These guys and their entertainment....what jewels. Oh how I miss those wonderful days in America.
@44032
3 ай бұрын
Now a days people would complain that they were slandering the retarded and this would get 'cancelled'.
@sallyrutledge4726
3 ай бұрын
But with our computers... we can all go back in time ! At 76, I love it !
@charlesblaicher7589
3 ай бұрын
This brings back a ton of memories. Thanks and away we go! 😂
@rosemarykarl8711
3 ай бұрын
Loved this❤😂So many memories watching the JG show on tv, and hearing my dad laughing and wiping his laughter tears.🥹🥹I miss the Honeymooners, too
@dougmilesmedia
3 ай бұрын
This must have been the first "Crazy Guggenheim" sketch. Always worked.
@tonypanzarella9387
3 ай бұрын
Actually [and I used to think this was just a mispronunciation by announcer Johnny Olson], Crazy's last name was "Guggenham". The character was named after an actual person who lived in Jackie Gleason's Brooklyn neighborhood when he was a youth.
@jsat5609
2 ай бұрын
@@tonypanzarella9387 I've often wondered if Joe the Bartender was based on someone Gleason actually knew. Before there was Frank Fontaine, Joe was solo and told stories about his gang, including Crazy, and somewhere on KZitem there is a Joe the Bartender sketch from (I think) 1952, in which Joe pronounces the name "Guggenham."
@JamesKendrick-g8g
3 ай бұрын
Brought tears to my eyes. Watched show with my late Grandmother who loved Jackie and the Crazy Guggenheim segments weekly.
@masondixon2675
3 ай бұрын
The great one. How sweet it was.
@tapemaster
3 ай бұрын
THANK YOU!!!!!!! I haven't seen this since it first aired in 1962.
@jsat5609
2 ай бұрын
Same here.
@rockymarciano1203
3 ай бұрын
Why isn't the Jackie Gleason show not on you tube . It been over 60 years , this show should be release for the enjoyment of watching the great one !
@chrisnalina1755
3 ай бұрын
Great question.
@chuckdieselkicksdisks2380
3 ай бұрын
Great clip....would love to see more
@timothytietz9194
3 ай бұрын
ask those who own the copyrights
@walkerpercy8702
2 ай бұрын
They might've erased the video
@terryhaines8351
2 ай бұрын
It takes something like 72 years for a copyright to be released into the public domain.
@brentsarazin6597
3 ай бұрын
My God. This is what real humor was like in those days. That was unforgettable....😄
@Thekennel177
3 ай бұрын
Brilliant
@thomasmayk
2 ай бұрын
I can't believe I came across this. I literally haven't seen Joe the Bartender and Crazy Guggenheim in sixty years. Wow did this take me back. My brother and I used to imitate the sketches. I would be Joe and Gary would be Crazy. He was really good. Thanks for bringing it all back to me. That's entertainment.
@ChrisHansonCanada
2 ай бұрын
That boy at the end was a riot.
@glen1ster
3 ай бұрын
My Gal Sal
@jsat5609
2 ай бұрын
Took me 50 years to find that out.
@RichardVicek-y3s
16 күн бұрын
The person who controls the video library for the JG estate has said the costs to release the shows on DVD would be prohibitive with all the royalties due to actors, musicians, Glea girls, dancers, and songwriters. What about the original writing staff? Think about all the people who were on this program. It was be a monumental task to track down the families of all the participants if their ok is needed. I really appreciate Historic Films for giving us these sample clips. Could they released a DVD with just JG on it using those instrumental songs that he wrote? JG did a lot of silent routines without dialogue.
@IFLY7871
3 ай бұрын
That’s the best!
@eugenemason9675
3 ай бұрын
THE GOOD OLD DAYS OF COMEDY WHEN THINGS ON TV USED TO BE VERY FUNNY TO THE POIT WHERE ALL MOST WET YOUR SELF FROM LAUGHING 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@billscott7050
2 ай бұрын
This explains why TV has no appeal these days.
@DarrylRuiz-s1w
3 ай бұрын
Drunks are not funny.. even then
@walkerpercy8702
2 ай бұрын
This isn't funny, ok
@Rayburn58
Күн бұрын
First off his character is not a drunk, just a moron. Secondly drunks are funny to millions of people, just not you because you uptight and have some sort of stick up your a$$.
@masondixon2675
3 ай бұрын
The great one. How sweet it was.
@mrs.g.9816
3 ай бұрын
I always loved the Jackie Gleason show. Used to run home from sandlot baseball or tag to watch the show and laugh with my dad. Always felt cozy when Frank Fontaine sang a song. Frank Fontaine's son seemed to have a ball playing "Crazy Guggenheim Jr!"
@Easydoesit101
3 ай бұрын
My RIP Dad was a cop in Miami, and he was Jackie’s Security when he was in Miami, years ago
@turbinexman
3 ай бұрын
Frankie Fontaine's character of "Crazy Guggenheim", was the inspiration for the "Looney Tunes" character of "Sam The Cat", Sylvester's "Frenemy"!!
@kerridillon3120
3 ай бұрын
This was fabulous! That was Frank Fontaine's real son in the skit! So funny!! I grew up in the 1950's watching all these old funny, talented shows! ❤
@kali3665
3 ай бұрын
Had no idea that was his kid. Chip off the old block.
@kerridillon3120
3 ай бұрын
@@kali3665 Frank had 11 children!
@kali3665
3 ай бұрын
@@kerridillon3120 Yes, I saw that later. Wow!
@masondixon2675
3 ай бұрын
The great one. How sweet it was.
@sallyrutledge4726
3 ай бұрын
At 76, I am so grateful that we can now, actually " Travel Back in Time ! "
@viper3378
2 ай бұрын
I am 70 and could not agree more. When entertainment was clean, original and family fare. I miss Jackie Gleason, Red Skelton, The Ed Sullivan Show among others. Very little on TV now that actually interests me or that I find entertaining. Then again, we aren't in the target demographics now are we? lol
@normanwyatt8761
3 ай бұрын
I believe Frankie Fontaine was from BOSTON and originally his character Crazy Guggenheimm was called on stage, John L. C. Sillvoni. Where that name came from, I have no idea. I'll be 90 next year and I've watched T. V. since the first broadcast on W.B.Z. T.V. BOSTON in 1947. Have a good day everyone.
@dennistucker9081
Ай бұрын
Congratulations
@lonewave1
3 ай бұрын
Frank Fontaine [Crazy Guggenheim] was like Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle. Both were treasures for the viewers!
@rotagbhd
Ай бұрын
No, Jim Nabors as Gomer Pyle was like Frank Fontaine as Crazy Guggenheim.
@boga5014
3 ай бұрын
The kid actually crosses his eyes , he was amazing...Jackie Gleason couldn't hold back laughing.....I hope Frank Fontaine won an Emmy .
@HiTechFX
3 ай бұрын
I remember watching this as a kid. I'll be 69 in October.
@sallyrutledge4726
3 ай бұрын
AI hear you.... At 76, I am so grateful that we can travel back in time !
@deweygill1973
3 ай бұрын
Sammy Spear got a glare from Jackie when the piano intro started too early
@marveadler980
3 ай бұрын
This used to be my Saturday night in 64'-66" Loved this show.
@sallyrutledge4726
3 ай бұрын
At 76, I am so grateful that we can travel back in time !
@joelmogensen579
3 ай бұрын
We glorified and admired alcoholic behavior then, found it funny. But don't dare smoke a joint.
@jimtruscott5670
2 ай бұрын
Who glorified and admired alcoholic behavior? ? ?
@bparrish517
3 ай бұрын
Thank you! Who is the kid? Anyone know?
@tapemaster
3 ай бұрын
That's Frank Fontaines real life son.
@bparrish517
3 ай бұрын
@@tapemaster, thank you. Dad must have been talking about it with his friends for years. The little guy nailed it.
@johnrawson7589
3 ай бұрын
Watching these skits all those years ago, it always amazed me how Jackie kept a straight face and didn't crack up.
@TheJoerutland
3 ай бұрын
What a great skit. How sweet it is! 😂😂🎉🎉
@roberttemple2521
2 ай бұрын
I love this sketch more than ever now. I grew up watching these guys on the Gleason show. I used to imitate Frankie when I was a young boy. I loved Gleason's silent characters, the poor soul and the drunken, spoiled rich Reginald Von Gleason. He was such a clown, the real deal.
@TonyRodriguez-mx4tw
3 ай бұрын
Love it! He’d be cancelled and taken off the air today!😮
@stephenscanlon9763
3 ай бұрын
He was canceled already in 1966.
@doc1554
3 ай бұрын
Priceless!! What a Gem!! Thanks for posting this!!
@destroygaryfunky7053
3 ай бұрын
Remember when things were funny without using profanity?
@stephenscanlon9763
3 ай бұрын
What are you woke?
@josephcostello695
3 ай бұрын
Those was one of our favorite ones. My parents loved him had a few frank Fontaine albums
@clintprovance8047
2 ай бұрын
The Jackie Gleason show with crazy Guggenheim, 4:48 as I recall part of the show and then Jackie dressed as Joe the bartender come out and say Miami Beach audience for the greatest audience in the world back then it probably was New York and that was usually the last scene when Joe the bartender shut the bar down for the night wish we could shut it down about it must be about 1962.
@blessOTMA
3 ай бұрын
The Great One!
@sportsmediaamerica
3 ай бұрын
Who's the kid? Looks like the young Bruno Kirby.
@bruce4130
3 ай бұрын
Talented
@Acejustforalaugh
3 ай бұрын
You see ! Everyone has a talent somewhere 😊
@dennistucker9081
Күн бұрын
I don’t know how great the old days were in America, but the high points of entertainment were surely higher. This was before the profit motive almost totally took over television. I love Craze and Gleason together! And Master Fontaine was pretty great himself!
@reneleclerc6119
3 ай бұрын
Frank Fontaine's Crazy Guggenheim is similar to the character Finnegan portrayed by Alan Reed on "Duffy's Tavern" in 1954. Check him out and compare.
@dennman6
2 ай бұрын
That wasn't Alan Reed as Finnegan, it was Charlie Cantor. Cantor played Socrates Mulligan on the Fred Allen radio show, and Alan Reed played Falstaff Openshaw on the show. On TV Alan Reed played Finnegan, not on radio. You're getting these radio characters a tad mixed up 😁
@davidgahm4703
3 ай бұрын
There was a reason why they called Jackie Gleason the great one . I still remember the shows from when I was a small child . He was a class act !
@davidrogers2085
Ай бұрын
I NEED TO KNOW ONE THING. Was this the first bit of Crazy Guggenhiem ?
@tambrosia9316
2 ай бұрын
Oh Lord when this was on we would all be around the lil 9" B&W Zenith TV. My Pop loved watching Jackie Gleason and Art Carney, Mom and her Sister loved the wives.... Me I liked Crazy G....and could do an imitation of him when I was like 6 yrs old. Thank you so much for posting and sharing with the world, such wonderful shows. Pax+
@vinnylenci7311
10 күн бұрын
I was nine sitting with my grandfather watching this as he was tracing Norman Rockwell on the Post great memories
@fob1xxl
3 ай бұрын
AS A KID, I "HATED" THIS SEGMENT !
@BrianBattles
2 ай бұрын
I always thought these sketchers were so dopey!
@joeyvocals1
2 ай бұрын
I am 26 and laughing about this! Tremendous!
@braxton548
3 ай бұрын
OR SOMEWHERE!!!!!!!!!! YES YES AND HELL YES!!!!!!!
@moboutmen
2 ай бұрын
The American Scene Magazine!
@Charles-rd6ku
2 ай бұрын
I never seen that one great!!
@Brianchristenson-g6w
2 ай бұрын
Bang zoom
@robpinon309
2 ай бұрын
Thanks for this. One of my earliest memories as a 5 year old. The old Jackie Gleason show from Miami, I think. It was funny, thanks for the memories. And I distinctly remember, Crazy Guggenheim!
@randysandford4033
3 ай бұрын
Our whole family used to watch Jackson Gleason on Saturday night. The best part of course with strength Fontaine and crazy Guggenheim.
@William-xf5cr
3 ай бұрын
That was Great!
@Jdjbbbdjdjieij
3 ай бұрын
I don’t get it. This bit makes fun of someone with a developmental disability?
@marshamariner7897
3 ай бұрын
Remember crazy when this first started. ...JG and the RS show....but BURFORD T JUSTICE IS the main thing I'll alwaz Remember... Ralph K was great. But sheriff BTJ.is aother level 😅😂😅😂😅😁😁😘✌️
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