THIS IS A HUGE DISCOVERY!!!

Over the years, I have seen the occasional reference to Saturday rehearsals of ‘The Ed Sullivan Show’ and have wondered if that was correct and here’s why…Jackie Gleason. Since signing with CBS in 1952, his live shows always came from Studio 50 and always aired on Saturday nights. Only after Gleason left around ’58 did Sullivan have access to the Studio 50 stage on Saturdays, BUT…September 19, 1962 Gleason returned with ‘Jackie Gleason’s American Scene Magazine’ show. That show aired on Saturday nights from 7:30 – 8:30 and everyone assumed the show came from Studio 50, but there was no record. So…how could Sullivan do camera blocking on Saturday? Did Gleason do his show from another CBS theater? Did they tape the show in 50 and play it back later? Well, now we know that the Gleason show was done live to tape on Tuesday nights in Studio 50! Before now, there was no record of any kind and no mention anywhere that told us where ‘American Scene’ originated or that the show was done on tape. I’ve been asking a lot of people about this lately, but thanks to David Schwartz at Game Show Network and KTLA veteran Joel Tator, we have the proof. This ticket to the October 8, 1963 taping tells the whole story, but had Joel Tater not kept it, we would still be in the dark. Gleason’s last show from Studio 50 was May 23, 1964 as he moved the show to Miami Beach which debuted there on September 26, 1964 and stayed in Miami till the end in 1970. Many thanks to Joel Tater and David Schwartz! This is something you should share with your friends.

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