TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
By David Lambert - In 1948 a CBS executive decided to take one of their radio programs, which had been on for a few years at that point, and adapt it to the budding new world of television. Thus began... (more)
adn.com: Lifestyle (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
The original 1965 Broadway version, starring Art Carney and Walter Matthau as a pair of mismatched, muddling-through-midlife men, won several Tony Awards. It went on to become a staple of regional theater repertoire, a movie, a sequel, a hit TV series, a cartoon show, another TV series, a TV reunion show.In 1985 Simon tweaked the play to turn the lead characters into women. Sally Struthers and Rita...
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
If you’re a movie buff, you probably smiled when you saw the elbow-in-the-ribs joke of this film’s title, but to illuminate those who don’t know their Hollywood trivia, it’s been said that the success of “Where the North Begins,” which provided a similarly-named canine star (Rin Tin Tin) with his first starring role, was responsible [...]
DVDVerdict (Free subscription) | 06/20/2008
Reviewed by Dan Mancini Quote: "It's like the bastard child of a low-end Mel Brooks flick and It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World writ puny."
JSOnline (Free subscription) | 06/12/2008
When Mark Rylance talks about the people who influenced his Tony-nominated performance in Broadway's Boeing-Boeing, he cites master actors such as Art Carney and Kabuki legend Ennosuke Ichikawa III.
5ives (Free subscription) | 06/09/2008
¿Perry Cómo Estás? Que Syrah Syrah Bicycletarse Chili Art Carney No Hablamos Español
TVShowsOnDVD.com News (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
By David Lambert - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Koch Vision Presents Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre 26 ways To Live Happily Ever After A Brand New 7-Disc Set With New Bonus Material, Including... (more)
Extreme Mortman (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
This … prompts this: Seems that one person's smut is another person's morning latte. A Christian group based in San Diego found grounds for outrage over the new retro-style logo for Starbucks Coffee. The Resistance says the new image “has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute,” Mark Dice, founder of the group, said [...]
The Truth About Cars (Free subscription) | 05/18/2008
Jackie Gleason and Art Carney. That's a double act. Twitchy and numb. That's a nightmare. But I figured, what the Hell; no one else seemed to notice the Accord's dangerous steering feel and sales are chugging along like The Little Engine That Could after cresting the mountaintop. But now USA Today car reviewer James R. Healey has finally declared that the Emperor is severely under-dressed. Healey...
The Phil Nugent Experience (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
In 1988, I had a summer job working at the New Orleans Museum of Art. I was one of a group of five guys who worked out of basement office and who did all the shit work in the museum that involved handling the artwork or that might require us appearing where we might be seen by the general public; our official job title was "preparators." (We built frames for paintings and platforms for statues, set...
Dr. Joe Vitale at Zero (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Besides being Mother’s Day, May 11th (tomorrow) is also Twilight Zone Day. It's an important day to me because I met Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone TV series, around 1970, five years before he died. It was a turning point in my life. Before I tell you about it, left click on the [...]
LA Times (Free subscription) | 04/22/2008
"Buffy," "The Wire," or the "Cheers" theme song? Vote now!
Books, Inq. (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
... 5 x 5 Books With Joseph Conrad's Best Scenes by Michael Gorra. Reading the the item on Victory brings to mind that back when I was in college there was a TV adaptation of that book. It was surprisingly good. Who starred as Axel Heyst? Art Carney.
Out in Hollywood (Free subscription) | 03/25/2008
Just like there were two Darrins on “Bewitched,” there were also two Trixie Nortons on “The Honeymooners.” Jane Kean stepped into the role originated by Joyce Randolph when the adventures of Ralph Kramden and company were revived on “The...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 03/14/2008
Rent It The Series: Jackie Gleason and Art Carney return to their most famous charactersin the second set of The Color Honeymooners . This three discset presents eight entire episodes of the Jackie Gleason show from 1966-67featuring the Honeymooners. Though these hour-long shows are derivedfrom the Honeymooner epiosdes from the 50's and padded with song and dancenumbers they're still worth watching....
