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06:00:02 9.17 |
Show opening with Jackie Gleason theme song MELANCHOLY SERENADE " From MIAMI BEACH , the sun and fun capitol of the world
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06:00:27 34.17 |
Pretty Show girl models hold up sponsor products to camera PURINA DOG CHOW
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06:01:12 79.17 |
Fabulous June Taylor Dancers dance routine
Chorus line, ala Rockettes kick line, synchronized dance routine, |
06:03:16 203.17 |
Jackie Gleason comes out from behind curtain to thunderous applause "HOW SWEET IT IS" his famous saying. Introduces SAMMY SPEAr orchestra leader for show. Makes fun of his suit
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06:04:07 254.17 |
lovely models bring out chair and coffee and coffee table. Gleason makes politically incorrect comment about girls
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06:04:25 272.17 |
Gleason sips coffee and tells jokes as show opener. comments on the strong coffee.Hails Miami Beach. Miami Beach Snow Bird tourist jokes
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06:09:30 577.17 |
Gleason tells Fisherman joke about putting a worm on a hook for bait
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06:14:46 893.17 |
Jackie Gleason FIREMAN themed comedy skit
Fat woman ( Helen Curtis ) and Gigolo ( Phil Burns) have romantic dinner in apartment. Gleason as fireman breaks through door with axe |
06:20:12 1219.17 |
Fireman destroys apartment. Pulls phone chord which destroys wall paper and topples furniture over SLAP STICK
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06:21:40 1307.17 |
Group of Keystone cop style firemen come up into apartment running from room to room and finally climbing through the window. Fat lady jumps out of window and breaks through safety net
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06:26:09 1576.17 |
routine with firemen turns into a mini-musical song and dance routine
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06:26:17 1584.17 |
Jackie Gleason sings comic Irish fireman song
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06:29:31 1778.17 |
Jackie Gleason introduces singer DICK ROMAN who will sing two songs written by Jackie Gleason
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06:30:05 1812.17 |
Dick Roman
My Love All Are Wonderous Things
(live)
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06:33:41 2028.17 |
dick Roman
Upon My Lips A Song
(live)
a HYMN written by Jackie for KATE SMITH
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06:37:20 2247.17 |
Wizard of Oz like dancing SCARECROW in RICE CHEX cereal commercial . Checkerboard Scarecrow
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06:39:51 2398.17 |
pretty Show Girl Models hold up large packs of MARLBORO Cigarettes as sponsor announces products
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06:41:19 2486.17 |
Jackie introduces Vaudevillian GEORGE JESSEL
the "Ambassador Of Talent" . Jokes about finding talented acts in Omaha, Nebraska. Tells Omaha joke. Old Vaudeville jokes with Jewish accent |
06:45:04 2711.17 |
Judy vincentini
Love Is Where You Find It
(live)
Pretty young operatic style singer
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06:47:24 2851.17 |
classic Alka-Seltzer cold capsules commercial
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06:48:35 2922.17 |
Jackie Gleason's JOE THE BARTENDER routine (classic New York accent's in a Brooklyn Bar)
scene opens with the camera zooming into the swinging doors of an old fashioned bar room . |
06:50:00 3007.17 |
Frank Fontaine as CRAZY GUGGENHEIM ( Mentally Challenged character )
tells a string of jokes and sings |
06:54:11 3258.17 |
Frank Fontaine
since I Lost You
(live)
dressed as Crazy Guggenheim but sings in lovely baritone voice
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06:57:15 3442.17 |
Jackie Gleason, still dressed in Joe The Bartender costume, comes out from behind curtain and says goodnight to everybody. Show ends
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