Gleason or the Kennedy gala, and no Tivo? I'd still choose Gleason!
Thanks for the reminder Matt. It means we're only a week away from another great TV anniversary:
At 9:30 p.m. on January 27, Johnny O. welcomed viewers at the show’s opening to
“…what will probably prove to be a very unusual program.” Then, Gleason appeared
live from CBS’ Studio 52 on West 54th Street at Broadway, standing on a naked
stage adorned only with a comfortable chair, two small tables, an ashtray, a cigarette
lighter, and a coffee cup containing an undisclosed liquid. In a half-hour, hysterical,
off-the-cuff monologue about good ideas gone wrong, he apologized to the audience
for what he called “the biggest bomb ever put on television.”
Gleason said, “Honesty is the best policy…Last week, we did a show called 'You’re
In The Picture' that laid, without a doubt, the biggest bomb in the history of television!
I’m telling you friends, that I’ve seen bombs in my day. Th s would make the
H-bomb look like a two-inch salute.” He continued, “You don’t have to be Alexander
Graham Bell to pick up the telephone and find out it’s dead.”
Love it!
Randy
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