1961 The Biggest Bomb on Television and Historically Famous After-Show - The Great One [RESTORED] 

YOU'RE IN THE PICTURE - Two complete episodes of television history - cleaned up with noise reduction....Taken from the Internet Archive, EP Steve Carlin's "You're In The Picture" featuring Jackie Gleason as host aired on January 20, 1961. And due to the abysmal reviews and this not being a Gleason production, Jackie demanded to return to CBS on January 27, 1961. You'll also note there are no end credits to this particular episode, although it opens like the last one, and only one sponsor remains - L&M (Liggett & Meyers) cigarettes - which he smokes many of during these episodes (to the stub, no less!)...
Though public domain and at the Paley Center for Media, a certain Estate will attempt to pull this if I dare name the famous comedian in the title.
But I can name the character Ralph Kramden, from the show "The Honeymooners" which this actor played.
This show came from CBS-TV Studio 50, also known as "The Ed Sullivan Theater", named after another person a certain Estate and Entertainment Company will pull videos about...
The first episode (the game show, "You're In The Picture" - - produced by none other than the producer of "The $64,000 Question/Challenge" where the answers were given before the show) is what it is - - a bomb.
The second episode (the talk show) is television history - and rarely seen as often in its entirety.
Careful TV fans will notice this show has a completely different 'production company', and is NOT entirely supervised by you know who.
The first thing evident is no Sammy Spear and his Orchestra (Norman Leyden and his Dixieland band take over - who would later move to Oregon to conduct the Oregon Symphonic Pops). Syd Zelinka, the long-time Gleason writer, probably took care of Jackie's 'crafted' quips, but doubt he had anything to do with the rest of the production...
I don't think Jackie ever spoke to Executive Producer Steve Carlin ("The $64,000 Question" quiz show) again - Carlin went to Europe to produce more game shows, then returned in the late 60s... Honeymooner fans might remember a certain quiz show Ralph Kramden appeared on :-)
Note Jackie took full music credit, however (Well, it IS "Melancholy Serenade')!!!! Don't know the name of his closing tune on the first episode...
Love how he admits he's 'sneaky' and has a way to get into things (like the music credits and the money that comes from it!).
NOTE: THIS VIDEO IS A RESTORED VERSION of a public domain kinescope, a copy of which is in the Paley Center for Media. This originated from the Internet Archive and is publically available and is presented here solely for HISTORICAL and EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY - AND IS NOT LICENSED FOR BROADCAST. All Rights Reserved to any true copyright holders, however, FAIR USE rules should be applied in this presentation of A RESTORED NEW RECORDING archive as there is NO MONETIZATION.
THE PROBLEM OF THE GAME: Needed simplicity. Strange obscurities (i.e."Beeftrust Girls") are one problem. Another, Jackie doesn't assist them. The smartass jokes are frustrating to viewers and guests. Each guest had no time to even get one question out like poor Arthur Treacher. Sure he had his 'act' on film, but he was just a regular guy here, and Jackie mocks him and wastes his time with his not funny "Ah-h-h-h thur" while Mr. Treacher gets frustrated. By the end of the show, I think all the guests said to themselves, "WTF just happened tonight?"