Jackie Gleason


The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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Julie Andrews

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Julie Andrews on working with Jackie Gleason on a variety special
00:52

Lucie Arnaz

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Lucie Arnaz on various Here's Lucy guest stars
03:09

Ted Bergmann

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Ted Bergmann on Jack Carter leaving Cavalcade of Stars and replacing him with Jackie Gleason
05:59
Ted Bergmann on selling the Electronicam System to Jackie Gleason
05:36

Vince Calandra

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Vince Calandra on Jackie Gleason co-hosting The Mike Douglas Show
00:24

Steve Carlin

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Steve Carlin on creating Jackie Gleason's infamous You're in the Picture  game show
11:38

Ron Clark

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Ron Clark on writing for The Jackie Gleason Show
05:43

Jack Riley with Emerson College

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Jack Riley on comedy becoming more blue since he started, and on the comedic actor honing his craft, and on what he finds funny, including Jonathan Winters and Jackie Gleason
06:05

Shelley Berman with Emerson College

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Shelley Berman on the actor-comedians he most admires including Jackie Gleason and Robin Williams
07:22

Chuck McCann with Emerson College

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Chuck McCann on his imitations of Oliver Hardy and Jackie Gleason
02:39

Fred de Cordova

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Fred de Cordova on discovering Jackie Gleason 
02:13
Fred de Cordova on Jackie Gleason
00:40

Michael Dann

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Michael Dann on Jackie Gleason
00:39

Sam Denoff

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Sam Denoff on Dick Van Dyke, Jackie Gleason and Sid Caesar as straight men
01:42

Hector Elizondo

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Hector Elizondo on appearing on The Jackie Gleason Show
02:59

Brad Garrett

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Brad Garrett on playing Jackie Gleason in the TV movie Gleason
05:47

Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr.

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Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr. on the use of DuMont Laboratories' Electronicam to film The Honeymooners
03:48

Hal Gurnee

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Hal Gurnee on working on Jackie Gleason's Cavalcade of Stars
02:27

Robert Halmi, Sr.

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Robert Halmi, Sr. on producing the TV movie Izzy & Moe and reuniting Art Carney and Jackie Gleason after they refused to work together for years
01:49

Florence Henderson

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Florence Henderson on appearing on The Jackie Gleason Show
01:27

Rocky Kalish

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Rocky and Irma Kalish on getting hired by Jackie Gleason then let go after Jackie found out a woman was to be in the writer's room
01:03

Irma Kalish

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Rocky and Irma Kalish on getting hired by Jackie Gleason then let go after Jackie found out a woman was to be in the writer's room
01:04

Larry King

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Larry King on his relationship with Jackie Gleason
10:50

Art Linkletter

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Art Linkletter on Jackie Gleason and Merv Griffin
02:11

Barry Livingston

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Barry Livingston on working with Jackie Gleason while filming "Papa's Delicate Condition"
00:29

Martin Manulis

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Martin Manulis on producing the Best of Broadway episode "The Show-Off," starring Jackie Gleason and Thelma Ritter
02:06

Bob Markell

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Bob Markell on working with Jackie Gleason during a summer stock theater performance
01:11

Leslie H. Martinson

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Leslie H. Martinson on almost directing The Honeymooners
05:34

Robert Mott

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Robert Mott on working on The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason
03:36

Hugh O'Brian

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Hugh O'Brian on appearing on The Jackie Gleason Show
05:08

Charlotte Rae

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Charlotte Rae on working with Milton Berle on The Jackie Gleason Show
01:44

Joyce Randolph

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Joyce Randolph on working on The Honeymooners
10:21
Joyce Randolph on The Jackie Gleason Show  and The Honeymooners
22:50
Joyce Randolph on later incarnations of The Honeymooners
01:31
Joyce Randolph on a promotional photo for The Honeymooners
03:15
Joyce Randolph on photos from a Jackie Gleason party, and on stage
02:09

Morley Safer

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Morley Safer on comparing interviewing Katharine Hepburn and Jackie Gleason for 60 Minutes
02:40

Garry Simpson

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Garry Simpson on working with Jackie Gleason
06:20

Leonard Stern

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Leonard Stern on how he came to write for the Jackie Gleason Show ; naming his fee and Gleason's reaction
01:33
On starting to work on the Jackie Gleason Show ; how he wanted it to be different from the Honeymooners ; visiting Gleason at Doctor's hospital; how Gleason worked
05:10
Leonard Stern on Jackie Gleason, who memorized his lines, making a mistake on a commercial for Schick; he never received an Emmy nomination
02:04
Leonard Stern on Jackie Gleason; his personality; his friendship with Stern
Leonard Stern on Jackie Gleason's talents as a comic actor; reacting to lines
Leonard Stern on some of Jackie Gleason's characters; Joe the Bartender
Leonard Stern on Gleason's famous fainting spells; his technique; jokes about his weight
Leonard Stern on the fact Jackie Gleason was never nominated for an Emmy award

William Tankersley

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William Tankersley on Jackie Gleason
00:56

June Taylor

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June Taylor on expanding the number of June Taylor Dancers when they appeared on The Jackie Gleason Show, and on working with Jackie Gleason
03:04
June Taylor on meeting Jackie Gleason
02:41
June Taylor on Jackie Gleason hosting Cavalcade of Stars, and on Gleason's strengths as a comedian
08:03
June Taylor on Jackie Gleason doing the first "Honeymooners" sketches on Cavalcade of Stars
01:12
June Taylor on the June Taylor Dancers going to The Jackie Gleason Show on CBS
05:33
June Taylor on Jackie Gleason writing music for the June Taylor Dancers on The Jackie Gleason Show
03:55
June Taylor on the challenges of choreographing a ballet with several dancers on The Jackie Gleason Show, and on the Jackie Gleason composed ballet "Rhapsody"
02:09
June Taylor on choreographing the Jackie Gleason composed ballet "Tawny" on The Jackie Gleason Show
03:57
June Taylor on her choreography of Gleason's original ballet "Tawny" on The Jackie Gleason Show
10:05
June Taylor on choreographing "the fire number" on The Jackie Gleason Show
07:02
June Taylor on the rehearsal process of The Jackie Gleason Show  and Gleason's aversion to rehearsing 
04:01
June Taylor on choreographing Jackie Gleason's American Scene Magazine, and on clashing with Gleason over the style of dance he wanted on the show
07:59
June Taylor on Jackie Gleason moving American Scene Magazine and his subsequent shows to Florida
02:28
June Taylor on the legacy of Jackie Gleason
00:57

Saul Turteltaub

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Saul Turteltaub on writing for Jackie Gleason
03:51

Ruth Warrick

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Ruth Warrick on various people she's worked with in her career - Jackie Gleason
11:25

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