Frank Gannucci
04-23-2010, 07:17 AM
Episode #157 (Syndicated episode #4)
DVD: Attached to "Curse of The Kramdens" & "You're In The Picture"
Color Honeymooners Episode Title: "Confusion, Italian Style"
Lost Episode Title: "When In Rome"
It should be noted that when AmericanLife TV shows these episodes, they and/or the company that syndicated them edit out I think four minutes from each episode except for this one. Not only that, but when this episode is shown on TV, it is shown with the ORIGINAL opening. Why only this episode gets this special treatment is a mystery.
In Rome, a bunch of people (June Taylor Dancers) sing "You Got to Do as The Romans do". The Italian representative of the Flakey Wakey Company is waiting for the Kramdens & Nortons to arrive. They arrive in a rented convertible that they claim is small. I wonder how hard it was to get that car on stage. The Kramdens & Nortons have a bunch of bags and they are squished like sardines in a can. Ralph claims that when he saw the car, he thought it was a cigarette lighter. The representative checks for their reservations at the Hotel Excelsior. They try to get out of their car. Ralph can't because he's stuck (due to the fact that he was the driver and he's so fat). Ed suggests taking out the floorboards if Ralph doesn't mind walking around with the remnants of the car for the rest of his life. Trixie says if he managed to get in there, how come he can't get out. Alice: "It's a hot day Trix. Do you know what happens to dough when it is in the oven?" Alice blames Ralph because Ralph was so cheap that he had to buy this car. Ed tries to shake the car so Ralph can get loose but to no avail. Ed would like it better if Ralph got out to shake it. Ralph then asks Ed to put his ear next to the radiator in front of the car. Ed does and Ralph blares the horn in his ear shocking him. Trixie doesn't even scold Ralph for doing that to Ed. Ralph did that so Ed wouldn't have to hear himself (Ed) talking. Ed & the girls shake the car but Ralph complains of sea sickness. Ed then buys something in a store. Trixie then says if Ed drove, he wouldn't be in this fix. Alice says that it is not Ralph's fault because Ed was supposed to drive, but when Ralph was in the backseat the front of the car went up in the air. Question: Why couldn't Ralph just sit in the front passenger seat then? Ed comes out with Olive Oil. He claims that he used it on a guy who was stuck in the manhole and the olive oil set hi loose. Ed pours the Olive Oil on Ralph's lap. Ralph is upset. He gets out and it is revealed that the Olive Oil worked. Plus, if you look carefully, I don't think Jackie's lap wasn't really wet and for good reason too and I don't think I have to tell you why. Ralph & Ed then move the car to a garage. Ralph steers from the outside while Ed pushes. They leave and the girls run into a young little boy who just happens to speak English. The boy offers them postcards of Rome. The little boy than looks at Alice and says that she is so pretty. Alice is flattered. Boy: "You call me Tony lady. You are so pretty." Alice: "And you are such a flirt." The boys come back and claimed they found a parking place as they walk up the stairs of the Hotel Excelsior. Tony then asks Alice if he can give her a shopping spree of Europe because he's a classy guy and he can show her where to get real bargains. Alice loves the idea especially when he charges her nothing. They both sing and dance to a song that I think is called "You Will Always Be My Friend." During the song, the studio lights turn off to give the impression that is nighttime but then they get turned on again to show daylight. That was weird. I think that was one lucky boy to be dancing with Shelia. After the song, he kisses her and she responds by hugging him. They plan to meet each other at 10am outside of the hotel. Tony leaves. Trixie comes out with the news that Olive Oil is needed because Ralph is stuck in the elevator.
I should point out that in 2005, I got an e-mail from a guy who claimed to play the Tony (Jomar Cidoni) in this episode. He wondered where he can get this episode on DVD and what channel these episodes were shown on. I told him the fact that at the time, these episodes weren't available on DVD but are currently being shown on AmericanLife TV. I also read that the actor that played Tony had to get his haircut at Gleason's request because Gleason didn't like his hair.
At the Kramdens hotel room, a delivery boy has a rose with a note from Tony (Alice's Italian "boyfriend"). In the note, Tony claims that Alice (the person he calls "lovely lady.") has stolen his heart even though they met two days ago. Tony is planning on taking Alice shopping again and seeing her at the festival tonight. Alice claims that she fell in love with her schoolteacher and asks Trixie did she ever fall in love with an older man. Trixie says she did. Trixie fell in love with a doctor and wound up marrying on his patients. The boys aren't going to the festival tonight because they are going to see the wrestling matches. Trixie leaves. The phone rings and its Tony. Ralph comes out and overhears Alice talking with him. He listens to her saying that if she doesn't have any money, she will use Ralph's money which causes Ralph to misinterpret the words. He also hears Alice saying to Tony that she loves the flowers and loves him and calling him the sweetest boy she ever met. Ralph is thinking that Alice is cheating on him but doesn't let on. Alice: "In the meantime, Arrivederci." Alice goes into the other room. Ed enters. He just went sight-seeing and asks Ralph not to see the Roman Coliseum because the whole place is falling apart. Ralph tells Ed that Alice is cheating on him. He shows him the love letter and flowers and reads the letter to him. Ed: "It could be a business letter." Ralph: "It's a business letter all right. Monkey business." Ed thinks the letter could be for Trixie but when he reads lovely lady, he thinks it is for Alice. Ralph says to Ed all the things that he claims he heard Alice say on the phone. Ed: "Jumping the gun again. All you are dealing with are cold hard facts." Ralph is hoping he can stop this in time. Ed: "You can lead a horse to water but you can't grow moss on a stone." What? Ralph says that when he finds the guy, he will kill them. Ralph has clues. He knows his name. His name: Harry Vaderci (arrivederci). Ralph says that when he finds the guy it will be good-bye Harry Vaderci.
Later on, Ralph is having trouble finding his name in the phone book. Ralph is still upset. Ed says that she won't run away with him because she's in love with him but rather she's sick and tired of Ralph. Ed: "Alice and this guy are like two ships passing in the night and in two or three weeks, she will be coming back to the old tub." Ralph talks about these Roman Romeos and talks about Mrs. Murphy's affair with the ice man. Ed remembers when a girl was in love with him and he wanted to get rid of her. Then he went away for a little while and she forgot about him. His time away? Ten minutes. Either that girl must have had a very bad memory and/or was heartless. Alice enters the room and says she is going to the beauty parlor to make herself beautiful for her great big lover boy. Ralph: "Ha-ha." Ralph says that they are leaving. Alice is having none of it. Ralph says that he wants to go to Greece. Alice agrees…he can go to Greece while she stays in Italy for a few days and will meet up with Ralph. Alice wants to go to Italy and wants a reason on why she can't stay. Ralph: "I will give you a reason. HARRY VADERCI." Alice: "All right. Good-bye." Ralph can't believe. Ralph can't go the matches. He will go to the festival tonight to see if Alice is cheating on him and when he sees him, he will kill him. They both sing and dance to a song called "That's When You Are Glad You Are Married."
At the festival called the "Festa L' Uva", a bunch of dancers dance to an Italian song. Ralph and Ed arrive in disguise so they will look Italian. They look ridiculous. Ralph doesn't like spying on Alice and he hates this idea with every second. Ralph: "I woke up yesterday, sitting on top of the world. Now my world has collapsed." Ed: "With you sitting on top, no wonder." They see the girls without Tony and they plan to stay there until the guy shows up. They go somewhere. The girls see them and recognize them. Alice thinks that they said they were going to wrestling matches so they can come to the festival in disguise and surprise them. The girls then plan to pretend that they think that they are strangers and flirt with them. The amazing thing is that Ralph & Ed are only a few feet away and supposedly can't hear them. They call the boys over and they introduce themselves an Antonio (Ed) and Luigi (Ralph). Alice: "Our husbands are at the wrestling matches but don't talk about them with two cut boys like you around." Ralph claims he has more evidence. Alice: "What the old boys won't know won't hurt them." Trixie calls "Antonio" cute and loves his nose. Ed: "You like the nose? It comes with the glasses." Ralph is even more upset since Ed said that. "Antonio" then asks the girls if they go out when their husbands are at their Raccoon Lodge meetings. What's strange is that Ralph didn't get mad at Ed for saying that. Alice: "Those nights, we go out while our husbands come home at 1 or 2am." Ralph: "From now on, they come home at 9pm." The girls ask them to spend the night with them. The girls go to the powder room. Alice: "After we comeback, I want to go to a place where our husbands can't find us." Ralph: "I know a place. Up on the moon." The girls leave as Ralph claims that he has more evidence to his thoughts and calls Alice fickle. Ed suggests that they trade costumes while the girls powder themselves because this way, he won't have to dance with Trixie all night. They leave.
All of them are in the Kramdens hotel room. Ralph tells Alice to admit that they didn't know that it was them and they were flirting with them. Alice & Trixie tell the truth. Ralph says Alice went to the festival to meet the man that he claims that she is in love with. Ralph says that he knows that Alice was given flowers by her lover and shows her the love letter. Alice & Trixie laugh. The phone rings. Alice answers it. It's Tony. Alice asks for Tony to come on up to their hotel room. Alice says that it was the guy who sent him the flowers and note. Ralph is now madder than ever. Alice probably decides to have fun with Ralph and says that she loves her new "boyfriend." Alice: "You got to let me go Ralph. My place is with him." Ralph: "Oh, I want him to come up here." A knock on the door is heard. Ralph opens it. It's Tony. Ralph: "Get out of the way kid. There is going to be a massacre and I don't want you to get hurt." Alice introduces him as Tony and says that he is the person who sent her all the flowers and the note. Alice: "Tony was the person who was supposed to meet at the festival last night." Ralph: "What about Harry Vaderci?" Alice says the "name" that Ralph said was Italian for good-bye. Tony said that he couldn't see Alice at the festival last night was because his mom wouldn't let him out and he brought her some more flowers. Ralph is happy to know that Alice wasn't seeing another guy behind his back. Trixie offers to take Tony for some ice cream. Ed comes along. Alice is upset that Ralph went into another one of his jealousy rages. Ralph apologizes for embarrassing Alice but he does it because he loves her. Alice sings part of "You Will Always Be My Friend" to Ralph but replaces "friend" with "love." Ralph: "Bambino, you are the greatest." They hug and kiss.
At the curtain call, Jackie says: "Good Night!"
This is one of the few times, a kid is cast as a character on a Honeymooners show and even though he had two very small parts, it might be somewhat surprising to some people that Jackie allowed a kid to be a character in a Honeymooners episode since he never liked working with them because he was always afraid they would not perform on cue (he may have been even more receptive to having kids on his shows when they were performed live even though there were a few lost episodes that had kids starring as one of the characters). I like seeing an episode with a kid in it since those kind of scenes that have a kid perform were a good change of pace for these Honeymooners episodes (especially if the kid doesn't mess up their lines.)
Episode #158 (Syndicated episode #5)
TV: Hour (edited)
DVD: Attached to "Mod Couple" (aka "Honeymooners in England") & "You're In the Picture."
The show opens in an Irish bar/hotel lobby in Ireland with a bunch of waiters & waitresses (the June Taylor Dancers) singing: “Hooray for the Irish!” After the song is over, the bartender is talking to a man about how a Kramden is coming to visit. The bartender then tells a story on how the curse of Shammus O’ Toole was formed and it hasn't been broken yet. The village of Dunnelin has been affected greatly by it. Part of the story is that the village is very fond of beer and was prospering because of its great beer until the curse was formed. The curse had a very bad effect on their beer and in turn the village was affected a great deal. They say if a Kramden spends the night in a castle that is the home of the Ghost of Shammus O’ Toole, the curse will be broken. He also tried to put a curse on America, but it didn't work. The mayor comes in with the news that the Kramdens are coming. The Kramdens & Nortons arrive at the bar and all the dancers greet them and sing. The mayor says that he found a Kramden because a Kramden has an eye of an eagle, the heart of a lion and the dignity of a king so he shakes Ed's hand thinking that he is Ralph. Ralph corrects him. Ed: "I only got the tooth of an elk." The girls can't believe the reception they got. The girls want to unpack. Ralph wants the biggest suite there is in he hotel (apparently the bar has a hotel). The bartender/owner: "You can have the Jackie Gleason Suite." Ed hears this and they talk about Jackie. Ralph: "Jackie is a bit pudgy. That Art has put on a few pounds too." Ha! Ed Norton wants a drink called a Hungarian Zombie. He says it is simple to make but it doesn't sound that way when he describes the way you make it. Ralph says that Ed has a little of Irish in him. Man: "Did your mitther come from Ireland?" Ed: "What's a mitther?" Ralph: "He means your mother." Ed: "No, she didn't. Neither did my britther or my sitther. It was my grandfither." Ed brings Ralph into the center of the bar and addresses everyone and says a toast to Ralph but his speech is so long, Ralph yells at him to shut up. After that, the threesome leave as the girls sing and dance.
The next scene opens with the mayor, Ralph & Ed sitting down. Ralph makes a toast to Ireland and says it is the most hospitable country in the world. Ralph sings a song about Ireland It’s called “Hospitality.” Ed joins in. It's a great song. The mayor talks about Ralph's great-great-grandfather and how brave he was. Ed says that Ralph is very brave. He once took on three guys single-handedly at once. Ed: "They murdered Ralph. Of course he had them outweighed by 50 pounds." Ha! They talk about Shammus O' Toole, the famous Irish ghost. The mayor asks if Ralph will spend a night in a castle. Ralph says sure. The mayor: "Tonight you will break the Old Kramden curse by spending the night with a blood-thirsty ghost. He realizes what he agreed to.
At the hotel, Ralph is a nervous wreck. Alice says that it is not necessary and the ghost and curse don't exist. Ralph: "As soon as the curse is broken, they will make beer. I'm not risking myself for beer." Alice: "I bet you would for pizza." Ed comes in with Trixie. Ed: "How's the old ghost catcher? Whooooo!" Ralph isn't amused Trixie talks about the celebration about Ralph being a hero and breaking the curse. The mayor comes in to take Ralph. Ralph is scared, he forces Ed to come. Ed is scared too. The girls and boys break into song called: “You Needn't Fear, We'll Be Waiting Right Here" It's a great song. After that, the boys leave.
At the castle, the counterfeiters are talking about their evil schemes and they plot how they will scare Ralph and Ed. In other words, they are the “curse”. They leave as Ralph & Ed come in. Ralph: "This isn't the fun and sun capital of the world." A door closes "by itself." The boys are scared. Ed: "Is it true that a ghost can go through a wall." Ralph: "If that happens, you will see me going through that wall." They try to turn on the radio, but a scary show doesn't entertain them. After that, more screams are heard. The boys are even more scared. They try to pretend that they are in the hotel. Ed: "Too bad that it's haunted." They hear a scream. Ed: "Since we are in a hotel, let's check out." They are locked in since they can't get out of the door. They try to go through the window, but it doesn't work. They lay on the bed. Ralph asks Ed for a match, but someone else gives him one (unbeknownst to Ralph) Ralph thanks Ed but Ed tells him that he didn't light it. Uh oh! Ralph hears a scary laugh. Ralph: "Thanks for the light." More scary hi-jinks follow like Ed going through the door (that opened "by itself") on one side of the bed and not coming back. Ralph notices and goes into that door that opened "by itself" and tries to see Norton. Ed comes out on the other side and one of the counterfeiters places a fake cat near the bed. Ed thinks that Ralph is now a cat. Ralph comes out and sees what Ed is doing and tries to convince him that he's not a cat. "Ghost": "I am the Ghost of Shammus O' Toole. If your name is Kramden, beware." Ralph lies down on the bed and from Ed's blindside, the bed moves into the wall and comes back without Ralph. Ed wonders where Ralph is. Ralph comes in and when he sees Ed with a blanket on his head, he gets scared. He immediately sees that it is Norton. They hear a knock on the previously locked door and the door opens with boots walking "by themselves." They try to leave but a "ghost" scares them. The ghost goes into one of the doors. They come to the conclusion that the ghost is in between the two doors on the other side of the wall. They capture the counterfeiters and leave, supposedly breaking the curse.
The next scene opens up with a celebration at the bar/hotel lobby. The Kramdens and Nortons break out into the song Ireland song that Ralph & Ed sung earlier called “Hospitality.” They leave immediately.
At the curtain call, Jackie talks about Miami and coffee. He introduces the cast (Shelia kisses him). After that, the credits roll with the fake palm trees in the background.
Credit goes to sitcomsonline.com.
DVD: Attached to "Curse of The Kramdens" & "You're In The Picture"
Color Honeymooners Episode Title: "Confusion, Italian Style"
Lost Episode Title: "When In Rome"
It should be noted that when AmericanLife TV shows these episodes, they and/or the company that syndicated them edit out I think four minutes from each episode except for this one. Not only that, but when this episode is shown on TV, it is shown with the ORIGINAL opening. Why only this episode gets this special treatment is a mystery.
In Rome, a bunch of people (June Taylor Dancers) sing "You Got to Do as The Romans do". The Italian representative of the Flakey Wakey Company is waiting for the Kramdens & Nortons to arrive. They arrive in a rented convertible that they claim is small. I wonder how hard it was to get that car on stage. The Kramdens & Nortons have a bunch of bags and they are squished like sardines in a can. Ralph claims that when he saw the car, he thought it was a cigarette lighter. The representative checks for their reservations at the Hotel Excelsior. They try to get out of their car. Ralph can't because he's stuck (due to the fact that he was the driver and he's so fat). Ed suggests taking out the floorboards if Ralph doesn't mind walking around with the remnants of the car for the rest of his life. Trixie says if he managed to get in there, how come he can't get out. Alice: "It's a hot day Trix. Do you know what happens to dough when it is in the oven?" Alice blames Ralph because Ralph was so cheap that he had to buy this car. Ed tries to shake the car so Ralph can get loose but to no avail. Ed would like it better if Ralph got out to shake it. Ralph then asks Ed to put his ear next to the radiator in front of the car. Ed does and Ralph blares the horn in his ear shocking him. Trixie doesn't even scold Ralph for doing that to Ed. Ralph did that so Ed wouldn't have to hear himself (Ed) talking. Ed & the girls shake the car but Ralph complains of sea sickness. Ed then buys something in a store. Trixie then says if Ed drove, he wouldn't be in this fix. Alice says that it is not Ralph's fault because Ed was supposed to drive, but when Ralph was in the backseat the front of the car went up in the air. Question: Why couldn't Ralph just sit in the front passenger seat then? Ed comes out with Olive Oil. He claims that he used it on a guy who was stuck in the manhole and the olive oil set hi loose. Ed pours the Olive Oil on Ralph's lap. Ralph is upset. He gets out and it is revealed that the Olive Oil worked. Plus, if you look carefully, I don't think Jackie's lap wasn't really wet and for good reason too and I don't think I have to tell you why. Ralph & Ed then move the car to a garage. Ralph steers from the outside while Ed pushes. They leave and the girls run into a young little boy who just happens to speak English. The boy offers them postcards of Rome. The little boy than looks at Alice and says that she is so pretty. Alice is flattered. Boy: "You call me Tony lady. You are so pretty." Alice: "And you are such a flirt." The boys come back and claimed they found a parking place as they walk up the stairs of the Hotel Excelsior. Tony then asks Alice if he can give her a shopping spree of Europe because he's a classy guy and he can show her where to get real bargains. Alice loves the idea especially when he charges her nothing. They both sing and dance to a song that I think is called "You Will Always Be My Friend." During the song, the studio lights turn off to give the impression that is nighttime but then they get turned on again to show daylight. That was weird. I think that was one lucky boy to be dancing with Shelia. After the song, he kisses her and she responds by hugging him. They plan to meet each other at 10am outside of the hotel. Tony leaves. Trixie comes out with the news that Olive Oil is needed because Ralph is stuck in the elevator.
I should point out that in 2005, I got an e-mail from a guy who claimed to play the Tony (Jomar Cidoni) in this episode. He wondered where he can get this episode on DVD and what channel these episodes were shown on. I told him the fact that at the time, these episodes weren't available on DVD but are currently being shown on AmericanLife TV. I also read that the actor that played Tony had to get his haircut at Gleason's request because Gleason didn't like his hair.
At the Kramdens hotel room, a delivery boy has a rose with a note from Tony (Alice's Italian "boyfriend"). In the note, Tony claims that Alice (the person he calls "lovely lady.") has stolen his heart even though they met two days ago. Tony is planning on taking Alice shopping again and seeing her at the festival tonight. Alice claims that she fell in love with her schoolteacher and asks Trixie did she ever fall in love with an older man. Trixie says she did. Trixie fell in love with a doctor and wound up marrying on his patients. The boys aren't going to the festival tonight because they are going to see the wrestling matches. Trixie leaves. The phone rings and its Tony. Ralph comes out and overhears Alice talking with him. He listens to her saying that if she doesn't have any money, she will use Ralph's money which causes Ralph to misinterpret the words. He also hears Alice saying to Tony that she loves the flowers and loves him and calling him the sweetest boy she ever met. Ralph is thinking that Alice is cheating on him but doesn't let on. Alice: "In the meantime, Arrivederci." Alice goes into the other room. Ed enters. He just went sight-seeing and asks Ralph not to see the Roman Coliseum because the whole place is falling apart. Ralph tells Ed that Alice is cheating on him. He shows him the love letter and flowers and reads the letter to him. Ed: "It could be a business letter." Ralph: "It's a business letter all right. Monkey business." Ed thinks the letter could be for Trixie but when he reads lovely lady, he thinks it is for Alice. Ralph says to Ed all the things that he claims he heard Alice say on the phone. Ed: "Jumping the gun again. All you are dealing with are cold hard facts." Ralph is hoping he can stop this in time. Ed: "You can lead a horse to water but you can't grow moss on a stone." What? Ralph says that when he finds the guy, he will kill them. Ralph has clues. He knows his name. His name: Harry Vaderci (arrivederci). Ralph says that when he finds the guy it will be good-bye Harry Vaderci.
Later on, Ralph is having trouble finding his name in the phone book. Ralph is still upset. Ed says that she won't run away with him because she's in love with him but rather she's sick and tired of Ralph. Ed: "Alice and this guy are like two ships passing in the night and in two or three weeks, she will be coming back to the old tub." Ralph talks about these Roman Romeos and talks about Mrs. Murphy's affair with the ice man. Ed remembers when a girl was in love with him and he wanted to get rid of her. Then he went away for a little while and she forgot about him. His time away? Ten minutes. Either that girl must have had a very bad memory and/or was heartless. Alice enters the room and says she is going to the beauty parlor to make herself beautiful for her great big lover boy. Ralph: "Ha-ha." Ralph says that they are leaving. Alice is having none of it. Ralph says that he wants to go to Greece. Alice agrees…he can go to Greece while she stays in Italy for a few days and will meet up with Ralph. Alice wants to go to Italy and wants a reason on why she can't stay. Ralph: "I will give you a reason. HARRY VADERCI." Alice: "All right. Good-bye." Ralph can't believe. Ralph can't go the matches. He will go to the festival tonight to see if Alice is cheating on him and when he sees him, he will kill him. They both sing and dance to a song called "That's When You Are Glad You Are Married."
At the festival called the "Festa L' Uva", a bunch of dancers dance to an Italian song. Ralph and Ed arrive in disguise so they will look Italian. They look ridiculous. Ralph doesn't like spying on Alice and he hates this idea with every second. Ralph: "I woke up yesterday, sitting on top of the world. Now my world has collapsed." Ed: "With you sitting on top, no wonder." They see the girls without Tony and they plan to stay there until the guy shows up. They go somewhere. The girls see them and recognize them. Alice thinks that they said they were going to wrestling matches so they can come to the festival in disguise and surprise them. The girls then plan to pretend that they think that they are strangers and flirt with them. The amazing thing is that Ralph & Ed are only a few feet away and supposedly can't hear them. They call the boys over and they introduce themselves an Antonio (Ed) and Luigi (Ralph). Alice: "Our husbands are at the wrestling matches but don't talk about them with two cut boys like you around." Ralph claims he has more evidence. Alice: "What the old boys won't know won't hurt them." Trixie calls "Antonio" cute and loves his nose. Ed: "You like the nose? It comes with the glasses." Ralph is even more upset since Ed said that. "Antonio" then asks the girls if they go out when their husbands are at their Raccoon Lodge meetings. What's strange is that Ralph didn't get mad at Ed for saying that. Alice: "Those nights, we go out while our husbands come home at 1 or 2am." Ralph: "From now on, they come home at 9pm." The girls ask them to spend the night with them. The girls go to the powder room. Alice: "After we comeback, I want to go to a place where our husbands can't find us." Ralph: "I know a place. Up on the moon." The girls leave as Ralph claims that he has more evidence to his thoughts and calls Alice fickle. Ed suggests that they trade costumes while the girls powder themselves because this way, he won't have to dance with Trixie all night. They leave.
All of them are in the Kramdens hotel room. Ralph tells Alice to admit that they didn't know that it was them and they were flirting with them. Alice & Trixie tell the truth. Ralph says Alice went to the festival to meet the man that he claims that she is in love with. Ralph says that he knows that Alice was given flowers by her lover and shows her the love letter. Alice & Trixie laugh. The phone rings. Alice answers it. It's Tony. Alice asks for Tony to come on up to their hotel room. Alice says that it was the guy who sent him the flowers and note. Ralph is now madder than ever. Alice probably decides to have fun with Ralph and says that she loves her new "boyfriend." Alice: "You got to let me go Ralph. My place is with him." Ralph: "Oh, I want him to come up here." A knock on the door is heard. Ralph opens it. It's Tony. Ralph: "Get out of the way kid. There is going to be a massacre and I don't want you to get hurt." Alice introduces him as Tony and says that he is the person who sent her all the flowers and the note. Alice: "Tony was the person who was supposed to meet at the festival last night." Ralph: "What about Harry Vaderci?" Alice says the "name" that Ralph said was Italian for good-bye. Tony said that he couldn't see Alice at the festival last night was because his mom wouldn't let him out and he brought her some more flowers. Ralph is happy to know that Alice wasn't seeing another guy behind his back. Trixie offers to take Tony for some ice cream. Ed comes along. Alice is upset that Ralph went into another one of his jealousy rages. Ralph apologizes for embarrassing Alice but he does it because he loves her. Alice sings part of "You Will Always Be My Friend" to Ralph but replaces "friend" with "love." Ralph: "Bambino, you are the greatest." They hug and kiss.
At the curtain call, Jackie says: "Good Night!"
This is one of the few times, a kid is cast as a character on a Honeymooners show and even though he had two very small parts, it might be somewhat surprising to some people that Jackie allowed a kid to be a character in a Honeymooners episode since he never liked working with them because he was always afraid they would not perform on cue (he may have been even more receptive to having kids on his shows when they were performed live even though there were a few lost episodes that had kids starring as one of the characters). I like seeing an episode with a kid in it since those kind of scenes that have a kid perform were a good change of pace for these Honeymooners episodes (especially if the kid doesn't mess up their lines.)
Episode #158 (Syndicated episode #5)
TV: Hour (edited)
DVD: Attached to "Mod Couple" (aka "Honeymooners in England") & "You're In the Picture."
The show opens in an Irish bar/hotel lobby in Ireland with a bunch of waiters & waitresses (the June Taylor Dancers) singing: “Hooray for the Irish!” After the song is over, the bartender is talking to a man about how a Kramden is coming to visit. The bartender then tells a story on how the curse of Shammus O’ Toole was formed and it hasn't been broken yet. The village of Dunnelin has been affected greatly by it. Part of the story is that the village is very fond of beer and was prospering because of its great beer until the curse was formed. The curse had a very bad effect on their beer and in turn the village was affected a great deal. They say if a Kramden spends the night in a castle that is the home of the Ghost of Shammus O’ Toole, the curse will be broken. He also tried to put a curse on America, but it didn't work. The mayor comes in with the news that the Kramdens are coming. The Kramdens & Nortons arrive at the bar and all the dancers greet them and sing. The mayor says that he found a Kramden because a Kramden has an eye of an eagle, the heart of a lion and the dignity of a king so he shakes Ed's hand thinking that he is Ralph. Ralph corrects him. Ed: "I only got the tooth of an elk." The girls can't believe the reception they got. The girls want to unpack. Ralph wants the biggest suite there is in he hotel (apparently the bar has a hotel). The bartender/owner: "You can have the Jackie Gleason Suite." Ed hears this and they talk about Jackie. Ralph: "Jackie is a bit pudgy. That Art has put on a few pounds too." Ha! Ed Norton wants a drink called a Hungarian Zombie. He says it is simple to make but it doesn't sound that way when he describes the way you make it. Ralph says that Ed has a little of Irish in him. Man: "Did your mitther come from Ireland?" Ed: "What's a mitther?" Ralph: "He means your mother." Ed: "No, she didn't. Neither did my britther or my sitther. It was my grandfither." Ed brings Ralph into the center of the bar and addresses everyone and says a toast to Ralph but his speech is so long, Ralph yells at him to shut up. After that, the threesome leave as the girls sing and dance.
The next scene opens with the mayor, Ralph & Ed sitting down. Ralph makes a toast to Ireland and says it is the most hospitable country in the world. Ralph sings a song about Ireland It’s called “Hospitality.” Ed joins in. It's a great song. The mayor talks about Ralph's great-great-grandfather and how brave he was. Ed says that Ralph is very brave. He once took on three guys single-handedly at once. Ed: "They murdered Ralph. Of course he had them outweighed by 50 pounds." Ha! They talk about Shammus O' Toole, the famous Irish ghost. The mayor asks if Ralph will spend a night in a castle. Ralph says sure. The mayor: "Tonight you will break the Old Kramden curse by spending the night with a blood-thirsty ghost. He realizes what he agreed to.
At the hotel, Ralph is a nervous wreck. Alice says that it is not necessary and the ghost and curse don't exist. Ralph: "As soon as the curse is broken, they will make beer. I'm not risking myself for beer." Alice: "I bet you would for pizza." Ed comes in with Trixie. Ed: "How's the old ghost catcher? Whooooo!" Ralph isn't amused Trixie talks about the celebration about Ralph being a hero and breaking the curse. The mayor comes in to take Ralph. Ralph is scared, he forces Ed to come. Ed is scared too. The girls and boys break into song called: “You Needn't Fear, We'll Be Waiting Right Here" It's a great song. After that, the boys leave.
At the castle, the counterfeiters are talking about their evil schemes and they plot how they will scare Ralph and Ed. In other words, they are the “curse”. They leave as Ralph & Ed come in. Ralph: "This isn't the fun and sun capital of the world." A door closes "by itself." The boys are scared. Ed: "Is it true that a ghost can go through a wall." Ralph: "If that happens, you will see me going through that wall." They try to turn on the radio, but a scary show doesn't entertain them. After that, more screams are heard. The boys are even more scared. They try to pretend that they are in the hotel. Ed: "Too bad that it's haunted." They hear a scream. Ed: "Since we are in a hotel, let's check out." They are locked in since they can't get out of the door. They try to go through the window, but it doesn't work. They lay on the bed. Ralph asks Ed for a match, but someone else gives him one (unbeknownst to Ralph) Ralph thanks Ed but Ed tells him that he didn't light it. Uh oh! Ralph hears a scary laugh. Ralph: "Thanks for the light." More scary hi-jinks follow like Ed going through the door (that opened "by itself") on one side of the bed and not coming back. Ralph notices and goes into that door that opened "by itself" and tries to see Norton. Ed comes out on the other side and one of the counterfeiters places a fake cat near the bed. Ed thinks that Ralph is now a cat. Ralph comes out and sees what Ed is doing and tries to convince him that he's not a cat. "Ghost": "I am the Ghost of Shammus O' Toole. If your name is Kramden, beware." Ralph lies down on the bed and from Ed's blindside, the bed moves into the wall and comes back without Ralph. Ed wonders where Ralph is. Ralph comes in and when he sees Ed with a blanket on his head, he gets scared. He immediately sees that it is Norton. They hear a knock on the previously locked door and the door opens with boots walking "by themselves." They try to leave but a "ghost" scares them. The ghost goes into one of the doors. They come to the conclusion that the ghost is in between the two doors on the other side of the wall. They capture the counterfeiters and leave, supposedly breaking the curse.
The next scene opens up with a celebration at the bar/hotel lobby. The Kramdens and Nortons break out into the song Ireland song that Ralph & Ed sung earlier called “Hospitality.” They leave immediately.
At the curtain call, Jackie talks about Miami and coffee. He introduces the cast (Shelia kisses him). After that, the credits roll with the fake palm trees in the background.
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