The best part of the show for me and my siblings was when Crazy Guggenheim came out and did his thing. That sketch had me laughing again watching Gleason’s facial twitches.
How about “the Poor Soul” and “Reginald van Gleason III”? Those were characters on his show when he had the variety format. His Poor Soul would always make me laugh and cry during the same skit.
Eventually, he switched it to all Honeymooners all the time. Used to introduce the cast at the end and give them each a curtain call. Art Carney used to get a huge ovation without fail.
Jackie Gleason was an amazing talent.
That was also my favorite part of the show.
Yes, I would have enjoyed linking the various songs by Crazy Guggenheim (Frank Fountaine) but the Gleason Enterprise Corp has deleted most due to copyright issues. Surprising since most of the Gleason shows (and Honermooners) are available through 'Youtube'.