@@stevekay1925I'm not complaining. I'm making an observation. And I'm not watching it for free; I'm paying for Internet service to get TH-cam and for the electricity to run my computer.
....I used to watch this with my mom & dad...then later when it showed up on WPIX in NY/NJ I'd watch it every night...I know the lines by heart...I'm 72 now and say them before Jackie or Art....I still laugh so hard it hurts...
This earlier Alice is much like the kind of bitch you'd find in Brooklyn. That's not pure speculation; I've dated Brooklyn women - not for very long, but I have dated them.
-That's for sure. I just love that one where Ralph is in his bosses office and sitting in his chair Then his boss walks in on him --And that was all to impress a long time friend of his. As it turns out his long time friend was a sewer mans helper.(even lower then Norton).
I grew up watching the Honeymooners on black and white tv. I really liked the show then and I still do. The show is still so funny after all those years. Long live shows like this.
ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOWS IN AMERICAN FILM HISTORY. ALL FOUR WERE/ARE GREAT ACTORS. IT SADDENS ME THAT WE WILL NEVER HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN TODAY ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE TALENT. HORRIBLE.
The Honeymooners have been a part of my life since childhood up until today. The only now classic tv show that has continuously been aired on network tv (channel !! here in NYC) since it has been in syndication. Truly one of the best comedy classic tv programs of all time.
It's funny: Everytime I see Audrey meadows I see WILMA FLINTSTONE😃 HANNA-BARBERA drew her that way😊 I'm glad they kept the old commercials, from the late 70s, early 80s
The first time I ever saw The Honeymooners was when I visited my aunt in NYC in 1985. I was about 10 and had never been up so late before. Loved it right away!
@@TheKitchenerLeslie mines is scary similar to yours first time I seen the Honey mooners show was around 1984/85 at my aunt house as well Newark nj 10 yrs old I was at that time also that's crazy the similarities
Jackie Gleason dancing makes my day even brighter including when the day has been miserable I put on The Honeymooners and BAM,ZOOM I'm happy again. I remember when the special came out brings back my teenage years because living in Toronto Ontario Canada we get Rochester NY channels signals.
I once looked at a street map of Brooklyn to find Chauncey Street, which was the street Gleason grew up on, and which he had the Kramdens and the Nortons living on -- same address, 328 -- when he created this show. I discovered that there's a Ralph Street not too far from there. I've never seen it mentioned in any biography of Gleason's, but i wonder if that's where he got Kramden's first name from.
I loved watching The Honeymooners when I was a child.I remembered watching them when they were on WPIX in New York when I lived in Connecticut.This brings back great memories!
Honeymooners is one of my favorite sitcoms of all time! It only ran a year but it was awesome! I only got to watch it in re-runs since when I came up we got like 2 channels if you were lucky and the weather was good and we use to get aluminum foil and wrap it on the rabbit ears! I started watching it on cable re-runs and I never get tired of it!
The Oscar nomination proved how good of an actor he was. He more than held his own playing Minnesota Fats alongside Paul Newman. Not only Jackie was a great actor, but he was also as quick on the fly as anyone. Incredible comedic instincts, a bigger-than-life personality, and razor-sharp wit. He was one of a kind.
They were all outstanding actors and it's beyond me why Jackie gleason never won for best actor, the man was simply, is and will always be iconic..... Trixie is still among us in 2023, god bless her heart! Rest in peace for the rest who have already left.
I love how Art says, "We were just a couple of kids, and acted like kids." I began watching The Honymooners at age 10 when my dad introduced me to the reruns. The always seemed like grown-ups to me so it was weird hearing that. :)
I can still see the look on my Father's face as he watched this show. It was all teeth from ear to ear. He would go absolutely nuts when Ralph would say " one of these days , pow!!! right in the kisser" isn't it funny how these old shows were so funny, no swearing, no reference to male or female body parts. We as a country have went so far down hill.
We have? Now it wouldn't be funny to make a joke about a man punching his wife in the face! But, you're right about one thing. Back then people knew grammar and spelling and would know to say "we have gone downhill", not "we have went downhill"! I think it's time for you to sign up for an English class at night school.
I remember watching this. I was just getting into the Honeymooners as a kid. If I remember right it was WHEC that aired it before they changed over the an NBC affiliate.
For some reason I don't remember this. I do remember the one from the following year, August or September 1986 [ I remember because I was just about to start high school. ] with the four principal cast members officially unveiling the "lost episodes." I get misty-eyed thinking back on it as I know now Gleason was ill and would pass the following summer, but he kept it private.
there was a scene where Ralph and Ed were in a hotel lobby- Ralph leaves to do something & while Ed is still there "Jackie Gleason" comes in & Ed is all excited to meet him And of course Gleason looks just like a movie star. Then Ed leaves & while Ralph is still there "Art Carney" comes in (wearing a cashmere coat I think) & looking like a million bucks & later Ralph & Ed are telling each other they just met Jackie Gleason and Art Carney! Magic.
Thanks needs to always be given to Jackie Gleason for keeping the old live skits and episodes for all those many years. A real hero of comedy history. If it wasn't for him keeping those old Kinescope films, more than half of the Honeymooners adventures would have been lost. Hours and hours and hours of skits and even dozens of full length episodes would be completely gone forever. Thanks Jackie. You were wrong about Alice though . . . YOU'RE the greatest!
Great video, and having the old commercials in there added to it. I noticed at the end the news cast mentioned the Persian Gulf. This was two months before Operation Desert Storm.
There were certain shows that you just watched growing up Three stooges Laurel and Hardy our gang, Bowery boys I Love Lucy. 😆 But nothing nothing beats The Honeymooners Jackie Gleason writer and I still love to watch The Jackie Gleason show with the June Taylor dancers of course The Honeymooners would not have been complete without the Great great art Carney as Ed Norton he was funny funny funny and Alice Audrey Meadows perfect match for Jackie Gleason Ralph kramden and Joyce Randolph she was a sweetheart too Eds Trixie and wife may they all rest in peace they're sorely missed❤️❤️ ✝️🙏
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Anybody know what that song is near the 35 minute mark that they are dancing too!? Some of the lyrics are “here’s a song you should know, when the lights are down low” Really like it
@@VicMartino They re-did that "adopted dog" episode several times. I think Gleason even brought it back when they rebooted "The Honeymooners" as a weekly musical comedy in 1966.
New years Eve was always great in New Jersey because they would play the honeymooners for 24 hours. It was great coming home from parting to watch episode after episode. Im talking about the 80s and 90s. Marathon shows was not a thing like today.
It's a good thing they adjusted the characters somewhat for The Honeymooners, which wouldn't have been as good if Ralph and Alice were so crude to each other, with Ralph calling her "stupid" and apologizing for his "dumb wife," and Alice calling his brother "the stupidest person she's ever seen" and telling him to "shut up." The pull of the Honeymooners was that at heart they were truly decent, even if under all the pressures they occasionally shouted and threw zingers at each other.
Agree 100 percent. Alice was still somewhat of an early feminist in the Honeymooners, but was sweet and kind as well. Glad they turned her in to a good wife who still loved the abusive Ralph. But he would always turn in to a softy too and apologize to her and own up to his stupid mistakes...
@@kevinsullivan136 It definitely was a main theme of the show, as highlighted in the "man is king of the castle" and the cleaning lady episodes. By the end of each episode, Ralph the "husband is boss" has to sheepishly admit that he was wrong and she was right.
I wonder how many have noticed that the apartment's entry door sometimes opened and closed on the right side and sometimes on the left side... I think that it was switched to avoid a problem of colliding with the furniture by the door when multiple actors came in through the door at the same time... Does anyone have a better explanation for the switch???
The BEST show ever….
Up there on the Mount Rushmore of comedy shows ever
-Only the Twilight Zone followed right behind the Honeymooners. At lease the Twilight Zone was # 2.
One of the greatest shows, no doubt. Love the way they left these 80s commercials in. Old memories there too.
The commercials are an unnecessary interruption.
@@HansDelbruck53stop complaining you’re watching it for free aren’t you?
@@stevekay1925I'm not complaining. I'm making an observation. And I'm not watching it for free; I'm paying for Internet service to get TH-cam and for the electricity to run my computer.
I came to America in 1978 and I instantly fell in love with the Honeymooners😃
1979 from mother Ukraine.
Fell in love instantly
....I used to watch this with my mom & dad...then later when it showed up on WPIX in NY/NJ I'd watch it every night...I know the lines by heart...I'm 72 now and say them before Jackie or Art....I still laugh so hard it hurts...
This earlier Alice is much like the kind of bitch you'd find in Brooklyn. That's not pure speculation; I've dated Brooklyn women - not for very long, but I have dated them.
Been watching the Honeymooners since i was a kid and still watch them
great writing. great acting
yes it was both
Don’t mind these adds. Brings back memories. I was 12 in 1990
I purchased the Honeymooners box set years ago.This special was included as a added bonus.
To quote a fine American "How Sweet It Is!!!"
It was. But edited
This is television at its best The Honeymooners
Audrey is acting like the original Alice in this one..she softened Alice later
There is no show like the honey mooners.love, love it
-That's for sure. I just love that one where Ralph is in his bosses office and sitting in his chair Then his boss walks in on him --And that was all to impress a long time friend of his. As it turns out his long time friend was a sewer mans helper.(even lower then Norton).
@@auggie803 plumbers helper
Also enjoying the 80’s commercials !!
I grew up watching the Honeymooners on black and white tv. I really liked the show then and I still do. The show is still so funny after all those years. Long live shows like this.
They were BEYOND great!
Yes they were....AWFUL...
Their comedy compatibility enhances each other's performances.
Love these old commercials!
They're so joyously cheesy, I love it!
Love THE HONEYMOONERS, always have & always will since I was a kid. We thank U Jackie for created one of the funniest shows of all time 👍😉.
💛💙💜💚❤💗
ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOWS IN AMERICAN FILM HISTORY. ALL FOUR WERE/ARE GREAT ACTORS. IT SADDENS ME THAT WE WILL NEVER HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN TODAY ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS. WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE TALENT. HORRIBLE.
A true pioneer in the art of Comedy,, grew up with his comedy,,.
The Honeymooners have been a part of my life since childhood up until today. The only now classic tv show that has continuously been aired on network tv (channel !! here in NYC) since it has been in syndication. Truly one of the best comedy classic tv programs of all time.
It's funny:
Everytime I see Audrey meadows
I see WILMA FLINTSTONE😃
HANNA-BARBERA drew her that way😊
I'm glad they kept the old commercials, from the late 70s, early 80s
The first time I ever saw The Honeymooners was when I visited my aunt in NYC in 1985. I was about 10 and had never been up so late before. Loved it right away!
@Russell Collier Same here.
@@TheKitchenerLeslie mines is scary similar to yours first time I seen the Honey mooners show was around 1984/85 at my aunt house as well Newark nj 10 yrs old I was at that time also that's crazy the similarities
Honeymooneiestt
Jackie Gleason dancing makes my day even brighter including when the day has been miserable I put on The Honeymooners and BAM,ZOOM I'm happy again. I remember when the special came out brings back my teenage years because living in Toronto Ontario Canada we get Rochester NY channels signals.
I once looked at a street map of Brooklyn to find Chauncey Street, which was the street Gleason grew up on, and which he had the Kramdens and the Nortons living on -- same address, 328 -- when he created this show. I discovered that there's a Ralph Street not too far from there. I've never seen it mentioned in any biography of Gleason's, but i wonder if that's where he got Kramden's first name from.
Could be!
They're all gone now but I still like watching it all the time
Not quite. Joyce Randolph, (Trixie) is still alive. If she lives to her birthday later this year, she will be 98!
It still has universal appeal! Thank you for sharing.
Universal appeal to be violent, obnoxious, and creepy.
This was such a good show. You will laugh 😂😂 your butt off. Always loved JG.
I loved watching The Honeymooners when I was a child.I remembered watching them when they were on WPIX in New York when I lived in Connecticut.This brings back great memories!
Honeymooners is one of my favorite sitcoms of all time! It only ran a year but it was awesome! I only got to watch it in re-runs since when I came up we got like 2 channels if you were lucky and the weather was good and we use to get aluminum foil and wrap it on the rabbit ears! I started watching it on cable re-runs and I never get tired of it!
Pure genius pure genius.. still today.
The honeymooners is the best show ever made
He was such a good actor .
The Oscar nomination proved how good of an actor he was. He more than held his own playing Minnesota Fats alongside Paul Newman. Not only Jackie was a great actor, but he was also as quick on the fly as anyone. Incredible comedic instincts, a bigger-than-life personality, and razor-sharp wit. He was one of a kind.
They all were!
They were all outstanding actors and it's beyond me why Jackie gleason never won for best actor, the man was simply, is and will always be iconic..... Trixie is still among us in 2023, god bless her heart! Rest in peace for the rest who have already left.
She lives by central park in New York city think she is 99 years old now
@@jackieguccione94 Amazing! Joyce is part of the reason NYC is iconic! It's were it all started for so many legends....
Such an endearing TV comedy series ❤️
Yep!
The 80’s and 90’s had the best commercials
I don’t see another show better then this!
than, not then
Greatness !
Omg, I remember that opening of :
A CBS SPECIAL PRESENTATION.
I love how Art says, "We were just a couple of kids, and acted like kids." I began watching The Honymooners at age 10 when my dad introduced me to the reruns. The always seemed like grown-ups to me so it was weird hearing that. :)
I'm yet to watch the show still, have seen lots of clips though which I love.
I think it’s cause the elderly considers anyone who is 20 years or more younger a kid lol
Great talent.
REMEMBER WATCHING THESE IN THE 80'S GOOD TIMES
Thank you.
Love this show
I always love The Honeymooners, I have like 60 episodes
He’s exactly right, people liked Ralph & Alice. Genuinely liked and cared for them. And that got them 2/3 of the way there.
It’s up there with the Phil silvers show, absolutely classic comedy
UNCLE BUCK ! NOW THAT WAS A MOVIE ! R.I P. ALL 😢❤🙏🏻 apart from Joyce who is 98 yrs old now 👏
I can still see the look on my Father's face as he watched this show. It was all teeth from ear to ear. He would go absolutely nuts when Ralph would say " one of these days , pow!!! right in the kisser" isn't it funny how these old shows were so funny, no swearing, no reference to male or female body parts. We as a country have went so far down hill.
It CERTAINLY is!
We have? Now it wouldn't be funny to make a joke about a man punching his wife in the face! But, you're right about one thing. Back then people knew grammar and spelling and would know to say "we have gone downhill", not "we have went downhill"! I think it's time for you to sign up for an English class at night school.
Odd, I remember Ralph Cramben sometimes saying to Alice "One Of These Days Alice, Pow, To The Moon".
@@DougMen1…… so immature for you to set yourself up as the “Grammar Police” on a page where everyone’s here to have fun. Shame on you 🙄
Pls
A classic enough said
I remember watching this. I was just getting into the Honeymooners as a kid. If I remember right it was WHEC that aired it before they changed over the an NBC affiliate.
HONEY MOONERS WAS THE "GREATEST '
I remember the Jackie Gleason show with the June Taylor Dancers and the Honeymooners. I loved it then, love the Honeymooners now.
A string of "Poloponies" always cracks me up
GDI, Loved it. Timeless comedy.
Such a great show
Yes ( Glorious ) black and white the only way to best enjoy the fabulous " HONEYMOONERS " 😂
Baby, the were the BEST!🌕👍
This video was my 2000th like
they worked with very little props and
pretty much used the small apartment
in all of the episodes but still did very well.
My favorite episode was the sleepwalking episode sooo funny
Mine was when Gleason jumped to his death from the window. Great episode.
@@bobgordon236 Mine was when you were eaten by rats.
One of my shows I watch every year new year
So glad he apologized for calling her stupid
💙🌖💙🌖💙🌖💙🌖💙🌖💙🌖💙🌖💙🌖💙🌖💙🌖💙🌖💙🌖💙🌖 THE GREATEST COMEDY SHOW OF ALL TIME……… EVERRRRRR!!!!
MY FAVORITE!!!!
LONG LIVE THE HONEYMOONERS!!!!
she was so elegant
The baby episode❤❤
I wish I could see some episodes in color from the Jackie Gleason show
For some reason I don't remember this. I do remember the one from the following year, August or September 1986 [ I remember because I was just about to start high school. ] with the four principal cast members officially unveiling the "lost episodes." I get misty-eyed thinking back on it as I know now Gleason was ill and would pass the following summer, but he kept it private.
Thank God for the honeymooners
I was 7 years old when they had this anniversary special. The commercials back in the 90's and the 80's were awesome.
the lost episodes are the best om kinoscope .
there was a scene where Ralph and Ed were in a hotel lobby- Ralph leaves to do something & while Ed is still there "Jackie Gleason" comes in & Ed is all excited to meet him And of course Gleason looks just like a movie star. Then Ed leaves & while Ralph is still there "Art Carney" comes in (wearing a cashmere coat I think) & looking like a million bucks & later Ralph & Ed are telling each other they just met Jackie Gleason and Art Carney! Magic.
Thanks needs to always be given to Jackie Gleason for keeping the old live skits and episodes for all those many years. A real hero of comedy history. If it wasn't for him keeping those old Kinescope films, more than half of the Honeymooners adventures would have been lost. Hours and hours and hours of skits and even dozens of full length episodes would be completely gone forever. Thanks Jackie. You were wrong about Alice though . . . YOU'RE the greatest!
Great video, and having the old commercials in there added to it. I noticed at the end the news cast mentioned the Persian Gulf. This was two months before Operation Desert Storm.
The Flintstones!!!
There were certain shows that you just watched growing up Three stooges Laurel and Hardy our gang, Bowery boys I Love Lucy. 😆 But nothing nothing beats The Honeymooners Jackie Gleason writer and I still love to watch The Jackie Gleason show with the June Taylor dancers of course The Honeymooners would not have been complete without the Great great art Carney as Ed Norton he was funny funny funny and Alice Audrey Meadows perfect match for Jackie Gleason Ralph kramden and Joyce Randolph she was a sweetheart too Eds Trixie and wife may they all rest in peace they're sorely missed❤️❤️
✝️🙏
The FLINTSTONES wouldn't have been invented
However, Wilma acted like the other Alice
The show did so well because it's one of the best shows ever just like all in the family
Be careful,because a lot of channels have been taken down
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10:21 10:24 10:25
Don't tell me to shut up! Don't tell me to shut up! One of these days, Alice, one of these days, POW!! Right in the kisser! 😂😂
Anybody know what that song is near the 35 minute mark that they are dancing too!? Some of the lyrics are “here’s a song you should know, when the lights are down low” Really like it
I always loved this show. I was born in 1945, and how I missed those days!
1990 !!! This was 32 years ago !! So now it’s 67 years ago !!! I did the match !! Lmao
That's kind of weird that they re-did the same episode that Pert Kelton played Alice. Either way, both were great!
In the much much later colorized episodes Pert Kelton returned as Alice'd mother.
They re-did quite a few episodes. Quite a few of the now so called "Lost episodes" were remade as the now called classic 39.
@@VicMartino They re-did that "adopted dog" episode several times. I think Gleason even brought it back when they rebooted "The Honeymooners" as a weekly musical comedy in 1966.
@@jazzmanchgo U are correct sir.
Even 70 years later, people younger than me are enjoying it. By the way, I am 43. If Ralph was considered fat in 1955, 2023 says "HOLD MY BEER ".
Hilrious. Takes me back
i think this one has bits that are nowhere else on the tube.
The word genius falls short here.
Obnoxious fits better. Horrible show.
@@bobgordon236 don't pay attention to the actors,pay attention to the characters and forget about the actors
New years Eve was always great in New Jersey because they would play the honeymooners for 24 hours. It was great coming home from parting to watch episode after episode. Im talking about the 80s and 90s. Marathon shows was not a thing like today.
I don't know for a fact, but I heard that the Flintstones cartoons were based off of Honeymooners.
It's a good thing they adjusted the characters somewhat for The Honeymooners, which wouldn't have been as good if Ralph and Alice were so crude to each other, with Ralph calling her "stupid" and apologizing for his "dumb wife," and Alice calling his brother "the stupidest person she's ever seen" and telling him to "shut up." The pull of the Honeymooners was that at heart they were truly decent, even if under all the pressures they occasionally shouted and threw zingers at each other.
Agree 100 percent. Alice was still somewhat of an early feminist in the Honeymooners, but was sweet and kind as well. Glad they turned her in to a good wife who still loved the abusive Ralph. But he would always turn in to a softy too and apologize to her and own up to his stupid mistakes...
At 25:27 Audrey Meadows states she thought of Alice as an early feminist
@@kevinsullivan136 It definitely was a main theme of the show, as highlighted in the "man is king of the castle" and the cleaning lady episodes. By the end of each episode, Ralph the "husband is boss" has to sheepishly admit that he was wrong and she was right.
I can never find my favorite episode, which was only :15 long, about "the fight of the year"...
And away we go ii.
Okay so nobody's going to chime in with the correct answer I think it's radio?
OMG! Jackie was so much thinner in that early clip from 1952.
I recorded this show when it aired. Unfortunately the tape was chewed up the following summer
Riveting tale
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When will the 35th anniversary of the 35th anniversary be released?
In 2025
Thats how Jackie grew up v.poor . Glad he made it. RIP
Jackie Gleason was not obese in this particular episode. How and why did he gain all that weight afterwards?
Medications?
Linda Lawson
My top two shows of all time:
Taxi
Honeymooners
Wow! I totally agree on Honeymooners and Taxi.! Plus, Threes Company and Sanford and Son.
Peter and Lois Griffin have been around longer than I thought.
I'm glad that both Ralph and Alice mellowed after these early episodes.
I wonder how many have noticed that the apartment's entry door sometimes opened and closed on the right side and sometimes on the left side... I think that it was switched to avoid a problem of colliding with the furniture by the door when multiple actors came in through the door at the same time... Does anyone have a better explanation for the switch???
How she put up wtih him I will never know
Rare to see Norton with his hat off!
The honeymooners is the best show ever made