List of The Honeymooners sketches
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This article provides a list of all known sketches of The Honeymooners.
26 sketches were known to have aired in the 1951–52 season on DuMont's Cavalcade of Stars and two on The Ed Sullivan Show. Eight surviving episodes from Cavalcade have been released on DVD as of 2011. The two from The Ed Sullivan Show remain unreleased but can be found on the Internet Archive. The Archive also contains an uncut (including commercials) copy of the February 1967 Honeymooners sketch "Life Upon the Wicked Stage", which has never been released on DVD.
104 sketches were known to have aired between 1952 and 1957 on CBS' The Jackie Gleason Show. Known as the "Lost Episodes", most of them have been released on DVD as of 2002.
Lost episode boxed sets come with 4 volumes in each boxed set. Those were released in 2002. The remainder have not been released for various reasons, including: 1) Some are still lost or only in the hands of private collectors; 2) Some are incomplete or are in poor condition.
The "Classic 39" episodes of 1955–56 are not included in this list as they constitute a sitcom version of The Honeymooners.
Cavalcade of Stars: 1951–52
[edit]The following is a listing of "Honeymooners" sketches that aired during the 1951–52 season of Cavalcade of Stars on the DuMont Television Network. (*Except where noted.)
| # | Title | Duration | Original airdate | |
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| 01 | "Bread" | 5:55 | October 5, 1951 | |
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Ralph and Alice Kramden argue over the fact there is no bread to go with Ralph's dinner. NOTES: This is the first "Honeymooners" sketch, featuring Pert Kelton as Alice and Art Carney as a policeman. | ||||
| 02 | "Razor Blades" | 5:02 | October 12, 1951 | |
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Ralph has his face lathered up and ready for a shave but cannot find his razor blades. | ||||
| 03 | "Supermarket Shopping/Alice's Anniversary" | Lost | October 19, 1951 | |
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Alice is determined to get a gift from Ralph for her birthday, even if she has to buy it herself. | ||||
| 04 | "The New Television Set" | 8:24 | November 2, 1951 | |
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Ralph relents in and buys Alice a television set. NOTES: Debuts of Ed and Trixie Norton, played by Carney and Elaine Stritch. | ||||
| 05 | "Ralph Threatens to Leave" | 6:34 | November 16, 1951 | |
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Ralph does not like the vegetable meat loaf Alice has prepared for dinner and starts an argument. | ||||
| 06 | "Alice and Ralph Get Dressed for a Date Last Night" | 8:19 | November 30, 1951 | |
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Ralph and Alice argue on a night they are to join the Nortons on a night on the town. Norton comes down and tells them the dance was the night before. | ||||
| 07 | "The Ring Salesman" | 8:52 | December 7, 1951 | |
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Ralph is jealous of Joe the jeweler, who he believes Alice is having an affair with. NOTE: First sketch featuring Joyce Randolph as Trixie Norton. | ||||
| 08 | "The Quiz Show" | 12:11 | December 14, 1951 | |
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Ralph and Alice come home with a year's supply of Krinkly Krax cereal that they have won as a consolation prize on a radio quiz show. | ||||
| 09 | "Christmas Party" | 36:49 | December 21, 1951 | |
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After Alice sends Ralph back out for buying potato salad at the wrong delicatessen, the Kramden apartment is visited by five of Jackie Gleason's colorful characters (in order of appearance): Fenwick Babbitt, Joe The Bartender, The Poor Soul, Rudy The Repairman and Reggie Van Gleason III. Featuring performances by guest stars Jane Pickens (appearing as a Vaudeville friend of Trixie's) and juggler Rudy Cardenas. This is the first of three versions of this holiday episode, remade under the same episode name on December 20, 1952 and December 19, 1953. | ||||
| 10 | "Alice's Sister Argues with Her Husband" | Lost | January 4, 1952 | |
| 11 | "Alice Finds a Dog" | Lost | February 1, 1952 | |
| 12 | "Cold" | Lost | February 8, 1952 | |
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Ralph has a cold and Alice is nursing him back to health. She lets it be known to Ralph that she took out a life insurance policy on him. Ralph has a fit and accuses her of wanting him to die, but when Alice tells Ralph that she also took one out on her own life, he feels like a dope and apologizes. | ||||
| 13 | "The Ring Salesman" | 8:09 | March 28, 1952 | |
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last existing DuMont "Honeymooners" sketch. | ||||
| 14 | "The Ring Salesman" | 9:07 | March 30, 1952 | |
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Repeat of earlier sketch, performed on CBS Television's The Ed Sullivan Show. (Jackie Gleason and "The Honeymooners" first appearance on CBS.) Unreleased | ||||
| 15 | "Surprise Party" | Lost | April 4, 1952 | |
| 16 | "Easter Hats" | 9:50 Lost | April 11, 1952 | |
| 17 | "Spring Cleaning" | Lost | April 18, 1952 | |
| 18 | "The Dance" | 9:43 | May 4, 1952 | |
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Performed on CBS Television's The Ed Sullivan Show. (Second appearance of "The Honeymooners" on CBS. Pert Kelton's last appearance on CBS as Alice.) Unreleased | ||||
| 19 | "Manager of the Baseball Team" | Lost | May 16, 1952 | |
| 20 | "Vacation Plans (Vacation at Fred's Landing)" | Lost | May 30, 1952 | |
| 21 | "Bus Driver's Frolics (Alice Plays the Trombone)" | Lost | ||
| 22 | "Meat Substitute" | Lost | ||
| 23 | "The Home Run Ball" | Lost | ||
| 24 | "The Mystery Novel" | Lost | ||
| 25 | "The Expectant Father (Alice Knitting Sweater for Dog)" | Lost | ||
| 26 | "The Driving Lesson" | Lost | ||
The Jackie Gleason Show: 1952–53
[edit]The following is a listing of "Honeymooners" sketches that aired during the first season of The Jackie Gleason Show on CBS.
| # | Title | Duration | Original airdate | |
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| 01 | "The New Bowling Ball" | 9:35 | September 20, 1952 | |
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Ralph's new bowling ball gets stuck on his finger. This was Audrey Meadows' very first appearance playing Alice Kramden in Gleason's The Honeymooners sketch. | ||||
| 02 | "The Turkey" | 10:13 | September 27, 1952 | |
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Alice misplaces her wedding ring; Ralph thinks a turkey ate it. | ||||
| 03 | "Sprained Thumb" | Lost | October 4, 1952 | |
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Ralph wears Alice to a frazzle after a bus accident leaves Ralph with a sprained thumb. NOTE: Though listed on The Honeymooners: Lost Episodes 1951–1957: The Complete Restored Series DVD, speculation persists as to whether or not this episode exists. | ||||
| 04 | "The Lost Baby" | 10:05 | October 11, 1952 | |
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Ralph and Ed care for an abandoned baby found on the bus. | ||||
| 05 | "The Quiz Show" | 11:29 | October 18, 1952 | |
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Ralph and Alice are contestants on a radio quiz show. This is a remake of "The Quiz Show" (December 14, 1951). | ||||
| 06 | "Question Mark (a.k.a. Masquerade a.k.a. Halloween Party)" | 8:52 | October 25, 1952 | |
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The Kramdens and Nortons dress up for a Halloween party. | ||||
| 07 | "Cold" | 7:58 | November 1, 1952 | |
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While nursing Ralph to health, Alice reveals she has taken out an insurance policy on him. Note: This is one of the few Honeymooners episodes where Carney is absent in his role as Norton. | ||||
| 08 | "The Pickles" | 7:16 | November 8, 1952 | |
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Alice starts eating pickles after a doctor's visit, leading Ralph to think she is pregnant. | ||||
| 09 | "Jellybeans" | 8:27 | November 22, 1952 | |
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Ralph buys thousands of jelly beans in the hopes of winning a $100 prize. | ||||
| 10 | "The Missing Pair of Pants" | 10:10 | December 6, 1952 | |
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Not available. This sketch is still considered lost. | ||||
| 11 | "Six Months to Live" | 13:51 | December 13, 1952 | |
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Ralph mistakenly believes that he has six months to live. | ||||
| 12 | "Christmas Party" | 42:25 | December 20, 1952 | |
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The Kramdens have a Christmas party and several of Gleason's other characters drop in. In this second of three versions of the holiday episode, actress/singer Patricia Morison (a friend of Trixie's during her time in burlesque) sings two songs and a young Frankie Avalon performs a combination trumpet solo/tap dance. | ||||
| 13 | "Glow Worm Cleaning" | 10:02 | January 3, 1953 According to the book The Honeymooners Lost Episodes by Donna McCrohan and Peter Crescenti, the air date should be June 27, 1953. | |
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Alice is offered the chance to appear in a magazine ad, but Ralph is jealous. | ||||
| 14 | "Alice Plays Cupid" | 12:04 | January 17, 1953 | |
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Ralph sabotages Alice's efforts to play matchmaker between a friend of hers and Ralph's traffic manager from work. | ||||
| 15 | "Suspense" | 10:47 | January 24, 1953 | |
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When Ralph overhears Alice rehearsing for a play, he becomes convinced she wants to kill him. | ||||
| 16 | "Lost Job" | 9:07 | January 31, 1953 | |
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Ralph finds a pink slip in his paycheck. | ||||
| 17 | "Anniversary Gift" | 10:25 | February 21, 1953 | |
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Ralph scrambles to find Alice a new anniversary gift after she gets the same gift from Trixie. | ||||
| 18 | "Income Tax" | 10:46 | March 7, 1953 | |
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Ralph owes the IRS $15, exactly the amount of money he has saved for a new bowling ball. | ||||
| 19 | "Alice's Aunt Ethel" | 9:23 | March 14, 1953 | |
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When Alice's aunt arrives for a visit, Ralph is forced to sleep in the kitchen. | ||||
| 20 | "What's Her Name?" | 7:13 | March 21, 1953 | |
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Ralph and Alice struggle to remember the name of an actress from a film they just watched. | ||||
| 21 | "Lunch Box" | 9:16 | March 28, 1953 | |
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Ralph gripes about the lunch Alice packed for him, only to find out he had someone else's lunchbox. | ||||
| 22 | "Easter Hats" | 9:50 | April 4, 1953 | |
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Not available. This sketch is still considered lost. | ||||
| 23 | "Hot Tips" | 11:20 | April 11, 1953 | |
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Ralph is accused of being a bookie when he starts collecting bets for people before going to the racetrack. | ||||
| 24 | "Norton Moves In" | 12:10 | April 18, 1953 | |
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The Nortons stay with the Kramdens while their apartment is being painted. | ||||
| 25 | "Ralph's Diet" | 11:39 | April 25, 1953 | |
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While struggling with a new diet, Ralph discovers some hidden food in the apartment. | ||||
| 26 | "The Dinner Guest" | 9:56 | May 2, 1953 | |
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Alice interrupts all of Ralph's attempts to discuss a promotion with a co-worker. | ||||
| 27 | "Manager of the Baseball Team" | 9:59 | May 9, 1953 | |
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Ralph is about to be named manager of the bus company's baseball team, but thinks he is going to be named manager of the company. | ||||
| 28 | "Alice's Birthday" | 14:50 | May 16, 1953 | |
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Not available. This sketch is still considered lost. | ||||
| 29 | "The Dorsey Brothers Show" | 34:57 | May 23, 1953 | |
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An early version of 1953's "New Year's Eve Party". | ||||
| 30 | "The Prowler" | 11:12 | June 6, 1953 | |
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Ralph tries his best to protect Alice from a neighborhood prowler. | ||||
| 31 | "Guest Speaker" | 13:41 | June 13, 1953 | |
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Ralph frets after being asked to speak at the next Raccoon Lodge meeting. | ||||
| 32 | "Vacation at Fred's Landing" | 31:16 | June 27, 1953 According to the book The Honeymooners Lost Episodes by Donna McCrohan and Peter Crescenti, the air date should be June 20, 1953. | |
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The Kramdens and Nortons go fishing, and are miserable the whole time. | ||||
The Jackie Gleason Show: 1953–54
[edit]The following is a listing of "Honeymooners" sketches that aired during the second season of The Jackie Gleason Show on CBS.
| # | Title | Duration | Original airdate | |
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| 01 | "Sprained Thumb (a.k.a. "Bus Accident")" | 12:43 | September 19, 1953 | |
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This is a second version of the sketch originally broadcast on October 4, 1952. | ||||
| 02 | "Lucky Number" | 16:27 | September 26, 1953 | |
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Ralph wins a $1,000 prize at a baseball game he skipped work to attend. | ||||
| 03 | "Hot Dog Stand" | 35:13 | October 10, 1953 | |
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Ralph and Norton try to collect enough money to open a hot dog stand in New Jersey. | ||||
| 04 | "Two Tickets to the Fight" | 10:52 | October 24, 1953 | |
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Ralph and Norton's plans to attend a boxing match are upset when Alice's uncle George pays a visit. | ||||
| 05 | "Halloween Party" | 9:22 | October 31, 1953 | |
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Ralph ruins his tuxedo for a Halloween party at the bus company, not realizing that it's not a costume party. | ||||
| 06 | "Champagne and Caviar" | 14:44 | November 7, 1953 | |
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By impressing his boss too much, Ralph unwittingly blows his chance at a raise. | ||||
| 07 | "Letter to the Boss" | 32:35 | November 14, 1953 | |
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Ralph writes a nasty letter to his boss after he thinks he's been fired. Included are two faint spells from Ralph: #1: Break dance style, and #2: falling flat onto Mr. Marshall's office floor (cartwheel faint). | ||||
| 08 | "Finger Man" | 11:51 | November 28, 1953 | |
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Ralph becomes a hero after helping to apprehend a wanted killer, but panics when the killer escapes from jail. | ||||
| 09 | "Santa and the Bookies" | 35:02 | December 12, 1953 | |
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Ralph takes a job as a sidewalk Santa to earn extra money, but it turns out to be a front for illegal bookmakers. | ||||
| 10 | "Christmas Party" | 35:54 | December 19, 1953 | |
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After Alice sends Ralph out for potato salad, the Kramdens' apartment is visited by a host of Jackie Gleason's colorful characters. This third and last version of the holiday episode features Frances Langford (another friend of Trixie's) singing two songs, and Eddie Hodges singing "Walkin' My Baby Back Home". | ||||
| 11 | "New Year's Eve Party" | 37:15 | December 26, 1953 | |
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Ralph has no intention of going out on New Year's Eve, until the Kramdens and Nortons receive an invitation from The Dorsey Brothers. | ||||
| 12 | "This Is Your Life" | 37:43 | January 16, 1954 | |
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Ralph's jealousy ruins his shot at an appearance on This Is Your Life. | ||||
| 13 | "Cottage for Sale" | 39:42 | January 23, 1954 | |
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Ralph and Norton convince their wives to let them buy a cottage in the country, but it turns out to be a nightmare. | ||||
| 14 | "Lawsuit" | 15:08 | March 27, 1954 | |
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After breaking his leg in a bus accident, Ralph tries to sue the bus company. | ||||
| 15 | "Fortune Teller" | 34:51 | April 3, 1954 | |
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Ralph reluctantly allows a fortune teller to read his palm, and is determined to find out what it is after she stops. | ||||
| 16 | "The Next Champ" | 37:35 | April 10, 1954 | |
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Ralph decides to manage a young boxer, who ends up moving in with the Kramdens. | ||||
| 17 | "Stand in for Murder" | 42:48 (with recap segment from April 24, 1954) | April 17, 1954 | |
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Ralph is offered a phony job as an insurance executive, so that he can be killed instead of a mob boss who looks just like him. Unfinished episode. | ||||
| 18 | "Move Uptown" | 36:58 | April 24, 1954 | |
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Ralph tries to get kicked out of his apartment so he can rent a nicer one in The Bronx. | ||||
| 19 | "The Man in the Blue Suit" | 34:30 | May 1, 1954 | |
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When Alice gives away a jacket that contains Ralph's poker winnings, he and Norton scheme to get it back. | ||||
| 20 | "Hair Raising Tale" | 37:31 | May 8, 1954 | |
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Ralph and Norton get suckered into buying the formula for a miracle hair restorer. | ||||
| 21 | "What's the Name?" | 8:21 | May 15, 1954 | |
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This is a remake of "What's Her Name?" (March 21, 1953). | ||||
| 22 | "Box Top Kid" | 40:27 | May 22, 1954 | |
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Ralph wins a trip to Europe by penning a new slogan for Slim-O Bread, but loses it when they find out he didn't lose weight eating it. | ||||
| 23 | "Two Men on a Horse" | 38:43 | May 29, 1954 | |
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Ralph gets elected treasurer of the Raccoon Lodge, and promptly loses $200 of their money. He and Norton head to the race track and invent a scheme to win it all back. | ||||
| 24 | "Goodbye, Aunt Ethel" | 41:44 | June 5, 1954 | |
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This is an expanded version of a sketch that was originally broadcast on March 14, 1953. The longer storyline involves Ralph's plan to get Aunt Ethel out of his home by marrying her off to the local butcher. | ||||
| 25 | "Vacation at Fred's Landing" | 31:00 | June 19, 1954 | |
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This is a second version of the sketch originally broadcast on June 27, 1953. | ||||
The Jackie Gleason Show: 1954–55
[edit]The following is a listing of "Honeymooners" sketches that aired during the third season of The Jackie Gleason Show on CBS.
| # | Title | Duration | Original airdate | |
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| 01 | "Ralph's Sweet Tooth" | 35:39 | September 25, 1954 | |
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Ralph has been selected to appear on a live commercial for Choosy Chews candy bars, but he develops a toothache (that becomes exceptionally painful when he bites into one of the bars) the night before the broadcast. | ||||
| 02 | "Game Called on Account of Marriage" | 33:50 | October 2, 1954 | |
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Ralph has tickets to the World Series, but Alice demands that he attend her sister's wedding on the same day. | ||||
| 03 | "Love Letter" | 37:46 | October 16, 1954 | |
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Ralph finds a love letter he wrote to Alice years ago and believes it was sent to her from another man. NOTE: This version of "Love Letter" is the most recently-discovered "Honeymooners" sketch (in 2004). | ||||
| 04 | "The People's Choice (Finger Man)" | 40:01 | October 23, 1954 | |
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When Ralph becomes a local hero after helping to nab an escaped convict, he is seduced by a couple of crooked political bosses into running for the city council. | ||||
| 05 | "Halloween Party" | Lost | October 30, 1954 | |
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This is a remake of the previous season's "Halloween Party". | ||||
| 06 | "Battle of the Sexes" | 35:28 | November 13, 1954 | |
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Ed moves in with Ralph and Alice moves in with Trixie after domestic battles in the Kramden and Norton households. | ||||
| 07 | "Teamwork Beat the Clock" | 32:08 | November 20, 1954 | |
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Ralph and Alice are contestants on Beat the Clock. Bud Collyer guest stars. | ||||
| 08 | "The Brother-in-Law" | 34:47 | November 27, 1954 | |
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Bad advice from Ralph's brother-in-law results in the Kramdens and Nortons investing in a run-down hotel. | ||||
| 09 | "Songwriters" | 35:54 | December 11, 1954 | |
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Ralph and Norton form a songwriting partnership. | ||||
| 10 | "Santa and the Bookies" | 31:08 | December 18, 1954 | |
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This is a remake of a sketch originally broadcast on December 12, 1953. | ||||
| 11 | "Kramden vs. Norton" | 33:55 | January 15, 1955 | |
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Ralph sues Norton over ownership of a television set Norton won in a movie theatre raffle. | ||||
| 12 | "A Promotion" | 38:57 | January 22, 1955 | |
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Ralph finally receives a promotion (he is now the first assistant cashier to the assistant cashier of the bus company), but a mishap causes him to be labeled as a thief after his first day on the job. | ||||
| 13 | "The Hypnotist" | 38:23 | January 29, 1955 | |
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Ralph asks a fellow Raccoon, who is a hypnotist, to get Alice to show him her stash of money so that he may take it to the Raccoon convention in Chicago. | ||||
| 14 | "Cupid" | 39:21 | February 5, 1955 | |
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Ralph tries to help out a lonely old friend by setting him up with a blind date, but the gossip grapevine leads Alice to believe that Ralph is trying to land dates for himself. | ||||
| 15 | "A Little Man Who Wasn't There" | 38:07 | February 12, 1955 | |
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Ralph sees a psychiatrist in an effort to control his short temper, but he is dismayed when the doctor suggests the best cure would be to sever his friendship with Norton. | ||||
| 16 | "Hero" | 39:45 | February 19, 1955 | |
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Ralph's big mouth lands him in trouble again when he makes idle boasts to a fatherless boy who idolizes him. | ||||
| 17 | "The Great Jewel Robbery" | 37:30 | February 26, 1955 | |
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Ralph takes up a collection to buy an expensive watch as a wedding present for his boss's daughter, but Alice finds the watch and thinks it is a birthday present for her. | ||||
| 18 | "Peacemaker" | 35:15 | March 5, 1955 | |
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Ralph loses a night's sleep trying to patch up a quarrel between Ed and Trixie. | ||||
| 19 | "The Adoption" | 37:05 | March 26, 1955 | |
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Ralph and Alice adopt a baby. | ||||
| 20 | "Stars Over Flatbush" | 37:05 | April 2, 1955 | |
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Ralph and Norton take an interest in astrology, and it affects every decision Ralph makes. | ||||
| 21 | "One Big Happy Family" | 37:38 | April 9, 1955 | |
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The Kramdens and Nortons decide to share an apartment in order to save living expenses. | ||||
| 22 | "A Weighty Problem" | 37:52 | April 16, 1955 | |
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Ralph must lose weight fast in order to pass a bus company physical. NOTE: several sources erroneously list the running time as 48:09. | ||||
| 23 | "Boys and Girls Together" | 36:30 | April 23, 1955 | |
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The wives demand that the boys spend more time with them, so Ralph and Norton scheme to exhaust the girls with a wild night on the town. | ||||
| 24 | "Principle of the Thing" | 34:09 | April 30, 1955 | |
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When the building landlord (Jack Benny in a surprise cameo) refuses to make repairs to the Kramden apartment, Ralph withholds the rent money and spends it on some garish redecorating. | ||||
| 25 | "Songs and Witty Sayings" | 38:39 | May 14, 1955 | |
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The husbands and wives rehearse separate acts for a local talent show. Among the highlights of the boys' act is a tribute to Laurel & Hardy. | ||||
| 26 | "Letter to the Boss" | 31:38 | May 21, 1955 | |
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This is a second version of the sketch originally broadcast on November 14, 1953. | ||||
| 27 | "Stand in for Murder" | 41:58 | June 4, 1955 | |
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This is a second, completed version of the sketch originally broadcast on April 17, 1954. | ||||
The Honeymooners: 1955–56
[edit]The Jackie Gleason Show: 1956–57
[edit]The following is a listing of "Honeymooners" sketches that aired during the fourth season of The Jackie Gleason Show on CBS.
| # | Title | Duration | Original airdate | |
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| 01 | "Double Anniversary Party" | 13:06 | October 13, 1956 | |
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Ralph and Alice plan surprise anniversary parties for each other. | ||||
| 02 | "The Check-Up" | 9:50 | October 20, 1956 | |
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Ralph, angered when Alice wants to supposedly waste money on life insurance, fakes being an alcoholic when a doctor pays a house call. | ||||
| 03 | "Forgot to Register" | 13:41 | October 27, 1956 | |
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Ralph and Norton campaign for a local politician. | ||||
| 04 | "Expectant Father" | 15:57 | November 3, 1956 | |
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Ralph sees Alice going into an obstetrician's office and thinks she is pregnant. | ||||
| 05 | "Goodnight, Sweet Prince" | 15:27 | November 10, 1956 | |
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Ralph is working the night shift and cannot sleep amidst the daytime noises of the neighborhood. | ||||
| 06 | "Two Family Car" | 17:27 | November 17, 1956 | |
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Ralph and Norton believe they have won a car in a raffle. | ||||
| 07 | "Love Letter" | 36:48 | November 24, 1956 | |
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Ralph finds a love letter Ed wrote to Trixie years ago and believes it was sent to Alice from another man. NOTE: This is a second version of the sketch originally broadcast on October 16, 1954. | ||||
| 08 | "Finders Keepers" | 37:08 | December 8, 1956 | |
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Ralph and Norton want to buy a local candy store and go to wild extremes trying to win a radio contest to pay for it. | ||||
| 09 | "Catch a Star" | 36:41 | December 15, 1956 | |
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Ralph boasts that he is a good friend of Jackie Gleason and is trapped into booking Gleason for the Raccoon dance. Gleason, Carney, Meadows and Randolph appear in dual roles as their characters and themselves. | ||||
| 10 | "My Fair Landlord" | 36:01 | January 19, 1957 | |
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The Kramdens and Nortons buy a duplex home in Queens, with disastrous results. | ||||
| 11 | "Away We Go" | 49:12 | February 2, 1957 | |
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The Kramdens and Nortons leave on a cruise ship to begin a free trip around the world after winning a breakfast cereal contest. | ||||
| 12 | "Plastered in Paris" | 49:02 | February 9, 1957 | |
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While in Paris, Ralph and Ed are arrested for passing counterfeit money. | ||||
| 13 | "Behind the Iron Curtain" | 48:04 | February 16, 1957 | |
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While in Germany, Ralph and Ed accidentally wander into the Russian section of Berlin and are taken prisoners for being suspected spies. | ||||
| 14 | "When in Rome" | 48:01 | February 23, 1957 | |
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Ralph is jealous of Alice's tourist guide in Italy, not knowing the guide is a little boy whom Ralph misnames "Harry Verderchi." | ||||
| 15 | "Curse of the Kramdens" | 48:32 | March 2, 1957 | |
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Ralph and Norton are forced into spending the night in the (supposed) haunted ancestral Kramden castle while visiting Ireland. | ||||
| 16 | "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" | 49:02 | March 9, 1957 | |
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The Kramdens and Nortons appear in a Flakey Wakey commercial on an English television show. | ||||
| 17 | "Framed in Spain" | 52:27 | April 6, 1957 | |
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Blackmailers fake a photo of Ralph fooling around with a Spanish local in Madrid, making Alice jealous. | ||||
| 18 | "I Remember Mau Au" | 50:35 | April 13, 1957 | |
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The Kramdens and Nortons go on safari in Africa, giving Ralph and Ed the chance to go hunting. | ||||
| 19 | "Six Months to Live" | Lost | May 11, 1957 | |
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This is the third version of the sketch originally performed on December 13, 1952. | ||||
| 20 | "Manager of the Baseball Team" | 10:36 | June 1, 1957 | |
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This is the third version of this sketch, previously performed on May 16, 1952 and May 9, 1953: it was reworked a fourth time as "The New Manager" on April 19, 1969. NOTES: Final appearance of Gleason, Meadows, Carney and Randolph together. The Jackie Gleason Show aired for three more weeks until June 22, 1957. | ||||
The Jackie Gleason Special: 1960
[edit]The following is a TV special.
| # | Title | Duration | Original airdate | |
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| 01 | "The Big Sell: A Jackie Gleason Special" | TBA | October 9, 1960 | |
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Ralph seeks Norton to invest money in his future. | ||||
The American Scene Magazine: 1962–66
[edit]The following is a listing of "Honeymooners" sketches that aired on The American Scene Magazine on CBS.
| # | Title | Duration | Original airdate | |
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| 01 | "Two Below" | 15:35 | September 29, 1962 | |
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Ralph convinces Ed to get more involved in civil defense and spend a week in the basement instead of vacationing with Alice and Trixie in Atlantic City. Once in the basement, hilarity ensues when Ralph and Ed try to sleep in bunk beds. Sue Ane Langdon appears as Alice and Patricia Wilson appears as Trixie. | ||||
| 02 | "TV Game of the Week" | TBA | October 20, 1962 | |
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Ralph finally gives in and buys a television set and he and Norton try to watch a football game. | ||||
| 03 | "The Adoption" | 52:00 | January 8, 1966 | |
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Musical remake of March 26, 1955. Anxious to adopt a baby, Ralph and Alice go to great lengths to impress the adoption agency, even passing off expensive borrowed furniture as their own. Touched by the Kramdens' honesty, arrangements are made to locate a child for them. Ralph erupts when the baby turns out to be a "Ralphina" but the Kramden's happiness is short-lived when the birth mother wants her baby back. Audrey Meadows returns as Alice for the first time since June 1, 1957, and would not appear again until February 2, 1976. This is the first of the Jerry Bresler and Lyn Duddy musical "Honeymooners" that would continue on through the 1966–70 "Color Honeymooners". This is the last episode filmed in black and white. | ||||
The Jackie Gleason Show: 1966–67
[edit]The following is a listing of "Honeymooners" sketches that aired on The Jackie Gleason Show on CBS.
| # | Title | Duration | Original airdate | |
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| 01 | "In Twenty-Five Words or Less" | TBA | September 17, 1966 | |
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This is a remake of "Box Top Kid" (May 22, 1954). | ||||
| 02 | "Ship of Fools" | TBA | October 1, 1966 | |
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This is a remake of "Away We Go" (February 2, 1957). | ||||
| 03 | "Poor People in Paris" | TBA | October 8, 1966 | |
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This is a remake of "Plastered in Paris" (February 9, 1957). | ||||
| 04 | "Confusion - Italian Style" | TBA | October 15, 1966 | |
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This is a remake of "When in Rome" (February 23, 1957). | ||||
| 05 | "The Curse of the Kramdens" | TBA | October 29, 1966 | |
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This is a remake of "Curse of the Kramdens" (March 2, 1957). | ||||
| 06 | "The Honeymooners in England" | TBA | November 12, 1966 | |
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This is a remake of "Mad Dogs and Englishmen" (March 9, 1957). | ||||
| 07 | "You're in the Picture" | TBA | November 19, 1966 | |
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This is a remake of "Framed in Spain" (April 6, 1957). | ||||
| 08 | "We Spy" | TBA | December 3, 1966 | |
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This is a remake of "Behind the Iron Curtain" (February 16, 1957). | ||||
| 09 | "Petticoat Jungle" | TBA | December 10, 1966 | |
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This is a remake of "I Remember Mau Au" (April 13, 1957). | ||||
| 10 | "Run, Santa, Run" | TBA | December 17, 1966 | |
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This is a remake of "Santa and the Bookies" (December 12, 1953, and December 19, 1954). | ||||
| 11 | "King of the Castle" | TBA | January 7, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "Battle of the Sexes" (November 13, 1954). | ||||
| 12 | "Movies Are Better Than Ever" | TBA | January 14, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "Kramden vs. Norton" (January 15, 1955). | ||||
| 13 | "Without Reservations" | TBA | February 4, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "Brother in Law" (November 1954). | ||||
| 14 | "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" | n/a | February 11, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "Songs and Witty Sayings" (May 14, 1955). Due to music rights issues, this episode is not available on DVD. | ||||
| 15 | "Rififi, Brooklyn Style" | TBA | March 4, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "The Great Jewel Robbery" (February 26, 1955). | ||||
| 16 | "Ralph Kramden Presents" | TBA | March 18, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "Catch a Star" (December 15, 1956). | ||||
| 17 | "Flushing Ho" | TBA | April 15, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "One Big Happy Family" (April 9, 1955). | ||||
| 18 | "Sees All, Knows All" | TBA | April 22, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "Fortune Teller" (April 3, 1954). | ||||
The Jackie Gleason Show: 1967–68
[edit]| # | Title | Duration | Original airdate | |
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| 01 | "Be It Ever So Humble" | TBA | September 9, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "My Fair Landlord" (January 19, 1957). | ||||
| 02 | "Hair to a Fortune" | TBA | September 16, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "Hair Raising Tale" (May 8, 1954). | ||||
| 03 | "The People's Choice" | TBA | September 23, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "Finger Man" (November 28, 1953) and "The People's Choice" (October 23, 1954). | ||||
| 04 | "Two for the Money" | TBA | October 7, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "Two Men on a Horse" (May 29, 1954). | ||||
| 05 | "Nephew of the Bride" | TBA | October 21, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "Goodbye Aunt Ethel" (June 5, 1954). | ||||
| 06 | "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" | TBA | November 4, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "A Little Man Who Wasn't There" (February 12, 1955). | ||||
| 07 | "Two Faces of Ralph Kramden" | TBA | November 18, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "Stand-In for Murder" (April 17, 1954, and June 4, 1955). | ||||
| 08 | "The Main Event" | TBA | December 2, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "The Next Champ" (April 10, 1954). | ||||
| 09 | "To Whom It May Concern" | TBA | December 16, 1967 | |
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This is a remake of "Letter to the Boss" (November 14, 1953, and May 21, 1955). | ||||
The Jackie Gleason Show: 1968–69
[edit]| # | Title | Duration | Original airdate | |
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| 01 | "Sleepy Time Gal" | TBA | September 28, 1968 | |
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This is a remake of "The Hypnotist" (January 29, 1955). | ||||
| 02 | "The Boy Next Door" | TBA | October 12, 1968 | |
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This is a remake of "Love Letter" (October 16, 1954, and November 24, 1956). | ||||
| 03 | "Six Months To Live" | TBA | November 23, 1968 | |
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This is the fourth version of the sketch originally performed on December 13, 1952 | ||||
| 04 | "Alice's Birthday" | 15:00 | December 7, 1968 | |
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This is a remake of "Alice's Birthday" (May 16, 1953). | ||||
| 05 | "Follow the Boys" | TBA | December 26, 1968 | |
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This is a remake of "Boys and Girls Together" (April 23, 1955). | ||||
| 06 | "Lawsuit" | TBA | January 4, 1969 | |
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This is a remake of "Lawsuit" (March 27, 1954). | ||||
| 07 | "Hot Tip" | 11:00 | February 8, 1969 | |
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This is a remake of "Hot Tips" (April 11, 1953). | ||||
| 08 | "The New Bowling Ball" | 10:00 | March 22, 1969 | |
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This is a remake of "The New Bowling Ball" (September 20, 1952). | ||||
| 09 | "Norton Moves In" | 12:00 | April 5, 1969 | |
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This is a remake of "Norton Moves In" (April 18, 1953). | ||||
| 10 | "The New Manager" | 10:00 | April 19, 1969 | |
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This is a remake of "Manager of the Baseball Team" (May 9, 1953, and June 1, 1957). | ||||
The Jackie Gleason Show: 1969–70
[edit]| # | Title | Duration | Original airdate | |
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| 01 | "Play It Again, Norton" | TBA | September 27, 1969 | |
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The Honeymooners wreak havoc on a cross-country tour. Ralph and Ed enter a song contest. | ||||
| 02 | "Ralph Goes Hollywood" | TBA | October 4, 1969 | |
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The Honeymooners head to Hollywood to claim their songwriting prize. | ||||
| 03 | "The Mexican Hat Trick" | TBA | October 11, 1969 | |
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The Honeymooners head to Mexico. Alice and Trixie are kidnapped. | ||||
| 04 | "Case of the Cuckoo Thief" | TBA | October 18, 1969 | |
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A Hollywood shopping spree turns chaotic when Alice is set up in a shoplifting scam. | ||||
| 05 | "The Honeymoon Is Over" | TBA | November 1, 1969 | |
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Ralph, Alice, Ed and Trixie are asked to appear on The Mike Douglas Show to promote their song "Love on a Bus". Ralph and Alice get into an argument while on the show. | ||||
| 06 | "Happiness Is a Rich Uncle" | TBA | November 8, 1969 | |
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Ralph and Alice test Alice's Uncle Howard's go-go girlfriend, to make sure she's not in it for the money. | ||||
| 07 | "Hawaii, Oh Oh" | TBA | November 15, 1969 | |
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The Honeymooners visit Hawaii. | ||||
| 08 | "The Sun and Raccoon Capital" | TBA | November 22, 1969 | |
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The Honeymooners visit Miami where Ralph and Ed vie for High Exalted Mystic Ruler. | ||||
| 09 | "The Match Game" | TBA | November 29, 1969 | |
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In Chicago, a computer-match service has the Nortons clicking and the Kramdens not. | ||||
| 10 | "Double Trouble" | TBA | December 6, 1969 | |
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The Honeymooners visit Sun Valley, Idaho. Ralph has yet another doppelganger; this time, it is a check bouncer who is using his name. | ||||
| 11 | "We're Off to See the Wizard" | TBA | February 21, 1970 | |
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At Mardi Gras, a hotel mix-up leads the foursome to stay with Emma, Norton's distant relative, a phony spiritualist. NOTE: At the end of this show, Gleason explains that a nut from the audience ran up on stage and Sammy Spear had to lead him out of the auditorium. | ||||
| 12 | "Operation Protest" | TBA | February 28, 1970 | |
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Returning from his cross-country trip promoting the film Love on a Bus, Ralph is offered a promotion within the Gotham Bus Company, but trouble erupts when Alice's nephew starts picketing their headquarters. NOTE: This is the last episode of the "Color Honeymooners". | ||||
The Jackie Gleason Specials: 1970–85
[edit]The following is a listing of "Honeymooners" Specials.
| # | Title | Duration | Original airdate | |
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| 01 | "Jackie Gleason Special" | Lost | December 20, 1970 | |
| 02 | "General Electric Presents The Jackie Gleason Show Special: Honeymooners segment - Women's Lib" | 25:20 | October 11, 1973 | |
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When Trixie brings down a copy of Plaything magazine to show Alice a questionnaire, Alice now questions if she is an equal to Ralph. Ralph and Alice fight and Alice moves upstairs with Trixie and it is Ralph and Ed on their own. This is Sheila MacRae's final appearance as Alice. | ||||
| 03 | "Julie & Jackie: How Sweet It Is" | 25:20 | May 22, 1974 | |
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This special with Julie Andrews and Gleason features these two classic talents in familiar Gleason sketches including Joe the Bartender, The Poor Soul, Reggie van Gleason and The Honeymooners, with Andrews playing Norton. This is the only time Gleason portrayed Ralph Kramden along someone else playing Ed Norton. | ||||
| 04 | "The Honeymooners Second Honeymoon" | 48:00 | February 2, 1976 | |
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The Kramdens are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary. Ralph and Alice plan on renewing their vows in a special ceremony at the Raccoon lodge. The celebration is put on hold when Ralph believes Alice is pregnant. Norton then comes into the picture to teach Ralph how to take care of a baby. Meadows returns as Alice, her first time since 1966's "The Adoption". | ||||
| 05 | "The Honeymooners Christmas Special" | 48:00 | November 28, 1977 | |
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Ralph agrees to produce, direct and star in his boss, Mr. Marshall's wife's annual fundraising Christmas benefit show, "A Christmas Carol". Problems arise when Ralph realizes he has promised to take Alice to Miami the same weekend as the show. Hilarity ensues when Ralph rewrites the Dickens classic and with Norton directing it is bound to be a hit. When the show is a hit, all is forgiven. | ||||
| 06 | "The Honeymooners Valentine Special" | 48:00 | February 13, 1978 | |
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Alice is secretly planning to buy Ralph a suit for Valentine's Day, but Ralph thinks she is sizing him to fit for a coffin after he finds a new life-insurance policy. Thinking that Alice is seeing another man, Ralph has Norton join him undercover, dressed in drag, to catch the bum. In the end, Ralph buys Alice an all-electric kitchen with a new TV, stove, refrigerator, washer, and dryer. | ||||
| 07 | "Jackie Gleason's Honeymooners Christmas" | 48:00 | December 10, 1978 | |
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It is Christmastime and Ralph's latest get-rich-quick scheme has him risking his and Alice's life savings, Norton's holiday bonus, and his mother-in-law's Social Security check. This is the final new episode featuring the actors playing their roles in character -- future specials are clip shows, hosted by the Honeymooners actors as themselves. NOTE: recorded in Atlantic City, New Jersey. | ||||
| 08 | "The Honeymooners Reunion" | 47:30 | May 13, 1985 | |
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Clip show featuring "Lost Episodes" hosted by Gleason and Meadows on a recreation of the original set. | ||||
| 09 | "The Honeymooners Anniversary Celebration" | 99:00 | October 18, 1985 | |
| 10 | "The Honeymooners 35th Anniversary Special" | 30:00 | October 12, 1990 | |
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Hosted by Audrey Meadows. | ||||
| 11 | "The Honeymooners 50th Anniversary Celebration" | 60:00 | May 6, 2002 | |