"He instinctively can find the shining greatness of our American culture and does a good job of highlighting it (although he also does have those rare lapses when he writes about hockey, but that is something caused by impurities in the Eastern waters or something)." Erik Keilholtz
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Larry Miller at the Weekly Standard pays rather touching tribute to Frank Fontaine, who lived in Winchester, Mass., and played Crazy Guggenheim on the old Jackie Gleason Show.
A Gleason page at TV Party includes vintage footage of a "Joe the Bartender" sketch with Crazy Guggenheim singing.
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One lump or two? Oh, threee or fourrrrr: The humorist who gave voice to Crazy Guggenheim's cartoon catamount cousin Pete Puma, Stan Freberg, is applauded by Dawn Eden.
Pete Puma's laugh is recorded (July 22-23, 2000) at the Daily .Wav, a goldmine if you happen to be a fan of Foghorn Leghorn or, for that matter, of the late Julia Child (Aug. 16). The site's motto: Annoying your cubemates with non-sequitur soundbytes since 1995!