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, ...
Show opens with Jimmy Dorsey and his Orchestra playing two numbers including "Struttin' with Some Barbecue". Next up is a Reggie Van Gleason sketch about a wrestling match. Art Carney is the wrestling ...
I remember tuning in to The Red Skelton Show on Thursday evenings. At the beginning, Red stood sheepishly on stage alone, smiling and waving to the audience. He then performed a monologue, using one ...
Known affectionately as "The Great One" Jackie Gleason was a legendary actor, comedian, writer, and composer. Gleason was known for his brash and visual comedy, and the character that typified his ...
"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 ...
You may know Jackie Gleason just from the name of a Miami Beach theater. He was much more than that. Gleason brought his TV show to the city from New York in the 1960s and he retired to Inverrary in ...