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Behind-the-scenes filming television show: stage with television camera and clapboard operator
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00:01:45 105 |
Sexy model Glea Girls Greta Randall & Lanita Kent with sponsors products: Parliament Cigarettes
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00:02:20 140 |
Opening tap dance production number with June Taylor Dancers. Includes overhead kaleidoscope effect with dancers bodies & kickline
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00:04:40 280 |
Jackie Gleason opening monologue. Intros Orchestra leader Sammy Spear wearing gaudy paisley tuxedo jacket.
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00:05:40 340 |
Glea girls Greta Randall, Jan Crockett & Lanita Kent bring out chair & tables as Jackie Gleason tells jokes & shaggy dog stories.
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00:16:30 990 |
Parliament Cigarette Commercial
Guys playing tennis at country club. Athletes smoking. Recessed filter. Jingle "Right Place, Right Time". Female tennis player smoking at table. |
00:17:01 1021 |
Personna Stainless Steel Razor Blades Commercial
Man in bathroom shaving talks about how he loves injector razors while putting on shaving cream. Talks about the cleft in his chin. |
00:17:33 1053 |
Jackie Gleason talks with George Jessel, Talent Scout Ambassador
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00:22:34 1354 |
Alka Seltzer Commercial
Sick man with round glasses with thermometer in his mouth and scarf around his head. Questions taking Alka Seltzer for cold. Woman's hand drops tablet into glass of water. |
00:23:36 1416 |
Jackie Gleason and George Jessel intros New Discovery singer
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00:23:57 1437 |
Diane Wisdom
Gypsy In My Soul
(live)
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00:25:23 1523 |
Diane Wisdom
Poor Butterfly
(live)
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00:28:55 1735 |
Marlboro Cigarette Commercial
Rancher in pick-up truck rounding up horses. Brings out sack of food and feeds horses on plains. |
00:29:56 1796 |
June Taylor dancers dancing with long skirts intercut with sexy model Glea Girls Greta Randall & Lanita Kent with sponsor's product: Marlboro Cigarettes & Jackie Gleason plugging upcoming Birthday sketch.
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00:31:18 1878 |
June Taylor dancers dancing with long skirts intercut with sexy model Glea Girls Greta Randall & Lanita Kent with sponsor's product: Purina Dog Chow & Jackie Gleason plugging upcoming Birthday sketch.
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00:31:58 1918 |
Purina Dog Chow Commercial
Conductor takes stand as orchestra tunes up and then plays. Audience of dogs. Usher feeds dogs in balcony box. Jingle. "Intermission" sign lights up above doors. Dogs come rushing out into lobby to be feed dog food. |
00:33:00 1980 |
Jan Crockett intros sketch
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00:33:20 2000 |
Jackie Gleason as man preparing his apartment for intimate birthday party: cleaning, making refreshments. Phil Bruns delivers telegraph.
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00:47:35 2855 |
Norelco Razors Commercial
Holiday Christmas commercial with stop-motion Santa Clause sledding down hill on razor. Speedshaver, cordless shaver, Flip-top shaver and Lady's Beauty Sache (looks like vibrator/dildo). |
00:48:39 2919 |
Jan Crockett intros sketch
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00:48:59 2939 |
Jackie Gleason as Joe The Bartender with Frank Fontaine as Crazy Guggenheim
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00:55:06 3306 |
Frank Fontaine
Miss You
(live)
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00:57:20 3440 |
Chex Cereal Commercial
Animated Id Character "Cereal Sogger", special drop of milk that makes cereal soggy. Unhappy that Chex cereal stays crisp |
00:57:49 3469 |
Purina Cat Dinners Commercial
Old lady presenting new cat food at Woman's Club meeting. Old ladies in sitting petting cats on their laps. Pours cat food into bowl from box and then adds water and mixes. Tiny kitten eating food. Dairy Dinner, Seanip Dinner, Gravy Dinner. Cats go crazy running across floor. |
00:58:26 3506 |
Jackie Gleason comes out and says Good Night
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