Frank Gannucci
05-12-2023, 06:52 PM
I accessed this website for the UCSB Santa Barbara Library
https://www.library.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/pamss202.pdf
In the collection it is said that he wrote a Honeymooners script. I spoke to people at the library via email and it is true according to them. When I asked the title of the episode, they didn’t know and they would find out.
Thirteen years ago TV Knowledge Fan of sitcomsonline.com wrote this
“ when Jackie Gleason's "CAVALCADE OF STARS" series on DuMont was planning its opening show of the 1951-'52 season, there was talk of "renting" the sketch from Phil Rapp as an occasional feature. Gleason vetoed that idea, claiming he could create a similar sketch involving a battling married couple without having to depend on Rapp {or pay him for the rights to use it}. That led to Jackie and his writers creating...."The Honeymooners".”
I wonder what sketch it was? Anybody have any ideas? Could it be the Honeymooners test run that Jackie did on the Colgate Conedy Hour? (Doubt it.)
https://www.library.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/pamss202.pdf
In the collection it is said that he wrote a Honeymooners script. I spoke to people at the library via email and it is true according to them. When I asked the title of the episode, they didn’t know and they would find out.
Thirteen years ago TV Knowledge Fan of sitcomsonline.com wrote this
“ when Jackie Gleason's "CAVALCADE OF STARS" series on DuMont was planning its opening show of the 1951-'52 season, there was talk of "renting" the sketch from Phil Rapp as an occasional feature. Gleason vetoed that idea, claiming he could create a similar sketch involving a battling married couple without having to depend on Rapp {or pay him for the rights to use it}. That led to Jackie and his writers creating...."The Honeymooners".”
I wonder what sketch it was? Anybody have any ideas? Could it be the Honeymooners test run that Jackie did on the Colgate Conedy Hour? (Doubt it.)