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To: Libloather

RIP

As an aside I recall my grandmother stories about Jackie Gleason. Gleason was dirt poor. He played in some NJ taverns before getting fame. She recalled one evening wherein he was done with his evening act and went to sleep on a pool table as he had nowhere else to go. His shoes had holes in the soles.

I don’t know much about Joyce but that show was, and still is on one of the internet sites, simply funny. My favorite episode was Ralph’s appearance on a name that tune similar styled show.


24 posted on 01/14/2024 9:36:55 AM PST by Mouton (150MTs in the right location will not solve are problems now.)
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To: Mouton
As an aside I recall my grandmother stories about Jackie Gleason. Gleason was dirt poor. He played in some NJ taverns before getting fame. She recalled one evening wherein he was done with his evening act and went to sleep on a pool table as he had nowhere else to go. His shoes had holes in the soles.

Gleason came from extreme poverty. His childhood has been described as Dickensian.

27 posted on 01/14/2024 10:01:56 AM PST by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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