sentences:  Parks also had a recurring role as Little Tommy Manicotti (the kid from upstairs) on Jackie Gleason's "The Honeymooners".After graduating from McKeesport High School, Parks majored in music at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he studied with Aaron Copland from 1960 to 1963, and developed an interest in Mexican music.In 1962, Parks began studying acoustic guitar.