Talk:Ed Begley Jr.

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I notice on the guest credits of "Boston Legal" that Ed Begley, Jr. no longer uses the "Jr." as part of his name. His "official" website, though, still includes the Jr. It might be interesting to research and document this bit of trivia. Esjones 00:55, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

He was lampooned well on The Simpsons. Riding in a car 'powered by his own sense of self-righteousness'. Dead-on.

--The mentions of the IZIP bike seem to be worded as an advertisement. Should this be changed/removed?24.192.39.164 03:57, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

changed vegetarian to vegan. Source = http://www.vegtv.com/videolist_celebrities.htm

Begley Jr has also appeared in a number of episodes of "Portlandia", playing various roles. Someone might want to make an entry in his "career" and "tv" sections, perhaps discovering the episodes he was in to list. I would do it, but I don't want to research the specific episodes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:8C0:37F:9DD2:6C22:2570:1FB1:A042 (talk) 21:04, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Kentucky Derby jockey story

Moved from article

I moved the following from the article to here as such discussions belong on the talk page. I have no opinion formed about the assertions: "*Kentucky Derby item NOT TRUE. The '72 Derby 4th place horse was Introductivo, ridden by Robert Breen. In fact, there has never been a horse run in the Kentucky Derby named "Three-Legged Joe". [And probably never has been a 6'-3" jockey in the race.]" Dina 13:47, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Removed jockey story

The entry objected to above is almost certainly spurious. Here it is:

"Begley's environmentalism stemmed from a very young age, perhaps from his interest in horses. His grandfather owned a farm in Kentucky, known as Wild Acres, where he raised and trained race horses. Begley spent each summer of his childhood and adolescent years training to become a jockey, and if it had not been for an audition in Kentucky one summer for Cockfighter in 1971, Begley would have become a jockey for a living. In fact, in 1972, Begley raced in the Kentucky Derby on a horse named Three-Legged Joe. Incidentally, the horse did have four legs, but was named so for its oddly-colored hind leg that seemed to be almost transparent. Though Begley did not win the Derby, he placed 4th." (Information from interview on March 13, 2006 with Los Angeles Times)

At the very least, this paragraph is incorrect. There was no "Three-Legged Joe" in the 1972 Derby, and no Ed Begley, either. The fourth-place horse was Introductive, ridden by Robert Breen. See http://www.kentuckyderby.com/2007/derby_history/derby_charts/years/1972.html

Google doesn't turn up a "Three-Legged Joe" in any Kentucky Derby or for Ed Begley with "Wild Acres."

This bit was added in two edits on May 16, 2007 (see [1] and [2]). These are the only contributions by User:68.226.130.156 to date. I will leave a welcome/warning on its talk page.--Hjal 17:51, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

this is what was left and it isnt to 'welcoming'

Welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome your help to create new content, but your recent additions (such as Ed Begley, Jr.) are considered nonsense. Please refrain from creating nonsense articles. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia....and maybe the reason those were the only edits is because of the rude treatment. -filmography-

he was also featured shortly in "who killed the electric car?" Could someone please add this? I don't know how to link it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.20.232.27 (talk) 23:29, 18 October 2007 (UTC)

merge proposal

Should Living With Ed be merged/redireted into this article? The show doesn't seem to be notable on its own. --brewcrewer (yada, yada) 21:17, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

• I don't see any reason why it can't be it's own article. Here are some national coverage it has recieved (NY Times [3]) (ABC News [4] (USA Today [5]). It is also been on blogs like autoblog. The show also features well known and notable celebrities such as Bill Nye, Ed Begley Jr (the host) Helen Hunt, Jay Leno and others. It may be on a niche network such as HGTV but just because a person hasn't heard of it doesn't mean it's notable. I'll admit the article is just a stub right now but it can be expanded but I think because of the coverage it is receiving and the people invovled with it that it is in fact notable. SirGrant (talk) 23:00, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

• Oppose. I consider the Living With Ed article notable enough to remain separate from this one. jareha ^(comments) 19:23, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
• Oppose. Ed Begley, Jr. is an actor with credits that include Living With Ed, his life or career is not marked by the TV program alone plus the program has enough information to stand on its own. Noles1984 (talk) 17:04, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Albino

Does anyone know if Ed is an albino, or suffers from partial albinism? JettaMann (talk) 22:29, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

There is no such thing as "partial albinism" you dolt,. One is either an albino, or is not. Why don't you look up the definition of albino and answer your own question. (24.62.100.251 (talk) 05:26, 2 July 2011 (UTC))

There is indeed such a thing as partial albinism and I know because I am one, so you can go screw, you dolt. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.176.25 (talk) 10:15, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Duct Tape Car

Removed "It was recently revealed on an episode of The Colbert Report that he also owns a car made of duct tape, presumably to demonstrate the value of recyling." This was just a joke in the Report's regular bit, The Word.--Joestape89 (talk) 04:08, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

911 Truth Activities

Why was RxStrangelove allowed to delete a sourced and linked insertion about Begley's 911 Truth activities, simply by stating that it was "four year old material." Meaning that Begley's chairing of the 911 event was four years ago? By that logic, you should immediately delete from the article everything Begley did before 2004, including his birth. Does Wiki have a new policy that all events prior to 2004 are no longer pertinent to history? 75.161.66.170 (talk) 07:06, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

A user named Eightball just deleted the 911 Truth section without any explanation. I replaced it. KenFehling (talk) 14:13, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

On 6-25-09 I spoke to Ed Begley Jr specifically about his involvement with 9/11 Truth Movement. Ed Begley informed me that he is NOT involved in the 9/11 Truth Movement and does not subscribe to the government conspiracy theories which are common in the 9/11 Truth Movement. Ed Begley informed me that his involvement with the forum was exclusively out of concern for the air quality in the aftermath of the building collapsed. I removed the 9/11 truth movement section from the political activism section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.158.245.254 (talk) 17:30, 29 June 2009 (UTC)

Who is this and what proof do we have that he talked to Begley personally? This statement is very fishy, since Begley chaired the 2004 911 Truth Event, and you do not chair a Truth event based on air quality concerns. The event was not an air quality event, it was a MIHOP event. Are we to believe Begley was deaf? Even supposing Begley has changed his mind, it is still true that he chaired the event. Changing his mind does not delete past events. In that case, the article should state that he chaired the event and has since changed his mind. This repeated deletion and its support by Wiki is just clear evidence of suppression of fact. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.123.155.11 (talk) 01:10, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Begley's Best

What about his company, Begley's Best, which repackages the same formula based on baby shampoo as 20 different products? And they are priced to fit the lifestyle of the rich and famous. Not exactly Earth friendly packaging or marketing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.1.207.4 (talk) 00:50, 18 June 2016 (UTC)

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Sources

If an unreliable source is proven by a reliable one, does the unreliable link still have to be removed? 96.242.88.25 (talk) 18:32, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

It should be replaced by the reliable one. Why would you keep a citation to 'Yabbering random person on the internet claimed something' when you could replace it with 'Actual reliable source that more than 25 people have heard of reported on something, reliably'? BlackcurrantTea (talk) 07:05, 30 July 2018 (UTC)

Let's take a poll, I believe we should keep both sources as the one removed links to a textual summary of the show and what happened so keeping both is not such a bad idea. the only time unreliable sources should be removed is when there is no way to back them up.

length

i feel like this article should be longer. at least give me a filmography Mishmosh420 (talk) 02:06, 14 October 2022 (UTC)

Additional work by Ed Begley, Jr.

Ed Begley, Jr. plays the character Dr. Grant Linkletter, a physics professor at East Texas Tech who becomes an advisor for Sheldon Cooper on the series Young Sheldon. This is the source: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6226232/characters/nm0000893 65.128.115.37 (talk) 21:51, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

It's been listed in the table of his television work for five years. -- Pemilligan (talk) 01:00, 23 February 2024 (UTC)