Talk:The Honeymooners

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[edit] The best comedy show ever!

The Honeymooners is the best comedy show of all time. Ralph, Alice, Ed and Trixie were the best together! They hardly rehearsed their shows and performed them live without problems. Success with usually the same set, a table, 4 chairs a sink and refrigerator! Amazing!

I agree ... my absolute favorite!!!

Yes, they were and in my opinion still are the best/funniest show ever. As a kid I attended two of the live episodes because my father was one of the technicians working on the show. I remember meeting Alice, Ed and Trixie after one show but never Jackie Gleason. By the way my father was very proud of the fact that the classic 39 episodes looked so much better than the lost episodes -- it was do to his technical expertise.

[edit] Catchphrases

POW! Right in the kisser! POW! Right in the kisser! POW! Right in the kisser! POW! Right in the kisser! POW! Right in the kisser! POW! Right in the kisser! How come this was never mentioned in the article?

It is mentioned in the article. Claude 06:07, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

This is still unanswered:

In the Classic 39, Ralph never says "Bang, Zoom...To the Moon!". "Bang, Zoom!" is one expression that we hear, and there are numerous references to being sent to the moon (e.g. "You're going to the moon!"), but so far as I know the two aren't combined. Does this happen somewhere in the "Lost" episodes, or should the phrases be split in the various places in the article where it appears? Claude 17:30, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Claude 06:07, 5 July 2007 (UTC)


The other night on David Letterman there was this on his "Funfacts" segment: "For a short while, back in the early 60's NASA officials considered having Jackie Gleason Punch astronauts to the moon."

[edit] Reorg on 1 Mar 2006

In this reorganization I have removed:

Notable episodes: TV or Not TV (where Ralph and Ed share a TV set, not having the money to get each their own, only to have the TV turn out to be more trouble than it was worth) and Better Living Through TV (where Ralph and Ed try to sell a household appliance on live TV, only to make a mess of the proceedings).

It is not clear why these episodes are notable; I am trying to make the article more NPOV. Someone might consider annotating the episode list and using this information in the annotations. Joshuardavis 02:54, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The New Honeymooners

I clearly recall colour episodes in syndication of The New Honeymooners, starring (I believe) the original cast. It may have been collected from skits from The Jackie Gleason Show. Perhaps someone with more knowledge could include this info. in the article. Fishhead64 17:11, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] nothing about family guy?

i have never watched this show (although it seems great and i would like to see atleast an episode) but i am a big fan of family guy and i come on here to look up more about the honeymooners knowing thats what the show has paradied several times, but there is nothing in the legacy section? somebody with more knowledge should add it in

[edit] GA note

I just want to note that the DVD picture has no Fair Use rationale. Wiki-newbie 21:13, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA passing

Thumbs up to all the editors! Wiki-newbie 11:29, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pert Kelton

she was not suffering "Heart Problems" at the time Meadows was recast as Alice. In Fact it was Kelton, not this Ginger Jones person, who was "blacklisted" in the aftermath of the Red Channels scare —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.19.107.64 (talk • contribs)

  • The text is meant to indicate that it was Kelton who was blacklisted, but perhaps it was not as clear is it could be. I will fix that. As for Kelton's heart problems, they have been documented by multiple sources, unless you can cite some that say different. --cholmes75 (chit chat) 14:13, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Miss Kelton was indeed suffering from Heart Problems at the time, but that had nothing to do with the blacklisting

[edit] In other Version

I remember a Swedish TV-show who looks like this called "Rena Rama Rolf", if you don't belive me watch this clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_o2h7PUeIA or ask someone on Swedish Wikipedia. Egon Eagle 21:34 december 2007 (CET)

[edit] GA Sweep (on hold)

This article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. Although it's a well-written and generally well-referenced article (with some gaps, but adequate for GA), I have found a couple of issues that may need to be addressed:

  • The single biggest problem is the Imapct and legacy section. As a huge, under-referenced, bullet-pointed infodump it rather lets the rest of the article down. I would recommend a ruthless pruning of the section, and the rewriting of what remains into prose as opposed to a list.
  • I'm not sure about the validity of the Flintstones FAQ as a reliable source

I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made and issues are being addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far. Regards, EyeSereneTALK 13:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GA sweep (delisted)

As the issues above have not been addressed, I have reluctantly delisted The Honeymooners as a Good article. Please feel free to renominate the article at WP:GAN once the article has been brought up to standard. If you feel this assessment was in error, or have any concerns about the conduct of this review, I can be contacted directly on my talk page. Alternatively you can list the article at WP:GAR for wider GA reviewer input. Regards, EyeSereneTALK 09:38, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cast/Characters

What the hell is with the cast list? All of these names are nonsense; they don't bring up anything on the search, and I doubt anyone with a working knowledge of the Honeymooners is going to believe that Ralph was played by "Marty Andreas" instead of the great Jackie Gleason. I'm changing this. 71.215.201.70 (talk) 03:54, 8 June 2008 (UTC)