THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW ( 1973 post-series special )

In 1973, three years after Jackie's weekly series was cancelled, he and CBS struck a deal with General Electric to sponsor this hour-long special -- again with the generic name "The Jackie Gleason Show". The plusses: * The 1960s cast Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Sheila MacRae, and Jane Kean all came back to play The Honeymooners again. * Because it was the 70s, the writers could take on more controversial subjects for joke material including women's rights (mostly), drugs, and even birth control. * No musical numbers! Well, not in this 24 minute sketch anyway... It wouldn't be until a few years later when they did 3 more specials, bringing Audrey Meadows back to replace the Alice Kramden (Sheila) who previously replaced her! The minuses: The other non-Honeymooners material was edited out of this special. Whatever it was surely included Gleason's monolog, The June Taylor Dancers, and most likely a sketch with actor Gary Merrill (whose name appears in the opening credits). The end credits reveal there was a bit called "Back in the Twenties and Thirties".

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ynkswinnn1 (2011-04-20)

Great show thanks

belong2mick (2014-08-26)

GREAT SHOW
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