@FactsVerse: What's with this nonsense - misinformation regarding "Pert Kelton / 1967", with saying she first appeared on "THE HONEYMOONERS" in that year? Kelton was the very FIRST "Alice Kramden" in 1951.
Blabbermouth was my favorite hands down. The recording of ol' buttercup and the mix up and the alarm clock when Alice's mother was beyond her insults to Ralph was absolutely the funniest. My dad and I would watch these together in the 60's and we laughed so hard. The train episode was pretty good too. All of them were great.
Oh God. When as soon as his mother in law sits down Ralph sets the timer on that clock. And the way he picks it up to periodically check on it to see how much time he has before he is about to bless her out.Brings me to tears every time.
Episode title - Unconventional Behavior> I read that a third actor was supposed to be on the train, but he had health issues and could not do the scene at airtime. So Jackie and Art brilliantly improvised the handcuff scene to fill the time. When the conductor arrives, it signaled to wrap up the scene.
Jackie Gleason may NOT have won an award, but MTA System named a Sheepshead Bay Bus Depot dedicated the depot The Jackie Gleason Bus Depot. On the side of every bus coming out of The Bus Depot has the Logo on the side of the bus passengers go on the bus with as well. Also on the outside of The 8th Avenue Bus Port Authority Bus Station in Manhattan has a statue of Ralph Kramdem in his bus uniform standing outside the Port Authority Bus Station.
I love practically all of them. From Ed Norton addressing the golf ball, playing piano the tune that Ralph needed for first question on game show, sleepwalking, etc. Ralph, his hairbrained schemes, how he faked pain sounding like a bear when he was, talking a big game and when someone catching him with just talk how he stumbles in his words, etc. Alice how she tries cutting Ralph off of his hairbrained schemes, surprising Ralph, proving how wrong he is, etc. Trixie when she is off camera can beat up Norton when he tries something crazy, how she can help Alice scheme to get Ralph or Norton to do something, the constant innuendo of how Trixie was a dancer of the exotic type, etc.
It would appear that his later years' casting of Alices was contingent on her availability. When Gleason cast Sue Ane Langdon as Alice at the start of "American Scene Magazine" in 1962, Miss Meadows was on "the Coast" filming "That Touch of Mink," then "Tell Her, She's Mine." Her unavailability to appear every other week come 1966 (by then she was semi-retired, no doubt thanks to the "Honeymooners" residuals she'd negotiated early on) led him to settle on Sheila MacRae. Compared to that, his matters of casting on Trixie after 1957 were far more casual . . . but not so much so that he didn't have Jane Kean continue to play Trixie even after Miss Meadows played Alice on those four 1976-78 ABC hour-long "Honeymooners" specials.
There's 39 classic episodes, but they only show 38.I remember seeing an episode in 1979, where Alice says, " I demand my rights, Ralph!. Then Ralph says, " You want your rights, Alice?? I'll give you your rights --And I'll give you a couple of lefts ,too!! "
Okay my favorite episode is when he has to take a company physical the next morning and decides to go bowling. He comes back with a stiff back and hunched over. It must have been that Neapolitan knockwurst that got him LOL
Loved the show. Fave episode? Probably when Ralph decides to take dancing lessons from Norton in prep for taking Alice out. Classic physical humor and some of the best writing of the series.
TV Or Not TV. It was the first episode of the classic 39 and the only one that Norton breaks character in laughter when Ralph storms out of the bedroom after hearing gunshots from the TV.
These shows were live all the time. They used the Dumont Electronicam to also record it on film as videotape had not been invented yet. This was done for syndication. They also made a kinescope of the love show so that it could be edited the exact way it was broadcast live. After the films from the camera were Edited, the kinescopes were deemed no longer useful and were usually discarded. My dad worked with Gleason on 'the cavalcade of stars" on the dumont network.
The reverse actually. Pert was the first Alice in 1951 - then, nearly 16 years later, he brought her back to play Alice's mother. It was the blacklist that ended her Alice run.
Yeah, I caught that, too. Plus, he says she was removed because her husband was on the blacklist for being a "fascist". Obviously, they thought he was a communist, not a fascist. And then he shows a clip of a interview with Art, when it's Tom Poston being interviewed. I also remember they would do Honeymooners sketches on Jackie's variety show from Miami Beach, and Art was always in them, so where does this they didn't work together for years come from? I keep writing "he", but I probably should use "it", as this is most likely AI.
@@robbarbieri8676 - William Henry III, in his Gleason bio, straddled the fence by citing the "heart trouble" party line peddled for years as the reason for Ms. Kelton's departure upon Gleason signing with CBS - but then basically said it was "aggravated by the blacklist."
Wow now that Jackie Gleason is deceased he won’t even know that The Honeymooners is very popular even today , it was a big mistake for him to quit after season 1 that’s sad 😞
Most of the video is not about bloopers at all. They even missed an obvious blooper when Ralph throws his back out bowling. He comes home all stiff and asks for his "sleeping pad," when he meant "heating pad."
Early in my childhood I saw the episode where they furiously fought over a winning door prize ticket. The lesson stuck with me. To this day, when I buy lottery tickets, I write my name (or other person's names) on each ticket long before the drawing.
lucky enough to catch the fist 39 and some of the other episodes that I believe pre-dated the "original" 39; regardless, picking a favorite is hard because it's been awhile since I've seen the episodes; what I do remember is they were all great; the roller skating when Ralph fell and couldn't get up; the Christmas episode; the money Ralph found in the luggage on the bus; all were great; not sure I agree with Jackie that Ed Norton was 90% responsible because Audrey and the actress who played Ed's wife were both great, as were the other actors and actress who appeared. As you mentioned, the longevity of its popularity proves "how great it is"
I grew up in the 70's and my Dad always spoke about The Honeymooners. I love watching them now. Jackie Gleason was an amazing talent. And, the supporting cast was perfect.
As I've heard on a few TV sources The Honeymooners was spun off of The Jackie Gleason Show just like The Simpsons was spun off of The Tracy Ullman Show thus,showing life rehashes itself.
The “Blabbermouth” episode when his mother-in-law gives away the ending of a play he was going to see. When he tries to make a recording asking Alice to forgive him, he loses it.😂😂😂
One of my favorite episodes was where he goes on a game show and selects popular songs as his category. The look on his face when asked the question about Swanee River is priceless.
Really can’t see how they could perform the way they did, and not just die laughing. That part where Ralph and Ed where handcuffed to each other while trying to go to sleep and Ed asks Ralph, “do you mind if I smoke?”, Ralph responds with, “I don’t care if you burn”, is one of THE most hilarious lines I’ve ever heard! The writers for that show were amazing.
As teens when they first came back on my brothers and I laughed SO at that scene one night (11:00-11:30 in NY) that my father came downstairs with a belt to beat us into silence cause we had woken him up! We looked at him and laughed even harder as he sheepishly went back upstairs after realizing why we were making so much noise.
I like the 99,000 Dollar Answer , Ralph went on that show , knew every song sang to man . All except the tune Norton used to warm up with. That was just too much 😂😂😂
I've seen a series of episodes in which the Nortons and the kramdens win a breakfast cereal contest and travel through Europe. It is quite a show. There were musical numbers in each episode. Years later, in the sixties, they revived the show, in color, with Sheila Mac Ray as Alice. It also had the nortins and the kramden traveling through Europe with lots of singing and dancing.
"A Matter of Record" episode, where Ralph screams in his Mother in law's face, You. "Are a blabbermouth!" All 39 episodes are awesome. I love when Ralph bellows, "I have a biiiig mouth!"😂
My favorite eposide was number 21 that first aired on February 18, 1956. This was the one where Ralph and Ed had mistaken canned dog food as a delicious appetizer made exclusively by Alice; and they both had gran plans to capitalize on it as a million-dollar product for human consumption by bringing Ralph’s boss in on the deal as a major financial backer.
Ed (after learning that the delicacy is in fact dog food, dipping his pinky in the can and tasting it): 'I STILL say it's the best appetizer I ever tasted."
One of the funniest shows on tv- right there with the Hillbilly’s, Green Acres, etc. My favorite episode was when Ralph and Ed were determined to get drunk in Alice’s kitchen, and she swapped out the wine in the bottle for grape juice. They got drunk on grape juice. Very funny!! Good stuff. Tv isn’t worth watching anymore. 👍🇺🇸❤️
Did you know out of all the performers on Green Acres the only performer to receive an award was Arnold Ziffel as there are awards for performing animals...none of the human actors were even nominated.
@@eloiseockert9233 Good trivia, Eloise👍 That’s a shame, because the actors on that show did a bang up job in the roles they played! Nothing on tv today comes close to that show! 👍
@@FactsVerse Anything along those same lines. Love the old shows- and movies. Better than anything on tv today! Thanx for asking, and for the interesting video on the Honeymooners.👍🇺🇸❤️
Art Carney was fantastic as Ed Norton . His comments , facial expressions , physical humor were unmatched . Him and Gleason were a pair made in Heaven .
Biggest mistake Gleason ever made is ending the show after one year stating we have already done everything. That's what Seinfeld and Larry David said yet they went on 9 years. And Larry David was the worst, yet his show Curb seems to never end.
The Honeymooners is the best sitcom ever - - - My favorite episode is the Blabbermouth episode ---- ".... You ! You ! BLABBERMOUTH ! YOU ! OUT ! OUT ! ...."
@@FactsVerse If you are asking about The Honeymooners, "Chef of the Future" and the episode when Ralph receives a notice from the IRS. (Audrey Meadows was too pretty to be Ralph's wife.). If you are speaking of a television series, Have Gun -- Will Travel, which, in my opinion, was the best series ever broadcast on television. (I saw Have Gun -- Will Travel for the first time in 2021.)
Funny Money was by far my favorite episode. When he walks in with the suitcase and his mother in law is sitting at the table and remarks: "What's that, your lunch box?" Ralph replies: "Oh....starting with the wisecracks already. Usually you warm up with a few 'hello stupids.'"
On one of the episodes, one of the characters was coming through the door of the apartment and slammed the door closed. When this happened you could see the painted "backdrop" (the one that showed through their window other apartments beyond the fire escape) wave, or ripple a bit, from the ensuing "concussion."
The 1966-1970 "Honeymooners" show more of a summer replacement type show, which was popular at the time. It seemed many of the variety shows had summer replacements. Dean Martin had the "Gold Diggers" summer replacement series. The Smothers Brothers was a summer replacement show originally. The "Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" started as a summer replacement series. There was also the variety show featuring the Everly Brothers. Johnny Cash's show started out as a summer replacement series. If these replacement series became popular they got regular season time slots.
I waa in high school when first discovering the Honeymooners back in the 70s when reruns began and the show was a huge hit in my neighborhood and I'm sure in others. We would all be outside my friends and me and as soon as 11 o'clock hit we said gotta go, the Honeymooners are on. My two favorite episodes, the money and the mambo. "I had it and I went with it too..." - "But Ralph everybody does the Mambo, My Grandmother never did it".....I would fall out laughing every time.
The Honeymooners is my favorite TV show ever along with the Brady Bunch. The Honeymooners actually filmed from 1951 to 1957. Well I love the classic 39 Honeymooners the lost episodes are also unbelievable and some of them are less than 10 minutes long. My 2 favorite of the shorts I think are Cold and Suspense. Of course there is a lost episode where they were going to adopt a baby but did not. That was a real heartwtencher
The train trip. Listen, this show has a unique quality that others don’t; you can watch the same episode 100 times and you will laugh every single time. Not many, if any can make you do that…
My favorite episode was the train trip. Listen, what makes this show one of the best of all time was it’s simplicity; isn’t it funny how you can watch the same episode of the Honeymooners a thousand times and still laugh as if you just first saw saw it ? Can’t do that with a lot of the stuff we have to watch today. 🍸🍸
My favorite episode has to be the one where the gangster goon asks the boss: 'You want me to give'm a little "sample" boss?", then takes Ralf into the bedroom to beat him up. After some bad noises in the room, Ralf emerges victorious, with the bad guy's gun and yells: "STICKE'M UP!!" Then he tells the goon: "I don't suppose you ever run into a BUS DRIVER before!" God I loved this show. BEST sit com ever!
I have many favorite episodes. One of them is when Ralph thinks he's pretty good at billiards and Alice's pool-shark cousin visits. You can guess what happens. Ironically, Jackie Gleason played the famous pool shark Minnesota Fats in the movie "The Hustler" about him.
One error in this video - Gleason and Carney worked together in 1978 in a few Honeymooner special episodes. They were in color, after the sketches 1966-70 mentioned. They worked together many times years before the movie mentioned in 1985.
Yeah, I just saw that. Also clips of unrelated shows at 2:05. Andy Griffith, Patty Duke. I think this video was made and narrated by a robot. I hate this type of video.
Your facts are a little off. The first alice was not 1967. It was Joyce Randolf that received the residuals because her brother was an attorney, not Audrey Meadows
There was something I'd considered a blooper until I realized it wasn't. That was where they were doing the live commercial spot (referenced here as "spear fishing"). and stumbling around the stage, Ralph displaced a bit of the set wall so you could see technicians behind it. What gave it away was the over-the-top facial reaction of the "technician" who had to replace the displacement. So I realized that was planned; it was not their blooper, it was a representation of a blooper!
The show ran from 1955 to 1956. 3D movies were popular in the early 1950s. It was No Cal Pizza. Jackie Gleason said on the Johnny Carson show that although he didn't rehearse much because he thought he wouldn't look natural the rest of the cast did with a stand in for him who he joked he thought was funnier than he was. Once the door wouldn't open so Norton climbed out the window instead.
Still my all-time favorite sitcom. However, at the very beginning, the announcer says Pert Kelton first appeared as Alice in a 1967 sketch. The year is clearly wrong, as The Classic 39, with Audrey Meadows as Alice, were made from Sept. 1955 to Sept. 1956.
It seems like yesterday I would be watching the show at 11pm on channel 11. After it was over I was always shuffled to be with a curt reminder from mom that there was school tomorrow
not an episode, but I worked at the Mayfair regent hotel in the late '80's and the restaurant Le Cirque was right next door, you could also get to the restaurant through the hotel lobby. It was THE place to dine. Well, Audrey Meadows and Joyce Randolph had lunch at Le Cirque one day- as people do. Of course we knew about it at the front desk and twittered and chirped briefly about it in our own way as we went about our business. Around this time, the Honeymooners was run as a marathon on new years eve, having lost its regular late -late night re-run slot but that did not prevent the charming news story later that evening. It seems the ladies decided to take a walk in Central park, since the hotel and restaurant located on 65th between Park and Mad was close by however they graciously made little progress in having to turn down EVERY MTA BUS THAT WENT OUT OF ITS WAY TO OFFER THEM A FREE RIDE with a smile. Apparently once word got out amongst the drivers in the area they converged, and the commuters in transit, were all in agreement :)
Jackie wanted to sue the Flintstones folks but was talked out of it. His lawyer told him something like "Do you want to be the one who drove the Flintstones out of business?"
@@FactsVerse Thanks. Some which are nearly impossible to find online are Wild Wild West, The Jackie Gleason Show, Batman, Hogan's Heroes, etc. Copyright issues galore.
There were many incarnations of "The Honeymooners". Gleason and Carney were the only actors who were in all of them. There were several 'Alices" and "Trixies" along the way. Meadows became identified with the role because was so perfect for it. And, it was Meadow's "Alice" that Wilma Flintstone was modeled after. (We all know that the Flintstones were a parody of The Honeymooners, right?)
This vid sure bounces around regarding the proper years mentioned. Audrey started in 1967? Things about the show changed in 1995? I will say I love this show
"And furthermore, you are a bum." Ralph quitting his job, on his new phone...... Hilarious, as well when trying to buy a boat that must have three propellers.
To show you how good this show was, when my wife came to the US and did not know English, she still laughed her head off due to the physical comedy and implied meanings.
