Frank Fontaine - Wikipedia
Fontaine used the same comic character familiar from the Jack Benny radio show, complete with bug-eyed grin, goofy voice, and silly laugh. The character was now named "Crazy Guggenham" and appeared during Gleason's "Joe the Bartender" sketches.
Jackie Gleason & Frank Fontaine as JOE THE BARTENDER and CRAZY GUGGENHEIM
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The Jackie Gleason Show - Wikipedia
Frank Fontaine, as bug-eyed, grinning "Crazy" Guggenheim (evolved from his John character from The Jack Benny Program), starred in the Joe the Bartender skits, delighting fans with his nutty speaking voice and goofy laugh, and charmed by his surprisingly mellow singing voice.
FRANK FONTAINE, 58, DIES AFTER BENEFIT - The New York Times
Aug 6, 1978 · SPOKANE, Wash. (UPI)‐Frank Fontaine, a veteran vaudevillian who won national fame as television's cheerful. drunk “Crazy Guggenheim,” died of an apparent heart attack Friday night at the age of...
Frank Fontaine - IMDb
Actor: Hit Parade of 1951. Frank Fontaine was born on 19 April 1920 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Hit Parade of 1951 (1950), The Jackie Gleason Show (1966) and The Jack Benny Program (1950). He was married to Alma Claire Wakeham.
JOE THE BARTENDER AND CRAZY GUGGENHEIM 1963 - YouTube
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Frank Fontaine - Biography - IMDb
As with fellow "professional drunks" Jack Norton and Foster Brooks, he was a nondrinker in private life. On the commentary of The Simpsons (1989) Season Five DVD, the show writers admit that Barney Gumble was based in part on Fontaine's Crazy Guggenheim.
Frank Fontaine: Crazy Guggenheim - IMDb
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Jackie Gleason and Frank Fontaine - Behind The Black
Invariably, Joe would bring out his friend, Crazy Guggenheim, played by Frank Fontaine. Fontaine, as Crazy, would then hold everyone spellbound for five plus minutes with the most silly charactor humor one can imagine.