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Jackie Gleason Biography

John Herbert Gleason (February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an American comedian, actor, writer, composer and conductor. Developing a style and characters from growing up in Brooklyn, New York, he was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy, exemplified by his bus driver Ralph Kramden character in the television series The Honeymooners. By filming the episodes with Electronicams, Gleason was later able to release the series in syndication, which increased its popularity over the years with new audiences. He also developed The Jackie Gleason Show, which maintained high ratings from the mid-1950s through 1970. After originating in New York City, filming moved to Miami, Florida, in 1964 after Gleason took up permanent residence there.

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Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable.

Beautiful, Funny, Inspiration, People, Thin

Golf and women are a lot alike. You know you are not going to wind up with anything but grief, but you can't resist the impulse.

Golf, Grief, Impulse, Wind, Women

Sometimes the feeling that life is great just swells up inside you and fills you with joy.

Feeling, Feelings, Joy, Life, Life Is Great

I didn't have things as a child, and I was determined to get them.

Child, Children, Determined, Things

The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.

Day, Diet, Easier, Food, Funny, Inspiring

I drink for the honorable purpose of getting bagged.

Bagged, Drink, Honorable, Purpose

One of these days. . . One of these days. . . Pow! Right in the kisser!

Days, Honeymooners, Pow, Right, These Days

The Miami Beach audience is the greatest audience in the world.

Audience, Beach, Miami, World

The only thing better than one of my songs is one of my songs with a glass of scotch.

Glass, Glasses, Scotch, Song, Songs, Thing

If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it. If you have it and don't know you have it, you don't have it. If you don't have it but you think you have it, then you have it.

Know, Think, Thinking, Wisdom, Wise

Some drink to forget, some drink to remember-me, I drink to get bagged.

Bagged, Drink, Forget, Remember

I knew that nobody could be on television week after week as themselves and exist for any length of time, because no one has that rich a personality. . . . So I knew that I had to create some characters.

Character, Create, Nobody, Personality, Television

The worst thing you can do with money is save it.

Can Do, Money, Thing, Worst, Worst Things

I have a 'Play The Melody' philosophy. It means don't over arrange, don't make life difficult. Just play the melody-and do it the simplest way possible.

Arrange, Inspirational, Mean, Philosophy, Play, Possible

The best part of you ran down your mother's legs.

Legs, Mother, Part, Ran, Sarcastic

Modesty is the artifice of actors, similar to passion in call girls.

Actors, Artifice, Girl, Passion, Sarcastic

I always knew what I was doing.

It is difficult for people to appreciate their own laughter unless you show them some pathos along the way.

Appreciate, Laughter, Pathos, People, Show, Way

Most wives think of their husbands as bumbling braggarts with whom they happen to be in love.

Bumbling, Happen, Husband, Husbands, Marriage, Thinking

A lot of people say, 'Well, I like a challenge. 'I don`t like challenges. Life is tough enough without any challenges.

Challenges, Like, People, Tough

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