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Tue 11 Nov, 2003 04:51 pm
Oh, man, Harry and Tonto. I haven't thought of that film in years.
RIP, Mr. Carney.
I didnt know he had remarried his first wife.
He'll be missed.
He was a very funny man. I'll have to see when Honeymooners is on cable and watch a few.
"The Late Show" is my favorite Carney performance and the character he created on "The Honeymooners" is classic television. I am saddened by his departure.
Remember The Honeymooners episode when Ralph was practicing for "Name that Tune" (I think) and Norton was playing various songs on the piano to test him but he absolutely had to begin each song with a few bars of another song? He couldn't play anything unless he started out playing those few bars first. You really have to see it to get the gist of it but it was truly funny. Thighslapping funny. I'm giggling now just remembering it.
My favorite Carney movie performance was in "Going In Style" with George Burns and Lee Strasberg. In the park, when he broke into a dance to those Brazilian drums, he was so rhythmic. Possessed a natural grace of movement. I love that scene.