Episode 1

Guests: Louis Armstrong, Eileen Barton, the Mayo Brothers; the Honeymooners - the New Bowling Ball

Episode 2

Alice misplaces her wedding ring; Ralph thinks a turkey ate it.

Episode 3

Episode 4

Ralph and Ed care for an abandoned baby found on the bus.

Episode 5

Ralph and Alice argue at home while getting ready for a night on the town with the Nortons.

Episode 6

Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows in The Jackie Gleason Show (1952) Ralph is home sick, and as usual is feeling sorry for himself, and being a bit of baby about some of his treatments. He's also worrying about missing work and not being able to pay his bills it then that Alice lets it be known that she is worried about paying on a life insurance policy she has on him.

Episode 7

One of the shortest Honeymooners sketches ever. The story opens with Ralph complaining about being dragged all over town shopping. Thats when he finds out Alice spent his whole paycheck. And they fight about him not having any money for the week. At that moment Ed comes down and needs five dollars for an emergency so he agrees to give him the money.

Episode 8

Ralph and Norton form a songwriting partnership.

Episode 9

Episode 10

Missing Pants

Episode 12

Ralph reads a veterinarian's report about Alice's mother's dog and mistakenly thinks he himself only has 6 months to live.

Christmas Party

The Honeymooners' first Christmas.

Episode 14

Glow Worm Cleaning

Alice get picked to be in ad campaign for a kitchen cleaner. When Ralph finds out, he doesn't like the idea because he feels the women in ads are uncovered to much. But, when Ralph finds out that he might be in the picture he's more interested. After the photographer arrives they find out that the man in the picture will be a male model.

Vaughn Monroe, Sugar Ray Robinson

Peggy Lee, Robert Merrill; The Honeymooners - Alice Plays Cupid

Ralph and Ed run into one of Ralph's old school chum at a restaurant. While talking with him they find out he's single and wants to meet someone. After a couple of failed attempts in the restaurant and one the phone they finally manage to land him date with someone they know.

The DeMarco Sisters; The Honeymooners - Suspense

Ralph comes home from work and overhears Alice and Trixie rehearsing in the other room for a play she's in. In this play she's woman who plans to kill her husband. SO, naturally he thinks she's going to kill him. The trouble builds from there. In the end Ralph and Alice work it out.

Lost Job

Ralph gets his paycheck and the Kramdens and the Nortons are going out for dinner. But Alice discovers a pink slip saying Ralph's services are no longer needed. What ensues is very touching

S01E20

S01E21

Anniversary Gift

S01E23

Income Tax

Alice's Aunt Ethel

Ralph's mother-in-law is visiting for the holidays and he has had it with sleeping on a cot in the kitchen. After coming up with a bunch of bad ideas he decides to say his back is hurting and he has to sleep in a soft bed to recover. But he doesn't know what Alice and her aunt had decided on while they were out of the room.

What's Her Name?

After a night at the movies Alice and Ralph have the whole building in an uproar while they argue about who was in the movie they saw. The arrival of a police officer helps bring the issue to a close in more ways then one.

Lunch Box

Ralph comes home from work upset about his lunch, Alice had tried something she had heard on a cooking show. They fight about her cooking and she goes upstairs to the Norton's. While she's gone Ralph finds out how little he knows about cooking. After Alice comes back one of Ralph's friends stops by to apologize for taking and eating his lunch after he mistakes Ralph's lunch box for his.

Easter Hats

Hot Tips

The Kramdens and the Nortons are going to the race track. Alice finds out that Ralph plans to bet $30 on one horse and wants to keep him from going. While they're getting ready to go to the track, people in the neighborhood start coming by to get him to place bets for them. Norton comes by and tells him the neighborhood cop is coming by because he thinks Ralph is a bookie. Ralph panics and swallows what he thinks is the list that would make him look like a bookie. The cop leaves, thinking no bookies would be silly enough to swallow a fifty dollar bill.

Norton Moves In

Ralph's Diet

Ralph's doctor tells him he needs to lose weight, Alice decides she's going make sure he follows the doctors orders. While Ralph's at work a neighbor comes down and asks Alice to hide some food for her for her husbands surprise party. She hides the food before Ralph comes home. When Ralph does get home he in a bad mood and demanding food. Alice sticks to her guns, and tries to help Ralph come up with some ways to distract himself from his hunger pangs. Everything fails, and he remains grumpy. In the mean time Alice goes up to the Norton's house leaving Ralph alone with the food which he finds by accident and eats almost all of it. When the neighbor comes down Alice finds out what he's done. Alice makes things right with the neighbor and Ralph is embarrassed. He apologizes and promises to go on a diet the next day.

Dinner Guest

Manager of the Baseball Team

Second remake of sketch originally performed on May 16, 1952 and May 9, 1953.

Alice's Birthday

The Dorsey Brothers Show

Ralph and Alice mistakenly invite both of the feuding Dorsey brothers to perform at a charity gathering.

Tawny Ballet

An opening dance number by the June Taylor Dancers is followed by Gleason's monologue. Art Carney appears near the end of a Nescaf instant coffee commercial. Announcer Jack Lescoulie sets up a sketch involving Charlie Bratton and Clem Finch. Gleason portrays Joe the Bartender. After soliciting contributions for the Red Cross, Lescoulie introduces Gleason's four-movement tone-poem ballet, "Tawny," which calls for fifty musicians and seventy-six dancers. Gleason conducts the theme. "Modern Blues," a black street-scene, features dancers Dolores Harper, James Riley, and Charles Queenan; "Period Waltz," with a late-eighteenth century look, features dancers Kathryn Lee, Duncan Noble, and Davie Lerner. The stylized "Formal Grand Finale" is danced by Marilyn Taylor, Peter Gladke, Rudy Tone, and others. The program concludes with thanks to all from Gleason.

The Prowler

There's a prowler in the building. The police wake up the Kramdens to tell them to keep the doors locked because there's a prowler the building. Everyone, including the Nortons, freaks out. The prowler does get into the Kramdens' apartment, but the police save everyone.

Guest Speaker

Vacation at Fred's Landing

The Kramdens and the Nortons are about to go on vacation together. The wives want to go to Atlantic City; but the husbands want to go to Fred's Landing for a fishing and camping trip.

S01E40

Sprained Thumb

Ralph sprains his thumb while driving the bus. When he demands his own doctor examine him instead of following the company doctor's opinion, the doctor also notices something wrong with Alice as well.

Lucky Number

While at a ball game with Ed, Ralph wins a $1000 as part of a contest at the ball park. When they get home Ralph tells Alice all about all the things he going to spend the money on but she thinks they should put in the bank. Later when they decide to celebrate they decide to do it at home with some Chinese food. He sends Ed and Trixie leaves obviously upset.

Episode S0203

Hot Dog Stand

Ralph and Norton try to collect enough money to open a hot dog stand in New Jersey.

Two Tickets to the Fight

Ralph has a chance to go to a important fight but Alice's uncle George is coming over. He fakes being ill to get the uncle to leave. This plan fails when Ed asks Uncle George to go since Ralph is sick. So Ralph is left home.

Halloween Party

The Kramdens and the Nortons are going to a Halloween party. Alice has made their costumes and Ralph doesn't like his. He decides to go a bum and rips up his only suit. Alice tries to stop him but he insists he won't need the suit again.

Champagne and Caviar

Ralph's boss is coming over, and he thinks that if he makes a big impression on him he'll get the next big promotion. So he puts on a suit, and gets champagne, caviar, and Cuban cigars. Mr. Marshall spends only a little time with Ralph and when he leaves he wants Ralph to come to work early to help him show the board how they can cut the other drivers pay because Ralph is getting along so well on his salary.

The Honeymooners: Letter to the Boss

S02E10

Finger Man

Ralph spots a wanted criminal on his bus. He comes up with a story that the bus has broken down to get people off the bus and notifies a cop. The bad guy is caught and Ralph is a hero. The press and the police chief show up at Ralph's house just in time to find out that the bad has escaped and vowed to get the guy who turned him in.

Honeymooners Christmas Party

Santa and the Bookies

Believing that Alice is pregnant, Ralph takes a job as a sidewalk Santa, with Norton as his helper, in order to earn extra money. But they are unaware of the fact that their new bosses are bookies who are using Ralph and Norton as a front to receive their betting slips.

Cottage for Sale

Ralph and Ed spring an idea on their wives to buy a $989.00 cottage. Alice and Trixie are against it, Ralph talks Alice and Trixie into looking at the model. Once they see it the girls love it, Ralph wants to do the negotiating and after finding out the model they were looking at is double the price they expected they take a deal that will supposedly give them the same place minus a "few simple extra's". After they buy it they find out on their first trip to the cottage they were snookered by the salesman and the place they bought is a run down shack. They wind up stuck there the first night and the couples wind up fighting over whose mistake the purchase was. Once they got back to the city and settle their argument they try to unload the cottage to recover their money.

S02E15

Guest Host: Ed Sullivan

Guest Host: Robert Q. Lewis

guest stars: Earl Wrightson, Lois Hunt, Jaye P. Morgan, Jan Arvan, Don Liberto

Guest Host: Garry Moore

Guest Host: Red Skelton

Guest Host: Art Carney

Guest Host: Eddie Fisher

Guest Host: Jane Froman

The Lawsuit

Ralph Kramden attempts to sue his employer the bus company for $10,000 negligence.

Fortune Teller

After claiming that all fortune tellers are fake, a fortune teller gives Ralph a free reading. She stops the reading abruptly and refuses to go on. This put Ralph into a panic and he visits the fortune teller the next day only to have her tell him that he will murder someone in the next seven days.

The Next Champ

Dynamite Moran a small-time fighter from Altoona comes to New York to make it big, stops by pool room to say hello to Norton through his uncle Herman... Ralph becomes his manager with Norton training him with a promise of getting him fights through Ralph's contact Jack Philbin ( George Petrie) fight promoter, while staying with Ralph and Alice.

Stand-In for Murder

A big-time New York mob boss is holed up in his luxury suite, since the rival Barney Hackett gang is intent on rubbing him out. The boss plans to run off to South America, but has no chance of eluding Hackett....that is, until two of his henchmen encounter a certain bus driver named Ralph Kramden, who is an absolute dead ringer for the boss!

Move Uptown

The Kramdens have found a nice new place in the Bronx they want to move to; one big problem the landlord won't let them out of their lease. He must sub-let the place first. After an abortive attempt to move without a sub-letting Ralph decides to force the landlord to throw him out by breaking all the rules of the building.

The Man in the Blue Suit

Ralph wins $73.85 playing poker. He wants to avoid giving all his winnings to Alice so he hides his winnings in a suit he hasn't worn for 5 years. While he's away a charity comes by and asks for any unwanted items. When Ralph finds out what happened to his suit he gets Ed to help him try to get it back.

Hair-Raising Tale

Ralph over hears two men arguing in the park and intercedes on the smaller ones behalf. While trying to calm down the little man he finds out that they were fighting over a "miracle hair restorer." Supposedly the bigger guy wanted to buy the formula for the hair restorer and the little guy wouldn't sell.

Jackie Gleason Celebrates 25 years in Show Business

Boxtop Kid

Alice gets Ralph to go down to see her sister and brother-in-law off on cruise to Europe. Ralph wasn't very happy about it, he doesn't like his brother-in-law anyway so this was to much to take. While on the boat he sees all the other prizes they won, this leads Ralph to the idea of buying a bunch of foods that are running contests.

Two Men on a Horse

Ralph gets elected treasurer of the Raccoon Lodge and as part of his duties he takes home $200 that was collected for the Raccoon Dance. He was supposed to deposit it in the bank. After he's unsuccessful retracing his steps he manages to raise $8.00 that he quickly loses when he tries to double his money playing pinball.

Goodbye Aunt Ethel

Alice's Aunt Ethel comes to visit, forcing Ralph to sleep in the kitchen for 3 weeks. Anxious to get rid of her, Ralph tries to set her up to marry one of his single friends.

SE02E34

Vacation at Fred's Landing: Re-Staging

The Kramdens and the Nortons are about to go on vacation together. The wives want to go to Atlantic City; but the husbands want to go to Fred's Landing for a fishing and camping trip. This is a remake first aired in June 1953

Margaret Hamilton, Garry Moore

Ralph's Sweet Tooth

Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows in The Jackie Gleason Show (1952) Ralph gets chosen for a commercial for a candy bar company that sponsor an opera show for TV. He has some problems learning his lines, but the biggest problem comes when he develops a toothache before the big night. When he bites into the bar during the live broadcast he winds up writhing in pain all over the stage.

Game Called on Account of Marriage

Ralph is fighting with Alice about her sisters up coming wedding. It seems Ralph has world series tickets for the day of the wedding. He and Ed cook up a plan to get the bride and groom to elope. The only way the groom to be will go through with it is if Ralph and Ed help with the event.

S03E03

Sketches: Reggie Van Gleason, the Poor Soul, Mother Fletcher; featuring Art Carney and Zamah Cunningham.

Love Letter

Ralph finds a love letter Norton wrote to Trixie years ago and believes it was sent to Alice by another man.

The People's Choice

Ralph spots an escaped criminal on his bus. He gets all the passengers off and helps the police arrest him. While the press is at his apartment taking his picture he finds out that the criminal has escaped. Ralph plans to hide but the police come to his apartment and talk him into acting as bait to recapture the criminal who has vowed to get even with him.

Halloween Party for the Boss

Remake of Halloween Party filmed Oct 31, 1953.

S03E07

Battle of the Sexes

Following domestic spats, Ed moves in with Ralph and Alice moves in with Trixie.

The Honeymooners: Teamwork Beat the Clock

Ralph and Alice are contestants on Beat the Clock. Featuring Bud Collyer.

The Brother-in-Law

Alice's brother Frank comes over for dinner. Ralph and Frank have a history of problems and they spend the evening arguing. As the evening comes to a close Frank as for a loan of $500 since Frank already owes Ralph $500 Ralph throws him out.

Season 3, Episode 11

Songwriters

Ralph is intrigued by the potential fame and fortune in writing popular songs. Before long, he and Norton pitch in (by raiding their spouses' Christmas Club funds) and buy a piano; Alice is furious. Desperately working through the night in Ralph's apartment, Ed and Ralph exhaust every lame premise for writing a hit song, until a chance series of disruptive noises sparks Ralph's imagination, and their new masterpiece begins to take shape. Within a day, they are auditioning their new opus "My Love Song to You" for a local publisher, who tells Ralph that he likes Ed's music, but refuses to publish the song with Ralph's amateurish lyrics. Ralph makes the ultimate artistic sacrifice by allowing the publisher to hire a lyricist to replace his own words. Ralph is thus thrust into an emotional funk, which reaches its height on the night Ed's new song makes its radio broadcast debut.

Santa and the Bookies

Title: "Santa and the Bookies" (re-staging of episode from 12/12/53)

The Poor Soul in Christmas-Land

The Honeymooners: Kramden vs. Norton

Ralph sues Norton over a television set which Norton won in a raffle.

A Promotion

Ralph has bad news and good news. His house is without heat, but he's just been promoted to assistant to the assistant cashier. He catches a cold from his lack of heat in his apartment. And while working at the office Ed came by to see his new office while there Norton becomes interested in the safe and Ralph shows him how easy the door works.

The Hypnotist

The Raccoon Convention is coming up, and Ralph hopes a hypnotist from the lodge can help him to get the necessary funds from Alice's secret stash.

The Honeymooners: Cupid

Ralph tries to set up a lonely friend on a blind date but local gossip leads Alice to believe that Ralph is the one seeking a new relationship.

A Little Man Who Wasn't There

Mr. Marshall tells Ralph he's crazy (in Ralph's words) and has a problem with his temper, having received complaints from passengers who have traveled on his bus. So he tells Ralph to see a psychiatrist to see if anything can be done about his temper.

Hero

A boy (Tommy) in the building Ralph lives in idolizes him, and Ralph can't resist embellishing his abilities to the boy. After talking with Ralph Tommy goes home and writes a paper for school about his "hero" Ralph Kramden. After reading the paper the teacher writes to Ralph asking him to come in for a conference.

The Honeymooners: The Great Jewel Robbery

Ralph takes up a collection to buy an expensive watch for his boss's daughter but Alice finds it and thinks it's for her.

Peacemaker

Ralph can't sleep because fighting going on between Ed and Trixie. Eventually Ed decides to leave and Trixie comes down talk with Alice. Alice gets Ralph to go out and find Ed. By the time Ralph gets back with Ed Trixie wants an apology. They start fighting again, and this time Ed comes down to Ralphs apartment.

The Honeymooners: The Adoption

Despite not having much to show for their lives, Ralph and Alice decide that they want to adopt a baby. Naturally, Ralph is set on having a son and won't hear of anything else. With the Nortons' help, the Kramdens prepare for the new arrival. When Alice and Ralph go to the adoption agency, they are first shown a girl baby but Ralph insists that they bring a boy.

Stars Over Flatbush

Ed finds an astrology booklet on the subway, and convinces Ralph to use the booklet and its predictions as a guide to making critical decisions--such as the exact day and time (down to the minute) that Ralph should ask his foreman, Joe Malone, for a raise.

One Big Happy Family

The Kramden's and the Norton's decide to share a bigger nicer apartment in Queens. It doesn't take long before they are at each others throats. After one especially bad fight they get thrown out and have to go back to their old places.

A Weighty Problem

Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows in The Jackie Gleason Show (1952) Ralph comes home in a foul mood. An inspector for the bus company comes on his buss and tells him he is getting too fat and may not be able to continue driving a bus. He comes home and talks with Ed about it and between the two of them, after looking up the rules, they decide he's still underweight for his height.

Boys and Girls Together

The wives demand that the husbands spend more time with them and the boys concoct a scheme to change that.

The Honeymooners: Principle of the Thing

With everything in the apartment breaking down, Ralph decides to exercise a clause in the lease and uses the rent money to fix up the place.

Songs and Witty Sayings

Alice and Trixie enter the contest Ralph and Norton hope to win.

Letter to the Boss

Broadcast on 5/21/55, is "Letter to the Boss (II)", a restaging of the same script first performed on November 14, 1953.

In Central Park

Stand-In for Murder (II)

Remake of sketch originally aired on April 17, 1954. Ralph is offered a phony job as an insurance executive but he is a doppelganger for a mob boss.

S03E33

S04E01

S04E02

Double Anniversary Party

It's the Kramden's anniversary and Ralph usually forgets so Alice is planning a surprise party. What she doesn't know is that this time Ralph remembered and has an big night out planned to surprise her. Alice has planned to get Ralph to go up to the Nortons where she plans to surprise him, and at the same time Ralph has planned to get Alice out of the house by asking her to go to the movies and then take to a restaurant where he has a big dinner planned. They have an argument trying to get each other to cooperate. Once they figure out what's going on they come up with a sweet way to deal with the problem.

Checkup

Ralph's in line for a promotion. And the bus company wants him to get a physical. Ralph isn't aware of this requirement and isn't there when the doctor comes by the first time. Alice and Trixie have to go out and get Ed to come down and wait around until Ralph gets home, but they forget to tell him why he's getting a physical. When Ralph finds out he needs a physical he thinks it's for some insurance that Alice wants and he thinks is unnecessary. He decides that a way to fail the physical is to pretend to be drunk. The doctor believes what he sees and plans to report his findings to the "company". Ralph thinks he out smarted Alice until she comes home and tells him what was really going on.

Forgot to Register

Ralph & Ed are very involved in a local election campaign, on the day of election Ed tells Ralph that he's not going to vote. Ralph blows a gasket, he gives Ed a history lesson to remind him why he has to vote. After bullying Ed into agreeing to vote Ralph finds out that Alice is going to vote for the candidate that's running against the candidate Ralph's supporting. This leads to a huge argument Ralph feels that a wife has to vote the way her husband votes. As they are getting ready to leave to vote Ralph realizes he forgot to register to vote. He winds up feeling like a fool and apologizes to Alice for trying bully her, and as usual she forgives him and he realizes yet again how lucky he is.

Expectant Father

Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, and Joyce Randolph in The Jackie Gleason Show (1952) Alice has secretly taken a job as an obstetrician's receptionist. But when Ralph sees her going into the doctor's office, he immediately leaps to the conclusion that he's going to be a father --and begins to make ecstatic plans for his son-to-be.

Goodnight Sweet Prince

Ralph has to work third shift and the neighborhood won't let him sleep during the day.

Two Family Car

Ralph finds out he's won a raffle. One problem: Ed Norton paid for half the ticket and the first prize is a car. Alice make Ralph tell Ed even though Ralph doesn't want to. They finally work out a way to share the car. But when the people from the raffle arrive, we find out Ralph won the 26th prize. And since he agreed to use the back half of the prize, this prize will cause him some problems.

Love Letter

Remake of a sketch originally broadcast on Oct 16, 1954. Ralph finds an old love letter Norton wrote to Trixie years ago and mistakenly thinks Alice has a new lover.

Tribute to Tommy Dorsey

Finders Keepers

Ralph and Norton try to raise funds to buy a local candy store by entering a radio contest.

Catch a Star

Ralph tells the lodge members he knows Jackie Gleason and can get him for a show at the Raccoon Lodge (of course he doesn't). He comes clean to Norton who helps him come up with a plan to get Gleason to come to the event on the basis that it's a charity, it's not, but they don't plan on letting that get the way. Their plan involves waiting in Gleason's hotel lobby to ask him for help. The scene in lobby revolves around series of exits and entrances by Ralph and Gleason then Ed can Carney and even Joyce Randolf gets involved in playing a different character in that lobby. Gleason and Ralph manage to miss each other in the lobby. On the night of the event Ralph is shaking in his boots because he doesn't know that Alice had managed to get Gleason to show up by make his favorite food and sending it to him with a note asking him to help. Another interesting character swap takes place and everyone is happy at the end

S04E13

Guest Host: Art Carney; Guests: Charlton Heston, Fred Waring, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Gordon MacRae, Roberta Sherwood, Woody Herman

At Sixty-Five

My Fair Landlord

Ralph wants to move, he finds a two family home in the want ads that has a low down payment. Alice is against it, and when Ralph decides Ed would be a good tenant for the second unit. Against Alice's wishes he gets the house and they move in only to find the place has a lot of problems. After signing a 99 year lease Ed demands that Ralph fix up his place. While repairs are under way Ralph and Ed have a big fight and Ed wants to leave. After Ralph holds him to the lease Ed tries to get thrown out by making lots of noise. Ed finally finds a way to get thrown out.

Johnny Cash, Jonathan Winters

Away We Go

The Kramdens and Nortons win a breakfast cereal contest, the prize being a cruise around the world.

Plastered in Paris

While in Paris, Ralph and Ed are arrested for unwittingly passing counterfeit money.

Behind the Iron Curtain

While in Germany, Ralph and Ed accidentally wander into East Berlin and are suspected of being spies.

The Honeymooners: When in Rome

In Italy, Ralph is jealous of Alice's tourist guide, not knowing the guide is a little boy.

Curse of the Kramdens

When visiting Ireland, Ralph and Norton spend the night in the haunted ancestral Kramden Castle.

The Honeymooners: Mad Dogs and Englishmen

The Kramdens and Nortons appear in a Flakey Wakey commercial on an English television show.

Guest Host: Kate Smith; guest stars: Bobby Van, Gene Sheldon, Jonathan Winters, Pat Rooney

Guest Host: Kathryn Grayson; guest stars: Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Dick Haymes, Joe Williams, Leo DeLyon, Bobby Hackett

All Star Circus Revue with guest host: Hugh O'Brian

Framed in Spain

Blackmailers fake a photo of Ralph fooling around with a Spanish local in Madrid, making Alice jealous.

I Remember Mau Mau

The Kramdens and the Nortons go on safari in Africa. Partly remade from Fred's Landing Camping Trip in 1953.

Jaye P. Morgan

Joey Adams, Al Kelly, Theresa Brewer, Russell Swann

June Carter, Helen Forrest, The Amazing Mr. Ballantine

Morey Amsterdam, Jerry Copper, The Sciplina Chimps; The Honeymooners - Six Months to Live

Monica Lewis, Johnny Haymer

Jane Morgan, Jack E. Leonard

Sammy Kaye, Rose Marie; The Honeymooners - Manager of the Baseball Team

Second remake of a sketch originally broadcast on May 16, 1952 and May 9, 1953. Ralph is convinced he's gotten a big time promotion but something is lost in translation.

Guest Host: Johnnie Ray; Guests: Larry Griswold, Louis Jordan, Peggy Lee, Jimmy Nelson

Guest Host: Vic Damone; Guests: Peggy Lee, Dave Barry, Betty Kean, Lew Parker

Guest Host: Peggy Lee; Guests: Tony Bennett, The Treniers, Jack E. Leonard

S04E40

The Honeymooners: In Twenty-Five Words or Less

After his brother-in-law wins a contest, Ralph tries and wins a cereal contest. But he didn't read the fine print of the contest rules. The boys try to fool the representatives, fail, and settle for second prize, a trip around the World.

The Passing Politician

In this book musical, Jackie plays a five-term mayor of a small-town city, "Big Jim" Finley, who for the first time in his career is facing formidable (and younger) competition in his latest election.

The Honeymooners: Ship of Fools

After winning a all-paid trip around the world, the Kramdens and the Nortons get on the cruise ship and start their journey. The boys fool around and get into a lifeboat, ending up in the ocean.

The Honeymooners: Poor People in Paris

While on their trip around the world, the Kramdens and the Nortons start in Paris. The boys unknowingly get counterfeit money, then get arrested when they spend it in a restaurant.

The Honeymooners: Confusion - Italian Style

While on their all-paid world cruise, the Kramdens and Nortons arrive in Rome. The girls are approached by a young boy taking and selling photos. He then sends a flower and love note to Alice. Ralph finds out and hilarity ensues.

S05E06

Jackie welcomes guests Phil Silvers, who teaches him how to sing; Orson Bean, who performs "I Ate the Baloney"; Pat Boone, who performs "Love Letters in the Sand"; Patti Page, who performs a medley of her old hits; and Wayne Cochran, who performs "Get Down With It" and "Goin' Back to Miami".

The Honeymooners: The Curse of the Kramdens

While on their all-paid world cruise, the Kramdens and Nortons arrive in Ireland, to see the birth town of Ralph's ancestors. He finds out they are cursed and he tries to break the curse.

The Honeymooners: The Honeymooners in England

While on their all-paid world cruise, the Kramdens and Nortons arrive in England. The contest company wants Ralph to appear on their Wakey Flakey TV show.

The Honeymooners: You're in the Picture

While on their all-paid world cruise, the Kramdens and Nortons arrive in Spain. Ralph helps a young lady in distress and when she hugs him for helping, a photo is taken. Attempted blackmail and comedy ensues.

Salute to the Big Bands

A salute to the big bands, with performances by the likes of Buddy DeFranco, Duke Ellington, Les and Larry Elgart, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Guy Lombardo, Freddy Martin and Sammy Kaye.

The Honeymooners: We Spy

The Kramdens and the Nortons cause an international incident while in Germany when they wander over to the communist side.

The Honeymooners: Petticoat Jungle

While on the last week of an all-paid world cruise, the boys meet a big game hunter in a shop. This leads to them changing their plans from sunbathing on the Riviera to big game hunting in Africa. The girls are NOT amused.

The Honeymooners: Run, Santa, Run

Unbeknownst to Ralph, Alice has taken up knitting to pay for his Christmas present. Seeing baby things in the apartment, and assuming she's pregnant, he takes on a job as a sidewalk Santa with Norton as his helper, and both end up arrested as operatives in a bookmaking operation.

The Poor Soul in Christmas-Land (Re-Staging)

As Christmas approaches, the Poor Soul falls asleep on a busy city street. A Fairy Princess, with the touch of her wand, whisks him away to a fantasy land where he meets numerous storybook characters, such as Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the Shoemaker and the Elves, Little Bo Peep and her sheep, St. George and the Dragon, Alice in Wonderland, Rumpelstiltskin, the Old Woman in the Shoe, Old King Cole, and the Phantom Regiment.

New Year's Eve Show

With Steve Allen/Jayne Meadows/Louis Nye/Morey Amsterdam/Jerry Lester/Gene Sheldon

The Honeymooners: King of the Castle

The Honeymooners: Movies Are Better Than Ever

One Man Show

Jackie demonstrates the laugh-getting techniques of vaudeville comics, and mimes a man trying to take a nap despite interruptions. Also, Reggie Van Gleason gives a dramatic recitation of "Casey at the Bat".

The Honeymooners: Without Reservations

The Honeymooners: Life Upon the Wicked Stage

Jackie Gleason's 51st Birthday Celebration

The Honeymooners: Rififi - Brooklyn Style

S05E23

In this country-themed edition, Jackie welcomes country satirists Homer and Jethro (who perform "Li'l Ole Kiss Of Fire" and "Jam-Bowl-Liar"), Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys (who perform "Wabash Cannonball" and "I Couldn't Believe It Was True"), Sue Thompson (who performs "Norman" and "Have a Good Time"), Roy Clark, The Collins Kids, Boots Randolph (who performs "Yakety Sax"), and Buck Owens and His Buckaroos.

The Honeymooners: Ralph Kramden Presents

Ralph gets into a spot after bragging that he knows Jackie Gleason and can get him to make an appearance at the Racoons' annual dance.

S05E25

The Honeymooners: Flushing Ho!

The Honeymooners: Sees All - Knows All

S05E28

Jackie welcomes various musicians and aerialists. Trumpeter Bobby performs "Strangers in the Night." Dick sings "Melancholy Serenade." Saxophonist Charlie entertains with "He Walked Into My Life."

The Honeymooners: Be It Ever So Humble

The Honeymooners: Hair to a Fortune

The Honeymooners: The People's Choice

S06E04

The Honeymooners: Two for the Money

S06E06

Guests include Johnny Mathis, who performs "Misty Roses"; Groucho Marx, who performs a "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean" duet with Jackie as Reginald Van Gleason III; Joel Grey, who performs "Wilkommen" from "Cabaret"; Louis Nye, who plays the harried director of a school pageant; and Jane Morgan, who performs "Ten Cents a Dance".

The Honeymooners: Nephew of the Bride

The Nortons and the Kramdens are desperate when Ralph's Aunt Ethel shows up for an extended visit. The solution is to find Ethel a man of her own and Herman the marriage shy butcher is their choice.

S06E08

Vikki sings "Can't Take My Eyes Off of You". A medley about life in California and Florida becomes a duet with Jackie and Milton. Milton also tries to interest Jackie in a script.

The Honeymooners: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

George Gobel/Jack Jones/Sheila MacRae/Dom DeLuise

The Honeymooners: Two Faces of Ralph Kramden

Bing Crosby/Liberace/Alan King/Stan Ross

The Honeymooners: The Main Event

S06E14

Teresa Brewer sang When I Leave the World Behind, and sang and yodelled Cotton Fields, accompanied by her Terry-Tones.

The Honeymooners: To Whom It May Concern

Paul Ford plays Ralph Kramden's boss who was sent a nasty letter that Ralph wants back. Interspersed are the songs "Back in School" and "Never Put Anything in Writing."

Milton Berle/Louis Armstrong/Frank Fontaine/Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra

Jackie, Milton Berle and Jerry Collins start things off with a comedy routine; Louis Armstrong performs "Cabaret" and "What a Wonderful World"; Jackie and Milton discuss what kind of act to do next; Joe the Bartender welcomes back Crazy Guggenheim (Frank Fontaine); and for the close, Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra perform a medley of their big hits, accompanied by the June Taylor Dancers.

S06E17

Another "country music" themed edition, with musical performances by Patti Page, Eddy Arnold, Boots Randolph and The Geezinslaw Brothers; plus comedy routines from Jack Carter and Fannie Flagg.

Wayne Newton/Diahann Carroll/Tim Conway/Dom DeLuise

Milton Berle, the 5th Dimension, Herman's Hermits, Jerry Collins, George Carlin

Highlights include: Milton Berle and Jerry Collins doing a routine with Jackie in the opener; The 5th Dimension performing "Paper Cup"; George Carlin satirizing advice columnists; Herman's Hermits performing a medley of their hits including "There's a Kind of Hush"; and Milton and Jackie close the show with another routine.

The Honeymooners: Sleepy Time Gal

Ralph persuades a hypnotist to put Alice in a trance.

S07E02

Jackie discusses his summer making two movies in succession with Milton Berle; Gene Kelly dances with the June Taylor Dancers and then performs a medley of George M. Cohan songs with Jackie; after prodding the host and guests by Chuck Connors in a cameo appearance, Orson Welles performs a magic act; and for the close, Jackie, Milton, Gene and Orson sit in rocking chairs to the tune of "Together (Wherever We Go)".

The Honeymooners: The Boy Next Door

Alice plans a surprise party for Ralph; an old love letter falls into the wrong hands.

S07E4

The June Taylor Dancers start things off by dancing to "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"; Sid Caesar starts off as a saxophonist who has sworn off the instrument in favor of philosophizing, later pantomimes a piano concerto, then he and Imogene Coca perform a routine about a shy couple at a first dance and, for the ending, perform in an Italian film parody, "Who Robbed the Bicycle?"; plus, Mike Douglas performs "The Windmills of Your Mind" and duets with Jackie on a rewritten version of "It's a Great Day for the Irish"; and Bob Newhart regales a routine about married couples.

The Honeymooners: Follow the Boys

Edgar Bergen/Shelley Berman/Tiny Tim

For the opener, Tiny Tim bestows hippie regalia upon Jackie, and later performs "Tiptoe Thru' the Tulips With Me" and "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight"; Edgar Bergen gives a history lesson to Charlie McCarthy, then they have it out with Jackie; Shelley Berman explains the auditorium's ventilation system to Jackie, and then does a monologue about a "brave man" in war on the wireless with his commander.

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Guest Red Buttons complains to Jackie that he's never had a "Man of the Year" plaque, and gives historic examples of others who never received such plaques; Frankie Avalon performs "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"; Jackie and Phil Silvers do dueling dances, then Phil recounts singers he's known and imitates Ezio Pinza; and a "Honeymooners" remake of "Six Months to Live", where Ralph thinks he's dying of a disease that's actually afflicting Alice's mother's collie.

Morey Amsterdam/Red Buttons/Florence Henderson/The Honeymooners

Guest Red Buttons starts off unloading on Jackie about the type of jokes he's not allowed to do on the show, and later does a satire of programming on Israeli television; Florence Henderson sings "My Love"; Morey Amsterdam teaches Jackie how to play the cello, then does a comedy routine; and for the close, a "Honeymooners" sketch, "Alice's Birthday", where Alice is determined to receive a birthday gift from a chronically forgetful Ralph even if it means buying it herself.

S07E11

Guest Red Buttons sings "My Pal Jackie" and reminisces about their recent trip to the beach; Nipsey Russell performs a comedy routine after regaling about diets and women's fashions with Jackie; Jan Murray gives Jackie some golfing tips, with Greta von Hagge as the caddy; and a "Honeymooners" sketch, "Lawsuit", where Ralph intends to sue his employer, the Gotham Bus Company, for $75,000 after suffering a broken leg in a work-related accident.

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Guests are Milton Berle, Gene Kelly and Corbett Monica. Highlights include Jackie and Milton going over the latest in fashions; Gene performs "Shall We Dance?" with The June Taylor Dances; and Gleason, Berle and Kelly do a medley reflecting on their showbiz careers.

Tony Bennett/Nipsey Russell/Jackie Vernon/Milton Berle

Guest Milton Berle offers Jackie unsolicited dieting tips; Tony Bennett performs "The Trolley Song" and "(I Left My Heart) In San Francisco"; Nipsey Russell does a "That's Good, That's Bad" routine with Jackie and ruminates on the current scene; Jackie Vernon does a monologue about the town of Ferguson, Ohio; and for the finish, Milton and Jackie perform a musical tribute to radio shows and commercials of the past.

S07E17

Highlights of this show include: Sid Caesar giving shopping tips to Jackie; Myron Cohen does a routine about senior citizens; Timmie Rogers teachers Jackie how to be a "soul man", and performs a routine about Miami Beach hotels and other subjects; George Jessel tells a story about the Holy Land in ancient times; and a sketch with Sid as an impatient waiter at Casa del Que Dulce Es', made by his boss to wait while customers are locked in an eternal kiss.

S07E18

Guest Tiny Tim regales himself with Jackie at the open, and later performs "Secret Agent Man"; Slappy White does a routine; Wally Cox speaks of different birds with Jackie, and performs "What a Crazy Guy (Dufo)"; and in "The Honeymooners" Ralph gets his thumb stuck in a bowling ball he had just bought.

S07E19

Guest Jack Benny regales about a luncheon he had with Jackie; Robert Goulet performs "Those Were the Days"; Alan King does a routine about his doctor brother and their family; Jack speaks of performing on TV shows with his violin, and of orchestra leaders on TV and radio he's known, then performs a medley of songs on the violin including "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Puttin' on the Ritz"; and for the close, Jackie and his guests and the June Taylor Dancers show up at Jack Haley's residence.

Victor Borge, Orson Bean, Frank Sinatra, Jr., The Honeymooners

Guest Orson Bean teaches Jackie how to make a paper eucalyptus tree; Ray Milland comes out to help Jackie introduce Frank Sinatra Jr., who performs "Consider Yourself" and then duets with Jackie on "How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm?"; Victor Borge does a monologue about a performance of a Mozart opera; Sonny Sands regales the audience with tales of his nature and life in general; and in "The Honeymooners", Norton and Trixie move in with the Kramdens while their apartment is being painted because Ed can't stand the smell of paint.

Groucho Marx, Mickey Rooney, Jane Morgan, Charlie Manna

For the open, Groucho Marx has a few words with Jackie about the dressing room facilities and romance, performs "I Wanna Be Loved By You," and for the close does a monologue about "healthier" lifestyles; Jane Morgan performs "Congratulations, I Guess"; Mickey Rooney dispels myths about his present financial condition and proposes what next film he and Jackie would do together, and then performs a routine with Sid Gould; and Charlie Manna ruminates on life and the world around him.

S07E22

Guest George Burns has Jackie do things to make him laugh, and later regales a tale about Harry Houdini; Georgie Kaye and Marsh and Adams perform comedy routines; and a "Honeymooners" installment, "The New Manager", where Ralph thinks he's been promoted to manager of the Gotham Bus Company when, in fact, he was named manager of their baseball team.

The Honeymooners: Play It Again, Norton

The Honeymooners: Ralph Goes Hollywood

Kramden and Norton try to convince Bing Crosby to record their song, "Love On a Bus." In this episode Bing sings an original tune by Lynn Duddy & Jerry Bressler titled, "There's Nothing That I Haven't Sung About," which incorporates forty Crosby song titles.

The Honeymooners: Mexican Hat Trick featuring Carol Lawrence & the Baja Marimba Band

The Honeymooners: The Curse of the Cuckoo Thief

Yes, We Have No Bonanzas

A musical spoof of "Bonanza," with Reggie Van Gleason as the patriarch of the "Pondersusie," who with his sons Little Joe (Art Carney) and Little Max (Jerry Bergen) defends the ranch from Black Bart (Milton Berle) who has sought revenge on those he holds responsible for his being sent to jail years before.

The Honeymooners: The Honeymoon Is Over

The Kramdens and Nortons get into a major spat while making an appearance on "The Mike Douglas Show".

The Honeymooners: Happiness Is a Rich Uncle

The Honeymooners: Hawaii, Oh! Oh!

The Honeymooners: The Sun and Raccoon Capital

The Honeymooners: The Match Game

The Kramdens and Nortons have an encounter with a computer dating service while in Chicago.

The Honeymooners: Double Trouble

While the Kramdens and Nortons are in Sun Valley, Idaho, Ralph is arrested for a crime he did not commit, as the real culprit is a dead ringer for him.

Reggie and the Red Baron

Jackie, Art Carney, Charlotte Rae, special guest Milton Berle and the "Reginald Van Gleason Conservator Players" star in a musical spoof of the legend of the Red Baron, with Reggie Van Gleason as a World War I flying ace and Milton as the Red Baron.

S08E13

Jackie salutes the months of the year in song with original tunes. The music was composed by Lyn Duddy and Jerry Bresler who created music for the Honeymooners.

S08E14

Special guest Milton Berle and Art Carney join Jackie in a performance of "Bosom Buddies" during the opener; comedy routines from Irwin C. Watson, Allan Drake and Jackie Gayle; and for the finish, Milton pitches what Jackie's next movie would be, acting out various parts including one in drag.

S08E15

Guest George Burns talks about Jack Benny in one segment then recalls a party at Edward G. Robinson in another. Art Carney brings back his Ed Norton character for a comedy sketch.

S08E16

Highlights of this show include: special guest Jack Benny marveling on Jackie's weight loss; a comedy routine from Sonny Sands; a ventriloquist routine from Aaron Williams and Freddie; and for the close, Jack dealing with room service in his hotel.

S08E17

Jackie and Milton Berle talk to an expert about space flights. Jackie and Milton team up for a musical comedy reprise of historical events. Art Carney sings "If I Were a Rich Man."

S08E18

Host Jackie Gleason and guest Milton Berle trade insults in a comedic way. Then the entire cast salutes vaudeville greats from the past.

The Honeymooners: We're Off to See the Wizard

On the last leg of their cross-country tour, a hotel mix-up during Mardi Gras leads the Kramdens and Nortons to Ed's distant relative Emma, a phony spiritualist.

The Honeymooners: Operation Protest

The Kramdens and Nortons come home from their cross-country tour, and Ralph and Alice find that her nephew, Clifford (Tom Ligon), has turned the place into a shambles. Worse, he's picketing Ralph's promotion to public relations director for the Gotham Bus Company.