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Sexy model Glea Girls Greta Randall & Darlene Enlow with sponsor's products: Chex Cereals from Ralston Purina
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00:01:33 59.17 |
Opening tap dance production number with June Taylor Dancers. Includes overhead kaleidoscope effect with dancers bodies & kickline
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00:04:23 229.17 |
Jackie Gleason opening monologue. Talks with Orchestra leader Sammy Spear who is wearing gaudy sparkly-trimmed tuxedo jacket.
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00:05:18 284.17 |
Glea girls Greta Randall, Darlene Enlow & Jan Crockett bring out chair & tables as Jackie Gleason tells jokes & shaggy dog stories.
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00:12:59 745.17 |
Rice Chex Cereal Commercial
Teenage son comes to breakfast table with school textbook asking father about capillary action. Father demonstrates with cereal and milk. Pouring milk into bowl of cereal. |
00:14:03 809.17 |
Barbara Heller introduces series of newsreel comedy blackouts as "Christine Clam"
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00:14:34 840.17 |
Roger Ray, comedy xylophone player
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00:19:21 1127.17 |
Roger Ray does trick of throwing invisible ball into paper bag. Sammy Spear throws ball.
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00:20:17 1183.17 |
Barbara Heller as "Christine Clam"
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00:20:36 1202.17 |
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, table & edge of mirror. |
00:21:37 1263.17 |
Barbara Heller as "Christine Clam" intros Reggie Van Gleason III sketch
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00:22:12 1298.17 |
Jackie Gleason as Reginald Van Gleason III reciting poem "Seein' Things" by Eugene Field
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00:26:45 1571.17 |
Chicken of the Sea Tuna Fish Commercial
Mermaid woman surfaces with Trident shell. Shrimp & tuna salad displayed in large clam shells on rocks as mermaid blows conch shell. |
00:27:15 1601.17 |
Purina Dog Chow Dog Food Commercial
Young boy wakes up, stretches as he gets out of tent. Greeted by pet dog. Hug dog. Camping. |
00:28:04 1650.17 |
Sexy model Glea Girls Greta Randall & Darlene Enlow with sponsor's products: Purina Dog Chow
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00:29:19 1725.17 |
Sexy model Glea Girls Greta Randall & Darlene Enlow with sponsor's products: Galaxy Cigarettes. Giant package prop with pop-up cigarettes.
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00:29:33 1739.17 |
GALAXY CIGARETTE COMMERCIAL
CASTLE. RICH DUCHESS HAVING DINNER PARTY WITH RICH ELEGANTLY DRESSED PEOPLE. MAN LIGHTS HER CIGARETTE WITH LIGHTER. ECU LIGHTING END OF CIGARETTE. WITH DIVIDEND COUPONS. ALSO ALPINE MENTHOL CIGARETTES |
00:30:37 1803.17 |
Jan Crockett intros comedy
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00:30:52 1818.17 |
Timmie Rogers
Volare
(live)
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00:31:31 1857.17 |
Timmie Rogers, black stand-up comedian
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00:39:26 2332.17 |
Timmie Rogers
Oh Yeah
(live)
(Sammy Spear yells "Oh Yeah!")
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00:41:47 2473.17 |
Cue Toothpaste Commercial
Zoom out from home movie projector as mother "Mary Carol" shows home movies of her younger self blowing out candles on birthday cake to her young children. Mother with children in bathroom brushing their teeth. |
00:42:50 2536.17 |
Jan Crockett intros sketch
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00:43:11 2557.17 |
Jackie Gleason as Joe The Bartender with Frank Fontaine as Crazy Guggenheim
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00:55:01 3267.17 |
Frank Fontaine
I'll Be Seeing You
(live)
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00:57:37 3423.17 |
Marlboro Cigarettes Commercial
Cowboy riding on horse in rain storm. Lightning strikes in sky. CU horse hooves on muddy ground. Meets up with cowboy friend under lean-to shelter. Drinking coffee & smoking by fire under tarp. Lights match on rocks of fire. |
00:58:17 3463.17 |
Clark's Cinnamint Gum Commercial
Wacky guy dances. Old lady does cartwheels & jumps around gleefully. |
00:58:40 3486.17 |
Jackie Gleason says Good Night
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