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The Honeymooners - The New Bowling Ball: Ralph's new bowling ball gets stuck on his finger. This is Audrey Meadows' first appearance as Alice Kramden. Other sketches include the Poor Soul painting his dog and Reginald Van Gleason III as a shoe salesman. Art Carney in Truman gag. Gleason sings 'I Love Girls'; Eileen Barton sings 'Come Rain or Come Shine' and 'You Like?'; Louis Armstrong performs 'A Kiss to Build a Dream On' and 'That's a Plenty.' Guest stars: Louis Armstrong, Eileen Barton, The Mayo Brothers
The Honeymooners - The Turkey: Alice misplaces her wedding ring; Ralph thinks a turkey ate it. Other sketches include Art Carney playing the ring announcer for a wrestling match (complete with ring provided by Everlast) between the tag team of the Indian Marauder and Baron Von Deutchsland against Charlie Lump (Jerry Bergen) and the dashing society playboy Reginald Van Gleason III, who makes his entrance with an elaborate litter and wrestles in a leopard-skinned outfit. Also, obnoxious Charlie Bratton loses pal Clem Finch's rare dime in a diner pay phone. The June Taylor Dancers perform 'Another Opening, Another Show.' Gleason sings 'Who Cares?' and dances to 'Crazy Rhythm' with Marilyn Gleason. The Dorsey Orchestra performs 'Struttin' With Some Barbeque.'
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The Honeymooners - The Lost Baby: Ralph finds an abandoned baby on his bus. Other Sketches: Joe the Bartender. Nat 'King' Cole sings 'Walkin' My Baby Back Home' and 'Faith Can Move Mountains.' Dorothy Morrow performs 'I Have Dreamed' and 'Because You're Mine.' The June Taylor Dancers and violinist Maria Neglia perform 'The Flight of the Bumblebee.' Radio/TV writer Jack Lester cites Gleason as the Number One TV comedian of the season. Gleason congratulates his band leader Ray Bloch for 20 years of conducting. Guest stars: Nat King Cole, Doretta Morrow, Maria Neglia
The Honeymooners - The Quiz Show: Ralph and Alice are contestants on a radio quiz show. Other skits include loudmouth Charlie Bratton trying to get his pal Clem Finch a raise and the Poor Soul and his girlfriend buy a TV set. The June Taylor Dancers perform 'Order.' Vocalist Morton Downey performs 'Dear Old Donegal', 'My Blue Heaven', 'Carolina Moon' and 'It's the Same Old Shillelagh.' Guest stars: Morton Downey, Anita Kert Ellis
The Honeymooners - Halloween Party: The Kramdens and Nortons dress up for a Halloween party. This episode is also known as Masquerade. Guest star Richard Tucker.
The Honeymooners - Cold: While nursing Ralph to health, Alice reveals she has taken out an insurance policy on his life. Note: This is the only Honeymooners sketch that does not include Art Carney. Guest stars: Ethel Waters, Deems Taylor
The Honeymooners - The Pickles: Alice starts eating pickles after a doctor's visit, leading Ralph to think she is pregnant. Guest star: Dick Haymes
The Honeymooners - Jellybeans: Ralph buys thousands of jelly beans in the hopes of winning a $100 prize.
The Honeymooners - The Missing Pair of Pants: Ralph awakens and cannot find his pants & he's blaming Alice since she's been up earlier than him. Alice washed his long underwear the night before & hung them on the line to dry & now they are frozen. Missing pants & frozen underwear, it's not a good morning for Ralph. And to top it off, the toaster is not working. Guest stars: Grantland Rice All-America Team, Neva Jane Langley, Gail Robbins Note: This episode is still lost.
The Honeymooners - Six Months to Live: When Ralph finds a letter from a doctor he believes the information in it leaves him with only six months to live. After some time to reflect, it's Alice that explains that the letter is from the vet who has given Alice's mother's dog. Note: Audrey Meadows wears an eyepatch in this episode due to an allergy attack from eating seafood earlier that day.
The Honeymooners - Christmas Party: It's Christmas Eve & the Kramdems are having a Christmas party with the Norton's and several of Gleason's regular characters drop in. This episode features Patricia Morison (a friend of Trixie's from her time in burlesque) singing two songs. Christmas visitors include Fenwick Babbitt, Patricia Morison, Joe the Bartender, The Poor Soul, Rudy the Repairman & Whitey, Frankie Avalon, Reggie Van Gleason III, Phil Napoleon and his Memphis 5, and the June Taylor Dancers. Guest stars: Patricia Morison, Frank Marth, Jerry Bergen, Phil Napoleon & his Memphis Five. Note: the video for the first 25 seconds of this sketch are missing, photos and an audio recording are used to fill in the gap.
The Honeymooners - Glow Worm Cleaning: Alice has been chosen to appear in a magazine ad for Glow Worm sink cleaner. Ralph is against the idea until he's told going to be in another ad. Note: a portion of this episode was colorized for The Honeymooners Anniversary Celebration special October 18, 1985.
The Honeymooners - Alice Plays Cupid: Ralph sabotages Alice's efforts to play matchmaker between a friend of hers and Ralph's traffic manager from work. Guest star: Peggy Lee
The Honeymooners - Suspense: Ralph and Ed overhear Alice and Trixie rehearsing lines to a play and Ralph mistakenly thinks Alice is going to poison him. Guest stars: The DeMarco Sisters
The Honeymooners - Lost Job: Alice finds a pink slip in Ralph's pay envelope. Ralph is angry and reminisces about his 12 years as a bus driver. Guest star: Jeanette MacDonald
The Honeymooners - Anniversary Gift: Ralph scrambles to find Alice a new anniversary gift after she gets the same gift from Trixie. Other Sketches: Poor Soul has a date at the roller rink; Reggie Van Gleason's parents think he's slacking off in his duties at the bank. Musical Numbers: Toni Arden sings "Dancing in the Dark" and "Kiss"; June Taylor Dancers perform to "Me and My Shadow" with singing guests. Guest stars: Toni Arden, Ethel Owen, George Petrie.
The Honeymooners - Income Tax: Ralph owes the IRS $15, exactly the amount of money he has saved for a new bowling ball. Guest star: June Christy.
The Honeymooners - Alice's Aunt Ethel: When Alice's aunt arrives for a visit, Ralph is forced to sleep in the kitchen. Other Sketches: Gleason does two of his established characters. Musical Numbers: June Taylor Dancers perform a St. Patrick's Day routine. Guest star: Sunny Gale.
The Honeymooners - What's Her Name?: Ralph and Alice struggle to remember the name of an actress from a film they just saw. Guest star: Morton Downey.
The Honeymooners - Lunch Box: Ralph gripes about the lunch Alice packed for him, only to find out he had someone else's lunchbox. Guest star: Mel Tormé.
The Honeymooners - Easter Hats: Ralph and Alice buy Easter hats for each other. This episode is still lost.
The Honeymooners - Hot Tips: Ralph is accused of being a bookie when he starts collecting bets for people before going to the racetrack. Guest star: Johnny Desmond
The Honeymooners - Norton Moves In: The Nortons stay with the Kramdens while their apartment is being painted. Guest star: Helen Forrest
The Honeymooners - Ralph's Diet: While struggling with a new diet, Ralph discovers some hidden food in the apartment. Other Sketches: Gleason does two of his established character sketches. Musical Numbers: The June Taylor Dancers perform two numbers. Guest star: Georgia Gibbs
The Honeymooners - The Dinner Guest: Alice interrupts all of Ralph's attempts to discuss a promotion with a co-worker. Guest star: Mary Mayo
The Honeymooners - Manager Of The Baseball Team: 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. Guest stars: Mary Mayo, Queen Elizabeth Scotch Pipers
The Honeymooners - Alice's Birthday: Ralph thinks a guest at Alice's birthday party is more interested in her than just friends. Guest stars: Teresa Brewer, West Point Glee Club. This episode is still lost.
The Honeymooners - The Dorsey Brothers Show: Ralph gets the feuding Dorsey Brothers to appear at the bus drivers dance. Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey make their television debut with their combined orchestra. Musical numbers include "Ruby". Guests: Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey.
The Honeymooners - The Prowler: Ralph tries his best to protect Alice from a neighborhood prowler. Guest star: Don Cornell
The Honeymooners - Guest Speaker: Ralph frets after being asked to speak at the next Raccoon Lodge meeting. Guest star: Helen O'Connell
The Honeymooners - Sprained Thumb: Ralph wears Alice to a frazzle after a bus accident leaves him with a sprained thumb. Other sketches: Reggie Van Gleason; Joe the Bartender; Loudmouth Charlie Bratton. The Honeymooners episode is also known as 'Bus Accident.'
The Honeymooners - 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. Alice tells Ralph that he's being selfish and he should share some with Ed. Later when the bread company representative arrives to give him the prize they tell him they want pictures for advertising. Guest stars: Yogi Berra, Phil Rizzuto, Mickey Mantle, and Hank Bauer of the New York Yankees.
The Honeymooners - Hot Dog Stand: Ralph and Norton collect enough money to open a hot dog stand in New Jersey.
The Honeymooners - 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.
The Honeymooners - 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. When the people they were supposed to go with arrive he finds out it's not a Halloween party it a formal dance for his bosses birthday. Once Ralph realizes he can't go to this party he winds up having to apologize to Alice who of course forgives him.
The Honeymooners - 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 - 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. While Ralph is trying to decide where to hide the police approach the "hero" to act as a decoy to help them re-arrest the criminal.
The Honeymooners - Christmas Party: It's Christmas Eve & the Kramdems are having a Christmas party with the Norton's and several of Gleason's regular characters drop in. This episode features Frances Langford (a friend of Trixie's from her time in burlesque) singing two songs. Christmas visitors include Fenwick Babbitt, Frances Langford, Joe the Bartender, The Poor Soul, Rudy the Repairman & Whitey, Eddie Hodges, Reggie Van Gleason III, the June Taylor Dancers. Guest stars: Frances Langford, Frank Marth, Jerry Bergen. Francis Langford sings “Good Day” & “I Love Paris.” Eddie Hodges sings “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home.” Note: the video for the first 25 seconds of this sketch are missing, photos and an audio recording are used to fill in the gap.
The Honeymooners - New Year's Eve Party: Ralph has no intention of going out on New Year's Eve, until the Kramdens and Nortons receive an invitation from The Dorsey Brothers. Guest stars: Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey
The Honeymooners - This is Your Life: Ralph's jealousy ruins his shot at an appearance on This Is Your Life.
The Honeymooners - 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.
The Honeymooners - Lawsuit: After breaking his leg in a bus accident, Ralph tries to sue the bus company. Note: Gleason broke his leg live on the show January 30, 1954. His being on crutches was worked into this episode.
The Honeymooners - Fortune Teller: Ralph reluctantly allows a fortune teller to read his palm, and is determined to find out what his future will bring when the fortune teller won't read on any further.
The Honeymooners - The Next Champ: Ralph decides to manage a young boxer, who ends up moving in with the Kramdens to train.
The Honeymooners - Stand In for Murder: 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. Note: Only the studio audience saw the ending to this episode and the show ran over and the video feed cut with about 3 minutes of show to go.
The Honeymooners - 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 plot back fires on Ralph when the landlord shows up at his apartment.
The Honeymooners - 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. Their plans all fail. But only after he feels he'll never see the money again that Alice tells him the man who picked up the suit found the money and returned it. But not before she tortures him a little to get him for hiding how much he had actually won from her.
The Honeymooners - 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. The little guy claims to have invented the product and had wanted investors but didn't want to sell. Ralph sees a chance to make some money, and the little guy sees a sucker.
The Honeymooners: Ralph and Alice struggle to remember the name of an actress from a film they just saw. Alice and Ralph sing a duet titled "One of These Days, Pow!" Other sketches: This week's telecast celebrated Jackie Gleason's 25th anniversary in show business Gleason performs in Charlie Bratton, Fenwick Babbit, The Poor Soul, Reggie Van Gleason, & Joe the Bartender. Guests stars Audrey Meadows, Art Carney & Joyce Randolph.
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. When comes home with a lot of groceries Alice demands he take everything back. Ralph ignores her demands and he and Ed work on entering all the contests on the packages. As luck would have it, Ralph does win one of the contests.
The Honeymooners - 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. While he's hanging around the diner he over hears the owner getting a sure thing tip on a horse and they raise another $10.00 to take advantage of the tip he just got. When he gets there he tries to keep the odds on the horse from dropping
The Honeymooners - Goodbye Aunt Ethel: With Alice's Aunt Ethel visiting, Ralph plans to get her out of his home by marrying her off to the local butcher. Guest stars: Ethel Owen, Cliff Hall
The Honeymooners - Ralph's Sweet Tooth: 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.
The Honeymooners - 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. They show up with the ladder and help the bride with all her baggage, and there's a lot. After the bride is outside and all the bags are down stairs, the bride and groom get in a fight and call off the elopement, and stomp off in a huff. Ralph and Ed throw all the bag back inside
The Honeymooners - The People's Choice: 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.
The Honeymooners - Halloween Party: The exact storyline for this episode is unknown as it it is still lost. This episode is also known as 'Halloween Party For The Boss' and is believed to be an extended version of the previous years halloween episodes.
The Honeymooners - Battle of the Sexes: Ed moves in with Ralph and Alice moves in with Trixie after domestic battles in the Kramden and Norton households.
The Honeymooners - Teamwork Beat the Clock: Ralph, Alice and Norton rehearse a stunt at home when they are contestants on Beat the Clock. Guest star: Bud Collyer.
The Honeymooners - The Brother-in-Law: Bad advice from Ralph's brother-in-law results in the Kramdens and Nortons investing in a run-down hotel. Note: Gleason kicks off his Friendship Trees campaign, a charity that puts Christmas trees in children's hospital wards around the country. Guest star: Pat Harrington, Sr.
The Honeymooners - Songwriters: Ralph is intrigued by the potential fame and fortune in writing popular songs. He and Norton pitch in (by raiding their spouses' Christmas Club funds) and buy a piano. 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".
The Honeymooners - Kramden Vs. Norton: It's Norton's birthday and Ralph is taking Alice and the Norton's to the movies. Norton wins television set raffle and Ralph sues him believing the TV is his for buying the winning movie ticket.
The Honeymooners - A Promotion: Ralph finally receives a promotion (he is now the first assistant cashier to the assistant cashier of the Gotham Bus Company), but a mishap causes him to be labeled as a thief after his first day on the job.
The Honeymooners - The Hypnotist: 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.
The Honeymooners - Cupid: 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.
The Honeymooners - A Little Man Who Wasn't There: 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.
The Honeymooners - Hero: Ralph's big mouth lands him in trouble again when he makes idle boasts to a fatherless boy who idolizes him. Guest stars: The June Taylor Dancers, Zamah Cunningham, George Petrie
The Honeymooners - The Great Jewel Robbery: 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.
The Honeymooners - Peacemaker: Ralph loses a night's sleep trying to patch up a quarrel between Ed and Trixie.
The Honeymooners - The Adoption: Ralph and Alice go through the process to adopt a baby.
The Honeymooners - Stars Over Flatbush: Ralph and Norton take an interest in astrology, and it affects every decision Ralph makes. Guest star: George Jessel; George Petrie
The Honeymooners - One Big Happy Family: The Kramdens and Nortons decide to share an apartment in order to save living expenses.
The Honeymooners - A Weighty Problem: Ralph must lose weight fast in order to pass a bus company physical.
The Honeymooners - Boys and Girls Together: 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.
The Honeymooners - Principle of the Thing: When the building landlord refuses to make repairs to the Kramden apartment, Ralph withholds the rent money and spends it on some garish redecorating. Guest star: Jack Benny
The Honeymooners - Songs and Witty Sayings: 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.
The Honeymooners - Stand In for Murder: 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.
The Honeymooners - Double Anniversary Party: Ralph and Alice plan surprise anniversary parties for each other.
The Honeymooners - The Check-Up: Ralph, angered when Alice wants to supposedly waste money on life insurance, fakes being an alcoholic when a doctor pays a house call.
The Honeymooners - Forgot To Register: Ralph and Norton campaign for a local politician. Ralph tells Alice who she should vote for, all while he forgot to register.
The Honeymooners - Expectant Father: Ralph sees Alice going into an obstetrician's office and thinks she is pregnant.
The Honeymooners - Goodnight Sweet Prince: Ralph is working the night shift and cannot sleep amidst the daytime noises of the neighborhood. Gleason reads Arch Oboler's new poem, "A Prayer for the Atomic Age." Other sketches performed: Reggie Van Gleason in "Team Wrestling." Reggie shows his strength knocking out 3 professional wrestlers. Art Carney is the ring announcer.
The Honeymooners - Two Family Car: Ralph and Norton believe they have won a car in a raffle.
The Honeymooners - Finders Keepers: 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.
The Honeymooners - Catch A Star: 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.
The Honeymooners - My Fair Landlord: The Kramdens and Nortons buy a duplex home in Queens, with disastrous results.
The Honeymooners - Away We Go: The Kramdens and Nortons leave on a cruise ship to begin a free trip around the world after winning a breakfast cereal contest. Starting with this episode this is the musical Trip to Europe episodes.
The Honeymooners - Plastered In Paris: While in Paris, Ralph and Ed are arrested for passing counterfeit money.
The Honeymooners - Behind The Iron Curtain: While in Germany, Ralph and Ed accidentally wander into the Russian section of Berlin and are taken prisoners for being suspected spies.
The Honeymooners - When In Rome: Ralph is jealous of Alice's tourist guide in Italy, not knowing the guide is a little boy whom Ralph misnames 'Harry Verderchi.'
The Honeymooners - Curse Of The Kramdens: Ralph and Norton are forced into spending the night in the (supposed) haunted ancestral Kramden castle while visiting Ireland.
The Honeymooners - Mad Dogs and Englishmen: The Kramdens and Nortons appear in a Flakey Wakey commercial on an English television show.
The Honeymooners - Framed In Spain: Blackmailers fake a photo of Ralph fooling around with a Spanish local in Madrid, making Alice jealous.
The Honeymooners - I Remember Mau Au: The Kramdens and Nortons go on safari in Africa, giving Ralph and Ed the chance to go hunting.
When Ralph finds a letter from a doctor he believes the information in it leaves him with only six months to live. After some time to reflect, it's Alice that explains that the letter is from the vet who has given Alice's mother's dog. This episode is still lost.
The Honeymooners - Manager of the Baseball Team: 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. Note: This is the final appearance of Gleason, Meadows, Carney and Randolph together.
