8.6/10460 votes#1 - 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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8.4/10308 votes#2 - 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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8.8/10342 votes#3 - 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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8.5/10302 votes#4 - A Woman's Work is Never Done
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/22/1955
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.
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8.6/10290 votes#5 - 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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8.5/10371 votes#6 - 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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8.9/10368 votes#7 - 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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8.3/10284 votes#8 - 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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8.5/10314 votes#9 - 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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8.2/10282 votes#10 - 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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8.3/10266 votes#11 - The Deciding Vote
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/10/1955
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.
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8.2/10289 votes#12 - Something Fishy
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/1955
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.
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9.0/10452 votes#13 - '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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8.7/10314 votes#14 - 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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8.4/10311 votes#15 - 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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8.4/10291 votes#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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8.2/10272 votes#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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9.1/10433 votes#18 - 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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8.1/10269 votes#19 - 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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8.5/10333 votes#20 - 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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8.7/10312 votes#21 - A Dog's Life
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/18/1956
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.
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8.1/10281 votes#22 - Here Comes the Bride
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/25/1956
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?
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8.5/10359 votes#23 - Mama Loves Mambo
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/3/1956
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.
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8.3/10291 votes#24 - Please Leave the Premises
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/10/1956
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.
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8.2/10289 votes#25 - Pardon My Glove
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/17/1956
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.
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The Best Episodes of The Honeymooners Season 1
Every episode of The Honeymooners Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of 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. One of the most...
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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 460 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 10/1/1955. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Funny Money".