jackconrad
14 years ago
And A W A Y we Goooo!

Pictured with the Meadows sisters and Jayne Mansfeild.
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errasa
14 years ago
Numero uno. Polly Bergen in there too.
bloody spaniard
14 years ago

Numero uno. Polly Bergen in there too.

errasa wrote:




Good call!

I remember Gleason getting cooler & cooler (in my eyes) the older I got.
DrMaddVibe
14 years ago
Can you imagine having your own train????
bloody spaniard
14 years ago

Can you imagine having your own train????

DrMaddVibe wrote:




Damn, I seem to vaguely remember that party train...=d>
DadZilla3
14 years ago
There will never be another quite like him.

I remember reading an anecdote about Gleason in his younger years. It went something like this...while doing his night club act, Gleason was continually being heckled by a fat, balding loudmouth in the audience. He finally had enough of the guy and challenged him to come out in the alley right then and there and settle the matter. Gleason woke up later in his dressing room. The loudmouth was New Jersey heavyweight brawler 'Two Ton' Tony Galento, 80-26-5 with 57 knockouts.
jackconrad
14 years ago
pgje51
14 years ago
...one of these days...
DrMaddVibe
14 years ago


jackconrad
14 years ago
" To Da Moon Alice ! "
Gene363
14 years ago
bs_kwaj
14 years ago
By the age of 12 he was a pool hustler in the local hall where he was originally hired to rack up balls. The pool shooting experience was of great benefit to him in films such as The Sting II (1982) and his Oscar nominated role in The Hustler (1961) with Paul Newman, whose character says of Gleason's Minnesota Fats "He is great. Look at the way that fat man moves, like a dancer". Most actors had stunt doubles for pool playing shots. Needless to say, Gleason did not.

http://www.classichollywoodbios.com/jackiegleason.htm 


The Hustler.
Good movie!


And, of course, George C. Scott was in that too... before he went off to WWII and became Patton and killed Hitler! 😇
TMCTLT
14 years ago

There will never be another quite like him.

I remember reading an anecdote about Gleason in his younger years. It went something like this...while doing his night club act, Gleason was continually being heckled by a fat, balding loudmouth in the audience. He finally had enough of the guy and challenged him to come out in the alley right then and there and settle the matter. Gleason woke up later in his dressing room. The loudmouth was New Jersey heavyweight brawler 'Two Ton' Tony Galento, 80-26-5 with 57 knockouts.

DadZilla3 wrote:




Couldn't agree more.....Loved him!!!!
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