The Jackie Gleason Show Songwriters (Season 3, Episode 12)
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TV Episode | Comedy

The Jackie Gleason Show

Songwriters (Season 3, Episode 12)

TV-G

TV Episode | Comedy

Ralph is intrigued by the potential fame and fortune in writing popular songs. Before long, he and Norton pitch in (by raiding their spouses' Christmas Club funds) and buy a piano; Alice is furious. Desperately working through the night in...See moreRalph is intrigued by the potential fame and fortune in writing popular songs. Before long, he and Norton pitch in (by raiding their spouses' Christmas Club funds) and buy a piano; Alice is furious. Desperately working through the night in Ralph's apartment, Ed and Ralph exhaust every lame premise for writing a hit song, until a chance series of disruptive noises sparks Ralph's imagination, and their new masterpiece begins to take shape. Within a day, they are auditioning their new opus "My Love Song to You" for a local publisher, who tells Ralph that he likes Ed's music, but refuses to publish the song with Ralph's amateurish lyrics. Ralph makes the ultimate artistic sacrifice by allowing the publisher to hire a lyricist to replace his own words. Ralph is thus thrust into an emotional funk, which reaches its height on the night Ed's new song makes its radio broadcast debut. Written by Larry Rapchak See less

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Jackie Gleason Self - Host / Ralph Kramden Self - Host / Ralph Kramden See fewer	The Hustler (1961)
Sammy Birch Kennedy (Racoon ping-pong player) Kennedy (Racoon ping-pong player) See fewer	Stanley (1956)
Ray Bloch Bandleader Bandleader See fewer	Science Fiction Theatre (1955)
Art Carney Ed Norton Ed Norton See fewer	Harry and Tonto (1974)
The June Taylor Dancers Themselves Themselves See fewer	The Jackie Gleason Show (1952)
Jack Lescoulie Self - Announcer Self - Announcer See fewer	Emergency Landing (1941)
Audrey Meadows Alice Kramden Alice Kramden See fewer	The Honeymooners (1955)
Joyce Randolph Trixie Norton Trixie Norton See fewer	The Honeymooners (1955)
Cliff Hall Racoon Lodge President (uncredited) Racoon Lodge President (uncredited) See fewer	The Prudential Family Playhouse (1950)
Eddie Hanley Miller (Racoon ping-pong player) (uncredited) Miller (Racoon ping-pong player) (uncredited) See fewer	Portrait of a Mobster (1961)
Bob Manning Vocalist on Ralph and Ed's Song (voice) (uncredited) Vocalist on Ralph and Ed's Song (voice) (uncredited) See fewer	The Jackie Gleason Show (1952)
George Petrie Racoon Lodge Secretary (uncredited) Racoon Lodge Secretary (uncredited) See fewer	Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Ralph Stantley Song Publisher (uncredited) Song Publisher (uncredited) See fewer	The Joe Louis Story (1953)