Ralph: "... I am... da Chef o' The Future!"
Norton: "But can it core an apple, oh chef of the future?"
Ralph: Oh-Ohhh... it can core a apple!"
Posted on 06/14/2013 12:33:57 PM PDT by Borges
Show Biz is a small world.
Actually, it was after the intro on the Jackie Gleason variety show in the late 1960’s that he took a sip of coffee & then went “OooooWow!!!”
I liked that later show better than the Honeymooners. Their apartment set may have resonated with some, but for others it was a reminder of what had only recently been escaped from, with that leap into the nice suburban home with a yard, a driveway, & a car of one’s own.
In the variety show Gleason depicted a successful man, not a lower class blowhard. JMHO.
And by the way, some of us remember that before 1955, Jackie Gleason was a successful bandleader of his own orchestra and produced some truly beautiful easy listening music.
Growing up, I had several records of “elevator music” by the Jackie Gleason orchestra. By golly, Amazon has a bunch of ‘em. One’s Titled “The Romantic Moods of Jackie Gleason”, a thought I’d rather not pursue.
On another note, Art Carney was the greatest slapstick comedian of all time, although “Kramer” is a close second. Whaddaya say, Ralphie boy?Ain't that the truth! Great comparison.
He has quite the grave.
Jackie Gleason ping
Allowed? So who was it who "allowed" the guy who played Tom Robinson and the girl who played Scout to shine in Mockingbird (probably my favorite film of all time)? And Schindler's List....Ben Kingsley was "allowed" to shine as Stern?
Hoh Lee Cow!!!
I didn’t even realize I had responded to your post.
How are you?
Gleason once bet Toots Schor he could beat him in a race running around the block. He told Toots to take off in one direction while he, Gleason, would go in the opposite direction. Gleason predicted he would arrive at the starting point before Toots. Off they went. Once out of sight the heavy drinking, heavy smoking (and just plain HEAVY) Gleason hailed a cab. When Toots came heaving up Gleason was calmly waiting. An impressed Toots is reported to have said with some surprise: Wow, and I didn’t even SEE you on the way around! Ya’ gotta’ wonder how Toots was smart enough to run his eponymous nightspot. Moral of the story: Never trust a lad from East New York.
The HoneyMooners was a skit on a longer variety show in which all of the characters participated.
“Crazy Guggenheim”
He hailed from Winchester Massachusetts. I lived in Woburn, MA. - right next door. The HS football teams played the annual Thanksgiving game against each other.
How Sweet it is !
I know that movie because my dad wrote the screenplay. Wish I had been old enough to care enough to badger him to go on location and meet these people, in particular Paul Williams and Jerry Reed. And of course, Jackie Gleason. ("Put the evidence in the cahhh...")
If I remember correctly, they busted up about eight or so Trans Ams in the stunts... and that after that movie Trans Am sales went through the roof. But I was only a tyke then so I wasn't paying much attention. :)
Let me explain. The man basically owned and managed every aspect of the show and could have parsed out and hogged the best lines to himself. William Shatner was notorious for doing that by whining to Roddenberry (according to his fellow cast members on Star Trek). Instead Gleason let Carney/Norton and Meadows/Alice in particular really shine. That’s all that was meant by “allowed”. Gleason was, as the last surviving cast member states, a comedic genius.
What!
Your dad wrote that? OMG!
I love that movie! Especially where Burt tells Sally he’s gonna call her “Froggy” and He “Wants to jump her bones”.
If you were only a tyke that makes you maybe a couple years younger than me.
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