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Trivia for The Honeymooners

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Trivia for “The Honeymooners” (1955) Filmed at CBS’ Studio 50 in New York, later used for “Toast of the Town” (1948), now known as “The Ed Sullivan Theater.” Pert Kelton, the original Alice, left while the sketch was still part of “The Jackie Gleason Show” (1952) due to...
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Smokey and The Bandit

Smokey and The Bandit (1977) starring Burt Reynolds, Sally Fields, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed One of the all-time big box-office hits, Smokey and the Bandit stars Burt Reynolds and Jackie Gleason in an outrageous comedy that boosts full-throttle laughs and high-velocity thrills. Reynolds is the Bandit, a king-of-the-road...
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Call me irresponsible [song lyrics]

Song lyrics to Call me irresponsible, Music by Jimmy Van Heusen, Lyrics by Sammy Cahn, Sung by Jackie Gleason in Papa’s Delicate Condition Call me irresponsibleCall me unreliableThrow in undependable, too
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All Through the Night [Humphrey Bogart]

All Through the Night (1942) starring Humphrey Bogart, Conrad Veidt, Peter Lorre Synopsis In All Through the Night, Humphrey Bogart plays a New Yorker with underworld connections who battle Nazi saboteurs planning to sink a battleship.
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Jackie Gleason: Genius at Work

Editorial Review of Jackie Gleason: Genius at Work, courtesy of Amazon.com Jackie Gleason knew that to produce his top-rated weekly CBS variety show he needed more than just witty monologues, innovative June Taylor choreography and big name guests. He personally had to garner the respect of his national audience,...
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The Honeymooners episode guide

The Honeymooners episode guide
The Honeymooners episode guide The Honeymooners episode guide – A guide to the classic 39 episodes of The Honeymooners, starring Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, Joyce Randolph
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Soldier in the Rain [Jackie Gleason]

Soldier in the Rain (1963) starring Jackie Gleason, Steve McQueen, Tuesday Weld Review of Soldier in the Rain Soldier in the Rain is a great many things.  It’s a “buddy” film, as Jackie Gleason‘s character take under his wing the young man played by Steve McQueen.  It’s a story of the...
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Nothing in Common

Editorial Review of Nothing in Common, starring Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, courtesy of Amazon.com  Tom Hanks wanted to prove his dramatic talent in the mid-1980s, and Nothing in Common gave him a ripe opportunity. Playing an emotionally immature Chicago advertising executive, Hanks offers a prototype of his later, better role in Big—the joking...
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Orchestra Wives

Editorial Review of  Orchestra Wives, courtesy of Amazon.com “It’s Hep! It’s Hot! It’s Hilarious!” reads the tagline for  Orchestra Wives, a frothy slice of celluloid made in 1942 and featuring the great  Glenn Miller Band. And that tagline is, well, sort of true. As is often the case...
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Papa’s Delicate Condition

Papa’s Delicate Condition (1963) starring Jackie Gleason, Glynis Johns, Charles Ruggles, Linda Bruhl In Papa’s Delicate Condition, t the turn of the century in a small Texas town an amiable family man gets in a scrape when he drinks too much.
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