Comical Co-Stars of Television: From Ed Norton to Kramer
Robert Pegg, "Comical Co-Stars of Television: From Ed Norton to Kramer"
English | ISBN: 0786413417 | 2002 | 393 pages | PDF | 42 MB
English | ISBN: 0786413417 | 2002 | 393 pages | PDF | 42 MB
Although some scholars credit Shakespeare with creating in Henry IV's Falstaff the first "second banana" character (reviving him for Henry IV Part Two), most television historians agree that the popular co-star was born in 1955 when Art Carney, as Ed Norton, first addressed Jackie Gleason with a "Hey, Ralphie-boy," on The Honeymooners. The phenomenon has proved to be one of the most enduring achievements of the American sitcom, and oftentimes so popular that the co-star becomes the star.
Twenty-nine of those popular co-stars get all of the attention in this work. Each chapter focuses on one television character and the actor or actress who brought him or her to life, and provides critical analysis, biographical information and, in several instances, interviews with the actors and actresses themselves. It includes people like Art Carney of
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