did not generate laughs. It was just

Alice, Norton and Ralph. They always made you laugh

I agree

i liked trixies role in the show but i have to agree with you there solomon she didn't add much to the show the others were a lot more convincing with their acting
joyce randolph was originally a serious actor on the jackie gleason show which is why jackie wanted her to play trixie on the classic 39:cool:

Yup I agree with you guys, she didn't really add to much to the show. Is it me, or was she always acting annoyed all the time? She always seemed to have this attitude like she was being deeply offended by everyone else's actions. Anyone agree?

Well, Norton needed a wife in the show....they had to have a balance for Ralph and Alice. Yes, she had a completely different attitude from the others, but I think that worked well. She couldn't be exactly like Alice, but I think she tried to be the "voice of reason" for Ed, and even for Ralph and Alice when it was needed. I think much of the way Joyce portrayed Trixie was intentional. I believe her part was written that way and I'd have to say she did the best with what was given to her. It could have been a bit livlier for her, but again, I think what you see on the screen is just what the writers (and/or Gleason) ordered.

She was needed for Norton but she really never made me laugh.

Originally posted by mr roper
She was needed for Norton but she really never made me laugh.

How could she? She hardly ever got a funny line to say. She was the straight person in this sitcom.

I agree, she didn't add much to the show in the way of humor...she basically provided a couple of things: (1) a wife for the Ed Norton character and (2) a diversion for Alice to go and visit so Ralph and Ed could be left alone in the Kramden's apartment to cook up their schemes...

Which brings to mind another question...what was Trixie's funniest line in the C39 episodes? I can't think of too many, but one line I always liked occurred in the episode in which Ralph and Ed celebrate their "Emancipation" and in the scene where Alice and Trixie are substituting grape juice for the wine, Alice wonders if Ed would notice that the boys are only drinking grape juice, and Trixie says "Oh Don't worry about Ed...he gets tipsy from reading the label"...great line, and great delivery...

But I agree that she didn't add that much to the show...unlike "I Love Lucy", in which all four stars were perfect in their roles and all of whom were given excellent lines to say, the Honeymooners never really gave Trixie much to do... It was really a vehicle for Ralph, Norton and, to a lesser extent, Alice...they got most of the good lines, and were each perfect in their parts...

Joyce Randolph was brilliant. I believe she was the first TV actress to negotiate for residual payments. Back then nobody had a clue about reruns.

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Originally posted by Orville Kruger
Joyce Randolph was brilliant. I believe she was the first TV actress to negotiate for residual payments. Back then nobody had a clue about reruns.

Right on! (http://www.cafeshops.com/theoddcouple)

i think audrey meadows also had a clause similar to that where she would receive correct payment or royalties even after the show finished if i remember correctly she had a brother who was a lawyer
can someone shed some light on this? :wave: