EPISODE
The Honeymooners - Season 1
A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience.
15 February 1919, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA
October 23, 1927 in New York City, New York, USA
May 17, 1904
21 January 1909, New York City, New York, USA
May 19, 1908 in Evanston, Illinois, USA
12 April 1946, New York City, New York, USA
4 November 1912, Meriden, Connecticut, USA
4 November 1918, Mount Vernon, New York, USA
November 21, 1907 in Piestany, Austria-Hungary [now Piestany, Slovakia]
May 10, 1917 in New York, New York, USA
1 April 1906, Radom, Mazowieckie, Poland
May 2, 1901 in New York City, New York, USA
27 February 1909, Weehawken, New Jersey, USA
October 24, 1897 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
11 September 1909, New York City, New York, USA
1935 in Toledo, Ohio, USA
14 July 1910, Chicago, Illinois, USA
November 14, 1910 in Mesilla Park, New Mexico, USA
October 31, 1928 in New York City, New York, USA
16 November 1912, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
16 February 1917, Chicago, Illinois, USA
30 October 1919, New York City, New York, USA
15 July 1910, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
18 December 1915, The Bronx, New York, USA
28 February 1914, Lubbock, Texas, USA
November 17, 1912 in Sacramento, California, USA
February 17, 1923 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
September 05, 2018
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to see it in reruns. TV recycles everything, whether trash or treasure. The Honeymooners is treasure.
September 05, 2018
Continues to speak to contemporary audiences because it explores an enduring theme: the struggle of the working class to make a better life for themselves.
September 05, 2018
While Ralph's classic catchphrase might have brought in peals of laughter in its day, his frequent threats to send his wife "to the moon" actually play as borderline disturbing when paired with his closed fist coming swiftly toward her face.
September 05, 2018
Although the show was made in a state of barely controlled chaos, partly because Gleason didn't like to rehearse, and on-air flubs and missed cues were common, it remains one of the most beautifully acted shows of its kind.
September 05, 2018
Even 30 years later, there is still something intimate about this. Viewer and actor are joined. Canned laughter, artificial performances and overstuffed productions are not built to last. The Honeymooners is forever.
September 05, 2018
Alice (Audrey Meadows in most reruns) was the show's strongest figure. Its most enduring and endearing feature, though, is the best supporting actor anyone has ever had, Art Carney as the earnest sewer worker, Ed Norton.
September 05, 2018
Their performances haven't dated, and the series remains funny, warm and touching.
