Honeymooners TV Schedule (5/28-6/8):

[Frank Gannucci]

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

(WCIUDT4) (MeTV in Chicago [aka WMEU])

Note: This is not on MeTV's national feed. Since this station was the first MeTV station, the schedule may be different then the rest or at least most of the rest.

All episodes are in CC.

Central time unless otherwise noted.

Mon. May 28, 2012 1a #84 (aka #72) - *“The Next Champ”: Ralph becomes the manager of a boxer he believes will be the world's next=2 0heavyweight champion.

Mon. June 4, 2012 1a #85 (aka #41/#64) – “‘Anniversary Gift’/‘Finger Man’”: (For “Anniversary Gift”): Ralph is embarrassed when the anniversary gift he bought Alice is the same one Trixie bought for her. (For “Finger Man”): Ralph heroically catches a murderer on his bus, but fears for his life when the murderer escapes from jail and vows to "get the man who put the finger on him."

(MeTV)

All times are Eastern.

All episodes are in CC.

This schedule is for some MeTV affiliates due to the fact that some local stations in some markets may also broadcast the Honeymooners and they may take exception to MeTV wanting to show the show. (Some MeTV affiliates, according to zap2it.com, are advertising "No Episode Title" even though the national MeTV is advertising episodes. WSAH in the NY area is advertising "No Episode Title" for the following dates at 5a: 5/28-6/7. [According to zap2it.com, WSAH is only showing the Honeymooners at 5a. WMEU in Chicago is advertising "No Episode Title" for the following dates at 4a: Mon. 5/28-6/1 & 6/4-6/8. WZVNDT2 in southwest Florida is advertising "No Epsidoe Title" for the following dates at 5a: 5/28-6/1.)

Sun. May 27, 2012 5a #45 (aka #98) - *“The Great Jewel Robbery”: Ralph collects money at the bus company to buy a wedding present for the boss' daughter, but Alice thinks the gift is for her.

Mon. May 28, 2012 5a #87 (aka #94) – “The Hypnotist (Part One)”: Ralph and Norton see a demonstration by "The World's Greatest Hypnotist." When Alice won't give Ralph money for a convention trip, he decides that hypnotism might work on her.

Tue. May 29, 2012 5a #88 – “The Hypnotist (Part Two)”: Alice finds out about Ralph's plans to hypnotize her and decides to teach Ralph a lesson.

10:30p #032 (aka #140) - "Dial J For Janitor": Ralph can't seem to pipe down about the failures of his building's janitor. Then he finds out that the position pays $150 a month with free rent---and decides to take the job himself. Now the most gripes are coming from Norton, who says he hasn't had water in his apartment for so long that he's beginning to "see mirages." Mr. Johnson: Luis Van Rooten. Mrs. Manicotti: Zamah Cunningham.

Wed. May 30, 2012 5a #90 (aka #79) – “Two Men on a Horse (Part One)”: When Ralph loses a large sum of money he was to deposit for the Raccoon Lodge, he and Norton think of ways to make the money back in one day.

10:30p #033 (aka #141) - "Opportunity Knocks, But": When Mr. Marshall asks him for a lesson in shooting pool, Ralph believes that his social visit to his boss's Park Avenue home is the cue for his finally advancing in the company. But it's Norton who racks up points in "Opportunity Knocks But," which originally aired May 5, 1956. The pool lesson just gets under way when Norton---not Ralph---starts offering suggestions about making improvements at the company. Impressed, Marshall offers him a job as "Bus Driver Supervisor." Marshall says he likes a man who can think on his feet, but as an enraged Ralph later tells Alice: "Norton works in the sewer. He has to think on his feet; if he sat down he'd drown." But Norton, who's thinking of accepting the offer, tells his buddy not to worry. "As long as I am an executive at that bus company," he tells Ralph, "you are sure of being a bus driver as long as you live."

Thu. May 31, 2012 5a 5a #91 – “Two Men on a Horse (Part Two)”: Ralph and Norton get a hot tip on a horse and go to the track to place their bet. When the odds on their horse go down, Ralph and Norton scheme to sway the odds in their favor.

10:30p #034 (aka #142) - "A Man's Pride": Ralph is too proud to tell a seemingly successful old friend that he drives a bus, so he says he "runs things" at the co. in the last Honeymooners episode of the "classic 39," which originally ran from 1955 to '56. CLASSIC KRAMDEN- Ralph's reaction to the dinner check.

Fri. June 1, 2012 #92 (aka #90) - *“Songwriters”: To Alice's dismay, Ralph buys a piano thinking he and Norton can write a hit song and become rich.

10:30p #035 (aka #143) - "Unconventional Behavior": Ralph and Norton become joined at the wrists when Norton tries out his "trick handcuffs" in "Unconventional Behavior," which originally aired May 12, 1956. Aboard a train en route to the lodge's convention in Minneapolis, the guys look forward to "five days of hilarity" and try out some of the novelty items that Norton's brought along. But when Norton's handcuffs won't unlock (there is no key), he and Ralph become closer than they'd like. This scenario yields some memorable physical humor, including Norton trying to take his coat off and the guys trying to figure out some way to sleep in upper and lower berths. It also provides one of the series' all-time lines. "Mind if I smoke?" Norton asks a frustrated Ralph. "I don't care if you burn," Ralph fires back.

Sun. June 3, 2012 5a #46 (aka #101) - *“Stars Over Flatbush”: Norton convinces Ralph that astrology will help him predict how to get a raise, and Ralph lets the stars rule his life.

Mon. June 4, 2012 5a #93 (aka #93) – “A Promotion (Part One)”: On his first day as assistant cashier of the Bus Company, Ralph accidentally locks the safe and must keep the money at home overnight.

10:30p #036 (aka #144) - "The Bensonhurst Bomber": An argument in the pool hall and a joke about a man's name figure in "The Bensonhurst Bomber," which originally aired Sept. 8, 1956. Of all the guest characters on The Honeymooners, few names are more recognizable to fans than "Harvey," or, as Ralph pronounces it, "Har-vee!" In fact, it's that exaggerated pronunciation that gets Ralph in hot water when the towering bully Harvey challenges Ralph to a fight at Kelsey's Gym. As the showdown approaches, a nervous Ralph believes a wiser plan might be to leave town, but Norton insists he has to fight Harvey, especially since they're closing the pool hall in Ralph's honor. "If I fight that Harvey," Ralph replies, "they'll be closing it in my memory."

Tue. June 5, 2012 5a #94 – “A Promotion (Part Two)”: So Alice won't find out about Ralph's blunder, he and Norton hide the money in a brown bag and put it in the icebox. Everything is fine until Alice decides to defrost the refrigerator.

10:30p #037 (aka #145) - "The Safety Award": Ralph is honored with an award for being "the safest bus driver in the city" and plans to take Alice and the Nortons to the ceremony at City Hall. But his big day is plagued with problems, culminating with Ralph having an accident in his friend's car. Ever the optimist, Norton offers a distressed Ralph some sewer-worker words of wisdom: "When the tides of life turn against you, and the current upsets your boat, don't waste those tears on what might have been, just lay on your back and float." Mr. Martin: Frank Marth.

Wed. June 6, 2012 5a #95 (aka #74) - *“Move Uptown”: Ralph and Alice plan to move but must sublet their old apartment first. When they can't find a new tenant, Ralph tries to break the lease.

10:30p #38 (aka #146) - "Ralph's Big Mouth" (aka "Mind Your Own Business"): Norton gets fired from his job in the sewer after taking Ralph's advice about demanding a promotion. Finding something new won't be easy, Norton says, because, after all, a sewer worker is like a brain surgeon---"we're both s pecialists." Still, after a couple of weeks, he finds work selling irons door-to-door. And when he tells his pal that he made $40 his first day on the job, Ralph suddenly contemplates leaving the bus company to become a salesman with Norton's company.

Thu. June 7, 2012 5a #96 (aka #39/#60) – “‘Suspense’/‘Two Tickets To The Fight’”: (For “Suspense”): Ralph overhears Alice rehearsing her part in a play and thinks she is planning to kill him. (For “Two Tickets To The Fight”): Ralph's plans to see the fights with Norton are ruined when Alice's uncle comes to visit.

10:30p 9:30p #039 (aka #147) - "Alice & The Blonde": Audrey Meadows said that she "loved" the episode titled "Alice and the Blonde" (originally telecast June 2, 1956), and it's easy to see why. For once, it's Alice who's fuming. It's all because of what happens at the home of one of Ralph's co-workers. Trying to ingratiate himself with Bert Weedemeyer (who Ralph thinks may become the bus company's new general manager), Ralph---with Norton by his side, naturally-heaps compliments on the man's wife, a ditsy platinum blonde who calls her husband "Twinkles." Ralph's fawning and flattery isn't amusing Alice, who'll have her revenge. Rita Weedemeyer: Freda Rosen. Bert: Frank Behrens.

Fri. June 8, 2012 5a #99 (aka #148/#45) – “‘Double Anniversary Party’”/‘Lunchbox’”: (For “Double Anniversary Party”): Alice plans a surprise anniversary party for Ralph on the same night that Ralph has made plans to surprise Alice. (For “Lunchbox”): When Ralph's lunch box gets accidentally switched at work; he blames Alice for making him an inedible lunch.

10:30p #001 (aka #109) - "TV or Not TV": Ralph and Norton go partners on a new TV, but Ralph rigs a coin toss so the set stays in the Kramden apartment. It's not long before Ralph becomes a total zombie to the new medium, and all Norton wants to do is don his space helmet and watch "Captain Video."

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

[Frank Gannucci]

Sorry about the schedule mistake. I did not know that MeTV was going to do the Memorial Day special that they did. It is 10:55p now on Memorial Day. I will edit my message in a few minutes.

[Mark Glicker]

Thank you for posting the scedule.