metatron1970

Thank 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.