Mr. Stefani
11-11-2003, 05:59 PM
'Honeymooners' Actor Art Carney Dies
4 minutes ago
CHESTER, Conn. - Art Carney (news), who played Jackie Gleason (news)'s sewer worker pal Ed Norton in the TV classic "The Honeymooners" and went on to win the 1974 Oscar for best actor in "Harry and Tonto," has died at 85, a funeral home manager says.
Carney died Sunday, said Philip M. Appell of the Swan Funeral Home in Old Saybrook.
Carney would be forever identified as Norton, Ralph Kramden's bowling buddy and upstairs neighbor on "The Honeymooners." The sitcom appeared in various forms from 1951 to 1956 and was revived briefly in 1971. The shows continue their popularity on cable TV and videocassettes.
With his turned-up porkpie hat and unbuttoned vest over a T-shirt, Carney's Ed Norton with his raucous "va-va-voom!" became an ideal foil for Gleason's blustery Kramden. Carney won three Emmys for his role and his first taste of fame.
"The first time I saw the guy act," Gleason once remarked, "I knew I would have to work twice as hard for my laughs. He was funny as hell."
He told a Saturday Evening Post interviewer in 1961 that strangers were always asking him how he liked it down in the sewer. "I have seasonal answers. In the summer: `I like it down there because it's cool.' In the winter: `I like it down there because it's warm.' Then I've got one that isn't seasonal: `Go to hell.'"
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=496&ncid=716&e=8&u=/ap/20031111/ap_on_en_tv/obit_carney
4 minutes ago
CHESTER, Conn. - Art Carney (news), who played Jackie Gleason (news)'s sewer worker pal Ed Norton in the TV classic "The Honeymooners" and went on to win the 1974 Oscar for best actor in "Harry and Tonto," has died at 85, a funeral home manager says.
Carney died Sunday, said Philip M. Appell of the Swan Funeral Home in Old Saybrook.
Carney would be forever identified as Norton, Ralph Kramden's bowling buddy and upstairs neighbor on "The Honeymooners." The sitcom appeared in various forms from 1951 to 1956 and was revived briefly in 1971. The shows continue their popularity on cable TV and videocassettes.
With his turned-up porkpie hat and unbuttoned vest over a T-shirt, Carney's Ed Norton with his raucous "va-va-voom!" became an ideal foil for Gleason's blustery Kramden. Carney won three Emmys for his role and his first taste of fame.
"The first time I saw the guy act," Gleason once remarked, "I knew I would have to work twice as hard for my laughs. He was funny as hell."
He told a Saturday Evening Post interviewer in 1961 that strangers were always asking him how he liked it down in the sewer. "I have seasonal answers. In the summer: `I like it down there because it's cool.' In the winter: `I like it down there because it's warm.' Then I've got one that isn't seasonal: `Go to hell.'"
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=496&ncid=716&e=8&u=/ap/20031111/ap_on_en_tv/obit_carney