The Flintstones Lawsuit That Never Was — Jackie Gleason’s Unfiled Grievance md23
A Familiar Family in Bedrock When The Flintstones premiered in 1960, millions of viewers were captivated by the antics of Fred and Wilma Flintstone, the […]
The Honeymooners
The Secret Signal That Saved ‘The Honeymooners’: How Audrey Meadows Kept Jackie Gleason on Track md23
Live television in the 1950s was like walking a tightrope without a safety net. Every flub, every forgotten line, every second of hesitation happened in […]
The Honeymooners Specials — Jackie Gleason’s Bittersweet Return to Brooklyn md23
How the 1970s Revivals Became a Sentimental Farewell to Television’s Favorite Dreamer By the mid-1970s, American television had changed dramatically. The days of live studio […]
When Brooklyn Turned to Technicolor: Jackie Gleason’s Bold Reinvention of The Honeymooners md23
By the mid-1960s, American television had entered a new era. Color was transforming the small screen, and variety programming was exploding in popularity. For Jackie […]
Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden of ‘The Honeymooners’ ‘Always Gave as Good as She Got’ md23
Audrey Meadows was born on Feb. 8, 1922. We look back at Meadows’ career in this excerpt from “The REAL Brooklyn of Jackie Gleason and […]
How The Honeymooners Rewrote the Rules of Television Comedy — and Inspired Generations of Sitcoms md23
When The Honeymooners first aired in 1955, no one could have guessed that a simple, black-and-white show about a Brooklyn bus driver and his sharp-witted […]
‘The Honeymooners’ and Jackie Gleason remembered fondly 70-years after iconic sitcom’s debut md23
The honeymoon ain’t over. It’s been 70 years since the debut of “The Honeymooners” but fans of the iconic sitcom say it’s still ingrained in pop culture […]
The Honeymooners’ Audrey Meadows loved working with children md23
Ms. Meadows was quick to praise her co-stars on Uncle Buck. W.C. Fields was famous for his comedy and his aphorisms. Whether he’s actually the […]
Jackie Gleason and Carroll O’Connor wrote to each other about the similarities between Ralph Kramden and Archie Bunker md23
The two TV heavyweights had a real-life crossover. Do you know the saying, “History doesn’t repeat itself, it rhymes”? It’s a great pair of glasses […]
Audrey Meadows revealed that she and Jackie Gleason usually weren’t kissing at the end of a ”Honeymooners” episode md23
Your favorite television moment is a sham! If you were to watch any random episode of The Honeymooners and place a bet that the end of the […]