The Jackie Gleason Show
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The Jackie Gleason Show

8.5 / 10 · 6 votes
NR
1952
~1h / ep
8 seasons
237 episodes
Comedy

The prodigiously talented Gleason became a TV icon after he joined CBS from DuMont, where his work on `Calvalcade of Stars' had established many of his trademark characters, including Reginald Van Gleason III, the Poor Soul and Ralph Kramden, featured here, along with Art Carney, in `Honeymooners' sketches. The Emmy-winning mix also featured guest stars, musical comedy, the glitzy June Taylor Dancers and Frank Fontaine's Crazy Guggenheim character.

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Cast

Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Episode 1

    20-09-19521h

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

  • Ep 2

    2.Episode 2

    27-09-19521h

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

  • Ep 3

    3.Episode 3

    04-10-19521h
  • Ep 4

    4.Episode 4

    11-10-19521h

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

  • Ep 5

    5.Episode 5

    18-10-19521h

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

  • Ep 6

    6.Episode 6

    01-11-19521h

    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 treatm...

  • Ep 7

    7.Episode 7

    08-11-19521h

    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 pay...

  • Ep 8

    8.Episode 8

    15-11-19521h

    Ralph and Norton form a songwriting partnership.

  • Ep 9

    9.Episode 9

    22-11-19521h
  • Ep 10

    10.Episode 10

    29-11-19521h
  • Ep 11

    11.Missing Pants

    06-12-19521h
  • Ep 12

    12.Episode 12

    13-12-19521h

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

  • Ep 13

    13.Christmas Party

    20-12-19521h

    The Honeymooners' first Christmas.

  • Ep 14

    14.Episode 14

    27-12-19521h
  • Ep 15

    15.Glow Worm Cleaning

    03-01-19531h

    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...

  • Ep 16

    16.Vaughn Monroe, Sugar Ray Robinson

    10-01-1953
  • Ep 17

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

    17-01-1953

    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...

  • Ep 18

    18.The DeMarco Sisters; The Honeymooners - Suspense

    24-01-1953

    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...

  • Ep 19

    19.Lost Job

    31-01-1953

    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...

  • Ep 20

    20.S01E20

    07-02-1953
  • Ep 21

    21.S01E21

    14-02-1953
  • Ep 22

    22.Anniversary Gift

    21-02-1953
  • Ep 23

    23.S01E23

    28-02-1953
  • Ep 24

    24.Income Tax

    07-03-1953
  • Ep 25

    25.Alice's Aunt Ethel

    14-03-1953

    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...

  • Ep 26

    26.What's Her Name?

    21-03-1953

    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 t...

  • Ep 27

    27.Lunch Box

    28-03-1953

    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. Whi...

  • Ep 28

    28.Easter Hats

    04-04-1953
  • Ep 29

    29.Hot Tips

    11-04-1953

    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...

  • Ep 30

    30.Norton Moves In

    18-04-1953
  • Ep 31

    31.Ralph's Diet

    25-04-1953

    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 h...

  • Ep 32

    32.Dinner Guest

    02-05-1953
  • Ep 33

    33.Manager of the Baseball Team

    09-05-1953

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

  • Ep 34

    34.Alice's Birthday

    16-05-1953
  • Ep 35

    35.The Dorsey Brothers Show

    23-05-1953

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

  • Ep 36

    36.Tawny Ballet

    30-05-1953

    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 Lescoul...

  • Ep 37

    37.The Prowler

    06-06-1953

    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, fr...

  • Ep 38

    38.Guest Speaker

    13-06-1953
  • Ep 39

    39.Vacation at Fred's Landing

    27-06-1953

    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 tr...

  • Ep 40

    40.S01E40

    04-07-1953

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