All I hear is a raspy voice ravaged by decades of cigarette smoke. It’s sad how the cigarette industry decimated America’s 20th century radio, tv, and movie personalities.
The writing on the Honeymooners was great, but it took this outstanding and talented cast to make it work. Still a great show more than 60 years after it's debut. And Ms meadow's was a comic genius on the show, along with Jackie and art Carney. Love Joyce Randolph also.
When my mother died in 1977 there was a woman who lived up the street her name was Margaret but everybody called her muzi for some reason she took a liking to me and she kind of adopted me. She was a spitting image of Audrey Meadows her mannerisms the hair color the facial structure the eyes everything, she was just a wonderful I will never forget her. She was a wonderful loving women from Ireland and I was a little boy came to the US from, the irony is she never had children she would have been a great mother.
I met her when she worked with me at Nickelodeon Show in Orlando called Hi Honey, I'm Home! She had some photos taken inside of Universal near the New York area. She sent me some personal items including an Autograph.
Alice always had an understated sexiness that Audrey still has in this interview...and my goodness, what a memory....one of greatest shows in television ever
David Smith I was 18 years old in 1999 when I discovered this show on TV Land late one night. I was hooked instantly and continued to watch it as long as it was on TV Land. And I also though Alice was smoking hot 🔥
Costas shines here as he asks questions and then sits back and listens, without interruption. THAT is the way to do an interview! People want to hear the interviewEE, not the interviewER.
Every interviewer should be reminded of this weekly. If the person being interviewed is rolling, then let them roll! Costas occasionally sets the scene, then lets her roll again. You put it so well Demef. BTW She probably was too pretty, but she still worked great.
Like The Honeymooners, Audrey Meadows will never be forgotten. How wonderful to have this video to show us what a beautiful, smart, clever lady she was. Costas is excellent in that he lets the lady talk and charm us all.
Audrey Meadows was one of the most class act ladies that ever lived. She made the Honeymooners. "Baby you're the Greatest" thank you for the memories. God Bless.
Grew up in the NYC area watching these every night on WPIX. I realized long ago that I really did model my ideal woman in terms of her strength, courage and wit largely on Audrey Meadow's Alice. Pity that I never got the chance to thank her.
I have seen all 39 episodes 100 times along with the Andy Griffith Show and I love them all. Great writing and great acting. The was a very good interview.
To Larry King, Howard Stern and all those newbie late night nerds, THIS is how you do an interview. Ask good questions and don't bud in and overtalk the other person.
I have never understood the appeal of that Jackie Gleason show. Just yelling and screaming; no comedy at all However, I love both of the Meadows sisters.
No doubt about that. I don't watch predictable modern sitcoms at all. Why, when one has watched the Honeymooners, there is nothing to compare with it. I'm like Costa and watch the shows over and over. And, oddly, they seem as fresh and hilarious as the first time seeing them. And they personify a (austere) time period familiar to many who grew up in that era.
@@oksills Then you are missing the true sitcom king. No great sitcoms from 60s to early 2000s would even exist without it or I Love Lucy. You can still see the DNA 60 years later on television. You're missing out dude.
People need to understand this was a LIVE television show! This was why back in the day when the red light goes on, you are instantly seen by millions of people. This gets people very nervous. My dad worked at Dumont and said videotape was one of the worst things that happened to television. It ruined the spontaneity of rhe talent
I had SUCH a crush on Alice from watching the Honeymooners shows on rerun as a kid. I always thought she was just so gorgeous and couldn't take my eyes off her. Audrey really was such a lovely, classy lady.
I used to stay up late to watch this and felt like it was a hidden gem and found Costas to be a born interviewer and not just a jock. He asked questions professional entertainment interviewers would never ask. Seriously, he'd ask serious actors questions only an actor would know to ask about their craft.
@@coburna5 You've got it exactly backwards. Most liberals are all about freedom. It's racism, forced religion and government interference in our personal lives that we loathe. Have a nice day.
What a wonderful women who was smart,charming,beautiful. I love the story of how she gets the role. You can see she really loved Jackie and Ed and everyone on that show. How sweet it is!!!
So pleased that Bob Costas was able to quote actual lines and describe memorable scenes from the show. I am convinced that he actually loves the show as much as the rest of us. He's not just fawning over Audrey Meadows for the sake of the show, he's a genuine fan. I would have liked Bob to jog Audrey's memory on filming specific moments in the show that we all love and wait for. Also, he never asked her about the abrupt end after just 39 episodes. That had to be a big disappointment for the rest of the cast.
When Jackie Gleason and Art Carney paired up on the Honeymooners it was as funny as anything as there ever has been on television.. It’s nice that the classic 39 episodes are on RUclips so they can be watched anytime you want to. The Honeymooners were also the basis for the Flintstones.
Who was the idiot network ececutive that suggested Alice eulogize Ralph? Ralph Kramden isnt dead and neither is Alice. They live in the same place they always lived...328 chauncey st in Brooklyn. And the Nortons live on top. They live there today and will live there forever
@@robbystechman6384 I don't think it's rent controlled. The landlord, Mr. Johnson, is constantly raising their rent, in spite of Ralph's objections. "You're not getting one extra dime from me, Johnson"!!
Thanks for uploading this video! I've never seen this interview before. Brought back so many marvelous memories of the Honeymooners & when TV was fun to watch instead of this reality tv crapola!
Ask them a question let them answer in heir own time. Well done Mr Costa. I learnt a lot more about the background of the Honeymooners from this interview. It's unfortunate that Joyce Randolph wasn't mentioned.
Audrey was the only member of the Honeymooners cast to earn residuals after the classic 39 episodes of the show from 1955 to 1956 started airing in reruns. Her brother Edward, a lawyer, had inserted a clause into her original contract whereby she would be paid if the shows were rebroadcast, earning her millions of dollars.
Thanks for the wonderful upload, Mr. Giller. This was a great accidental find for me. Usually, I'm watching your many splendid "Late Night with David Letterman" videos. Once again, you're channel is a treasure trove. Long live The Donz.
Had the extreme pleasure of working with her on a pilot about the time this interview happened. She was perhaps the most gracious actress I have ever worked with. However a chain smoker. Ashtrash trays were hidden around the set!
What a wonderful story of being cast in the part of Alice! And how beautiful and charming she was in this nostalgic interview. The Honeymooners set the tone for so many shows that would follow, and develop their own personalities, but would never equal the charm of the original. Rest In Peace Jack, Audrey and Art! We love you all!
As I'm watching and loving this incredible in depth interview, it occurred to me you can never see an interview like this today without a studio audience laughing, hooting and wooooing after everything she said. All in the effort to sell it and make it appear not boring. Which is exactly why I never watch late night TV interviews today. Let's face it. TV producers, hosts, and audiences all suck now.
Enough can’t be said for Gleason, Ms Meadows, and The Honeymooners ensemble but enough also isn’t mentioned about the brilliant interviewer that Costas was. This show was phenomenal. Every decent podcaster who runs a decent interview today owes Later a nod. Best interview show of all time.
Cavett and Costas were very good interviewers, and only occasionally tried to show off how much they knew (which was a considerable amount). It's the format that makes the difference. You should only have one guest per show. But the Carson format was the favored format.
Thanks very much for this upload (and all your work), Don. I'm stuck in bed with a disability due to nerve damage, and have spent a good portion of the time over the last few years chuckling at your Letterman posts. "The Honeymooners" is also one of my favorite shows, so this interview with Audrey is a particular treat.
she was a dear lady - we thought of her and Mr Six (Robert F.) as our Continental Airlines family mom and dad when Continental was known as “The Proud Bird with the Golden Tail” prior to the disastrous Lorenzo era during the early 1980s. She designed the interiors on board Continental’s original four Boeing 747s and McDonnell-Douglas DC-10s when wide body aircraft were first introduced during the early 1970s. We miss you deeply Miss Audrey!
Audrey Meadows aged beautifully. Such a lovely endearing smile & so much class. She was so adorable here - RIP Audrey
She really was a class act with a magnetic personality. There's something inexplicably charming about her especially as Alice.
Hearing her voice, it is so in line with her role as Alice. So distinguished.
All I hear is a raspy voice ravaged by decades of cigarette smoke. It’s sad how the cigarette industry decimated America’s 20th century radio, tv, and movie personalities.
She embodied everything you'd want in that character:
Beauty, strength, comedic timing.
A legend.
Can't imagine anyone could have done it better.
I loved Audrey Meadows.
She indeed was the Greatest.
Who would not have a crush on Audrey Meadows? Her face, her voice, her mannerisms, her charm, her intelligence. I could go on...
in fact it's impossible to not have a crush on her.
Her, Barbara Hale, Carolyn Jones and Eleanor Donahue are women from the 50s\60s I can't help but find myself sexually attracted to lol.
Um..no crush here.
kendall rivers I would smash her as she is right here in this interview. And she is like 70 years old here 😂
I could listen to her stories all day RIP Audrey
This is surreal to see the great Audrey Meadows. I will always love the Honeymooners! The best comedy show ever!
The writing on the Honeymooners was great, but it took this outstanding and talented cast to make it work. Still a great show more than 60 years after it's debut. And Ms meadow's was a comic genius on the show, along with Jackie and art Carney. Love Joyce Randolph also.
When my mother died in 1977 there was a woman who lived up the street her name was Margaret but everybody called her muzi for some reason she took a liking to me and she kind of adopted me. She was a spitting image of Audrey Meadows her mannerisms the hair color the facial structure the eyes everything, she was just a wonderful I will never forget her. She was a wonderful loving women from Ireland and I was a little boy came to the US from, the irony is she never had children she would have been a great mother.
Audrey Meadows was absolutely beautiful!
1st mature lady fall into my very heart
Donald C She had a charm you couldn’t resist.
Wonderful complement, she is.
Yea. She was definitely a knockout in her prime!!!!
I thought she was more beautiful than her sister Jane
Costas is an expert interviewer. He allows his guest to tell a story without interrupting.
I loved his show. He was a very good interviewer.
She is one classy lady. She was so right about the eulogy.
Yes she was indeed. It would not have been right.
I met her when she worked with me at Nickelodeon Show in Orlando called Hi Honey, I'm Home! She had some photos taken inside of Universal near the New York area. She sent me some personal items including an Autograph.
I remember she got a lot of flak for that. But she was right...Jackie died, not Ralph.
Alice always had an understated sexiness that Audrey still has in this interview...and my goodness, what a memory....one of greatest shows in television ever
Good looking woman
I was about nine years old when this show was on and I thought Alice was a fine looking lady then.
David Smith I was 18 years old in 1999 when I discovered this show on TV Land late one night. I was hooked instantly and continued to watch it as long as it was on TV Land. And I also though Alice was smoking hot 🔥
Audrey Meadows really did a great job with the honeymooners.
The show never would have worked without her
Costas shines here as he asks questions and then sits back and listens, without interruption. THAT is the way to do an interview! People want to hear the interviewEE, not the interviewER.
No they don't
Exactly! Costas did an amazing job with Audrey. You could tell he had great admiration for her and the show. I could have watched longer.
Yes, Dick Cavett could have learned from Costas. Cavett always wanted to make himself part of the story, which was annoying.
I agree. Costas was my favorite interviewer. He came prepared, asked good questions, and didn’t interrupt the guest.
Every interviewer should be reminded of this weekly. If the person being interviewed is rolling, then let them roll! Costas occasionally sets the scene, then lets her roll again. You put it so well Demef. BTW She probably was too pretty, but she still worked great.
I love her, and Bob Costas is great, too. What a storyteller, what a voice!
I could listen to her talk for hours, I love her voice!
I wonder if the book she wrote, "Love, Alice" was put on tape?
That croaky voice of hers was a dead giveaway . We can thank her many years of smoking for it. Lung cancer is what you can hear.
Her accent is charming and down-to-earth.
@@randysills4418 yes she recorded it on tape
Yes.!
Like The Honeymooners, Audrey Meadows will never be forgotten. How wonderful to have this video to show us what a beautiful, smart, clever lady she was. Costas is excellent in that he lets the lady talk and charm us all.
Audrey Meadows was one of the most class act ladies that ever lived. She made the Honeymooners. "Baby you're the Greatest" thank you for the memories. God Bless.
Alice was simply a gorgeous woman, perfectly cast 👍 thanks for the post.
Grew up in the NYC area watching these every night on WPIX. I realized long ago that I really did model my ideal woman in terms of her strength, courage and wit largely on Audrey Meadow's Alice. Pity that I never got the chance to thank her.
I still watch the Honeymooners over and over..
My favorite part on The Honeymooners is the blabbermouth clip and every time I watch it I can’t stop laughing.
@@fernandoifill-ruiz6410 A B-LAAAAAAAH-bermouth!
I could listen to her all day.... what a fantastic story teller... and a class act!!!!
Audrey Meadows was her own Woman. One lovely tough & smart cookie 💕
Yep, she was smart to get those residuals. Made her rich. Great lady.
I have seen all 39 episodes 100 times along with the Andy Griffith Show and I love them all. Great writing and great acting. The was a very good interview.
Watching this made me realize why I have always loved Audrey Meadows! She is really a cool person! I thought Costas did a good job too!
Oh my gosh! I love her. Her voice, her class, her elegance, and her intelligence.
What a great interview! I could listen to Audrey for hours. What a beautiful, classy, and genuine woman. RIP
Even in her later years her smile lit up the room.
My heart skips a beat when I see her. She was so beautiful.🥰
All 39 shows over and over! BAM ZOOM TO THE MOON ALICE! My DAD and BROTHER and myself loved the show over and over as well!
Not to forget, in the Lost Episodes, Ralph's saying was POW! Riight IN The KISSER
Audrey was perfect actress to play Alice , just a lovely lady.
To Larry King, Howard Stern and all those newbie late night nerds, THIS is how you do an interview. Ask good questions and don't bud in and overtalk the other person.
Costas always knew everything about everything. One of the best interviewers that ever caught the light of a camera.
Yep...even Rickles was impressed
I love Ms. Meadows. What class and talent.
Thank You for everything you gave us in entertainment over the years.
I really like this woman, sensible, intelligent, knows her own mind, respectful,
it's great how the honeymooners still stands up today in 2020, almost 70 yrs later.
The Honeymooners is the best show ever made! Thx for posting this!
I have never understood the appeal of that Jackie Gleason show. Just yelling and screaming; no comedy at all However, I love both of the Meadows sisters.
@@oksills You need to work on your sense of humor.
No doubt about that. I don't watch predictable modern sitcoms at all. Why, when one has watched the Honeymooners, there is nothing to compare with it. I'm like Costa and watch the shows over and over. And, oddly, they seem as fresh and hilarious as the first time seeing them. And they personify a (austere) time period familiar to many who grew up in that era.
Except for the lost Honeymooners... too much dancing and singing with poor plots...
@@oksills Then you are missing the true sitcom king. No great sitcoms from 60s to early 2000s would even exist without it or I Love Lucy. You can still see the DNA 60 years later on television. You're missing out dude.
People need to understand this was a LIVE television show! This was why back in the day when the red light goes on, you are instantly seen by millions of people. This gets people very nervous. My dad worked at Dumont and said videotape was one of the worst things that happened to television. It ruined the spontaneity of rhe talent
Great show and a wonderful lady. Thanks
I thought she was so classy and beautiful !!!
I had SUCH a crush on Alice from watching the Honeymooners shows on rerun as a kid. I always thought she was just so gorgeous and couldn't take my eyes off her. Audrey really was such a lovely, classy lady.
Thank you Don Giller for posting this. It's people like you that makes RUclips worthwhile.
This was an awesome interview. I have more respect for Costas than ever. I loved the Honeymooners!!
I used to stay up late to watch this and felt like it was a hidden gem and found Costas to be a born interviewer and not just a jock. He asked questions professional entertainment interviewers would never ask. Seriously, he'd ask serious actors questions only an actor would know to ask about their craft.
Costas is an anti-freedom liberal piece of shit. Check again.
@@coburna5 You've got it exactly backwards. Most liberals are all about freedom. It's racism, forced religion and government interference in our personal lives that we loathe. Have a nice day.
@@coburna5 Why don't you go, 'brive a dus'!
I was 6 years old in 1955, but I knew about this show from my parents watching it. Greatest TV of all Time!!!!
cudaus, I also was 6 and watched it all the time. My parents didn't really watch much TV.We only had our first TV for about a year at that time.
What a wonderful women who was smart,charming,beautiful. I love the story of how she gets the role. You can see she really loved Jackie and Ed and everyone on that show. How sweet it is!!!
Audrey Meadows was a classy & lovely lady. I enjoyed listening to her memories of the Honeymooners. Thank you for sharing this with us.
What a wonderful, charming and wise woman Audrey Meadows was.
Thank you , It was a wonderful interview .She was a feminine and smart lady . I enjoyed her !,
Some of the best of the best! They will never be replaced, only re-discovered! Real talent, lives on forever!
Audrey , was a special lady , with special talent , a beautiful lady ! Memories , a wonderful show ! Bob
Really good interview!
Bob Costas was the best host to do "Later." He's always been a very good interviewer!
She looked amazing in this interview!
Such a beautiful lady, and great sense of humor. Agree with Costas. The Honeymooners was a great show.
So pleased that Bob Costas was able to quote actual lines and describe memorable scenes from the show. I am convinced that he actually loves the show as much as the rest of us. He's not just fawning over Audrey Meadows for the sake of the show, he's a genuine fan. I would have liked Bob to jog Audrey's memory on filming specific moments in the show that we all love and wait for. Also, he never asked her about the abrupt end after just 39 episodes. That had to be a big disappointment for the rest of the cast.
When Jackie Gleason and Art Carney paired up on the Honeymooners it was as funny as anything as there ever has been on television.. It’s nice that the classic 39 episodes are on RUclips so they can be watched anytime you want to. The Honeymooners were also the basis for the Flintstones.
Who was the idiot network ececutive that suggested Alice eulogize Ralph? Ralph Kramden isnt dead and neither is Alice. They live in the same place they always lived...328 chauncey st in Brooklyn. And the Nortons live on top. They live there today and will live there forever
. . . and her response was 100 percent class.
Amen!
With the yuppies moving in rhey might not enjoy the neigborhood as much hope there apartment is rent controlled
So very true.. now and for all time
@@robbystechman6384 I don't think it's rent controlled. The landlord, Mr. Johnson, is constantly raising their rent, in spite of Ralph's objections. "You're not getting one extra dime from me, Johnson"!!
They made her look very plain on the Honeymooners but in her other roles you see how beautiful and graceful she really was
I don't think she was plain at all. Her clothes were but she was gorgeous.
Beautiful lady.
If Ralph saw this interview, he'd say "WHERE'S THE LOWER HALF OF THAT OUTFIT?? YOUR KNEES ARE SHOWIN'!! :) God bless Audrey, thanks for posting, Don.
Audrey Meadows is one of those characters who would still have a sexy appeal even at 120 years old!
This is an awesome interview with Costas at his best.
Audrey Meadows one sharp cookie!
I love this interview for one reason; from start to finish Bob Costas was so reverential of Audrey and the show.
She is so awesome.
She is so cool..
One of the best shows on the planet ,,,,,the whole cast were brilliant ,,,,,I never tire of watching THE HONEYMOONERS
She was so beautiful!
Costas was always the best and the handsomest! And Audrey...the greatest!
Dear God spare us...
Thanks for uploading this video! I've never seen this interview before. Brought back so many marvelous memories of the Honeymooners & when TV was fun to watch instead of this reality tv crapola!
Ask them a question let them answer in heir own time. Well done Mr Costa. I learnt a lot more about the background of the Honeymooners from this interview. It's unfortunate that Joyce Randolph wasn't mentioned.
I loved her i wish she was my mom great lady xo diane long island
I love Bob Costas! He is a great interviewer...
Definitely don't get tired of watching the show💜
Wow. This is an awesome interview.
Audrey was the only member of the Honeymooners cast to earn residuals after the classic 39 episodes of the show from 1955 to 1956 started airing in reruns. Her brother Edward, a lawyer, had inserted a clause into her original contract whereby she would be paid if the shows were rebroadcast, earning her millions of dollars.
Good for her. As great as Jackie was, one of her deadpan looks as Alice could stop him in his tracks... and got all of us too.
There was more than 39, "lost episodes
@@m42037 "The 39" is where the residual money was made. that's what is widely syndicated. The 39 matter.
@@InvestBetter. WOW this is old. Uhh ya I know that but there's more than the first 39. Joyce is still alive too I believe
I just love her voice, it hasn't changed !!
I love her voice
Thanks for the wonderful upload, Mr. Giller. This was a great accidental find for me. Usually, I'm watching your many splendid "Late Night with David Letterman" videos. Once again, you're channel is a treasure trove. Long live The Donz.
Thank you for uploading this. Enjoyed it so much. That was the greatest visit with beautiful Audrey Meadows.
Don Giller. Thank you for this. What a treat to see this interview with Audrey. I miss their show more than I knew.
68 here. She looks great. Her sister was awesome too - married to Steve Allen for a long time.
Actually 72...
No, she was 68.
Had the extreme pleasure of working with her on a pilot about the time this interview happened. She was perhaps the most gracious actress I have ever worked with. However a chain smoker. Ashtrash trays were hidden around the set!
What a wonderful story of being cast in the part of Alice! And how beautiful and charming she was in this nostalgic interview. The Honeymooners set the tone for so many shows that would follow, and develop their own personalities, but would never equal the charm of the original. Rest In Peace Jack, Audrey and Art! We love you all!
As I'm watching and loving this incredible in depth interview, it occurred to me you can never see an interview like this today without a studio audience laughing, hooting and wooooing after everything she said. All in the effort to sell it and make it appear not boring. Which is exactly why I never watch late night TV interviews today. Let's face it. TV producers, hosts, and audiences all suck now.
I’m glad she didn’t do his eulogy as Alice because the honeymooners and Ralph Kramden will always live on❤️
She was still fine
Thanks so much for posting this.
I've watched this show's episodes dozens and dozens of times. It;s the best TV show ever - hands down!!!!!!!!!!
wow, I love Audrey's gumption. It was HER initiative and chutzpah that got her that part. The photography scheme was brilliant.
I'm glad Audrey made it back from the Moon for this interview..😅
Just watched this for the first time since it initially aired. Have always remembered her story about Elvis Presley.
That was a strange story
What a great interview!
Yes the honeymooners one of a kind never be another show again like them again thanks Audrey your well missed honey God bless you rest in peace
Enough can’t be said for Gleason, Ms Meadows, and The Honeymooners ensemble but enough also isn’t mentioned about the brilliant interviewer that Costas was. This show was phenomenal. Every decent podcaster who runs a decent interview today owes Later a nod. Best interview show of all time.
Cavett and Costas were very good interviewers, and only occasionally tried to show off how much they knew (which was a considerable amount). It's the format that makes the difference. You should only have one guest per show. But the Carson format was the favored format.
Great Lady she was, Thumbs Up !
Thanks very much for this upload (and all your work), Don. I'm stuck in bed with a disability due to nerve damage, and have spent a good portion of the time over the last few years chuckling at your Letterman posts. "The Honeymooners" is also one of my favorite shows, so this interview with Audrey is a particular treat.
Thanks, Jake. I hope you're able to heal.
This was just a treat to watch!
she was a dear lady - we thought of her and Mr Six (Robert F.) as our Continental Airlines family mom and dad when Continental was known as “The Proud Bird with the Golden Tail” prior to the disastrous Lorenzo era during the early 1980s. She designed the interiors on board Continental’s original four Boeing 747s and McDonnell-Douglas DC-10s when wide body aircraft were first introduced during the early 1970s. We miss you deeply Miss Audrey!
Just a joy to watch.
And Audrey was right. Ralph lives....and so does Jackie in many ways.
Happy Birthday to us Audrey Meadows you were a very attractive lady RIP
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