View Full Version : Honeymooners TV Schedule (12/19-12/31) (No news about a potential WPIX Marathon)


Frank Gannucci
12-16-2020, 11:50 AM
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Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden. Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden. Art Carney as Ed Norton. Joyce Randolph as Trixie Norton.

(WPIX), (WPIX HD), (MeTV) & (MeTV HD):

All times are Eastern.

This schedule is for some MeTV stations due to the fact that some local stations in some markets may also broadcast the Honeymooners and they may take exception to MeTV wanting to show the show as well as the fact they may want to show other shows. The NY affiliate for MeTV is WJLP. It's on WJLP's main channel.

Sat. Dec. 19, 2020 4:30p (also Sun. Dec. 20, 2020 at 10:30p on MeTV & MeTV HD) #012 (aka #120) - "Something Fishy": "I catch the fish," Ralph tells Alice, "you cook the fish. The only time we're together is when we eat the fish." Alice, however, has other ideas about Ralph and his lodge brothers worming their way out of taking the wives on the annual fishing trip. Ralph and Norton are desperate, so they angle for a way to leave Alice and Trixie behind.

9:30p #013 (aka #121) - "'Twas The Night Before XMas": The Kramdens exchange presents in a Christmas episode with an O. Henry twist. Ralph is particularly proud of the gift he has for Alice: a hairpin box made of 2000 matchsticks that, he's been told, was smuggled from the palace of the Emperor of Japan. DON'T MISS - This classic retelling of "The Gift of the Magi."

11p (also Sun. Dec. 27 at 10:30p on MeTV & MeTV HD) #014 (aka #122) - "The Man From Space": Intending to take home first prize at the Raccoon Lodge's costume ball, Ralph---unable to wangle a loan from Norton---puts together his own costume and dubs himself "The Man From Space" in a memorable episode that was originally telecast Dec. 31, 1955. Angry with Norton (who's going as the Frenchman who "built the sewers of Paris") and obsessed with winning, Ralph appropriates an assortment of household items---including a faucet, a pot, a radio tube and the icebox door---to create a costume that will, he says, make Norton's rented outfit look like "a piece of French cheesecloth." The episode contains a classic example of Jackie Gleason's gift for ad-libbing when, unexpectedly; a piece of Ralph's costume falls off. "Let me have that," he improvises to Alice. "That's my denaturizer."

11:30p #015 (aka #123) - "A Matter of Record": In "A Matter of Record" (originally telecast Jan. 7, 1956), Ralph surprises Alice with tickets to a hit Broadway mystery, but with her mother coming "all the way from Bensonhurst" for a visit, she won't go. " Where's Bensonhurst, in New Zealand or something?" Ralph snaps back, upset that Alice is forsaking him for a visit from his nemesis. "She won't be in this apartment three minutes before she starts an argument," Ralph says. With that, Alice's mother arrives and Ralph proceeds to set an alarm clock for three minutes. Sure enough, she quickly insults Ralph about his weight, chides Alice for not marrying "a good provider" and, as the final straw, spills the beans about the ending of the play. Just as the alarm clock rings, Ralph erupts ("You are a blabbermouth!") and throws his mother-in-law out. But Alice leaves with her, prompting Ralph to take Norton's suggestion and record an apology to Alice in hopes of winning her forgiveness.

Sat. Dec. 26, 2020 4:30p #017 (aka #125) - "The Baby-sitter": Ralph signals his displeasure when he learns that Alice had a telephone installed in the apartment. Then later, when he calms down, he overhears a telephone conversation and thinks that she is having an affair.

9:30p #018 (aka #126) - "The $99,000 Answer": Ralph Kramden's get-rich-quick schemes were a Honeymooners staple, but the pipe dream in "The $99,000 Answer"---which originally aired Jan. 28, 1956---may be the funniest. Convinced that he'll triumph on a quiz show, popular-music expert Ralph (Jackie Gleason) intensely prepares at home, aided by piano-playing pal Norton (Art Carney), who warms up for each song with a few bars of a familiar Stephen Foster melody. Of course, the second he's on live TV, Ralph's bravado vanishes. Going into the classic Kramden meltdown---the eyes bugging, the lips quivering, the tongue stuttering "hummina-hummina"---he's asked, for his first question, to identify the composer of "Swanee River." DON'T MISS - - Norton's introduction to every song on the piano.

11:30p #019 (aka #127) - "Ralph Kramden Inc.": Ralph needs a loan from Norton, so he sells him a share of his future earnings as a corporation---Ralph Kramden, Inc. It's another con job by Ralph, of course, until he learns that an old woman with a $40 million estate died and left him in her will. That's enough for Norton, as an officer in the corporation, to remind Ralph about one "small detail"---that they need to bring a suitcase to the reading of the will to carry home the $40 million.

(Decades) (WNYW is the New York City affiliate of Decades. It is on their fith digital subchannel [Channel 5.5 or channel 5-5 depending on your TV]. However, if you subscribe to cable/and or phone company TV, it will be on a different channel.):

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Special thanks goes to snowpeck of sitcomsonline.com.:

This schedule is for some Decades stations due to the fact that some local stations in some markets may also broadcast the Honeymooners and they may take exception to Decades wanting to show the show as well as the fact they may want to show other shows.

Tue. Dec. 22, 2020 1a #55 (aka #101) - *“The Adoption”: Ralph and Alice decide to adopt a baby, but first they have to pass inspection at the adoption agency.

Wed. Dec. 23, 2020 1a #46 (aka #102) - *“Stars Over Flatbush”: Norton convinces Ralph that astrology will help him predict how to get a raise, and Ralph lets the stars rule his life.

Thu. Dec. 24, 2020 11p #59 (aka #103) - *“One Big Happy Family”: In an effort to save money, Ralph and Ed decide to share an apartment. But life is not so sweet with Ralph and Alice and Ed and Trixie all under the same roof.

Fri. Dec. 25, 2020 1a #83 (aka #150/#30) - “‘Expectant Father’ ('56 version)/‘The Cold ('52 version)’”: (For “Expectant Father”): Alice secretly gets a job in a doctor's office. Ralph mistakenly concludes that Alice is pregnant. (For “The Cold”): Ralph has a terrible cold and thinks Alice wants him to die so she can collect his insurance money.

Tue. Dec. 29, 2020 1a #106 (aka #103) – “A Weighty Problem (Part One)”: Ralph has to take a physical for the bus company and is informed that he has to diet or he would fail the physical and lose his job.

Wed. Dec. 30, 2020 1a #107 – “A Weighty Problem (Part Two)”: Ralph is going crazy on his diet but manages to lose enough weight so he can pass the physical and still be a bus driver.

Thu. Dec. 31, 2020 1a #70 (aka #105) - *“Boys and Girls Together”: Alice and Trixie feel that Ralph and Norton do everything together and decide to join them. Ralph and Norton scheme to discourage their wives.

*: This episode has been edited HEAVILY.

Credit I think goes to decades.com, zap2it.com, the Honeymooners Lost Episodes DVD Box Set, tvguide.com, the old honeymooners.net, imdb.com, tvland.com & John K's Book To The Moon.