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The Best Episodes of The Honeymooners

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    The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 13 - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
    10.0/10(498 votes)

    #1 - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas

    S1:E13

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 7 - Better Living Through TV
    9.0/10(405 votes)

    #2 - Better Living Through TV

    S1:E7

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 14 - The Man from Space
    9.0/10(343 votes)

    #3 - The Man from Space

    S1:E14

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 15 - A Matter of Record
    9.0/10(336 votes)

    #4 - A Matter of Record

    S1:E15

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 18 - The $99,000 Answer
    9.0/10(473 votes)

    #5 - The $99,000 Answer

    S1:E18

    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!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 27 - Head of the House
    9.0/10(315 votes)

    #6 - Head of the House

    S1:E27

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 38 - Dial J for Janitor
    9.0/10(307 votes)

    #7 - Dial J for Janitor

    S1:E38

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 1 - TV or Not TV
    8.0/10(501 votes)

    #8 - TV or Not TV

    S1:E1

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 2 - Funny Money
    8.0/10(342 votes)

    #9 - Funny Money

    S1:E2

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 3 - The Golfer
    8.0/10(377 votes)

    #10 - The Golfer

    S1:E3

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 5 - A Matter of Life and Death
    8.0/10(325 votes)

    #11 - A Matter of Life and Death

    S1:E5

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 6 - The Sleepwalker
    8.0/10(399 votes)

    #12 - The Sleepwalker

    S1:E6

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 8 - Pal O'Mine
    8.0/10(308 votes)

    #13 - Pal O'Mine

    S1:E8

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 9 - Brother Ralph
    8.0/10(340 votes)

    #14 - Brother Ralph

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 10 - Hello, Mom
    8.0/10(312 votes)

    #15 - Hello, Mom

    S1:E10

    When the Kramdens get a telegram from Alice's mother, telling them she’s coming for a visit, Ralph is less than pleased and asks to stay with the Nortons.

    Director:Frank Satenstein
    Writers:Marvin Marx, Walter Stone

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  16. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 16 - Oh My Aching Back
    8.0/10(318 votes)

    #16 - Oh My Aching Back

    S1:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 17 - The Babysitter
    8.0/10(298 votes)

    #17 - The Babysitter

    S1:E17

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 19 - Ralph Kramden, Inc.
    8.0/10(295 votes)

    #18 - Ralph Kramden, Inc.

    S1:E19

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 20 - Young at Heart
    8.0/10(362 votes)

    #19 - Young at Heart

    S1:E20

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 30 - The Loudspeaker
    8.0/10(295 votes)

    #20 - The Loudspeaker

    S1:E30

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 31 - On Stage
    8.0/10(310 votes)

    #21 - On Stage

    S1:E31

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 32 - Opportunity Knocks, But
    8.0/10(306 votes)

    #22 - Opportunity Knocks, But

    S1:E32

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 33 - Unconventional Behavior
    8.0/10(310 votes)

    #23 - Unconventional Behavior

    S1:E33

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 35 - Mind Your Own Business
    8.0/10(305 votes)

    #24 - Mind Your Own Business

    S1:E35

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 39 - A Man's Pride
    8.0/10(307 votes)

    #25 - A Man's Pride

    S1:E39

    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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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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 498 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 12/24/1955. This episode scored 1.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Better Living Through TV".