The Bishop Tuff is a welded tuff that formed 767100 ± 900 years ago as a rhyolitic pyroclastic flow during the eruption that created the Long Valley Caldera. Large outcrops of the tuff are located in Inyo and Mono Counties, California, United States.

Modern exposure

The Bishop Tuff caps a volcanic plateau in the northern Owens Valley. The tableland formation is located east of U.S. Route 395 and west of the Nevada stateline, sitting northwest of Bishop and southeast of Crowley Lake and Mammoth Lakes. Another part of the flow is south of Mono Lake, and surrounding the Mono-Inyo Craters.

Deposits of Bishop Tuff in this area cover nearly , and range in thickness from to .

The Owens River cut through the volcanic plateau, creating the Owens River Gorge.

See also

Rhyolite

Glass Mountain

References

External links

Long Valley Observatory - Bishop Tuff

BLM Bishop Field Office web page

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Name	Bishop Lamont
Background	solo_singer
Alias	Bishop
Birth date	October 31, 1978
Birth name	Philip Martin
Origin	South Los Angeles, California, United States
Genre	Hip hop
Occupation	Singer
Years active	2003–present
Label	Aftermath/Interscope(2004-2010)Diocese(2005-present)
Associated acts	Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Xzibit
Website	www.bishoplamont.com }}

Philip Martin (born October 31, 1978 in Inglewood, California), better known as Bishop Lamont is an American rapper from Carson, California. He was signed to Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment record label but left in 2010.

Biography

Martin started rapping at age thirteen. Dr. Dre met Martin while on set filming The Game's music video for "Dreams". After giving him praises on an L.A. radio station, Dr. Dre signed Martin in 2005. Martin was featured in ''The Source'''s Unsigned Hype section, but he was already signed to Aftermath by the time the issue hit stands.

According to Martin, Dr. Dre said that along with Eminem, Martin is the only other rapper that made him uncomfortable. Dr. Dre said that this is due to his protégé's controversial and political lyrics.

Martin is credited for his numerous soundtrack contributions. He has appeared in the soundtrack for the video game ''True Crime: Streets of LA''. He can also be heard on three EA Sports video games. The tracks "The Best" and "We Got Next" are included in ''Madden 2007'' and ''NBA Live 2006'', respectively. Also, the track "I'm a Soldier" was included in ''NFL Street 2''. In addition, Martin has the title track "Welcome to Havoc", featured in ''Havoc'', a film starring Anne Hathaway.

Together with his War Doggz crew, Martin owns a record label called Diocese Records.

Martin is widely believed to be one of the more prominent rappers to be featured on Dr. Dre's highly anticipated album, ''Detox'' much like the role of Snoop Dogg on The Chronic and lablemate Hittman on Chronic 2001. Dr. Dre himself confirmed that Martin is to be heavily featured on the album. The Carson, California-based rapper is also working on his debut album, tentatively titled ''The Reformation'' which is due out in the third or fourth quarter of 2009. Martin's mixtape/album ''N*gger Noize'' was released on March 2, 2007. It was mixed by DJ Skee and consists of all original content. On Skee TV, Martin and DJ Skee described ''N*gger Noize'' as being a "street album". Martin stated in an interview with WestCoastRydaz.com that after ''The Reformation'' and ''Detox'', he will be working on ''The Impossible Possible'' which will be entirely produced by Dr. Dre and Scott Storch. The album will be released in 2011.

It has also been reported that Martin is in the studio working for ''The Reformation'' with Chris Martin from Coldplay. Planned sessions with Eminem and 50 Cent are in order. Production credits will include Battlecat, DJ Premier, Scott Storch, The RZA, Damizza, Pete Rock, and others. In a December 2006 interview with Dubcnn, Martin said that ''The Reformation'' is 60% completed. He also stated that his album is to be released before ''Detox''. According to Martin, the album will be about "rebellion, revolution, the positive and negative things in life and organized chaos".

In addition, he also announced he will be releasing ''Caltroit 2: Metropolis'' which contains all the extra music that was not included in the first release of the Caltroit mixtape. He also said will feature Slum Village, Royce Da 5'9, Talib Kweli and others.

In 2008, Martin appeared in Busta Rhymes' music video for "We Made It", and Kardinal Offishall's music video for "Set It Off".

In November 2008, Bishop Interviewed with HoodHype.com and discussed his beef with The Game which seems to have started as far back as Game's track "100 Bars (The Funeral)"

In January 2010 Bishop confirmed his amicable split from Aftermath/Interscope after five years on the label. Lamont, who allegedly walks away with over 700 songs he recorded there, said he still has a relationship with Dr. Dre, "Dre is still my big bro, but after five years of just sitting there, it is kind of unfair to the fans and my family and myself that the release date has changed when all these people are waiting."

Discography

;Studio Albums

''Working Title'' (TBA)

;Street Albums

''Nigger Noize'' (2007)

''Caltroit'' (with Black Milk) (2007)

''Pope Mobile'' (2007)

''The Confessional'' (2008)

''Team America Fuck Yeah: Special Forces (With Indef)'' (2009)

''The Shawshank Redemption/Angola 3'' (2010)

;Mixtapes

''Who I Gotta Kill to Get a Record Deal, Vol. 1'' (2004)

''Welcome 2 L.A. [Bootleg]'' (2005)

''On My Way to Own tha Biz [Bootleg]'' (2006)

''Mecha God - Spilla!'' [Japan Release]'' (2010)

References

[ Bishop Lamont Breaks Down Everything - RimeMag.com Video ]

External links

Official website

Dr. Dre’s New Medicine: Bishop Lamont Interview with TheKoalition.com

Category:African American rappers Category:Aftermath Entertainment artists Category:Musicians from California Category:Living people Category:People from Inglewood, California Category:1978 births

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{{infobox soap character 2 | series	Neighbours
Name	Harold Bishop
Portrayer	Ian Smith
Creator	Reg Watson
Introducer	Reg Watson (1987)Stanley Walsh (1996)Susan Bower (2011)
Years	1987–1991, 1996–2009, 2011
Classification	Former, regular
First	30 January 1987
Last	15 June 2011
Born	27 March 1939
Home	Byron Bay
Occupation	Health Food Shop Manager (1987)Columnist for Erinsborough News (1988)Daphne's Coffee Shop Manager and Owner (1989–1991)Salvation Army volunteer (1991—)The Coffee Shop Manager and Owner (1997–2005)Grease Monkeys Manager (2000)The General Store Co-Owner (2008–09)
Father	Frank Bishop
Wife	Mavis BishopMadge Ramsay (1988–2001)Carolyn Johnstone (2011–)
Sons	David Bishop
Stepsons	Henry Ramsay
Daughters	Kerry Bishop
Stepdaughters	Charlene Mitchell
Granddaughters	Sky MangelSerena Bishop
Cousins	Roy MacDoon
Relatives	Alastair MacDoonKerry Mangel }}

Harold Bishop is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', played by Ian Smith. He made his first on-screen appearance on 30 January 1987. Smith was offered a role by ''Neighbours'' creator and executive producer Reg Watson. He departed in September 1991, but returned five years later in October 1996 and remained on screen for over twelve years, making him the second longest-running character in the show's history, surpassed only by Lou Carpenter. Smith announced Harold's departure from ''Neighbours'' in August 2008 and he made his final appearance 27 February 2009. In December 2010, it was announced that Smith would be reprising his role as Harold for a return in 2011.

Casting

Reg Watson offered Smith a role in ''Neighbours'' following the end of his television drama, ''Prisoner'', with which Smith had been a script editor. Smith agreed to join ''Neighbours'' and asked if he could write for the show too. Smith was given the role of Harold, a part that was only supposed to last for five weeks. A couple of weeks after he had finished filming, Smith was asked back. Comedian Peter Moon revealed in 2009 that he had originally auditioned for the role of Harold. Moon said "Ian Smith beat me to it, so it is kind of weird thinking about the life I could have had. When I auditioned, I went into wardrobe and they gave me a pair of shoes to wear that had Harold written on them". Moon was eventually given a role with the soap twenty years later. Smith was written out in 1991, before making a return in 1996. Harold later became the second longest-running character in the show's history.

Smith decided to go part time on the show in 2007. He had been ready to depart ''Neighbours'' for good, but the producers did not want him to leave. They then offered him a compromise, which would see Smith film for six weeks and then have a four month break. Smith said that he was "awfully glad" that the producers talked him into coming back and explained, "I'm not retiring, but I am walking away from having to work 13-hour days, day after day." Smith began appearing intermittently during 2008 and this forced the writers to take Harold in a new direction. Harold's first departure saw him leave Ramsay Street for a tour around Australia.

Character development

Characterisation

Harold is described as being "indecisive, considerate, stuffy and reserved." Harold is a Christian and never misses church on Sunday, he was also once an "enthusiastic" Scout leader. Due to his ways, Harold would not live with Madge Ramsay (Anne Charleston) until they were married. Virgin Media said Harold is "prim and proper" and "an old-fashioned fuddy-duddy." They also state he is the complete opposite of Madge and add he is "famed for his vegetarian ways, tee-total habits and fastidiousness and moralising" Harold's hobbies include playing the tuba, giving his time to the Salvation Army and birdwatching. He once had a comedic alter ego named "Afro Harold."

In 2003, Harold suffers a stroke and his personality changes. He leaves the Salvation Army, becomes a "peeping tom", starts drinking alcohol and he pinches Izzy Hoyland's (Natalie Bassingthwaighte) bottom. Smith researched stokes and how they affect a person's psyche after becoming concerned that Harold's behaviour would stretch his character's credibility too much. Harold later recovers and returns back to his previous ways. Network Ten have said that Harold is the "undisputed patriarch of Erinsborough" and the heart and soul of the community.

Friendship with Lou Carpenter

Lou Carpenter (Tom Oliver) was initially Harold's "nemesis" and rival for Madge's affections. They had both fallen for Madge while they were all at school together. Lou arrives in Ramsay Street to steal Madge from Harold before she marries him, but he cannot stop the wedding and he leaves. Lou later returns and becomes friends with Harold. Oliver said that some reviewers had likened Lou and Harold's relationship to Laurel and Hardy and ''The Odd Couple''". The ''Courier-Mail'' said Harold and Lou's friendship was one of their favourite "bromances" on television. They said their most bromantic moment was "When Harold returned to Erinsborough, after being feared drowned for many years, he had no memory of his old life. But when Lou served him jelly one night Harold suddenly remembered how Lou used to tease him at school by calling him "Jelly Belly" and, presto, his memory was restored." Harold is imprisoned after a case of mistaken identity and Lou raises the money for his bail. Harold later donates a kidney to Lou and they go into business together, founding the General Store. Harold and Lou both fall for Rosie Hoyland (Maggie Millar), which leads to some arguments and Harold destroying a love letter from Lou to Rosie. When Gino Esposito (Shane McNamara) moves in with Harold, the writers decided to tweak the "standard love triangle story" with Lou becoming jealous of the Gino and Harold's friendship. Harold and Gino get along very well and share a love of Broadway musical DVDs. Of this, Peter Mattessi of ''The Age'' said "The tension this created between Lou and Harold ("same-sex platonic life-partners", according to Toadie) was a wonderful storytelling twist, and the innuendo made Gino's sexuality clear to those in the know, yet avoided the questions from younger viewers which would jeopardise the G rating." After Smith announced his departure in 2008, Oliver was asked if Lou would be sad about his best friend's exit and he said "Oh yes, definitely, but the old rascals keep in touch all the time. It was a sad farewell. Not just in character, but for me and Ian [Smith] too".

Cancer and departure

In August 2008, it was announced that Smith had quit ''Neighbours''. Paula Lucarelli of Network Ten said "When the discussions were made about his decision to go part-time last year, he said it was only going to be for a short time and then he would let us know. Production was aware that it would be coming." Smith began filming his final scenes in October of that year for a departure in February 2009. Smith revealed that he quit ''Neighbours'', so he could travel more and because he was getting "ongoing abuse" from local people. He explained "You know it's time to move on when you're being hassled outside your home every night by drunk idiots screaming abuse. I got so fed up I ended up calling the police. They were making my life hell."

''The Telegraph'' reported that Harold would leave Erinsborough after successfully winning a fight with prostate cancer. After Harold returns from a road trip, he accompanies Lou to see Karl Kennedy (Alan Fletcher). Karl suggests to Harold that he has a check-up and he is diagnosed with prostate cancer, which needs immediate medical attention. Due to Harold's Christian beliefs and the loss of Madge to cancer, he believes that the diagnosis is "fate trying to reunite them" and he refuses treatment. Fletcher said "Harold obviously has a lot of things to think about. He had to weigh up his belief that he'll be reunited with Madge against the love he feels for his friends and family who are still alive. It's a very difficult situation to be in." Harold shuts everyone out of his life as he tries to cope with the news. After speaking to neighbour and fellow cancer sufferer, Stephanie Scully (Carla Bonner), Harold eventually agrees to have surgery and undergoes chemotherapy treatment.

While cheering up Donna Freedman (Margot Robbie) at the General Store, Harold suffers a heart attack, which leaves him fighting for his life. His friends and neighbours hold a 24-hour vigil at the hospital hoping he will pull through. Harold later flat-lines and Karl, despite knowing it could get him into trouble with the hospital authorities, decides to go against his wish not to be resuscitated. Fletcher said "Harold's heart stops beating, so Karl chooses to override his wishes and bring him back to life. As he fears, Harold is furious with him when he regains consciousness, insisting that he wanted to be reunited with his beloved wife, Madge, who died of cancer. Because of Karl's actions, Harold feels as though Madge has been taken away from him twice." Harold forgives Karl for saving him, but he makes it clear that he no longer wants to live. Harold eventually recovers and he decides to leave Erinsborough to go and live with his granddaughter. Smith's final scenes as Harold were broadcast on 27 February 2009 in Australia. During an interview with Digital Spy, executive producer, Susan Bower, said she thought the character should have been killed off during the cancer storyline. She added "But I'm delighted that he is alive and well and enjoying himself and the fact that we've got a lovely photograph of him in the store and we named the store after Harold, at least means that his spirit will always live on."

Return

|source=—Holy Soap on Harold's return}} In December 2010, cast member Ryan Moloney revealed to ''TV Week'' that Smith would be reprising his role and returning to ''Neighbours'' the following year. Moloney said Smith will appear "for a little bit" and it was later reported by the ''Herald Sun'' that Smith will return for six weeks. Smith began filming his comeback scenes in February 2011. He told Holy Soap that he was surprised when he was asked to return to ''Neighbours''. He sat down with his wife and they agreed that he should go back to the show for a brief return. Smith later revealed that he was returning to work because he had suffered during the recession and wanted to earn some money. He also said that the chance to play Harold again was "appealing" and that he did not get a chance to say a proper goodbye to him. Smith has vowed that this will be his last return to the show, as he and his wife have plans to travel through central Australia.

Harold returned on 9 May 2011. His return storyline saw him come back to Ramsay Street to help a friend. Smith said that viewers will think they know who it is, but they would be wrong. Smith said "And of course there's human pathos, there's laughs – lots of laughs – [and] a little bit of romance, but I'm not saying who for, because I don't think she/he would like me to let it out. Look, there's a little bit of everything, but the thing is it's all a happy ending and it couldn't be better, and I loved it." Smith pitched one idea for Harold's return and he said that it would be interesting to revisit the character once more. A few months later it was revealed that Harold comes back to Erinsborough after receiving a call for help from Toadfish Rebecchi. Not all of Harold's help is "received as graciously as it's given" and Harold's new relationship with Carolyn (Paula Duncan) is not welcomed by some of the neighbours. Smith told ''Inside Soap'' that when the producers asked him if there was a particular storyline he would like to play to play, he suggested that Harold should get married and so he returns engaged. Harold's news is not well received by his best friend.

Storylines

Backstory

Harold was born in Brisbane. He met Madge Ramsay at high school and they began dating, despite Harold's rival, Lou Carpenter, trying to steal Madge away. Lou gives Harold the nickname "Jelly Belly". Harold loses Madge when she marries Fred Mitchell (Nick Waters) and moves away. Harold becomes a stock and station agent and he later marries Mavis and they have two children, David (Kevin Harrington) and Kerry (Linda Hartley-Clark). Mavis dies and leaves Harold to cope with his teenage children alone. Harold enjoys a close relationship with David, but Kerry rebels against Harold's conservative ways and she leaves to travel the world. David later moves to Adelaide, leaving Harold alone.

1987–1991

Madge's daughter, Charlene (Kylie Minogue), calls Harold and invites him to Erinsborough to see Madge. Harold surprises Madge when he arrives on her doorstep and he is keen to rekindle their romance. Harold decides to settle in the area and he opens a health food shop and moves in with Nell Mangel (Vivean Gray), who secretly admires Harold as he is a churchgoer like she is. Harold proposes to Madge, but he calls off the wedding when Charlene wants to move in with Scott Robinson (Jason Donovan) out of wedlock and Madge throws her ring in Lassiter's Lake. Harold takes over the Coffee Shop, when Daphne Clarke (Elaine Smith) goes on maternity leave. Daphne dies and Harold stays on as permanent manager, he also writes for the Erinsborough News.

Eileen Clarke (Myra De Groot) spreads rumours that Harold is a lady-killer and when Harold discovers that people are talking about him, he tries to leave town. Charlene tells Harold that she has not finished working on his brakes, but he does not listen and crashes his car. Harold breaks both arms and Madge realises that she loves Harold and they resume their engagement. Lou Carpenter arrives in town and declares his love for Madge, Harold punches him during a fight. Madge chooses Harold and they marry. Harold saves Des Clarke's (Paul Keane) life and Des offers him a partnership in the Coffee Shop. Harold and Madge later buy Des out.

Kerry shows up and Harold is shocked to find out that she had had a child out of wedlock, but he is delighted to be a grandfather to, Sky (Miranda Fryer). Harold invites Kerry to move in with him and Madge. Harold is initially against Kerry's relationship with Joe Mangel (Mark Little), but he sees how much Joe loves her and Sky and gives their relationship his blessing. Joe and Kerry marry and Joe's son, Toby (Finn Greentree-Keane) calls Harold "grandad". Harold and Madge win the lottery and take a trip around the world, they meet Eddie Buckingham (Bob La Castra) in England and he comes home with them. Kerry is shot and killed by a duck hunter, which devastates Harold. He develops a stronger bond with Joe as a result. Harold suffers a heart attack when he discovers that Madge has invited Lou to stay. Harold and Madge decide to go on holiday. During a walk on a coastal path, Madge stops to talk to a painter and when she looks around, Harold is nowhere to be seen. Madge finds Harold's glasses at the edge of a cliff and his body is not found.

1996–2011

Five years later, it is revealed that Harold was swept out to sea and picked up by a trawler. He suffers from amnesia and calls himself Ted. He decides to work for the Salvation Army after they help him start a new life. Harold turns up in Ramsay Street to collect some boxes from Marlene Kratz (Moya O'Sullivan). As Harold leaves, he bumps into Helen Daniels (Anne Haddy) who is shocked to see him. She tries to track him down and leaves her number for Harold at the Salvation Army shop. Harold calls Helen and comes to see her, but he becomes frustrated as he does not remember the things she tells him and leaves. Helen calls Madge, who had moved away, to tell her that Harold is alive and Madge flies to Erinsborough. Marlene invites Harold to join her for lunch at the Coffee Shop, where Helen, Lou and Madge are waiting. Harold recognises Madge, but he has no idea that she is his wife until she tells him everything. Harold starts counselling and his memory returns. Harold and Madge renew their wedding vows and they move to Queensland. Harold returns to Erinsborough to play the tuba in a Salvation Army concert and he rents his old house. He and Madge eventually move back and they buy the Coffee Shop. Harold befriends Paul McClain (Jansen Spencer) and he and Madge foster him. They later foster Paul's friend, Tad Reeves (Jonathon Dutton) too. Harold and Madge decided to take over the running of Grease Monkeys, but they later sell the business.

Madge is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and given six months to live, which devastates Harold. Madge develops septicaemia and Karl Kennedy tells Harold that Madge only has a short time left. Madge dies in Harold's arms. Both Paul and Tad leave and Lou moves in. Rosie Hoyland (Maggie Millar) arrives and Harold and Lou become rivals for her love, but she tells Harold that she just wants to be friends. Harold then finds himself rejecting Valda Sheergold's (Joan Sydney) advances. Harold tries a dating agency and start dating Ruby Dwyer (Maureen Edwards), though she is just using him for money. Harold donates a kidney to Lou and when he is released from hospital, he discovers that his house has been burgled. He discovers that it was Ruby, but he tries to help her gambling problem and she later leaves to see her son.

Sky returns to see Harold and he shocked she is now a rebellious teenager with black and blue hair. Harold offers to tell her more about Kerry and he introduces her to Boyd Hoyland (Kyal Marsh). David, his wife, Liljana (Marcella Russo) and their daughter, Serena (Lara Sacher) also come to town. Harold is unhappy at David's behaviour, the way Liljana takes over his kitchen and how Serena is spoilt. Harold and David make up and Harold invites him to move in with him and Sky. Harold suffers a stroke and his personality changes. Harold becomes rude and selfish, he starts eating meat and drinking and he leaves the Salvation Army. Harold later recovers and goes back to normal. A fire sweeps through the Lassiter's Complex and burns the Coffee Shop to the ground. He sets up a temporary Coffee Shop at the Community Hall with Paul Robinson's (Stefan Dennis) help. Harold goes into business with Lou and they open the General Store. Joe returns and stays with Harold.

Sky, David, Liljana and Serena are involved in a plane crash. Sky is found and days later David's body is recovered. Liljana and Serena are never found. Harold goes into denial and punches Joe, Sky tells him that she needs him and he snaps out of it. Harold blames Paul Robinson for David, Liljana and Serena's deaths and he strangles Paul from behind. Paul survives and Harold later confesses to Paul, who does not press charges. Harold leaves town for a little while and on his return, he discovers that Sky is pregnant. Harold has a brief romance with Loris Timmins (Kate Fitzpatrick) and Sky gives birth to a daughter, Kerry (Claudine Henningsen). Sky moves away to be with Kerry's father and Harold throws himself into work at the General Store. He later decides to pack up and travel around the country. Harold meets Kate Newton (Briony Behets) and they briefly stop over in Erinsborough, before leaving together.

Harold returns for Christmas and goes for a checkup. He is shocked when Karl tells him that he has prostate cancer and needs urgent treatment. Harold does not take the news well, but Karl eventually convinces him to fight. Harold has an operation and begins chemotherapy after speaking to Stephanie Scully. Harold later suffers a heart attack and Karl ignores his wishes not to be resuscitated. Harold's cancer goes into remission and he decides to go and be with Sky. He gives his home to the Salvation Army and says goodbye to Susan Kennedy (Jackie Woodburne) when she sees him taking photos of Ramsay Street. The next day he says goodbye to everyone else and drives out of town. When he stops for tea, he discovers that Lou has been hiding in his camper van and they continue the journey together.

Two years later, Harold returns to Ramsay Street after receiving a call for help from Toadie, who is dealing with the news that Sonya Mitchell (Eve Morey) is the mother of his adopted son, Callum (Morgan Baker). Harold visits Sonya to get her side of the story and Harold tells Toadie that he should be a little more forgiving. Harold meets Troy Miller (Dieter Brummer), but fails to pass his number onto Toadie as he thinks he has enough to deal with. Harold takes a couple of secret calls and when he receives a text in front of Toadie, he reveals that he is in a relationship with a woman named Carolyn. He explains that she founded a tea company and when he enquired about it, they met and fell in love. Harold also reveals that he is engaged to Carolyn. Harold encourages Toadie to speak to Sonya, but Toadie tells him that he needs time. Harold then sees Sonya and Troy kissing and Sonya asks him not to tell Toadie. Carolyn arrives and she and Harold confront Troy together. Carolyn later suggests that she and Harold get married in Erinsborough. Lou returns to town and goes to see Harold, who tells him about Carolyn. Lou tells Harold that he thinks Carolyn is stuck up and he tries to organise a buck's night. Carolyn is against the idea, so Harold gets them to compromise on a joint party at Charlie's. Troy comes along and when he and Harold get some drinks, Troy physically threatens him. Harold tells Toadie about Troy.

On his wedding day, Harold goes to visit Madge's grave and is late for the ceremony. Following his arrival, he and Carolyn get married. Harold and Carolyn return for their honeymoon and try to tell Lou that he has taken on too much at the car yard and that he needs to slow down, but Lou does not listen to them and he later collapses. Harold and Carolyn go to the hospital and Harold tells Lou to start taking his health seriously. He is pleased when Lou announces his intentions to sell the car yard. Harold and Carolyn begin packing the van, so they can leave, when Callum asks them to get Sonya to move back in with him and Toadie. Harold speaks with Toadie and tries to convince him that Sonya should move back in. Toadie likes the sound of the idea, but thinks it is too soon. Harold and Carolyn are sorry they could not convince Sonya and Toadie to move in together. After saying goodbye to Lou, Harold and Carolyn are delighted when Toadie and Sonya reveal that they are moving back in together. Toadie thanks Harold for everything that he has done and Harold and Carolyn leave.

Reception

Smith has earned various award nominations for his role as Harold. At the 2007 Inside Soap Awards, he was nominated for "Funniest Performance". The following year saw Smith nominated for "Funniest Performance" again and "Best Actor". In 2009, Smith was once again nominted for "Funniest Performance" and "Best Storyline" for Harold's cancer. That same year he was nominated for the "Most Popular Personality" and "Most Popular Actor" Logie Awards.

Television critic Charlie Brooker praised the character of Harold in 2005, saying "Thank God then, for Harold Bishop, who looks precisely the same as he always did – just slightly more so. His is probably the friendliest face on television – a cross between 10 Toytown mayors and a baby". Virgin Media included Harold in their top ten favourite soap characters poll in 2007. They also express that he's become "one of the most popular Ramsey Street residents." After listing his many storylines, Paul Kalina of ''The Age'' asked whether there were any plot devices left for the writers to give Harold. He went on to say that Harold's 2008 exit was "a criminally low-key send-off for ''Neighbours''' most colourful and longest-standing cast member. For the best part of two decades, Harold was the moral compass of Ramsay Street, a paragon of the decent-in-a-sliced-white-bread-kind-of-way and nostalgic ideals that distinguishes the squeaky clean ''Neighbours'' from a legion of more temperate television soaps. Kalina added that the writers had "better be working up something damned good for when Harold returns."

Ruth Deller of entertainment website Lowculture expressed her sadness over Harold's cancer storyline saying, "Poor Jellybelly. There might have been a little bit of tear-shedding this week at his cancer diagnosis and trip to Madge's grave. We love you Hazza! The current web campaigns to get Ian Smith a golden logie after 20 years on ''Neighbours'' also have our support, in a very nominal kind of way." Of his 2009 departure, Deller said "Actor Ian Smith is retiring, which is the kind of behaviour we expect from normal people, not soap stars. He and his wife are going to be 'grey nomads' – the term for Australians who spend their retirement travelling the country in trailer homes. And in a case of art imitating life, that's exactly what Hazza will be doing. [..] To be fair, although I'm sad to see old Jelly Belly depart, it's a nice way to go: much better than him having a second screen death, or moving to live with the whiny Sky. Considering that Harold has had one of the most tragic lives of any Ramsay Street resident (two dead wives, two dead children, a dead grandchild, a dead daughter in law, being missing presumed dead for several years, watching Sky turn from fierce funky teen to moaning nymphomaniac, becoming insane and murderous, being conned by a variety of unscrupulous women and so on), giving him a happy ending is even sweeter." Sarah Megginson of SheKnows placed Harold's departure on her "8 Most Memorable ''Neighbours'' Moments".

In 2010, to celebrate ''Neighbours''' 25th anniversary, British Sky Broadcasting profiled twenty-five characters of which they believed were the most memorable in the series' history. Harold was included in the list and they describe him as having no luck in life, they added "Harold Bishop is proof that bad things happen to good people. Harold made Helen Daniels look like a manipulative harpy, and yet the universe still conspired to sweep him out to sea, give him amnesia for several years, and to give his wife Madge terminal cancer. This is all tear-jerking stuff, but the death of his son David's family in a plane crash and Harold subsequently putting a brave face on the situation turned the end of three unloved characters into one of the soap's saddest storylines in years."

References

External links

Character profile at the Official AU ''Neighbours'' website

Category:Neighbours characters Category:Fictional Australian people of Scottish descent Category:Fictional Australian people Category:Fictional shopkeepers Category:Fictional characters introduced in 1987

name	Faye Emerson
birth name	Faye Margaret Emerson
birth date	July 08, 1917
birth place	Elizabeth, Louisiana, U.S.
death date	March 09, 1983
death place	Deya, Majorca, Spain
spouse	Skitch Henderson (1950-1957)Elliott Roosevelt (1944-1950) 2 childrenWilliam Crawford (1938-1942) 1 child
years active	1941-1961 }}

Faye Margaret Emerson (July 8, 1917 – March 9, 1983) was an American film actress and television interviewer, known as "The First Lady of Television". She acted in many Warner Brothers films beginning in 1941. In 1944, she played one of her more memorable roles as Zachary Scott's ex in ''The Mask of Dimitrios.'' She was born to Lawrence and Emma (Smythe) in the tiny community of Elizabeth, Allen Parish in southwestern Louisiana.

In 1948, she made a move to television and began acting in various anthology series, including ''The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre'', ''The Philco Television Playhouse'', and ''Goodyear Television Playhouse''. She served as host for several short-lived talk shows and musical/variety shows, including ''Paris Cavalcade of Fashions'' (1948) and ''The Faye Emerson Show'' (CBS, 1950).

Although ''The Faye Emerson Show'' only lasted one season, it gave her wide exposure because her time slot immediately followed the ''CBS Evening News'' and alternated weeknights with the popular ''The Perry Como Show''. According to author Gabe Essoe in ''The Book of TV Lists,'' on one of the show's segments, her low-cut gown slipped and "she exposed her ample self coast to coast." The show was broadcast from a studio CBS built on the sixth floor of the Stork Club building. The studio, a complete replica of the Stork Club's Cub Room, was built for ''The Stork Club'', also seen on CBS beginning in 1950.

After ''The Faye Emerson Show'', she continued in TV with other talk shows, including ''Wonderful Town, U.S.A.'' (1951), ''Author Meets the Critics'' (1952), and ''Faye and Skitch'' (1953). She also made numerous guest appearances on various variety shows and game shows.

Emerson hosted or appeared on so many talk shows—usually wearing long, low-cut gowns—and game shows, such as ''I've Got a Secret'', that she was known as "The First Lady of Television." The glamorous Emerson was so popular in the early 1950s that it was rumored that the newly created Emmy Award was named after her.

She was once married to Elliott Roosevelt, son of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Emerson was later married to bandleader Skitch Henderson in the 1950s. Once a Hollywood starlet enjoying the show business spotlight, the wealthy Emerson moved to Spain and spent the rest of her life in seclusion. She died of stomach cancer in Deià, Mallorca, in 1983 at the age of sixty-five.

Filmography

Features

''Affectionately Yours'' (1941)

''The Nurse's Secret'' (1941)

''Bad Men of Missouri'' (1941)

''Manpower'' (1941)

''Nine Lives Are Not Enough'' (1941)

''Blues in the Night'' (1941)

''Wild Bill Hickok Rides'' (1942)

''Lady Gangster'' (1942)

''Murder in the Big House'' (1942)

''Juke Girl'' (1942)

''Secret Enemies'' (1942)

''Air Force'' (1943)

''The Hard Way'' (1943)

''Find the Blackmailer'' (1943)

''The Desert Song'' (1943)

''Destination Tokyo'' (1943)

''In Our Time'' (1944)

''Uncertain Glory'' (1944)

''Between Two Worlds'' (1944)

''The Mask of Dimitrios'' (1944)

''Crime by Night'' (1944)

''The Very Thought of You'' (1944)

''Hollywood Canteen'' (1944)

''Hotel Berlin'' (1945)

''Danger Signal'' (1945)

''Her Kind of Man'' (1946)

''Nobody Lives Forever'' (1946)

''Guilty Bystander'' (1950)

''Main Street to Broadway'' (1953)

''A Face in the Crowd'' (1957)

Short subjects

''At the Stroke of Twelve'' (1941)

''Women at War'' (1943)

''Food and Magic'' (1943)

References

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birth name	John Herbert Gleason
birth date	February 26, 1916
birth place	Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, United States
death date	June 24, 1987
death place	Lauderhill, Florida,
death cause	Colon Cancer
nationality	American
years active	1941–1986
occupation	Actor, comedian, musician
spouse	Genevieve Halford (1936–1970)Beverly McKittrick (1970–1975)Marilyn Taylor (1975–1987) (his death) }}

Jackie Gleason (February 26, 1916 – June 24, 1987) was an American comedian, actor and musician. He was known for his brash visual and verbal comedy style, especially by his character Ralph Kramden on ''The Honeymooners'', a situation-comedy television series. His most noted film roles were as Minnesota Fats in the drama film ''The Hustler'' (1961) starring Paul Newman, and as Buford T. Justice in the ''Smokey and the Bandit'' movie series.

Early life

Gleason was born at 364 Chauncey Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. He grew up nearby at 328 Chauncey Street, an address that he later used as the address for Ralph and Alice Kramden on his show The Honeymooners. Originally named Herbert Walton Gleason, Jr., he was baptized as John Herbert Gleason. His parents, both from Faranree, County Cork, Ireland, were Mae (Maisie) (''née'') Murphy, a subway change-booth attendant, and Herb Gleason, an insurance auditor. Gleason was one of their two children. Gleason's brother, Clemence, died of spinal meningitis at age 14, and his father abandoned the family. He remembered his father as having "beautiful handwriting", as Herbert Gleason often worked at the family's kitchen table writing policies in the evenings. The night before his disappearance, Gleason's father disposed of any family photos he was pictured in; just after noon on December 15, 1925, Herbert Gleason collected his hat, coat and paycheck, leaving the insurance company and his family for good. When it was evident he was not coming back, Mae went to work taking change for the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT). After his father left, young Gleason started hanging around on the streets with a local gang and hustling pool. He attended elementary school at P.S. 73 in Brooklyn. He attended but did not graduate from John Adams High School in Queens and Bushwick High School in Brooklyn. Gleason was raised by his mother, who died when he was 19. Gleason became interested in performing after being part of a class play; when he left school he got a job as an MC of a theater. The job paid $4 per night. Other jobs of his included working in a pool hall, stunt diver, and carnival barker. Gleason and his friends made the rounds of the local theaters; he put an act together with one of his friends and the pair performed for Amateur Night at the Halsey Theater, where Gleason replaced his friend, Sammy Birch, as the master of ceremonies. He was also offered the same work two nights a week at the Folly Theater.

When his mother died in 1935, young Gleason had nowhere to go and less than 40 cents to his name. The family of his first girlfriend, Julie Dennehy, offered to take him in but Gleason was headstrong and insisted he was going into the heart of the city. His friend, Sammy Birch, made room for him in the hotel room he shared with another comedian. Birch also told him of a one week job in Reading, Pennsylvania that would pay $19; it was more money than Gleason could imagine. The booker advanced him bus fare for the trip against his salary; this was Gleason's first job as a professional comedian. He had regular work in a variety of small clubs after that.

Career

Gleason worked his way up to a job at New York's Club 18, where insulting its patrons was the order of the day. Skater Sonja Henie was greeted by Gleason's handing her an ice cube and saying, "Okay, now do something." It was here where Jack Warner first saw Gleason, signing him to a film contract for $250 per week. By age 24, Gleason was appearing in movies, first at Warner Brothers as Jackie C. Gleason in such films as ''Navy Blues'' (1941) with Ann Sheridan and Martha Raye and ''All Through the Night'' (1941) with Humphrey Bogart; then at Columbia Pictures for the B military comedy ''Tramp, Tramp, Tramp'' (1942); and finally, at Twentieth Century-Fox, where Gleason played the Glenn Miller band's bassist in ''Orchestra Wives'' (1942). Gleason also had a small part as the soda shop clerk in ''Larceny, Inc.'' (1942) with Edward G. Robinson, and a modest part as "Commissioner" in the 1942 Betty Grable/Harry James musical, Springtime in the Rockies.

Gleason, however, did not make a strong impression in Hollywood at first. At the same time, he developed a nightclub act that included both comedy and music. He also became somewhat known for hosting all-night parties at his hotel suite; the hotel soundproofed his suite out of consideration for its other guests. "Anyone who knew Jackie Gleason in the 1940s," wrote CBS historian Robert Metz, "would tell you The Fat Man would never make it. His pals at Lindy's watched him spend money as fast as he soaked up the booze." Gleason's first recognition as a significant entertainer finally came on Broadway, when he appeared in the hit musical ''Follow the Girls'' (1944).

While working in films in California, Gleason also spent some time working at former boxer Maxie Rosenbloom's nightclub called Slapsy Maxie's on Wilshire.

Entering television

Gleason's big break arrived in 1949, when he landed the role of blunt but softhearted aircraft worker Chester A. Riley for the first television version of the radio hit ''The Life of Riley''. (William Bendix originated the role on radio, but was unable to take the television role at first because of film commitments.) The show received modest ratings but positive reviews; however, Gleason left the show after the first year, with Bendix now able to assume the role on television. ''The Life of Riley'' became a television hit in the early 1950s. By that time, however, Gleason was long gone from the show, and his nightclub act had begun receiving attention from New York City's inner circle and the small DuMont Television Network. Gleason was working at Slapsy Maxie's when the offer was made.

Gleason was hired to host DuMont's ''Cavalcade of Stars'' variety hour in 1950. The program initially had rotating hosts; the offer first made to Gleason was for two weeks at $750 per week. When Gleason said he did not consider that worth traveling to New York by train for, the offer was extended to four weeks. Gleason then boarded the train back to New York. He framed the show with splashy dance numbers, developed sketch characters he would refine over the next decade, and became enough of a presence that CBS wooed and won him over to its network in 1952.

Renamed ''The Jackie Gleason Show'', it became the country's second-highest-rated television show during the 1954–1955 season. Gleason amplified the show with even splashier opening dance numbers, inspired by Busby Berkeley screen dance routines and featuring the precision-choreographed June Taylor Dancers. Following the dance performance, he would do an opening monologue. Then, accompanied by "a little travelin' music" ("That's a Plenty", a Dixieland classic from 1914), he would shuffle toward the wing, clapping his hands inversely and hollering, "And awaaay we go!" The phrase became one of his trademarks along with "How Sweet It Is!", used in reaction to almost anything at all.

''The Honeymooners'' first appeared on ''Cavalcade of Stars'' on October 5, 1951, with Carney as Norton and the character actress Pert Kelton as Alice. Darker and fiercer than they later became with Audrey Meadows as Alice, the sketches proved popular with critics and viewers. As Kramden, Gleason played a frustrated bus driver with a battle-ax wife in harrowingly realistic arguments; when Meadows (who was 15 years younger than Kelton) took over the role after Kelton was blacklisted, the tone softened considerably. In fact, early sketches come as something of a shock to some modern critics.

When Gleason moved to CBS, Kelton was not part of the move, since her name had turned up in ''Red Channels'', the book that listed and described reputed Communists and/or Communist sympathizers in television and radio. Gleason reluctantly let her leave the cast, with a cover story for the media that she had "heart trouble". He also turned down Meadows as Kelton's replacement, at least at first. Meadows wrote in her memoir that she slipped back to audition again and frumped herself up to convince Gleason that she could handle the role of a frustrated but loving working-class wife. Rounding out the cast with an understated but effective role, Joyce Randolph played Trixie Norton. Elaine Stritch had played the role as a tall and attractive blonde in the first sketch, but she was quickly replaced by Randolph.

''The Honeymooners'' sketches proved popular enough that Gleason gambled on making it a separate series entirely in 1955. These are the so-called Classic 39 episodes, which finished 19th in the ratings for their only season. That turned out to be the most prescient move the show made, since — a decade after they first aired — the half-hour ''Honeymooners'' in syndicated reruns started to build a loyal and growing audience that made the show a television icon. Its popularity was such that even today, a life-size statue of Jackie Gleason, in full uniform as bus driver Ralph Kramden, stands outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City.

Musical work

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Gleason enjoyed a secondary music career, lending his name to a series of best-selling "mood music" albums with jazz overtones for Capitol Records. Gleason felt there was a ready market for romantic instrumentals. His goal was to make "musical wallpaper that should never be intrusive, but conducive". He recalled seeing Clark Gable play love scenes in movies, and the romance was, in his words, "magnified a thousand percent" by background music. Gleason reasoned, "If ''Gable'' needs music, a guy in Brooklyn must be ''desperate!''"

Gleason's first album, ''Music for Lovers Only'', still holds the record for the album staying the longest in the Billboard Top Ten Charts (153 weeks), and his first ten albums all sold over one million copies.

Gleason could not read or write music in a conventional sense; he was said to have conceived melodies in his head and described them vocally to assistants. These included the well-remembered themes of both ''The Jackie Gleason Show'' ("Melancholy Serenade") and ''The Honeymooners'' ("You're My Greatest Love"). There has been some controversy over the years as to how much credit Gleason should have received for the finished products; Gleason biographer William A. Henry III wrote in his 1992 book ''The Great One: The Life and Legend of Jackie Gleason'' that beyond the possible conceptualizing of many of the songs, Gleason had no direct involvement (such as conducting) in the making of these recordings. Red Nichols, a jazz great who had fallen on hard times and led one of the groups recorded, did not even get session-leader pay from Gleason. Nearly all of Gleason's albums are still available, and have been re-released by Capitol Records onto compact disc.

He also took the role of a lead performer in the musical ''Take Me Along'', which ran from 1959 to 1960; he won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.

Return to television

Gleason restored his original variety hour, including ''The Honeymooners,'' in 1956, winning a Peabody Award for the show in that year. He abandoned the show in 1957 when his ratings for the season came in at #29 He returned in 1958 with a half-hour show that featured Buddy Hackett. However, this version of the Gleason show did not catch on. One of the "perks" Gleason received from CBS was his network's picking up the tab for his Peekskill, New York "Round Rock Hill" mansion. Set on top of a hill complete with six acres of grounds, the site for the circular dream home included a guest house and a storage building which was also round. Gleason planned the home for two years; it was completed in 1959. Gleason sold the home when he permanently relocated to Miami.

His next foray into television was with a game show, ''You're in the Picture'', which survived its disastrous premiere episode only because of Gleason's now-legendary humorous on-the-air apology in the following week's time slot. For the rest of the scheduled run, the program became a talk show that was once again named ''The Jackie Gleason Show''.

In 1962, he resurrected his variety show with more splashiness and a new hook— a fictitious general-interest magazine called ''The American Scene Magazine'', through whose format Gleason trotted out his old characters in new scenarios. He also added another catchphrase to the American vernacular, first uttered in the 1963 film ''Papa's Delicate Condition'': "How sweet it is!"

''The Jackie Gleason Show: The American Scene Magazine'' was a hit and continued in this format for four seasons. Each show began with Gleason delivering a monologue and commenting on the loud outfits of band leader Sammy Spear. Then the "magazine" features would be trotted out, from Hollywood gossip (reported by comedienne Barbara Heller) to news flashes (played for laughs with a stock company of second bananas, chorus girls, and midgets). Comedienne Alice Ghostley occasionally appeared as a downtrodden tenement resident, sitting on her front step and listening to boorish boyfriend Gleason for several minutes. After the boyfriend took his leave, the smitten Ghostley would exclaim, "I'm the luckiest girl in the world!" Veteran comics Johnny Morgan, Sid Fields, and Hank Ladd were occasionally seen opposite Gleason in comedy sketches.

The final sketch was always set in Joe the Bartender's saloon, with Joe singing "My Gal Sal" and greeting his regular customer, the unseen Mr. Dennehy (actually the TV audience, with Gleason speaking to the camera). During the sketch, Joe the Bartender would tell Dennehy about an article he read in the fictitious "American Scene" magazine, holding a copy across the bar. It had two covers: one featured the New York skyline and the other palm trees (after the show was moved to Florida in 1964). Then, Joe would bring out Frank Fontaine as Crazy Guggenheim, who would regale Joe with the latest adventures of his neighborhood pals and sometimes showed Joe his current ''Top Cat'' comic book. Joe usually asked Crazy to sing, almost always a sentimental ballad sung in a lilting baritone.

Gleason also revived ''The Honeymooners'', first with Sue Ane Langdon and then with Sheila MacRae as Alice and with Jane Kean as Trixie. By 1964, Gleason had moved the production from New York to Miami Beach, Florida, reportedly because he liked the year-round access to the golf course at the nearby Inverrary Country Club in Lauderhill, Florida, where he built his final home. His closing line became, almost invariably, "As always, the Miami Beach audience is the greatest audience in the world!" In 1966, he finally abandoned the ''American Scene Magazine'' format and converted the show into a standard variety hour with guest performers.

Gleason kicked off the 1966–67 season with new, color episodes of ''The Honeymooners.'' Carney returned as Ed Norton, with MacRae as Alice and Kean as Trixie. The stories were remakes of the 1950s "world tour" episodes, in which Kramden and Norton win a slogan contest and take their wives to international destinations. Each of the nine episodes was a full-scale musical comedy, with Gleason and company performing original songs by Lyn Duddy and Jerry Bresler. Occasionally, the Gleason hour would be devoted to musicals with a single theme (a college comedy, a political satire, etc.), with the stars abandoning their ''Honeymooners'' roles for different character roles.

This was the format of the show until its cancellation in 1970, except for the 1968–69 season, which had no hour-long ''Honeymooners'' episodes. In that season, ''The Honeymooners'' was presented only in short sketches.

The musicals pushed Gleason back into the Top Five in the TV ratings, but audiences soon began to decline. By its final season, Gleason's show was no longer in the top 25. In the last original ''Honeymooners'' episode aired on CBS, "Operation Protest," Ralph encounters the youth-protest movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, a sign of changing times in television as well as in society.

Gleason, who had signed a deal in the 1950s that included a guaranteed $100,000 annual payment for 20 years even if he never went on the air, wanted ''The Honeymooners'' to be just a portion of his format, but CBS wanted another season of nothing but ''The Honeymooners''. The network had just canceled mainstay variety shows hosted by Red Skelton and Ed Sullivan because they had become too expensive to produce and attracted, in the executives' opinion, too old an audience. Gleason simply stopped doing the show by 1970 and finally left CBS when his contract expired.

Revival of The Honeymooners

Gleason did two ''Jackie Gleason Show'' specials for CBS after giving up his regular show in the 1970s, including "Honeymooners segments" and a Reginald Van Gleason III sketch in which the gregarious millionaire was shown as a clinical alcoholic. When the CBS deal expired, Gleason signed with NBC, but ideas reportedly came and went before he ended up doing a series of ''Honeymooners'' specials for ABC. Gleason helmed four of these ABC specials during the mid-1970s. Gleason and Carney also made a television movie, ''Izzy and Moe'', which aired on CBS in 1985.

In April 1974, Gleason revived several classic characters, including Ralph Kramden, Joe the Bartender, and Reginald Van Gleason III, in a television special with Julie Andrews. In one song-and-dance routine, the two performed "Take Me Along" from Gleason's Broadway musical.

In 1985, three decades after the Classic 39 began filming, Gleason revealed he had carefully preserved kinescopes of his live 1950s programs in a vault for future use—including ''Honeymooners'' sketches with Pert Kelton as Alice. These "Lost Episodes," as they came to be called, were initially previewed at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York City, then first aired on the Showtime cable network in 1985, and were later added to the ''Honeymooners'' syndication package with the "Classic 39" episodes for broadcast on local TV stations. They were also released on home video.

Some of these include earlier versions of exactly the same plotlines later copied for the Classic 39 episodes. One of them, a Christmas holiday episode that was duplicated several years later with Meadows as Alice, delivered every one of Gleason's best-known characters — Ralph Kramden, the Poor Soul, Rudy the Repairman, Reginald Van Gleason, Fenwick Babbitt, and Joe the Bartender — in and out of the Kramden apartment, the storyline hooking around a wild Christmas party being thrown up the block from the Kramdens' building by Reginald Van Gleason at Joe the Bartender's place.

Dramatic roles

Gleason's acting was not restricted to comedic roles. He had also earned acclaim for live television drama performances in ''The Laugh Maker'' (1953) on CBS's ''Studio One''; and in William Saroyan's ''The Time of Your Life'' (1958), which appeared as an episode of ''Playhouse 90'', a television anthology series.

He was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award for his portrayal of Minnesota Fats in ''The Hustler'' (1961). (In his 1985 appearance on ''The Tonight Show'', Gleason told Johnny Carson that he had played pool frequently since childhood, utilizing those experiences in ''The Hustler''.) He was also well-received as a beleaguered boxing manager in the movie version of Rod Serling's ''Requiem for a Heavyweight'' (1962). Gleason also played a world-weary Army sergeant, in ''Soldier in the Rain'' (1963).

He wrote, produced, and starred in ''Gigot'' (1962), a notorious box-office disaster, in which he plays a poor, mute janitor who befriends and rescues a prostitute and her small daughter. The film's script formed the basis for the television film ''The Wool Cap'' (2004) starring William H. Macy in the role of the mute janitor; the television film received modestly good reviews.

Gleason played the lead in the Otto Preminger all-star flop, ''Skidoo'' (1968). In 1969, William Friedkin wanted to cast Gleason as "Popeye" Doyle in ''The French Connection'' (1971) but between ''Gigot'' and ''Skidoo'', the studio refused to offer Gleason the lead in the film, even though he wanted to play it. Instead, Gleason wound up in ''How to Commit Marriage'' (1969) with Bob Hope and the movie version of Woody Allen's play ''Don't Drink the Water'' (1969), both flops.

More than a decade passed before Gleason had another hit film. This role was as comedic and cursing Texas sheriff Buford T. Justice in the films ''Smokey and the Bandit'', Smokey and the Bandit II and Smokey and the Bandit, Part 3, (1977 and 1980, 1983). In these films, he co-starred with Burt Reynolds as the Bandit, Sally Field as Carrie (Bandit's love interest), Jerry Reed as Cledus (Snowman) Snow, Bandit's truck-driving partner off to bring back beer, clam chowder (II), etc. Former NFL linebacker and actor Mike Henry played his not-so-bright son, Junior Justice. Gleason's gruff and frustrated demeanor, along with a few classic lines, such as "I'm gonna barbecue yo' ass in molasses!" after a trucker tore the driver's door off his parked sheriff's car, had audiences howling in the theaters, and truly made the first "Bandit" movie a major hit.

Years later, when Burt Reynolds was interviewed by Larry King, Reynolds said that he agreed to do the movie only if they would hire Jackie Gleason to play the part of "Sheriff Buford T. Justice," which is the name of a real Florida highway patrolman who knew Reynolds' father. That interview also revealed that director Hal Needham gave Gleason free rein to ad-lib a lot of his dialog and make suggestions for the film. For example, the scene at the "Choke and Puke" was Gleason's idea. Reynolds and Needham knew the comic brilliance of Gleason would help make the film a success, and Gleason's characterization of Sheriff Justice helped them connect the film with mostly blue-collar audiences.

In the 1980s, Gleason earned positive reviews playing opposite Laurence Olivier in the HBO dramatic two-man special, Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983). He also gave a memorable performance as wealthy businessman U.S. Bates in the comedy The Toy (1982), opposite Richard Pryor. Although the movie itself was critically panned, Gleason and Pryor were praised.

Gleason's comic genius and acting ability are why Orson Welles nicknamed him "The Great One."

Personal life

Marriages and family

Gleason had been seeing a lot of Genevieve Halford, a dancer. They were both working in vaudeville when they met. Genevieve was very marriage-minded while Gleason was not really ready to settle down yet. She told him that they would either get married or she would begin seeing other men. It was no idle threat; when Gleason went onstage one evening at the Club Miami in Newark, New Jersey, Genevieve was seated in the front row with a handsome date. At the end of his show, Gleason went to the table and proposed to Genevieve in front of her date. They were married on September 20, 1936.

Genevieve expected a normal husband who would be home when not at work; Gleason fell back into spending his nights out. Separated for the first time in 1941 and reconciled in 1948, the couple had two daughters, Geraldine and Linda. Gleason and his wife were informally separated again in 1951. In early 1954, the comedian suffered a broken leg and ankle while on the air of his television show. His injuries were serious enough to sideline him for a few weeks; Gleason's friends filled in for him while he was on the mend. Gleason's injury dealt a permanent blow to his already troubled marriage to Genevieve; they were still separated at the time Gleason fell and was hospitalized for his injuries. Genevieve Gleason came to visit him in the hospital but found he already had a visitor: dancer Marilyn Taylor from his television show. The two women confronted each other with the result being Mrs. Gleason filed for a legal separation in April 1954. The couple was divorced in 1970.

Marilyn Taylor left show business in 1956. Gleason met his second wife, Beverly McKittrick, a secretary, at a country club in 1968. Ten days after his divorce from Genevieve was final, Gleason and McKittrick were married in a registry ceremony in Ashford, England on July 4, 1970. Marilyn Taylor and Gleason were re-united in 1974, when she moved to the Miami area to be near her sister, June, whose dancers were part of Gleason's shows for many years. In September 1974, Gleason filed for divorce from McKittrick, who contested, asking for a reconciliation. The divorce was granted on November 19, 1975. Now a widow with a young son, Marilyn Taylor and Gleason were married on December 16, 1975; the marriage lasted until his death in 1987.

Fear of flying

For many years, Gleason would only travel by train; his fear of flying came from an incident at the time where he had only minor movie roles. Gleason would fly to Los Angeles for movie work, then back to New York when his roles were completed. After finishing one of his movies, the comedian boarded a plane for New York. Two of the plane's engines quit and the flight made a forced landing in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

While another plane was readied for the passengers to continue their journey, Gleason decided he had enough and made his way from the airport into the heart of the city. He walked into a hardware store and asked its owner to loan him $200 for his train trip back to New York. The amazed man asked Gleason why he thought anyone would lend a total stranger that amount of money. Gleason explained who he was and his situation; when the store owner learned of Gleason's movie work, he said he would loan him the money if the local theater had a photo of him on display in his latest film. Since Gleason was not yet a major motion picture star, the publicity shots the theater had were only of those with principal roles in the film. Gleason then proposed that he purchase two movie tickets and that they both see the film, as the hardware store owner would certainly be able to identify him from that. The two men sat in the dark theater for an hour before Gleason came on the screen. Gleason got his loan and boarded the next train back to New York. Returning home, he borrowed $200 to repay the Tulsa hardware store owner.

Interest in the paranormal

Gleason was a voracious reader of books on the paranormal, including ''The Urantia Book'', parapsychology and UFOs. During the 1950s, he was a semi-regular guest on the paranormal-themed overnight radio show hosted by John Nebel, and wrote the introduction to Donald Bain's biography of Nebel. After his death, his large book collection was donated to the library of the University of Miami.

Photographic Memory

Jackie Gleason didn't like to rehearse. He had a photographic memory, so he read the script over once, watched a rehearsal with his co-stars and his stand-in, then shot the show later that day. When Gleason would mess up, he often blamed the cue cards.

Death

Gleason delivered a critically acclaimed performance as an infirm but acerbic and somewhat Archie Bunker-like character in the Tom Hanks comedy-drama ''Nothing in Common'' (1986). The film proved to be Gleason's final film role, as he was suffering from colon cancer, liver cancer, and thrombosed hemorrhoids during production.

Gleason was a heavy drinker, and smoked five packs of cigarettes a day. In 1986, he was diagnosed with diabetes and phlebitis, but he knew his condition was more serious. “I won’t be around much longer,” he told his daughter at dinner one evening after a day of filming ''Nothing in Common''. The entertainer kept his medical problems private, though there had been rumors that he was seriously ill. A year later, on June 24, 1987 Gleason died peacefully, at his Florida home. He was 71 years old.

After a private funeral Mass at Cathedral of Saint Mary in Miami, Gleason was interred in an outdoor mausoleum at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery in Miami, Florida. At the base is the inscription of one of his catchphrases: "And Away We Go."

Tributes

Miami Beach honored Gleason's contributions to the city and its tourism in 1987 by renaming the Miami Beach Auditorium (where he had done his television show after moving to Florida) as the Jackie Gleason Theater of the Performing Arts. The theater was scheduled to be razed as part of a Convention Center major remodeling project as of May, 2010; it would be replaced by a hotel. New York's Omni Park Hotel, where Gleason maintained a suite from 1953 to 1957, named it "The Jackie Gleason Suite" shortly after his death. A city park with racquetball and basketball courts (and a children's playground) near his home in an Inverrary neighborhood of Lauderhill, Florida was named "Jackie Gleason Park".

Local signs on the Brooklyn Bridge, which indicate to drivers that they are entering Brooklyn, have the Gleason phrase "How Sweet It Is!" as part of the sign.

Bus driver related

On June 30, 1988, the Sunset Park Bus Depot in Brooklyn was renamed the Jackie Gleason Depot in honor of the native Brooklynite.

A statue of Gleason as Ralph in his bus driver's uniform was dedicated in August 2000 in New York City by the cable TV channel TV Land. The statue is located in Manhattan at 40th Street and Eighth Avenue at the entrance of the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Its inscription reads "Ralph Kramden: New Yorker, Bus Driver, Dreamer" and it was featured briefly in the film ''World Trade Center'' (2006).

Another such statue stands at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame in North Hollywood, California, showing Gleason in his famous "And away we go!" pose.

On television

A television movie called ''Gleason'' was aired by CBS on October 13, 2002, taking a deeper look into Gleason's life; it took liberties with some of the Gleason story, but featured his troubled home life, a side of Gleason that few had previously known. The film also showed backstage scenes from his best-known work. Brad Garrett, from ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', portrayed Gleason after Mark Addy had to drop out. Garrett was effectively made up to resemble Gleason in his prime. His height (6′8″, about eight inches taller than Gleason) created some logistical problems on the sets, which had to be specially made so that Garrett did not tower over everyone else. Also, cast members wore platform shoes when standing next to Garrett; the shoes can be seen in one shot being worn by Alice during a Honeymooners sequence.

In 2003, after an absence of more than thirty years, the color, musical versions of ''The Honeymooners'' from the 1960s ''Jackie Gleason Show'' in Miami Beach were returned to television over the GoodLife TV (now ALN) cable network. In 2005, a movie version of ''The Honeymooners'' appeared in theatres, with a twist: a primarily African-American cast, headed by Cedric the Entertainer. This version, however, bore only a passing resemblance to Gleason's original series and was widely panned by critics.

Actor/playwright Jason Miller, a former son-in-law of Gleason's, was writing a screenplay based on Gleason's life that was to star Paul Sorvino. Miller died before completing the project. Gleason's daughter, Linda Miller (herself an actress), had been married to Miller. Their son is the actor Jason Patric.

Sean Cullen played a small role of Gleason in the 2002 made for TV movie ''Martin and Lewis''.

Career accomplishments

Television

1949–1959

''Your Sports Special'' (1949)

''The Lamb's Gambol'' (1949)

''The Life of Riley'' (October 4, 1949 – March 28, 1950) TV series

''The Arrow Show'' (1949)

''Tex and Jinx'' (1949)

''This Is Show Business'' (1950)

''Showtime USA'' (1950)

''Cavalcade of Stars'' (1950–1952) TV Series

''The Frank Sinatra Show'' (1950)

''Ford Star Revue'' (1951)

''The Frank Sinatra Show'' (1951)

''Cavalcade of Bands'' (1951)

''Musical Comedy Time: No! No! Nanette!'' (1951)

''Texacto Star Theatre'' (1951)

''Ford Festival'' (1951)

''This is Show Business'' (1951)

''The Colgate Comedy Hour'' (1951)

''Ford Star Revue'' (1951)

''The Colgate Comedy Hour'' (1951)

''The Kate Smith Evening Hour'' (1951)

''The Jackie Gleason Show'' (September 20, 1952 – June 18, 1955) TV Series

''Arthur Murray Party'' (1952)

''The Sam Levinson Show'' (1952)

''The Ken Murray Show'' (1952)

''Toast of the Town'' (1952)

''Celebrity Time'' (1952)

''Scout O' Rama" (1952)

''Jane Froman's USA Canteen'' (1952)

''Arthur Godfrey and His Friends'' (1953)

''Studio One: The Laugh Maker'' (May 18, 1953)

''What's My Line?'' (1953)

''This is Show Business'' (1953)

''Arthur Murray Party'' (1953)

''Toast of the Town'' (1954)

''Name That Tune'' (1954)

''Studio One: Short Cut'' (December 6, 1954)

''The Best of Broadway: The Show Off'' (February 2, 1955)

''What's My Line?'' (1955)

''I've Got a Secret'' (1955)

''The Jack Benny Program'' (1955)

''Stage Show'' (1955)

''The Honeymooners'' (October 1, 1955 – September 22, 1956) TV Series

''The Red Skelton Show'' (1955)

''Studio One: Uncle Ed and Circumstances'' (October 10, 1955)

''The 64,000 Question'' (1956)

''Person to Person'' (February 3, 1956)

''The Herb Shriner Show'' (1956)

''The Jackie Gleason Show'' (September 29, 1956– June 22, 1957) TV Series

''Playhouse 90: The Time of Your Life'' (October 9, 1958) TV Movie

''This is Your Life'' (1958)

''Arthur Godfrey Show'' (1958)

''The Jackie Gleason Show'' (October 1958 – January 1959) TV Series

''All Star Jazz IV: The Golden Age of Jazz'' (January 4, 1959)

1960–1986

''The Fabulous Fifties'' (1960)

''Arthur Godfrey Special'' (1960)

''The Secret World of Eddie Hodges'' (1960) TV Movie [narration only]

''The Jackie Gleason Special: The Big Sell'' (October 9, 1960)

''The Red Skelton Show'' (1961)

''Sunday Sports Spectacular: Jackie Gleason with the putter and cue'' (1961)

''You're In the Picture/The Jackie Gleason Show'' (January 27 – March 24, 1961)

''The Jackie Gleason Special: The Million Dollar Incident'' (April 21, 1961) TV Movie

''Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine'' (September 29, 1962 – June 4, 1966) TV Series

''The 35th Annual Academy Awards'' (1963)

''The Bob Hope Chrysler Theatre: The Big Stomach'' (November 16, 1966)

''The Jackie Gleason Show'' (September 17, 1966 – September 12, 1970) TV Series

''Here's Lucy: Lucy Visits Jack Benny'' (1968)

''The David Frost Show'' (1970)

''The Jackie Gleason Special'' (December 20, 1970)

''The Jackie Gleason Special'' (November 11, 1973)

''Show Business Tribute to Milton Berle'' (1973)

''Julie & Jackie: How Sweet It Is!'' (1974)

''Bob Hope Special'' (1974)

''The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast'' (1975)

''Lucille Ball and Jackie Gleason: Two for Three'' (December 3, 1975)

''Super Night at the Super Bowl'' (1976)

''The Mike Douglas Show'' (1976)

''The Honeymooners Second Honeymoon'' (February 2, 1976)

''Donahue'' (1976)

''The Captain and Tennille'' (1976)

''Bing Crosby's White Christmas'' (1976)

''The Honeymooners Christmas Special'' (November 28, 1977)

''The Honeymooners Valentine Special'' (February 13, 1978)

''The Second Honeymooners Christmas Special'' (December 10, 1978)

''Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson'' (June 3, 1983) TV Movie

''All Star Party for Burt Reynolds'' (1984)

''60 Minutes'' (1984)

''Izzy & Moe'' (September 23, 1985) TV Movie

''The Honeymooners Reunion'' (May 13, 1985)

''The 39th Annual Tony Awards'' (June 2, 1985)

''The Honeymooners Anniversary Celebration'' (October 18, 1985)

''Gleason: In His Own Words'' (February 14, 1986)

''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' (1986)

Stage productions

''Keep Off the Grass'' (1940)

''Artists and Models'' (1943)

''Follow the Girls'' (1944)

''The Duchess Misbehaves'' (1945)

''Heaven on Earth'' (1948)

''Along Fifth Avenue'' (1949)

''Take Me Along'' (1959)

''Sly Fox'' (1978)

Filmography

''Navy Blues'' (1941)

''Steel Against the Sky'' (1941)

''All Through the Night'' (1942)

''Lady Gangster'' (1942)

''Tramp, Tramp, Tramp'' (1942)

''Larceny, Inc.'' (1942)

''Escape from Crime'' (1942)

''Orchestra Wives'' (1942)

''Springtime in the Rockies'' (1942)

''The Desert Hawk'' (1950)

''The Hustler'' (1961)

''Gigot'' (1962) (also writer)

''Requiem for a Heavyweight'' (1962)

''Papa's Delicate Condition'' (1963)

''Soldier in the Rain'' (1963)

''Skidoo'' (1968)

''How to Commit Marriage'' (1969)

''Don't Drink the Water'' (1969)

''How Do I Love Thee?'' (1970)

''Smokey and the Bandit'' (1977)

''Mr. Billion'' (1977)

''Smokey and the Bandit II'' (1980)

''The Toy'' (1982)

''The Sting II'' (1983)

''Smokey and the Bandit Part 3'' (1983)

''Fools Die'' (1984)

''Nothing in Common'' (1986)

Singles Discography

! Year	! Title	! Label and Number
1951	"What is a Girl?"/"What is a Boy?" (spoken by Gleason)	Decca 27684
1952	"Melancholy Serenade"/"You're Getting to Be a Habit"	Capitol F2361
1953	"Alone Together"/"Body & Soul"	Capitol F2437
1953	"My Funny Valentine"/"Love is Here to Stay"	Capitol F2438
1953	"But Not For Me"/"Love"	Capitol F2439
1953	"I'm in the Mood for Love"/"I Only Have Eyes for You"	Capitol F2440
1953	"Terry's Theme from ''Limelight''"/"Peg O' My Heart"	Capitol F2507
1953	"White House Serenade"/"The President's Lady"	Capitol F2515
1953	"Mystery Street"/"Golden Violins"	Capitol F2659
1955	"The Band Played On"/"In the Good Old Summertime"	Capitol F3144
1955	"Autumn Leaves"/"Oo! What You Do to Me"	Capitol F3223
1956	"Capri In May"/"You're My Greatest Love"	Capitol F3337
1958	"Where is She Now?"/"Just Only Yesterday"	Capitol F4062
1961	"La La La La"	Capitol (No.?)
1962	"Allo 'Allo 'Allo"/"Joi De Vivre" (soundtrack)	Capitol F4800

Unreleased Songs The following are songs which were recorded for various albums but not included in the final product. However, when the albums were released of CD, these songs were included as extras.

"A Little Love, a Little Kiss" (Capitol) (recorded for ''Music, Martini and Memories'', rel'd. on CD ''Lover's Rhapsody'', 2001)

"After You've Gone" (Capitol) (recorded for the LP ''Music, Martini and Memories'', released on the CD ''Lover's Rhapsody'', 2001)

"Alice Blue Gown" (Capitol) (recorded for the LP ''Night Winds'', released on the CD, 2005)

"Blue Café" (Capitol) (recorded for the LP ''Night Winds'', released on the CD, 2005)

"Crazy Rhythm" (Capitol) (recorded for the LP ''Music, Martini and Memories'', released on the CD ''Lover's Rhapsody'', 2001)

"I Concentrate on You" (Capitol) (recorded for the LP ''Night Winds'', released on the CD, 2005)

"If You Were the Only Girl" (Capitol)(recorded for single release, released on ''Music To Remember Her'' CD, 2001)

"I'll Never Be the Same" (Capitol) (recorded for the LP ''Romantic Jazz'', released on the CD, 2002)

"It's All Right With Me" (Capitol) (recorded for the LP ''Night Winds'', released on the CD, 2005)

"More Than You Know" (Capitol) (recorded for the LP ''Night Winds'', released on the CD, 2005)

"My Baby Just Cares for Me" (Capitol) (recorded for the LP ''Night Winds'', released on the CD, 2005)

"Rain" (Capitol) (recorded for the LP ''Romantic Jazz'', released on the CD, 2002)

"That Certain Party" (Capitol) (recorded for the LP ''Night Winds'', released on the CD, 2005)

"The Waning Honeymoon" (Capitol) (recorded for the LP ''Night Winds'', released on the CD, 2005)

"Too Much Mustard" (Capitol) (recorded for the LP ''And Awaaay We Go!'', released on the CD for ''Night Winds'', 2005)

"You're My Greatest Love" (Capitol)(recorded for the LP ''And Awaaay We Go!'', released on the CD, 1996)

Sources for Unreleased Songs Data

''Romantic Moods of Jackie Gleason'' CD, 1996

''And Awaaay We Go!'' CD, 1996

''Lover's Rhapsody'' CD, 2001

''Music To Remember Her'' CD, 2001

''Romantic Jazz'' CD, 2002

''Night Winds'' CD, 2005

LP Record Discography

{|class=wikitable |- ! # ! Year ! Title ! Label and Number ! U.S. Billboard 200 Chart |- | 1 | 1952 | ''Music for Lovers Only'' | Capitol H352 (10") | # 1 (153 weeks) |- | 2 | 1953 | ''Lover's Rhapsody'' | Capitol H366 (10") | #1 |- | 3 | 1953 | ''Music to Make You Misty'' | Capitol H455 (10") | #1 |- | 4 | 1954 | ''Tawny'' | Capitol L471 (10") | #8 |- | 5 | 1954 | ''And Awaaay We Go!'' | Capitol H511 (10") | #35 |- | 6 | 1954 | ''Music, Martinis and Memories'' | Capitol W509 | # 1 |- | 7 | 1955 | ''Lonesome Echo'' | Capitol H627 (10") | #5 |- | 8 | 1955 | ''Music for Lovers Only'' | Capitol W352 | #7 |- | 9 | 1955 | ''Music to Make You Misty'' | Capitol W455 | #11 |- | 10 | 1955 | ''And Awaaay We Go!'' | Capitol W511 | #85 |- | 11 | 1955 | ''Romantic Jazz'' | Capitol W568 | #2 |- | 12 | 1955 | ''Music to Remember Her'' | Capitol W570 | #5 |- | 13 | 1955 | ''Lonesome Echo'' | Capitol W627 | #1 |- | 14 | 1956 | ''Music to Change Her Mind'' | Capitol W632 | #8 |- | 15 | 1956 | ''Night Winds'' | Capitol W717 | #10 |- | 16 | 1956 | ''Merry Christmas'' | Capitol W758 | #16 |- | 17 | 1957 | ''Music for the Love Hours'' | Capitol W816 | #13 |- | 18 | 1957 | ''Velvet Brass'' | Capitol SW/W859 | #16 |- | 19 | 1957 | ''Jackie Gleason Presents "Oooo!"'' | Capitol SW/W905 | #14 |- | 20 | 1958 | ''The Torch With the Blue Flame'' | Capitol SW/W961 | # 1 |- | 21 | 1958 | ''Riff Jazz'' | Capitol SW/W1020 | #27 |- | 22 | 1959 | ''Rebound'' | Capitol SW/W1075 | #18 |- | 23 | 1959 | ''That Moment'' | Capitol SW/W1147 | #36 |- | 24 | 1959 | ''Take Me Along'' (original cast) | RCA Victor LSO1050 | - |- | 25 | 1960 | ''Aphrodisia'' | Capitol SW/W1250 | #49 |- | 26 | 1960 | ''Opiate D'Amour'' | Capitol SW/W1314 | #53 |- | 27 | 1961 | ''Lazy Lively Love'' | Capitol SW/W1439 | #57 |- | 28 | 1961 | ''The Gentle Touch'' | Capitol SW/W1519 | #62 |- | 29 | 1962 | ''A Lover's Portfolio'' (two records in a "briefcase") | Capitol SWBO/SBO1619 | #135 |- | 30 | 1962 | ''Love, Embers and Flame'' | Capitol SW/W1689 | #103 |- | 31 | 1963 | ''Gigot'' (soundtrack) | Capitol SW/W1754 | - |- | 32 | 1963 | ''Champagne, Candlelight & Kisses'' | Capitol SW/W1830 | #97 |- | 33 | 1963 | ''Movie Themes For Lovers Only'' | Capitol SW/W1877 | #82 |- | 34 | 1963 | ''Today's Romantic Hits/For Lovers Only'' | Capitol SW/W1978 | #115 |- | 35 | 1964 | ''A Lover's Portfolio Vol. 1 (Music for Sippin' & Dancin')'' | Capitol SW/W1979 | #128 |- | 36 | 1964 | ''A Lover's Portfolio Vol. 2 (Music for Listenin' & Lovin')'' | Capitol SW/W1980 | #137 |- | 37 | 1964 | ''Today's Romantic Hits/For Lovers Only Vol. 2'' | Capitol SW/W2056 | #82 |- | 38 | 1965 | ''Last Dance For Lover's Only'' | Capitol SW/W2144 | |- | 39 | 1965 | ''Silk 'N' Brass'' | Capitol SW/W2409 | #141 |- | 40 | 1966 | ''Music from Around the World – For Lovers Only'' | ''Capitol SW/W2471 | - |- | 41 | 1966 | ''How Sweet It Is For Lovers'' | Capitol SW/W2582 | #71 |- | 42 | 1967 | ''A Taste of Brass For Lovers Only'' | Capitol SW/W2684 | #200 |- | 43 | 1967 | '''Tis the Season'' | Capitol ST/T2791 | #37 |- | 44 | 1968 | ''The Best of Jackie Gleason'' | Capitol SW/W2796 | - |- | 45 | 1968 | ''Doublin' In Brass'' | Capitol SW/W2880 | - |- | 46 | 1969 | ''The Best of Jackie Gleason, vol. 2'' | Capitol SKAO-146 | - |- | 47 | 1969 | ''Irving Berlin's Music For Lovers Only'' | Capitol SW106 | - |- | 48 | 1969 | ''The Now Sound'' | Capitol SW/W2935 | - |- | 49 | 1969 | ''Close Up'' | Capitol ST255 | #192 |- | 50 | 1969 | ''All I Want for Christmas'' | Capitol ST346 | #13 |- | 51 | 1970 | ''Romeo & Juliet'' | Capitol ST398 | - |- | 52 | 1970 | ''Come Saturday Morning'' | Capitol ST480 | - |- | 53 | 1971 | ''Words of Love'' | Capitol ST693 | - |}

Discography courtesy of Tom Lowery (from his personal collection).

Compact Disc Discography

! Year	! Title	! Label
1991	Night Winds & Music to Make You Misty	Capitol
1993	The Best of Jackie Gleason	Curb
1994	Shangri-La	Pair
1994	Lush Moods	Pair
1994	Intimate Music for Lovers	CEMA Special Markets
1995	Merry Christmas	Razor & Tie
1995	Body & Soul	Pair
1995	22 Melancholy Serenades	CEMA Special Markets
1996	And Awaaay We Go	Scamp
1996	How Sweet It Is! The Velvet Brass Collection	Razor & Tie
1996	Romantic Moods of Jackie Gleason (Two Disc Set)	EMI Capitol
1996	Thinking of You	CEMA Special Markets
1996	‘Tis the Season	Capitol
1996	The Best of Jackie Gleason	Collectibles
1999	Music for Lovers Only & Music to Make You Misty	Collector’s Choice
2000	Best of Jackie Gleason	EMI Special Products
2000	Tawny & Music, Martinis and Memories	Collector’s Choice
2000	Music, Moonlight and Memories (Three Disc Set)	Reader’s Digest
2001	Lonesome Echo	Collector's Choice
2001	Music to Remember Her	Collector’s Choice
2001	Lover’s Rhapsody & And Awaaay We Go	Collector’s Choice
2001	Snowfall	EMI
2002	For Lovers Only: 36 All Time Greatest Hits (Three disc set)	Timeless Media Group
2003	Plays Romantic Jazz	Collector's Choice
2004	Music to Change Her Mind	Collector's Choice
2005	Night Winds	Collector's Choice
2006	A Taste of Brass & Doublin’ in Brass	Capitol
2007	Complete Bobby Hackett Sessions (Four Disc Set)	Fine & Mellow
2009	Take Me Along (1959 Original Broadway Cast)	DRG

Sources

''Joel Whitburn Presents the Billboard Albums, 6th edition'', ISBN 0-89820-166-7

Additional information obtained can be verified within ''Billboard's'' online archive services and print editions of the magazine.

Further reading

Bishop, Jim. ''The Golden Ham'' (Simon & Schuster, 1956).

Metz, Robert. ''CBS: Reflections in a Bloodshot Eye''. (New York, 1975).

Bacon, James. ''How Sweet It Is: Jackie Gleason''. (New York, St. Martin's Press, 1985).

Weatherby, W.J. ''Jackie Gleason: An Intimate Portrait of the Great One''. (Pharos Books, 1992).

Henry III, William A.. ''The Great One: The Life and Legend of Jackie Gleason''. (New York: Doubleday, 1992).

Meadows, Audrey. ''Love, Alice''. (New York, Crown Publishers, 1994).

References

External links

Jackie Gleason Discography at Space Age Pop Music

Honeymooners at The Fifties Web

''Cavalcade of Stars'' 1950 episode at Internet Archive

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