Anthony 12 months agoI wonder if this episode was influenced by a New York Times article from May, 1977. The article is titled "Sharing A Son With Hare Krishna" and it's by Judith Wax. A good article I think. In this Lou Grant episode the father is a managing editor of the Los Angels Tribune and Lou Grant is the editor. In real life Judith Wax was a writer, and her husband was a magazine editor for a large and known magazine name. Judith Wax' son joined the Hare Krishna movement in 1973, and she detailed it to some extent in that New York Times article including their visit to see their son at his Temple outside of Chicago. This episode seems to follow the same kind of scene with the parents visiting it and trying to make sense of it. Both seem to accept their son's decision at the end. It's just interesting how there's many similarities between this episode and that article. Judith Wax revisited her experiences of her son joining the Hare Krishna in her 1979 book "Starting in the Middle". She and her husband were killed that same year in a commercial airplane crash so there were no follow ups or updates afterwards in regards to their son. Anyhow, the 1970's seem like yesterday, but yet so long ago.
ItsMikeSandoval 2 years agothis episode caused more harm to more people than any other TV show ever. Advocating for a child molesting, women-hating, racist cult whose founder loved Hitler, was a huge mistake and i'm sure when the 400 million dollar Child Abuse Lawsuit was filed in the 90s the producers had wished they had not done this.
basil vp 2 years ago«Шоу Лу Гранта» — очень популярный телесериал 1980-х годов. Лу Грант — редактор главной ежедневной газеты Лос-Анджелеса, и истории вращаются вокруг газеты, новостей и сотрудников. В этом выпуске сын одного из репортеров присоединяется к движению Харе Кришна. Он становится преданным в Нью-Дварке, всемирной штаб-квартире Международного общества сознания Кришны, ИСККОН. Итак, они исследуют всю проблему культа, и в результате получается очень благоприятная презентация движения Харе Кришна в очень популярном телешоу.
Tito Tim Travels 4 years agoI remember when this episode came out. I was in seminary at the time. After graduating seminary I quit the church (the only honest & logical thing to do), then converted to ISKCON. 😎
RSJ CMP 4 years agoI know someone who was kidnapped by Ted Patrick when he was at the temple. He pretended that he "saw the light", then they let him go. Then he went back to the temple. Today he's very balanced householder devotee with grandchildren.
metatron1970 5 years agoThank you for posting this. It's the only episode I remember from "Lou Grant" from its original airing. I didn't know what Hare Krsnas were at that time but ended up taking up chanting and going to temple many years later. The devotees would probably say that hearing the Holy Names sung and chanted and seeing actual temple deities awoke something within me that bore fruit later when the time was right. This was a very good handling of this material. The writer Michele Gallery obviously knew some of the core beliefs of the movement and was either a Hare Krsna hersrlf or had done meticulous research on it. David Hunt Stafford gave such a sympathetic performance as Vishnu das that I actually thought he must be a genuine devotee. From what I can discern he doesn't actually have that in his background. It's just a case of good acting. I was delighted when Lou gets to eat prasadam, and since this was filmed in a real LA temple with actual devotees, I have no doubt what Ed Asner is eating did not come from craft services.
