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snowybirdie

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2. Artistic license

Reply to Cartoonist (Original post)

Mon Jun 10, 2019, 01:12 PM

Jun 2019

Probably based on Gleason's actual childhood apartment. His Dad left home when he was a child and his mom was a drinker.

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Ralph Kramden's salary [View all] Cartoonist Jun 2019 OP

Ralph spent money on get quick rich schemes Sanity Claws Jun 2019 #1

I thought the same, just a normal nice place to live. Squalor? Not at all. mahina Jun 2019 #12

Artistic license snowybirdie Jun 2019 #2

$62 per week PSPS Jun 2019 #3

You got it, Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #4

I thought it was about him snoring Cartoonist Jun 2019 #5

The issues with poverty Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #6

Speaking of Gleason PSPS Jun 2019 #9

Iconic Role. Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #10

Was Gleason on The Life of Riley? Jane Austin Jun 2019 #13

Bendix took the role in the second incarnation PSPS Jun 2019 #14

Ah, thanks. Jane Austin Jun 2019 #16

Gosh. I thought it was $84 a week. Mister Ed Jun 2019 #7

I believe the tv apt. set is either in the Brooklyn Transit Museum or the Museum of Radio and TV in 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #8

I thought it looked very comfortable, never considered it squalor. mahina Jun 2019 #11

NYC workers in the 1950s did to have large salaries delisen Jun 2019 #15

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