The Jackie Gleason Show Christmas

[@anthonyvaldez6892]

Great time to be alive. Wish my mom and dad were here, miss them very much. Gleason was the best.

[@TCB1935]

Wow, you could never say the word midget today! Too bad we as a society have devolved to that point.

[@GinaD46]

I understand I miss my mom and dad too 😢 never saw this one

[@PissChrist.999]

Ditto...he was the greatest,remember all his shows,including the ones on the old Dumont network.. We were in jersey city,got his shows 'over the air'--broadcast tv )

[@stevenj9970]

This was when TV was entertaining. Those days are long gone unfortunately but thankfully we can watch this stuff on youtube..... Rest in peace that amazing cast

[@bertram_oredrock]

My Mother and Father loved The Jackie Gleason Show....And away we go ---------->

[@MadMomma-kj9ks]

they wernt really lost were they?

[@David-yw2lv]

The Jackie Gleason Show was a Saturday night staple in my household for eight years.

[@finch45lear]

Mine too. My grandparents often babysat us on Saturdays nights in the late ‘60s. It was always Jackie and then Laurence Welk. I loved those nights.

[@stephaniestanley8041]

David, we all watched this growing up. The opening sequence with the camera flying over the water leading to land, Miami!!

[@stephaniestanley8041]

​@@finch45learMe too❤

[@David-yw2lv]

@@stephaniestanley8041 That was one of the best opening sequences in television history.

[@CliftonBowers]

My mom's cousin who was Tommy Bolt was Jackie's best friend they hung out for years...😊miss em

[@d.g.n9392]

I’m 70, grew up watching the great old shows. We recently bought the box set of the honeymooners episodes-the lost episodes. It’s absolutely wonderful to watch.

[@MegaAtomium]

I have been waiting for YEARS for this to get to KZbin. I remember this as a kid and can't wait to watch it.

[@dougmilesmedia]

The best comedy duo on TV of all time. Brilliant!

[@otisroseboro5613]

R.I.P To The King of Comedy Jackie Gleason Still Miss You Always

[@kurtb8474]

A real gem from my childhood. Thanks Eddie!

[@eddierivera2698]

Hi Kurt, glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@RuthShelton-ou4id]

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Thank you for this wonderful show. I wish you could see our church's Living Christmas Tree. You should be able to find them on line.

[@charlie-obrien]

I believe that this aired AFTER Art Carney played Santa on the Twilight Zone. One of the greatest Santa story portrayals ever on TV. This show was cute and the songs and the dancing were great. Loved all the supporting actors.

[@executivedecision6141]

Yes this is about 7 or 8 years after Art Carney played a department store Santa on The Twilight Zone. You're thinking of "The Night of the Meek", one of 6 Twilight Zone episodes shot on videotape instead of film to save money. CBS insisted that Rod Serling get the show under budget early into Season 2.

[@brentfrancis9187]

I never saw this before. As Honeymooners fans, my wife and I really enjoyed it!

[@kathyflorcruz552]

Loved all the Jackie Gleason shows back then. And movies too. 🎄🌟

[@GerardJanson-v6g]

Thanks! I always reminisce this time of year about the old days. Thanks for posting this! I've seen all the others like Dean Martin's, Andy Williams etc.

[@eddierivera2698]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mikefagan6840]

Awesome. Hell of a lot better quality that we got on local TV back in the 80s. ❤👍👍👍

[@gregorypalmer5403]

Still enjoy this episode after nearly 60 years.

[@bigdchi]

Johnnie Olsen " From the sun and fun capital of the world we bring you the Jackie Gleason Show."

[@MarkFriedman-qi4cz]

I went to the Jackie Gleason show many times while I was in New York City. When it moved out to Florida, Johnny Olsen did not come with the show, but Jackie loved his warm-ups of the audience so much that he flew him down every week just to do the announcing on the Miami version of the Jackie Gleason show.

[@Titan500J]

This was a high coat production and very entertaining. Thanks

[@eddierivera2698]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Diogenes1360]

According to legend it was Orson Wells who dubbed Jackie Gleason as "The Great One".

[@seanohare5488]

True

[@MrMenefrego1]

My entire family loved The Jacie Gleason Show, but why do I remember it as "Cavalcade of Stars" on the DuMont network? If television was still like this today I would plug my overpriced TV in and start watching it again!

[@JAMESPATTERSON-mk9sr]

Words and music by Lyn Duddy and Jerry Bresler conducted by Sammy Spear . Precision dancing crafted by June Taylor . That Gleason was an old school showman !

[@gnirolnamlerf593]

Ralph's and Ed's first song about women was really quite good, as well as the barbershop quartet song in the line-up, and that's rare for songs written for TV shows. Sheila and Jane were fine replacements but I wish Audrey and Joyce had been there. Thank you for providing this video for us.

[@GaryBrown-rr6bn]

I fondly remember 😂😊 this episode from back when I was 10-11 or so. Pure 🎄 Christmas time comedy perfection, the laughs keep coming and coming. Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, and the Honeymooners was part of my growing up years of television, many cherished memories. Thank you so ❤

[@mrs.g.9816]

I remember my dad howling with laughter and pounding the arm of his easy chair watching Jackie Gleason. I love this Christmas episode. I suggest that if you repost the video, you make the screen less wide to fit the old TV or movie screen format.

[@GaryBrown-rr6bn]

Again, thanks for this upload, have a Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 and a Happy New Year.

[@eddierivera2698]

@@GaryBrown-rr6bn You are so welcome! Merry Christmas 🎄 and Happy New Year.

[@asullivan4047]

Relaxing/Entertaining/Vaudeville style programming🤗. 1st time I've viewed 👀 this Christmas special😉. (2024) Wishing viewers 👀 a safe/healthy/prosperous (2024)🌈🎉🌞.

[@donaldcrabtree6259]

Wonderful! June Taylor dancers and All.....

[@BadazzSicilian]

I'm a HUGE Jackie Gleason fan, ADORE HIM + everyone on honeymooners n J G Show I was just thinking, when you mentioned The June Taylor dancers. I wonder how many people realize that Jackie Gleasons wife was one of the June Taylor Dancers .. just watched the Sun night Honeymooners On me TV🙂.I d see this; the JG show ,when my awesome Dad n Mama watched it, when I was 4 or 5 .I didn't see the Honeymooners until 1972 my twin n I would watch it w our mama + boy did we go nuts over it !!! I still to this minute find J gleason to be the MOST hilarious talented person on TV. TRULY THE GREAT ONE ✨✨🌟 Merry Christmas to u + yours🧑‍🎄🌠How SweeT it is !🌜🙂🌛

[@orbyfan]

This is probably the episode "Run, Santa, Run," broadcast December 17, 1966.

[@billcowan6070]

If this is from the date you mentioned 1 week later December 24th 1966 we got 20 inches of ❄️

[@BadazzSicilian]

It's a great extended version of" Santa and The Bookies " from the Gleason Vault if I'm not mistaken !? and How SWEET IT IS! 🌜🙂✨🥰🧑‍🎄🌠💘🌛

[@BadazzSicilian]

❤❤❤how SWEEET IT IS 🥰🧑‍🎄🌠🌜😄🌛

[@wurlitzer78]

@@BadazzSicilian "Santa and the Bookies" 31:08 December 18, 1954 This is a remake of a sketch originally broadcast on December 12, 1953. Not sure what the deal is. This one looks to be after 54. What do you think?

[@bigbub5219]

Loved that man.

[@seanohare5488]

Me too the great one

[@jeffreyk5734]

They used to run these old shows clear back in 1978 -79 on Friday nights on a local station in Prime-time. I have not seen any of them sense. These episodes just disappeared. Was basically The Honeymooners 10-11 years later and in color. This series was the 1965 -66 season. I don't think both Audrey Meadows and Joyce Randolph returned as Trixie and Alice though. I've gotten just 5:45 seconds into this episode so far. Thanks much for sharing this. Merry Christmas!!!

[@floydprophet8992]

Back when variety shows were quality TV viewing. By far better than most of the crap on the tube now.

[@mackdaddyg321]

Old man yelling at cloud alert....

[@peterc.810]

this is a rewrite of The Honeymooners 1953 episode " Santa and the Bookies "

[@Lethgar_Smith]

The Jackie Gleason Show often featured musical versions of old Honeymooners sketches.

[@GeneKlacik]

❤ we never missed it unless we went to the Drive Inn Movies

[@maggielandow2686]

Art Carney along with Jackie were great.

[@JAMESPATTERSON-mk9sr]

The signature Gleason curtain call when he thanked his cast was cut for some reason .

[@garyrasberryjr.552]

Sadly, The great opening with Johnny Olson announcing "From Miami Beach: The Sun and Fun Capital of the World..." was cut. Wonder if they still had the tradition opening dance number from the June Taylor Dancers. Would have been worthy to see how loud a jacket bandleader Sammy Spear had that night.

[@TomDaly943]

I remember a Christmas show when the Poor Soul visited the land of nursery rhymes and fairy tale stories.

[@kellycoleman715]

That’s entertainment! 👏🏻👍🏻😊

[@SuperJill1111]

Wonderful innocent years

[@otisroseboro5613]

Happy Holidays ⛄❄️ Everyone

[@braindetritus]

I’m old and I love old clips - I grew up in the sixties but watched lots of fifties reruns - and I’ve always cringed at the opening numbers, but what a great job on the intro!

[@Dr.Pepper001]

Some traveling music, Sammy!

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

Olda Sammy washed shirtee

[@llochopslater1185]

All gone. Like everything else in life.

[@laff000]

The reason that we don't have these great shows on tv anymore is because we don't have that same caliber of stars anymore like we used to back in the day.

[@anonygent]

I forget most of the time just how much _dancing_ there used to be on TV. Not to mention live television.

[@hardlines4]

How Sweet It Issssss❤️

[@wcottee]

It's a shame that the "Christmas Variety Special" (e.g. Bob Hope, Andy Williams, Dean Martin, Jackie Gleason, etc.) has gone the way of the rotary phone and the large colored Christmas light bulbs.

[@johnlargan6045]

Awesome to see this! Thank you for posting it. (I still prefer Audrey Meadows as Alice!)

[@frankbruno9499]

Each week they produced the equivalent of a complete Broadway show. Original songs, script,scenary,etc.

[@bill99208]

Jackie Gleason was an absolute must see in our house. He would come out and say that the Miami Beach audience was the Greatest Audience in the world. Did you know that Johnny Olson (the game show announcer par excellence) introduced the show with that beautiful pan up to the auditorium? Gleason’s variety show was so worth watching!

[@marymayer2282]

Boy talk about naive 😮😮😮😮 amusing episode thou Jackie Gleason and rest of cast could sure put on a good show!!!;!! Kind of gives Santa Claus a bad name

[@marymayer2282]

Another good episode was when The cramdems were having a Christmas party And Jackie portrayed All his characters he created like Joe the bartender the poor soul Reginald van Gleason The 3rd And a good variety store along with it

[@MarkFriedman-qi4cz]

Of course, when he was broadcasting out of New York City, he would come out at the end of each show and say that the New York audiences are the greatest audiences in the world so take it with the grain of salt

[@MarkFriedman-qi4cz]

As a television production, major in college Who has always had a strong interest in theme Songs and openings, I consider the open to the Jackie Gleason show after it moved out to Miami Beach as one of the best openings ever. in fact, I am trying to re-create it by Boat on Biscayne Bay in the next few weeks. That bell that was wrong right at the top of the opening was perfect.

[@spectrumlocalb191]

THEY CUT OUT THE END WHERE RALPH ALWAYS SAID THE MIAMI AUDIENCES ARE THE BEST GOOD NIGHT.

[@TAM94114]

i was. about to say the same thing. What's a Gleason show without some. AHT CAHNEY!

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

Ouuuut

[@akrenwinkle]

He'd be in his after-show bathrobe and make-up towel. "G'night everybody!!!" Blows kiss.

[@dianalawhorn3338]

The great one, and great he was !

[@MaritzaAgosto-e1g]

I sure miss the June Taylor Dancers .

[@voiceguy3635]

This is when America was great--great tv,great movies,great stars and great music.

[@rah62]

LOL - and not a minority in sight! I'll take today any day over the whitewashed olden days.

[@italishgirl5601]

And away we go….❤️

[@thedogsofchernobyl8160]

This was a real treat to watch. Does anyone know what year this aired ? I’m guessing 1966, when I was nine years old. Such beautiful memories.

[@Sarsfield-jm2bg]

Good night Mr. Dennehy!!

[@trevorgwelch7412]

After a while my parents got tired of Ralphs yelling and complaining .

[@frederickcombs8661]

THE GREAT ONE

[@harlowsplace]

you mean, the Jackie Gleason Christmas Show!

[@franksanfilippo5148]

Like many others have already commented, we watched the Jackie Gleason show every Saturday night on our b/w Magnavox console TV. Funny thing is, I didn't know back in the 1960s that Jackie had a tv show, The Honeymooners, that aired back in the 1950s! Not sure if it wasn't aired in Boston back in the 60s or if we just always missed it.

[@MrBruneye]

I'm soon going to post "The Poor Soul" Christmas from 1966 that I recorded off WLYW 21 in New York back in the 80's. Anyone interested in seeing this?

[@wurlitzer78]

Yes. Thanks

[@steveprudell9976]

God i loved this Guy

[@mdeange3]

I would like to see again Jackie's A Poor Soul in Christmas-Land, a Christmas show from his weekly Saturday Night program. And it's an imaginative story as Jackie's portrayal of The Poor Soul, who goes on a fairy tale journey. Some of the characters that he meets are Alice and Wonderland and The Cobbler and The Elves. And at the end of the show Jackie reintroduces each cast member and Art Carney is the last to take a curtain call. And he comes out from behind the curtain, wearing his bath robe and no pants. And he kicks out his leg. - Jackie does a double take, looks at the audience in shocked surprise, laughing. And the live audience goes into a wild loud roar of applause, cheers and laughter.🙂

[@airdaleva42]

I so remember it.

[@raymondkb2nzo788]

Wonderful

[@janetcraft]

Lip sync song at the end - but what the hey! I loved this show :)! We don't have these kinda shows now - pity. Thanks Eddie for sharing!

[@eddierivera2698]

You are so welcome! @janecraft

[@janetcraft]

@@eddierivera2698 Thank you :)

[@davidlondon2769]

why s it so fuzzy 180 thank you for airing Jackie

[@chrisclarkvideos1969]

Why mess with the aspect ratio? I think we can handle squares. Everything is smooshed including Jackie. Preserve history.

[@yeahi7270]

COME OVER CHRISTMAS

[@blueberry44936]

Are those the June Taylor Dancers? I didn't realize how terrible they were when I was a kid.🤣

[@scott2894]

This would be great if the screen wasn't stretched to 16:9.

[@MaritzaAgosto-e1g]

I use to watch the Jackie Gleason Show during my childhood . Sheila Mccrea and the actress , who played Trixie were okay . I still like Audrey and Joyce better as the wives ... nobody else played Alice and Trixie better .

[@gregorypalmer5403]

Sheila McRae, Gordon 's ex and Jane Kean. They did fine.

[@MaritzaAgosto-e1g]

@gregorypalmer5403 I believe Sheila and Gordon had a daughter , who was an actress .

[@jaredjlinden]

Yes, Meredith - she starred on My Three Sons and Petticoat Junction.

[@dennisdeleo74]

Wow… I never saw this one. Any idea how to get this one on dvd?

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

You already saw it

[@Marcuswelby-nx2te]

You just saw it

[@isotopefeeney]

Download this and burn it onto a DVD

[@PinkLaffs]

Not sure what is funnier: Gleason’s Florida tan or Carney’s protruding gut 😆

[@TAM94114]

@@Marcuswelby-nx2te are you trying to say they've already seen it?

[@TheDriftwoodlover]

I wonder what year this was. I knew one of the dancers.

[@displayfireworks1]

Would love to know what year this is from

[@us-unclesam6566]

1966

[@GypsyLyn]

I wonder what year this particular show was made??

[@WonkyWomanLife]

You would think the apartment,would get updated

[@kingdoc3262]

For Goodness sake, what year please?

[@twlightzone2065]

what year is this special from?

[@cuttersboi08]

Anyone know what year this was?

[@chrishinton3868]

According to a comment here it was 1966 sounds about right

[@cuttersboi08]

Didn’t see it, but thanks!

[@KnockOffBeingFat]

1966

[@p.j.5539]

Why is this on high speed ?!? Not able to watch

[@thomasdonlin5456]

What year is this from?

[@footpuppy100]

... and a way to go ! Whatever happened to great shows like this ?

[@dejcmc8]

The day before my 9th Birthday 🎂😎👍🎄

[@David-yw2lv]

I turned nine on the 30th.My mother wouldn't let me have a birthday party because my birthday was so close to Christmas.

[@WhiteCamry]

When was the airdate?

[@larrymarantz9107]

Anyone have a year on this. 60 s or. 70 s?

[@ronsmith5573]

It says above it was December 17, 1966.

[@MarkFriedman-qi4cz]

This makes sense. He moved the show of Miami in 1965 at which time it was broadcast in color.

[@johnaddeo2251]

Why did so many people used to say Santy Claus?

[@bogeysbaby]

Why not? ;)

[@neccowafer1299]

@@bogeysbaby Because it's baby talk.

[@akrenwinkle]

That was a gag in an Abbott & Costello courtroom sketch. Maybe the judge was Sid Fields. Any, a lawyer quoted the Insanity Clause. Lou: "There ain't no Santy Claus!"

[@joegordon2915]

@@akrenwinklethe Marx Bros used this joke too

[@johnaddeo2251]

@@akrenwinkle - That joke goes back to the Marx Bros. “Party of the first part”skit between Groucho and Chico. They say sanity clause in that one. It has nothing to do with people saying Santy or Santy Claus.

[@luckysol7486]

👌

[@voiceguy3635]

Art was about as big as Jackie Gleason--he needed the apple.

[@glen1ster]

What year is this?

[@James-ju3ok]

1966

[@SeaSaltSandSerendipity]

🎄☃️🎁🎄☃️🎁🎄☃️

[@francinebarr1204]

When life fun and friendly

[@Chainsawslots]

The song is lip synched

[@Ebert-Pincus]

How did Norton get so fat? I thought he had "basic metabolism" or something like that😅

[@markdufresne2538]

How can you NOT figure out how to post this video in the proper aspect ratio?? You do know this is the year 2024, don’t you? Unwatchable.

[@williamgottlieb8723]

Cropped. Fail.

[@anonymouspost9144]

This is from a time when comedy wasn't sexual, vulgar, crude, stupid, etc. It was good clean fun and laughable.

[@rah62]

Yeah - and 100% white. Not a minority in sight!

[@SOULRELIEF22]

JESUS IS RETURNING SOON! ST JOHN 3:16! ❤ HALLELUJAH! 🎄❤️✝️❤️🎄

[@christopheralvarez3269]

So lame.

[@johnaddeo2251]

Why did Gleason play “Santy” with dark hair and no long white beard? Did they spend the budget for this disaster on famous celebrities and the best comedy writers?

[@johnaddeo2251]

Those monster production songs that the singers and Gleason and Carney do make me cringe.

[@bogeysbaby]

Then watch something else.

[@williammcghee863]

This was the cheesy, schmaltzy television of its time. Television tried to bring Broadway to the living room, and sometimes succeeded.

[@johnaddeo2251]

@@bogeysbaby - Don’t worry, I do choose not to watch it. Gleason was a comedy legend. His talent was not in his singing ability. If he hadn’t done the Honeymooners, he never would’ve been able to do the horrible shit he did in the ‘60s. Even the Honeymooner reprises he did over the next three decades were awkward and cringy IMHO.

[@neccowafer1299]

@@bogeysbaby What a toddler answer.

[@finch45lear]

Shows like these remind those of us who watched them as kids of loving memories of our families members who have passed. Soy boy.