Ralph injures his back after a bowling tournament a day before his physical examination.Ralph injures his back after a bowling tournament a day before his physical examination.Ralph injures his back after a bowling tournament a day before his physical examination.
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- Leonard Stern
- Sydney Zelinka
- Jackie Gleason(uncredited)
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- TriviaNorton mentions Spade Cooley. Cooley was an Western swing musician, big band leader, actor, and television personality. His career ended in 1961 when he was convicted for the murder of his second wife, Ella Mae Evans because of her many infidelities, including an affair with Roy Rogers.
- GoofsRalph incorrectly calls the heating pad a sleeping pad.
- Quotes
Ed Norton: Hey, Ralph, what's the normal temperature, around 98, ain't it?
Ralph Kramden: 98.6.
Ed Norton: What would you say a bad temperature is?
Ralph Kramden: Hundred and two, 103. What is it, Norton? What is my temperature?
[Norton becomes shocked as he examines the thermometer; Ralph gets impatient]
Ralph Kramden: WHAT'S MY TEMPERATURE, NORTON?
Ed Norton: [crying out] A HUNDRED AND ELEVEN!
Ralph Kramden: A hundred and eleven?
Ed Norton: Why'd it have to be you? Prime of life!
- ConnectionsRemade as Toen was geluk heel gewoon: Rugklachten (1995)
Featured review
Painfully Unfunny
Not one of the funnier episodes of the HONEYMOONERS "Classic 39," this one finds Ralph wanting to participate in a bowling championship despite having an important physical exam at work the next day. Alice warns him not to go; he acquiesces at first, but after some cajoling from Norton he goes anyway. Predictably, Ralph throws his back out while bowling. He must conceal this fact from Alice and heal by morning so he can pass the physical. Much of this episode is almost viscerally painful to watch, what with Ralph's stiff back and his desperate attempts to conceal it. Having back-slapping Uncle Leo over for a visit doesn't help matters. All of this is inexplicably mined for laughs. Just about the only genuinely funny thing in here is the bit where Norton attempts to take Ralph's temperature (he has to light a match to read the thermometer and...you get the picture). The ending of the episode is cut-and-dried. Ralph is even more dishonest, stupid and childish here than usual and you could argue that he got what he had coming to him.
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- MichaelMartinDeSapio
- Jan 3, 2016
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- Runtime30 minutes
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