Talk:The Jackie Gleason Show

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This page refers to a major character in television history. His show that lasted and and off for over 20 years was very influential and memorable; we need to get some people together and maybe even form a Jackie Gleason project. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.195.147.144 (talk) 00:08, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

This article is terrible. It correctly mentions that Jackie Gleason had a show until about 1970, but any discussion ends at 1961, even though the bulk of his work (although not the most memory) is after that date.

Jackie Gleason was probably one of the most influential TV entertain of the 50's and early 60's, and when you read this article you get a feeling that this is some bumpkin who did a few variety shows.

Finally, the worst sin is that this article implies that "The Honeymooners" was "The Jackie Gleason Show". It wasn't.

While I appreciate that someone has written some interesting stuff, surely you can't claim what's written here is about "The Jackie Gleason Show".

Yikes! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.73.25.197 (talk) 12:00, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

His orchestra
This article should have had something on Gleason's 27-piece orchestra which provided background music for the TV show. I have distinct recollections of a rag that the orchestra played during Gleason's pantomines. If I could just hear it again, I'm sure I could write an arrangement of it for solo piano (I have so far composed six piano rags). Musicwriter (talk) 02:24, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

The 10-minute ad lib
One of the Jackie Gleason shows (likely the original) is noted for an occasion in which a malfunction involving a set resulted in Gleason having to ad lib for something like 10 minutes (during which he uttered his famous line "I wouldn't wish this spot on a leopard!") The clip is widely available on YouTube and other places and the incident is worth noting as an example of the risks of live TV. Most press goes to Gleason's apology for You're in the Picture, but this earlier incident illustrates his skill at live TV. 68.146.70.124 (talk) 15:29, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

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Was it a "speedboat"?
The article says, "The shows began with the television camera in front of a boat speeding toward the shore of Miami Beach, ..." The way I remember that bit, it couldn't have been a speedboat. I seem to remember that, to a building orchestra riff, the camera would speed over the water, yes, towards Miami Beach. But then as the camera approached the beach, it would suddenly fly up to show the high rises from above. The riff would end with a cymbal or gong crash or something, and then launch right into Melancholy Serenade. If I'm remembering it more or less right (at least as far as the camera rising from near water level to an aerial view), I'd have to guess it was a seaplane, not a speedboat. Uporządnicki (talk) 15:19, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Part of the opening is visible in this Youtube video advertising a DVD release of the show. It looks like the view from a plane taking off from the water, but it could also have been a trick of zooming and editing. Also assumes there wasn't more than one opening filmed. If the show is on DVD someone out there might be able to verify (I looked and at the moment there are no episodes of the show on YT with the opening credits). 23skidoo (talk) 22:04, 8 February 2022 (UTC)