Great entertainment. I grew up in that area and grew up watching the show. Doing the funky Broadway was the thing in the late 1960s. He is the Great One. Jackie Gleason and Timmie Rogers were having fun on stage.
Its interesting that Gleason could allow such stereotypical and racist jokes because he was very involved in the black arts movement and the civil rights movement. A truly remarkable white guy he was. I suppose that this clip demonstrates how he was just as much a product of the racist television standards as Timmie Rogers, perhaps.
just jokes which are fine when they come from a good place steriotypical or not. Self depricating humor was Jackies thing and he was not putting anyone down at all. Get a life and chill the fuck out patna
@pushnevahda dont listen to him. people always say that on here. "just enjoy it. why does everything have to be about race. etc." bullshit. its like saying to someone who's been rapped- "oh forget about it, its all in the past. yadda yadda yadda i was rapped! poor me."
Anyone who said such a thing would be rightly thought of as ridiculous.
Your comment is a good one i think and one which Gleason ( i dare say) would endorse
OHHH YEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! God bless Timmie Rodgers. He was so funny. When I was able to catch him on the Gleason Show--seems to me as early as '63--he just lit up the room and had me rolling for days afterward. Timmie was an American original and multi-talented. He used to take part in the B.S. choruses with all of the old hoofers at the end of all the tap shows in L.A., from the late '70s to his passing. I miss him already.
Timmie and my father, Al Fields, were music partners. They wrote some wonderful songs for the likes of Nat King Cole (It's Crazy) and many others. Timmie and his 10-string Tipple were a fixture in our home and his recent passing is a loss to the comedy world and entertainment in general. He will be remembered forever. OH YEAH!!!
I don't think the joke is offensive eventhough both southern whites and blacks barbecue and enjoy ribs beside many other people. Ribs are not really a black thing.
It's a pretty silly sterotype. As if KFC and Churches don't have many white and Asian customers or blacks are the only ones likeing and eating fried chicken. The barbque champion was a white southern guy. Whites grill all over America.
For this reason, I don't think any blacks can be offended by the ribs or soul food joke. At least I don't see why they would. At the worst, it may be silly, but not racist.
Yes, this is great stuff...I have not thot of this guy in 20 years, but the minute I saw that toothy smil, I remembered "Oh yeah!" post more of this stuff please!
All the good stuff happened between 1948 and 1978. Entertainment is included in that. The post war baby boom generation was the only one of it's kind. China will never repeat the success we knew because the earth is polluted, now. I enjoyed it, so much...
THANK U soo much for posting this RARE clip of 2 great legendary comics. especially Timmie cuz hes old school and not many people remember him. THANK U.
this is funny shit
MegaGum1 2 months ago
Thanks for the post ♥♥♫♫♪♪ !!..
MemphisGrooves 7 months ago
Damn that had me cracking up laughing ☺
info145 9 months ago
Great entertainment. I grew up in that area and grew up watching the show. Doing the funky Broadway was the thing in the late 1960s. He is the Great One. Jackie Gleason and Timmie Rogers were having fun on stage.
Myra1959 1 year ago
I miss TV like this, classy entertainers doing what they want to do at their best, and smoking on tv! :D
Z0hann 1 year ago
Great interaction between two great, classy entertainers! They played off each other beautifully! :)
terjer01 2 years ago
Man, this clip is AWESOME!... these two were really funny together... Jackie was the Greatest!
YeahRight825 2 years ago
Geez stop politicizing everything! Just enjoy it. This is 1960s America. I love this type of Comedy. I hate censorship.
MIKESOWELL 3 years ago
Its interesting that Gleason could allow such stereotypical and racist jokes because he was very involved in the black arts movement and the civil rights movement. A truly remarkable white guy he was. I suppose that this clip demonstrates how he was just as much a product of the racist television standards as Timmie Rogers, perhaps.
pushnevahda 3 years ago
just jokes which are fine when they come from a good place steriotypical or not. Self depricating humor was Jackies thing and he was not putting anyone down at all. Get a life and chill the fuck out patna
bigdog0800 2 years ago
@pushnevahda
You pathetic fool!
iggypopbowie77 11 months ago
@pushnevahda dont listen to him. people always say that on here. "just enjoy it. why does everything have to be about race. etc." bullshit. its like saying to someone who's been rapped- "oh forget about it, its all in the past. yadda yadda yadda i was rapped! poor me."
Anyone who said such a thing would be rightly thought of as ridiculous.
Your comment is a good one i think and one which Gleason ( i dare say) would endorse
MegaGum1 2 months ago
Does anyone have any other vids of the Jackie Gleason show? Jackie rules!!!
2stupid12 3 years ago
"oh yeah".....did several Ed Sullivan shows.I remember when I was kid,funny cat.
bullcur 3 years ago
he was gettin' it..what was the dance he was doing?
sexymama1966 3 years ago
Irish guys with big TV shows with black guests: Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason, (and a few others)
000266617 3 years ago
OHHH YEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! God bless Timmie Rodgers. He was so funny. When I was able to catch him on the Gleason Show--seems to me as early as '63--he just lit up the room and had me rolling for days afterward. Timmie was an American original and multi-talented. He used to take part in the B.S. choruses with all of the old hoofers at the end of all the tap shows in L.A., from the late '70s to his passing. I miss him already.
hookalakah 3 years ago
Can you buy these shows anywhere?
thegoosebrain 3 years ago
Timmie was on Sandford and Son for a while. Oh yeaaahhh!
ebf1957 4 years ago 2
Timmie and my father, Al Fields, were music partners. They wrote some wonderful songs for the likes of Nat King Cole (It's Crazy) and many others. Timmie and his 10-string Tipple were a fixture in our home and his recent passing is a loss to the comedy world and entertainment in general. He will be remembered forever. OH YEAH!!!
VuhJJ 4 years ago
"Who else would kill a dinosaur and barbecue the ribs?"
Lol early racial humor.
luc214 4 years ago
I don't think the joke is offensive eventhough both southern whites and blacks barbecue and enjoy ribs beside many other people. Ribs are not really a black thing.
Chinese cook ribs.
000266617 4 years ago
I'm pretty sure it's a stereotype though. like african americans and fried chicken.
luc214 3 years ago
It's a pretty silly sterotype. As if KFC and Churches don't have many white and Asian customers or blacks are the only ones likeing and eating fried chicken. The barbque champion was a white southern guy. Whites grill all over America.
000266617 3 years ago
yeah I know
however I was also thinking that it was just referring to him being a "soul brother", ribs are common in soul food :p
luc214 3 years ago
For this reason, I don't think any blacks can be offended by the ribs or soul food joke. At least I don't see why they would. At the worst, it may be silly, but not racist.
000266617 3 years ago
naw I don't think it is really offensive
luc214 3 years ago
thats hilarious
camille5rocks 4 years ago
Mr.Timmie Rogers was a funny man
..who made famous these words"Oh Yeah!".
His last performance was on a lousey CBS TV
sitcom titled"Baby I'm Back"Starring that obnoxious
jerk Mr.Demond Wilson(AKA"Lamont Sandford")
143AC 4 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
colored people were so funny back then
PaternosProstate 4 years ago
That was such a fun clip!
brucebud 4 years ago
Thank You for posting this. It's very funny and historical
bnetwise 4 years ago
Yes, this is great stuff...I have not thot of this guy in 20 years, but the minute I saw that toothy smil, I remembered "Oh yeah!" post more of this stuff please!
carterismee 4 years ago
All the good stuff happened between 1948 and 1978. Entertainment is included in that. The post war baby boom generation was the only one of it's kind. China will never repeat the success we knew because the earth is polluted, now. I enjoyed it, so much...
jpholemanco 4 years ago
This is great. Do you have more.
plugggie 4 years ago
THANK U soo much for posting this RARE clip of 2 great legendary comics. especially Timmie cuz hes old school and not many people remember him. THANK U.
ghanasoul 4 years ago