The first American TV network, DuMont Television, had a promising start in the 1940s, though Paramount's interference led to ...

George Washington, who set long-followed precedents by voluntarily giving up first military and then civilian power, and who built the foundation of the nation’s wall between its military and partisan ...

When Jackie Gleason suddenly up and announced his retirement from CBS television last winter, he got a wire of “appreciation” from an NBC vice president. The telegram was ill timed. In the first place ...

The honeymoon ain’t over. It’s been 70 years since the debut of “The Honeymooners” but fans of the iconic sitcom say it’s still ingrained in pop culture – and in the fabric of the Big Apple.

Jackie Gleason was never a man to live small. Known to millions as "The Great One," the legendary comedian and actor carried his appetite for life into everything he touched: his career, his music, ...

John Joseph Gleason, age 77, longtime resident of LaGrange; passed away September 28, 2025. Son of the belated Joseph “Red” and Mary Gleason; beloved husband of Kathleen “Kathy” nee Wright; loving ...

Thanks to his phenomenal success, Jackie Gleason lived a life more closely resembling his character, millionaire Reginald Van Gleason III, than his humble Brooklyn beginnings. Now you can buy a piece ...

This 1969 Lincoln Continental stretch limousine once belonged to actor Jackie Gleason. A true one-off, it has a presence that's impossible to ignore, just like Gleason himself. And it's up for sale on ...

Comedy legend Jackie Gleason's New York home is for sale. His home in Hudson Valley, known as The Mothership, was placed on the market for $5.5 million, in partnership with listing agent Heidi Henshaw ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it.

The prodigiously talented Gleason became a TV icon after he joined CBS from DuMont, where his work on `Calvalcade of Stars' had established many of his trademark characters, including Reginald Van ...