This post reminds me of a Steven Wright joke:
“I like to reminisce with people I don’t know... Granted, it takes longer.”
I did watch The Honeymooners, but my memories of it are vague impressions rather than specifics. I did have a friend named Ed Norton who had a similar build to the one in the show and he was a funny guy in a sort of similar kind of way. It has been a long time since I’ve seen him, too (17 years - time flies), and he’s slipping into the vague impressions part of my memory as well.
I just realized you said the Jackie Gleason Show, not the Honeymooners. I don’t think I ever saw that, and I was only vaguely aware of its existence. I might have to consult YouTube.
I had a friend Peter Muchmore. One day he called himself Littleless. I always thought that was a nice bit of self deprecating humor.