HONEYMOONERS, THE: BETTER LIVING THROUGH TV (TV)

Summary

One in this series of comedies about Ralph Kramden, a blustery bus driver, his suffering but understanding wife Alice, and their neighbors, Ed and Trixie Norton. In this episode, Ralph's latest get-rich-quick scheme is to market a new type of all-purpose kitchen gadget called the "Handy Housewife Helper." First, Ralph faces the challenge of convincing Alice to give him money to start his new business, even though she is sick of his schemes that always fail. After Ralph buys a wholesale lot of 2,000 of these gadgets, he and Norton decide to appear in their own television commercial to sell this new kitchen appliance of the future. They figure that through television they can sell all 2,000 immediately, rather than peddling the gadgets door-to-door. The only problem is that they must perform their commercial on live television, so there is no time to ease their jittery nerves and no room for mistakes. Commercials deleted.

The cataloging of this "Honeymooners" episode is dedicated with love to John Conti, 1999.

Details

• NETWORK: CBS
• DATE: November 12, 1955 Saturday 8:30 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:25:07
• COLOR/B&W: B&W
• CATALOG ID: T80:0579
• GENRE: Comedy
• SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; TV - Parody - Commercials; Women's Collection - Comedy
• SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1955-1956
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Jack Philbin … Executive Producer
• Jack Hurdle … Producer
• Stanley Poss … Associate Producer
• Frank Satenstein … Director
• Marvin Marx … Writer
• Walter Stone … Writer
• Jackie Gleason … Cast, Ralph Kramden
• Audrey Meadows … Cast, Alice Kramden
• Art Carney … Cast, Ed Norton
• Joyce Randolph … Cast, Trixie Norton