Jackie Gleason: The Great One TV Documentary 1988 

Jackie Gleason was and will always be "The Great One" Truly one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century and may I add of all time.

John Candy and Jackie Gleason, two comedy greats.

Love the way Alice always stood her ground and stood up to him.

This was great! Even got a kick out of the old commercials!

I had never seen this!... As great as Jackie truly was....what a treat to see John Candy here!

From the early 50s through the late 60s, Jackie recorded a series of well-received albums of easy-listening music for Capitol Records.

The whole family laughs at me when we watch these episodes because I recite the dialog with the characters....good fun....

They don't make Em like Jackie anymore! How great He was!

I remember watching this when it aired and I’ve never forgotten it. Thank you for posting. How sweet it is!

Old commercials notwithstanding! Always love Jackie Gleason in all his work. What a classic.

I enjoy watching him dance. Very talented.

I got to meet Jackie Gleason when I was a child when he lived in south Florida. My father was a professional musician and was playing in a fancy high-end club in Palm Beach in a group of strolling violins. I got to tag along with my mother sometimes to go watch my father play in various gigs over the years. This night in particular, Jackie Gleason came to party in the club - he came in with an entourage of about 20 other people. The Maitre'D came to the table where my mother and I were sitting with a paper and pen and asked me if I wanted to get Jackie's autograph, so I said "okay." I was probably about eight or ten years old and the only kid in the club ... I was a tiny little girl wearing my dotted-swiss easter dress. I walked up to Jackie and said, "Mr. Gleason?" a few times but he didn't hear me so I finally tugged on his pants leg (!) and got his attention. He looked down and saw me and said, "Why, it's a little girl!" He picked me up and sat me on his lap and I told him how much I liked his TV show. He bought me a Shirley Temple kid's soda cocktail and was so sweet and nice to me. He asked me what I was doing in a night club and I told him my father was one of the strolling violins as I pointed at my father. Jackie gave each one of them a big tip and gave me his autograph. I'm in my 70's now but I remember that experience like it was yesterday - Jackie was very, very nice to me and I'll never forget him!

Thank you for this. I used to record everything onto VHS tapes. Now 35 years later, I am the only that has posted some of them to You Tube !!!

It is so hard to find ANY footage of Gleason's American Scene program from the mid-to-late '60s. We watched it religiously every Saturday night, and I cannot find ANY of it on RU-vid. I want to see Crazy Guggenheim, The Poor Soul, the June Taylor Dancers. . ., and AWAAAAAAAY we GO!!!

I just rewatched his "apology" for that awful game show he did back in '61. He was a completely different guy when he was being serious, and I could listen to Gleason talk for hours.

My mother worked at the country club where she would serve his breakfast. They'd talk of Brooklyn where they were both born. He had a house on the first tee and played golf every day.

I miss John Candy. Great documentary about Jackie Gleason btw.

Great video..the greatest..

Loved the ad for Dexatrim: "Contains no caffeine!"

I taped all Jackie Gleason around this time.I even taped a half hour of things on Showtime there were a bunch of them called.... Gleason, He's The Greatest !!. It had bloopers and mostly all stuff from his Calvacade Of Stars Variety.

Cammercials @ 27:18 46:19 1:04:20 1:20:48 1:36:28 1:54:27 Not to take away from a legend. But this T.V. Special does include commercials of the day. They always invoke a emotional response to our past.

Jackie, How sweet it is!

If John Candy were still alive he would’ve been great doing a biopic of Jackie Gleason just like how before Chris Farley died he was planning on doing a biopic about the silent era actor Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle

PS: the song Joe the Bartender finishes with is "My Gal Sal."

The scene where Jackie is auditioning before Julie Andrews' character for a bit part is, Lee Strasberg was correct, unforgettable, phenomenal. Play it a few times and see if you agree.

I don’t know why the poster used that pic as the cover photo - it’s not even Jackie

9:06 Jackie is svelte!

1:41:56 Vaguely similar to Chris Farley's later bit in Tommy Boy.

I wonder if he developed a bit of a swollen ego when he did the show

Commercials!!!! really??!!!

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