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CABLE WORLD STAFF
All this for a man who "drives a bus." TV Land honored Ralph Kramden, Jackie Gleason's irascible, yet huggable, character from The Honeymooners, Aug. 28 with the unveiling of an eight-foot-high, 4,000-pound (come on, even The Great One didn't weigh that much) bronze statue at New York's Port Authority Bus Terminal in mid-town Manhattan.
Among the dignitaries attending the network's first effort to honor "TV Land Landmarks," were Honeymooners alumnae Joyce Randolph, who portrayed Ed Norton's wife Trixie on the beloved sitcom, and TV Land EVP/GM Larry Jones.
Gleason's statue is part of a national TV Land promo that salutes TV icons. A TV Land spokesman says the statue's debut drew camera crews from all major broadcast network affiliates in New York, live coverage from CNN and extensive newspaper pickup, including a front-page story in the L.A. Times. While nothing is set in ... er ... stone, other possible "TV Land Landmarks" could include a tribute to Dragnet's Joe Friday outside of LAPD headquarters or to the Seinfeld crew outside their favorite eatery on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
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