Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Jackie Gleason was "must-see TV" ages before anyone coined the phrase. In 1952, ...

"The Classic 39" is oftentimes the way people refer to The Honeymooners, the 1955 to 1956 sitcom focusing on working-class Brooklyn bus driver Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason), his sharp-tongued wife ...

The honeymoon ain’t over. It’s been 70 years since the debut of “The Honeymooners” but fans of the iconic sitcom say it’s still ingrained in pop culture – and in the fabric of the Big Apple.

Click. The nine ball plops into the side pocket, the cue ball hits one cushion and stops near the center spot. Big as a water tower but light on his feet, with a diamond ring on a pudgy finger, the ...

On October 1, 1955, The Honeymooners premiered on CBS Television. The classic 39 episodes of that first and only season would achieve cult status and rerun for decades. The legendary sitcom, set in ...

Jackie Gleason relocated his CBS variety show to Miami Beach in 1964. Local officials valued Gleason's Miami Beach presence at $9M in annual publicity. The Miami Beach Auditorium, now The Fillmore, ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it.