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The Best Episodes of The Honeymooners

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Every episode of The Honeymooners ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Honeymooners!

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  • 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
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    #1 - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    Season 1 Episode 13

    Aired 12/24/1955

    Ralph hocks his bowling ball to get Alice a present when someone else gets her the same thing he did.

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  • Better Living Through TV
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    #2 - Better Living Through TV

    Season 1 Episode 7

    Aired 11/12/1955

    Ralph's newest get-rich-quick scheme is to sell an all-purpose kitchen gadget. With Norton's assistance, Ralph plans to demonstrate it during a live TV commercial, in order to reach more potential buyers. But Ralph's last-minute stage fright may ruin the commercial.

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  • The Man from Space
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    #3 - The Man from Space

    Season 1 Episode 14

    Aired 12/31/1955

    Ralph is determined to win a prize of $50 at the Raccoon Lodge costume. When he competes with Norton in the contest and Alice will have nothing to do with loaning her husband any money to rent a costume, Ralph is forced to make a homemade costume.

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  • A Matter of Record
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    #4 - A Matter of Record

    Season 1 Episode 15

    Aired 1/7/1956

    Ralph throws Alice's mother out of the apartment, but Alice soon walks out on him, too. In a last ditch effort to save their marriage, Ralph cuts a record to apologize to Alice - and also, reluctantly, to her mother.

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  • The $99,000 Answer
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    #5 - The $99,000 Answer

    Season 1 Episode 18

    Aired 1/28/1956

    Ralph's out to prove himself to Alice, his neighborhood, and the world when he becomes a contestant on a hit television game show with the category of popular songs. He practices all week, spending a lot of money, only to miss on the first question!

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  • Head of the House
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    #6 - Head of the House

    Season 1 Episode 27

    Aired 3/31/1956

    Ralph tells a newspaper that he's head of the house and then has to prove it to a co-worker.

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  • Dial J for Janitor
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    #7 - Dial J for Janitor

    Season 1 Episode 38

    Aired 9/15/1956

    After several janitors have quit working in his building, Ralph decides to take on the job himself. But he finds it a lot tougher and more complicated than he thought it would be.

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  • TV or Not TV
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    #8 - TV or Not TV

    Season 1 Episode 1

    Aired 10/1/1955

    Trixie tells Alice that she and Ed are getting a new TV set to replace their old one. Alice is envious and Trixie tells her to give Ralph the 'pipe and slipper' routine to butter him up. Alice's behavior is so unusual for her that Ralph is immediately suspicious. When Ralph finds out the reason behind this he refuses to buy a TV set. It soon becomes apparent that Alice will not let the issue drop and Ralph is forced to deal with it. Ralph and Norton concoct a scheme to pool their money together and buy one set and share it.

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  • Funny Money
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    #9 - Funny Money

    Season 1 Episode 2

    Aired 10/8/1955

    Counterfeiters have lost a suitcase of 'funny money' and have to wait 30 days to retrieve it. Once 30 days have elapsed it becomes the property of the person who found it...Ralph Kramden. When he discovers the contents of the case he goes on a wild spending spree despite Alice's warnings that this doesn't seem right. It isn't long before the gangsters come calling for their loot.

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  • The Golfer
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    #10 - The Golfer

    Season 1 Episode 3

    Aired 10/15/1955

    Ralph wants to be named the new Assistant Traffic Manager at the bus terminal. This is a promotion he feels he has worked hard for and he deserves. In order to ensure it he needs to get in good with Mr. Harper, the man in charge. Harper and Ralph strike up a conversation and with Norton's help he finds himself with a date to play golf...of course Ralph knows nothing about the game of golf.

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  • A Matter of Life and Death
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    #11 - A Matter of Life and Death

    Season 1 Episode 5

    Aired 10/29/1955

    When Ralph thinks he's dying and sells the story to a magazine, he discovers it was a dog who was sick instead.

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  • The Sleepwalker
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    #12 - The Sleepwalker

    Season 1 Episode 6

    Aired 11/5/1955

    When Norton's sleepwalking through Ralph's apartment disturbs Ralph one time too many, Ralph decides to get to the root of Norton's trouble.

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  • Pal O'Mine
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    #13 - Pal O'Mine

    Season 1 Episode 8

    Aired 11/19/1955

    A ring that was intended for Norton's new supervisor in the sewer, but that instead gets stuck on Ralph's finger accidentally, is all it takes to jeopardize Ralph's friendship with Norton - until an explosion in the sewer brings Ralph to his senses.

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  • Brother Ralph
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    #14 - Brother Ralph

    Season 1 Episode 9

    Aired 11/26/1955

    Because of a suggestion he made, Ralph gets laid off. While they're trying to figure out how to cope with the bills, Alice decides to go back to work over Ralph's objections. The real trouble starts when Ralph finds out who has to do the house work, and when Alice's boss comes to the apartment to pick her up.

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  • Hello, Mom
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    #15 - Hello, Mom

    Season 1 Episode 10

    Aired 12/3/1955

    The Kramdens get a telegram from Alice's mother, telling them she was coming for a visit. Ralph is less then pleased and asks to stay with the Nortons. When Trixie pushes Ed to get Ralph to go back to his wife Ed says some things that makes her mad and she goes and stays with Alice. Later Ralph and Alice find out they made a mistake when the read the telegram, and Ralph finds he's put his foot in his mouth.

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  • Oh My Aching Back
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    #16 - Oh My Aching Back

    Season 1 Episode 16

    Aired 1/14/1956

    Ralph injures his back after a bowling tournament a day before his physical examination.

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  • The Babysitter
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    #17 - The Babysitter

    Season 1 Episode 17

    Aired 1/21/1956

    When Alice has a telephone installed, Ralph feels threatened both by her newfound freedom and the prospect of another bill to pay. Alice is baby-sitting to pay for the phone but Ralph thinks she's two-timing him.

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  • Ralph Kramden, Inc.
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    #18 - Ralph Kramden, Inc.

    Season 1 Episode 19

    Aired 2/4/1956

    Norton invests in Ralph's stock when Ralph wants twenty dollars. When Ralph thinks he is named in a millionaire's will, arguments arise. It turns out Ralph was simply left a pet bird named Fortune, and much of the money was left to the butler and maid.

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  • Young at Heart
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    #19 - Young at Heart

    Season 1 Episode 20

    Aired 2/11/1956

    After a visit from some teenagers, Alice feels that she and Ralph are starting to get old. She wants Ralph to take her out for some youthful activities, starting with roller-skating. But Ralph thinks the idea is ridiculous, and at first, resists it.

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  • The Loudspeaker
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    #20 - The Loudspeaker

    Season 1 Episode 30

    Aired 4/21/1956

    A few days before the ceremonies announcing the selection of the Raccoon of the Year, the Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler of the Racoons tells Ralph that he will be sitting on the dais that night and to be prepared to say a few words. Ralph, of course, takes this to mean that he is to be the Raccoon of the Year, and begins to write his "humbling" acceptance speech.

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  • On Stage
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    #21 - On Stage

    Season 1 Episode 31

    Aired 4/28/1956

    In order to raise money for the Raccoon Lodge, the lodge members decide to put on a play, and hire a professional director, Mr. Faversham, to direct it. Ralph is given the lead and Alice is given the female lead. Ralph starts "seeing stars" when he learns that Faversham's friend, Hollywood producer Herbert J. Whiteside, is in town looking to cast his new picture and will be attending the play's opening night.

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  • Opportunity Knocks, But
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    #22 - Opportunity Knocks, But

    Season 1 Episode 32

    Aired 5/5/1956

    Mr. Marshall, Ralph's boss, receives a new pool table as a birthday present from his wife. Hearing of Ralph's prowess at pool, he asks Ralph to stop by his house that night to teach him the "fundamentals" of the game. When Norton shows up, Marshall invites him, too. Ralph sees this as an opportunity to "get in good with the boss", but at Marshall's home that night, Norton makes such an impression on Marshall that he offers Norton a job at the bus company as Bus Driver Supervisor--the job that Ralph has been after for a long time.

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  • Unconventional Behavior
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    #23 - Unconventional Behavior

    Season 1 Episode 33

    Aired 5/12/1956

    Ralph and Norton head off to the Raccoon convention in Minneapolis. They lose their wives in the train station and think that they are now traveling alone. Norton has brought along a number of joke items including trick handcuffs, which he promptly puts on himself and Ralph. Not surprisingly, once on they can't get them off which leads to no end of problems, especially when it comes to the sleeping arrangements. In the end, they find out they're on the wrong train and heading in the wrong direction.

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  • Mind Your Own Business
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    #24 - Mind Your Own Business

    Season 1 Episode 35

    Aired 5/26/1956

    Norton loses his job after following Ralph's advice and starts selling steam ironsn door to door. When Ed lies about how much money he's making so that the Kramdens don't feel bad, Ralph himself considers selling steam irons door to door.

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  • A Man's Pride
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    #25 - A Man's Pride

    Season 1 Episode 39

    Aired 9/22/1956

    Ralph meets an old boyfriend of Alice's, who tells Ralph what a great success he now is. Ralph doesn't want to admit that he's only a bus driver, so he pretends he's the head of the bus company. But his pretense may backfire, when Alice's former boyfriend and his wife invite Ralph and Alice to dinner at an expensive restaurant -- a place Ralph cannot afford.

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Best Episodes Summary

"'Twas the Night Before Christmas" is the best rated episode of "The Honeymooners". It scored 10/10 based on 1 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 12/24/1955. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Better Living Through TV".