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TMC · 04-02-2002, 01:47 AM

> > NY Post
> > 3/29/02
> >
> > HOLLYWOOD TAKES A SECOND 'HONEYMOON'
> >
> > March 29, 2002 -- IT looks like New York City's
> > most famous bus driver, Ralph Kramden, will
> > ride again.
> >
> > Plans are underway to turn "The
> > Honeymooners" into a feature film with new
> > actors playing the roles made a famous by Jackie
> > Gleason and Art Carney.
> >
> > The movie, written by "Mad About You"
> > co-creator Danny Jacobson, is expected to be
> > about Ralph, Alice, Ed and Trixie Norton's actual
> > honeymoon.
> >
> > "We just don't want to replicate what was on the
> > original episodes," Jacobson told Daily Variety.
> > "But the one thing they never covered was the
> > actual honeymoon. and that is what we'll
> > concentrate on."
> >
> > It's still way too early to say who'll portray the
> > beloved characters played for years by Gleason,
> > Carney, Audrey Meadows and Joyce Randolph.
> >
> > Paramount Pictures and Deep River Productions
> > acquired the screen rights to "The
> > Honeymooners" from CBS.
> >
> > > The producers hope to quell comparisons
> > > between the movie and the popular show - so
> > revered it is still on the air 50 years after its
> > heyday - by creating a modern story around the
> > famous foursome.
> >
> > But producer David Friendly told the industry
> > trade that the show's signature lines and themes
> > will remain in the movie.
> >
> > "You can certainly expect to hear the term
> > 'Bang, Zoom' a few times," he said.
> >
> > "The Honeymooners" began in 1951 as a sketch
> > in "DuMont's Cavalcade of Stars" and later
> > jumped to CBS as part of "The Jackie Gleason
> > Show. "
> >
> > Gleason's whose fit-throwing Kramden coined
> > the phrases "Humminah, humminah,
> > humminah!" and "One of these days Alice. . . "
> > turned the sketch into regular series that ran from
> > 1955 to 1956 and has been in repeats ever since.
> >
> > All things Gleason are currently undergoing
> > something of a resurgence. Nathan Lane will star
> > as Gleason in "To the Moon," a biopic about the
> > big man.
> >
> > - Don Kaplan
> >
> > http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/40797.htm

XoVanillaRain90oX · 04-27-2002, 01:03 PM

im sorry, that kinda stinks. they should just leave these classic sitcoms alone!! my opinion.

fore284 · 03-16-2003, 01:41 PM

They should leave the Honeymooners alone keep a classic a classic. No body else could play Ralph but Jackie Girbson.

passionsfan79 · 03-17-2003, 06:02 AM

um its gleason not girbson lol

passionsfan79 · 04-09-2003, 03:34 AM

I think it would be cool if they did a movie

fore284 · 04-25-2003, 08:45 PM

it would be cool if it was a movie with gibson in it but he is dead.

BundyBoy10 · 04-26-2003, 09:13 AM

I say leave it alone. The 1997 LITB ruined the whole Beaver franchise, I dont want this movie to do the same to The Honeymooners.

TheStromba · 04-26-2003, 09:04 PM

They should leave it alone. Gleason will be turning over in his grave over this one.

fore284 · 04-28-2003, 07:23 PM

Geason would be turning in his grave over this one. LITB the movie didn't destroy the series it was terrible the orginal the movie was better.

04-02-2002, 01:47 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 125,660	NY Post: Paramount Plans Honeymooners Movie > > NY Post > > 3/29/02 > > > > HOLLYWOOD TAKES A SECOND 'HONEYMOON' > > > > March 29, 2002 -- IT looks like New York City's > > most famous bus driver, Ralph Kramden, will > > ride again. > > > > Plans are underway to turn "The > > Honeymooners" into a feature film with new > > actors playing the roles made a famous by Jackie > > Gleason and Art Carney. > > > > The movie, written by "Mad About You" > > co-creator Danny Jacobson, is expected to be > > about Ralph, Alice, Ed and Trixie Norton's actual > > honeymoon. > > > > "We just don't want to replicate what was on the > > original episodes," Jacobson told Daily Variety. > > "But the one thing they never covered was the > > actual honeymoon. and that is what we'll > > concentrate on." > > > > It's still way too early to say who'll portray the > > beloved characters played for years by Gleason, > > Carney, Audrey Meadows and Joyce Randolph. > > > > Paramount Pictures and Deep River Productions > > acquired the screen rights to "The > > Honeymooners" from CBS. > > > > > The producers hope to quell comparisons > > > between the movie and the popular show - so > > revered it is still on the air 50 years after its > > heyday - by creating a modern story around the > > famous foursome. > > > > But producer David Friendly told the industry > > trade that the show's signature lines and themes > > will remain in the movie. > > > > "You can certainly expect to hear the term > > 'Bang, Zoom' a few times," he said. > > > > "The Honeymooners" began in 1951 as a sketch > > in "DuMont's Cavalcade of Stars" and later > > jumped to CBS as part of "The Jackie Gleason > > Show. " > > > > Gleason's whose fit-throwing Kramden coined > > the phrases "Humminah, humminah, > > humminah!" and "One of these days Alice. . . " > > turned the sketch into regular series that ran from > > 1955 to 1956 and has been in repeats ever since. > > > > All things Gleason are currently undergoing > > something of a resurgence. Nathan Lane will star > > as Gleason in "To the Moon," a biopic about the > > big man. > > > > - Don Kaplan > > > > http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/40797.htm

04-27-2002, 01:03 PM	#2
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03-16-2003, 01:41 PM	#3
fore284 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 24, 2002 Location: New York Posts: 199	They should! They should leave the Honeymooners alone keep a classic a classic. No body else could play Ralph but Jackie Girbson.
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03-17-2003, 06:02 AM	#4
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04-09-2003, 03:34 AM	#5
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04-25-2003, 08:45 PM	#6
fore284 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 24, 2002 Location: New York Posts: 199	It would be cool it would be cool if it was a movie with gibson in it but he is dead.

04-26-2003, 09:13 AM	#7
BundyBoy10 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 24, 2002 Posts: 311	I say leave it alone. The 1997 LITB ruined the whole Beaver franchise, I dont want this movie to do the same to The Honeymooners.

04-26-2003, 09:04 PM	#8
TheStromba Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 26, 2003 Location: FLA Posts: 16	They should leave it alone. Gleason will be turning over in his grave over this one.

04-28-2003, 07:23 PM	#9
fore284 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 24, 2002 Location: New York Posts: 199	Yes he would. Geason would be turning in his grave over this one. LITB the movie didn't destroy the series it was terrible the orginal the movie was better.