In the Fall of 1958, Jackie Gleason, absent from TV for several years but for HONEYMOONERS reruns, returned to weekly prime time on a new series that teamed him with fellow chubby comic Buddy Hackett. The two had been golfing buddies and must have thought it was a great idea but "creative differences" developed quickly and Buddy, meant to be the series' equivalent to Art Carney, was rarely on the show. By the end of the year, The Great One decided on his own to drop the series. This ill-fated incarnation was rarely mentioned again by either man and as far as I know no clips are available.
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