Jacki Gleason
Excellent article on Gleason in the February 6, 1965 issue of TV Guide. Goes way beyond the usual fluff piece on today's celebrities found in People magazine, etc. I would say it's an example of the "new journalism" that emerged in the '60s and '70s. We find a man quite different than the characters he played on TV and the movies, from Ralph Cramden in the Honeymooners to Sheriff Buford T. Justus in the Smoky and the Bandit movies. Here is the article in its entirety, written by Edith Efron (1922 – April 20, 2001) American journalist and author who wrote frequently for TV Guide. On modern music: "The lives people lead are so limp today that they crave modern music. It seems to give them some stiffness, some rhythm, some beat, some illusion of purpose. But it provides only temporary relief. It goes nowhere. It leaves them with no feeling." On Plato: "Plato was one of the stupidest men in the world. He thought that if a child was strong he shou...
