Ethel Waters, Deems Taylor; The Honeymooners - The Cold
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. Ralph gets very upset and accuses Alice of being selfish. Shortly there after Ralph finds out Alice has had a policy on her own life to protect him if anything happens to him. Ralph soon realizes how lucky he and lets Alice know how lucky he feels he is.
7.6 /10
Pickles

Fri, Nov 07, 1952
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. To Alice's surprise he digs out five dollars he'd be hiding to buy her anniversary present that was being delivered that day. When the c.o.d. delivery arrives Alice pulls out her hidden money for Ralph to use. About this time Alice remembers she has to have a pickle and have it right away, and she starting goggling down pickles. Ralph thinks she's pregnant and he starts getting excited only to find out the doctor wants her to eat pickles as part of test for a suspected allergy. Ralph's disappointed but Alice points that someday will come.
7.8 /10
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. Ralph loses it and tries to throw them out. To get him to let them use Alice they promise him an ad of his own and take his picture. When he what they plan to use it for he throws them out breaking Alice's heart. As the episode ends Ralph is apologizing to Alice.
7.2 /10
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. Unfortunately Trixie was standing next to the woman when she made the date and Trixie thought since Ralph was the one who set it up he was the one going out with the girl. Ralph makes things worse for himself by coming home with flowers for the first time in 5 years. He's only grateful for having Alice instead of being lonely like his friend. Alice doesn't believe him and confronts him about what she heard. He hits the ceiling and since he can't convince her that its not true he makes it worse by going along with her. Ralph manages to convince Alice that her suspicions aren't true and his friend and the girl he found for him hit it off
7.9 /10
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.
8.5 /10
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.
7.4 /10
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.
7.6 /10
Lunch Box

Fri, Mar 27, 1953
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.
7.4 /10
Hot Tips

Fri, Apr 10, 1953
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.
7.7 /10
Ralph's Diet

Fri, Apr 24, 1953
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.
7.5 /10
Tawny Ballet

Fri, May 29, 1953
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.
0 /10
The Prowler

Fri, Jun 05, 1953
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.
7.2 /10
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.
7.8 /10
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