Bill S.
01-03-2020, 08:13 PM
The book Television Variety Shows: Histories and Episode Guides to 57 Programs by David M. Inman makes the following claims about The Jackie Gleason Show:
• "2/6/54: Ed Sullivan (guest host). Hour-long Honeymooners sketch without Gleason, still recuperating."
• "4/17/54: Hour-long Honeymooners sketch about Easter."
• "10/30/54: Honeymooners sketch about Ralph not being invited to the boss's party."
Obviously the Easter thing is inaccurate because "Stand-In for Murder" aired on that date, but I'm curious to know how mistakes like this happen. From what I've read of the other episode descriptions, they appear to be correct.
Google Books Link (https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOmoBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=boss's+party&source=bl&ots=85RUBERg39&sig=ACfU3U3vfHztJkzHrNswwQX3BaNXcaP5bg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjwtsDO5-TmAhWNKM0KHTwzAbkQ6AEwFnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=boss's%20party&f=false)
• "2/6/54: Ed Sullivan (guest host). Hour-long Honeymooners sketch without Gleason, still recuperating."
• "4/17/54: Hour-long Honeymooners sketch about Easter."
• "10/30/54: Honeymooners sketch about Ralph not being invited to the boss's party."
Obviously the Easter thing is inaccurate because "Stand-In for Murder" aired on that date, but I'm curious to know how mistakes like this happen. From what I've read of the other episode descriptions, they appear to be correct.
Google Books Link (https://books.google.com/books?id=ZOmoBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA51&lpg=PA51&dq=boss's+party&source=bl&ots=85RUBERg39&sig=ACfU3U3vfHztJkzHrNswwQX3BaNXcaP5bg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjwtsDO5-TmAhWNKM0KHTwzAbkQ6AEwFnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=boss's%20party&f=false)