Talk:Ed Begley Jr.

message: 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)
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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)
thread_title: Kentucky Derby jockey story

message: 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)
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message: 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  and ).  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)
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message: 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)
thread_title: merge proposal

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

message: 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)
thread_title: Duct Tape Car

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

text: 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)
thread_title: 911 Truth Activities

message: 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)
thread_title:  Begley's Best 

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message: i feel like this article should be longer. at least give me a filmography Mishmosh420 (talk) 02:06, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
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message: 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)
replies: text: It's been listed in the table of his television work for five years. -- Pemilligan (talk) 01:00, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional work by Ed Begley, Jr.