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01:01:37 62 |
Sexy model Glea Girls Greta Randall & Darlene Enlow with sponsor's product: Drano and 6-12 Insect Repellent.
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01:02:15 100 |
Opening tap dance production number with June Taylor Dancers. Includes overhead kaleidoscope effect with dancers bodies & kickline
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01:04:35 240 |
Jackie Gleason opening monologue. Talks with Orchestra leader Sammy Spear who is wearing shiny, gaudy tuxedo jacket.
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01:05:19 284 |
Jackie intros announcer Johnny Olson.
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01:06:35 360 |
Jackie Gleason dances the old soft shoe.
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01:07:36 421 |
Glea girls Greta Randall, Darlene Enlow & Jan Crockett bring out chair & tables. Jackie Gleason talks about newspaper stories & headlines.
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01:15:36 901 |
Greta Randall brings out another chair.
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01:15:50 915 |
Henny Youngman comes out & talks with Jackie Gleason.
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01:19:47 1152 |
Eveready Transistor Battery Commercial
Little girl sitting on floor reading book next to portable radio. 9 volt battery. Romantic couple on picnic blanket in park turn on transistor radio. "Perk up your portable". |
01:20:16 1181 |
6-12 Brand Insect Repellent Commercial
Putting mosquito netting over baby in baby carriage. Spraying little girl with bug spray. Animated "instant mosquito net". Man fishing in rowboat puts on bug spray. |
01:20:48 1213 |
Barbara Heller introduces series of newsreel comedy blackouts as "Christine Clam"
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01:21:23 1248 |
Jackie Gleason as husband that gets excited about new baby when he sees baby booties on table. Pampers wife Helen Curtis.
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01:23:09 1354 |
Barbara Heller as "Christine Clam"
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01:23:30 1375 |
Phil Bruns as race horse official weighing jockeys. Jackie Gleason as horse jockey riding elephant.
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01:25:02 1467 |
Barbara Heller as "Christine Clam"
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01:25:19 1484 |
Philip Morris Cigarette Commercial
Man getting his hair cut at barber who recommends filter cigarette. Wide-Eyed look of surprise. |
01:25:59 1524 |
Paxton Menthol Cigarettes Commercial
Pack of cigarettes in snow globe. Woman in sweater sits on window sill & smokes cigarette. Winter, snowing outside. |
01:26:21 1546 |
Barbara Heller as "Christine Clam" intros Reggie Van Gleason III sketch
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01:26:52 1577 |
Jackie Gleason as Reginald Van Gleason III reciting the soliloquy from Shakespeare's "Hamlet"
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01:31:04 1829 |
Mobile Gasoline Commercial
"Results: America's Toughest Test of Gasoline". Starting line of Mobile Economy Run from Los Angeles. Cars leave & enter highway directed by cops. Car travels on highways & roads across America. Finish line in Times Square in New York City by Hotel Astor. Gas Station attendant takes pump out of gas tank behind license plate on car. |
01:32:23 1908 |
Glea Girls Greta Randall & Darlene Enlow with sponsors products: Mobil Gasoline & Philip Morris cigarettes.
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01:33:39 1984 |
Glea Girls Greta Randall & Darlene Enlow with sponsors products: Oven-Gard
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01:33:53 1998 |
Oven-Gard Commercial
CU water flowing from kitchen sink. Hand squeezes soapy water from sponge. CU housewife's hand cleans dirty stove & oven burner top. Spraying aerosol can into clean oven. |
01:34:55 2060 |
Jan Crockett intros comedian
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01:35:17 2082 |
Bobby Sargent, stand-up comedy
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01:43:39 2584 |
Purina Dog Chow Dog Food Commercial
Boy with his collie Lassie-like dog pet. Walking on fence, finding turtle in pond, sitting by lake, hugs dog. Feeds dog food in kitchen. Boy & dog walk off into sunset. Jingle. |
01:44:42 2647 |
Jan Crockett intros sketch
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01:44:57 2662 |
Jackie Gleason as Joe The Bartender with Frank Fontaine as Crazy Guggenheim
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01:56:03 3328 |
Frank Fontaine - Little Man You've Had A Busy Day
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01:58:36 3481 |
Windex Glass Cleaner Commercial
Stop-motion animation creature representing Ammonia looks like Tribble; hairy ball with eyes. Spraying aerosol can on window & wiping clean. Microscopic dirt being washed away. |
01:59:07 3512 |
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. |
01:59:41 3546 |
Jackie Gleason says Good Night
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