The Jackie Gleason Show (1952)
Synopsis
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.
First Air Date: 1952-09-20
Last Air Date: 1970-02-28
Number of Seasons: 8
Number of Episodes: 237
Networks: CBS
Top Cast
- Jackie Gleason as Self - Host
- Red Buttons as N/A
- Art Carney as Ed Norton
- Jan Murray as N/A
- Sheila MacRae as Alice Kramden
- Jane Kean as Trixie Norton
- Mercedes Ellington as Self
- Phil Gordon as Walter
Seasons
Season 1 (1952)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: Episode 1
Guests: Louis Armstrong, Eileen Barton, the Mayo Brothers; the Honeymooners - the New Bowling Ball
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Ep. 2: Episode 2
Alice misplaces her wedding ring; Ralph thinks a turkey ate it.
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Ep. 3: Episode 3
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 4: Episode 4
Ralph and Ed care for an abandoned baby found on the bus.
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Ep. 5: Episode 5
Ralph and Alice argue at home while getting ready for a night on the town with the Nortons.
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Ep. 6: Episode 6
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 treatments. He's also worrying about missing work and not being able to pay his bills it then that Alice lets it be known that she is worried about paying on a life insurance policy she has on him.
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Ep. 7: Episode 7
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 paycheck. And they fight about him not having any money for the week. At that moment Ed comes down and needs five dollars for an emergency so he agrees to give him the money.
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Ep. 8: Episode 8
Ralph and Norton form a songwriting partnership.
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Ep. 9: Episode 9
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 10: Episode 10
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 11: Missing Pants
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Ep. 12: Episode 12
Ralph reads a veterinarian's report about Alice's mother's dog and mistakenly thinks he himself only has 6 months to live.
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Ep. 13: Christmas Party
The Honeymooners' first Christmas.
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Ep. 14: Episode 14
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 15: Glow Worm Cleaning
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 finds out that he might be in the picture he's more interested. After the photographer arrives they find out that the man in the picture will be a male model.
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Ep. 16: Vaughn Monroe, Sugar Ray Robinson
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 17: Peggy Lee, Robert Merrill; The Honeymooners - Alice Plays Cupid
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 in the restaurant and one the phone they finally manage to land him date with someone they know.
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Ep. 18: The DeMarco Sisters; The Honeymooners - Suspense
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 thinks she's going to kill him. The trouble builds from there. In the end Ralph and Alice work it out.
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Ep. 19: Lost Job
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 touching
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Ep. 20: S01E20
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 21: S01E21
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Ep. 22: Anniversary Gift
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 23: S01E23
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 24: Income Tax
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 25: Alice's Aunt Ethel
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 hurting and he has to sleep in a soft bed to recover. But he doesn't know what Alice and her aunt had decided on while they were out of the room.
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Ep. 26: What's Her Name?
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 the issue to a close in more ways then one.
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Ep. 27: Lunch Box
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. While she's gone Ralph finds out how little he knows about cooking. After Alice comes back one of Ralph's friends stops by to apologize for taking and eating his lunch after he mistakes Ralph's lunch box for his.
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Ep. 28: Easter Hats
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 29: Hot Tips
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 go to the track, people in the neighborhood start coming by to get him to place bets for them. Norton comes by and tells him the neighborhood cop is coming by because he thinks Ralph is a bookie. Ralph panics and swallows what he thinks is the list that would make him look like a bookie. The cop leaves, thinking no bookies would be silly enough to swallow a fifty dollar bill.
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Ep. 30: Norton Moves In
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 31: Ralph's Diet
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 hide some food for her for her husbands surprise party. She hides the food before Ralph comes home. When Ralph does get home he in a bad mood and demanding food. Alice sticks to her guns, and tries to help Ralph come up with some ways to distract himself from his hunger pangs. Everything fails, and he remains grumpy. In the mean time Alice goes up to the Norton's house leaving Ralph alone with the food which he finds by accident and eats almost all of it. When the neighbor comes down Alice finds out what he's done. Alice makes things right with the neighbor and Ralph is embarrassed. He apologizes and promises to go on a diet the next day.
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Ep. 32: Dinner Guest
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Ep. 33: Manager of the Baseball Team
Second remake of sketch originally performed on May 16, 1952 and May 9, 1953.
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Ep. 34: Alice's Birthday
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 35: The Dorsey Brothers Show
Ralph and Alice mistakenly invite both of the feuding Dorsey brothers to perform at a charity gathering.
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Ep. 36: Tawny Ballet
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 Lescoulie sets up a sketch involving Charlie Bratton and Clem Finch. Gleason portrays Joe the Bartender. After soliciting contributions for the Red Cross, Lescoulie introduces Gleason's four-movement tone-poem ballet, "Tawny," which calls for fifty musicians and seventy-six dancers. Gleason conducts the theme. "Modern Blues," a black street-scene, features dancers Dolores Harper, James Riley, and Charles Queenan; "Period Waltz," with a late-eighteenth century look, features dancers Kathryn Lee, Duncan Noble, and Davie Lerner. The stylized "Formal Grand Finale" is danced by Marilyn Taylor, Peter Gladke, Rudy Tone, and others. The program concludes with thanks to all from Gleason.
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Ep. 37: The Prowler
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, freaks out. The prowler does get into the Kramdens' apartment, but the police save everyone.
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Ep. 38: Guest Speaker
No overview for this episode.
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Ep. 39: Vacation at Fred's Landing
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 trip.
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Ep. 40: S01E40
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