Remembering Elaine Stritch…
Remembering Elaine Stritch…
Did you know she was the original Trixie Norton on ‘The Honeymooners’? Below is the only photo of her in that roll on November 12, 1951. That episode was the fourth ever Honeymooners sketch and was done on ‘The Dumont Cavalcade Of Stars’, which was hosted by Jackie Gleason.
This sketch with Elaine Stritch is called “The New Television” and this the first time both Trixie and Ed Norton make their appearances with Art Carney debuting as Norton. In the first ever sketch, five weeks earlier, Carney had played a policeman. Trixie, as played by Stritch, was portrayed as a burlesque dancer but Gleason thought that Trixie needed to be a more demure housewife and on December 7, 1951, Joyce Randolph took over the role.
Pictured here is Elaine Stritch, Pert Kelton (the original Alice), Jackie Gleason and Art Carney in his debut role as Ed Norton. Enjoy and share!
One of the great ones.
Thanks for the link to the Letterman bit. Never saw it before.
Mz. Stritch wasted no time lighting up a cigarette when she sat down next to Wally!
Elaine Stritch appeared as the mystery guest on an episode of “What’s My Line?” that was recorded at CBS Studio 50 (The Ed Sullivan Theater) on May 7, 1970. I believe the show was shot with Marconi Mark VII cameras. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ1CXbGLvNw