Jackie Gleason: In His Own Words...did this ever air? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Frank Gannucci · 08-04-2020, 01:37 PM

I heard and read that this special aired on a PBS member station(s) in 1986. It didn’t air on all of them and I got told that in 2020 PBS doesn’t have footage of it. It was made by a third party. Does anyone remember seeing it? I would love to see it.

Bill S. · 08-04-2020, 05:19 PM

This one is even more mysterious than "Incredible World." When this was looked into a couple years ago, PBS had no record of it having ever existed. It would have had to have been distributed by another company and acquired by local affiliates in order for it to have aired. Additionally, the director listed on IMDb claimed to have no involvement with it whatsoever.

08-04-2020, 01:37 PM	#1
Frank Gannucci Member Forum Star Join Date: Mar 05, 2007 Posts: 16,068	Jackie Gleason: In His Own Words...did this ever air? I heard and read that this special aired on a PBS member station(s) in 1986. It didn’t air on all of them and I got told that in 2020 PBS doesn’t have footage of it. It was made by a third party. Does anyone remember seeing it? I would love to see it.

08-04-2020, 05:19 PM	#2
Bill S. Member Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2003 Posts: 1,112	This one is even more mysterious than "Incredible World." When this was looked into a couple years ago, PBS had no record of it having ever existed. It would have had to have been distributed by another company and acquired by local affiliates in order for it to have aired. Additionally, the director listed on IMDb claimed to have no involvement with it whatsoever.