I'm trying to think of someone who could pull off something like this today. No one has the personality or the presence. What a masterful performer and storyteller.
I don't know where you live but it's not like that where I live......the world is not going to hell...it's always been that way for some people.....I'm 72!!! Study a little history.....and stay away from the "news"!!!! Always look on the bright side of life.... imagine whistling!!!!
There’s just a lot more of the same kinds of idiots now compared to then. And social media hi lights the idiots because others think they’re entertaining! Remember the population has maybe doubled.
No person that is extremely successful possesses humility. What he did possess in this case, however, was honesty. He was part of a crap show and he knew it. And it was genius for him to come on the next week and apologize for it. Humility had nothing to do with it.
He wasn't kidding about the game show format bombing. I've seen it. It was as bad as you could imagine. This saved his contract with CBS (he had a deal after he retired the Jackie Gleason Show for an hour each week). He tried a talk-show format before finally returning to the variety show with his "American Scene Magazine" show (basically the skits were based on "articles" in that "Magazine". Then when he moved to Miami Beach ("The Sun and Fun Capital of the World" per Johnny Olson), he revived the old "Jackie Gleason Show" name
This whole presentation was stunning. Gleason, his cigarettes, booze/coffee and just sitting there talking to us for a half hour about this ‘bomb’ with humility and joy that you could feel. I was entertained and touched by this.
One of the four contestant on the initial show was Johnny Carson. Johnny talks about it on his show when the one and only time he had Jackie Gleason on.
Brilliance. If you want to know the full story about this, there is a web series (I am not affiliated with) called "13 Week Theatre" that discusses the whole thing.
I love when people like yourself make a short sharp political toned quip that sounds good on the surface but actually is bullshit. First of all, as Jackie himself explains: Hollywood lacked humility at this time... but he didn't. That's why he literally said, "This show may be the first of it's kind and the last of it's kind." You ever watch Latterman? His entire act was owning one fuckup after another.
6:00 Crazy to see The Nighttime Price is Right's Dennis James doing a live commercial ad for Kellogg's! When I saw the thumbnail, I could tell that was him!
I remember hearing Paul Harvey pronounce it "proteein" well into the 80s and thinking it sounded so weird as he was the only one i heard by that time pronounce it that way.
Even when he was apologizing for one of the biggest bombs in television history, Gleason made it look so easy. CBS had told him there was no way he could go out and apologize -- they'd all look like idiots. They'd be ruined. They should have known better.
Unfortunately, the network- especially president Jeff "I KNOW what I'm doing!" Zucker- preferred Jay over Conan when it came to hosting "THE TONIGHT SHOW". When Zucker briefly moved Jay into prime-time with his own program, he screwed up big time, as the affiliates complained that Leno was dragging down their late local news' ratings by appearing *before* them at 10pm(et). And, sadly, Conan's ratings at 11:35 were not the same as Jay's. That's why Leno was restored to "TONIGHT", and O'Brien was shown the door.
This, and it's immediately preceding part: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cwrJsOZv32M.html ...comprises one of the best half hours of Television I have ever seen. This is very reminiscent (perhaps the actual genesis of) the seated monologue he used to do to open his "American Scene Magazine" variety show through the '60's. Imagine if CBS execs, having seen this (largely off-the-cuff) unprecedented apology for the previous week's stinkaroo, said, "Y'know... He has a sponsor, and he's great with the commercials, when they have to be done... Why don't we just give him a half hour a week to do this?" Just imagine...
So natural, it's genius. Can't learn this level of cool. I heard this referenced on Jackie Gleasons' only appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. So funny to see.
@@miyoshiumeki So interesting, I was at first like, what the hell is he trying to say? Do they still say it this way in England I wonder? Like Al- oom- minium. Love how that sounds....lol.
I remember hearing Paul Harvey pronounce it "proteein" well into the 80s and thinking it sounded so weird as he was the only one i heard by that time pronounce it that way.
HAHAHA!! This is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen! There will never be another Jackie Gleason (THE GREAT ONE). … it’s crazy, only a couple of days ago I saw the RU-vid of Jackie on Johnny Carson’s Show in 1985, and they talked and laughed about this: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hQ5Pwr_RQY8.html
51 years Aug 15, 1971) of deliberate currency devaluation via an illegal Central Bank and elitist banksters in the Federal Reserve banking cartel, will do that!
6:37 Protium? It sounds like he’s saying protium. That’s the name for the isotope of hydrogen that has one proton and no neutrons. Yes, I think there should be some hydrogen in my food.
. . . and back when you could understand what the actor was saying, and jokes were funny, not raunchy. and people were gracious and loved variety shows, not rap. and even adults who imbibed kept their dignity, but times and people change. Mr. Gleason, you're the greatest!
One was far better than the other! Take it from us Frosted Flakes kids back then! Cigarettes were responsible for more deaths via heart disease, cancer, lung disease, and emphysema then any single poison you can name!
@@freeguy77, do you remember how hungry you got midmorning after eating cereal for breakfast??? I remember that when I was a kid. Insulin spikes up high after eating the high sugar cereal, then in as little as two hours later your starving, since there’s nothing left, because what wasn’t initially needed by the body has been stored as fat. It also causes attention deficit disorder. Did you ever get type two diabetes? Are your eyes damaged from diabetes? Do you have high blood pressure? Are you obese? Do you have kidney damage by eating a high sugar diet? Do you have swelling in your extremities, especially your lower? Smoking causes the damage to show up sooner, that’s all.
@@freeguy77, breakfast means, breaking a fast, meaning your overnight fast. That means your stomach is empty. Is it wise to put sugar into an empty stomach? Of course not. There are basically three types of nutrient sources. They are fat, protein and carbohydrates. Fat and protein takes more work to digest, carbohydrates get digested almost immediately. Fats is broken down info fatty acids. Protein is broken down into amino acids. Carbohydrates are broken down into glucose (the natural form of sugar). It is best to eat fat plus protein first, then some simple carbs. Mixing carbs with the fat and protein in the stomach will slow it’s digestion, so insulin doesn’t shoot up fast. It instead climbs slowly over time and later descends slowly. This causes hunger to no come back for a long time. It causes the mind to stay alert. It doesn’t cause buildup of fat and it doesn’t cause the loss of muscle. Dump cereals. Skip breakfast and eat a hearty lunch with lots of fat and some protein. Keep carbs simple and not overwhelming. Also, think of fruit as a desert.
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