The Honeymooners (1955-1956) was a short television series that aired for
two seasons during the mid-fifties (but the show cranked out a lot of
episodes). Jackie Gleason shot this episodes on the fly with very little or
no rehearsal time for the actors involved. Jackie Gleason was the star. He
played a big blowhard bus driver named Ralph Cramden. Audrey
Meadows co-starred as his wife. She was a head strong housewife and
could easily see through Ralph's "tough guy" act and ignored his verbal
threats and brutish mannerisms. They made the perfect married couple.
Art Carney also starred as Norton, a lanky goof who usual irk Ralph
causing him to usually blow his top. Joyce Randolph played Norton's
better half.
The show was very innovative. Many sit-coms that debuted after this
show used a lot of techniques that Jackie Gleason used when he made this
show. Basically it was a cookie cutter show. Gleason made it whilst many
other television producers used it to crank out different variations of the
Honeymooners. The Flintstones was loosely adapted from this show. Years later Gleason revived the Honeymooners but it was never the same. Gleason could never recapture the magic he once had when he first launched
The Honeymooners!
I'm Mike Tee Vee, talk to you next time!
two seasons during the mid-fifties (but the show cranked out a lot of
episodes). Jackie Gleason shot this episodes on the fly with very little or
no rehearsal time for the actors involved. Jackie Gleason was the star. He
played a big blowhard bus driver named Ralph Cramden. Audrey
Meadows co-starred as his wife. She was a head strong housewife and
could easily see through Ralph's "tough guy" act and ignored his verbal
threats and brutish mannerisms. They made the perfect married couple.
Art Carney also starred as Norton, a lanky goof who usual irk Ralph
causing him to usually blow his top. Joyce Randolph played Norton's
better half.
The show was very innovative. Many sit-coms that debuted after this
show used a lot of techniques that Jackie Gleason used when he made this
show. Basically it was a cookie cutter show. Gleason made it whilst many
other television producers used it to crank out different variations of the
Honeymooners. The Flintstones was loosely adapted from this show. Years later Gleason revived the Honeymooners but it was never the same. Gleason could never recapture the magic he once had when he first launched
The Honeymooners!
I'm Mike Tee Vee, talk to you next time!