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The Best Episodes of The Honeymooners Season 1

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 1 - TV or Not TV
    8.6/10(490 votes)

    #1 - 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
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  2. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 2 - Funny Money
    8.4/10(334 votes)

    #2 - 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
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  3. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 3 - The Golfer
    8.8/10(369 votes)

    #3 - 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
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  4. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 4 - A Woman's Work is Never Done
    8.5/10(332 votes)

    #4 - A Woman's Work is Never Done

    S1:E4

    Alice is so tired of Ralph's complaining about the housework not getting done that she decides to hire themselves a maid while she goes off to get a job herself.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 5 - A Matter of Life and Death
    8.6/10(318 votes)

    #5 - 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
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  6. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 6 - The Sleepwalker
    8.5/10(393 votes)

    #6 - 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
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  7. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 7 - Better Living Through TV
    9.0/10(398 votes)

    #7 - 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
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  8. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 8 - Pal O'Mine
    8.4/10(304 votes)

    #8 - 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.

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  9. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 9 - Brother Ralph
    8.6/10(336 votes)

    #9 - 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
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  10. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 10 - Hello, Mom
    8.2/10(308 votes)

    #10 - Hello, Mom

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:Unknown
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  11. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 11 - The Deciding Vote
    8.3/10(285 votes)

    #11 - The Deciding Vote

    S1:E11

    Ralph buys Alice a vacuum while there is a Raccoon election going on for convention manager, and it's up to Norton to be the deciding vote.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 12 - Something Fishy
    8.2/10(307 votes)

    #12 - Something Fishy

    S1:E12

    The Raccoons are planning for an annual Raccoon Fishing Trip, and this time, the Raccoons vote not to take their wives. But Alice and Trixie will not stand for being left behind.

    Director:Unknown
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  13. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 13 - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
    9.1/10(492 votes)

    #13 - '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
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  14. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 14 - The Man from Space
    8.9/10(339 votes)

    #14 - 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
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  15. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 15 - A Matter of Record
    8.5/10(331 votes)

    #15 - 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
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  16. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 16 - Oh My Aching Back
    8.5/10(314 votes)

    #16 - Oh My Aching Back

    S1:E16

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

    Director:Unknown
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  17. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 17 - The Babysitter
    8.3/10(294 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
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  18. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 18 - The $99,000 Answer
    9.1/10(465 votes)

    #18 - 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
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  19. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 19 - Ralph Kramden, Inc.
    8.2/10(293 votes)

    #19 - 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
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  20. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 20 - Young at Heart
    8.5/10(361 votes)

    #20 - 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
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  21. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 21 - A Dog's Life
    8.7/10(337 votes)

    #21 - A Dog's Life

    S1:E21

    Ralph and Norton discover a mysterious food product that Ralph thinks Alice has made that they decide to dub Krammar's Delicious Mystery Appetizer. Ralph calls it Krammar's because he is considering naming the product not only after himself, but also after his boss at the bus depot, J.J. Marshall. The next day, Ralph takes the mystery snack to Mr. Marshall to get him to taste it. But when he does, the mystery is solved - the snack he had just tried is dog food! Naturally, Ralph is not at all happy.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 22 - Here Comes the Bride
    8.1/10(299 votes)

    #22 - Here Comes the Bride

    S1:E22

    Ralph's lodge brother, Stanley, is about to marry Alice's sister, Agnes. At the Raccoons' bachelor party for Stanley, Ralph warns the young man not to move in with Agnes's parents after the wedding. But this advice backfires when Agnes shows up at the Kramdens' after the wedding reception, sobbing that her new husband has changed into a "beast". Can Ralph get Stanley and Agnes back together without Alice knowing that he was the one who gave Stanley the advice?

    Director:Unknown
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  23. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 23 - Mama Loves Mambo
    8.6/10(383 votes)

    #23 - Mama Loves Mambo

    S1:E23

    A new neighbor moves next door to the Kramdens. This neighbor is a dance instructor and teaches the wives to do the mambo, at their husbands' collective expense.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 24 - Please Leave the Premises
    8.3/10(312 votes)

    #24 - Please Leave the Premises

    S1:E24

    Outraged when he gets a notice from his landlord, Mr. Johnson, that his rent is being raised, Ralph--over Alice's objections--goes on a rent strike to "teach that Johnson a lesson". Unfortunately it's the middle of winter, and when the landlord turns off the heat, water and electricity, it looks like that the only one being taught "a lesson" is Ralph.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 25 - Pardon My Glove
    8.3/10(305 votes)

    #25 - Pardon My Glove

    S1:E25

    Ralph's birthday is coming up, and he finds out that Alice is planning a surprise party for him. On that day, however, no party materializes and Ralph is, to say the least, disappointed. He's even more disappointed when he finds a man's glove that's not his hidden in a dresser drawer and gets suspicious when Alice seems in a hurry to get him out of the house that night.

    Director:Unknown
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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"TV or Not TV" is the best rated episode of "The Honeymooners" season 1. It scored 8.6/10 based on 490 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/1/1955. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Funny Money".