Frank Gannucci
09-18-2020, 07:11 AM
Honeymooners Clip Fest Reviews: "My Man Norton" & "Honeymooners Greatest Battles":
VHS: Not attached to anything.
DVD: Attached to "New Year's Eve Party" & "To Family Car."
This clip fest is hosted by Joyce Randolph in character as Trixie Norton. It starts with Ed Norton going down the sewer from "Game Called On Account of Marriage." Trixie: "My man Ed Norton is an underground sanitation engineer. That is, he works in the sewer. But, saying Ed Norton is just a sewer worker is like saying Art Carney is just an actor." I wonder where she got THAT name. Trixie says that Ed Norton is also a good friend of Ralph who lives with his wife Alice just below us on Chauncey Street." A clip of Ralph & Ed singing: "Strolling Through The Park One Day" is shown. Trixie: "Oh, they are a team all right. But, I don't know who leads who. Ralph also is an idea man who always has a get-rich-quick scheme that thinks is going to put him in a Park Avenue Penthouse. He also drags Ed into them. Ed believes those plans but he aggravates Ralph by just being Ed." A clip of Ed Norton meeting Ralph in the beginning of "Hot Tip" is shown while Trixie talks about Ed Norton's devil-may-care attitude. Another Ed aggravating Ralph clip is shown from "Man In The Blue Suit."
A clip of Ed warming up before blowing a trumpet is shown from "Hero." A clip from "Teamwork Beats The Clock" is shown where both Ralph & Ed are on stage. Ed tries to warm up with a balloon (the object of the game was one person had to put the balloon up in the air while they put the saucers that came down a slide onto a table.) Trixie says that Ed wrote the book on warming up. A clip of Ed warming up while shooting pool is shown from "Principle of The Thing." Next clip is shown in which Ed is asking questions about a lease from "My Fair Landlord" as well as Ed warming up before signing the lease.
Next clip is from "Principle of The Thing" in which Ed is coming into the apartment to fix a leaky faucet. Trixie says that is Ralph is the brains, Ed is the brawn. Ed is the brawn? Trixie says that Ed can fix any one of Ralphs' problems. Next clip is from "Adoption" in which Ed tries to cure Ralph's problem being that his head is stuck on one side. He does only for Ralph's head to be stuck on the other side. Another clip of Ed making his first attempt to fix Ralph's toothache by giving Ralph some shanps (sp?) only for Ralph to get the hiccups. Ed then tries to give Ralph some water for the hiccups only for the toothache to get worse because of the cold water. A clip from "A Promotion" in which Ed tries to fix the pipes by going downstairs only for him to blow dust in Ralph's face when he finds the steam valve. Ralph counters by pouring water in the pipe hoping Ed would get doused. Ed doesn't get doused as Ralph somehow gets the water sprayed back onto him. Another clip from "Adoption" is shown in which Ed and Ralph pour milk into a glove and try to cut an opening so the baby can drink the milk only for them to get the milk sprayed on them. Back to the fix it scene from "Principle of The Thing." Ed tries to fix the leaky faucet only for the water to somehow come out of the wall over the faucet. Ed says that a plumber to fix the problem would cost $20. Today it would cost more. Ralph says that he is hiring a lawyer and suing the landlord. Alice says that they need a plumber and not a lawyer. Ralph says that if a plumber comes and fixes the problem, he isn’t paying. Alice then says that the plumber would sue them if that happened. Ralph: "Just like I said, we need a lawyer." Ed's response is getting a disbarred lawyer who is now a plumber.
The hospital clip from "Teamwork Beats The Clock" is shown. Trixie: "Ed's handiwork usually puts a dent in Ralph's pride. Not to mention his house. What Ed lacks in genius, he makes up in loyalty." Ralph is worried that he would never be able to make it to CBS in time for the game show due to traffic. Ed's solution is to go down the sewer." Next clip from "Man In The Blue Suit" is shown in which Ed mentions a doomed plan for Ralph to hide the money. His plan is take the money he won from playing cards and to go out and buy a rug so he can have a place to hide it. He mentions it again. Ed: "Take the money you won from playing cards, go out and buy a rug...and you can hid it in the ice box." Next clip is the sewer scene from "Game Called On Account of Marriage" in which Ed tries to solve Ralph's problem about a World Series game falling on the same Sunday of Alice's sister's wedding but he asks himself in the end: "Who can I get to go with me to the ballgame on Sunday?" Next clip is the phone booth scene from "The Hypnotist" in which they try to get a lady (unbeknownst to them, it is Alice) out of the phone booth. Ed says go cross the street, call here and tell the lady she is wanted at home and then they can use the phone booth. Ralph says that is stupid since the phone line would be busy if they did that. You can tell that this episode was made before the days of call waiting. Next clip is the restaurant scene from "Two Men On A Horse" in which Ed mentions a doomed plan so Ralph can get the money that he lost as Raccoon Treasurer. The plan? Ralph goes to a bank to get a loan by telling them that he is Raccoon Treasurer and after the bank examines the book, they will give him the loan. Ed thinks that plan over before realizing that it is dumb.
Next clip is from "Battle of The Sexes" in which Ed puts a lot of food on his plate. Trixie asks how Ed can keep that figure of his while eating so much. Ed having a big sandwich from "Cupid" is shown. The hilarious scene in which Ed shows Ralph his big lunch and how many condiments that he has from "The Great Jewel Robbery" is shown. Ralph says that he hates liverwurst sandwiches which Alice made for him as well as tobassco sauce. Unbeknownst to Ralph, Ed puts tobassco sauce on his sandwich. Ralph, unbeknownst to Ed, switches the sandwiches with Ed. Ralph, thinking that he is going to get a good sandwich only for him to holler in pain due to the tobassco sauce. He yells for water, so Ed sprays some water on him. Ha!
The scene in which Ed takes some milk from "A Little Man Who Wasn't There" is shown. Trixie: "It is amazing to me that even with the food that he intakes, he can move as well as he does." Kind of like Jackie Gleason. Trixie: "When Ed gets down to business, it's poetry in motion." Ed dancing with Frances Langford is shown from the '53 version of "Honeymooners Christmas Party" is shown among other scenes in which Ed dances while the audio of Frances singing "I Love Paris" from the '53 version of "XMas Party" is dubbed over the scenes.
Trixie says that Ed danced his way to her by sweet-talk and swift moves. Trixie: "Norton's prancing and jiggling (giggling) may have caused Ralph to almost have Ed committed to Bellevue. Ed complaining that Ralph didn't wave hello on "Beat The Clock" from "Teamwork Beats The Clock." is shown. The scene in which Ed scares the Kramdens by coming in wearing shorts from "Ralph's Sweet Tooth" is shown. It was a 50s gag. The next clip is from later in the episode in which Ed aggravates Ralph when he tries to rehearse for a commercial. A clip from "Halloween Party" is shown. Ed appears dressed as a woman named Clara Bow. Next clip is shown from "Boys & Girls Together" where Ed says: "The marriage license is an amendment to the Constitution." Later on during the clip, Ed mentions his doomed plan to get away from the wives (they are all going out) by running away from them. Ralph says that that idea is the stupidest thing that he ever heard. Ed responds by saying that that isn't as stupid to mail a letter with no stamp just because no one was looking. Ed thought of that and that time Ralph thought that that was the stupidest thing he ever heard. Ed: "So, don't pick on this idea than." Next clip is from "Songs & Witty Sayings" where Ed says his story. The story: "Our Friends: The Animals" in which he mentions that the pig is named Porky. I wonder where they got THAT name. The story is funny. Ralph: "If we ever told that story, we would take a trip to the nuthouse."
Trixie: "Judging by Ralph's disposition, you would think he couldn't stand Ed. But he knows that Ed is the best pal a man could ever have." The clip in which they have a toast is shown. The episode is "Move Uptown." Trixie: "It's hard not to love my man Ed. He is clever." He is? A clip in which Ed is blindfolded on stage trying to guess an object from "Songs & Witty Sayings" is shown. Ralph has a ring from a lady and tries to get Ed to correctly guess what he has in his hand. Ralph: "I hope that you RING the bell on this one." Ed: "It is a BELL." Ralph: "It is not. Ring-a-ding-a-ding-ding-ding-ding." Ed: "It is a ring-a-ding-a-ding-ding....It is a book on Ring Allevo." Ed then correctly guesses the fact that it is a ring when the lady says: "Can I have my ring back?" Trixie: "When the chips are really down, Ed is very loyal." The clip where Ed reads a suicide letter from Ralph and thinks Ralph is going to commit suicide from "A Little Man Who Wasn't There" is shown. During the clip he mentions that he is going to follow Ralph everywhere. (The doctor told Ralph to get away from Ed. So Ralph made a letter that after what the doctor said, he has to end it [the friendship] now.) The clip in which Ed is dancing the mambo from "Hero" is shown. Later on in the clip, when Ed hears the story about Ralph getting a touchdown, Ed says: "The story is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent." Ed open hearing that Ralph was a great end in football from Tommy, Ed says that he must have been the biggest end in the business. Trixie: "Ralph & Ed may have their spats, but they love and respect each other like brothers." A clip from the last few minutes from "A Promotion" is shown in which Ralph says that Ed is a very good friend and is absolutely brilliant. Brilliant? As a clip in which Ed goes down the sewer is shown, Trixie says: "That is my Norton. I think you can tell I will go anywhere with that man...well, almost anywhere." That is the end. I should note that at the end of the credits, it says "Copyright 1992. Myjack Productions Incorporated." That is MPI Home Video's former full name. They have long stopped calling themselves that and now just brand themselves as MPI.
When I first got the DVD of this, I read the description and MPI said mentions Joyce Randolph hosting this clip fest. I thought that I was going to watch Joyce talk about Ed. I was disappointed that this clip fest had Joyce would reprise her role as Trixie Norton talking about Ed.
VHS: Not attached to anything.
DVD: Attached to "Next Champ" & "Expectant Dad":
When this clip fest was released on VHS in 1992, MPI put a picture from "New Bowling Ball" where it looks like Alice is yelling at Ralph. This caused rumors that MPI had this episode after it was seen on TV in the late 80s. If they did, they didn't release this episode until they released the Honeymooners Lost Episode DVD Box Set in 2011.
This clip fest starts with the Kramdens arguing from "Game Called On Account of Marriage" in regards to Ralph going to the ballgame instead of going to Alice's sister's wedding. The announcer says: "For more than 35 years, the Honeymooners are the most popular TV characters of all time." They are? I thought the I Love Lucy characters were more popular. Announcer: "To think, it all started with a domestic quarrel." A clip of Alice singing "Crazy people" from "A Little Man Who Wasn't There" which causes the Kramdens to argue is shown. The announcer says that when Jackie was growing up in Brooklyn in the 1920s, he was exposed to this kind of arguing. Announcer: "Jackie was a Variety TV host starting in 1950." Now a clip from the beginning of "Alice's Aunt Ethel" is shown. Announcer: "He began toying with the idea of doing a sketch about a Brooklyn couple who were always fighting. The writers were throwing around various titles to the sketch (one of them was "For Better Or Worse"). Jackie came up with the title "The Honeymooners" because Jackie insisted that despite all the fighting, he wanted love and forgiveness even if it didn't start out that way.
Next clip is the scene where Alice greets Ralph at home with dinner from "Boys & Girls Together." Alice tries to be romantic with Ralph but Ralph doesn't feel romantic. They argue and Alice insists that he go out with Ed one night a week while the other six nights he has to spend with Alice. Ralph doesn't like that but he has to go through with it.
Next is a hilarious Reggie Van Gleason sketch. The butler tells Reggie's parents (Art Carney & Zumah Cunningham) that Reggie is home. He just arrived on his motorcycle. He comes in dressed with a leather coat on and a guitar. Reggie (singing off-key): "You are nothing but a hound dog." Reggie's dad disapproves of what Reggie is doing like riding his motorcycle around late at night as well him talking jive and him playing rock and roll. Motorcycle engines are heard. Reggie's boys have arrived. They are not dressed like musicians according to Reggie's dad (they are all wearing leather jackets). Reggie says that one of the boys had a terrible ordeal in the war in that he was almost drafted. Reggie's Dad goes to take a warm bath. Reggie's Mom follows. Reggie and his band play a song that I have never heard off. You know the saying "Tear the house down"? Well, Reggie and his band are playing so loud and apparently dancing and stomping so much that Reggie's house somehow starts falling apart. You know that would have never happened in real life. For a rich person's house, it sure wasn't built well. The house starts falling apart so much that Reggie's Dad and his bathtub appear with Reggie's Dad in it supposedly taking a bath. (I am pretty sure that Art wasn't naked.)
Next clip is the last scene from "My Fair Landlord" where the Nortons are awake at 3am to break a 99-year-lease in their new home that the Kramdens own by making noise. Ralph realizes what they are doing and doesn't back down until he gets blasted by a fire cracker of Ed's.
Next clip is a Rudy the Repairman sketch. The announcer says that Rudy is Ralph Kramden with NO redeeming qualities. Two restaurant owners (Art Carney and Zumah Cunningham) are talking about two people who were supposed to come to their restaurant before business hours to lay down a carpet but they didn't show up. Cue Rudy the Repairman and Whitey coming in. Rudy says that there will be no disturbance with them laying the rug down. Cue Rudy and Whitey causing havoc by laying down a carpet and forcing all the people (including the musicians playing music) at the restaurant to leave their seats and tables. They accidentally knock down bottles and break glass. At the end, the rug isn't even close to being laid out fully yet Rudy says: "Told you there would be no disturbance." The cops come and take Whitey. Rudy KOs the cops. Rudy and Whitey leave. If that happened in real life, Rudy would go to jail.
The final clip is the first scene of the 1953 version of "Letter To The Boss." Ralph thinks that he has been fired. The Kramdens argue over how they are going to manage. Then Ralph hatches a scheme. He and Ed would write down a classic Kramden letter (MPI's words) to Ralph's boss and mail it. The Kramdens argue over this too but the letter gets written and mailed. Then Ralph learns that he has been promoted and tries to get Ed before he mails the letter. That is the end. The end credits say Mijack Productions Incorporated. They have long stopped calling themselves that and now just brand themselves as MPI.
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.
VHS: Not attached to anything.
DVD: Attached to "New Year's Eve Party" & "To Family Car."
This clip fest is hosted by Joyce Randolph in character as Trixie Norton. It starts with Ed Norton going down the sewer from "Game Called On Account of Marriage." Trixie: "My man Ed Norton is an underground sanitation engineer. That is, he works in the sewer. But, saying Ed Norton is just a sewer worker is like saying Art Carney is just an actor." I wonder where she got THAT name. Trixie says that Ed Norton is also a good friend of Ralph who lives with his wife Alice just below us on Chauncey Street." A clip of Ralph & Ed singing: "Strolling Through The Park One Day" is shown. Trixie: "Oh, they are a team all right. But, I don't know who leads who. Ralph also is an idea man who always has a get-rich-quick scheme that thinks is going to put him in a Park Avenue Penthouse. He also drags Ed into them. Ed believes those plans but he aggravates Ralph by just being Ed." A clip of Ed Norton meeting Ralph in the beginning of "Hot Tip" is shown while Trixie talks about Ed Norton's devil-may-care attitude. Another Ed aggravating Ralph clip is shown from "Man In The Blue Suit."
A clip of Ed warming up before blowing a trumpet is shown from "Hero." A clip from "Teamwork Beats The Clock" is shown where both Ralph & Ed are on stage. Ed tries to warm up with a balloon (the object of the game was one person had to put the balloon up in the air while they put the saucers that came down a slide onto a table.) Trixie says that Ed wrote the book on warming up. A clip of Ed warming up while shooting pool is shown from "Principle of The Thing." Next clip is shown in which Ed is asking questions about a lease from "My Fair Landlord" as well as Ed warming up before signing the lease.
Next clip is from "Principle of The Thing" in which Ed is coming into the apartment to fix a leaky faucet. Trixie says that is Ralph is the brains, Ed is the brawn. Ed is the brawn? Trixie says that Ed can fix any one of Ralphs' problems. Next clip is from "Adoption" in which Ed tries to cure Ralph's problem being that his head is stuck on one side. He does only for Ralph's head to be stuck on the other side. Another clip of Ed making his first attempt to fix Ralph's toothache by giving Ralph some shanps (sp?) only for Ralph to get the hiccups. Ed then tries to give Ralph some water for the hiccups only for the toothache to get worse because of the cold water. A clip from "A Promotion" in which Ed tries to fix the pipes by going downstairs only for him to blow dust in Ralph's face when he finds the steam valve. Ralph counters by pouring water in the pipe hoping Ed would get doused. Ed doesn't get doused as Ralph somehow gets the water sprayed back onto him. Another clip from "Adoption" is shown in which Ed and Ralph pour milk into a glove and try to cut an opening so the baby can drink the milk only for them to get the milk sprayed on them. Back to the fix it scene from "Principle of The Thing." Ed tries to fix the leaky faucet only for the water to somehow come out of the wall over the faucet. Ed says that a plumber to fix the problem would cost $20. Today it would cost more. Ralph says that he is hiring a lawyer and suing the landlord. Alice says that they need a plumber and not a lawyer. Ralph says that if a plumber comes and fixes the problem, he isn’t paying. Alice then says that the plumber would sue them if that happened. Ralph: "Just like I said, we need a lawyer." Ed's response is getting a disbarred lawyer who is now a plumber.
The hospital clip from "Teamwork Beats The Clock" is shown. Trixie: "Ed's handiwork usually puts a dent in Ralph's pride. Not to mention his house. What Ed lacks in genius, he makes up in loyalty." Ralph is worried that he would never be able to make it to CBS in time for the game show due to traffic. Ed's solution is to go down the sewer." Next clip from "Man In The Blue Suit" is shown in which Ed mentions a doomed plan for Ralph to hide the money. His plan is take the money he won from playing cards and to go out and buy a rug so he can have a place to hide it. He mentions it again. Ed: "Take the money you won from playing cards, go out and buy a rug...and you can hid it in the ice box." Next clip is the sewer scene from "Game Called On Account of Marriage" in which Ed tries to solve Ralph's problem about a World Series game falling on the same Sunday of Alice's sister's wedding but he asks himself in the end: "Who can I get to go with me to the ballgame on Sunday?" Next clip is the phone booth scene from "The Hypnotist" in which they try to get a lady (unbeknownst to them, it is Alice) out of the phone booth. Ed says go cross the street, call here and tell the lady she is wanted at home and then they can use the phone booth. Ralph says that is stupid since the phone line would be busy if they did that. You can tell that this episode was made before the days of call waiting. Next clip is the restaurant scene from "Two Men On A Horse" in which Ed mentions a doomed plan so Ralph can get the money that he lost as Raccoon Treasurer. The plan? Ralph goes to a bank to get a loan by telling them that he is Raccoon Treasurer and after the bank examines the book, they will give him the loan. Ed thinks that plan over before realizing that it is dumb.
Next clip is from "Battle of The Sexes" in which Ed puts a lot of food on his plate. Trixie asks how Ed can keep that figure of his while eating so much. Ed having a big sandwich from "Cupid" is shown. The hilarious scene in which Ed shows Ralph his big lunch and how many condiments that he has from "The Great Jewel Robbery" is shown. Ralph says that he hates liverwurst sandwiches which Alice made for him as well as tobassco sauce. Unbeknownst to Ralph, Ed puts tobassco sauce on his sandwich. Ralph, unbeknownst to Ed, switches the sandwiches with Ed. Ralph, thinking that he is going to get a good sandwich only for him to holler in pain due to the tobassco sauce. He yells for water, so Ed sprays some water on him. Ha!
The scene in which Ed takes some milk from "A Little Man Who Wasn't There" is shown. Trixie: "It is amazing to me that even with the food that he intakes, he can move as well as he does." Kind of like Jackie Gleason. Trixie: "When Ed gets down to business, it's poetry in motion." Ed dancing with Frances Langford is shown from the '53 version of "Honeymooners Christmas Party" is shown among other scenes in which Ed dances while the audio of Frances singing "I Love Paris" from the '53 version of "XMas Party" is dubbed over the scenes.
Trixie says that Ed danced his way to her by sweet-talk and swift moves. Trixie: "Norton's prancing and jiggling (giggling) may have caused Ralph to almost have Ed committed to Bellevue. Ed complaining that Ralph didn't wave hello on "Beat The Clock" from "Teamwork Beats The Clock." is shown. The scene in which Ed scares the Kramdens by coming in wearing shorts from "Ralph's Sweet Tooth" is shown. It was a 50s gag. The next clip is from later in the episode in which Ed aggravates Ralph when he tries to rehearse for a commercial. A clip from "Halloween Party" is shown. Ed appears dressed as a woman named Clara Bow. Next clip is shown from "Boys & Girls Together" where Ed says: "The marriage license is an amendment to the Constitution." Later on during the clip, Ed mentions his doomed plan to get away from the wives (they are all going out) by running away from them. Ralph says that that idea is the stupidest thing that he ever heard. Ed responds by saying that that isn't as stupid to mail a letter with no stamp just because no one was looking. Ed thought of that and that time Ralph thought that that was the stupidest thing he ever heard. Ed: "So, don't pick on this idea than." Next clip is from "Songs & Witty Sayings" where Ed says his story. The story: "Our Friends: The Animals" in which he mentions that the pig is named Porky. I wonder where they got THAT name. The story is funny. Ralph: "If we ever told that story, we would take a trip to the nuthouse."
Trixie: "Judging by Ralph's disposition, you would think he couldn't stand Ed. But he knows that Ed is the best pal a man could ever have." The clip in which they have a toast is shown. The episode is "Move Uptown." Trixie: "It's hard not to love my man Ed. He is clever." He is? A clip in which Ed is blindfolded on stage trying to guess an object from "Songs & Witty Sayings" is shown. Ralph has a ring from a lady and tries to get Ed to correctly guess what he has in his hand. Ralph: "I hope that you RING the bell on this one." Ed: "It is a BELL." Ralph: "It is not. Ring-a-ding-a-ding-ding-ding-ding." Ed: "It is a ring-a-ding-a-ding-ding....It is a book on Ring Allevo." Ed then correctly guesses the fact that it is a ring when the lady says: "Can I have my ring back?" Trixie: "When the chips are really down, Ed is very loyal." The clip where Ed reads a suicide letter from Ralph and thinks Ralph is going to commit suicide from "A Little Man Who Wasn't There" is shown. During the clip he mentions that he is going to follow Ralph everywhere. (The doctor told Ralph to get away from Ed. So Ralph made a letter that after what the doctor said, he has to end it [the friendship] now.) The clip in which Ed is dancing the mambo from "Hero" is shown. Later on in the clip, when Ed hears the story about Ralph getting a touchdown, Ed says: "The story is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent." Ed open hearing that Ralph was a great end in football from Tommy, Ed says that he must have been the biggest end in the business. Trixie: "Ralph & Ed may have their spats, but they love and respect each other like brothers." A clip from the last few minutes from "A Promotion" is shown in which Ralph says that Ed is a very good friend and is absolutely brilliant. Brilliant? As a clip in which Ed goes down the sewer is shown, Trixie says: "That is my Norton. I think you can tell I will go anywhere with that man...well, almost anywhere." That is the end. I should note that at the end of the credits, it says "Copyright 1992. Myjack Productions Incorporated." That is MPI Home Video's former full name. They have long stopped calling themselves that and now just brand themselves as MPI.
When I first got the DVD of this, I read the description and MPI said mentions Joyce Randolph hosting this clip fest. I thought that I was going to watch Joyce talk about Ed. I was disappointed that this clip fest had Joyce would reprise her role as Trixie Norton talking about Ed.
VHS: Not attached to anything.
DVD: Attached to "Next Champ" & "Expectant Dad":
When this clip fest was released on VHS in 1992, MPI put a picture from "New Bowling Ball" where it looks like Alice is yelling at Ralph. This caused rumors that MPI had this episode after it was seen on TV in the late 80s. If they did, they didn't release this episode until they released the Honeymooners Lost Episode DVD Box Set in 2011.
This clip fest starts with the Kramdens arguing from "Game Called On Account of Marriage" in regards to Ralph going to the ballgame instead of going to Alice's sister's wedding. The announcer says: "For more than 35 years, the Honeymooners are the most popular TV characters of all time." They are? I thought the I Love Lucy characters were more popular. Announcer: "To think, it all started with a domestic quarrel." A clip of Alice singing "Crazy people" from "A Little Man Who Wasn't There" which causes the Kramdens to argue is shown. The announcer says that when Jackie was growing up in Brooklyn in the 1920s, he was exposed to this kind of arguing. Announcer: "Jackie was a Variety TV host starting in 1950." Now a clip from the beginning of "Alice's Aunt Ethel" is shown. Announcer: "He began toying with the idea of doing a sketch about a Brooklyn couple who were always fighting. The writers were throwing around various titles to the sketch (one of them was "For Better Or Worse"). Jackie came up with the title "The Honeymooners" because Jackie insisted that despite all the fighting, he wanted love and forgiveness even if it didn't start out that way.
Next clip is the scene where Alice greets Ralph at home with dinner from "Boys & Girls Together." Alice tries to be romantic with Ralph but Ralph doesn't feel romantic. They argue and Alice insists that he go out with Ed one night a week while the other six nights he has to spend with Alice. Ralph doesn't like that but he has to go through with it.
Next is a hilarious Reggie Van Gleason sketch. The butler tells Reggie's parents (Art Carney & Zumah Cunningham) that Reggie is home. He just arrived on his motorcycle. He comes in dressed with a leather coat on and a guitar. Reggie (singing off-key): "You are nothing but a hound dog." Reggie's dad disapproves of what Reggie is doing like riding his motorcycle around late at night as well him talking jive and him playing rock and roll. Motorcycle engines are heard. Reggie's boys have arrived. They are not dressed like musicians according to Reggie's dad (they are all wearing leather jackets). Reggie says that one of the boys had a terrible ordeal in the war in that he was almost drafted. Reggie's Dad goes to take a warm bath. Reggie's Mom follows. Reggie and his band play a song that I have never heard off. You know the saying "Tear the house down"? Well, Reggie and his band are playing so loud and apparently dancing and stomping so much that Reggie's house somehow starts falling apart. You know that would have never happened in real life. For a rich person's house, it sure wasn't built well. The house starts falling apart so much that Reggie's Dad and his bathtub appear with Reggie's Dad in it supposedly taking a bath. (I am pretty sure that Art wasn't naked.)
Next clip is the last scene from "My Fair Landlord" where the Nortons are awake at 3am to break a 99-year-lease in their new home that the Kramdens own by making noise. Ralph realizes what they are doing and doesn't back down until he gets blasted by a fire cracker of Ed's.
Next clip is a Rudy the Repairman sketch. The announcer says that Rudy is Ralph Kramden with NO redeeming qualities. Two restaurant owners (Art Carney and Zumah Cunningham) are talking about two people who were supposed to come to their restaurant before business hours to lay down a carpet but they didn't show up. Cue Rudy the Repairman and Whitey coming in. Rudy says that there will be no disturbance with them laying the rug down. Cue Rudy and Whitey causing havoc by laying down a carpet and forcing all the people (including the musicians playing music) at the restaurant to leave their seats and tables. They accidentally knock down bottles and break glass. At the end, the rug isn't even close to being laid out fully yet Rudy says: "Told you there would be no disturbance." The cops come and take Whitey. Rudy KOs the cops. Rudy and Whitey leave. If that happened in real life, Rudy would go to jail.
The final clip is the first scene of the 1953 version of "Letter To The Boss." Ralph thinks that he has been fired. The Kramdens argue over how they are going to manage. Then Ralph hatches a scheme. He and Ed would write down a classic Kramden letter (MPI's words) to Ralph's boss and mail it. The Kramdens argue over this too but the letter gets written and mailed. Then Ralph learns that he has been promoted and tries to get Ed before he mails the letter. That is the end. The end credits say Mijack Productions Incorporated. They have long stopped calling themselves that and now just brand themselves as MPI.
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.