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.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Lost Episode of the Day
The Honeymooners "Glow Worm Cleaning." Original Airdate June 27, 1953. Alice is offered the chance to appear in a magazine ad, but Ralph is jealous.
Lost Episode of the Day
The Honeymooners "Alice's Aunt Ethel." Original Airdate March 14, 1953. When Alice's aunt arrives for a visit, Ralph is forced to sleep in the kitchen.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Lost Episode of the Day
The Honeymooners "Lost Job." Original Airdate January 31, 1953. Ralph finds a pink slip in his paycheck.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
The Honeymooners VS I Love Lucy
The Honeymooners is the greatest classic sitcom of all time. I Love Lucy, while a classic in its own right, is just not as good in comparison. One of the reasons why The Honeymooners is the better of the two is because of its main star: Jackie Gleason. Preferring the results of spontaneity and the unexpected, Gleason refused to over rehearse. And the viewers benefited with often hilarious unscripted results.
Supporting Gleason was Art Carney. The original wacky neighbor. Carney won numerous Emmy's for his portrayal of loyal friend Ed Norton. Always willing to go along with Ralph in his schemes for riches and fame, Norton was a friend Ralph could rely on. Of course, Norton was also the cause of much aggravation for Ralph. But he always had the best of intentions.
Along with Ralph and Norton, were their wives Alice and Trixie. It was Ralph's love for Alice that made him try so hard to get rich. But Alice didn't care about that. She just wanted Ralph. And this was the heart of the show. At the end of the day, Ralph's schemes may have failed, but he was surrounded by love and friendship. And thats all that mattered.
Every episode remains funny despite being dated. The Kramdens getting their first tv set. The costume contest. The Raccoon convention. Hello ball! Each episode has something to love about it. Only 39 episodes were produced because Gleason didn't think they could produce the same quality episodes for another season. He might have been right.
The Honeymooners is still airing on TV to this day. In New York, every New Years Eve is brought in with the Honeymooners marathon on channel 11. The Honeymooners may be gone, but their fanbase remains. How sweet it is!
NEWS: DVD Release Info
From the moment they first appeared on the Dumont Network's "Calvacade Of Stars" variety show in 1951, THE HONEYMOONERS became an American television treasure.
When star Jackie Gleason was given his own show the following year on CBS-TV, he took his creation of THE HONEYMOONERS with him. Through 1957, dozens of classic comedy sketches followed, featuring beleaguered Brooklyn bus driver Ralph Kramden, his suffering wife Alice and their best friends, sewer worker Ed Norton and ex-dancer Trixie.
THE HONEYMOONERS LOST EPISODES are a selection of rare sketches that originally aired only once on the live telecasts of "The Jackie Gleason Show" from 1952-1957 and were preserved only as kinescope films. These historic programs remain as hilarious now as when they were first seen over half-a-century ago.
Includes "Stand In For Murder", "Principle of the Thing", "A Weighty Problem", "A Little Man Who Wasn‘t There" and "Songwriters"
When star Jackie Gleason was given his own show the following year on CBS-TV, he took his creation of THE HONEYMOONERS with him. Through 1957, dozens of classic comedy sketches followed, featuring beleaguered Brooklyn bus driver Ralph Kramden, his suffering wife Alice and their best friends, sewer worker Ed Norton and ex-dancer Trixie.
THE HONEYMOONERS LOST EPISODES are a selection of rare sketches that originally aired only once on the live telecasts of "The Jackie Gleason Show" from 1952-1957 and were preserved only as kinescope films. These historic programs remain as hilarious now as when they were first seen over half-a-century ago.
Includes "Stand In For Murder", "Principle of the Thing", "A Weighty Problem", "A Little Man Who Wasn‘t There" and "Songwriters"
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