Jackie Gleason
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Sep 14, 2026
Zach EastmanHOST
Tonight, the Ballyhoo is going to be tackling some World War II propaganda again, but not just any World War II propaganda.
Zach EastmanHOST
Yes, films from the golden age of Hollywood could have... typical, standard stand against the Nazis fair, but do they involve Humphrey Bogart, Bill Demarest, Phil Silvers, Jackie Gleason, and a plot surrounding a specific kind of cheesecake from a very specific type of bakery that leads into uncovering a Nazi plot within the United States? No, because there's only one movie that has all those things and so much more.
Zach EastmanHOST
It's the Vincent Sherman 1942 comedy comedy gold classic all through the night.
Zach EastmanHOST
So see the show and stay behind for a discussion to delight the earbuds.
29 MINS LATER
Zach EastmanHOST
Well, a lot is a strong word.
Zach EastmanHOST
There are two very big names in this movie that are side characters.
Zach EastmanHOST
They are Phil Silvers and Jackie Gleason.
Zach EastmanHOST
Then you also have Bill Demarest, Frank McHugh, and Ed Brophy and Wallace Ford, who are all successful stock players in comedy roles in a lot of places.
Russell DyballHOST
They both really bring out that Ed Norton and Ralph Kramden Honeymooners energy, uh, even stronger than The Flintstones itself did.
Russell DyballHOST
Uh, The Honeymooners, of course, Jackie Gleason and Art Carney, uh, which inspired The Flintstones show.
Russell DyballHOST
No, the actors don't really have to move the car with their feet.
Russell DyballHOST
Uh, there's essentially a modified golf cart type of motor in there, with, uh, pedals and controls placed out of sight.
SandraAUDIENCE
Continuing performance.
SandraAUDIENCE
We just had a, is it Jackie Gleason?
Laurie FisherPANELIST
It is not Jackie Gleason.
Laurie FisherPANELIST
That's a good guess.
Laurie FisherPANELIST
Really good guess.
Rob SpewakHOST
Here are some notable deletions that did not make it.
Rob SpewakHOST
Jackie Gleason from The Honeymooners was approached.
Rob SpewakHOST
They wanted him originally to play the Milton Berle part, which I think he could have done.
Rob SpewakHOST
But he was riding high with the number one television show in America at the time, and he had just had...
Tony Boss BowlingHOST
So we'll start to get into some more of the fun stuff.
Tony Boss BowlingHOST
You can see on the screen there were a ton of clients, including government officials, Elvis Presley, Mr. Jackie Gleason, the Rolling Stones.
Tony Boss BowlingHOST
We even get down to the Popemobile and so many other, including Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Tony Boss BowlingHOST
We all know that JFK did ride in a 61 Lincoln Continental limousine custom.
Tony Boss BowlingHOST
The 65 Lincoln Continental Executive Limo by LP was a government special limo specifically constructed for Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense under both President John F. Kennedy and I should have mentioned also Lyndon Johnson.
Tony Boss BowlingHOST
Governor Nelson Rockefeller's 67 limousine.
Tony Boss BowlingHOST
Jackie Gleason's.
Tony Boss BowlingHOST
I believe this one came up recently on a YouTube video of someone that had acquired it.
Cav ManningHOST
But I'm like, we saw what's his name, the fucking, uh, saint who blocked the punt.
Cav ManningHOST
He fucking, Jackie Gleason, whatever the guy's name was, right, Faust? You know who I'm talking about.
Cav ManningHOST
He blocked the punt in Atlanta, uh, when they came back from the hurricane.
Cav ManningHOST
And he's-
Mark DawidziakGUEST
And there are things that are just gone, gone.
Mark DawidziakGUEST
One of the most iconic sitcoms of all time was a show called The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason as a blue collar bus driver named Ralph Crandon living in New York.
Mark DawidziakGUEST
And generation after generation shared that show.
Mark DawidziakGUEST
It was just an iconic character, an iconic show.
Greg DickmanHOST
You got Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felsen.
Greg DickmanHOST
Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats.
Greg DickmanHOST
Piper Laurie as Sarah Packard.
Greg DickmanHOST
George C. Scott at his slimiest as Burt Gordon.
Greg DickmanHOST
because otherwise you're going to be stuck with the Jaws mayor.
Greg DickmanHOST
That's right.
Adam GardnerGUEST
So Jackie Gleason, for me, he jumped off the page.
Adam GardnerGUEST
He played one of my favorite characters in a famous Burt Reynolds film.
JamieHOST
And he says, you know what I mean, she disrespected my authority, and that's just nothing but plain old-fashioned communism.
Victoria ScottGUEST
Jackie Gleason really nails, like, the McCarthy-era America vibe.
JamieHOST
Yeah.
JamieHOST
That whole character, including the name, is based on someone Burt Reynolds' dad knew in Florida.
30 MINS LATER
Victoria ScottGUEST
We do also get the third character right around this time who is also required for this movie to work.
Victoria ScottGUEST
Again, this is just lightning in a bottle.
Victoria ScottGUEST
The cops pull up and the cop is Jackie Gleason.
Victoria ScottGUEST
playing, like, the world's most racist fat man.
TwitchHOST
Like, you know, anything's possible now.
TwitchHOST
Literally any- you could have, y- they could, uh, they could AI, I, I don't know, uh, pick Jackie Gleason could play the Robert Duvall character.
TwitchHOST
It's AI, who cares?
MJHOST
I don't want any of this.
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