[Boatanchors] Jackie Gleason

[Norman Hairston]

I sure hope that we learn more about his interest in radio. He was my 
favorite comedian during his lifetime. I have a lot of his band music.

Norman


On 01/02/19 01:12, hwhall at compuserve.com wrote:
> You'd think that somewhere there is a collection of his estate photos & papers, and there'd be some of this in there to research.
> Wayne
> WB4OGM
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell at gmail.com>
> To: boatanchors <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tue, Jan 1, 2019 10:40 pm
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Jackie Gleason
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> It sounds like he was an intensely interested SWL. That is how I got
> hooked on radio and eventually became a ham. I still listen more than I
> transmit:)
>
> Happy New Year and 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
>
> On 1/1/19 3:33 PM, Mike Bracey wrote:
>> There is an article on Jackie Gleason on Fox News today. It contains the following exert:
>> “He also listened to the radio. He had a room upstairs that we called the radio room. There were dozens of radios. He listened to airplanes flying over at the airport, long distance radio operators from around the world. He had the passion and curiosity of a child with the experiences of an adult.”
>> Does anyone have knowledge of Jackie's radio's?
>> Happy New Years,
>> Mike
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