JOE THE BARTENDER & CRAZY GUGGENHEIM 1966 ( Frank Fontaine & The Great One!)

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JOE THE BARTENDER & CRAZY GUGGENHEIM 1966 ( Frank Fontaine & The Great One!)

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@tommunyon2874 3 ай бұрын

My family gathered in front of the tv to watch Jackie Gleason. This bit was always a highlight.

@Eds518 2 ай бұрын

It was my dad's favorite too.

@scottmiller6495 2 ай бұрын

Jackie Gleason was a terrific Entertainer,and made Miami Beach 🏖️⛱️ wonderful to vacation in during the glory days from 1960 through 1985 !!!!!

@whicker59 2 ай бұрын

Play it again, Sam.

@vet-7174 2 ай бұрын

Same here!!! Good ole days!!

@nighthiker8872 2 ай бұрын

I was 9 years old!

@rayrussell6258 3 ай бұрын

We didn't know how good we had it, on TV in those days.

@kevincorbin6273 3 ай бұрын

Jackie was such a great straight man, his facial expressions spoke volumes

@cbroz7492 2 ай бұрын

..he was still Ralph Kramden to Frsnk's Ed Norton...

@TheopolisQSmith 3 ай бұрын

I watched these shows as a child and teenager. Hard to beat this type of humor.

@SteveBrownRocks2023 2 ай бұрын

Same for me Man! 😎👍🏽

@hyacinthlynch843 3 ай бұрын

Frank Fontaine had a beautiful singing voice. What a great talent.

@JoeElvisBorelli 2 ай бұрын

Just like Jim Nabors ''Gomer Pyle''

@paulbair7050 2 ай бұрын

Yes, im 70 an remember watching this show an he truly could sing. Also, loved the red skeleton show.

@thomasallen3818 3 ай бұрын

I had forgotten just how funny Frank Fontaine was!

@samiam619 2 ай бұрын

And I had forgotten how stupid his character was. But I guess that was the point…

@tridevichamundamandirwithy6282 3 ай бұрын

Crazy Guggenheim -An act you’d never be allowed to do today!

@hawkman9333 3 ай бұрын

"He was married, to a woman". That would get him put in the penitentiary today.

@williamjackson5942 3 ай бұрын

@@hawkman9333 Baloney!

@hawkman9333 2 ай бұрын

@@williamjackson5942 Lighten up. I know it would not really get him incarcerated, He would however probably be roasted by some snowflake with no sense of humor....kind of like one that calls baloney to an obviously overblown statement.

@kosmokritikos9299 2 ай бұрын

Are you kidding? You get this sort of thing at every Trump rally when the devotees are interviewed.

@donnarouse9432 2 ай бұрын

But then there was foster brooks and Shelley berman

@scottmiller6495 3 ай бұрын

Entertainment like this will never be seen again ever, television back then was not only clean and terrific but fantastic as well!!!!!

@larrycole4438 2 ай бұрын

You are so right

@StvMcQueen1 2 ай бұрын

AMEN!

@johnholliday5874 2 ай бұрын

Nope. "Somebody" would complain.

@StvMcQueen1 2 ай бұрын

@@johnholliday5874 Of course they would. They'd pounce all over us for disrespecting mentally challenged people.

@rickmiller1429 2 ай бұрын

We no longer have the quality of people to pull off this kind of entertainment.

@Teho231 4 ай бұрын

As a child in the 60’s seems like this came on around 7:00 . This was my favorite part of the Jackie Gleason Show.

@57highland 3 ай бұрын

Don't forget the June Taylor Dancers. Remember when they did the kaleidescope dance, lying flat on the stage floor, with their arms and legs?

@dcarey5480 2 ай бұрын

Looking back when life was simple

@gybx4094 3 ай бұрын

I was 8 years old when this was broadcast. My Old Man loved this show. Of course, now I love The Honeymooners.

@hawkman9333 3 ай бұрын

Me too!!!!

@pzkw6759 2 ай бұрын

@@hawkman9333 Me 3!!!

@deanhayes81 2 ай бұрын

Me 4!

@wickedlittlehigh5130 2 ай бұрын

Me 5!

@kbobdonahue1966 2 ай бұрын

Me 6!!!!

@cgrable8342 3 ай бұрын

Boy oh boy, how I do miss this kind of entrainment.

@larryaldrich4351 3 ай бұрын

Saturday night prime time with the folks. Then Gunsmoke.

@57highland 3 ай бұрын

Sunday night: The Wonderful World of Disney, and then ... "The F.B.I.!"

@garyaugustus690 3 ай бұрын

@@57highland ..... Voyage Beneath The Sea....

@57highland 3 ай бұрын

@@garyaugustus690 "Voyage To The Bottom of The Sea" ...

@garyaugustus690 3 ай бұрын

@@57highland ...Absolutely.....thanks.

@Parker53151 2 ай бұрын

And then either Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, Lawrence Welk, or Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom.

@earthlingjohn 3 ай бұрын

'' And awaaayyyyy we go !!! ''

@johntiggleman4686 2 ай бұрын

@earthlingjohn "How sweet it IS!"

@puravidadew7031 2 ай бұрын

I am soon to be 70, and I must say that I really miss those days, when entertainers were actually talented.

@cbroz7492 2 ай бұрын

..soon to be 75..these shows that I watched with mom and dad are a few of my greatest memories...

@johnchandler1687 Ай бұрын

AND THE JUNE TAYLOR DANCERS!! Their routines were always fantastic with the overhead view. 😊

@alanlaatz5807 Ай бұрын

I so here you!

@debralerner8298 3 ай бұрын

the look on jackie gleasons face is priceless!!!!

@Fast_Eddy_Magic 3 ай бұрын

I was a little kid when this show was on. Joe the bartender was my favorite part. Remember when he poured the beer, and stuck his finger in it to keep it from overflowing? 😂

@TheFishdoctor1952 3 ай бұрын

My favorite part was when Jackie played the part of "The Poor Soul".

@charlieromeo7663 2 ай бұрын

I too was a little kid when this show aired. My father was a big fan of Jackie, and we watched this show regularly. We have home tape recordings of the show and of me as a 6 year old doing my Crazy impressions. Man, what a time.

@jsat5609 2 ай бұрын

"A hot finger stops it every time!"

@j.d1614 3 ай бұрын

Grew up watching Jackie Gleason and the June Taylor dancers Crazy Guggenhiem ,The Honeymooners brings me back to a simpler time in life

@57highland 3 ай бұрын

Remember the kaleidescope dance by the JT Dancers?

@TheJoerutland 3 ай бұрын

By this time, Gleason had moved his show down to Miami Beach. And he was Mr. Saturday Night for many people. The great Frank Fontaine doing Crazy. 👏 🎉

@57highland 3 ай бұрын

After the "Honeymooners" skit, we always loved it when Jackie introduced the cast so exuberantly, and they'd come out one by one: JANE KEENE! (loud applause) ... SHEILA MacRAE! (louder applause) ... ART CARNEY! (loudest applause).

@timvb2 3 ай бұрын

Watched this as a kid Awesome !! Thanks for posting.

@moboutmen 3 ай бұрын

I was a little kid watching these. No matter how touching Fontaine's songs were, I would always choke up at the end, when Gleason sang 'My Gal Sal'.

@glong2720 2 ай бұрын

I had always wanted to meet Mr. Fontaine as I had heard him when I was a child acting as Crazy Guggenheim. I was unaware that he had such a great voice and acted in movies. I was fortunate to know his manager and was invited to the daughter's wedding. Mr. Frank Fountaine sang "Daddy's Little Girl." While at the wedding I met his son who wa in the military at the time. Many told me that Frankie Junior was a better singer than his dad. What a great personality Mr. Fontaine had.

@jmccracken1963 2 ай бұрын

One of Frank Fontaine's best movie roles is as Hjalmar Johannsson in the 1951 20thCentury-Fox film "The Model and the Marriage Broker." EXCELLENT ensemble movie, with great players both in the leads (Thelma Ritter, Jeanne Crain, Scott Brady, and Michael O'Shea) and in the many character parts (including, but not limited to, Frank Fontaine, Jay C. Flippen, John Alexander, Zero Mostel, Dennie Moore, Nancy Kulp, Helen Ford, Maudie Prickett, Kathryn Card, Blythe Daley, Allison Daniell, Dennis Ross - and, as one of the three Miss Perrys, Edna May Wonacott, 9 years after her outstanding performance as Ann Newton in Alfred Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt"). Written by Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch, and Richard L. Breen, and directed by George Cukor.

@maureencora1 3 ай бұрын

It's was So Cool To See F.F. Break into a Song After the Jokes. May They R.I.P.

@davidcarmack5074 2 ай бұрын

I used to watch that show as kid, I would be on the floor laughing.

@randysandford4033 3 ай бұрын

Brings back so many memories. We all used to imitate Frank (Crazy Guggenhiem) Fontaine the next school day. I remember his songs and still have his album to this day. Thanks for the wonderful memories.

@stevenmyers882 3 ай бұрын

Classic comedy. Never to be seen or heard again.

@63bplumb 3 ай бұрын

This brings back SO may memories. Actually think of these two over the years. What a skit! And then the song. Tears in the eyes.

@leonarddriller2608 3 ай бұрын

I remember that my father loved Frank Fontaine, he bought his album (33rpm). What a voice he had. May they both rest in peace, & thanks for the great entertainment, something that is missing today.

@mrs.g.9816 2 ай бұрын

I was 11 years old when this first aired. I found all the bartender skits with "Crazy Guggenheim" not only hilarious, but cozy as well. Frank Fontaine had a mellow baritone. I remember running home from sandlot baseball or other games with my friends to watch The Jackie Gleason Show. I sure do miss TV programs like this!

@daveluttinen2547 2 ай бұрын

I was 14 and watching Jackie Gleason was one of the highlights of the week. This was a time before shock humor, when delivery of jokes was based on surprise, irony, and innocence. A poet in every storm? One had to be knowledgeable to understand the humor sometimes. That is what we lose when we ban books - knowledge. I love this clip; thank you!

@davidcelliott 3 ай бұрын

I loved seeing this as a kid.

@jamespuleo3269 3 ай бұрын

8 years old in 1966. Who else remembers Pete Puma ?

@damienszabo2260 2 ай бұрын

🤣 "How many lumps do ya want?"

@mrl3402 2 ай бұрын

I don't want no tea. It gives me a headache! 😁

@scottlevison7994 2 ай бұрын

@@mrl3402 COFFEE!!!!!!!

@mrs.g.9816 2 ай бұрын

I sure do! "I don't want any tea - It gives me a headache!" "What will you have?" "Cwawfee!"

@kbobdonahue1966 2 ай бұрын

I do!!!

@GizmoFromPizmo 2 ай бұрын

My dad LOVED Jackie Gleason. We watched this show every week. Joe's Bar was my favorite segment. Variety shows were common in the 1960s but The Jackie Gleason Show was different.

@larryaldrich4351 3 ай бұрын

Frank had that character down cold. Would have been a good spin-off series.

@8avexp 3 ай бұрын

I used to watch that show. Loved Frank Fontaine.

@steveperry1344 3 ай бұрын

we always watched the show on saturday nights. 'my gal sal"

@jmccracken1963 2 ай бұрын

And "Oh sole mio" at the beginning of the sketch.

@steveperry1344 2 ай бұрын

@@jmccracken1963 i think i remember 'my gal sal' at hte beginning and end.

@user-hp1hm7qx6z 3 ай бұрын

The Great One and the other GreatMr.Fontaine thank you

@billlakecomedy 2 ай бұрын

Performing an entire sketch live without having to stare at cue cards the whole time, and actually looking at the person you're talking too. Unlike SNL where they stare at a cue card waiting to read off their next line.

@David-yw2lv 3 ай бұрын

The Jackie Gleason Show was a staple in my household for eight years.

@mjpowell101a 3 ай бұрын

Like none other will ever be again that's Jackie Gleason and Frank Fontaine. God rest them well indeed, in Jesus mighty name Amen.

@newspapertaxis1 3 ай бұрын

Just Love these old shows! Sure brings back memory's...Thank God for KZfaq!!!!

@karlheeren8727 3 ай бұрын

They don't make 'em like that anymore!

@spencerbarnett8618 3 ай бұрын

Wow they were great actors

@michaelgarrett2266 3 ай бұрын

Man, I can see my grandmother, mother and I watching this and loving this segment each week. Those were the days.

@h0gwartz 3 ай бұрын

Loved this show as a kid, especially old Craze

@eddrohan4461 2 ай бұрын

My grandfather was a bartender in Queens, NY, for a long time, and Joe reminds me so much of him. They share a lot of the same mannerisms. I remember watching the Jackie Gleason Show as a kid and this was always a highlight.

@marstondavis 3 ай бұрын

...'I THINK HE PLAYED SECOND HARPOON IN THE TORONTO SYMPHONY'... WHAT A GREAT LINE!

@xfiles-thetruthisoutthere8038 3 ай бұрын

Oh man, I remember watching this show when I was kid. I'm showing my age but I don't care!

@chrischeshire6528 3 ай бұрын

Frank Fontaine first did this on the Jack Benny radio program as John Spomoni who was broke and asked Jack for a dime for coffee , Jack gave him 50 cents. John bought a lottery ticket and won. Jack demanded the prize was his throughout the episode.

@OofusTwillip 3 ай бұрын

*John L. C. Sivoney*

@chrischeshire6528 3 ай бұрын

@@OofusTwillip Thanks for the correction, I remembered it was something like that.

@babaoreally8220 Ай бұрын

The networks were full of these great shows in the 50’s.Jack Benny,George Burns,Red Skeleton,Lucille Ball,and others.Those were the best years for true,wholesome entertainment.

@janetcraft 3 ай бұрын

"How sweet it is!"

@j0anningrao190 3 ай бұрын

So love ❤️ it. This is one of my dad's favorite episodes.

@jeffneis553 3 ай бұрын

This was a good vido because you got to hear more at the end of My Gal Sal by Gleason.

@AlyraMoondancer 2 ай бұрын

I remembered he always sang in these skits, but I had forgotten what an amazing voice Frank Fontaine had. Absolute gold.

@enzos711 3 ай бұрын

From Cambridge, Ma; live in Medford (?) and Winchester .. I met one of his son's (a Bartender) in San Diego, around 1998 .. Told me a lot of interesting stories about his dad & Jackie Gleason ..

@OofusTwillip 3 ай бұрын

Frank Fontaine was also on Jack Benny's radio show, playing the same character, but named John L.C. Sivoney. And he was the inspiration for the WB cartoon character, Pete Puma.

@rayisland23 2 ай бұрын

Comedy without using a four letter word, how wonderful.

@jamesm.3967 3 ай бұрын

I used to watch this when I was about four, thank you for posting.

@f4phone104 Ай бұрын

I remember that as a child. I was born in 1958. The 60s were the best days of my life.

@TBlanktim 2 ай бұрын

This was real fun re-watching this. Thanks for posting.

@TedH. 4 ай бұрын

They were the greatest.

@thewkovacs316 3 ай бұрын

gleason was a genius....but this bit was lifted from duffy's tavern

@MK-su6eg 2 ай бұрын

Black and white tv, and the shows were so much fun! Born in the 50s , those were the best days! So blessed to experience!

@cbroz7492 2 ай бұрын

..I watched this every Saturday night with my mom & dad!!!

@iamrichrocker 2 ай бұрын

wow..what a flood of memories of better days..real comedy that was not dirty...we too, family, gathered around our 19" b/w and watched with smiles and laughter..thx for content..

@keithdomin5015 2 ай бұрын

Nothing but pure raw talent. I used to watch this when I was a kid. Loved it.

@ernestcruz6316 3 ай бұрын

These two had fans of all kinds. When Bob Uecker and Tim McCarver were together on the St. Louis Cardinals, they used to improvise their own Joe and Crazy routines for the guys in the locker room. I'd guess their material was a tad more adult oriented than Frank and Jackie's though.

@michaelmerta8956 3 ай бұрын

God bless them what talent, there still make me smile and reminisce about when I was young. Times where different.

@markgigiel2722 2 ай бұрын

OMG. This was great. I'm old enough to remember the show.

@wendyluckie4537 3 ай бұрын

Back in “the day” life was so much more uncomplicated. Never in a trillion years could this old Catholic believe our world would be so CONFUSING So grateful I was born instead of now. .

@allanramusiewicz996 3 ай бұрын

God Bless ♥️🙏♥️

@ual737ret 2 ай бұрын

Me too.

@duster71 4 ай бұрын

Every Sunday at 7 was Gleason time.

@vanguard4065 4 ай бұрын

how old are you 100? 😂

@johnhourigan6049 4 ай бұрын

Saturday, not Sunday

@user-br9bx9te3e 3 ай бұрын

Saturday at.6:30pk

@garyaugustus690 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful voice, just beautiful...

@jamesm.3967 3 ай бұрын

@@vanguard4065how old are you? NINE. 😂

@Dwayne7834 2 ай бұрын

I remember watching many episodes of this as a kid. Much better than the comedy now.

@UncleMilty 2 ай бұрын

"Captain Nemo was married, he was married to a woman." Now why did that get such a big laugh? Miss those days.

@johnhourigan6049 Ай бұрын

When the camera dollies back as Jackie belts out My Gal Sal, it sends shivers up my spine as watching this takes me to my childhood on Saturday nights. God bless you, Jackie.

@Mr5083 2 ай бұрын

I lived in the Bronx across the street from the old Yankee Stadium in 1966 I remember as a little kid watching on our old broken tv we needed pliers to change the channels , Does anybody remember back then we had trucks that had kiddy amusement rides that would ride around the streets for a few cents you could get on and enjoy a ride , good old days

@FishBait-ug6ek 3 ай бұрын

This is a breath of fresh air from today's chaos. LOVE IT!

@tonydisibio4236 2 ай бұрын

I Watched this 58 yrs ago, and my Hero Just went to be with GOD, Willie Mays. Thank You Willie from All of US.

@enzos711 3 ай бұрын

"Wow, different times" ..

@keithmotsinger918 2 ай бұрын

Watched this with Daddy in the 60's . As a kid the guy amazed me. RIP

@harley092355 4 ай бұрын

Could never do this in our modern age!

@ThomasJanik-nf5vi 2 ай бұрын

My Dad and I watched Jackie & Frankie together on Saturday nights, when I was a boy in Cleveland, Ohio. My Dad love both of them! I did too!

@timwalcott6268 2 ай бұрын

Some of my favorite memories are from sitting and watching Gleason, and Red Skelton. My pop would just howl with laughter. 😂

@tomgardner8825 2 ай бұрын

my brother and I were kids back then, and loved the jackie gleason show.

@prisonersforprofit 2 ай бұрын

my father loved jackie gleason, and more than likely frank fontaine, i'd never seen this or them but it holds up well, really campy but a great routine, love how jackie keeps getting irritated then repeatedly drawn back into the story.

@johnbates4319 2 ай бұрын

I was in 1966 I remember sitting in front of that old TV with My Parents. Memories of a Time long ....long ago. ☺️

@JoeEchevarria 3 ай бұрын

Two funny men legends

@don66hotrod94 2 ай бұрын

I forgot Frank had such a beautiful voice. Two great talents.

@elviejodelmar2795 3 ай бұрын

Imagine, they said that Jackie Gleason didn't rehearse. The guests showed up on the day, ran through their skits briefly, and then went out to do live t.v.

@DanielBarrett-og7sv 3 ай бұрын

Nuff said I could not add to it

@rosemarykarl8711 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this wonderful laughable memory!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥹I haven’t heard these since the 60’s❤

@1949LA-ARCH 3 ай бұрын

We watched this show when I was growing up. I was fabulous 😂

@Krispy1011 2 ай бұрын

Can't get much better than that!

@charlesmetzger1552 Ай бұрын

These were the days. Simple times. He had such a great voice. Always looked forward to this show on a black n white tv with bug ears. God bless the time we grew up in.

@thedocofrock1890 2 ай бұрын

i remember watching this show as a kid and being SHOCKED the first time i heard frankie fontaine's voice. smooth as butter. he fooled a lot of people with that routine. great show.