When Ed Norton makes his entrance as Pierre Francois de la Brioski (sp?), he says "Bonjour everyone and Happy ???? to you." Does anyone know what he said? I've tried viewing the closed captions, but they are no help. This has been bothering me for decades. Please help.
share๎Very funny episode! I went and rewatched that scene and Norton says, "And a happy Charles Boyer to you."
Charles Boyer was a famous French actor. So it was just a nonsense comment, something typical for Norton to say.
One thing that "bothers" me is how the heck did that costume along with the wig and hat fit into that little box that Norton had at the beginning of the episode! ๎ LOL
The other thing I always wondered about was the part of Ralph's costume ,the big board on his chest, that tied in the back. How did he tie it himself? Obviously Jackie Gleason had help getting into the costume, but I always wonder how Ralph tied it. ๐
Thanks very much. Of course I know Charles Boyer, but I never made the connection. Another of Norton's comments that makes me laugh is in "Pal O' Mine" when he's being discharged from the hospital after being hit in the head with a manhole cover. His reply to the doctor: "RX."
shareYou're welcome. RX! LOL I just watched the episode when ther whole gang went to Bert Wedermeyer's house. Norton makes some comments where he tries to sound so smart and sophisticated.
He compliments Bert on his home and says that "It's suave." Later when Bert's wife needs a light for her cigarette, Norton jumps in with, "I have a torch, I have a torch."
Why couldn't he just say 'lighter'? ๎ Always made me wonder why Norton had "a torch". He didn't smoke. At least I can't remember seeing him light up. Of course he could've been one of those guys who only smoked when he was shooting pool or at a lodge meeting.
Norton smoked often in the Lost Episodes, I remember thinking he smoked more than Jackie on the air. But Alice and the Blonde has some of the best lines in the Classic 39.
share"Pick your husband's outstanding feature and find a name for it." So Alice picks "Tubby". LOL
I never saw any of the lost episodes. But I'm not surprised that a lot of smoking went on. Not today. Only characters who are eeeevil, smoke. I hate smoking, won't allow it in my house, just a sinus issue, not a moral one.๐
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In the same "Pal O' Mine", about two minutes after he says "RX", Norton lights up a cigarette for about two seconds until Trixie and Alice come off the elevator. He then drops the cigarette. About a minute later he picks it up since it had barely been lit and still has almost all of it left.
shareAll of these questions but why did Trixie call Ed NORTON?
shareYeah, I thought Norton lit a cigarette in the hospital in "Pal o Mine" but I wasn't sure.
Now that you mention it, I remember when they were handcuffed on the train Norton asked Ralph, "Mind if I smoke?" But in that instance, he didn't have his torch!
Remember how angry he made Ralph? "You forgot to ask me if I wanted a match."
As for calling him Norton, Trixie usually calls him Ed, Edward when she's mad at him. Sometimes she calls him Norton. I always wondered the same thing about the TV show T.J. Hooker. The other police officers called him Hooker, but so did his ex-wife!
I suppose it's not so unusual. Humphrey Bogart was always called "Bogie." I saw a biography hosted by his widow, Lauren Bacall, and she referred to him as Bogie. Alfred Hitchcock gave himself the nickname of "Hitch" and that's what everyone including his wife called him.
When they were handcuffed together in "Unconventional Behavior", there's the exact same exchange that appeared in a Laurel and Hardy movie - except for one additional word. Norton asks Ralph "Do you mind if I smoke?" Ralph replies "I don't care if you burn!" In the Laurel and Hardy movie, Stan asks "Do you mind if I smoke?" The reply from a woman is "I don't care if you burn up!"
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