Anyone else think it was weird for Trixie to call her husband Norton?

[gilligan fanatic]

I forgot the episode where I noticed it, but she called Ed, Norton. I thought that was strange. Alice usually even calls him Ed. Seems strange for a wife to call her husband by his last time.

[GARFIELDKOOL]

I can't remember the episode either. Yes, it is strange. But can you imagine Betty Rubble calling Barney just plain old "Rubble?"

[VIDEOWACK]

Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

I forgot the episode where I noticed it, but she called Ed, Norton. I thought that was strange. Alice usually even calls him Ed. Seems strange for a wife to call her husband by his last time.

The same thing took place in "Life Of Reilly". The wives always called them "Reilly" and "Gillis", never Chester or Jim. They called each OTHER by their last names also, but the wives called each other by their first names. A bit odd, but maybe it was something that was done in those times, not sure.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

I forgot the episode where I noticed it, but she called Ed, Norton. I thought that was strange. Alice usually even calls him Ed. Seems strange for a wife to call her husband by his last time.

I also thought it was strange for Ralph to call him Norton-lol Did ralph ever call him Ed? Think it was only alice

[gilligan fanatic]

Originally Posted by TVResearcher

I also thought it was strange for Ralph to call him Norton-lol Did ralph ever call him Ed? Think it was only alice

well on GI Gilligan was his last name but they called him that. Since they aren't related I don't think it is as weird for Ralph to call him that.

Originally Posted by VIDEOWACK

The same thing took place in "Life Of Reilly". The wives always called them "Reilly" and "Gillis", never Chester or Jim. They called each OTHER by their last names also, but the wives called each other by their first names. A bit odd, but maybe it was something that was done in those times, not sure.

That is just as bad, I can't imagine on other shows them doing that. Imagine if Edith called Archie just Bunker.

Originally Posted by GARFIELDKOOL

I can't remember the episode either. Yes, it is strange. But can you imagine Betty Rubble calling Barney just plain old "Rubble?"

Yeah, that would be bad. I am trying to think of a worse TV last name to be called but I can't think of a worse one than that.

[tv star collector]

Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

well on GI Gilligan was his last name but they called him that. Since they aren't related I don't think it is as weird for Ralph to call him that.



That is just as bad, I can't imagine on other shows them doing that. Imagine if Edith called Archie just Bunker.



Yeah, that would be bad. I am trying to think of a worse TV last name to be called but I can't think of a worse one than that.

Well, "Munster" would sound rather cheesy! (Ouch!)

Bernice also called Fish by his last name (but sometimes called him Phil), and
that was in the seventies.

It doesn't sound as rude as when Bart calls his father "Homer." In the fifties,
I once heard my nephew refer to my father by his first name; and I (quite
innocently) did the same thing and was quickly reprimanded by my mother!

[W.B.]

Originally Posted by TVResearcher

I also thought it was strange for Ralph to call him Norton-lol Did ralph ever call him Ed? Think it was only alice

Actually, Ralph did address Norton as Ed once - in "Cottage for Sale" (Jan. 23, 1954). Conversely, Alice once (in the 1956 "Love Letter," I.I.N.M.) addressed the venerable sewer worker as Norton.

[Yooch]

No. I've seen married couples calling their spouses by their last name, as sort of a nickname.

In one of my friend's families growing up, everyone, parents included, had a nickname used by other members of the family. It was kind of fun. I was over there a lot. They nicknamed me 'Tyrone', after Tyrone Power, the actor, because I was short, and liked the ladies.

[Bill S.]

Originally Posted by W.B.

Actually, Ralph did address Norton as Ed once - in "Cottage for Sale" (Jan. 23, 1954). Conversely, Alice once (in the 1956 "Love Letter," I.I.N.M.) addressed the venerable sewer worker as Norton.

It was pretty uncommon for Ralph to call him Ed, but Alice referred to him as Norton on more than one occasion. In "The Sleepwalker," for example, Alice refers to him as Norton, as does Trixie when she says "Norton's fast asleep with Lu-Lu the second cradled in his arms." When it came to Ralph calling him Ed, most of the time it would be while he was mimicking someone else. For example, in "One Big Happy Family," when Trixie says Ralph keeps picking on "poor Ed," Ralph sarcastically says "Poor Ed? I'm picking on poor Ed?"

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by W.B.

Actually, Ralph did address Norton as Ed once - in "Cottage for Sale" (Jan. 23, 1954). Conversely, Alice once (in the 1956 "Love Letter," I.I.N.M.) addressed the venerable sewer worker as Norton.

Must be a LOST ep-lol

[VIDEOWACK]

Originally Posted by Bill S.

It was pretty uncommon for Ralph to call him Ed, but Alice referred to him as Norton on more than one occasion. In "The Sleepwalker," for example, Alice refers to him as Norton, as does Trixie when she says "Norton's fast asleep with Lu-Lu the second cradled in his arms." When it came to Ralph calling him Ed, most of the time it would be while he was mimicking someone else. For example, in "One Big Happy Family," when Trixie says Ralph keeps picking on "poor Ed," Ralph sarcastically says "Poor Ed? I'm picking on poor Ed?"

I believe Alice referred to Norton by last name in "Opportunity Knocks, But", when saying to Ralph, "How could Norton......I mean, how could you know who talk Mr. Marshall into giving him a job?"

[Tweety]

In the "Oh My Aching Back" episode, the first scene features Trixie telling Alice she's going to visit her sister, and she asks Alice if she could defrost the Norton's fridge while Trixie is out of town... after Alice says she'll do it, Trixie says "I'd ask Norton to do it, but every time he looks at an empty freezer, it makes him cry".

I always thought it was strange that Trixie called him "Norton"... most of the time, she called him Ed.

Alice would sometimes call him Norton, most times she called him Ed.


When Norton went bowling with McGillicuddy, Alice told Ralph (who was calling for Ed out of his window) "You're wasting your time, Norton isn't even home".

[gilligan fanatic]

Originally Posted by tv star collector

Well, "Munster" would sound rather cheesy! (Ouch!)

Bernice also called Fish by his last name (but sometimes called him Phil), and
that was in the seventies.

It doesn't sound as rude as when Bart calls his father "Homer." In the fifties,
I once heard my nephew refer to my father by his first name; and I (quite
innocently) did the same thing and was quickly reprimanded by my mother!

Clampett would kind of be bad too. Hey Clampett, clam up.

[W.B.]

Originally Posted by Bill S.

It was pretty uncommon for Ralph to call him Ed, but Alice referred to him as Norton on more than one occasion. In "The Sleepwalker," for example, Alice refers to him as Norton, as does Trixie when she says "Norton's fast asleep with Lu-Lu the second cradled in his arms." When it came to Ralph calling him Ed, most of the time it would be while he was mimicking someone else. For example, in "One Big Happy Family," when Trixie says Ralph keeps picking on "poor Ed," Ralph sarcastically says "Poor Ed? I'm picking on poor Ed?"

Also in "The Sleepwalker," after Trixie wakes Ralph and Alice up advising them that "My Ed's gone - he's walking in his sleep again!", Ralph retorts, "Is that what all the excitement's about? Your Ed's gone again? He's walking in his sleep again?"