Episode list for
"The Honeymooners" (1955)

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Episode Count: 39
Season: 1
Year: 1955 | 1956

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Season 1

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Season 1, Episode 1: TV or Not TV

Original Air Date: 1 October 1955
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 him up. Alice's behavior is so unusual for her that Ralph is immediately suspicious. When Ralph finds out the reason behind this he refuses to buy a TV set. It soon becomes apparent that Alice will not let the issue drop and Ralph is forced to deal with it. Ralph and Norton concoct a scheme to pool their money together and buy one set and share it.

Season 1, Episode 2: Funny Money

Original Air Date: 8 October 1955
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 Kramden. When he discovers the contents of the case he goes on a wild spending spree despite Alice's warnings that this doesn't seem right. It isn't long before the gangsters come calling for their loot.

Season 1, Episode 3: The Golfer

Original Air Date: 15 October 1955
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 to get in good with Mr. Harper, the man in charge. Harper and Ralph strike up a conversation and with Noton's help he finds himself with a date to play golf...of course Ralph knows nothing about the game of golf.

Season 1, Episode 4: A Woman's Work Is Never Done

Original Air Date: 22 October 1955

Season 1, Episode 5: A Matter of Life and Death

Original Air Date: 29 October 1955

Season 1, Episode 6: The Sleepwalker

Original Air Date: 5 November 1955

Season 1, Episode 7: Better Living Through TV

Original Air Date: 12 November 1955

Season 1, Episode 8: Pal O' Mine

Original Air Date: 19 November 1955
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 Norton... until an explosion in the sewer brings Ralph to his senses.

Season 1, Episode 9: Brother Ralph

Original Air Date: 26 November 1955
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 real trouble starts when Ralph finds out who has to do the house work, and when Alice's boss comes to the apartment to pick her up.

Season 1, Episode 10: Hello Mom

Original Air Date: 3 December 1955
The Kramden's 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 Norton's. When Trixie pushes Ed to get Ralph to go back to his wife Ed says some things that makes her mad and she goes and stays with Alice. Later Ralph and Alice find out they made a mistake when the read the telegram, and Ralph finds he's put his foot in his mouth.

Season 1, Episode 11: The Deciding Vote

Original Air Date: 10 December 1955

Season 1, Episode 12: Something Fishy

Original Air Date: 17 December 1955

Season 1, Episode 13: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Original Air Date: 24 December 1955

Next US airings:

Sun. July 20

9:00 PM

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Season 1, Episode 14: The Man from Space

Original Air Date: 31 December 1955

Next US airings:

Sun. July 20

9:30 PM

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Season 1, Episode 15: A Matter of Record

Original Air Date: 7 January 1956

Next US airings:

Sun. July 27

9:00 PM

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Season 1, Episode 16: Oh, My Aching Back

Original Air Date: 14 January 1956

Next US airings:

Sun. July 27

9:30 PM

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Season 1, Episode 17: The Babysitter

Original Air Date: 21 January 1956
When Alice has a telephone installed, Ralph feels threatened both by her newfound freedom and the prospect of another bill to pay.

Season 1, Episode 18: The $99,000 Answer

Original Air Date: 28 January 1956
Ralph's out to prove himself to Alice, his neighborhood, and the world when he becomes a contestant on a hit television game show.

Season 1, Episode 19: Ralph Kramden, Inc.

Original Air Date: 4 February 1956
Norton buys stock in a fictional company Ralph is considering starting up called Ralph Kramden, Inc. And when Ralph learns that he is going to receive an inheritance, Norton wants his share as well.

Season 1, Episode 20: Young at Heart

Original Air Date: 11 February 1956

Season 1, Episode 21: A Dog's Life

Original Air Date: 18 February 1956
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 he is considering naming the product not only after himself, but also after his boss at the bus depot, J.J. Marshall. The next day, Ralph takes the mystery snack to Mr. Marshall to get him to taste it. But when he does, the mystery is solved - the snack he had just tried is dog food! Naturally, Ralph is not at all happy.

Season 1, Episode 22: Here Comes the Bride

Original Air Date: 25 February 1956

Season 1, Episode 23: Mama Loves Mambo

Original Air Date: 3 March 1956

Season 1, Episode 24: Please Leave the Premises

Original Air Date: 10 March 1956
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". Unfortunately it's the middle of winter, and when the landlord turns off the heat, water and electricity, it looks like that the only one being taught "a lesson" is Ralph.

Season 1, Episode 25: Pardon My Glove

Original Air Date: 17 March 1956
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, disappointed. He's even more disappointed when he finds a man's glove that's not his hidden in a dresser drawer and gets suspicious when Alice seems in a hurry to get him out of the house that night.

Season 1, Episode 26: Young Man with a Horn

Original Air Date: 24 March 1956

Season 1, Episode 27: Head of the House

Original Air Date: 31 March 1956

Season 1, Episode 28: The Worry Wart

Original Air Date: 7 April 1956
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 for income tax evasion.

Season 1, Episode 29: Trapped

Original Air Date: 14 April 1956
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 where he lives, he refuses to tell the police what he saw. The robbers, however, find out anyway and plan a visit to make sure he never tells.

Season 1, Episode 30: The Loudspeaker

Original Air Date: 21 April 1956
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 dais that night and to be prepared to say a few words. Ralph, of course, takes this to mean that he is to be the Raccoon of the Year, and begins to write his "humbling" acceptance speech.

Season 1, Episode 31: On Stage

Original Air Date: 28 April 1956
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 Alice is given the female lead. Ralph starts "seeing stars" when he learns that Faversham's friend, Hollywood producer Herbert J. Whiteside, is in town looking to cast his new picture and will be attending the play's opening night.

Season 1, Episode 32: Opportunity Knocks But

Original Air Date: 5 May 1956
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 teach him the "fundamentals" of the game. When Norton shows up, Marshall invites him, too. Ralph sees this as an opportunity to "get in good with the boss", but at Marshall's home that night, Norton makes such an impression on Marshall that he offers Norton a job at the bus company as Bus Driver Supervisor--the job that Ralph has been after for a long time.

Season 1, Episode 33: Unconventional Behavior

Original Air Date: 12 May 1956
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 a number of joke items including trick handcuffs, which he promptly puts on himself and Ralph. Not surprisingly, once on they can't get them off which leads to no end of problems, especially when it comes to the sleeping arrangements. In the end, they find out they're on the wrong train and heading in the wrong direction.

Season 1, Episode 34: The Safety Award

Original Air Date: 19 May 1956

Season 1, Episode 35: Mind Your Own Business

Original Air Date: 26 May 1956
Norton loses his job after following Ralph's advice. After hearing Norton's success selling steam irons door to door, Ralph decides to follow in Norton's footsteps.

Season 1, Episode 36: Alice and the Blonde

Original Air Date: 2 June 1956

Season 1, Episode 37: The Bensonhurst Bomber

Original Air Date: 8 September 1956
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 anybody named Harvey who's a friend of this guy must be as wimpy as him, tells the guy to "bring on Harvey" and brags that he'll beat up the both of them. Harvey turns out to be a tough, hulking bruiser, and challenges Ralph to a fight at the local gym. Ralph frantically looks for a way to get out of it.

Season 1, Episode 38: Dial J for Janitor

Original Air Date: 15 September 1956

Season 1, Episode 39: A Man's Pride

Original Air Date: 22 September 1956

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