The Honeymooners "Glow Worm Cleaning." Original Airdate June 27, 1953. Alice is offered the chance to appear in a magazine ad, but Ralph is jealous.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Lost Episode of the Day
The Honeymooners "Alice's Aunt Ethel." Original Airdate March 14, 1953. When Alice's aunt arrives for a visit, Ralph is forced to sleep in the kitchen.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Lost Episode of the Day
The Honeymooners "Lost Job." Original Airdate January 31, 1953. Ralph finds a pink slip in his paycheck.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
The Honeymooners VS I Love Lucy
The Honeymooners is the greatest classic sitcom of all time. I Love Lucy, while a classic in its own right, is just not as good in comparison. One of the reasons why The Honeymooners is the better of the two is because of its main star: Jackie Gleason. Preferring the results of spontaneity and the unexpected, Gleason refused to over rehearse. And the viewers benefited with often hilarious unscripted results.
Supporting Gleason was Art Carney. The original wacky neighbor. Carney won numerous Emmy's for his portrayal of loyal friend Ed Norton. Always willing to go along with Ralph in his schemes for riches and fame, Norton was a friend Ralph could rely on. Of course, Norton was also the cause of much aggravation for Ralph. But he always had the best of intentions.
Along with Ralph and Norton, were their wives Alice and Trixie. It was Ralph's love for Alice that made him try so hard to get rich. But Alice didn't care about that. She just wanted Ralph. And this was the heart of the show. At the end of the day, Ralph's schemes may have failed, but he was surrounded by love and friendship. And thats all that mattered.
Every episode remains funny despite being dated. The Kramdens getting their first tv set. The costume contest. The Raccoon convention. Hello ball! Each episode has something to love about it. Only 39 episodes were produced because Gleason didn't think they could produce the same quality episodes for another season. He might have been right.
The Honeymooners is still airing on TV to this day. In New York, every New Years Eve is brought in with the Honeymooners marathon on channel 11. The Honeymooners may be gone, but their fanbase remains. How sweet it is!
NEWS: DVD Release Info
From the moment they first appeared on the Dumont Network's "Calvacade Of Stars" variety show in 1951, THE HONEYMOONERS became an American television treasure.
When star Jackie Gleason was given his own show the following year on CBS-TV, he took his creation of THE HONEYMOONERS with him. Through 1957, dozens of classic comedy sketches followed, featuring beleaguered Brooklyn bus driver Ralph Kramden, his suffering wife Alice and their best friends, sewer worker Ed Norton and ex-dancer Trixie.
THE HONEYMOONERS LOST EPISODES are a selection of rare sketches that originally aired only once on the live telecasts of "The Jackie Gleason Show" from 1952-1957 and were preserved only as kinescope films. These historic programs remain as hilarious now as when they were first seen over half-a-century ago.
Includes "Stand In For Murder", "Principle of the Thing", "A Weighty Problem", "A Little Man Who Wasn‘t There" and "Songwriters"
When star Jackie Gleason was given his own show the following year on CBS-TV, he took his creation of THE HONEYMOONERS with him. Through 1957, dozens of classic comedy sketches followed, featuring beleaguered Brooklyn bus driver Ralph Kramden, his suffering wife Alice and their best friends, sewer worker Ed Norton and ex-dancer Trixie.
THE HONEYMOONERS LOST EPISODES are a selection of rare sketches that originally aired only once on the live telecasts of "The Jackie Gleason Show" from 1952-1957 and were preserved only as kinescope films. These historic programs remain as hilarious now as when they were first seen over half-a-century ago.
Includes "Stand In For Murder", "Principle of the Thing", "A Weighty Problem", "A Little Man Who Wasn‘t There" and "Songwriters"
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