@rinkydinkydoink
Thanks, hunka.
I truly love that opening theme. Plus Norton and his submarine sandwiches and pizzas... first time this kid knew those foods existed. It was all magical to me... and the live audience, too.

@rinkydinkydoink What I notice most nowadays is that Jackie Gleason didn't like to rehearse and he would forget his lines and make things up and the rest of the cast would have to cover for him. I still watch it on YouTube.

@hunkalove

I knew he didn't like rehearsing supposedly because he preferred the actual show be "fresh" and the others hated that... but, upon reflection, this new info (to me) makes more sense because sometimes Norton and Alice do have puzzled looks on their faces at times - lol.

[b]EDIT[/b] - funny you mentioned this because I was reading much of this the other day. Gleason, this article emphasized, had a photographic memory.