The veteran stage and television actress played the savvy Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners, providing the perfect foil to her dimwitted TV husband, sewer worked Ed Norton. She was the last surviving main character of the beloved comedy from television’s golden age of the 1950s. Pictured: Randolph in 1990 (Richard Drew/AP)
A classic blue-collar comedy title from the CBS library is plotting a return. The network is developing The Honeymooners, a reimagining of the 1950s sitcom created by and starring Jackie Gleason. The multi-camera project hails from Damon Wayans Jr. and Kameron Tarlow.. Written by Lindsey Shockley (Mixed-ish) and to be directed by Kelly Park (Country Comfort), The Honeymooners is described as a bold, female-driven reboot of the iconic working-class comedy centered around new wife, Ruth, and her husband, Alex, who are determined to have a marriage where they are true equals in every way.
Muppets alum Bob Kushell is attached to write the script for the reboot of the Jackie Gleason classic.
NEW YORK (AP) — Leonard Stern, a prolific writer-producer-director whose credits include “The Honeymooners,” “Get Smart,” and “McMillan and Wife,” died Tuesday. He was 87. Stern died of heart failure […]
