!

Join Bryan Cranston as Ebenezer Scrooge, alongside Jean Smart, Noah Wyle, Tom Bergeron, Connor Tomlinson, Dorian Harewood, Clancy Brown, Samantha Sloyan, Tal Anderson, Chelsea Darnell, and Spencer Harte for a special holiday reading directed by Victor Nelli, featuring live music and theatrical sound effects.

We’re also celebrating our wonderful honoree, Vicki Dummer, whose generosity and dedication have meant so much to our Center and the families we serve. ❤️

Experience the magic in person at an intimate evening with festive receptions and holiday gift bags, or gather your loved ones and watch the livestream from anywhere in the world!

🎟️ Streaming presale: $20
October 24 at noon–October 25 at noon Pacific.
Regular streaming tickets: $25.

Every ticket supports The Ed Asner Family Center’s arts, mental health, social connection, and employment programs for neurodivergent individuals and their families.

Mark your calendar, spread the word, and celebrate the spirit of giving with us.

Visit https://t.co/ii29Svt60Y for event and ticket information.

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@expomick Painful

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@Crowmaonwellth And Captain Planet.

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Dad always admired Tim Curry as an actor.

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But so is love.

And whatever came before this moment, and whatever came afterward, this moment was real.

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For one moment, surrounded by hundreds of people celebrating and saying goodbye, they found each other.

Their relationship was complicated.

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Fifteen years together. The disappointments. The uncertainty. The fights. The victories. The children. The sacrifices. New York. Los Angeles. The years without work. And then this remarkable thing that happened to their family.

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And I think that’s part of what I see when I look at their faces.

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But after seven years of knowing where he was going every day, who he was working with, and what the next season would bring, something had returned that they hadn’t felt in a very long time: The unknown.

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Then Mary Tyler Moore and the creators of her show took a chance on him, a dramatic actor in a comedic role. They fought for him when CBS had doubts.

Thankfully, they won that fight.

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My parents didn’t know exactly what was coming next. They knew they would be okay. My father had a career now. There would be other opportunities.

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But on the night this photograph was taken, those seven years were suddenly over.

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That one decision changed my father’s life. It changed my mother’s life. It changed all of our lives.

And then came seven extraordinary years.

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By then, they had been struggling and building a life together for 15 years. They had moved from New York to Los Angeles. They had lived through the years when my father couldn’t find work, when things became difficult enough that they seriously considered leaving Los Angeles.

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What strikes me about the photograph is how private the moment is, even though it is happening in an incredibly public place. For that instant, the crowd seems to disappear. They are just looking at each other.

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And somewhere in the middle of all of that, someone captured this.

My mother and father.

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The cast had cried. They had done the now-famous group hug. And when filming ended, it seemed as though the entire audience,mostly family and friends of the cast and crew,swarmed the stage. Everyone was hugging. Everyone was crying.

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This picture was taken in 1977, on the stage of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, just after they finished filming the final episode.

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And whatever happened over the course of their relationship became another part of the experience they shared together.

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A lot of people have asked me about this photograph.

My parents’ relationship was complicated. I don’t think there is any reason to pretend otherwise. But there is one thing I know was true: they loved each other.