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01:00:58 62 |
Sexy model Glea Girls Greta Randall & Darlene Enlow with sponsor's product: Windex
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01:01:33 97 |
Opening tap dance production number with June Taylor Dancers. Includes overhead kaleidoscope effect with dancers bodies & kickline
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01:03:51 235 |
Jackie Gleason opening monologue. Talks with Orchestra leader Sammy Spear who is wearing sparkly-trimmed tuxedo jacket.
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01:05:10 314 |
Glea girls Greta Randall, Darlene Enlow & Jan Crockett bring out chair & tables. Jackie Gleason intros each girl & talks with them.
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01:07:35 459 |
Jackie Gleason tells jokes, talks about predictable movie plots & shaggy dog stories.
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01:17:26 1050 |
Windex Glass Cleaner Commercial
Couple watching TV. Husband pitches product trying to be announcer. Cleans television set. Couple watching first couple say they can do a better job & go into pitch also. |
01:18:27 1111 |
Barbara Heller introduces series of newsreel comedy blackouts as "Christine Clam"
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01:19:06 1150 |
Jackie Gleason one of many convicts in jail wearing striped prison uniforms eating dinner. Passes note down the line & gets lighter shaped like gun. Sid Fields.
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01:20:47 1251 |
Barbara Heller as "Christine Clam"
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01:21:14 1278 |
Jackie Gleason as bowler in competition. Phil Bruns as announcer who keeps distracting bowler with his commentary.
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01:22:30 1354 |
Barbara Heller as "Christine Clam"
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01:22:53 1377 |
Sid Fields & Phil Bruns as bellboy porters at hotel where Jackie Gleason & Helen Curtis are newlyweds. Has trouble carrying fat woman over threshold.
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01:24:14 1458 |
Barbara Heller as "Christine Clam"
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01:24:30 1474 |
Chicken of the Sea Tuna Fish Commercial
Aerial over ocean, sparkling water. Woman swimming in water toward prime fillet of tuna on platter floating in water. CU fork breaking up tuna. Mermaid. |
01:25:00 1504 |
Purina Dog Chow Dog Food Commercial
Young boy wakes up, stretches as he gets out of tent. Greeted by pet dog. Hug dog. Camping. |
01:25:32 1536 |
Barbara Heller as "Christine Clam"
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01:25:53 1557 |
Jackie Gleason as mechanic working on car in garage. Comes out with electric push lawnmower.
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01:27:16 1640 |
Barbara Heller as "Christine Clam"
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01:27:32 1656 |
Jackie Gleason as rich man buys lemonade from little girl lemonade stand. Doesn't have cash only credit cards. Forced to wash dishes
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01:29:19 1763 |
Barbara Heller as "Christine Clam"
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01:29:46 1790 |
Jackie Gleason as book censor greets Phil Bruns in office. Starts reading book & ripping out its pages.
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01:31:53 1917 |
Endust Commercial
Hands wiping dust from table, pick up snow globe & shakes it to make swirling snow. Sprays aerosol can onto mop and dust rag. Mop cleans dust & dust bunnies under bed, rag wipes venetian blinds clean. |
01:32:23 1947 |
Drano Commercial
Zoom into clock in middle of night. Baby sleeping in crib with pacifier in mouth. Zoom down into sink drain. Putting spoonful of powder into sink drain. Clog in transparent U-bend drain pipe is cleared. |
01:33:12 1996 |
Sexy model Glea Girls Greta Randall & Darlene Enlow with sponsor's product: Endust
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01:34:25 2069 |
Sexy model Glea Girls Greta Randall & Darlene Enlow with sponsor's product: Drano & Mobil Gasoline
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01:34:38 2082 |
Mobil Gas Service Stations Commercial
Cu screwdriver tightening screw on hose under car hood. Gas station attendant talks to woman in convertible car as little boy gets out & walks around watching men do work: pumping gas into gas tank under license plate, putting water into radiator, checking oil, closing car hood. Little boy watches sale on gas pump, gets paper towel & wipes hands, hands credit card back to mother. |
01:35:39 2143 |
Jan Crockett intros comedian
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01:35:55 2159 |
Adam Keefe, stand-up comedian does impressions: Cowboy actors Walter Brennan, Robert Mitchum & Henry Fonda, Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Ed Sullivan, Richard Conte.
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01:43:52 2636 |
Philip Morris Filter Cigarettes Commercial
Young woman tries to get her dad to try new cigarettes with coconut shell charcoal. Older man with glasses in chair lights cigarette. "No Thanks" & "By Golly" title cards. |
01:44:32 2676 |
Paxton Menthol Cigarettes Commercial
With Charcoal filter. Model in hooded fur coat smokes cigarette & blows smoke at viewer. Snow falls on cigarette pack. |
01:44:53 2697 |
Jan Crockett intros sketch
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01:45:09 2713 |
Jackie Gleason as Joe The Bartender with Frank Fontaine as Crazy Guggenheim
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01:55:30 3334 |
Frank Fontaine - When Your Old Wedding Ring Was New
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01:57:36 3460 |
Glad Bags Sandwich Bag Commercial
Smiling wife peeks over newspaper as husband eats sandwich. Excited that sandwich stayed fresh in new sandwich bags with fold-lock top. Wraps up sandwich. Husband fights with food storage bag to test durability. Wrapping hunk of leftover roast in bag & put into refrigerator |
01:58:40 3524 |
Jackie Gleason says Good Night
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