charles korvin played the mambo teacher on the honeymooners.
charles korvin played the mambo teacher on the honeymooners.
who played the mambo teacher on the honeymooners?
charles korvin
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"the honeymooners" debuted as a half-hour series on 1955 and was originally aired on the dumont network's "cavalcade of stars" and subsequently on the cbs network's "the jackie gleason show", which was filmed in front of a live audience. although initially a ratings success—becoming the #2 show in the united states during its first season—it faced stiff competition from "the perry como show", and eventually dropped to #19, ending its production after only 39 episodes (now referred to as the "classic 39"). the final episode of "the honeymooners" aired on september 22, 1956. creator/producer jackie gleason revived "the honeymooners" sporadically until 1978. "the honeymooners" was one of the first u.s. television shows to portray working-class married couples in a gritty, non-idyllic manner (the show is set mostly in the kramdens' kitchen, in a neglected brooklyn apartment building). steven sheehan explains the popularity of "the honeymooners" as the embodiment of working-class masculinity in the character of ralph kramden, and postwar ideals in american society regarding work, housing, consumerism, and consumer satisfaction. the series demonstrated visually the burdens of material obligations and participation in consumer culture, as well as the common use of threats of domestic violence in working class households. art carney won five emmy awards for his portrayal of ed norton — two for the original "jackie gleason show", one for "the honeymooners", and two for the final version of "the jackie gleason show". he was nominated for another two (1957, 1966) but lost. gleason and audrey meadows were both nominated in 1956 for their work on "the honeymooners". meadows was also nominated for emmys for her portrayal of alice kramden in 1954 and 1957. in 1997, the episodes "the $99,000 answer" and "tv or not tv" were respectively ranked #6 and #26 on "tv guide's 100 greatest episodes of all time" and in 1999, "tv guide" published a list titled "tv's 100 greatest characters ever!" ed norton was #20, and ralph kramden was #2. in 2002, "the honeymooners" was listed at #3 on tv guide's 50 greatest tv shows of all time and #13 on their list of the "60 greatest shows of all time" in 2013.
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