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TeeVeeCloset · 05-27-2008, 09:53 AM

I recently came across an episode of Jackie's variety show from 10/14/67, it guest stars Groucho Marx, Joel Grey and a comic I can't think of right now...it is a black and white film transfer and overall decent enough quality but on occasion the film slips. it also contains all the original commercials and the voiceover at the end that next week would be "The Honeymooners" and then they say stay tuned for My Three Sons! My question is....is this common in the serious collectors circuit? My guess it is......

Benno123 · 05-30-2008, 07:14 PM

I don't know how common this show is, but it seems to be the one that I have found the most often on trader lists from Jackie's 1960s era (set aside for the color Honeymooners which have been rebroadcast and released on DVD). I bought a b&w (what looks like a kinescope) VHS version of this show years ago from Ebay on a tape with some other show with Groucho as the guest. The quality on my copy pretty much stinks so anything can be considered an improvement! As far as being in the public domain I guess it is possible that this episode could be but I highly doubt that.

05-27-2008, 09:53 AM	#1
TeeVeeCloset Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 25, 2003 Posts: 1,873	Jackie Gleason show with Groucho, is it common? I recently came across an episode of Jackie's variety show from 10/14/67, it guest stars Groucho Marx, Joel Grey and a comic I can't think of right now...it is a black and white film transfer and overall decent enough quality but on occasion the film slips. it also contains all the original commercials and the voiceover at the end that next week would be "The Honeymooners" and then they say stay tuned for My Three Sons! My question is....is this common in the serious collectors circuit? My guess it is......

05-30-2008, 07:14 PM	#2
Benno123 Jenna Fischer Rocks My World!! Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,036	I don't know how common this show is, but it seems to be the one that I have found the most often on trader lists from Jackie's 1960s era (set aside for the color Honeymooners which have been rebroadcast and released on DVD). I bought a b&w (what looks like a kinescope) VHS version of this show years ago from Ebay on a tape with some other show with Groucho as the guest. The quality on my copy pretty much stinks so anything can be considered an improvement! As far as being in the public domain I guess it is possible that this episode could be but I highly doubt that.