The Honeymooners
The Honeymooners
TV ShowEnded

The Honeymooners

7.4 / 10
1955
1 season
39 episodes
ComedyFamily

A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience. One of the most influential situation comedy television series in American history.

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Seasons

  • TV or Not TV

    1.TV or Not TV

    8.0
    01-10-195530m

    Trixie tells Alice that she and Ed are getting a new TV set to replace their old one. Alice is envious and Trixie tells her to give Ralph the 'pipe and slipper' routine to butter h...

  • Funny Money

    2.Funny Money

    8.0
    08-10-195530m

    Counterfeiters have lost a suitcase of 'funny money' and have to wait 30 days to retrieve it. Once 30 days have elapsed it becomes the property of the person who found it...Ralph K...

  • The Golfer

    3.The Golfer

    8.0
    15-10-195530m

    Ralph wants to be named the new Assistant Traffic Manager at the bus terminal. This is a promotion he feels he has worked hard for and he deserves. In order to ensure it he needs t...

  • A Woman's Work is Never Done

    4.A Woman's Work is Never Done

    7.0
    22-10-195530m

    Alice is so tired of Ralph's complaining about the housework not getting done that she decides to hire themselves a maid while she goes off to get a job herself.

  • A Matter of Life and Death

    5.A Matter of Life and Death

    8.0
    29-10-195530m

    When Ralph thinks he's dying and sells the story to a magazine, he discovers it was a dog who was sick instead.

  • The Sleepwalker

    6.The Sleepwalker

    8.0
    05-11-195530m

    When Norton's sleepwalking through Ralph's apartment disturbs Ralph one time too many, Ralph decides to get to the root of Norton's trouble.

  • Better Living Through TV

    7.Better Living Through TV

    9.0
    12-11-195530m

    Ralph's newest get-rich-quick scheme is to sell an all-purpose kitchen gadget. With Norton's assistance, Ralph plans to demonstrate it during a live TV commercial, in order to reac...

  • Pal O'Mine

    8.Pal O'Mine

    8.0
    19-11-195530m

    A ring that was intended for Norton's new supervisor in the sewer, but that instead gets stuck on Ralph's finger accidentally, is all it takes to jeopardize Ralph's friendship with...

  • Brother Ralph

    9.Brother Ralph

    8.0
    26-11-195530m

    Because of a suggestion he made, Ralph gets laid off. While they're trying to figure out how to cope with the bills, Alice decides to go back to work over Ralph's objections. The r...

  • Hello, Mom

    10.Hello, Mom

    8.0
    03-12-195530m

    The Kramdens get a telegram from Alice's mother, telling them she was coming for a visit. Ralph is less then pleased and asks to stay with the Nortons. When Trixie pushes Ed to get...

  • The Deciding Vote

    11.The Deciding Vote

    7.0
    10-12-195530m

    Ralph buys Alice a vacuum while there is a Raccoon election going on for convention manager, and it's up to Norton to be the deciding vote.

  • Something Fishy

    12.Something Fishy

    7.0
    17-12-195530m

    The Raccoons are planning for an annual Raccoon Fishing Trip, and this time, the Raccoons vote not to take their wives. But Alice and Trixie will not stand for being left behind.

  • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    13.'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    10.0
    24-12-195530m

    Ralph hocks his bowling ball to get Alice a present when someone else gets her the same thing he did.

  • The Man from Space

    14.The Man from Space

    9.0
    31-12-195530m

    Ralph is determined to win a prize of $50 at the Raccoon Lodge costume. When he competes with Norton in the contest and Alice will have nothing to do with loaning her husband any m...

  • A Matter of Record

    15.A Matter of Record

    9.0
    07-01-195630m

    Ralph throws Alice's mother out of the apartment, but Alice soon walks out on him, too. In a last ditch effort to save their marriage, Ralph cuts a record to apologize to Alice - a...

  • Oh My Aching Back

    16.Oh My Aching Back

    8.0
    14-01-195630m

    Ralph injures his back after a bowling tournament a day before his physical examination.

  • The Babysitter

    17.The Babysitter

    8.0
    21-01-195630m

    When Alice has a telephone installed, Ralph feels threatened both by her newfound freedom and the prospect of another bill to pay. Alice is baby-sitting to pay for the phone but R...

  • The $99,000 Answer

    18.The $99,000 Answer

    9.0
    28-01-195630m

    Ralph's out to prove himself to Alice, his neighborhood, and the world when he becomes a contestant on a hit television game show with the category of popular songs. He practices a...

  • Ralph Kramden, Inc.

    19.Ralph Kramden, Inc.

    8.0
    04-02-195630m

    Norton invests in Ralph's stock when Ralph wants twenty dollars. When Ralph thinks he is named in a millionaire's will, arguments arise. It turns out Ralph was simply left a pet bi...

  • Young at Heart

    20.Young at Heart

    8.0
    11-02-195630m

    After a visit from some teenagers, Alice feels that she and Ralph are starting to get old. She wants Ralph to take her out for some youthful activities, starting with roller-skatin...

  • A Dog's Life

    21.A Dog's Life

    7.0
    18-02-195630m

    Ralph and Norton discover a mysterious food product that Ralph thinks Alice has made that they decide to dub Krammar's Delicious Mystery Appetizer. Ralph calls it Krammar's because...

  • Here Comes the Bride

    22.Here Comes the Bride

    7.0
    25-02-195630m

    Ralph's lodge brother, Stanley, is about to marry Alice's sister, Agnes. At the Raccoons' bachelor party for Stanley, Ralph warns the young man not to move in with Agnes's parents...

  • Mama Loves Mambo

    23.Mama Loves Mambo

    7.0
    03-03-195630m

    A new neighbor moves next door to the Kramdens. This neighbor is a dance instructor and teaches the wives to do the mambo, at their husbands' collective expense.

  • Please Leave the Premises

    24.Please Leave the Premises

    7.0
    10-03-195630m

    Outraged when he gets a notice from his landlord, Mr. Johnson, that his rent is being raised, Ralph--over Alice's objections--goes on a rent strike to "teach that Johnson a lesson"...

  • Pardon My Glove

    25.Pardon My Glove

    7.0
    17-03-195630m

    Ralph's birthday is coming up, and he finds out that Alice is planning a surprise party for him. On that day, however, no party materializes and Ralph is, to say the least, disappo...

  • Young Man with a Horn

    26.Young Man with a Horn

    7.0
    24-03-195630m

    After Alice finds Ralph's old coronet in the bedroom closet. Ralph remembers lost career chances, and feels discouraged. But after a visit from a kindly, elderly millionaire couple...

  • Head of the House

    27.Head of the House

    9.0
    31-03-195630m

    Ralph tells a newspaper that he's head of the house and then has to prove it to a co-worker.

  • The Worry Wart

    28.The Worry Wart

    7.0
    07-04-195630m

    Ralph goes into a panic when he gets a letter from the Internal Revenue Service ordering that he appear at their office the next morning, fearing that the IRS is investigating him...

  • Trapped

    29.Trapped

    7.0
    14-04-195630m

    Ralph happens to be standing outside a bank when a pair of bank robbers run out and, seeing him, fire a shot at him, knocking his hat off. Afraid that the robbers might find out wh...

  • The Loudspeaker

    30.The Loudspeaker

    8.0
    21-04-195630m

    A few days before the ceremonies announcing the selection of the Raccoon of the Year, the Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler of the Racoons tells Ralph that he will be sitting on the...

  • On Stage

    31.On Stage

    8.0
    28-04-195630m

    In order to raise money for the Raccoon Lodge, the lodge members decide to put on a play, and hire a professional director, Mr. Faversham, to direct it. Ralph is given the lead and...

  • Opportunity Knocks, But

    32.Opportunity Knocks, But

    8.0
    05-05-195630m

    Mr. Marshall, Ralph's boss, receives a new pool table as a birthday present from his wife. Hearing of Ralph's prowess at pool, he asks Ralph to stop by his house that night to teac...

  • Unconventional Behavior

    33.Unconventional Behavior

    8.0
    12-05-195630m

    Ralph and Norton head off to the Raccoon convention in Minneapolis. They lose their wives in the train station and think that they are now traveling alone. Norton has brought along...

  • The Safety Award

    34.The Safety Award

    7.0
    19-05-195630m

    Ralph is about to receive an award as the city's safest bus driver. This honor includes a feature story in a major magazine; and a ceremony at City Hall, where Ralph, Alice, and th...

  • Mind Your Own Business

    35.Mind Your Own Business

    8.0
    26-05-195630m

    Norton loses his job after following Ralph's advice and starts selling steam ironsn door to door. When Ed lies about how much money he's making so that the Kramdens don't feel bad,...

  • Alice and the Blonde

    36.Alice and the Blonde

    7.0
    02-06-195630m

    Alice and Trixie feel that their husbands don't notice them any longer. And it doesn't help when they see Ralph and Norton being attentive to the glamorous new wife of Ralph's boss...

  • The Bensonhurst Bomber

    37.The Bensonhurst Bomber

    7.0
    08-09-195630m

    While Ralph and Norton are playing a game at the pool hall, Ralph gets into an argument with a mousy little guy who threatens to "tell my friend Harvey on you". Ralph, figuring any...

  • Dial J for Janitor

    38.Dial J for Janitor

    9.0
    15-09-195630m

    After several janitors have quit working in his building, Ralph decides to take on the job himself. But he finds it a lot tougher and more complicated than he thought it would be.

  • A Man's Pride

    39.A Man's Pride

    8.0
    22-09-195630m

    Ralph meets an old boyfriend of Alice's, who tells Ralph what a great success he now is. Ralph doesn't want to admit that he's only a bus driver, so he pretends he's the head of th...

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