I just saw the sad news that Art Carney passed this week and was buried today. He was 85 years old.
That man could crack me up! I remember him, first of all, from the old Honeymooners series. When I began watching, the series was in syndication and aired around 11:30 at night. What a way to go to sleep, after laughing almost non-stop for a half hour.
Art Carney and Jackie Gleason were absolutely hysterical together. My favorite episode was Ralph (Gleason) was trying to learn how to play golf and Norton (Carney) was trying to explain it to him. He put a ball on a tee in the middle of the flat and said to "address" the ball. Ralph didn't know what that meant so Norton saluted the ball and sang out, "Hel-l ooooo ball!"
I've seen Art Carney in other movies and specials. I had a lot of admiration for that man. God bless him.
Posted by Cassie at November 11, 2003 09:09 PM