Tuesday’s Quotes & Honeymooners TV Schedule (8/15-8/25):

[Frank Gannucci]

(WNET-TV) & (WNET HD) (Newark, NJ PBS affiliate)

TV-G

2 hours

Wed. Aug. 13 8p & Thu. Aug. 14, 2008 3:30am (CC) "Jackie Gleason: Genius At Work": Jackie Gleason knew that to produce his top-rated weekly CBS variety show he needed more than just witty monologues innovative June Taylor choreography and big name guests. He personally had to garner the respect of his national audience which he did superlatively with a cavalcade of compelling and lovable characters. As television s pioneer weekend evening entertainer he created iconic personas and deservingly earned the title Mr. Saturday Night. Jackie Gleason: Genius at Work is a thorough retrospect of Jackie s most popular characters. Most of the sketches have never before been available or even viewed since their original live broadcasts in the 1950s. This DVDpresents some of Gleason s funniest sketches in their near entirety thereby preserving the magical cadence of his legendary performances.The show features Jackie Gleason s widow Marilyn Taylor Gleason providing candid insight into her husband's profoundunderstanding of his characters. Mrs. Gleason performed often with her future husband and witnessed firsthand the genius at work. As well she was June Taylor s younger sister and a featured June Taylor Dancer.This special look back at Gleason s work includes commentary by host Jeff Garlin (Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO®).Special FeaturesExcerpts from an episode of The Jackie Gleason Showfeaturing an interview with Jackie Gleason discussing and performing his favorite characters.

Channel
Day & Time
VCR Plus Code

WNET
Wed, Aug 13, 8:00 PM
VCR+: 58503

WNETHD
Wed, Aug 13, 8:00 PM
VCR+: 1435

WNET
Thu, Aug 14, 3:30 AM
VCR+: 774153

WNETHD
Thu, Aug 14, 3:30 AM
VCR+: 134955

WNETHD
Thu, Aug 14, 3:30 AM
Record with TiVo
VCR+: 134955

(AmericanLife TV):

(AmericanLife also has an OnDemand Service. This show might be one of the shows to watch.)

TV-G

All times are Eastern.

Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden. Art Carney as Ed Norton. Shelia MacRae as Alice Kramden. Jean Kean as Trixie Norton.

Fri. Aug. 15 10p & Sat. Aug. 16, 2008 12a #18 – “Sees All, Knows All”: A Coney Island fortune teller tells Ralph that he is going to commit a murder within a week. Ralph wants Alice to move in with her mother till the week passes but Alice refuses. Ralph moves in with Ed and gets so exasperated at him that he nearly kills him. In the end, Ralph manages to get himself arrested for safety by assaulting a police officer. (VCR Plus Codes for Fri.: 3486. For Sat.: 41776.)

Fri. Aug. 22 10p & Sat. Aug. 23, 2008 12a #19 – “Be It Ever So Humble”: Rather than pay a $5 rent increase, Ralph buys a duplex in the country and takes the Nortons as his tenants. He forces them to sign a 99-year lease. But he is a negligent superintendent, and the Nortons attempt to break the lease with a 3:00 A.M. party and a firecracker in Ralph's fireplace. (VCR Plus Codes for Fri.: 3358. For Sat.: 88464.)

(WPIX TV) & (WPIX HD) (NY's CW11):

TV-G

All times are Eastern.

Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden. Art Carney as Ed Norton. Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden. Joyce Randolph as Trixie Norton.

Mon. Aug. 18 & Mon. Aug. 25, 2008 1a Viewers can go to cw11.com and vote for which episodes that they want WPIX to show. WPIX has set up a page on their website so viewers can see what “episodes” WPIX has the rights to. Voting starts every Monday at 2a. (Note: If a lost episode is shown, chances are it will be edited HEAVILY and it might be in CC.)

Channel
Date & Time
VCR Plus Code

WPIX 11
Mon, Aug 18, 1:00 AM
VCR+: 50876

WPIX HD
Mon. Aug. 18, 1:00 AM
VCR+: 73654

WPIX 11
Mon, Aug 18, 1:30 AM
VCR+: 85050

WPIX HD
Mon, Aug 18, 1:30 AM
VCR+: 15128

WPIX 11
Mon, Aug 25, 1:00 AM
VCR+: 40651

WPIX HD
Mon, Aug 25, 1:00 AM
VCR+: 27632

WPIX 11
Mon, Aug 25, 1:30 AM
VCR+: 76564

WPIX HD
Mon, Aug 25, 1:30 AM
VCR+: 76496

(WGN America) (Not the Chicago feed of WGN):

TV-PG???

All times are Eastern.

Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden. Art Carney as Ed Norton. Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden. Joyce Randolph as Trixie Norton.

Sun. Aug. 17, 1008 9p #022 (CC) - "Here Comes The Bride": On the eve of his lodge brother Stanley's marriage to Alice's sister, Ralph---the self-proclaimed "king of [his] castle"---gives his future brother-in-law marital advice. Furious that Stanley has agreed to live with Alice'sparents, Ralph instructs him to put his foot down. "I don't want to argue," he tells Ralph, prompting Norton to reply: "If you don't want to argue, what are you getting married for?" (VCR Plus Code: 418017.)

9:30p #023 (CC) - "Mama Loves Mambo": A dance teacher moves into the building and has all the husbands kicking up a fuss. Ralph and Norton had the idea that Carlos Sanchez was an old man who might like to relax with a game of checkers. He's not---bachelor Carlos is suave and handsome, and worse, is giving their wives mambo lessons in the Kramdens' apartment. Sanchez: Charles Korvin. (VCR Plus Code: 598727.)

Sun. Aug. 24, 2008 9p #024 (CC) - "Please Leave The Premises": Ralph refuses to pay a rent increase of $5 a month and, to avoid eviction, barricades himself, Alice and Norton in the apartment. Its war, says Ralph, and he's the general of their army. But after a few days without heat, and the food supply reduced to only celery, General Kramden hatches a plan to get fresh grub from the neighborhood delicatessen. Mr. Johnson: Luis Van Rooten. (VCR Plus Code: 898724.)

9:30p #025 (CC) - "House Beautiful" (aka "Pardon My Glove"): Alice accepts a department store's offer to redecorate their apartment for free. She wants to surprise Ralph, so she arranges to secretly meet with the decorator---who then makes the mistake of leaving one of his gloves in the flat. When Ralph finds the glove, he suspects Alice of having an affair. Andre: Alexander Clark.
(VCR Plus Code: 985279.)

"Man In The Blue Suit":

(Ed is ripping up his jacket just so he would look like a bum to get his suit back from the Help The Needy Society.)

Ralph: "I paid $8 for this jacket."

Ed: "Would you stop being so penny wise and half a pound foolish? You need to get the $73 from that jacket's pocket. $8 from $73 is,
uh...You got a lot left over."

"Jellybeans":

Ed: "I was in a contest once. You had to name all the states. I got gyped out of the first prize. I named 66 states, the winner only
named 48."

Ralph: "You are a mental case."

"Ralph Kramden Inc.":

Alice: "I burned my figner on that darned stove."

Ralph: "If you are not burning yourself, it's my food."

"Ralph Kramden Inc.":

Ed: "Hey, what kind of peanut butter is that? Is that the crunchy kind?"

Ralph: "Yes, it's the crunchy kind and I can prove it to you. When this jar hits your head, you'll hear a crunch."

"Finders Keepers":

Ralph: "I'll get the $300 Alice. I'll get the $300 if I have to sell everything in this house."

Alice: "That's a good start but what are you going to do about the other $280?"

"Follow The Boys":

(Ed is doing a crossword puzzle outside.)

Ed (reading): "'Four-letter word for place of dwelling.' I got that one: House. H-o-s-e. That is the trouble with these puzzles. They don't present a challenge."

Alice: "Yeah, they are easy. Easy: E-z-y."

"Follow The Boys":

(Alice wants to go to the movies but Ralph doesn't want him to go. He has to go bowling for the Hurricanes.)

Ralph: "The hurricanes need me."

Alice: "I feel very sorry for the Hurricanes because the biggest wind of them all is not going to be there."

"Boy Next Door":

(Ralph thinks that Ed & Alice are lovers. Ed is in Ralph's home.)

Alice: "Excuse me sweetheart."

Ralph: "Who are you calling 'sweetheart.'"

Alice: "Norton. Who else?"

"The Sleepwalker":

Ralph: "All right Weisenhemimer. I am now going to put the key in a place which even if you know that it was there, you wouldn't be able to get it. I am going to put it under my pillow. Now, you will have to lift me up bodily in order to get the key."

Ed: "I got to hand it to you Ralph. You came up with something even Dick Tracy couldn't solve."

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