Found an article over at screenjunkies.com listing the 10 best fat male actors. And number one was, of course, Jackie Gleason...
1. Jackie Gleason As the original foul-mouthed everyman, this fat male actor single handedly turned the TV series “The Honeymooners” into must-see television in 1955. Gleason remained a TV and movie fixture until his death in 1987, using his fat stature to endear himself to millions.
The rest of the list can be found at http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/actors-directors/10-best-fat-male-actors/
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
HELLLOOO BALL!
I came across this awesome shirt and thought I would share it with everyone. The link is below. Just bought one myself.
Hello Ball!
Hello Ball!
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Lost Episode of the Day
Original Airdate March 7, 1953. Ralph owes the IRS $15, exactly the amount of money he has saved for a new bowling ball.
Honeymooners Sighting!
Cincinnati's Channel 5.2 knows what it's doing. The Honeymooners can be seen at 10:30pm weeknights on the station. Channel 5.2 will be carried on Time Warner (Channel 993) and Insight (Channel 188) cable. Below is the full listing of shows. How sweet it is!
Here’s the schedule:
4 a.m.: Rawhide
5 & 5:30 a.m.: Marshal Dillon
6a.m.: Dobie Gillis
6:30 a.m.: Gomer Pyle, USMC
7 a.m. & 7:30: Beverly Hillbillies
8 a.m.: Petticoat Junction
8:30 a.m.: My Three Sons
9 & 9:30 a.m.: I Love Lucy
10 a.m.: Perry Mason
11 a.m.: Cannon
Noon: Streets of San Francisco
1 p.m.: Gunsmoke
2 p.m.: Bonanza
3 p.m.: The Big Valley
4 p.m.: Rawhide
5 p.m.: Hawaii 5-0
6 & 6:30 p.m.: Hogan’s Heroes
7 & 7:30 p.m.: “M*A*S*H”
8 p.m.: Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 p.m.: Dick Van Dyke
9 p.m.: Bob Newhart Show
9:30 p.m.: Dick Van Dyke
10 p.m.: M*A*S*H
10:30 p.m.: The Honeymooners
11 p.m.: The Twilight Zone
11:30 p.m.: Perry Mason
12:30 a.m.: The Untouchables
1:30 a.m.: Marshal Dillon
2a.m.: 12 O’Clock High
3 a.m.: Combat!
Here’s the schedule:
4 a.m.: Rawhide
5 & 5:30 a.m.: Marshal Dillon
6a.m.: Dobie Gillis
6:30 a.m.: Gomer Pyle, USMC
7 a.m. & 7:30: Beverly Hillbillies
8 a.m.: Petticoat Junction
8:30 a.m.: My Three Sons
9 & 9:30 a.m.: I Love Lucy
10 a.m.: Perry Mason
11 a.m.: Cannon
Noon: Streets of San Francisco
1 p.m.: Gunsmoke
2 p.m.: Bonanza
3 p.m.: The Big Valley
4 p.m.: Rawhide
5 p.m.: Hawaii 5-0
6 & 6:30 p.m.: Hogan’s Heroes
7 & 7:30 p.m.: “M*A*S*H”
8 p.m.: Mary Tyler Moore
8:30 p.m.: Dick Van Dyke
9 p.m.: Bob Newhart Show
9:30 p.m.: Dick Van Dyke
10 p.m.: M*A*S*H
10:30 p.m.: The Honeymooners
11 p.m.: The Twilight Zone
11:30 p.m.: Perry Mason
12:30 a.m.: The Untouchables
1:30 a.m.: Marshal Dillon
2a.m.: 12 O’Clock High
3 a.m.: Combat!
A Classic Honeymooners Producer/Writer Passes
Leonard B. Stern was the writer and producer who helped bring The Honeymooners, Get Smart, McMillan And Wife, and Mad Libs into this world has died of heart failure. He was 87.
One of Stern's first episodes was the classic episode "Pal O' Mine." Stern penned several features before his long stint in television, including a couple of Ma And Pa Kettle films, Abbott And Costello Join The Foreign Legion, and the 1952 Danny Thomas version of The Jazz Singer. He transitioned to TV with gigs on The Phil Silvers Show and The Steve Allen Show before hooking up with Gleason. On the comedian’s eponymous The Jackie Gleason Show (in both its ’50s and ’60s runs), as well as its standalone series, Stern wrote many episodes of The Honeymooners, helping to develop its characters and early sketches into one of the most seminal sitcoms in TV history.
He would go on to create and direct episodes of his own shows: I’m Dickens. He’s Fenster. Run Buddy Run. He And She. And he produced and wrote many episodes of Get Smart. In 1971, Stern had his greatest solo success with McMillan And Wife.
The son of a New York City auctioneer, Mr. Stern began submitting jokes to Mr. Berle while studying journalism at New York University. After writing for Dinah Shore, he came to the attention of Abbott and Costello, who hired him to write their 1950 film "Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion." From there Mr. Stern moved to the relatively new medium of television, where his prolific writing found a market for decades.
"If we knew the shows were going to become classics we would have written them better," he told the Los Angeles Times in 2003.
My friend, your work WAS perfect. R.I.P.
One of Stern's first episodes was the classic episode "Pal O' Mine." Stern penned several features before his long stint in television, including a couple of Ma And Pa Kettle films, Abbott And Costello Join The Foreign Legion, and the 1952 Danny Thomas version of The Jazz Singer. He transitioned to TV with gigs on The Phil Silvers Show and The Steve Allen Show before hooking up with Gleason. On the comedian’s eponymous The Jackie Gleason Show (in both its ’50s and ’60s runs), as well as its standalone series, Stern wrote many episodes of The Honeymooners, helping to develop its characters and early sketches into one of the most seminal sitcoms in TV history.
He would go on to create and direct episodes of his own shows: I’m Dickens. He’s Fenster. Run Buddy Run. He And She. And he produced and wrote many episodes of Get Smart. In 1971, Stern had his greatest solo success with McMillan And Wife.
The son of a New York City auctioneer, Mr. Stern began submitting jokes to Mr. Berle while studying journalism at New York University. After writing for Dinah Shore, he came to the attention of Abbott and Costello, who hired him to write their 1950 film "Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion." From there Mr. Stern moved to the relatively new medium of television, where his prolific writing found a market for decades.
"If we knew the shows were going to become classics we would have written them better," he told the Los Angeles Times in 2003.
My friend, your work WAS perfect. R.I.P.
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