Honeymooners sketch from "The Hollywood Palace" (1967)

[Bill S.]

I've read about this several times but I've never seen it before. Apparently Audrey Meadows plays Alice and Ray Bolger plays Ralph. Here's some info I found about it:

There are sketches that spring from nowhere when they're least expected, but infrequently enough to be virtually lost. Among them are a Honeymooners sketch starring Gleason and Carney that was done for The Ed Sullivan Show which can still be caught, however rarely, on a Best of Sullivan compilation; a sketch starring Audrey Meadows as Alice, Jack Benny as Ralph, and Dennis Day as Norton, done for the Jack Benny Show; a sketch done for The Hollywood Palace with Audrey playing Alice and Ray Bolger as Ralph; an episode of The Lucy Show in which Gleason appears as a bus driver named Kramden, and Jack Benny appears as Jack Benny.

-The Honeymooners Lost Episodes (Page 198)

On 1/7/1967 Audrey Meadows & Ray Bolger portray Alice & Ralph Kramden in a "Honeymooners" sketch on "The Hollywood Palace".

-TV.com

Any additional information about this would be appreciated. I'm wondering if it's available on VHS or DVD and if it's in color or black & white. Let me know.

[T-Greg]

I believe all of those are in existance. The only one in an official release is the "Here's Lucy" (it's not "The Lucy Show" like the book says) episode with Gleason making a cameo as Ralph Kramden. It's on this box set and you can get it real cheap:

http://www.amazon.com/Heres-Lucy-Bes...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

The Jack Benny episode is on some bargain VHS release that came out some years back, but it can still be found.

[VIDEOWACK]

Check out the below link. The Hollywood Palace episode mentioned here is listed among their titles.


http://www.kinevideo.net/comedy_variety.php

[The Great One]

Originally Posted by VIDEOWACK

Check out the below link. The Hollywood Palace episode mentioned here is listed among their titles.


http://www.kinevideo.net/comedy_variety.php

Thanks for posting the link. I checked out the website and find it to be very interesting. I collect that type of stuff. If you know of any other websites with similar content I would appreciate it if you would post the links to those as well.

[Bill S.]

Originally Posted by T-Greg

I believe all of those are in existance. The only one in an official release is the "Here's Lucy" (it's not "The Lucy Show" like the book says) episode with Gleason making a cameo as Ralph Kramden. It's on this box set and you can get it real cheap:

http://www.amazon.com/Heres-Lucy-Bes...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

The Jack Benny episode is on some bargain VHS release that came out some years back, but it can still be found.

Yeah, they all exist. I have the Jack Benny sketch and I'm pretty sure the Ed Sullivan sketch they mentioned is one of the two sketches with Pert Kelton from 1952 (which I also have). Thanks for the link to the "Here's Lucy" episode.

BTW Greg, I just remembered that Red Skelton sketch you told me about where they did the Honeymooners parody, but I think there's a problem with the website you showed me. Do you have another link?

Originally Posted by VIDEOWACK

Check out the below link. The Hollywood Palace episode mentioned here is listed among their titles.

Thanks! I guess it must be in color.

[T-Greg]

Originally Posted by Bill S.

BTW Greg, I just remembered that Red Skelton sketch you told me about where they did the Honeymooners parody, but I think there's a problem with the website you showed me. Do you have another link?

Are you talking about the Amazon.com site? Just go there and search "Here's Lucy" and you'll find it. Someone else posted the other link. That Red Skelton show skit came out on a VHS release many years ago. I still have it, but I'm not sure where at the moment. Red plays Norton and Peter Lorre plays Ralph, the hearse driver. It's only about 8 minutes long.

[Bill S.]

Originally Posted by T-Greg

Are you talking about the Amazon.com site? Just go there and search "Here's Lucy" and you'll find it. Someone else posted the other link. That Red Skelton show skit came out on a VHS release many years ago. I still have it, but I'm not sure where at the moment. Red plays Norton and Peter Lorre plays Ralph, the hearse driver. It's only about 8 minutes long.

No, I found the "Here's Lucy" episode, I just happened to remember an old thread where you told me about that Red Skelton Honeymooners sketch. You linked me to the Shokus (I think) website, but it's giving me problems, I was just wondering if you knew of any other sites that had that show for sale.

[T-Greg]

Originally Posted by Bill S.

No, I found the "Here's Lucy" episode, I just happened to remember an old thread where you told me about that Red Skelton Honeymooners sketch. You linked me to the Shokus (I think) website, but it's giving me problems, I was just wondering if you knew of any other sites that had that show for sale.

It looks like this DVD has that skit:

http://www.amazon.com/Red-Skelton-Lo...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

[Bill S.]

Originally Posted by T-Greg

It looks like this DVD has that skit:

http://www.amazon.com/Red-Skelton-Lo...?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

Thanks! $2.39...not bad. I'd really like to know the actual air date for this sketch though, the other website said it was from 1958, this one says it's from 1955.

[T-Greg]

I believe it was 1955. I think the Jack Benny skit was done in January 1958.

[Bill S.]

Originally Posted by T-Greg

I believe it was 1955. I think the Jack Benny skit was done in January 1958.

Yup, the Jack Benny skit aired on January 26, 1958. That one actually felt like a real Honeymooners sketch when it was just Audrey Meadows on the stage. I can't wait to see how Red Skelton went about doing his parody. Do they use the set for the Kramden's apartment or do they change things up? (Just asking because you mentioned that Ralph is supposed to be a hearse driver in this one).

[T-Greg]

Originally Posted by Bill S.

Yup, the Jack Benny skit aired on January 26, 1958. That one actually felt like a real Honeymooners sketch when it was just Audrey Meadows on the stage. I can't wait to see how Red Skelton went about doing his parody. Do they use the set for the Kramden's apartment or do they change things up? (Just asking because you mentioned that Ralph is supposed to be a hearse driver in this one).

I think they don't even show the entire room, so you can't really tell, but they didn't put forth much effort to try to duplicate the set. The character playing Trixie is fat, and Red makes lots of fat jokes about her. Red does have the Norton mannerisms. I don't recall who plays Alice, but she reminds me of Morticia on the Addam's family. That's how she is dressed.