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powbangzooom · 07-08-2007, 12:45 PM

Does anyone know which episodes Gleason was in? I remember watching this about 15 years ago and not liking it much. I guess I thought the character was to much of a sissy, compared to Ralph Kramden. i'm gonna watch it again to see if I still feel the same way.

Mr. Television · 07-08-2007, 12:58 PM

They were 2 different shows and weren't syndicated together.. The ones you saw were probably the William Bendix episodes.

TV_on_the_Porch · 07-08-2007, 02:03 PM

Twenty-five years ago on CBN they only ran the second series--and not all eps of it at that--but the Jackie Gleason episodes (1949-50) and Wm Bendix episodes (1953-58) have been syndicated together as one package more recently.

MrBand · 07-08-2007, 02:16 PM

Gleason's season as Riley was in 1949, if I remember correctly. It's not his signature role, but it is fun to watch and try to see glimpses of his other characters in his performance, though.

Larry Surrell · 07-08-2007, 07:27 PM

I watched the series when WPIX aired it in the 1980s, and recently discovered a couple episodes I recorded on Betamax. The series with Gleason was ok, nothing special, and he wasn't even fat then!

I hated the theme song. It was just someone whistling with no instruments or anything.

powbangzooom · 07-09-2007, 03:13 PM

I do remember Jackie being the father. I think it was part of a 2 tape box set that I bought in the early 90's on VHS. I see that ebay has several volumes of this show and they are showing volumes 1-6 as having Jackie on them in 1949. I guess he played on about 24 episodes....This seams a little over priced to me. About 55 bucks plus shipping to get all of these. Sheesh! That's a lot more than the classic 39!!! Supply and demand I guess, being it's kinda rare...
http://search.stores.ebay.com/the-li...cusZbsQQsofpZ4

07-08-2007, 12:45 PM	#1
powbangzooom Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 15, 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 254	Life Of Riley Does anyone know which episodes Gleason was in? I remember watching this about 15 years ago and not liking it much. I guess I thought the character was to much of a sissy, compared to Ralph Kramden. i'm gonna watch it again to see if I still feel the same way.
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07-08-2007, 12:58 PM	#2
Mr. Television 23 Years at Sitcoms Online Forum Icon Join Date: Jun 06, 2003 Location: Somewhere you're Not Posts: 62,132	They were 2 different shows and weren't syndicated together.. The ones you saw were probably the William Bendix episodes.
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07-08-2007, 02:03 PM	#3
TV_on_the_Porch anything good on? Forum Regular Join Date: Oct 18, 2005 Posts: 879	Twenty-five years ago on CBN they only ran the second series--and not all eps of it at that--but the Jackie Gleason episodes (1949-50) and Wm Bendix episodes (1953-58) have been syndicated together as one package more recently.
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07-08-2007, 02:16 PM	#4
MrBand Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 13, 2006 Location: USA Posts: 235	Gleason's season as Riley was in 1949, if I remember correctly. It's not his signature role, but it is fun to watch and try to see glimpses of his other characters in his performance, though.

07-08-2007, 07:27 PM	#5
Larry Surrell Ed M. 1918-2006 RIP Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 27, 2003 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA Posts: 702	I watched the series when WPIX aired it in the 1980s, and recently discovered a couple episodes I recorded on Betamax. The series with Gleason was ok, nothing special, and he wasn't even fat then! I hated the theme song. It was just someone whistling with no instruments or anything.

07-09-2007, 03:13 PM	#6
powbangzooom Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 15, 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 254	I do remember Jackie being the father. I think it was part of a 2 tape box set that I bought in the early 90's on VHS. I see that ebay has several volumes of this show and they are showing volumes 1-6 as having Jackie on them in 1949. I guess he played on about 24 episodes....This seams a little over priced to me. About 55 bucks plus shipping to get all of these. Sheesh! That's a lot more than the classic 39!!! Supply and demand I guess, being it's kinda rare... http://search.stores.ebay.com/the-li...cusZbsQQsofpZ4