JACKIE GLEASON AND HIS AMERICAN SCENE MAGAZINE (TV)

Summary

One in this comedy/variety series starring Jackie Gleason, with topical humor that satirizes current events. A dance number by the June Taylor Dancers opens the program. Following Gleason's monologue, Barbara Heller as Christine Clam intorduces several sketches. Characters portrayed by Gleason include Rum Dum, the Poor Soul, Reginald van Gleason III, and Joe the Bartender. Rum Dum tries to install an air conditioner; the Poor Soul tries to impress his large girlfriend at an arcade; Reginald van Gleason III does a high-wire act following a short dance by the June Taylor Dancers; and Joe the Bartender tells jokes and is joined by Crazy Guggenheim (Frank Fontaine), who sings. Included are appearances by the "Glea-Girls." Includes commercials.

Details

• NETWORK: CBS
• DATE: September 26, 1964 7:30 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:58:10
• COLOR/B&W: B&W
• CATALOG ID: T88:0043
• GENRE: Comedy/Variety
• SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy/Variety; Dance
• SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1962-1966
• COMMERCIALS:
  • TV - Commercials - Burma Shave
  • TV - Commercials - Drano drain cleaner
  • TV - Commercials - Klear Floor Wax (Johnson's Wax)
  • TV - Commercials - Parliament cigarettes
  • TV - Commercials - Personna razor blades
  • TV - Commercials - Philip Morris cigarettes
  • TV - Commercials - Ralston-Purina
  • TV - Commercials - U.S. Savings Bonds
  • TV - Commercials - Wheat, Rice, and Corn Chex cereals

CREDITS

• Jack Philbin … Executive Producer
• Ronald Wayne … Producer
• Frank Bunetta … Director
• Marvin Marx … Writer
• Walter Stone … Writer
• Sid Kuller … Writer
• James Shelton … Writer
• Sidney Reznick … Writer
• Hank Ladd … Writer
• Snag Werris … Writer
• Lucian Kaminsky … Writer
• Dennis Marks … Writer
• Jack Winter … Writer
• Sammy Spear … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Director
• Russ Case … Music (Misc. Credits), Orchestrations
• Leo Talent … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Coordinator
• Johnny Olsen … Announcer
• June Taylor Dancers, The … Dance Company
• Jackie Gleason … Host
• Frank Fontaine … Cast
• Barbara Heller … Cast
• Phillip Bruns … Cast
• Jan Crockett … Cast
• Helen Curtis … Cast
• Pat Dahl … Cast
• Darlene Enlow … Cast
• Greta Randall … Cast
• Jim Backus … Talent