It was on this date 66 years ago that one of the most popular, most durable, and most iconic situation comedies in television history was born.
Taking place mostly in a tiny two room apartment in Brooklyn, The Honeymooners set new standards for television comedy.
Captained by the comic genius of Jackie Gleason, the show also featured the versatile Art Carney, Joyce Randolph, and, of course, as Ralph Kramden long-suffering wife Alice, Audrey Meadows.
A classically beautiful actress who purposely downplayed her looks for the role, Meadows also proved to be a formidable counterpoint to the Ralph Kramden character.
In 1994, Audrey Meadows wrote a book called Love, Alice. And there was no way I was going to miss the opportunity to meet her and talk with her. After all, I had grown up with The Honeymooners, and I confessed, I was more than a little starstruck.
So here now, from 1994, Audrey Meadows.
Audrey Meadows died in 1998, just five days before her 74th birthday.