The Jackie Gleason Show

Épisode 1 - The New Bowling Ball

20 septembre 1952

The title of the 'Honeymooners' sketch was 'The New Bowling Ball.' The skit ran 8:45 in length. Other sketches include the Poor Soul painting his dog and Reginald Van Gleason III as a shoe salesman. Gleason sang 'I Love Girls'; Eileen Barton sang 'Come Rain or Come Shine' and 'You Like?'; Louis Armstrong performed 'A Kiss to Build a Dream On' and 'That's a Plenty.'

Épisode 2 - The Turkey

27 septembre 1952

Besides the Honeymooners skit, other sketches include Art Carney playing the ring announcer for a wrestling match (complete with ring provided by Everlast) between the tag team of the Indian Marauder and Baron Von Deutchsland against Charlie Lump (Jerry Bergen) and the dashing society playboy Reginald Van Gleason III, who makes his entrance with an elaborate litter and wrestles in a leopard-skinned outfit. Also, obnoxious Charlie Bratton loses pal Clem Finch's rare dime in a diner pay phone. The June Taylor Dancers perform 'Another Opening, Another Show.' Gleason sings 'Who Cares?' and dances to 'Crazy Rhythm' with Marilyn Gleason. The Dorsey Orchestra performs 'Struttin' With Some Barbeque.'

Épisode 3 - Sprained Thumb

4 octobre 1952

The title of the 'Honeymooners' sketch is Sprained Thumb.' It is identified as a 'Lost Episode' as no known recordings are believed to survive. Other skits this week include Charlie Bratton (the Loudmouth) believing that Clem Finch's wife is cheating on him. Harry James joins the June Taylor Dancers in a matador production, then he teams up with Tommy Gumina for 'The Flight of the Bumblebee.' Theresa Brewer sings 'I Don't Care' and 'Those Roly Poly Eyes.' Elaine Dunn dances to 'Someone to Watch Over Me.'

Épisode 4 - Lost Baby

11 octobre 1952

The title of the 'Honeymooners' sketch is 'Lost Baby.' It ran 10:30 in length. Nat 'King' Cole sings 'Walkin' My Baby Back Home' and 'Faith Can Move Mountains.' Dorothy Morrow performs 'I Have Dreamed' and 'Because You're Mine.' The June Taylor Dancers and violinist Maria Neglia perform 'The Flight of the Bumblebee.' Radio/TV writer Jack Lester cites Gleason as the Number One TV comedian of the season. Gleason congratulates his band leader Ray Bloch for 20 years of conducting and Jackie also appears in a Joe the Bartender skit.

Épisode 5 - Question Mark

18 octobre 1952

This was originally reported to be a "lost" episode but has been located. The title of the Honeymooners sketch is sometimes called 'Quiz Show' and runs 11:29 in length. Other skits include loudmouth Charlie Bratton trying to get his pal Clem Finch a raise and the Poor Soul and his girlfriend buy a TV set. The June Taylor Dancers perform 'Order.' Vocalist Morton Downey performs 'Dear Old Donegal', 'My Blue Heaven', 'Carolina Moon' and 'It's the Same Old Shillelagh.'

Épisode 6 - The Cold

1 novembre 1952

Ralph is home sick, and as usual is feeling sorry for himself, and being a bit of baby about some of his treatments. He's also worrying about missing work and not being able to pay his bills it then that Alice lets it be known that she is worried about paying on a life insurance policy she has on him. Ralph gets very upset and accuses Alice of being selfish. Shortly there after Ralph finds out Alice has had a policy on her own life to protect him if anything happens to him. Ralph soon realizes how lucky he and lets Alice know how lucky he feels he is.

Épisode 7 - Pickles

8 novembre 1952

One of the shortest Honeymooners sketches ever. The story opens with Ralph complaining about being dragged all over town shopping. Thats when he finds out Alice spent his whole paycheck. And they fight about him not having any money for the week. At that moment Ed comes down a needs five dollars for an emergency he agrees to give him the money. To Alice's surprise he digs out five dollars he'd be hiding to buy her anniversary present that was being delivered that day. When the c.o.d. delivery arrives Alice pulls hot her hidden money for Ralph to use. About this time Alice remembers she has to have a pickle and have it right away, and she starting goggling down pickles Ralph thinks she pregnant starts getting excited only to find out the doctor wants her to eat pickles as part of test for a suspected allergy. Ralph's disappointed by Alice points that someday will come.

Épisode 8 - Episode 1.08

18 novembre 1952

Ralph and Norton form a songwriting partnership.

Épisode 9 - Jellybeans

22 novembre 1952

Ralph tries to count jellybeans to win $100.00 in a contest while Alice wants him to go with her to buy a new dress.

Épisode 10 - Episode 1.10

29 novembre 1952

Épisode 11 - Missing Pants

6 décembre 1952

Ralph awakens and cannot find his pants & he's blaming Alice since she's been up earlier than him. Alice washed his long underwear the night before & hung them on the line to dry & now they are frozen. Missing pants & frozen underwear, it's not a good morning for Ralph. And to top it off, the toaster is not working.

Épisode 12 - Six Months to Live

13 décembre 1952

When Ralph finds a letter from a doctor he believes the information in it leaves him with only six months to live. After some time to reflect, it's Alice that explains that the letter is from the vet who has given Alice's mother's dog only six months to live.

Épisode 13 - Christmas Party

20 décembre 1952

It's Christmas Eve. Alice is decorating the tree, singing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" and setting out holiday refreshments. Ralph comes home with potato salad, but Alice says it's the wrong potato salad. Ralph leaves. Trixie, Ed, Fenwick Babbitt, Patricia Morison, Joe the Bartender, The Poor Soul, Rudy the Repairman, Whitey, Frankie Avalon, Reggie Van Gleason III, Phil Napoleon and his Memphis 5, and the June Taylor Dancers all appear in the sketch

Épisode 14 - Episode 1.14

27 décembre 1952

Épisode 15 - Glow Worm Cleaning

3 janvier 1953

Alice has been picked to appear in a magazine ad for Glow Worm sink cleaner. Ralph is against the idea until he thinks that he is going to be in the ad too. An executive from the ad agency tells Ralph that he's not the right type to portray Alice's husband in the ad. Ralph gets steamed but then the executive promises Ralph that he can be in a different ad.

Épisode 16 - Episode 1.16

10 janvier 1953

Épisode 17 - Alice Plays Cupid

17 janvier 1953

Ralph is bringing home George, the traffic manager, for supper. Alice decides to play cupid and invites Henrietta from the Ladies' Auxiliary. Ralph wants to score points with George because a bunch of drivers are being transferred to Staten Island and Ralph doesn't want to be one of them. Henrietta arrives and Ralph labels her a monster. She goes into the bathroom to freshen up and George arrives. Ralph tells him that Alice is playing matchmaker and throws in a few nasty remarks about Henrietta.

Épisode 18 - Suspense

24 janvier 1953

Alice is in the bedroom rehearsing for a play with Trixie in which a woman plots to kill her husband. Ralph and Ed walk in and overhear them. Ralph thinks she wants to kill him. The Nortons leave and Ralph tells Alice that he overheard her in the bedroom. She thinks that Ralph knows she was rehearsing for the play, and is just against her acting. She catches on to what Ralph thinks when she puts a vitamin in his juice and he accuses her of trying to poison him.

Épisode 19 - Lost Job

31 janvier 1953

The Kramdens and Nortons planned a dinner date at the Royal Chinese Gardens. Alice finds a pink slip in Ralph's pay envelope. Ralph is angry and reminisces about his 12 years as a bus driver. Alice offers to hock her wedding ring and get a job. Ralph says she should live at her mother's house so he can go out of town to find a job. In walks Dutch, the guy who stuffs the pay envelopes at the bus company. He's ready to go bowling with Ralph.

Épisode 20 - Episode 1.20

Épisode 1 - Sprained Thumb

19 septembre 1953

Épisode 2 - Lucky Number

26 septembre 1953

While at a ball game with Ed, Ralph wins a $1000 as part of a contest at the ball park. When they get home Ralph tells Alice all about all the things he going to spend the money on but she thinks they should put in the bank. Later when they decide to celebrate they decide to do it at home with some Chinese food. He sends Ed and Trixie leaves obviously upset. Alice tells Ralph that he's being selfish and he should share some with Ed. Later when the bread company representative arrives to give him the prize they tell him they want pictures for advertising.

Épisode 3 - Episode 02-03

Épisode 4 - Hot Dog Stand

10 octobre 1953

Épisode 5 - Two Tickets to the Fight

24 octobre 1953

Ralph has a chance to go to a important fight but Alice's uncle George is coming over. He fakes being ill to get the uncle to leave. This plan fails when Ed asks Uncle George to go since Ralph is sick. So Ralph is left home.

Épisode 6 - Halloween Party

31 octobre 1953

The Kramdens and the Nortons are going to a Halloween party. Alice has made their costumes and Ralph doesn't like his. He decides to go a bum and rips up his only suit. Alice tries to stop him but he insists he won't need the suit again. When the people they were supposed to go with arrive he finds out it's not a Halloween party it a formal dance for his bosses birthday. Once Ralph realizes he can't go to this party he winds up having to apologize to Alice who of course forgives him.

Épisode 7 - Champagne and Caviar

7 novembre 1953

Ralph's boss is coming over, and he thinks that if he makes a big impression on him he'll get the next big promotion. So he puts on a suit, and gets champagne, caviar, and Cuban cigars. Mr. Marshall spends only a little time with Ralph and when he leaves he wants Ralph to come to work early to help him show the board how they can cut the other drivers pay because Ralph is getting along so well on his salary.

Épisode 8 - Letter to the Boss

14 novembre 1953

Épisode 9 - Finger Man

28 novembre 1953

Ralph spots a wanted criminal on his bus. He comes up with a story that the bus has broken down to get people off the bus and notifies a cop. The bad guy is caught and Ralph is a hero. The press and the police chief show up at Ralph's house just in time to find out that the bad has escaped and vowed to get the guy who turned him in. While Ralph is trying to decide where to hide the police approach the "hero" to act as a decoy to help them re-arrest the criminal.

Épisode 10 - Santa and the Bookies

5 décembre 1953

Believing that Alice is pregnant, Ralph takes a job as a sidewalk Santa, with Norton as his helper, in order to earn extra money. But they are unaware of the fact that their new bosses are bookies who are using Ralph and Norton as a front to receive their betting slips.

Épisode 11 - Christmas Party

19 décembre 1953

Épisode 12 - New Year's Party

26 décembre 1953

Épisode 13 - Episode 02-11

2 janvier 1954

Épisode 14 - Episode 02-12

9 janvier 1954

Épisode 15 - This is Your Life

16 janvier 1954

Épisode 16 - Cottage For Sale

23 janvier 1954

Ralph and Ed spring an idea on their wives to buy a $989.00 cottage. Alice and Trixie are against it, Ralph talks Alice and Trixie into looking at the model. Once they see it the girls love it, Ralph wants to do the negotiating and after finding out the model they were looking at is double the price they expected they take a deal that will supposedly give them the same place minus a "few simple extra's". After they buy it they find out on their first trip to the cottage they were snookered by the salesman and the place they bought is a run down shack.

Épisode 17 - Episode 02-15

Épisode 18 - Episode 02-16

Épisode 19 - Episode 02-17

Épisode 20 - Episode 02-18

Épisode 21 - Episode 02-19

Épisode 22 - Episode 02-20

Épisode 23 - Episode 02-21

Épisode 24 - Episode 02-22

Épisode 25 - The Lawsuit

27 mars 1954

Épisode 26 - Fortune Teller

3 avril 1954

Épisode 27 - The Next Champ

10 avril 1954

Épisode 28 - Stand-In for Murder

17 avril 1954

Épisode 29 - Move Uptown

24 avril 1954

The Kramdens have found a nice new place in the Bronx they want to move to; one big problem the landlord won't let them out of their lease. He must sub-let the place first. After an abortive attempt to move without a sub-letting Ralph decides to force the landlord to throw him out by breaking all the rules of the building. The plot back fires on Ralph when the landlord shows up at his apartment.

Épisode 30 - Man in the Blue Suit

1 mai 1954

Ralph wins $73.85 playing poker. He wants to avoid giving all his winnings to Alice so he hides his winnings in a suit he hasn't worn for 5 years. While he's away a charity comes by and asks for any unwanted items. When Ralph finds out what happened to his suit he gets Ed to help him try to get it back. Their plans all fail. But only after he feels he'll never see the money again that Alice tells him the man who picked up the suit found the money and returned it. But not before she tortures him a little to get him for hiding how much he had actually won from her.

Épisode 31 - Hair-Raising Tale

8 mai 1954

Ralph over hears two men arguing in the park and intercedes on the smaller ones behalf. While trying to calm down the little man he finds out that they were fighting over a "miracle hair restorer." Supposedly the bigger guy wanted to buy the formula for the hair restorer and the little guy wouldn't sell. The little guy claims to have invented the product and had wanted investors but didn't want to sell. Ralph sees a chance to make some money, and the little guy sees a sucker.

Épisode 32 - Whats the Name

15 mai 1954

Épisode 33 - Boxtop Kid

22 mai 1954

Alice gets Ralph to go down to see her sister and brother-in-law off on cruise to Europe. Ralph wasn't very happy about it, he doesn't like his brother-in-law anyway so this was to much to take. While on the boat he sees all the other prizes they won, this leads Ralph to the idea of buying a bunch of foods that are running contests. When comes home with a lot of groceries Alice demands he take everything back. Ralph ignores her demands and he and Ed work on entering all the contests on the packages. As luck would have it, Ralph does win one of the contests.

Épisode 34 - Two Men on a Horse

29 mai 1954

Ralph gets elected treasurer of the Raccoon Lodge and as part of his duties he takes home $200 that was collected for the Raccoon Dance. He was supposed to deposit it in the bank. After he's unsuccessful retracing his steps he manages to raise $8.00 that he quickly loses when he tries to double his money playing pinball. While he's hanging around the diner he over hears the owner getting a sure thing tip on a horse and they raise another $10.00 to take advantage of the tip he just got. When he gets there he tries to keep the odds on the horse from dropping

Épisode 35 - Goodbye Aunt Ethel

5 juin 1954

Épisode 36 - Episode 02-34

12 juin 1954

Épisode 37 - Vacation at Freds Landing-Restaging

19 juin 1954

Épisode 1 - Ralph's Sweet Tooth

25 septembre 1954

Ralph gets chosen for a commercial for a candy bar company that sponsor an opera show for TV. He has some problems learning his lines, but the biggest problem comes when he develops a toothache before the big night. When he bites into the bar during the live broadcast he winds up writhing in pain all over the stage.

Épisode 2 - Game Called on Account of Marriage

2 octobre 1954

Ralph is fighting with Alice about her sisters up coming wedding. It seems Ralph has world series tickets for the day of the wedding. He and Ed cook up a plan to get the bride and groom to elope. The only way the groom to be will go through with it is if Ralph and Ed help with the event. They show up with the ladder and help the bride with all her baggage, and there's a lot. After the bride is outside and all the bags are down stairs, the bride and groom get in a fight and call off the elopement, and stomp off in a huff. Ralph and Ed throw all the bag back inside

Épisode 3 - Love Letter

16 octobre 1954

Alice borrows a cookbook from Trixie and in it finds a love letter that Ed once wrote to Trixie. Alice leaves it on the icebox and Ralph later finds it. Ralph thinks that Alice is seeing another man. He and Norton try to figure out who wrote it.

Épisode 38 - Stand-in for Murder II

5 juin 1955