Jackie Gleason Makes His Only Appearance | Carson Tonight Show

television? I watch uh, channel two, is it here? It's the public, uh, channel six or bit 28. I don't know and I watch sporting events uh because when I watch a sitcom

show

, uh, they do the first few lines and I know where it's going so it's not funny and then they have the Laughter machine, yeah, the guy comes in and says hello and gets angry, hey dad, how's work? I mean, he sits there playing the organ I remember when you did the uh, it was the Ducan chamber system, they call it Dumont with the three cameras set up, but the first time you did it in front of a live audience, that's right, you never did the program in another way? in front of an audience without cue cards or teleprompters and uh, that's the

only

way to make a

show

yeah, how are you going to know if you're syncing something if you have someone to tell?

Yes, get that feedback, there is nothing in your life that you want to do you haven't done yet no, I've been very lucky. I had the opportunity to do almost everything I wanted to do and some of it was bomb, some of it was pretty good, uh, I've been very, very lucky and anyone who thinks it's just their talent is crazy, you have to be lucky and you know That talent is a very annoying thing because you can't take any credit for it, it's a gift from God, you know? you're stuck with it someone says you're good you smell god did it right in your case look i can stay with us rest assured what you have to divide you have to leave because i know you're taking this picture called uh i forgot the name nothing in common nothing in common with Tom Hanks I can't tell you how fun it is to finally come here and spend a little time together John, you were beautiful five minutes I admire, did you hug?

Turn up the book, yeah, Jim's book house, uh, what's the name, what's it called? Oh sweet, thank you, Jack, stranger.