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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 25 - Pardon My Glove
    7.0/10(2 votes)

    #1 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 1 - TV or Not TV
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #2 - 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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  3. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 4 - A Woman's Work is Never Done
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #3 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 11 - The Deciding Vote
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #4 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 12 - Something Fishy
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #5 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 21 - A Dog's Life
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #6 - 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.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 22 - Here Comes the Bride
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #7 - 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".

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 23 - Mama Loves Mambo
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #8 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 24 - Please Leave the Premises
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #9 - 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
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 26 - Young Man with a Horn
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #10 - Young Man with a Horn

    S1:E26

    After Alice finds Ralph's old coronet in the bedroom closet. Ralph remembers lost career chances, and feels discouraged. But after a visit from a kindly, elderly millionaire couple who used to live in the apartment. They help Ralph see that he is still young enough to pursue new opportunities. With Norton's help, Ralph makes a list of all his strong and weak points so that he can correct his faults and become a success.

    Director:Frank Satenstein
    Writers:A.J. Russell, Herbert Finn

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  11. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 28 - The Worry Wart
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #11 - The Worry Wart

    S1:E28

    Ralph goes into a panic when he gets a letter from the Internal Revenue Service ordering that he appear at their office the next morning, fearing that the IRS is investigating him for income tax evasion.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 29 - Trapped
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #12 - Trapped

    S1:E29

    Ralph happens to be standing outside a bank when a pair of bank robbers run out and, seeing him, fire a shot at him, knocking his hat off. Afraid that the robbers might find out where he lives, he refuses to tell the police what he saw. The robbers, however, find out anyway and plan a visit to make sure he never tells.

    Director:Frank Satenstein
    Writers:Leonard B. Stern, Sydney Zelinka

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  13. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 32 - Opportunity Knocks, But
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #13 - 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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  14. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 34 - The Safety Award
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #14 - The Safety Award

    S1:E34

    Ralph is about to receive an award as the city's safest bus driver. This honor includes a feature story in a major magazine; and a ceremony at City Hall, where Ralph, Alice, and the Nortons will meet the Mayor. But on the way to the ceremony, Ralph gets into an accident, which is actually the other driver's fault. Will the truth come out so that Ralph can accept his award?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 36 - Alice and the Blonde
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #15 - Alice and the Blonde

    S1:E36

    Alice and Trixie feel that their husbands don't notice them any longer. And it doesn't help when they see Ralph and Norton being attentive to the glamorous new wife of Ralph's boss. Alice then decides to imitate her in order to regain Ralph's attention.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 37 - The Bensonhurst Bomber
    7.5/10(2 votes)

    #16 - The Bensonhurst Bomber

    S1:E37

    While Ralph and Norton are playing a game at the pool hall, Ralph gets into an argument with a mousy little guy who threatens to "tell my friend Harvey on you". Ralph, figuring anybody named Harvey who's a friend of this guy must be as wimpy as him, tells the guy to "bring on Harvey" and brags that he'll beat up the both of them. Harvey turns out to be a tough, hulking bruiser, and challenges Ralph to a fight at the local gym. Ralph frantically looks for a way to get out of it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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

    #17 - 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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  18. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 3 - The Golfer
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #18 - 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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  19. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 5 - A Matter of Life and Death
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #19 - 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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  20. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 6 - The Sleepwalker
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #20 - 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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  21. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 7 - Better Living Through TV
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - 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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  22. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 8 - Pal O'Mine
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #22 - 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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  23. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 9 - Brother Ralph
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #23 - 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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  24. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 10 - Hello, Mom
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #24 - 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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  25. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 16 - Oh My Aching Back
    8.0/10(2 votes)

    #25 - 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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Worst Episodes Summary

"Pardon My Glove" is the worst rated episode of "The Honeymooners". It scored 7/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/17/1956. This episode scored 0.5 points lower than the second lowest rated, "TV or Not TV".