http://www.fazzino.com/art-blog/my-afternoon-with-trixie/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-afternoon-with-trixie Just another WordPress site Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:15:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.fazzino.com/art-blog/my-afternoon-with-trixie/#comment-623 Timmy McLoughlin Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:34:33 +0000 http://www.fazzino.com/art-blog/?p=1494#comment-623 Trixie Norton's real name was Thelma.She got the role of "Trixie" as a result of appearing in a Clorets breath-mint commercial. Gleason saw the commercial, and was impressed by her. She was cast on "The Honeymooners" without having an agent. Her nephew is Tim Redding, MLB starting pitcher who is currently in the New York Yankees organization The Honeymooners was used as a basis for the concept of The Flintstones. Mel Blanc, the voice of Barney Rubble, was asked to model Barney's voice after Ed Norton, but reportedly refused. Jackie Gleason later said that he had thought about suing, but decided not to as he did not want to be the person responsible for having the show pulled off the air Trixie Norton’s real name was Thelma.She got the role of “Trixie” as a result of appearing in a Clorets breath-mint commercial. Gleason saw the commercial, and was impressed by her. She was cast on “The Honeymooners” without having an agent. Her nephew is Tim Redding, MLB starting pitcher who is currently in the New York Yankees organization
The Honeymooners was used as a basis for the concept of The Flintstones. Mel Blanc, the voice of Barney Rubble, was asked to model Barney’s voice after Ed Norton, but reportedly refused. Jackie Gleason later said that he had thought about suing, but decided not to as he did not want to be the person responsible for having the show pulled off the air

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