Sitcom: The Honeymooners by ric gustafson
Jackie Gleason played an always frazzled bus driver named Ralph Kramden. He was a television man child always mothered by his everloving everforgiving wife Alice played by Audrey Meadows. The sitcom was a kitchen sink drama with a laugh track and punch lines. Along with his best friend Ed Norton played by Art Carney, the show was a demonstration of misery.
Jackie Gleason started as a comic and then was signed as a contract player at Warner Bros. He was on the The Life Of Riley from 1949 to 1958 and then in 1950, the variety show Cavalcade of Stars. The Jackie Gleason Show had sketches that would become the inspiration for The Honeymooners. In 1955, the show debuted for one season and 39 classic episodes.
As a sitcom, The Honeymooners came at a time when TV was unsure of itself. It's brief run aside, this show is a classic and will always be remembered as such.
Joyce Randolph played Trixie.
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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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