The Honeymooners was essentially a two-act play in real time, done live, usually with only one cardboard set. It was done at a time when audiences laughed at funny things, whereas now studio audiences are conditioned to clap and cheer. It was 90% dialogue. And Gleason very famously said that, no matter what went right or wrong during the live show, keep the camera on him and trust that he'd make it work, which he always did. The only two living actors I would trust to be the center of such a telecast are Tom Hanks and Steve Martin, and neither are going to be slumming on CBS anytime soon.
CBS will focus on entirely the wrong things (let's make Ed Norton an African American, or -- shudder -- let's make Ralph and Ed females). It will be the end of all life as we know it. On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 3:02 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > And it'll probably have the same lame Gen X v. millennial jokes that all > of CBS' new multi-cams have this season. Please tell me that Internet > "Community" fans are verbally tearing Joel McHale limb-from-limb over his > show. > > I assume there is no way the Gleason estate can stop this, since they > probably want more money than they get from the MeTV airings of the Classic > 39 and the "lost" episodes. > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > [email protected] > > > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 5:34 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > > The original show was a showcase for Jackie Gleason's talents. Plus some > help from Art Carney. Who could be showcased like that today? A younger Jim > Carrey. Bernie Mac, but he's dead. There's probably a dozen Broadway stars > but they have no name recognition. > > > Don't overthink it. They only want the name "The Honeymooners," not the > format or the episodes. They take two males and two females and write a > sitcom around them. That is as much as the new series will have in common > with the Gleason version. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -- > > > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > > --- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -- > > > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected] > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > > > --- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
