Jackie Gleason Was A 1950s Nightmare
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- Thanks to his hit show The Honeymooners, comedian Jackie Gleason turned into a 1950s American idol almost overnight. But Gleason’s perverse life behind the scenes would have made his fans furious.
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Jackie was a comic genius, his work shows it and thats what counts and survives to this day, RIP Jack.
A poopy fellow, Dude..................
My father worked on Jackie Gleason's Space House..He and Mr Gleason became friends.
My father said Mr Gleason was a very smart and down to earth man. I don't like these cheap shot videos.He was a really talented man and a complex person as many talented people are.
He was abusive, so after the Honeymooners he toned down to eat and feed his family.
I like when the truth comes out about these people
whom many idolize. Telling the truth is NOT an bad
thing.
My dad knew him. He was a waiter at a nightclub Gleason worked at. My Da was offered a deal by the maitre'd to date him or lose his job. (Sexual harassment) Dad decided that was his last night. Jackie heard about this and spent his set mocking the maitre'd mercilessly.
Jackie was Gay ??? Is that what you are saying ?
@@peterblack3665: Jackie or mlcr's dad or both?
@@peterblack3665no he is talking about the maitra d
@@peterblack3665No Dear, the maitre'd was gay and rudely propositioned her father who was the waiter; "Have sex with me or be fired!" Her father quit working there but apparently stayed long enough to hear Jackie roast the wicked maire'd in his act.
I do hope that helps and you're not alone as I had to read it several times to get it right. Happy hugs Dear🤗
@@peterblack3665 no! The maitre'd was firing my dad for not getting off with him and Jackie had a go at the maitre'd for that.
Audrey Meadows....what a classic beauty!
Her brother was an attorney who got her a contract with unheard of Residuals , for how many years of Honeymooners reruns?
Wowza!
Every time I see her, I see Wilma Flintstone🤣
No every time u see Wilma u see Alice she was obviously a model for the honeymooner's 😮😮😅😮
As a poor kid growing up in inner city always loved Audrey Meadows. Watching Honeymooners was a great escape for me. RIP Ms Meadows
I grew up watching Jackie Gleason on Sunday nights. The show was always good as it expanded with Joe the Bartender and the lovable Frank Fontaine as Crazy Guggenheim. Thanks for the visit back to Sunday nights with Jackie Gleason.
Ronin4614: You mean Saturday nights...not Sunday nights! ♐
With Jackie Gleason you described someone who exhibited classic Narcissistic Personality Disorder. They leave their women emotionally scarred and broke. Can never be alone despite their abuse they inflict on their partners. The Honeymoon is over in a jiffy.
CURLEY YOU'RE FULL OF SHIT!
Even in character I think this came out. Though The Honeymooners was great, sometimes the way he shouted at Audrey Meadows seemed too real for comfort.
@@appledoreman And she gave it right back to him.
On the other hand, did those women actually love him or did they see him as a rich famous guy that would give them anything? Sorry, but I have a hard time feeling sorry for gold diggers.
His whole family was
The last name isn't Gleason though
My stepdaughter boyfriend, whom she had 2 kids by..would ruin every Christmas and birthday
I heard he could not read music, not play a musical instrument, but was a masterful conductor of an orchestra. I love his music albums!
@reneehenderson6134 Bobby Hackett, who played on the Gleason albums and on his show, was asked what role Jackie filled with the orchestra. "He signed the checks," came the reply.
Jackie Gleason was the best. There's nothing that can be concocted or contrived up about this man that would ever change my mind. Rest in peace, Gleason 😢
Really abusive Dude...........................
@@martinkent333 Like most comedy greats, Jackie was not a barrel of laughs privately. When a performer is a nice guy, you can count on him not being good at comedy. Why? I don't know.
@@akrenwinkle Comedy is a clinical science and writers are burned out. The comedians make it look easy. It's not. So the ability to look on the funny side of things breeds cynicism. Then the booze flows...................
@@martinkent333 It's my belief comedy is an art, not a science.
@@akrenwinkle Naw.
Jackie Gleason was also in the films "The Hustler" and "Gigot .
These UA-cam documentaries are a joke
And "Papa's Delicate Condition" about a drunkard father. Not much of an acting stretch😂
I cried during Gigot. He was also in Nothing in Common with Tom Hanks and was terrific as the dad.
Let us not forget what I consider his greatest triumph in film -- " Requiem for a Heavyweight " (1962).
Sandra Dee was "Gidget"...oh wait, wrong film!
I have nothing but fond memories of Jackie Gleason. For me he was one of only a very few of the great entertainers of television and movie history.
Back when abusive men and gangsters were saints...................................... YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@martinkent333
Well from my side of the TV screen he was a pure saint. Anything else was a myth.🙂
@@chickey333 You must have great friends....................................................
@@martinkent333
This is the era of villainizing and demonizing those who are no longer here to defend themselves. I'm sure the detrimental aspects of Mr. Gleason in the past have been far out done by peers of equal or higher fame and status.
@@chickey333 Humans have always been nasty, so wearing halos helps our delusions thrive. Civilizalizing unfluences help. Or the judge is summoned. I am like Jerry Sienfeld. A city slicker with a halo and memories of a few moments of regret. But nothing serious.
Few other actors could express blind rage and handle the difficulties of live t/v performances as successfully as Mr. Gleason.
Jackie's childhood and youth was tragic, and the women in his life definitely had a rough way to go. I'm sure the drinking didn't help anyone. On the other hand, his professional life was a gift to millions of viewers.
EVERYBODY drank and smoked back then
Gleason was incredible in the film "Nothing in Common" with Tom Hanks.
He was one of those guys that if you weren't married to him, you liked him much better.
I think thats a blanket statement on everyone
Like so many others. 😆
What "secret" was that? He didn't send Alice to the moon? It's no secret!
Amazing and tragic story,Gleason is a household figure and an America Icon, He was a huge presence on the big and little screen.Its a testament to his personal strength in spite of his failings, that he made it through all the personal tragedies and challenges.God rest him
The first actress to play his wife was Pert Kelton (who was also in "The Music Man"). She'd been black-listed in the McCarthy communist witch-hunt. I read that Gleason fought to keep her in the show but ultimately lost the fight. Whatever his faults, I'll give him his props for doing that.
@teresacartwright Well said.
Good call…
He was definitely from a very different era. They covered up so much of the issues back then so the stars looked as squeaky clean as possible. I don't think he was any more a azzhat than many others of the era. Yes, he is considered a legend, but it still does not excuse his behavior toward his costars or his wives and children. This is why I don't agree with people idolizing actors or anyone famous unless they have made a real contribution to the betterment of society. They are still just people and they have their good and bad points in life.
The studios did a great job, with THE HAYES CODE
My favorite bit from Art was the golf bit, Arthur was reading the instructions and demonstrated for Gleason, Arthur said you have to address the ball, so he picks up a club and he's going to address the ball, "Hello ball" I could stop laughing for awhile..
Stolen from the British music hall comedian Sid Field, who did a golfing sketch with Jerry Desmonde.
Who is Arthur?
I worked in a restaurant on fourty fifth Street in Manhattan in the early eighties. Gleason would come in through the kitchen entrance and gave every worker a hundred dollars before he went out of the kitchen to see the crowds of customers. A real gentleman. He was pretty wasted, I must admit…
He was hilarious! Think about it. One year of a TV show that lasted through time. It even basically spun off possibly the greatest cartoon ever the Flintstones.
Alice was Wilma
Art Carney was too much class for Jackie Gleason. Carney served in WWII, sustaining wounds that left him with a permanent limp, while Gleason was 4-F due largely to his weight. His IMDB page lists ten times the credits, and twice the awards as Gleason, including an Oscar for best actor. Whereas Gleason was a blowhard and an egomaniac, Carney was softspoken and humble. It's no wonder Gleason couldn't stand him...
Jackie was like that. Plus he ate and drank to excess.
The year I was born Mr. Art Carney beat Nicholson, Hoffman, Finney, and Pacino. That is awesome and legendary
When he played, in life of Riley, he was thinner
My stepdaughter, got with a relative of his
Her 2nd oldest looks like him.. slightly
Art Carney was a great piano player
Like the episode, where Ralph got on a "name that tune" show
Norton played all of these songs
However, Norton had to play SWANEE RIVER
to warm up
What happened, the emcee played SWANEE RIVER and Ralph said
Ed Norton🤣
And lost 50000 dollars
@@badlieutenant322art Carney was beyond Norton
He was almost as good with accents as Carroll o Connor
Favorite comedy show of all time the Honeymooners. Really takes guts to put a man down many years after his death.
It's always the same, they always wait until after the person has died.
I agree with you. If Jackie Gleason exemplifies what you think is a really horrible evil person, you have not examined humanity worth a crap. We are all flawed, and there are many among us who are the truly awful people. But Jackie Gleason was someone who took what life gave him, and like an alchemist, he turned it into joy, laughter, and happy memories for millions for decades upon decades. I think he just wanted to be loved and was willing to give the world all it took to get it. There's a whole lot of people walking this planet who have done a lot worse for humanity than Jackie Gleason. Flaws be damned, I will love him forever.
@appledoreman, it's always the same because dead people can't sue for defamation. Sadly, once someone famous dies, they become an easy tabloid target.
I don't think it's a put down...just showing us the real Jackie. And there were plenty of kudos for his talent.
Not sure it is relevant but Joyce Randolph the only surviving member of "The Honeymooners" just passed away in January at age 99.
In '62 he did the film Gigot and was well loved for his role. I didn't know what a Narscissts he was till after he died and the stories came out.
@ceilcon: Most Hollyweird actor's are. They're stuck on themselves!
Beautiful movie, he's quite an actor, Requiem for a Heavyweight, The Hustler
Papa's Delicate Condition in 64
We live in the world of social media. Every celebrity secrets are one click away !
His last role as a deadbeat jackass dad in the drama Nothing in Common makes a poetic sense.
Wow! Thanks for pointing that out! Like Death of a Salesman. Willy Loma had no friends to rally around him. Max Basner as the father and David Basner as the son.
He could have had that..in real life..on one level
You think Jackie Gleason was a 1950s nightmare just ask Julius LaRosa about Arthur Godfrey.
No one knows who Arthur Godfrey was now. But Gleason lives on.
I hope he found peace after death. I hope we all do.
Jackie Gleason was born on February 26, 1916, not 1915.
That is not germane to the conversation !
@@peterdarr383 Yes it is. If you noticed, the commentator incorrectly stated that Jackie Gleason was born in 1915, not 1916 as is commonly acknowledged.
ART CARNE SEEMED NICE
The Hustler, The Toy...2 of my fav 5 with Jackie Gleason
As a child, I thought that Jackie was a LOUD BULLY. The rest of the cast created fond memories for me.
Frankly that show was very depressing for me. I refuse to watch it ever again. It goes in the junk pile with All In The Family.
That was his character and why he was so funny. A lot of hot air.
You'd think a guy would learn how to pronounce CRAMden, BYUford, and PLETHora.
Yeah totally amazing
It's a self regulating business.
Again, the result of someone trying to tell us about things that happened before he was born. I'm looking forward to his next video about The Civil War.
Typical cowards bad mouth him now that hes gone. Saw him on carson and.he praised carney to the moon.Check it out his only carson appearance.
At only 71 ?......many don't live that long......for being overweight and hard living Jackie did well............He is an absolute LEGEND
Didn't Jackie Gleason also lead a swing band? I'm pretty sure they made several recordings.
Yes. I wouldn't call it swing, more Big Band. It's great, several albums, I've had them my whole life. He was into music before acting I think.
There's a film clip of some big band in the late '30's/early '40's with Jackie Gleason clowning around on standup bass viol. I saw it, don't remember much else about it.
Jackie had no musical training. He could not read music or play an instrument. However he did possess an intuitive sense of melody and rhythm. With considerable professional help he wrote and conducted the ensemble. All top players to cover for his deficits. Ironically Art Carney was an accomplished piano player and singer. Sid Cesar played saxophone in bands when he was learning his comedy craft. Jack Benny was a concert violinist.
It’s very nice 😊 large orchestral music, quite romantic 🥰 💘 💝
@garypaquin957jack Benny played flat on purpose🤣
He actually set the standard for all sit-coms, where the husband is a big loud mouth buffoon and the wife is always right.
He first played the somewhat similar Chester Riley on The Life of Riley in 1949, which William Bendix first played on radio and later on television.
And, as @@willedelman7960is reminded, BUNGLED it, for he was NO Bendix.
Two other great Gleason characters "The Poor Soul" and "Reginald Van Gleason"
Anyone who requires convincing that he was The Great One needs to see the movie 'Gigot'.
I liked Gleason’s performance in “Soldier In The Rain.” It was a Steve McQueen movie but Gleason did some great acting in it.
I loved the book by William Goldman. When. I saw the movie I was afraid Gleason would ruin it by hamming up the portrayal of a nuanced, complicated character - but he brought Master Sergeant Maxwell to life.
Does anyone remember this one Harvey oh Harvey you gonna tell your friend Harvey😂
Yeah! Ralph got bullied but then knocked out anothrr bully. Norton's friend was home with a cold.
He was a great entertainer and actor! What celebrity from that era didn't have his/her darker side? BTW, his nickname and the title of a 1956 biography of him was 'The Golden Ham.' I loved him in 'The Hustler' (1961) with Paul Newman, 'Requiem for a Heavyweight' (1962) with Anthony Quinn, and 'Soldier in the Rain' (1963) with Steve McQueen!
Some In his family, called him
The BIG FOGUE
(Fogarty)
I will always remember Gleason and Carol Channing in Otto Preminger’s “Skidoo”. The word was that there was much use of illicit drugs (LSD) on the set.
Well, there is a sequence at the end where everyone inadvertently drops acid.
I could never watch The Honeymooners while growing up. My father hated Art Carney's character Ed Norton. Since he didn't like the character meant no one else in the household could watch either. In fact, we couldn't watch anything that Art Carney was in. He don't know what he missed seeing Mr. Carney in HARRY AND TONTO. I'm now 75 years old and watch The Honeymooner every chance I get. Surprisingly so far no one has mentioned the film Jackie did with Steve McQueen called SOLDIER IN THE RAIN. It's not a great film, but it has it's funny moments and you see future stars like Tom Posten, Adam West, Ed Nelson & Tuesday Weld in their beginnings or close to it.
I'm glad I didn't know all this when I enjoyed watching The Honeymooners.
He truly was A GREAT ONE.
Little known fun fact about Jackie Gleason: he was considered for the role of Popeye Doyle in The French Connection.
His music though … the big band sound - just listen to “But not for me”- beautiful and glamorous- I’m aware he was characteristically challenged … but him on that trumpet!
You neglected to mention his last movie, Nothing in Common. I don’t think he lived to see in in theaters but it was a good dramatic movie
Oh pleez. Gleason literally drew the blueprint for the sitcom. He was the great one because he was the greatest person on TV at that time.
The Honeymooners was the peak of TV comedies!😂 Never equalled.
"Talk to the hand, Alice!" (IOWs, silence, woman!)
60-61 isn't "late middle age." It's essentially retirement age...and near the end of life.
He was brilliant in Smokey &The Bandit.
JACKIE WAS THE BEST.......GAVE ME COUNTLESS HOURS OF PLEASURE! THE DORSEY BAND AS 1956 SUMMER REPLACEMENT, SEALED THE DEAL!!
The cheap virtual signaling here is absolutely disgusting. Gleason was an alcoholic for his whole life. He was one of the most popular entertainers in the 50s and 60s.
According to art Carney he was never mistreated by Gleason. Gleason was not mean to the honeymoon's crew, He really didn't believe in rehearsal for artistic reasons. If it wasn't for Jackie Gleason art Carney and Audrey meadows would have never had the success that they did.
It's really inspiring to listen to all these people criticized Gleason, I have to guess they Lead perfect lives.
before the honeymooners, carney wasnt known for comedy
he was a stage actor that did a lot of tv plays....all serious
the honeymooners allowed him to showcase his comedic talent and greatly expanded his career
Laying with my head on my grandma's lap in my PJs watching The Honeymooners, The Jackie Gleason Show and Red Skelton. Some of my earliest memories. Either way, he was "The Great One".
i always wonder if he got the handy kitchen helper skit from i love lucy's vitameatavegamin comm'l. jackie played the opposite of lucy relaxed and buzzed by being uptight to the point of stage fright. they are both hilarious routines in their own right.
I am becoming concern about the current generation that is producing videos about people from a time before they were born are twisting facts in an effort to tear them down. The first issue I take is with stating that Gleason put his mother in her grave by carrying out her wish to lance the neck boil. That is an accusation of murder. So NO you cannot say that Gleason put his mother in her own grave. It was a accident due to the need to self medicate because they could not afford a doctor.
As for Jackie Gleason's beloved character, the name is KRAMDEN, not "Crumden." I've seen several interviews about THE HONEYMOONERS and never heard that Cue Cards were used. Gleason returned to CBS in 1962 with a successful run of THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW on Saturday nights. One of the favorite segments was "Joe the Bartender," which featured Frank Fontaine and Crazy Googenheim. Between THE HONEYMOONERS and THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW, he appeared in several movies including REQUIEM FOR A HEAVY WEIGHT, GIGOT, and THE HUSTLER, where he portrayed Minnesota Fats, the Pool Champion.
The change in trying to present one's self as a credible expert on things that one has not directly witnessed about things that happened before one was born is to do extensive research. There are a LOT of flaws in this, made worse by a lack of realization of how to edit video to support the narrative. There are a lot of these types of video on UA-cam that use random footage that confuses and misrepresents the person and the facts being presented. But most of all, none of this supports the premise in the title. This is just another form of Click Bait based on a fabrication designed to destroy the memory of a person of achievement. If anything, Gleason deserves admiration and sympathy for the way he came through life. I serious doubt that the producer of this piece could have survived what Gleason did and achieve what he did.
POW, straight to tha moon, Aaaallllicce !!!
One illustration of "The Great One's" phenomenal talent & self-confidence (not to mention staying power) was his open admission of having been a "male sex worker" early in life. What leverage that fact may have given him in later years is anyone's guess, but he did survive the Great Depression, several wars, McCarthyism, etc. Essentially a vaudevillian, he even survived how many (?) disastrous (to others) affairs & marriages to several outstanding actresses, dancers & showgirls, which even by today's body count standard still qualifies as no small feat. Goes to show God loves an Irishman... Great One, rest in peace --- you'll hear no argument from me.
AS far as TV sitcoms go there are only two that made me laugh so hard my stomach hurt. The Honeymooners and Seinfeld. One of the funniest is the episode where he inherits the old lady's Fortune. Other sitcoms on TV I watch and try to figure out what everybody is laughing at. His private life was his business and I couldn't care less. He was a great entertainer and entertainment is why I turn the TV on in the first place, news too. As to his movies, I never cared for the Bandit series but I thought he was outstanding in 'Requiem For A Heavyweight" with Mickey Rooney and Anthony Quinn at their best too.
This portrayal of Gleason is too harsh. It's like you're trying to do a hit piece. If Jackie Gleason exemplifies what you think is a really horrible person, you have not examined humanity worth a crap. We are all flawed, and there are many among us who are the truly awful people. But Jackie Gleason was someone who took what life gave him, and like an alchemist, he turned it into joy, laughter, and happy memories for millions for decades upon decades. Yes, he was indulgent, decadent, and excessive, but he wasn't selfish or vindictive. He kept on shining and making people laugh while all the supporting actors received awards around him while he never did. When he moved his show to Miami he chartered an entire train for all the actors, dancers, and crew that partied for days as it made its way to the new set. Yes, he was indulgent, but he was also indulgent in his generosity to those around him. I think he was just somewhat insecure, wanted to be loved, and was willing to give the world all it took to get it. There's a whole lot of people walking this planet who have done a lot worse for humanity than Jackie Gleason. So many in entertainment today are despicable people. So surprise, he was imperfect. I will still love him forever.
Thanks for making all this other clear, @brotherowl.
Prideful hatred just seems the 'in thing' these days.
I actually am coming to believe that very many derive
real pleasure from publicly asserting it.
If-so, then how tragic must be such existence.
You have no idea how much I'm struggling with essentially this very issue, in its numerous forms. Thanks for chiming in. It matters. True and loyal fans of Jackie Gleason will remember the Lost Episode where Gleason and Carney each took light-hearted and hilarious jabs at each other's characters, with Norton expressing to Ralph, "that Art Carney is the whole show," which shows that Gleason had no trouble laughing at himself and being a good sport.
@@brotherowl Thanks for the response to mine.
Gees! I've been that of J.G.'s since I first caught sight of him on DuMont, I think starting around 1952, maybe?
Of course Reginald van Gleason III ('Reggie' as he was known and beloved by the New York 400 ) was my fav right-off!
Gleason stated that, I believe, of all his characters, he was the one most like himself, or vice-versa, I forget which.
Since, I've studied Reginald Claypoooooole Vanderbilt (the model for the III one as eventuated) and he too was quite the character! Oh yeah!
I sure hope that someday ALL of whatever is left of the R.v.G. epic portrayals materialize. We've still MUCH to learn from him!!
(Such as: ONE kiss, and they're just cinders!)
O & O @brotherowl
-- James
@@jamesmiller4184If you have a presidential candidate and 70 million that live to hate this is what you get. Remember “hang Mike P” on j6. They even hate their own! Still they are the people claiming they follow the religion of love and forgiveness. 🤦♂️🤔
No mention of a funny movie with Bob Hope, titled Hope to Commit Marriage, making fun of 60s music scene, a must watch movie. Tina Louise also stars in it. Jackie Gleason was no worse than others in life, but he could make you laugh.
A close friend of mine had a great aunt that dated Jackie back in his early years in Brooklyn. He met Jackie and mentioned it to Jackie he fondly remembered his aunt and sent her flowers.
Wow! You saying Jackie was responsible for putting his mother in a grave! Not completely accurate & certainly unkind! 😠
And away we go.....
A comic genius and a bum. The people he wronged are all long dead, but his work still brings joy. I enjoyed his Saturday night show 60 years ago. Yeah, RIP Jack. Sad.
6:48 I've seen the clip where Jackie falls down on the stage after water was splashed. He hit hard and dragged himself offstage like a wounded soldier. Looked like he landed wrong on one side and broke his leg, more likely the hip from the look of the fall.
I read once when Jackie Gleason was in the military ,he was offered to see and was taken to a military base where he was shown corpses of gray alien type bodies laying on tables.
How could you possibly mispronounce Ralph KRAMM- DINN. Amazing
"Kromden" -- really? Get better technology or better creators.
Yeah absolutely amazing.
The show was about to be cancelled that's
why Gleason stopped the show. It had nothing
to do with running out of ideas.
Has anybody else heard the story that Jackie was very interested in aliens and flying saucers? Richard Nixon took Jackie to Wright-Patterson Air Base and showed Jackie alien crafts and alien bodies. Jackie had a house built that looked like a flying saucer because of that event.
Such bs
How do you know?@@lynnfisher3037
I definitely heard the story of Nixon and Gleason going to see the alien bodies-I thought they went to Florida though.
I will hear no slander of The Great One. To the moon, AI voice!!!
There were other comic personalities that didn't resert to threats of violence to get laughs on shows in the 50s, he would even drink on the show...
well why don't we just keep it secret then ?
"Krumden"
We all agree that Gleason was a comic genius however we only know what he allowed us to see. Idk why these videos are made to tarnish the memory of a person who cannot defend himself. 🙉🙈🙊
Hats off to all the Late Great Hollywood legends, they knew how to party!
Yeah that's something to admire someone for.
Actually Jackie Gleason was a top notch trumpeter and had his own orchestra for years but why didn’t this so called expert post not know this
If he couldn't pronounce Kramden then what else doesn't he get right?
❤Loved The Honeymooners 😂
Gleason is remembered fondly all these years later and probably well into the future. YOU not so much. The End.
Never did like him. He always reminded me of an abusive drunk.
@renae9365: News flash. Actors are real people too, not the ones that they portray.
It's kramden😂
Can't blame the man for drinking.
That show was so funny!!
I read that Jackie was Married and had some Daughters and at Christmas they would open their presents then on Christmas Day left them fir the rest of the day at the Bar.....
peterblack: And your point is exactly what? Maybe you think it was better if he just spent all of Christmas day at the bar instead of being there when his kids opened their presents or just bought himself a nice expensive bottle of scotch or whiskey abd drank at home?
You must have grown up in such a perfect world, not one based on reality!
@@skipperclinton1087 you are so right
Strange, no one said maybe his heavy drinking was probably due to the trauma earlier in the video. I hate to say it, but if he was a woman, that would have been the first response. No empathy or sympathy for men. Smh
I still got Love for him !!
YES!
And here that especially Craig, for his Reginald van Gleason III -- "madcap playboy and hands-down favorite of the New York 400."
It’s Kramden…..as in hat.
Bad AI. Actually, it's all bad.
I thought he was a creep back in the 50's when I was a child/ nasty man
I hated the honeymooners
Liked the Honey Mooners knew about drinking and smoking
Sorry ladies for those who think he was funny. I never liked him or the show. As a young male I could not watch him being loud and abusive to every one around him. years later, even in Smokey and the Bandit. Every women's shelter should be called The Jackie Gleason. I agree with Curlyblonde, 5 days ago.
I never saw The Honeymooners, but I remember watching The Jackie Gleason Show with my grandfather when I was 6 or 7. Poppy loved it. I didn't. I thought the people were mean to each other. A regular character on the show was Crazy Guggenheim - a person who was brain-damaged and had trouble speaking. This was supposed to be funny. Gleason also did bits from The Honeymooners, where he would yell and threaten to hit his wife. After seeing the show a few times, I would leave the room whenever it came on.
When I was 8 I went to see a movie I was interested in, and the 2nd feature was a film called Gigot. It starred Jackie Gleason as an impoverished Parisian deaf mute. It was supposed to be funny, but it wasn't. Gigot (Gleason's character) was abused and cheated by the local people, and the (drug-addicted?) prostitute mother of a little girl he befriended, took her away without a word of thanks for all the help he'd been to them. Gigot couldn't express himself - he could only cry. How is this even remotely funny? At the end of the film, something Gigot had done (or was blamed for) pissed off his enemies, who chased him down the street, shouting and brandishing weapons, while he ran for his life. The music was lighthearted and comical. This was just wrong. Everything about Jackie Gleason was wrong, as far as I'm concerned.
I agree
Well he always speaks highly of you.
Crazy Guggenheim wasn't brain damaged. He was a drunk. I saw some old B movie with Frank Fountaine who played Crazy doing the same character and it established he was a barfly. And he ended each appearance on the Gleason show singing beautifully so he couldn't have been brain damaged. He was like Jim Nabors ss Gomer Pyle, a dumb hayseed who sang in a baritone voice.
I never thought Gleason was funny. He was always threatening to hit his wife and talked shit about her. Nope, his character was a bully.
I agree. The show depressed me as a kid.
Hit piece bye
The A.I. narration is annoying.
Wow
Hoooow sweeeeeeet iiiiiiiiiit iiiiiiiiis !!!