From: howdHol@yaooho.com   
      
   When The Mary Tyler Moore Show premiered in 1970, Ed Asner was 41. He   
   was just slightly older than actors like Seth Rogan or Jonah Hill are   
   today, but he looked much older.   
      
   Part of it may be baldness, except there are present day bald actors who   
   are older but who don't look similarly old. Keegan Michael Key, for   
   example, is 50, and Jason Statham is 54.   
      
   I don't think it was his pudginess -- Seth Rogan and Jonah Hill also   
   tend toward portly, but I think that tends to make them look younger, if   
   anything. And seeing as Asner acted for another 50 years, his general   
   demeanor at 40 wasn't gimpy or achy at all back in 1970.   
      
   Wilford Brimley and Art Carney are two other actors who played advanced   
   senior citizens in their 50s. Did actors just look naturally older in   
   the past? Was it a function of lighting and makeup? Or do actors today   
   tend to take advantage of surgery, botox, etc. that happens to be   
   extremely natural looking?   
      
   Or, was it just the case of a bad sample on my part? I know Jack Benny,   
   for example, was known for looking 39 well past his 39th birthday, so I   
   may simply be selecting bad examples to compare.   
      
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