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Honeymooners Episode Reviews: ��Twas The Night Before Christmas� & �Man From Space�:

Frank Gannucci — Fri, 29 May 2026 11:09:21 GMT

Honeymooners Episode Reviews: ��Twas The Night Before Christmas� & �Man From Space�:

Episode #122 (Syndicated Episode #13)
TV: Half-hour.
VCR: Attached to "Young At Heart." On some tapes it is attached to the �I Love Lucy� episode entitled �I Love Lucy Xmas Special� as well as then-lost footage of the characters celebrating Christmas at the end of the episode entitled �The Fur Coat.� This release has the title �TV Christmas Present.� On some tapes, it is attached to �Man From Space� & �A Matter of Record.� On some tapes, it is attached to �Hello Mom�, �A Matter of Record�, �Here Comes The Bride� & �A Woman�s Work Is Never Done.�
Laserdisc: Attached to �TV or Not TV�, �Funny Money�, �The Golfer�, �Better Living Through TV�, �Brother Ralph�, �Pal O� Mine�, �A Woman�s Work Is Never Done�, �Something Fishy�, �The Worry Wart�, �The Sleepwalker�, �Hello Mom�, �The Deciding Vote� & �Man From Space.� On some discs it is attached to the �I Love Lucy� episode entitled �I Love Lucy Xmas Special� as well as then-lost footage of the characters celebrating Christmas at the end of the episode entitled �The Fur Coat.� This release has the title �TV Christmas Present.�
DVD: Attached to episodes #9-16 of the classic 39. The HD Blu-Ray set has the exact same episodes (including two versions of "Hello Mom." in which one has the original ads) and includes Best Buick Yet presentation.
On some discs it is attached to the �I Love Lucy� episode entitled �I Love Lucy Xmas Special� as well as not-seen-in-syndication footage of the characters celebrating Christmas at the end of the episode entitled �The Fur Coat.� This release has the title �TV Christmas Present.� On the Honeymooners Christmas Laughter DVD, it is attached to "TV or Not TV", "Funny Money", "The Golfer", "Better Luving Through TV" & "The $99,000 Answer."
Air Date: Sat. 12/24/55

In 2023, this episode along with others was colorized on YouTube but they have been pulled.

To see the script for this episode, click here: http://www.springfieldspringfield.co...episode=s04e13

Alice is wrapping a Christmas present as Christmas music is being played. She hides her present which is a gift for Ralph. She finally decides to hide it under the ice box. Trixie comes by and the two of them talk about Christmas. Trixie says Ed gave her an orange juice squeezer in which you squeeze the orange on top of Napoleon�s head and the juice squirts out of his ears. The same gift that he got her in "Honeymooners Christmas Party." Trixie leaves. Ralph comes home with a Christmas present. He decides to hide it in the ice box but spots Alice seeing him in the act. She says she put his present under there. Ralph says that they are acting like two kids. Ralph wants to know what Alice gave him. Alice won't reveal the contents and suspects that Ralph would unwrap it when she goes upstairs. Ralph says to not worry and that he will wait until Christmas. Alice fools Ralph by indicating that she left and sure enough she spots Ralph trying to get his gift. Alice: "Looks like Mommy will have to hide your present somewhere else. It looks like I can't trust you Ralph." Ralph: "You're the one who can't be trusted. You said that you were going upstairs." Alice hides Ralph's present on the top shelf of the closet. Ralph and Alice decorate the tree. Ralph says that she can tell him where the gift is and he won't get it. Alice tells him where it is and when Alice leaves, Ralph goes to get it...and gets his finger caught in a mousetrap. Ha! Ralph: "Okay, two can play at that game." He puts a mousetrap where he hid Alice's gift (which is under the icebox.) Ralph decorates the tree as Ed Norton comes down. Ed: "Merry Christmas Eve Ralph." They exchange presents. Ed gave Ralph spats while Ralph gave Ed a tie. Ralph: "Why did you give me spats for?" Ed's response is that Ralph isn't the easiest person to shop for since Ralph has everything.

Ralph says he got Alice a gift and that it's under the ice box. Ed goes under there and pulls out the pan that is always under there and assumes that that's the gift. Alice comes down and Ed presents her with the gift that he thinks Ralph got her. Ralph corrects Ed and begins to take the gift out...and gets his finger caught in the mousetrap. Ed assumes that that is the gift. Ralph says that the gift is a matchbox containing of 2000 matchsticks glued together. The same gift he got her in "Anniversary Gift." Ralph says that he was told the gift came from the Emperor's palace in Japan. When a friend comes down and exchanges presents with Alice, Alice gets the same exact gift. The actor that played the friend made a blooper in her line when she says: The gift I gave to you was nothing. I feel embarrassed after the gift I gave you.� The friend leaves. Ralph is screwed.

Ralph is all upset as Ed decorates the tree. Ralph talks about his problem as far as not being able to get Alice a gift. Ed suggests putting a sticker on the gift that says: "Don't open until Christmas" and to give it to Alice on the day after Christmas. That way, Ralph will have a whole year to give her a present. A dumb idea and Ralph says so. Uncle Leo comes in and the studio audience applauds for him. He gives Ralph a gift certificate for him and Alice. He leaves. Ralph gets a scheme. He will use the gift certificate to buy Alice a present. He hatches a plan that will allow him to give Alice a present and for Alice to think that Uncle Leo didn't give them anything. It's a typical Ralph idea. Alice comes home and says that he saw someone that she knew on the way up. Ralph thinks that it was Uncle Leo and gives the gift certificate. Alice: "A $25 gift certificate from Tommy Mullins?" Ralph: "Tommy? I thought you meant Uncle Leo." Alice: "Was he here?" Looks like Ralph foiled his own plan. Ralph: "Yes, he was here." Alice goes into the bedroom. Ralph gets another idea. He will hock his bowling ball to give Alice a new gift. Gee, Ralph is really thinking of Alice here.

Christmas morning, Alice is making breakfast as Ralph likes his new slippers from Alice's mother. They open their presents and to Ralph's chagrin, he finds out that Alice gave him a new bowling ball bag. Ralph says that they can't figure out if the ball will fit. Ralph explains the whole story about what he did and what he did as far as hocking the ball. He said Alice will like her new gift. Alice says that it's beautiful and it's the best present she has ever gotten. It's an orange juice squeezer in which you squeeze the orange on Napoleon�s head and the juice squirts out of his ears.

Ralph says this to Alice. Ralph: "You know something sweetheart? Christmas is...well it's about the best time of the whole year. You walk down the streets even weeks before Christmas comes and there are lights hanging up - red ones and green ones. Sometimes there's snow. Everybody's hustling someplace. But they don't hustle around Christmas time like they usually do. You know, they're a little friendlier. They bump into you and they laugh and say 'Pardon me, Merry Christmas'. Especially when it gets real close to Christmas night. Everybody's walking home - you can hardly hear a sound. Bells are ringing, kids are singing, and the snow is coming down and boy, what a pleasure it is to think that you got someplace to go to and the place you�re going to has someone in it that you really love. Someone that you're nuts about. Merry Christmas!"

And so the show ends...or does it? Jackie stops the curtain from closing and says this: "Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen. Thank you. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we usually don't step out of character, but tonight I think that it's proper that Mr. and Mrs. Kramden and Mr. Mrs. Norton wish everybody a Merry Christmas. Would you come in here Norton?"

(The Nortons come out.)

Jackie: "There they are."

(Everyone bows to the crowd's applause.)

Wow, everyone steps out of character at the end of this episode. This type of thing would later be seen in syndication at the end of most of the Color Honeymooners episodes. This was also done when the lost episodes aired for the first time.

Episode #123 (Syndicated Episode #14)
TV: Half-hour.
VCR: Attached to "The Sleepwalker." On some tapes, it�s attached to ��Twas The Night Before XMas� & �A Matter of Record.� On some tapes, it�s attached to �The Loudspeaker�, �Unconventional Behavior�, �The Deciding Vote� & �Something Fishy.�
Laserdisc: Attached to �TV or Not TV�, �Funny Money�, �The Golfer�, �Better Living Through TV�, �Brother Ralph�, �Pal O� Mine�, �A Woman�s Work Is Never Done�, �The Deciding Vote�, �The Worry Wart�, �The Sleepwalker�, �Hello Mom�, ��Twas The Night Before Xmas� & �Something Fishy.�
DVD: Attached to episodes #9-16 of the classic 39. The HD Blu-Ray set has the exact same episodes (including two versions of "Hello Mom." in which one has the original ads) and includes Best Buick Yet presentation. On Fan Favorites: The Best of The Honeymooners DVD, it is attached to "TV or Not TV", "Funny Money", "The Golfer", "The Sleepwalker", "Better Living Through TV", "$99,000 Answer" & "Young At Heart."
Air Date: Sat. 12/31/55

To see the script for this episode, click here: http://www.springfieldspringfield.co...episode=s04e14

In 2023, this episode along with others was colorized and put on YouTube.

Ralph greets Ed during lunch hour. They talk about the costume contest at the Raccoon lodge dance. Ralph: "I know how to win the grand prize which is $50." Ed: "So do I. By having the best costume. Ha ha ha." Ralph: "Surely that's the answer but only we know that." They only know that? Wow. Ralph says he has the perfect idea. He's going to go out and buy a costume where all the other people at the dance are going to be wearing homemade costumes. Ed: "You think just like me." Ed says he did the exact same thing. Ralph, being Ralph, accuses Ed of stealing his idea. That's impossible but of course, Ralph doesn't think so. Ralph and Ed get into a fight. Ralph wants nothing to do with him. Ralph: "If you see me walking down the street, get on the other side." Ed: "When you walk down the street, there AIN'T no other side." Ha!

At home, Ralph greets Alice. He says he's going to make a reasonable request. He needs $10. Alice says no. Ralph: "For $5, I can go get a Billy The Kid." Alice: "I'll tell you what I will do. I'll give you a can and you can be Billy The Goat." Ha! Ralph isn't amused and is further aggravated when he finds out that the Nortons are coming for dinner. Alice says that why doesn't Ralph use his brain to make a costume. Ralph: "Because I want to win." Ed comes down in his costume which he is going as Pierre Francois de la Briosche. Ed says that Pierre was his hero and he designed and built the sewers of Paris. Gee, how surprising that Ed would go disguised as a famous sewer man. By the way, the person who designed and built the sewers of Paris was made by another person. Ralph says that the costume is ridiculous. He's going to make his own costume now. When Ed puts two black things in his nose and sneezes because of the black things, Ralph says: "Bellevue is calling." Ralph starts making the costume by taking the door of the ice box. Alice: "Now all the food is going to get spoiled." Ralph: "Just get Ed down. He will eat it." Ralph also takes knobs from the dresser." Ralph: "I need knobs and there's nothing in there that can wait until tomorrow. Where's the flashlight?" Alice: "It's in the thing that can wait until tomorrow." Ralph says that his costume will make fun of Ed's costume and he insults the person that Ed is impersonating. Ed: "You can call me anything you want, but when you insult my hero, you insult the honor of France." Ed slaps Ralph's face with a glove. Ralph kicks him out.

With only a few hours before the contest, Ralph finally unveils his costume. Ralph: "Get ready! I'm coming out!" Ralph comes out as "The Man From Space." What Ralph uses as his costume is BEYOND ridiculous. Trust me, when you see this costume for the first time, you will laugh. Here are the things that Ralph uses as his costume:

It consists of a saucepan, which he is using as a hat, the handle protruding from the back of his neck. On top of the saucepan is a light bulb which is going on and off. The icebox door is strapped around his neck and chest like a shield. It's studded with knobs he took off the bureau and three small flashlight bulbs, which also keep going on and off. Also on the icebox door is the kitchen faucet, which is attached up high with the spout facing Ralph's chin. Beneath all of this paraphernalia he wears a sweatshirt with a turtle neck collar. For pants he wears the bottoms of a pair of striped pajamas. These are tucked into shin -high galoshes. On his hands he wears a pair of thick gardening gloves. In his right hand he carries a homemade ray gun, which consists of a funnel attached to a handle of a compass saw. Over his eyes he has a huge pair of dark goggles. Ralph has a wide motorcycle rider's belt around his waist, from which flares a knee-length tunic made out of a plastic shower curtain.

With all of that details, on paper, the costume is already silly looking. Ralph: "You didn't think I could do it. Can you see the faces on them, down there when I walk in with this? What do you think?" Alice: "I think you're nuts." A piece of Ralph's costume comes off. That wasn't in the script so Jackie covers it by saying: "That's my denaturizer." Ralph: "I don't care about the money now. I just want to teach Ed a lesson." Alice goes into the bedroom. Ed comes in, takes one look at Ralph, gets scared and heads for the hills. That is a priceless moment, isn't it? I knew that I laughed. Ralph says that it's him and he says to Alice that Ed didn't know that he was the "Man From Space." Ed: "'Man From Space'? I thought we were being invaded by Sherman Tanks." Alice comes out with her costume. She's wearing a dress, licking a big lollipop. She's disguised as a cute 12-year-old girl. Ralph: "Where's the rest of the costume. You're knees are showing." Alice: "A 12-year-old girl's knees are supposed show." Ralph: "Not any 12-year-old girl that's married to me." Ed says that he is depressed. That Pierre guy didn't make the sewers, he condemned them. Trixie comes down with some bad news. Ed has to work tonight or he will lose his job. Ed is all upset now. The Nortons leave. Ralph tries to put black things in his nose and almost gets the urge to sneeze but doesn't. He eventually pays the price for putting them in his nose. Those kind of black things Ed put in his nose earlier (not the same black things though.)

At the Raccoon dance, the place is "packed." It has...eight people? Wow! What a dance, huh? Ralph steals the scene by doing his dancing. As a matter of fact, Ralph does a dance 2x because the editors stopped the video and showed the exact dance from a different angle. The music stops and the judges are ready to award the $50 prize for the best costume. The first runner-up is Ralph. Ralph: "I had no idea." Judge (aka "Head Raccoon"): "We choose Ralph for his costume of a pinball machine." Ralph is surprised. The second runner-up is someone else that I don't remember. His costume is a playboy of the roaring 20s. Ralph: "Nice rented costume." Just before the $50 is about to be rewarded. Ed comes in with his sewer gear. Ed: "Am I too late for the eats?" Head Raccoon: "You may be too late for the eats but not for the prize. $50 goes to Ed Norton for him being disguised as the 'Man From Space.'" Ralph is upset at Ed but calms down and enjoys himself for the rest of the night.

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.

Remember news about a Honeymooners reboot in 2022? (Here�s some more info.)

Frank Gannucci — Sat, 23 May 2026 02:49:46 GMT

This is from AI so take this for what it�s worth

�A female-led reboot of The Honeymooners was announced in January 2022, developed by producer Damon Wayans Jr. and writer Lindsey Shockley. However, the multi-camera CBS project remained in the early developmental stage, and an official pilot was never produced or ordered to series.The 2022 iteration was designed with a feminist twist, reimagining the 1950s working-class classic with new character dynamics. Rather than Ralph Kramden, the series would have centered on a new female lead named Ruth and her husband, Alex. The premise aimed to explore a marriage where both partners are true equals, raising questions about a household with "two heads".Because the project did not progress to a pilot or series order, no casting announcements were ever made. You can read more about the initial pitch and development on Variety.�

Looks like it would�ve not been the Honeymooners at all. It may have been AWFUL.

Honeymooners Episode Reviews: �The Deciding Vote� & �Something Fishy�:

Frank Gannucci — Fri, 22 May 2026 11:17:32 GMT

Honeymooners Episode Reviews: �The Deciding Vote� & �Something Fishy�:

Episode #120 (Syndicated Episode #11)
TV: Half-hour.
VCR: Attached to "Unconventional Behavior." On some tapes, it�s attached to �Hello Mom� & �Something Fishy.� On some tapes, it�s attached to �The Loudspeaker�, �Unconventional Behavior�, �Something Fishy� & �The Man From Space.�
Laserdisc: Attached to �TV or Not TV�, �Funny Money�, �The Golfer�, �Better Living Through TV�, �Brother Ralph�, �Pal O� Mine�, �A Woman�s Work Is Never Done�, �Something Fishy�, �The Worry Wart�, �The Sleepwalker�, �Hello Mom�, ��Twas The Night Before Xmas� & �Man From Space.�
DVD: Attached to episodes #9-16 of the classic 39. The HD Blu-Ray set has the exact same episodes (including two versions of "Hello Mom." in which one has the original ads) and includes Best Buick Yet presentation.
Air Date: Sat. 12/10/55

To see the script for this episode, click here:http://www.springfieldspringfield.co...episode=s04e11

Alice is doing some ironing. It's around anniversary time for the Kramdens. Ed comes down and wishes them a "Happy Anniversary." He tastes what he thinks is icing and wishes that Trixie would make icing that tastes as good as this. Alice: "Icing? Ed, that's starch." Ed: "I still wish that Trixie would make icing that tastes as good as this." Ralph comes home with a present that he claims that he thinks Alice wants: an old second-hand vacuum cleaner. Wow! That is so not what Alice needs. After Ralph goes over all the attachments, Alice says for the most part, they don't need it. To prove that it works, Ralph instructs Ed to put some dry oatmeal on the floor and the vacuum will pick it up. Not only does it not pick it up, Ralph has to hit it to work. Alice: "This (the vacuum) is nothing but a piece of junk." Ralph looks into the vacuum tube and sees there's a piece of gum in there. He tries to blow it out with his mouth. Ed: "You�re doing it the hard way." Ed turns on the vacuum cleaner and not only does Ralph's lips get stuck, he now has a PRICELESS look on his face and the audience laughs. He motions Ed to turn off the vacuum. Ed: "Accidents will happen." Ralph: "And you're the biggest accident that will ever happen." He throws Ed out.

Later that night, Alice is weeping up dirt. Alice (sarcastically): "There's no getting around it Ralph. Having a vacuum cleaner sure lightens my housework." Ralph's friend from the Raccoon Lodge, Joe Munsey comes by and says that Ralph is a lock to beat Frank McGuillicuddy in the Convention Manager nomination. With being the Convention Manager, the manager can go to Chicago (the place where the convention takes place that year) for free, and getting a car to drive around in while there. Joe rounds off all the people that will vote for Ralph and says that Ed has the deciding vote (hence the title of this episode). Ralph is nervous because him and Ed just had a fight but is confident that he and Ed can patch things up quickly. He calls Ed down, but Ed doesn't respond. He went bowling with Frank McGuillicuddy. Joe looks at the vacuum cleaner and Ralph says that Jim can use it for Joe's wife.

At the Raccoon Bensonhurst headquarters, Ed is socializing with Frank. Ralph comes by and he and Ed are still not speaking to each other. Ralph: How about the time where we were playing softball and you got hit in the head with a baseball bat? Who got you a cab and took you over to the hospital? I did. Who came up and saw you everyday? I did. Who got you cigarettes and candy? I did." Ed: "Who hit me in the head with the bat? You did." Oh boy! Ralph says that Ed always brings up the bad points and never the good points. The meeting starts and Ed gives out the pieces of paper for the people to write the name of the person that they are voting for. The end result is 4 for Frank and 3 for Kramden. The meeting is adjourned. Frank (to Ed): "You sure are a pal Norton." Ralph is upset. He thinks that Ed did him in.

The next day, Trixie comes down to talk to Alice. She leaves a reference for Ralph to fill out so they can get new furniture. She leaves. Ralph is still upset. So upset that when Trixie comes down to talk to Alice, he throws her out. He is remorseful for kicking her out and he says that will forgive Norton but when he sees the reference, his anger towards Norton resumes. He turns on the water and makes sure it keeps running by taking the faucet handle of the kitchen faucet to make sure Ed doesn't get any water for his bath. (The water runs bad in the building.) He fills out the reference: "'How long have you known the applicant?' Too long. 'Do you consider the applicant trustworthy?' Don't make me laugh. 'In you opinion, is the applicant a good character?' The applicant is a BUM!" He goes out to mail the reference just as Ed comes down to confront Ralph. Ralph leaves. Ed fixes the kitchen faucet. Alice is upset that Ed didn't vote for Ralph. Ed says that he did and he doesn't even know how to spell Frank's last name. Alice: "Why didn't you tell Ralph?" Ed says that he didn't because he has pride and if Ralph thinks he did that, let him and if he wants to call him names, let him. Ralph comes by and gets the real story. Ralph: "If you didn't vote against me, who did?" Ed: "Joe Rumsey." Rumsey? Turns out that Art either mispronounced Munsey or forgot that that was Joe's last name. Jackie even starts to say that that's Joe's last name. Ralph: "Why would Joe vote against me?" Ed: "Remember the vacuum you loaned to him? Jim tested it. He didn't do well with the oatmeal test either. Ralph apologizes and now is worried since he mailed the application and on it, he practically says Ed is a crook and that he won't get the furniture now. Ed isn't steamed. Why? The Kramdens were supposed to get the furniture as an anniversary gift, not the Nortons. D'oh! Not something the Kramdens wanted to hear.

Episode #121 (Syndicated Episode #12)
TV: Half-hour.
VCR: Attached to "Oh My Aching Back." On some tapes, it is attached to the �I Love Lucy� episode entitled: �Deep-Sea Fishing.� On some tapes, it is attached to �Hello Mom� & �Deciding Vote.� On some tapes, it is attached to �The Loudspeaker�, �Unconventional Behavior�, �Deciding Vote� & �Man From Space.�
Laserdisc: Attached to �TV or Not TV�, �Funny Money�, �The Golfer�, �Better Living Through TV�, �Brother Ralph�, �Pal O� Mine�, �A Woman�s Work Is Never Done�, �The Deciding Vote�, �The Worry Wart�, �The Sleepwalker�, �Hello Mom�, ��Twas The Night Before Xmas� & �Man From Space.�
DVD: Attached to episodes #9-16 of the classic 39. The HD Blu-Ray set has the exact same episodes (including two versions of "Hello Mom." in which one has the original ads) and includes Best Buick Yet presentation.
Air Date: Sat. 12/17/55

To see the script for this episode, click here: http://www.springfieldspringfield.co...episode=s04e12

At the Raccoon Lodge, Ralph and Ed are playing ping-pong. In usual Ralph and Ed fashion, they fight over playing ping-pong but quickly do the Raccoon handshake (they take the tails of their Raccoon caps and brush their respective cap's tail against each other. The meeting starts and they are talking about the annual Raccoon fishing trip. Ralph wants to go without the wives. He says a ridiculous speech about what will happen if they do bring their wives. All of the gang agrees to leave without their wives. The meeting ends. Ralph goes home.

At home, Ralph is rehearsing his speech on what he will say to Alice about leaving her home. When she does come, she sports fishing attire that she plans to wear on the fishing trip. Ralph: "You're not going." Alice: "I am going." Ralph: "The only place that you will be going is to the moon." Alice: "Trixie is going." Ralph: "For your information, she isn't." A big loud noise is heard and it's Trixie and Ed arguing over her going on the fishing trip. Alice goes into the bedroom. Ed comes down and he and Ralph talk about them not bringing their wives. After Norton puts a bag in Ralph's ice box, a little bit later he is going to leave. Ralph tries to tell him to get the bag, but I guess Art Carney forgot about them. He and Alice continue their argument. She goes into the bedroom. Ed comes down again and he and Ralph talk up a scheme. They will wake up at 6am and leave before their wives are ready. Ed leaves again, Ralph reminds him to take the bag. Ed says that it is worms. Ralph is angry. Ralph (yells): "GET OUT!" Turns out, Art was supposed to get the bag earlier. But Art forgot to take it out.

At 6am the next morning, Ralph and Ed are ready but they are VERY tired. Looks pretty bright outside for it to be 6a. Also, since this episode was shown in Decrmber, shouldn't everyone be colder? I guess we are supposed to believe that this episode was set in the summer or spring. Ralph & Ed are so tired that Ralph accidentally honks the horn of the car he got from a friend of his. Ed: "The girls are going to be pretty mad when they find out that we left without them." The girls emerge from the backseat and when Ralph can't start the car, Alice offers a suggestion. Ralph freaks out when he sees Alice. Ed: "Ralph, I don't have the courage to look back there. Is Mrs. Norton back there?" Trixie: "I'm right behind you." Ralph: "What a sneaky trick." Alice responds by saying that the boys are just as sneaky. Ralph pops up the hood to see what can be done to get the car working. Alice takes a hairpin and puts it in the engine part and the car works perfectly. Ralph still says that they can't go. So Alice takes the hairpin out. Ralph: "You think that that is going to stop me?" Ed: "Don't look at me Ralph. I don't have any hairpins." Ralph says that he would love to bring Alice but since he led the movement to let the wives stay at home, he is afraid that he will look like a fool. After more arguing, Alice puts her hairpin back in the engine and Ralph and Ed finally get what they want. Alice: "You and Ed can go alone." The girls go back inside. The boys get what they want but they are remorseful about leaving the girls at home. They change their minds and yell to them that they can come.

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.

A Honeymooners Memorial Day:

Frank Gannucci — Fri, 22 May 2026 11:06:11 GMT

A Honeymooners Memorial Day:

(Ralph comes home.)

Ralph: �Alice! Alice!�

Alice: �What is it Ralph?�

Ralph: �The Raccoons are having a Memorial Day concert on the beach at Coney Island. We are forming a band and we will all sing patriotic songs and guess who is the front man and whose idea this was?�

Alice: �It was your brain fart.�

Ralph: �Why do you say that?�

Alice: �Ralph, it�s going to pour cats and dogs on that day.�

Ralph: �That shows you how much you know. I know that it WON�T and I will show you. My picture will be on the front page of every Facebook page in the country.�

Alice: �Yes, for being an idiot.�

Ralph: �I�m full of great ideas.�

Alice: �Your full of��

Ralph (yells): �DON�T YOU DARE SAY IT.�

(A pause.)

Ralph: �I will show you.�

(On Memorial Day, Ralph & Ed are getting ready.)

Ed: �Ralph, it�s going to looks like rain.�

Ralph: �It�s NOT going to rain. I know about meteorology. I�m just like Al Roker.�

Ed: �Yeah, the Al of the 1980s.�

Ralph: �Oh, you are a riot Norton.�

(They finish setting up everything with fellow Raccoons on the stage.)

Ralph (into the microphone): �HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY! IT IS THE USA�S 250TH BIRTHDAY! LET US CELEBRATE.�

(They start playing �Party In The USA� very horribly as rain starts to fall.)

Ralph (into the microphone, singing loudly and horribly as people are booing as more rain starts to fall): �I HOPPED OF A PLANE AT LAX��

(Soon it starts pouring cats and dogs as Ralph is soon standing there humiliated.)

(A still soaked Ralph comes back home.)

Alice: �Well Ralph, your image is on Facebook with you being humiliated.�

Ralph: �Ooooh.�

(A still soaked Jackie Gleason walks on stage. Crowd cheers.)

Jackie: �The Miami Beach Memorial Days are the BEST! GOOD NIGHT!�

(Crowd cheers.)

When the Honeymooners aired on Showtime, did anyone record the marathons?

Frank Gannucci — Thu, 21 May 2026 23:07:57 GMT

Did anyone record the marathons on Showtime? I remember reading that they had animated interstitials.

Honeymooners Episode Reviews: �Brother Ralph� & �Hello Mom�:

Frank Gannucci — Fri, 15 May 2026 10:59:17 GMT

Honeymooners Episode Reviews: �Brother Ralph� & �Hello Mom�:

Episode #119 (Syndicated Episode #10)
TV: Half-hour.
VCR: Attached to "Alice & The Blonde." On some tapes, it�s attached to �Deciding Vote� & �Something Fishy.� On some tapes, it�s attached to �A Matter of Record�, �Here Comes The Bride�, ��Twas The Night Before XMas� & �A Woman�s Work Is Never Done.
Laserdisc: Attached to �TV or Not TV�, �Funny Money�, �The Golfer�, �Better Living Through TV�, �Brother Ralph�, �Pal O� Mine�, �A Woman�s Work Is Never Done�, �The Deciding Vote�, �The Worry Wart�, �The Sleepwalker�, �Something Fishy�, ��Twas The Night Before Xmas� & �Man From Space.�
DVD: Attached to the other first eight classic 39 episodes of the classic 39. On the HD-Blu Ray set, it is attached to the first 10 classic 39 episodes as well as promos.
Air Date: Sat. 12/03/55

To see the script for this episode, click here: http://www.springfieldspringfield.co...episode=s04e10

The sponsor materials version starts with the original opening which includes Jack Lescoulie announcing the names loudly instead of the usual announcer and a Buick plug.

Ralph is getting ready for his Raccoon meeting while Alice is sewing his uniform. Ralph helps her out but Ed interrupts him by walking in. Ed helps out Ralph. Ed then does a crossword puzzle. Ralph gets a telegram and it says that mother is coming. Ralph assumes that it's Alice's mother. It says that it's she's coming for a short visit. Ralph: "You know what her short visits are? Like the time she said that she was coming for Christmas and New Year's. Only thing is she came for New Year's and stayed until Christmas." Gee, almost a whole year. Ralph orders Alice to order her not to come but that's impossible because Alice doesn't have a phone. All this time, Ed is doing a crossword puzzle and bugs Ralph. Ralph orders him out. When Ralph leaves for his meeting, he says that he will move in with Norton until she leaves.

That night, in the Norton's apartment. Ed is getting Ralph ready to go to sleep. Trixie is awakened and is being told that Ralph is moving up here until Alice's mother leaves. Trixie says that Ralph is wrong and talks to Ed about this whole situation and that Ed needs to let Ralph live downstairs in his house. During this, Ed says that the Raccoon organization is not in favor of good marriages. Gee, what a good organization...NOT! Ralph comes back in and she leaves them alone. Ralph and Ed talk about each of their mother-in-laws and how much they hate them. Gee. Eventually, Ralph realizes the error of his ways and tells Trixie about it. Trixie is happy and says that Ed loves her mom. Ralph says that Ed has lied to him. Ralph then says how much Ed hates his mother-in-law. The Nortons are now fighting and Trixie moves downstairs with Alice.

The next day, Ralph comes home before work. Trixie leaves the kitchen. Alice says that this whole deal is his fault while Ralph says that it's her mom's fault. Mom has arrived, but it's Ralph's mom. She didn't say whose mother she was in the telegram and is worried that she caused confusion. Alice says that she doesn't have anything to worry. Ralph is upset. He apologizes for this whole situation. Alice gives him a piece of paper that was written by another man. Ralph reads it. Ralph: "'Dear Mom, I'd just thought I'd write and tell you this. A mother-in-law is the most criticized, the most misunderstood and the most defenseless of all women. The average women must be clever enough to know when to speak, but a mother-in-law must know when to keep silent. She must be very wise, wise enough sometimes to withhold advice, although she knows the answer to the problem. A mother-in-law must sit on the fence between her own child and the child by marriage. Somehow she must keep her balance. She must lean backwards until her spine aches or else she's accused of being partial and she isn't permitted the luxury of hurt feelings or tears. If a person could put themselves in their mother-in-laws place, weigh her in the balance, being completely fair; they'd nominate her for the Presidency of the United States, and she'd be the first women to make it.'" (not reading): "This is pretty nice. Who wrote it?" Alice: "You did." Ralph leaves.

On the HD-Blu Ray Set, there's a sponsor materials version of this episode. The only sponsor material that is shown is at the end where Jackie plugs Buick at the end.

Honeymooners - Jackie FIRED Actor Right Before Broadcast!

TMC — Fri, 15 May 2026 06:15:50 GMT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHSuDbeRqlw

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Rick Nineg examines a behind-the-scenes secret from The Honeymooners episode, A Woman's Work Is Never Done. By analyzing the actors' performances and production choices, Rick Nineg explores how a last-minute casting change impacted the final broadcast and how the cast improvised to keep the show running smoothly.

The Honeymooners gang returns from Miami Beach:

Frank Gannucci — Sun, 10 May 2026 22:14:34 GMT

The Honeymooners gang returns from Miami Beach:

(The Kramdens and Nortons arrive at Kennedy International Airport.)

Alice: �We are finally home.�

Ralph: �Would you get off my back Alice? I told you that I�m sorry for getting so drunk.�

Alice: �You got so drunk, that you skinny dipped in the hotel pool by jumping off the diving board.�

Ed: �You are lucky the board didn�t break and all the water got out.�

Ralph (yells): �ALL RIGHT! ALL RIGHT!�

Trixie: �You almost got kicked out of the hotel. You didn�t because you look like Jackie Gleason.�

(Crowd cheers.)

Ralph: �Ok. I deeply apologize.�

Alice: �I accept your apology.�

Ed: �So do I.�

Trixie: �So do I.�

(People come by and laugh at Ralph.)

Man (yells): �THERE�S THE MAN WHO SKINNY DIPPED IN THE POOL IN MIAMI BEACH. THE CLIP WENT VIRAL.�

(Everyone laughs their heads off. Ralph faints in embarrassment.)

(Jackie walks on stage. Crowd cheers.)

Jackie: �Let me say as always, the Miami Beach crowds are the best.�

(Crowd cheers.)

Jackie: �Time to introduce the cast. First: Jean Kean."

(Audience cheers as Jean Kean comes on stage.)

Jackie: "Audrey Meadows."

(Audience cheers as Audrey comes on stage.)

Jackie: "Art Carney."

(Audience cheers as Art comes on stage.)

Jackie (yells): �GOOD NIGHT!�

(Crowd cheers.)

Honeymooners Episode Reviews: �Better Living Through TV� & �Pal O�Mine�:

Frank Gannucci — Fri, 08 May 2026 11:09:29 GMT

Honeymooners Episode Reviews: �Better Living Through TV� & �Pal O�Mine�:

Episode #116 (Syndicated Episode # 7)
TV: Half-hour.
VCR: Attached to "Ralph's Big Mouth" (aka "Mind Your Own Business".) On some tapes, it�s attached to �Pal O� Mine� & �Brother Ralph.� On some tapes, it�s attached to �TV or Not TV�, �The Golfer�, �Young At Heart� & �Oh My Aching Back.�
Laserdisc: Attached to �TV or Not TV�, �Funny Money�, �The Golfer�, �Pal O� Mine�, �Brother Ralph�, �Hello Mom�, �A Woman�s Work Is Never Done�, �The Deciding Vote�, �The Worry Wart�, �The Sleepwalker�, �Something Fishy�, ��Twas The Night Before Xmas� & �Man From Space.�
DVD: Attached to the other eight episodes of the Classic 39. The HD Blu-Ray set I believe has the exact same episodes and may include some bonus material. On the Fan Favorites DVD, it is attached to �TV or Not TV�, �Funny Money�, �The Golfer�, �The Sleepwalker�, �Man From Space�, �$99,000 Answer� & �Young At Heart.� On the Honeymooners Christmas Laughter DVD, it is attached to "'Twas The Night Before Christmas", "TV or Not TV", "The Golfer", "The Man From Space" & "The $99,000 Answer."
Air Date: Sat. 11/12/55

To see the script for "Better Living Through TV", click here: http://www.springfieldspringfield.co...episode=s04e07

Ed is reluctantly helping Trixie measure one of her dresses. Ed is upset about doing this. Trixie leaves. Ralph comes in and by looking at Ed with the dress on, he assumes it is Trixie but finds out that it was Ed. Ed takes off the dress much to Trixie's chagrin. Trixie goes down to see if Alice will help her out with the dress. Trixie: "Someday Ed, you are going to ask me to do something for you." Ed: "I am asking you right now to leave the premises." She leaves. Ralph talks to Ed about his latest money-making scheme. He shows Ed a gadget that scales fish, sharpens scissors, takes corns off your feet etc. Ralph: "What is the first thing that a person does if they want to sell something?" Ed: "They look your name (Ralph's) up in the phone book and try to sell it to you." Ralph disagrees and says that they go on TV. He knows a person that owns 2,000 of those gadgets and he can get 2,000 of those for 10 cents each and they can go on TV and sell each of them for a buck. Ralph: "We can't lose." Ed disagrees and tells Ralph of the parking space that they bought near that old movie house. Ed: "You said: 'People, who go to the movies, got to have a place to park their car.'" Ralph: "How did I know that they were going to build a drive-in theater?" Anyway, Ralph convinces Ed that selling the gadgets on TV would be a great idea. Ralph: "I'll get the money from Alice." Ed: "I think that this whole idea is going to be delayed a little. I think my TV debut will be on: 'Life begins at 80.'" Ralph says that he will get the money from Alice, who he says will act like a peasant around her. He is just like Richard the Lionhearted He rules with an iron hand Alice comes up. Ed tells Alice what Ralph is like in the Kramden household and that he has something to say to her Alice: "Go ahead Ralph. Rule with an iron hand. Tell me what you have to say." Ralph: "You think that I won't tell you. Is that what you think?" Alice: "That's right, O' Richard the Chicken-hearted." Ralph leaves.

In the middle of the night, Ralph and Alice are arguing over Ralph's idea. Ralph: "I don't care if I wake up the whole world. Don't you understand? Norton and I sell 3000 of these gadgets for a buck on TV and we get $2,000." I think Jackie messed up and said 3,000 when he should have said 2,000. Ralph: "$2,000 is big. This is probably the biggest thing that I ever got into." Alice: "That would be your pants." Ha! I'm pretty sure that $2,000 was a lot of money when this episode was made. Ralph gives up. He thinks that Alice doesn't want to be rich. Alice: "Every week since we have been married, I hear one of these hair-brained schemes of yours." Ralph: "How about when I proposed to you?" Ralph regrets that last comment. He said he wants to give Alice a lot of things with the money. Alice says that he doesn't have to because she "got" them already and mentions every one of them and the scheme that helped them "get" it. The schemes that she mentions are: the Uranium field in Asbury Park, no cal-pizza etc. Ralph: "Nobody is 100% Alice." Ralph: "You are. You have been WRONG every time." Ha! Ralph is upset. He is going to walk out that door and he mentions that only reason Alice married him is because she fell in love with his uniform.

At rehearsal, Ralph and Ed are in their respective uniforms. They go through the rehearsal of the Handy Housewife Helper (as Ralph calls it). As Ed rehearses his lines, you can tell that Ed is not reading the commercial script word-for-word (that was planned) while Ralph's lines looked forced (that was planned too.) They go through the rehearsal. In the mid 90's or so, Braun made a commercial about a kitchen appliance and they used digital technology to make it look like that that Ed and Ralph are plugging that appliance and at the end Ralph says: "This is going to be big Norton." Ed: "Yeah Ralph, bigger than your pants." They go through the rehearsal and at the end, a piece flies off the Handy Housewife Helper (that was not planned) so Ralph retrieves it. Then its show time and Ed reminds Ralph of how many people are going to watch the commercial causing Ralph to get frightened. Ralph: "Stop talking Nervous, you are going to get yourself all Norton." It's show time. Ed goes through his part without a hitch while Ralph is at first is too frightened to come in and when he goes on the set, at first he immediately goes backstage and then goes back on the set. Ralph looks VERY nervous and is having all sorts of trouble during the commercial and him and Ralph plug the product so badly that I don't think anybody would want to buy it Ed: "If Trixie says: 'I told you so', I will belt her right in the mouth." At the end, when Ralph is coring the apple, he hit's his finger and yells in pain and knocks the one of the walls down. That was no supposed to happen either. Ed closes the commercial which in turn closes this episode.

Episode #117 (Syndicated Episode #8)
TV: Half-hour.
VCR: Attached to "The Sleepwalker." On some tapes, it�s attached to �Brother Ralph� & �Better Living Through TV.� On some tapes, it�s attached to �On Stage�, �A Matter of Life & Death�, �The Sleepwalker� & �Ralph�s Big Mouth (aka �Mind Your Own Business.�)
Laserdisc: Attached to �TV or Not TV�, �Funny Money�, �The Golfer�, �Better Living Through TV�, �Brother Ralph�, �Hello Mom�, �A Woman�s Work Is Never Done�, �The Deciding Vote�, �The Worry Wart�, �The Sleepwalker�, �Something Fishy�, ��Twas The Night Before Xmas� & �Man From Space.�
DVD: Attached to the other first eight classic 39 episodes of the classic 39. The HD Blu-Ray set has the exact same episodes (with two versions of "The Golfer" in which one has the original ads) as well as two promos.
Air Date: 11/19/55

To see the script of this episode, click here: http://www.springfieldspringfield.co...episode=s04e08

Alice is busy in the kitchen when Trixie comes in. She mentions that the party Ed is giving on such short notice to Jim McKeever because he was just made foreman. Trixie: "Ed has said for them to come formal. White tie and black boots." Ed comes in "all dressed up" (he's wearing a new white T-shirt). He asks Alice is he can borrow a chair. He also shows the new ring that he is going to give to Jim and asks Alice to gift-wrap it for him. He would have had the store which had the ring gift-wrap it for him but they have a rule saying: "No gift-wrapping for any purchase less than $3." Gee, some gift to give to a guy who's been made foreman. Ed would have gotten him suspenders (because Jim's pants keep falling down) but Trixie said that a ring would be better. They leave. Ralph comes in very tired from working a double-shift and says that he's going into the bedroom and hit the sack for the rest of his life. Ralph: "You couldn't get me out of this chair even if Jane Russel was running a party and couldn't get started until I arrived." He sees the ring that Ed left for Jim and reads the inscription: "To a great pal from Ed Norton." Ralph thinks that the ring is from him and puts it on. Alice tells Ralph that the ring is for Ed's friend Jim McKeever and that he was going to give him the ring at his party tonight (that they weren't invited to) Ralph is ticked. He starts to get the ring off but it's stuck. Alice: "Now you will never get it off." Ralph: "Do you have to put the whammy on it?" Ralph tries running his finger from the water from the sink but manages to hurt his finger due to the hot water. He uses the soap in the bathroom. Ed comes down and gets told the whole story and asks if he can bring the boys down to this apartment right now (since they are handing out the gifts). Alice says: "Yes." Ed: "I should have gotten Jim suspenders." He leaves. Ralph says that the soap didn't work and gets told that Ed will bring a lot of people down to see the ring on Ralph's finger. Much to Ralph's chagrin, Ed brings every man from the party down to the Kramden apartment, holds Ralph's finger that has the ring on it and gives a speech (which reveals that Jim McKeever's nickname is "Old Muck and Mire.") This is too much for Ralph to bear so he kicks everybody from the party out (and embarrasses Ed.)

The next day, Ed says that the party was good and asks if Jim and his wife can come down on Sunday and see the ring. Alice says that that would not be a good idea. Ed mentions that he and Ralph are supposed to bowl tonight. He leaves. Ralph comes home with the ring on his finger. Ralph says that he will bowl with his new good friend Teddy Oberman and not Ed in aisle 3 in the bowling alley (which is the same alley that he and Ed bowl.) Ralph: "Teddy washes cars and uses the water before it gets to Norton." Ralph also mentions some of Ed's bad points like not taking his hat off when he's in another person's home. Alice is going out so she goes into the bedroom. Ed comes down and gets told of Ralph's plans and is upset. Trixie comes down and says that the sewer called and asks if Ed can work a shift tonight. Ed says yes and leaves. Teddy shows up and does not take his hat off. He even asks if he can have some food. Isn't that like Ed Norton? Alice leaves. Ralph and Teddy talk about who they are going to bowl against tonight and that they are not going to bowl with Ed Norton (which Ted calls a "clam.") Ralph says that he and Ed are not friends. His and Ed's wife are friends and he would see Ed every now and then just to be nice. Of course. A person from Ed's sewer comes down and says that Ed was hurt in an accident on the sewer on Hemrod Street and that he is in the hospital. Ralph feels bad so she goes down to the hospital. Jim: "I thought that you said that you and he aren�t pals." Ralph: "What I say about Ed is one thing. How I feel about him is another." Ralph leaves. Jim continues his feast in the Kramden apartment.

At the hospital, Ed is revealed to be all right. The only thing that happened to him was that a manhole cover fell on his head. That is an occupational hazard down the sewer. The wives come down and immediately are relieved to find that Ed is all right. Ed and Trixie kiss. Alice: "Why don't we get some coffee?" Ed says that he will but he has to get his watch from the hospital room that he was in and he has to get doctor's permission to come in there now that he's out. Trixie: "Seeing you alive is like finding $1,000,000." Upon hearing that, Ed says that his wife can pay for the coffee. Trixie doesn't mind. Ed gets doctor's permission to get the watch. Ralph comes in thinking that Ed is hurt and when he sees a patient coming out the room that Ed was supposed to be in, he gets more upset. A nurse says that the patient that came by will need a transfusion. Ralph says that he will give him the transfusion. Ralph gets ready and when he comes out with a white robe on and sees Ed is okay, he gets upset. Ed, upon hearing what Ralph planning to give him a transfusion because of the accident says that he is one of nature's noblemen. Ralph says good-bye to Ed as he prepares to give the patient that he saw a transfusion. Ed: "Doctor, while he's in there, could you get the ring off his finger?" Ralph gets upset when he hears that and gives the patient the transfusion. The episode ends without anyone hearing about the ring coming off Ralph's finger.

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.

A Honeymooners Mothers Day:

Frank Gannucci — Thu, 07 May 2026 11:10:00 GMT

A Honeymooners Mothers Day:

(The Kramdens are complaining loudly in their hotel room in Miami Beach.)

Ralph (yells): �ALICE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE DINNER WITH THAT MOM OF YOURS ON MOTHER�S DAY! ME AND NORTON ARE GONNA SHOOT POOL.�

Alice (yells): �OH YES YOU WILL RALPH. I AM SICK OF THIS BATTLE BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU. WE ARE GONNA CELEBRATE MOTHER�S DAY WITH MY MOM.�

Ralph (yells): �YOU ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ME OVER MY DEAD BODY.�

Alice (yells): �I CANNOT DO THAT. I AM NOT A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER.�

Ralph: �Alice, I�m tired of yelling. Let�s settle this now. I am going out with Norton and we will play pool in Miami Beach for the first time. It will be right next to the Jackie Gleason Theater.�

(Crowd cheers.)

Alice: �No you won�t Ralph.�

(Ed comes down.)

Ed: �Hiya folks. I am here to settle this.�

Ralph: �With what Norton?�

Ed: �This you wrote many years ago.�

(He gives it to Ralph.)

Ralph (reading): ��Dear Mom, I just thought I'd write and tell you this. A mother-in-law is the most criticized, the most misunderstood and the most defenseless of all women. The average woman must be clever enough to know when to speak, but a mother-in-law must know when to keep silent. She must be very wise; wise enough sometimes to withhold advice, although she knows the answer to the problem. A mother-in-law must sit on the fence between her own child and the child by marriage, and somehow she must keep a balance. She must lean backwards until her spine aches, or else she is accused of being partial, and she isn't permitted the luxury of hurt feelings or tears. If a person could put themselves in their mother-in-law's place, weigh her in the balance, and be completely fair, they'd nominate her for the Presidency of the United States, and she'd be the first woman to make it.�� (Not reading): �Well I�m sorry Alice. I�ll go with you and have dinner with your mom.�

Ed: �I understand Ralph.�

Alice: �It�s ok Ralph.�

Ralph (to Alice): �Baby, you�re the greatest.�

(They hug and kiss.)

(Jackie walks on stage. Crowd cheers.)

Jackie: �I just want to wish all the moms, a Happy Mother�s Day and the Miami Beach Mother�s Days are the BEST! GOOD NIGHT!�

(Crowd cheers.)

The Honeymooners gang goes to Miami Beach:

Frank Gannucci — Tue, 05 May 2026 11:59:47 GMT

The Honeymooners gang goes to Miami Beach:

(The Kramdens and Nortons are boarding a train.)

Ralph: �Boy, we are going to have five whole days of hilarity on this trip because of the Raccoon convention. Real unbound fun.�

Ed: �Good clean fun.�

Alice: �I hope you guys that we are on the right train and we ain�t going to Norfolk, Virginia.�

Ralph: �Oh you are a riot.�

Trixie: �And you two won�t be dumb enough to be handcuffed to each other.�

Ralph: �Don�t remind me.�

(They get into one big compartment. That has four bunk beds. Alice�s parents stop by and surprise Ralph.)

Ralph: �What is SHE doing here?�

Alice�s Mom: �Hi Sonny Boy!�

Alice: �Ralph I told you that they are coming. You must have forgotten.�

Ralph: �All right. She can come. I will take the top bunk.�

Alice�s Mom: �Alice should take the top.�

Ralph: �So you are saying that I�m too fat to use the top bunk. Why don�t you just say so?�

Ed: �You just did.�

Ralph: �Oooooh BANG! ZOOM!�

(Ralph climbs on the top bunk and it collapses.)

Alice�s Mom: �We weren�t too late for the train as well to see my big fat son-in-law make a fool of himself.�

Ralph (yells): �YOOOOOOU ARE A BLABBERMOUTH! A BLAB-BER-MOUTH.�

(The train eventually arrives at Miami Beach.)

Alice: �We�ll Ralph, what do you have to say for yourself? You embarrassed yourself when we left by getting into a fight with my mom and everyone else. This whole thing is on Tik Tok.�

Ralph: �Ooooooooh!�

(Jackie walks on stage. Crowd cheers.)

Jackie: �Thank you. GOOD NIGHT!�

(Crowd cheers.)

Jackie Gleason Personally Approved This - The Honey-Mousers (1956) - Looney Tunes...

TMC — Sun, 03 May 2026 23:40:07 GMT

...Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSa6b8Y90D8

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Looney Tunes Review Project: Short #786 of 1000.

Today, we review The Honey-Mousers (1956), directed by Robert McKimson and written by Tedd Pierce. This colour short introduces us to a rodent-sized spoof of the legendary Jackie Gleason sitcom, The Honeymooners, as mice versions of Ralph and Ed try to outwit a guarding cat to score some cheese for Alice. Joining me today to discuss this flawless sitcom parody are my great guests, Kamden Spies and Mark Arnold!

In this review, we dive into the HD restoration of this short, noting the incredible background gags like the "Lost Wages" poker chips and the hilariously engineered "Trojan Dog." We discuss the massive misconception that Stan Freberg provided the voice work, confirming it was actually the legendary Daws Butler alongside June Foray. We also examine how Jackie Gleason personally gave this cartoon his blessing, the fascinating absence of I Love Lucy parodies in the Warner Bros. catalogue, Milt Franklyn's musical cues, and Irwin Jay's incredibly rare editing credit.

CHAPTERS:

00:00 Introduction
00:46 Synopsis & Release Info
01:55 Trivia: What is The Honeymooners?
04:32 Trivia: The Stan Freberg Myth & Voice Cast
06:02 Trivia: Why Did Looney Tunes Ignore I Love Lucy?
07:00 Trivia: Jackie Gleason's Personal Blessing
09:17 Review: A Solid Sitcom Parody
11:04 Scene-by-Scene: Establishing the Mouse Hole
14:09 Background Gags & "Lost Wages"
17:15 The "Trojan Dog" Gag
21:15 Conclusion & Final Scores

Honeymooners Episode Reviews: �A Matter of Life & Death� & �The Sleepwalker�:

Frank Gannucci — Fri, 01 May 2026 11:11:57 GMT

Honeymooners Episode Reviews: �A Matter of Life & Death� & �The Sleepwalker�:

Episode #114 (Syndicated Episode #5)
TV: Half-hour
VCR: Attached to "The Worry Wart." On some tapes, it�s attached to �A Woman�s Work Is Never Done� & �The Sleepwalker.� On some tapes, it�s attached to �Ralph�s Big Mouth� (aka �Mind Your Own Business�), �On Stage� , �The Sleepwalker� & �Pal O� Mine.�
DVD: Attached to the other first eight classic 39 episodes in the first DVD of the classic 39 episodes box set. The HD Blu-Ray set I believe has the exact same episodes and may include some bonus material.
Color & Lost Episode Title: �Six Months To Live.�
Air Date: Sat. 10/29/55

To see the script, click here: http://www.springfieldspringfield.co...episode=s04e05

TV Land had a section of it's website that is dedicated to The Honeymooners. It showed pictures, episode guide etc. When they did the episode guide, they put the title of the episode in bold and the summary in a font like the one I am typing in right now. But, when they list this episode, not only did they not bold the title, they included it in the summary of "A Woman's Work Is Never Done."

Incidentally, this episode was done earlier as a sketch called: "Six Months To Live." �Six Months To Live� was also redone again in the 1956-1957 season. To this day, only one of the two versions have been shown on TV (that being the original version on "The Best of Gleason" III Special in 1989) while the other version has yet to be released on TV, video or DVD. The last time a few clips of this were shown was in 2002 during the Honeymooners 50th Anniversary Special. It was done again as a Color Honeymooners episode with the same title as the original.

Alice is home. Trixie visits. Alice is talking about her mother's dog being sick and having to be taken to the doctor. It was more expensive more to have the doctor give the dog a check-up then it did Ralph when he recently visited the doctor. A telegram is going to come by tonight with the news about the dog. Ralph and Ed come in to a long ovation. At first, when I saw this episode, I knew that sometimes when Jackie, Art, Audrey, or Joyce made an appearance for the first or second time, they got an ovation that lasted about five seconds. But the ovation in this episode for Jackie and Art was longer and I thought it was because both of them came in at the same time and I guess someone and/or the crowd felt that they should have given them a longer ovation since they came on the set together. But, I have seen other episodes since then that more than one of the primary cast members came on the set and they got like a five-second ovation. I hope what I wrote made sense.

Back to the episode, Ed wants a kiss from Trixie. But she says no. One of the reasons is that he worked in the sewer all day. The girls go upstairs. Ed asks Ralph if he wants to bowl tonight. Ralph says no. He thinks that there is something wrong with him since he went to the doctor and he has been felling tired lately. Could it be plain exhaustion? The telegram is sent in. Ralph gets the telegram from the delivery man and when the man holds out his hand expecting a tip, Ralph says: "Your hand is very dirty." Ralph reads the telegram aloud to Ed. The dog is dying in six months from monochromia (sp?). Ralph: "This is the type of disease that normally affects Boxers." Ralph thinks that the letter is about him and he is dying. Ed: "Doctors can be wrong to you know. Take a friend of mine, the doctor gave him six months to live. Boy, did he make a monkey out of that doctor. He lived for almost eight months." In 2002, during the Honeymooners 50th Anniversary Special, they played clips from versions of this scene of this episode and played them in a collage format like they showed Ralph receiving the telegram in the second version of this episode and then in the third version, they showed Ralph saying to the man: "Your hand is very dirty." They continued doing this until Ralph finished the letter. Ralph gets an idea; he will sell this story to a magazine for $5,000. He writes a will and in the will, he will give Ed his bowling shoes. Ed: "I was going to give myself a pair of bowling shoes. This couldn't have happened at a better time." Gee, that was so not nice of Ed to say that.

At the magazine (which by the way is called: "Universal Magazine") headquarters, Ralph arrives and tells his story. The president of the magazine says that he will do it and when Ralph's tongue turns blue (like the telegram said) they will do a cover spread on it. Ha!

At home, Alice is mad at Ralph for giving that story to that magazine. She knows that he is not dying. Ralph tries to convince her by giving her the telegram. She laughs uncontrollably while Ralph thinks that she has no heart. Alice tells him that he is not dying and this telegram is for mom's dog Ginger. Ralph is ecstatic. He is not going to die now. During this scene, you can see that it was clipped. But, when Ralph remembers the story in the magazine, he faints. Alice offers to help Ralph by going in the bathroom to get some medicine. Ed comes in and when he sees Ralph on the floor, he thinks that he died. Ed: "He didn't last the six months. They will say on Ralph's bus now: 'Step to the rear of the Paradise Express.'" Ed cries, but I think you can tell that Art wasn't really crying. Alice gives Ralph the medicine. Ed says it is no use. But, when he sees Ralph up and about, he is relived. Ralph: "I am not going to die." Ed: "You mean never?" Ralph: "I don't mean never. If I don't die in six months, they will see that I do." Ralph picks up the newspaper on the table (the one that Ed brought in). How did he know that it was on the table? Ralph tries to think his way out of this mess. Alice: "Don't think Ralph, because if you think, you will only get yourself in trouble." Ralph gets an idea. He will let Norton come with him to the magazine and tell him that he is cured. Ed: "Don't touch me Ralph. I'm sterile."

At the magazine, Ed is disguised as Doctor Norton and he keeps on saying to people: "Don't touch me. I'm sterile." Ralph gets upset at that. The president of the magazine comes in and Ralph explains that there won't be a second part to the story since he has been cured. He says that Doctor Norton read part one of the story and he is the only one with cure for monochromia. The president asks Norton: "Where did you go to school?" Ed: "P.S. 31 Oyster Bay." President: "I mean collage." Ralph: "Oxford." President: "Oh, in England." Ed: "Oh, is that where it is?" President: "You went to Oxford and you didn't know that it was in England?" Ed: "With all that fog, I couldn't tell." President: "Where did you practice medicine?" Ed: "I don't have to practice it. I know it." The president smells a hoax and that Ed is no doctor and him and possibly Ralph should go to jail for fraud. Ralph saves both of them by offering what really happened. The president of the magazine listens.

At home, Ralph tells the story to Alice while eating blueberry pie. Ralph: "You don't know what I have been through." Ralph looks at his tongue in the mirror and that the tongue is blue from the pie, he nearly has a heart attack. But he clams down. They kiss and embrace.

TV.com when listing the Color version of this episode described it as being exactly the same as the Classic 39 version. That is incorrect. It is exactly the same as the lost episode versions.
Honeymooners Episode Reviews: "The Sleepwalker" & "Better Living Through TV":
To see the NEW script for "The Sleepwalker", click here: http://www.springfieldspringfield.co...episode=s04e06
Episode #115 (Syndicated Episode #6)
TV: Half-hour.
VCR: Attached to "Pal O' Mine." On some tapes, it�s attached to �A Woman�s Work Is Never Done� & �A Matter of Life & Death.� On some tapes, it�s attached to �On Stage�, �A Matter of Life & Death�, �Ralph�s Big Mouth� (aka �Mind Your Own Business�) & �Pal O� Mine.�
DVD: Attached to the other first eight classic 39 episodes in the first DVD of the classic 39 episodes box set. The HD Blu-Ray set I believe has the exact same episodes and may include some bonus material. On the Fan Favorites: Best of The Honeymooners, it is attached to �Funny Money�, �TV or Not TV�, �A Woman�s Work Is Never Done�, �Better Living Through TV�, �The Man From Space�, �$99,000 Answer� & �Young At Heart.�
Air Date: Sat. 11/5/55
For some strange and odd reason, some TV guides and websites say this about this episode: "Norton accompanies Ralph on a business trip." Talk about inaccurate and not doing your homework. This has been going on for years; even tvland.com gave the wrong information about this episode in their Schedules section (although in the episode guide, they had the right summary.) I think the reason was that the original script had Ralph solving Ed�s sleepwalking problem while Ralph was on a business trip to Detroit. Wikipedia.org once said that in this episode Ralph has Ed stay in HIS apartment. Gee, you think that since this episode has was first shown on TV over fifty years ago and has been replayed multiple times since then, you think the descriptions would be more accurate.
As far as the original script goes, it was available on Ebay in 2014. ChrisTv from sitcomsonline.com said it looked to be George Petrie's copy. George, as standard for what was known as than as a Gleason player, played MANY roles on the show. In this episode, he played a doctor. I bid on the script but was considerably lost at the last second. Talk about being like Ralph. Unfortunately or not, Ebay doesn't reveal the winners of auctions to the public. Only to the winner. Portions of the original script can be read in The Honeymooners Treasury books along with portions of the original scripts to the other Classic 39 episodes.
To the episode. Ed has been sleepwalking again and Trixie comes into the Kramden apartment and explains that Ed has been sleepwalking again and that she is scared for his safety. (He is sleepwalking on the top of the building.) Ralph gets woken up and yells at Ed Norton to come down. That doesn't work. The girls ask Ralph to follow Ed just to make sure nothing bad happens to him. Ralph reluctantly does so. But, when Ed peels a banana and puts the banana peel down, Ralph slips and yells: �DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Trixie says that Ed went to the sewer psychiatrist and that he said Ed should have his favorite dinner every night: Chicken chow-mien with potato pancakes. Do those two foods go together? I think not. Ralph comes back inside and says that Ed walked back into the Norton apartment and right back in bed. Ralph offers Trixie some pins to put on their floor (he accidentally drops some) and a bell on his wrist to wake him up. She leaves. Ralph complains on how this has gone on for days and that Ed has it good. According to Ralph, he eats, sleeps and exercises at the same time. Ed comes down. With all the yelling, he was woken up. He leaves. Ralph: "I woke him out of a sound sleep?..." (steps on the pins, yells): "OWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!"
The next day, Trixie comes by. She hasn't slept in several nights because she is so worried about Ed. Ralph comes out. Ralph gets told of Trixie's problem and that if she has an idea on what he can do, he will help out. Alice says that why Ralph doesn�t keep an eye on Ed. Ralph says no. Ralph: "She hasn't slept in several nights? How about me? Do you care if I waste away?" Alice: "Sure I do Ralph. But you wouldn't waste away if you stayed awake for nine years." Ha! Ed comes in with the bell on his wrist. His earlier plan did not work. He says that he will look out for Ed and tonight is the night Ed takes him on a tour of a certain sewer.
This is the only scene that we got to see the Norton's bedroom. Ed offers Ralph so fruit which includes some kumquats. Ralph complains that Ed has used his toothbrush. He also tells Ed that he can't go out the window because he has nailed it shut and that he will hide the key of the bedroom somewhere right now. Ed can't look. Ralph and Ed do just that. When I saw this episode one time, I said to myself an easier way for Ralph to solve his problem, but I can't remember what it is now. Ralph and Ed sleep in their respective beds. Ed has the bell on his wrist and when he flips the pages of a magazine, it drives Ralph nuts. Ed then reveals that he knows where the key is hidden so now Ralph puts they key under his pillow. Ralph: "Now, you will have to lift me up to get the key." Ed: "Congratulations Ralph. You came up with a case even Dick Tracy couldn't solve." Ha! When Ed offers Ralph a kumquat, Ralph yells: "WILL YOU GET TO BED?"
In the middle of the night, Ed sleepwalks and pushes Ralph off of his pillow easily to get the key. So much for Ralph's idea. Ed leaves the room sleepwalking.
Later that night, Ralph gets the doctor to come and examine Ed on account of the bump in his head, not the one he just got sleepwalking. Ralph asks Ed where he got the bump and says that he got it when a ladder from the fire escape, fell on him. Ed gets into the bed as the doctor arrives. The doctor wants Ed to give him an injection. Ed, being Ed, is scared and starts to cry. Ralph says that kids get injections and nothing happens to them. The doctor gives Ed the "injection" and Ralph faints but the doctor gets him up. The doctor asks Ed to count from 100 down. After Ed says: "97", he says: "3." Ed also says that he wasn't allowed to go to college because he had to go through seventh and eight grade first. The doctor says that now they can know why Ed is sleepwalking. Ed says: "Lulu." That was Ed's dog that he had when he was a child. He loved the dog very much and he was upset when it died. The doctor says that Ed is sleepwalking because he wants to find Lulu. Ralph offers the solution. He will give him another dog and that will cure him of his problems. The doctor says that he should examine Ed for about six more months. Ralph: "I can't last that long doc." The doctor says he needs more proof. Ed: "Lulu." Ralph: "That is proof enough for me." Ralph is going to get him a dog.
If you watched the first few seconds of the next scene in syndication as well as any video release made prior to the Blu Ray release, the quality is terrible. Not so on the Blu Ray. I don't know if this scene was digitally re-mastered or not prior to the Blu Ray release or not. Trixie thanks Ralph for the idea. Lulu II is cradled in Ed's arms while he is sleeping. Ralph's idea has worked or has it? Ed comes in sleepwalking with Lulu II in his arms and the bell on his wrist. Looks like Ralph should have listened to the doctor.

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.

Honeymooners Episode Reviews: �The Golfer� & �A Woman�s Work Is Never Done�:

Frank Gannucci — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:17:07 GMT

Honeymooners Episode Reviews: �The Golfer� & �A Woman�s Work Is Never Done�:

Episode #112. (Syndicated Episode #3)
TV: Half-hour.
VCR: Attached to "Brother Ralph." On some tapes, it is attached to �Funny Money�, �Better Living Through TV�, �Young At Heart� & � Oh My Aching Back. Also, it can be found on a release that has the I Love Lucy episode entitled: �The Golf Game.� On some tapes, it�s attached to �TV or Not TV� & �Funny Money.�
DVD: Attached to the other first eight classic 39 episodes in the first DVD of the classic 39 episodes box set. The HD Blu-Ray set I believe has the exact same episodes and may include some bonus material. On the Fan Favorites: Best of The Honeymooners, it is attached to �Funny Money�, �TV or Not TV�, �The Sleepwalker�, �Better Living Through TV�, �The Man From Space�, �$99,000 Answer� & �Young At Heart.� On The Honeymooners Christmas Laughter DVD, it is attached to "'Twas The Night Before XMas", "TV or Not TV", "Better Living Through TV", "The Man From Space" & "The $99,000 Answer":
Air Date: Sat. 10/15/55

To see the script, click here: https://www.springfieldspringfield.c...episode=s04e03

Ralph thinks that he has just been promoted to assistant traffic manager, so he tells all the boys in the depot locker room not to tell Norton. Sure enough, when Ed comes in, Ralph tells him. Ed congratulates him. But then word gets around that Ralph didn't get the promotion and that burns him up. Ralph: "I deserve that promotion, Norton." Ralph then says if you don't have any connections as far as a job goes you are dead. Ed disagrees. After all, he didn't need any to get his sewer job. Ralph says when the boss comes in; he will try to influence him. He read a book on how to influence people and one of the things it said in the book was to not talk about you. The boss comes in and Ralph tries to talk to him. The boss asks Ralph if he wants to play golf. Ralph, not knowing the game, says yes. But, the boss then says that he can't make the appointment until a month from now. By that time, Ralph would have gotten so friendly with Mr. Marshall that he would get the promotion and we will say that he got another engagement at the same time that Mr. Marshall asks him to play golf. Ralph is happy.

Here's a link from WFLD TV taken from the 70s before the show was digitally remastered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSGQo...eature=channel

At home, Ralph tells Alice the good news. Alice is delighted. The happiness doesn't last long in the household. Ralph gets word that his boss has rescheduled their golf game two days from now. D'oh! Ralph is screwed unless he learns the game in two days.

In 1997, this episode was elected by TV Guide as one of the best TV episodes ever made by any TV show. The following is the scene that made it stand out and it's not hard to understand why.

Ralph practices golf with Ed Norton. Ralph's outfit is loud to say the least but Ed thinks that it is "Diiiiiiiiiiiivine!" Ed mentions that Ralph�s clubs and clothes that he has on are all borrowed. Ed tries to put a pin cushion on the ground. Ralph gets it. Ralph (yells): "OWWWWWWWWW! IT HAS PINS IN IT." Ed: "What did you expect, chicken noodles?" Ed takes the pins out. Ralph tries to swing with the golf club. Every time he does, some background noise is heard. Ed reads the book that tells people how to play golf. At first, he starts to read EVERY word that is on the page he is reading, so Ralph yells at him to stop. Ed then reads what the book says which includes, put the ball down, stand up, plant your feet firmly and address the ball. Ed does the first three instructions and guess what he does as far as addressing the ball goes. He says: "Hello Ball!" When I saw this episode for the first time in 1995 (not knowing anything about this episode), I pretty much guessed that Ed was going to say: "Hello Ball!" That quote was funny. Ralph gets upset. Ed gives more instructions from the book to Ralph. Ralph follows the instructions and hits him in the neck with the golf club. After that, Ed demonstrates what he thinks is the right way to hit the ball which include wiggle your hips and then swing. Ralph tries to swing the same way that Ed did. Ralph thinks that that shot was perfect. Ed says that now is time for hard shots like shooting uphill. Ed gives Ralph a book to put his left foot on so he can practice that he is swinging uphill. Ralph swings the same way as he did before. Ralph doesn�t see the difference. Ed then says that now is the time to practice swinging on a bigger hill. So, he gets a bucket for Ralph to put his left foot on. Ralph swings the same way as he did before. Ralph once again doesn�t see the difference so he practices swinging at the ball on even ground. Alice comes in just as Ralph is wiggling his hips. Ralph: �I was practicing playing golf.� Alice: �Oh is that what it is. I thought it was football the way your backfield was in motion. I am sorry that I went to the movies. I could have seen a better show here.� Alice says that Ralph can�t learn to be a good golfer in one night. Ralph objects. He said so far in this session, he has "hit" the ball correctly in a lot of directions. Alice goes into the bedroom. Ed: �You got to relax.� Ralph (yells): �WELL, I AM RELAXED.� Between Ed�s line and Ralph�s, it looks like a permanent edit job was done. Ed gives instructions from the book to Ralph. Ed: "Make your approach, plant your feet firmly on the ground, head down keep your eye on the ball, relax,�� Ralph now tries to wiggle his hips. Ed continues: ��left arm straight, right arm straight, lower your right shoulder," (yells): "NOWWWWWWWW!" With that, not only does Ralph miss the ball, he manages to hit some other objects in the kitchen with his golf club and in the process accidentally breaks the golf club. I heard that the golf club breaking wasn�t supposed to happen but I think it made the scene funnier.

Sitting down, Ralph admits that he has a big mouth. Ralph (yells): "I HAVE A BIIIIIIG MOUTH!" He should have declined his boss' invitation for a golf game. So when he gets word that his golf game with his boss is now off, he is happy. But, his boss replaces himself with someone else. That makes Ralph upset.

Episode #113 (Syndicated Episode #4)
TV: Half-hour.
VCR: Attached to "Dial J For Janitor." On some tapes, it is attached to �A Matter of Life & Death� & �The Sleepwalker.� On some tapes, it is attached to �Hello Mom�, �A Matter of Record�, �Here Comes The Bride� & ��Twas The Night Before XMas.�
DVD: Attached to the other first eight classic 39 episodes in the first DVD of the classic 39 episodes box set. The HD Blu-Ray set I believe has the exact same episodes and may include some bonus material.
Air Date: Sat. 10/22/55

To see the script, click here: http://www.springfieldspringfield.co...episode=s04e04

Ralph comes home to find out that his Hurricanes Bowling Jacket has the last "S" not sewed in. Ralph complains since he is going bowling tonight and if he doesn't wear this jacket, people won't know what team he is on. Ralph: "How will the people know what team I am on?" Alice: "Just open your mouth." Ha! Ralph complains of all the work that Alice hasn't done for him. Ralph: "Every time Alice that you don't do something that I want you to do, you get one demerit and do you know what happens if you get 10 demerits?" After that, it looks like the tape of the episode has been cut, because Alice responds to Ralph's complaining. We don't even hear of what Ralph saying: "What will happen if Alice gets 10 demerits." In the Honeymooners Companion Book, the original script had Alice saying "Shut up" at Ralph 10 times. Alice has had enough of doing housework. She says that Ralph works a 12 hour shift and that she works 24/7 and holidays are a double-header. She says that they are going to get a maid. Ralph, of course objects. Ralph: "I can't afford you (Alice), let alone a maid." Alice says that she will get a job and have it "easy." Alice goes into the bedroom. Ralph: "You have just decided for me Alice. I am going on the $64,000 Question and my category that I will pick is 'Aggravation.'"

At Brooklyn Housekeeping Services, Ralph says to Alice to try to act like we never had a maid before and that they are big shots. Sure, they are. The boss comes in and asks Ralph where they live to which Ralph responds: "728 Chauncey Street." Isn't the address 328 Chauncey Street? Ralph coughs because of the cigar that he is smoking and says: "It pays to buy the best." We hear that Alice's job is a jelly donut stuffer. The maid they get is Thelma. Her demands are great. Some of them are: "After parties, I get paid double-time and have the next day off and I don't clean up after midnight snacks and by the looks of it, it looks like this boy (Ralph) has had plenty of them." Alice doesn't care. She is happy that she is getting a maid. Ralph cares though. Thelma can't pick up her suitcase because it is heavy and she is weak. Ralph tries to pick it up, but he is having a harder time then Thelma had picking it up.

At home, Thelma says: "If this is the servant's quarters, I quit." She gets changed. Ed comes in and Ralph tells him that the maid they got looks like she invented the bathtub. Ralph also says that all she has to do is ring the bell and she comes running. Ralph rings the bell and after a few times, Thelma comes in. Thelma: "If that is the Good Humor Man, give me an ice cream cone." Ralph orders Thelma to make him and his guest some coffee. Thelma says: "Okay." Ralph: "Stop saying: 'Okay.'" Thelma: "Okay." Ed rings the bell and asks for one lump in his coffee. Thelma: "You keep ringing that bell and you will get one lump." Ralph and Thelma then have an argument and Thelma quits. Ralph orders for her to come back and Ed rings the bell, hoping she will come back. She doesn't.

The next day, Ralph is in an apron that is suitable for a maid. Ed comes in. Ralph tells him of all the maids they have had that quit in a few days. One of them just saw a mop and quit. Ralph asks Ed to help out by ironing. Ed charges some money for the job. Ralph obliges. Ed irons one of Ralph's jackets and when Ralph asks Ed to help him lift up the bureau, Ed leaves the burning iron on the jacket. They can't lift up the bureau because the drawers are filled with junk. So Ed has a solution. Take the drawers out. Ed does that and puts them ON TOP of the bureau. They then lift up the bureau with no problem. How is that possible when they couldn't do it when the drawers were in the bureau? Ralph: "Ed, you got one idea all year and you got to make a Federal Case out of it." When I saw this episode for the first time and not knowing much about it, I laughed when Ralph and Ed did this and I think it would have been funnier if Ed or Ralph accidentally knocked the drawers that were on top of the bureau out the window and into the street. The bureau lifting scene would be repeated again in a Honeymooners ABC Special in the 70s entitled: �The Honeymooners XMas Special.� Ralph and Ed go to the ironing board and see the burnt jacket. Ralph: "Is this your idea of a joke Norton?" Ed: "No, that's my idea of a burn." Ralph doesn't blame Ed for his mistake though. He says when Alice comes in to compliment her so she can stop working and go back to being a housewife. Sure enough, Alice comes in and gets buttered up by Ralph. Alice got a promotion. She is now a jelly donut taster. Ralph: "Norton, what is Marilyn Monroe doing here?" Ed: "Where? Where? Where?" Ed leaves. Ralph says to Alice that she has got to come back to being housewife and he's sorry. Alice obliges. Then, Ed comes in to reveal that he hired a new maid. Guess who the maid is? Thelma.

Credit I think goes to (the original) Bill's 'Mooners Archives, eBay.com, the now defunct tv.com, Honeymooners Lost Episodes Book, tvguide.com, honeymooners.net, Honeymooners Lost Episodes DVD booklet, Wikipedia.org, the now defunct Yahoo Groups You're A Riot! & Amazon.com.

Ralph Kramden, a NY NBA fan? (Part 1)

Frank Gannucci — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 01:07:59 GMT

(The NY Knicks beat the Atlanta Hawks 113-102.)

(Ralph and Ed arrive home. They are walking down the hallway in their home.)

Ed: �What a great game Ralph.�

Ralph: �I got to agree. Those Knicks grounded those Hawks.�

Ed: �Yes they sure did. They should�ve named the team Yellow-Bellied Sapsuckers.�

(Ralph rolls his eyes.)

Ed: �I wonder how far these Knicks will go.�

Ralph: �What are you talking about Norton? The Knicks will win it all.�

Ed: �Well those Knicks haven�t won an NBA title since 1973 and they have always faltered in the playoffs.�

Ralph: �Do you have to remind me Norton? It�s been 53 long years since this city has celebrated an NBA title. The last time the NBA title was won here was back in 1999. I was soooo miserable that night.�

Ed: �I remember. As a matter of fact, the whole building remembers. We all heard you screaming like a wounded elephant.�

Ralph (yells): �OK LETS GO!�

(Ralph wants to fight Ed. People separate them.)

(Jackie walks on stage. Crowd cheers.)

Jackie: �Thank you. The Miami Beach crowds are the BEST! GOOD NIGHT!�

(Crowd cheers.)

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