Frank Gannucci
07-20-2018, 07:38 AM
Honeymooners Episode Reviews: "King of The Castle" & "Movies Are Better Than Ever":
Episode #181 (Syndicated episode #11)
TV: One hour long musical
DVD: Attached to “Run, Santa, Run” & “ “Movies Are Better Than Ever”.
Color Honeymooners Title: "King of The Castle."
Lost Episode Title: "Battle of The Sexes."
Air Date: Sat. 1/7/67
"King of The Castle":
I did a tape trade with Videowack and managed to get the UNCUT version of this episode (well, more uncut than the one that was on Youtoo America and Familynet.) This means that thee person who recorded, must have either recorded this when this episode originally aired or when this episode was repeated on CBS or this is a 16mm print. That person could have been one of the first people to own a VCR because I got this copy in January 2007 which is one year before the episode made its way onto the home video market.
Despite a picture of this episode being shown on the Best of Color Honeymooners DVD, this episode is not on that DVD.
At a bowling alley, the June Taylor Dancers sing: "Bowling, bowling, bowling." The dancers bowl but you don't hear the pins being knocked down. It is so obvious that the balls are fake (especially when the dancers THROW the bowling balls like baseballs.) Also, the alley isn't much like a bowling alley. It only has two lanes (unless we are supposed to think that the alley has rooms that have two lanes each.) In 2001, on the now sadly defunct Honeymooners.net Message Board, he says that one of the female dancers accidentally hit someone with a bowling ball (probably their former soul mate). I didn't see it, but I guess it was one of those moments that are hard to spot. Ralph & Ed come in. Ed says that he just saw the June Taylor Dancers around here. Ralph says that these alleys are popular with show people." Ed warms up by excessively drying his hands and warming up in general. This aggravates Ralph. Ed bowls and we hear the pins fall down. He bowled a strike. Ralph: "Watch how it should be done. It is all in the form." Ralph does some body movements and then bowls. Ed: "Lucky shot. You managed to knock down one pin." A man comes by with a message. Trixie called and wants Ed to come home because her mom is coming. Ralph is upset. Ralph: "Besides this night, the only other nights that we have out are lodge night, pool night and poker night." Ralph gives a story about him being at the Sons of Italy hall for a smoker and Alice calls him up asking him to come home because the ice box is leaking. He didn't come home. Ralph: "I showed her whose boss." Ed: "What happened when you came home?" Ralph: "Never mind about that." This is Ralph's cue to give Norton a "King of the Castle" speech, and to tutor him on what to tell Trixie when he returns home -- after he and Ralph have finished bowling. Norton is so inspired that he says Ralph's words should be recorded and played at every wedding instead of "Here Comes the Bride." Gee, can you just see how ridiculous it would look at a wedding? That's divorce court or breakup city right there. Ralph & Ed sing: "The Man Is The King."
That night, Trixie comes into the Kramden apartment crying. Ed has been playing "king" and has been bullying her. Ralph gets waken up and told of the news of the Nortons fight. Ralph: "What do you want me to do, take on the winner?" Much to Ralph's chagrin, he gets told that Trixie will sleep in the bedroom while he will sleep on the folding cot. After Ralph gets told that he won't sleep upstairs because of Alice's orders, he gets mad. Ralph's body movements are funny as he says his "king" speech to Alice and she becomes suspicious. Alice is going to go upstairs to see what is causing Ed to act like this but Ralph says no and he will sleep on the cot. She goes into the bedroom. Ed Norton comes down. Ed: "I knew my part. She didn't know hers." Ed helps Ralph unfold the folding cot but he accidentally sandwiches Ralph's finger. As Ralph is yelping in pain, the girls come out. Ed: "I have more of a right to be here because Ralph is the king of this castle and I'm a guest of his." The girls now know that Ralph put Ed up to this. Ralph: "Can you stand to see him have some fun?" Trixie says no. The girls go upstairs and stay at the Nortons while the boys stay downstairs to fend for themselves. Ralph: "Good luck to the both of you." They leave. Ed: "You are a regular Dear Abby." Who would have guessed that 45 years later, her column (under another person's name) would still be newspapers? Ralph and Ed are convinced that they are in the right and when the girls find that out, they will take them back when they have learned their lesson. Sure. Ralph sleeps in the bedroom. Ed: "I feel like I'm at home. Trixie makes me sleep in the bedroom too."
The Kramden apartment looks absolutely terrible. The trash can is overflowing. There are clothes all over the place. Ralph comes home. Ed comes home soon afterwards. Ed has been complaining about Ralph's cooking. As Ed goes to get a mop, a dry cleaning man comes by. Ralph says he will get the clothes ready in a minute. While the man is in the hallway, Ralph uses the tablecloth as a laundry bag (he also puts dirty dishes inside it too.) Ralph gives his bag to the laundry man. As Ed is cleaning up, he and Ralph sing a song that goes: "R-a-g-g m-o-p-p. Rag mop. Ed accidentally hits Ralph with the mop and Ralph gets mad. Ralph says to Ed to put the mop away. Ed does that, but not before he accidentally hits Ralph again with the mop. Ralph kicks Ed out. Ed comes back with the "laundry bag" that the laundry man returned. (The laundry man dropped it and it broke.)
Later on, Ralph comes out with a loud apron on and he's wearing it the same fashion as he did in "Brother Ralph." Ralph is getting some franks and beans for himself. Ed comes in. Ralph: "How could Alice do this to me?" Ralph & Ed sing: "Come home" in which some of the lyrics are: "(Wives name) please come home." After that, Ed says that he has an idea. Ralph should take an ad out in the paper that says: "I Ralph Kramden, do not assume the debts of Alice Kramden." Ralph: "It won't work. I tried that the day after we were married." Ed has another idea. Ed will dress up as a women and Ralph will take him out then vice-versa. Ed: "Or we can always go dancing." Ralph's too proud to apologize to Alice, so he and Norton scheme to get the wives to make the first move. They fake having a party in the apartment. Ed goes to get noisemakers. While Ralph is yelling jovial remarks out the window so Alice and Trixie can hear him upstairs, Alice walks in and the party crash-lands.
After that, in the Nortons apartment, Alice talks to Trixie about how the badly the boys are doing. They end up singing a song about bringing them home. After that, Alice tells about the schemes that Ralph pulled to try to get them back that didn't work and then mentions three more schemes about three more schemes that Ralph will try. The first one being the sympathy routine. She correctly guesses all three noises that Ralph will make to get her to apologize to him. The threat to cut off Alice's household money. The third is the "I'm leaving forever" warning. According to Alice, Ralph has walked out of her life 17 times. Oh boy! Ralph must really love Alice and doesn't the part where Alice said that Ralph walked out of her life 17 times funny? Ralph and Ed come in and Ralph tires all three of the schemes and when he tries the latter one, he walks out and comes back, warning Alice again. Alice doesn't comply. He leaves again as the girls continue to eat their food. Ralph comes back again with Ed. Alice: "I thought you were leaving forever." Ralph: "I wouldn't give you the satisfaction." None of the schemes have worked. Alice gets up. Alice: "I am going to explain to you something as I choke on a piece of turkey." Alice states the girls' case. Alice: "If you two people apologize, me and Trixie will take you two back." Ralph: "What do you say Norton?" Ed: "I think that they have learned their lesson." Ralph: "We accept your apology." Trixie: "Will you accept our apology Ed?" Ed: "Yes." The girls open their arms to welcome them back but Ralph and Norton sweep right past them and try to eat the food Trixie has prepared for her own and Alice's dinner. Ralph: "Hurry up, it's our bowling night." Gee, that's so not starting things off on the right foot.
In this episode, the girls apologize with the boys, but in the earlier version of this episode, just the boys apologize.
There is no curtain call in my copies of this episode. The 1968 rerun copy is on the MPI DVD. The original airing copy does have a curtain call which Jackie plugs the Super Bowl "tomorrow" on CBS. He says it is going to be something else. Little did anyone know how big the Super Bowl games wers going to be.
Episode #182 (Syndicated episode #12)
TV: Hour (edited.)
DVD: Attached to "Run, Santa, Run" & "King of The Castle."
Color Honeymooners Title: "Movies Are Better Than Ever."
Lost Episode Title: "Kramden Vs. Norton"
Air Date: Sat. 1/14/67
"Movies Are Better Than Ever":
The June Taylor Dancers open up and sing a song about the library. After that, Ralph & Alice meet each other near a city library. It's Norton's birthday. Ralph wants to get off cheap. Gee what a friend...NOT! When Ed arrives, Ralph says to Alice that he wants Alice to say that she wants to go to the movies He says that a night out at a nightclub would cost a fortune. Alice then springs upon another idea, they would argue until its 12am. That way, it won't be Ed's birthday and they won't have to anywhere. Ralph, being selfish, says that is a good idea. Alice suggests going to a cheap Chinese restaurant. Ed & Trixie arrive and Ed reveals all the good things that have happened to him due to his birthday. He got a hand-carved Mahogany surfboard from the guys down in the sewer. Ralph gives Ed's gift. A scarf with Ed's initials: E.E.N. Ed reveals that his middle name is Ethelburton. Ralph plans goes into action but fails when Alice says that she wants to go to the Kit Kat Klub. Ralph asks Alice to go into the bedroom with him. They have a small spat but you can't hear what they are saying. Alice says that she rather go to a cheap movie. Ralph goes to get the paper to see the movies. He gets the paper from a trash can. Norton picks out one that is too violent for Trixie. It must have been rated-R or something. The little I know about old movies is that, back then, almost all movies were rated-G. They pick out a movie: "Desert Hawk" starring Jackie Gleason. Ralph has plans for dessert for Ed. He doesn't plan on taking him out for dessert but taking him to his place and having Alice giving him the coffee and cake.
At the Theater, Ed wins the door prize, a color TV due to his winning ticket. The theater usher gets told of the situation and says that anyone who has handed the tickets to his friends would say: "I bought the ticket! The set belongs to me." He leaves just as Ed compliments Ralph. He says that his heart is really big. Ralph of course is showing through his facial expression that he's a bad sport. He says that since he got the tickets for all of them, the set belongs to him. Ralph insults Trixie. If Ed doesn't give Ralph the set, Ralph will reveal Ed's middle name which Ed is ashamed of. Ed says that if Ralph does that, he will reveal that Ralph wears a girdle. Ralph is ashamed of the fact that he wanted to wear a girdle but there is no girdle big enough for him. Ralph & Ed reveal their secrets about each other.
At home, Ralph has the picture tube of the set on the table. He and Alice discuss the whole situation. Ralph of course says that he is in the right while Alice says that he isn't. Ed comes in. Ralph & Ed sing a song while fighting. The song is about their fight and Alice joins in. Ed calls Ralph a barrel of beef. Alice is sick and tired of their feud so she wants to go into the bedroom. Ralph & Ed resort to writing notes to each other. Ralph and Ed write notes to each other. Ed's note has insults on it, but he rips it in Ralph's face, saying that he will never learn what was on the note now. Ralph kicks him out and then starts jumping up and down (a moment that is used in the syndie openings of the Color Honeymooners.)
Ralph and Alice go to play pool. This is one scene where Ralph has to teach Alice some things about pool. One of the things is chalking up in which he chalks up the tip of his pool cue. Alice: "That is the stupidest thing I ever heard of." Ralph (while trying his best to hold laughter): "You are the stupidest thing I ever heard of." Alice has funny names for all the pool balls. When Alice tries to hit the ball, she accidentally throws the cue like it was a javelin. Men come out from the other room and Ralph greets them. When he goes to play pool, they ridicule Ralph by yelling: "WHY DON'T YOU SHOOT THE STRAWBERRY RED ONE IN THE SIDE?" Ralph says that if has to come into that other room, the only thing left will be smoke. Ed and Trixie come in. Ralph and Ed try to ignore each other but that doesn't work. Ralph challenges for Ed and Trixie to play him and Alice. Ralph and Ed bet that if their team wins, the other team has to give them something that I don't remember. Alice accidentally hits the ball like she is playing Lacrosse Ralph doesn't know that Trixie is an expert pool player. Ralph learns that. Ralph (yells): "THE BET IS OFF!" Ralph says that Ed lied to him by saying that Trixie couldn't play. Of course, Ed didn't say that. Ralph says he is going out to get a warrant for Ed's arrest.
At night court, Ralph calls Ed a bum in his testimony. During Trixie and Alice's testimony, we learn that Trixie's real name is Thelma. Ed didn't know that. When was the last time that a husband didn't know his wife's real name? The judge gets told the whole story and that if Ralph said to Ed: "Here's your ticket", then Ed deserves the TV set but if he didn't, then Ralph deserves the set. Ralph doesn't know if he said that to Ed. During Alice's testimony, we hear that the Kramdens and the Nortons met when Ed invited the Kramdens out to dinner the day they moved in at 328 Chauncey Street despite the fact that in other episodes, Ralph and Ed met during their childhood. As Alice relates to the judge the history of Ralph and Norton's friendship, she tries her best to hold her tears of sadness and the boys break down in tears and each forsakes his claim to the TV in exchange for the other's friendship. Ed: "All I want is you Ralph." If a person watched this and had no information about the Honeymooners and what was TV like back then, they would probably assume that Ed and probably Ralph were bisexual or gay. The scene ends with the Kramdens & Nortons singing: "My Buddy."
During the curtain call, Jackie says: "How Sweet It Is" & "Nothing like a cup of coffee after a hard night's work. Ask any football player." He then introduces the cast.
Credit I think goes to (the original) Bill's 'Mooners Archives, eBay.com, tv.com, Honeymooners Lost Episodes Book, tvguide.com, honeymooners.net, Honeymooners Lost Episodes DVD booklet, Wikipedia.org, Yahoo Groups You're A Riot! & Amazon.com.
Episode #181 (Syndicated episode #11)
TV: One hour long musical
DVD: Attached to “Run, Santa, Run” & “ “Movies Are Better Than Ever”.
Color Honeymooners Title: "King of The Castle."
Lost Episode Title: "Battle of The Sexes."
Air Date: Sat. 1/7/67
"King of The Castle":
I did a tape trade with Videowack and managed to get the UNCUT version of this episode (well, more uncut than the one that was on Youtoo America and Familynet.) This means that thee person who recorded, must have either recorded this when this episode originally aired or when this episode was repeated on CBS or this is a 16mm print. That person could have been one of the first people to own a VCR because I got this copy in January 2007 which is one year before the episode made its way onto the home video market.
Despite a picture of this episode being shown on the Best of Color Honeymooners DVD, this episode is not on that DVD.
At a bowling alley, the June Taylor Dancers sing: "Bowling, bowling, bowling." The dancers bowl but you don't hear the pins being knocked down. It is so obvious that the balls are fake (especially when the dancers THROW the bowling balls like baseballs.) Also, the alley isn't much like a bowling alley. It only has two lanes (unless we are supposed to think that the alley has rooms that have two lanes each.) In 2001, on the now sadly defunct Honeymooners.net Message Board, he says that one of the female dancers accidentally hit someone with a bowling ball (probably their former soul mate). I didn't see it, but I guess it was one of those moments that are hard to spot. Ralph & Ed come in. Ed says that he just saw the June Taylor Dancers around here. Ralph says that these alleys are popular with show people." Ed warms up by excessively drying his hands and warming up in general. This aggravates Ralph. Ed bowls and we hear the pins fall down. He bowled a strike. Ralph: "Watch how it should be done. It is all in the form." Ralph does some body movements and then bowls. Ed: "Lucky shot. You managed to knock down one pin." A man comes by with a message. Trixie called and wants Ed to come home because her mom is coming. Ralph is upset. Ralph: "Besides this night, the only other nights that we have out are lodge night, pool night and poker night." Ralph gives a story about him being at the Sons of Italy hall for a smoker and Alice calls him up asking him to come home because the ice box is leaking. He didn't come home. Ralph: "I showed her whose boss." Ed: "What happened when you came home?" Ralph: "Never mind about that." This is Ralph's cue to give Norton a "King of the Castle" speech, and to tutor him on what to tell Trixie when he returns home -- after he and Ralph have finished bowling. Norton is so inspired that he says Ralph's words should be recorded and played at every wedding instead of "Here Comes the Bride." Gee, can you just see how ridiculous it would look at a wedding? That's divorce court or breakup city right there. Ralph & Ed sing: "The Man Is The King."
That night, Trixie comes into the Kramden apartment crying. Ed has been playing "king" and has been bullying her. Ralph gets waken up and told of the news of the Nortons fight. Ralph: "What do you want me to do, take on the winner?" Much to Ralph's chagrin, he gets told that Trixie will sleep in the bedroom while he will sleep on the folding cot. After Ralph gets told that he won't sleep upstairs because of Alice's orders, he gets mad. Ralph's body movements are funny as he says his "king" speech to Alice and she becomes suspicious. Alice is going to go upstairs to see what is causing Ed to act like this but Ralph says no and he will sleep on the cot. She goes into the bedroom. Ed Norton comes down. Ed: "I knew my part. She didn't know hers." Ed helps Ralph unfold the folding cot but he accidentally sandwiches Ralph's finger. As Ralph is yelping in pain, the girls come out. Ed: "I have more of a right to be here because Ralph is the king of this castle and I'm a guest of his." The girls now know that Ralph put Ed up to this. Ralph: "Can you stand to see him have some fun?" Trixie says no. The girls go upstairs and stay at the Nortons while the boys stay downstairs to fend for themselves. Ralph: "Good luck to the both of you." They leave. Ed: "You are a regular Dear Abby." Who would have guessed that 45 years later, her column (under another person's name) would still be newspapers? Ralph and Ed are convinced that they are in the right and when the girls find that out, they will take them back when they have learned their lesson. Sure. Ralph sleeps in the bedroom. Ed: "I feel like I'm at home. Trixie makes me sleep in the bedroom too."
The Kramden apartment looks absolutely terrible. The trash can is overflowing. There are clothes all over the place. Ralph comes home. Ed comes home soon afterwards. Ed has been complaining about Ralph's cooking. As Ed goes to get a mop, a dry cleaning man comes by. Ralph says he will get the clothes ready in a minute. While the man is in the hallway, Ralph uses the tablecloth as a laundry bag (he also puts dirty dishes inside it too.) Ralph gives his bag to the laundry man. As Ed is cleaning up, he and Ralph sing a song that goes: "R-a-g-g m-o-p-p. Rag mop. Ed accidentally hits Ralph with the mop and Ralph gets mad. Ralph says to Ed to put the mop away. Ed does that, but not before he accidentally hits Ralph again with the mop. Ralph kicks Ed out. Ed comes back with the "laundry bag" that the laundry man returned. (The laundry man dropped it and it broke.)
Later on, Ralph comes out with a loud apron on and he's wearing it the same fashion as he did in "Brother Ralph." Ralph is getting some franks and beans for himself. Ed comes in. Ralph: "How could Alice do this to me?" Ralph & Ed sing: "Come home" in which some of the lyrics are: "(Wives name) please come home." After that, Ed says that he has an idea. Ralph should take an ad out in the paper that says: "I Ralph Kramden, do not assume the debts of Alice Kramden." Ralph: "It won't work. I tried that the day after we were married." Ed has another idea. Ed will dress up as a women and Ralph will take him out then vice-versa. Ed: "Or we can always go dancing." Ralph's too proud to apologize to Alice, so he and Norton scheme to get the wives to make the first move. They fake having a party in the apartment. Ed goes to get noisemakers. While Ralph is yelling jovial remarks out the window so Alice and Trixie can hear him upstairs, Alice walks in and the party crash-lands.
After that, in the Nortons apartment, Alice talks to Trixie about how the badly the boys are doing. They end up singing a song about bringing them home. After that, Alice tells about the schemes that Ralph pulled to try to get them back that didn't work and then mentions three more schemes about three more schemes that Ralph will try. The first one being the sympathy routine. She correctly guesses all three noises that Ralph will make to get her to apologize to him. The threat to cut off Alice's household money. The third is the "I'm leaving forever" warning. According to Alice, Ralph has walked out of her life 17 times. Oh boy! Ralph must really love Alice and doesn't the part where Alice said that Ralph walked out of her life 17 times funny? Ralph and Ed come in and Ralph tires all three of the schemes and when he tries the latter one, he walks out and comes back, warning Alice again. Alice doesn't comply. He leaves again as the girls continue to eat their food. Ralph comes back again with Ed. Alice: "I thought you were leaving forever." Ralph: "I wouldn't give you the satisfaction." None of the schemes have worked. Alice gets up. Alice: "I am going to explain to you something as I choke on a piece of turkey." Alice states the girls' case. Alice: "If you two people apologize, me and Trixie will take you two back." Ralph: "What do you say Norton?" Ed: "I think that they have learned their lesson." Ralph: "We accept your apology." Trixie: "Will you accept our apology Ed?" Ed: "Yes." The girls open their arms to welcome them back but Ralph and Norton sweep right past them and try to eat the food Trixie has prepared for her own and Alice's dinner. Ralph: "Hurry up, it's our bowling night." Gee, that's so not starting things off on the right foot.
In this episode, the girls apologize with the boys, but in the earlier version of this episode, just the boys apologize.
There is no curtain call in my copies of this episode. The 1968 rerun copy is on the MPI DVD. The original airing copy does have a curtain call which Jackie plugs the Super Bowl "tomorrow" on CBS. He says it is going to be something else. Little did anyone know how big the Super Bowl games wers going to be.
Episode #182 (Syndicated episode #12)
TV: Hour (edited.)
DVD: Attached to "Run, Santa, Run" & "King of The Castle."
Color Honeymooners Title: "Movies Are Better Than Ever."
Lost Episode Title: "Kramden Vs. Norton"
Air Date: Sat. 1/14/67
"Movies Are Better Than Ever":
The June Taylor Dancers open up and sing a song about the library. After that, Ralph & Alice meet each other near a city library. It's Norton's birthday. Ralph wants to get off cheap. Gee what a friend...NOT! When Ed arrives, Ralph says to Alice that he wants Alice to say that she wants to go to the movies He says that a night out at a nightclub would cost a fortune. Alice then springs upon another idea, they would argue until its 12am. That way, it won't be Ed's birthday and they won't have to anywhere. Ralph, being selfish, says that is a good idea. Alice suggests going to a cheap Chinese restaurant. Ed & Trixie arrive and Ed reveals all the good things that have happened to him due to his birthday. He got a hand-carved Mahogany surfboard from the guys down in the sewer. Ralph gives Ed's gift. A scarf with Ed's initials: E.E.N. Ed reveals that his middle name is Ethelburton. Ralph plans goes into action but fails when Alice says that she wants to go to the Kit Kat Klub. Ralph asks Alice to go into the bedroom with him. They have a small spat but you can't hear what they are saying. Alice says that she rather go to a cheap movie. Ralph goes to get the paper to see the movies. He gets the paper from a trash can. Norton picks out one that is too violent for Trixie. It must have been rated-R or something. The little I know about old movies is that, back then, almost all movies were rated-G. They pick out a movie: "Desert Hawk" starring Jackie Gleason. Ralph has plans for dessert for Ed. He doesn't plan on taking him out for dessert but taking him to his place and having Alice giving him the coffee and cake.
At the Theater, Ed wins the door prize, a color TV due to his winning ticket. The theater usher gets told of the situation and says that anyone who has handed the tickets to his friends would say: "I bought the ticket! The set belongs to me." He leaves just as Ed compliments Ralph. He says that his heart is really big. Ralph of course is showing through his facial expression that he's a bad sport. He says that since he got the tickets for all of them, the set belongs to him. Ralph insults Trixie. If Ed doesn't give Ralph the set, Ralph will reveal Ed's middle name which Ed is ashamed of. Ed says that if Ralph does that, he will reveal that Ralph wears a girdle. Ralph is ashamed of the fact that he wanted to wear a girdle but there is no girdle big enough for him. Ralph & Ed reveal their secrets about each other.
At home, Ralph has the picture tube of the set on the table. He and Alice discuss the whole situation. Ralph of course says that he is in the right while Alice says that he isn't. Ed comes in. Ralph & Ed sing a song while fighting. The song is about their fight and Alice joins in. Ed calls Ralph a barrel of beef. Alice is sick and tired of their feud so she wants to go into the bedroom. Ralph & Ed resort to writing notes to each other. Ralph and Ed write notes to each other. Ed's note has insults on it, but he rips it in Ralph's face, saying that he will never learn what was on the note now. Ralph kicks him out and then starts jumping up and down (a moment that is used in the syndie openings of the Color Honeymooners.)
Ralph and Alice go to play pool. This is one scene where Ralph has to teach Alice some things about pool. One of the things is chalking up in which he chalks up the tip of his pool cue. Alice: "That is the stupidest thing I ever heard of." Ralph (while trying his best to hold laughter): "You are the stupidest thing I ever heard of." Alice has funny names for all the pool balls. When Alice tries to hit the ball, she accidentally throws the cue like it was a javelin. Men come out from the other room and Ralph greets them. When he goes to play pool, they ridicule Ralph by yelling: "WHY DON'T YOU SHOOT THE STRAWBERRY RED ONE IN THE SIDE?" Ralph says that if has to come into that other room, the only thing left will be smoke. Ed and Trixie come in. Ralph and Ed try to ignore each other but that doesn't work. Ralph challenges for Ed and Trixie to play him and Alice. Ralph and Ed bet that if their team wins, the other team has to give them something that I don't remember. Alice accidentally hits the ball like she is playing Lacrosse Ralph doesn't know that Trixie is an expert pool player. Ralph learns that. Ralph (yells): "THE BET IS OFF!" Ralph says that Ed lied to him by saying that Trixie couldn't play. Of course, Ed didn't say that. Ralph says he is going out to get a warrant for Ed's arrest.
At night court, Ralph calls Ed a bum in his testimony. During Trixie and Alice's testimony, we learn that Trixie's real name is Thelma. Ed didn't know that. When was the last time that a husband didn't know his wife's real name? The judge gets told the whole story and that if Ralph said to Ed: "Here's your ticket", then Ed deserves the TV set but if he didn't, then Ralph deserves the set. Ralph doesn't know if he said that to Ed. During Alice's testimony, we hear that the Kramdens and the Nortons met when Ed invited the Kramdens out to dinner the day they moved in at 328 Chauncey Street despite the fact that in other episodes, Ralph and Ed met during their childhood. As Alice relates to the judge the history of Ralph and Norton's friendship, she tries her best to hold her tears of sadness and the boys break down in tears and each forsakes his claim to the TV in exchange for the other's friendship. Ed: "All I want is you Ralph." If a person watched this and had no information about the Honeymooners and what was TV like back then, they would probably assume that Ed and probably Ralph were bisexual or gay. The scene ends with the Kramdens & Nortons singing: "My Buddy."
During the curtain call, Jackie says: "How Sweet It Is" & "Nothing like a cup of coffee after a hard night's work. Ask any football player." He then introduces the cast.
Credit I think goes to (the original) Bill's 'Mooners Archives, eBay.com, tv.com, Honeymooners Lost Episodes Book, tvguide.com, honeymooners.net, Honeymooners Lost Episodes DVD booklet, Wikipedia.org, Yahoo Groups You're A Riot! & Amazon.com.