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...Jackie Gleason. Yessiree, the monster is none other than that ton of fun from television who in The Hustler scored as Minnesota Fats, a pool shark who looked like a whale with a carnation. In Gigot he scores again as Gigot, a Parisian janitor whose name means leg of mutton but who looks more like leg of dinosaur...
...Jackie Gleason Show: The American Scene Magazine (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). PREMIIÈRE of The Great One's new show-variety, comedy, music-marking the return of such characters as Reggie Van Gleason and the birth of some new ones...
While his 51 -in. waistline does suggest a dirigible, Comedian Jackie Gleason never travels by plane, and sometimes even feels the squeeze on the train. Crossing the country to Hollywood two months ago to make a movie aptly titled Papa's Delicate Condition, Jackie found his rail accommodations of several drawing rooms much too cramped, and on his arrival pronounced himself "embarrassed" at the lack of space. So for his return to Manhattan, ample Jack went whole hog, rented an entire seven-car train (including three club cars) from several railroads and rolled out of Los Angeles last week...
Since then many other members of the Harvard faculty have entered the political arena. In McCormack's corner stand such well known academic lights as Reinhold Niebhur, Visiting Professor at Harvard last year; John T. Edsall, Professor of Biochemistry; Addrew M. Gleason. Professor of Mathematics; and Henry A. Murray, Professor of Clinical Psychology, emeritus...
Comedy is having a comeback, and some of television's great names are returning after doleful absences. Jackie Gleason will revive The Honeymooners (with a new supporting cast) as part of his resurrected Jackie Gleason Show. Both Sid Caesar and Lucille Ball are returning in shows named after them, and Jack Paar's abdication ends with the new weekly Jack Paar Show...