Art Carney passes away

[GabysPoppy]

Just announced on CNN at 4:35


edit to supply link

http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/11/obit.carney/index.html

[leQ]

1. *jonx*

:)

[Dookus]

2. awww....

he was one of the great ones. He'll always be a classic.

[Zolok]

4. Funny guy....

never got his due, he and Lily Tomlin were in a funny movie once "The Late Show"...

[Shakespeare]

3. aw, man...

Thanks for the laughs, Art.

[grasswire]

5. so long and thanks for the fish

[Brotherjohn]

6. And now, as a tribute, I shall "address the ball".

Helloooo, ball!

[Shakespeare]

7. That's the scene I ALWAYS think of with him!!!

God, he was funny.

[Maeve]

11. No one could beat him for "shooting his cuffs" before writing something

That little flip of the wrists that would take forever and drive Ralph crazy...I believe he said he got that from his dad? Grandfather?

Sweet guy.

[Dookus]

8. I just read a quick online bio...

of Art Carney. He was wounded at Omaha Beach during the Normandy invasion.

As for getting his due, he had 5 Emmy's and a Best Actor Oscar. All well-deserved.

On edit: he had 6 emmy's. Five for the Honeymooners and one later one for a tv movie.

[Cooley Hurd]

9. Harry and Tonto was a great movie!

Art also did an early Twilight Zone in which he played a drunken dept store Santa who unexpectedly becomes the real thing...

On edit: I counted 7 Emmys on IMDB.com, and Oscar and a Golden Globe! Wow!!!

[VolcanoJen]

10. Kick.

:-(

[cjbuchanan]

12. He had a lot of good work

Sorry to see him go.

[kysrsoze]

18. Yeah, he was great. I actually thought he was already dead

I hadn't heard anything about him in a long while.

[The Backlash Cometh]

13. One of my favorite skits with Carney & Gleason:

Gleason's character was suppose to be a contestant in a show similar to "Name that Tune." In preparation for the contest, he would get quizzed by Art Carney who would play tunes on the piano. Art would always start their sessions playing the same silly tune and it would drive Gleason mad.

Finally, the time for the contest comes and Gleason is doing a wonderful job answering the questions. He finally reaches the final double or nothing question and he goes for broke. On the next question he either doubles his money or loses it all. He decides to go for it, and what song comes up? But the silly tune that Art would play at the beginning of each session. Gleason gets that deer-in-the headlights look in his face and you know it was the one title he never bothered to remember.

[GabysPoppy]

14. Actually

I think he claimed that Ed Nortan was the author for his answer.

on edit: I think it was a Stephen Foster song.

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. You've got a good memory.

*

[Matilda]

27. I thought he always prefaced everything he played with

the "Harry Lime" theme (from the film The Third Man). I feel pretty
sure that was it.

[PlanetBev]

16. The Song was "Swanee River"

Yeah, that was a good one. When Gleason couldn't remember the song, all he could say was, "huma, huma, huma". Whenever I think of manhole covers, Brooklyn, and fire escapes, I'll always think of Ed Norton.

The Honeymooners was so funny, especially when you compare it to the stupid shit that's on TV now. Boy, I'm feeling nostalgic today. Anybody else got any other Honeymooners favorites?

[The Zanti Regent]

17. Thank you for those 39 gems, Art!

They're finally putting the Honeymooners on remastered DVDs.

Only 39 episodes, but they still keep me in stitches!

[Journeyman]

19. You, know, Ralph. As we say in the sewer. . .

water's thicker than blood.

[stevedeshazer]

20. He was one of the funniest

I have many memories of "The Honeymooners", which was my dad's favorite TV show. My dad was also a WWII vet, how ironic that he passed away on Veteran's Day.

[Skittles]

21. this really does seem like a bad year

we are losing the best

[Piperay]

22. R-I-P

Art...you are another star in the heavens now.O8)

[CO Liberal]

23. "CHEF A DA FUTURE....."

"Can it core a apple???

:-)

[SPQR]

32. Oooohhhhhh

it can core a apple.....

[CO Liberal]

24. "First, Address the Ball......HELLO, BALL!!!!"

:-)

[OneBlueSky]

34. god, that was my favorite line of all time! . . .

I remember watching that episode when it first aired (I was just a kid) and absolutely cracking up when Norton addressed the ball . . . I still crack up every time I see it . . . Ed Norton was one of the all-time great television characters and his creator will be missed . . . RIP, Art Carney . . .

[donotpassgo]

25. WTF!!!!!! Oscars are going to be very sad next year indeed.

n/t

[Missy Vixen]

26. I went to school with his niece

Thinking of her today. She was so proud when he won his Best Actor Oscar.

Godspeed to Cheryl's Uncle Art.

Julie

[ignatius]

28. Godspeed, sweet man, you have filled my heart with laughter many,

many times.

[latebloomer]

29. Sweet, funny man

Rest in peace.

[gauguin57]

30. Why I oughtta ...

Quotes From Honeymooners' Ed Norton

By The Associated Press


Some quotations from Ed Norton, Art Carney's character in "The Honeymooners."

A sewer worker is like a brain surgeon. We're both specialists.

Like we say in the sewer, time and tide wait for no man.

As we say in the sewer, here's mud in your eye.

If pizzas were manhole covers, the sewer would be paradise.

Ralph: It's rush hour. We'll never be able to get across town in this traffic.

Ed: Trust me. We'll go by sewer.

Ralph: I hope that you realize that water always seeks its level.

Ed: Yes, we've heard rumors to that effect down in the sewer.

Ralph: I promise you this, Norton. I'm gonna learn. I'm gonna learn from here on in how to swallow my pride.

Ed: That ought not to be too hard. You've learned how to swallow everything else.

---

Source: "The Honeymooners' Companion: The Kramdens and the Nortons Revisited," by Donna McCrohan.

[Voltaire99]

31. He's on a rocketship to the moon!

RIP, Art. Thanks for the laughs.

[DemoTex]

33. So long Art Carney! Thanks for your life.

And thanks for the great laughs.

[newyawker99]

35. Rest in peace Norton.

:-(

[ChoralScholar]

36. Art Carney

Truly one of the first television greats. It's a shame we don't get to see The Honeymooners on television anymore.