"Gleason"
"Gleason":
Brad Garrett delivers a strong performance as
Jackie Gleason in a 2002 TV-biopic about the
comedian known as "The Great One."
The film traces Gleason's troubled childhood in Brooklyn (he had
an
alcoholic, mostly absentee father) and his early, awkward
attempts to
establish himself as a stand-up comic. Also explored are
Gleason's
marriage to Genevieve Halford (Gretchen Egolf), a union that
eventually succumbed to his drinking and womanizing, and the
comic's
greatest achievement: The Honeymooners. Marilyn Taylor: Terry
Farrell. Jack Philbin: Kevin Dunn. Bullets Durgom: Saul Rubinek.
Audrey Meadows: Kristen Dalton. Art Carney: Michael Chieffo.
Here are some captures from the show.
Mr. Gleason's flashbacks as Ralph and The Honeymooners.
Checkout Brad Garrett in "Everybody Loves Raymond" on CBS Monday's at 9pm EST