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| 1 :01x01 - The New Bowling Ball (Sep/20/1952) | | With Ralph eager to get to the lanes, he gets his new bowling ball stuck on his thumb. Ralph agonizes to get it off with the help of Alice and Ed, he soon realizes his thumb is now too swollen to bowl. That is until Alice reminds Ralph that he bowls with his other hand. | |
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| 3 :01x03 - Six Months To Live (Oct/04/1952) | | Ralph's letter from a doctor has him believing he has only six months to live. Alice later explains that the letter is from the vet and is intended for his mother in law's dog. | |
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| 4 :01x04 - Lost Baby (Oct/11/1952) | | After findind an abandoned baby on his bus, Ralph gets a taste of fatherhood along with the "help" from Norton. | |
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| 5 :01x05 - Quiz Show (Oct/18/1952) | | Ralph is enraged after appearing on a radio quiz show in which he believes Alice blew the big prize by giving a wrong answer. After further consideration her answer was correct and now they get a second chance but this time it's Ralph's turn to answer. | |
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| 7 :01x07 - The Cold (Nov/01/1952) | | Alice tells Ralph that she took out life insurance on him while he is suffering from a bad cold. After thinking that she hopes he dies just so she can collect, she tells him that she too has a policy making him once again put his foot in his mouth. | |
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| 8 :01x08 - Pickles (Nov/08/1952) | | Ralph is ranting after spending a whole day and paycheck on groceries. One thing he questions is why she bought pickles, bringing a sudden notion that maybe Alice is pregnant. | |
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| 9 :01x09 - Sprained Thumb (Nov/15/1952) | | A sprained thumb from a bus accident has Ralph whining and Alice going nuts. But a visit from the company doctor shows that he's fine but it's Alice who is sick. | |
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| 10 :01x10 - Jellybeans (Nov/22/1952) | | A furniture store is having a guess how many jelly beans are in the jar contest complete with a $100 prize. As usual Ralph goes overboard and buys the exact same jar and fills it with jelly beans to try winning the prize. Not as easy as one would think while getting constantly interupted. He wins the first prize but gets an even bigger surprise. | |
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| 12 :01x12 - Honeymooners Christmas Party (Dec/20/1952) | | It's Christmas eve and the Kramdens are having a party. But Ralph is not so merry when Alice tells him to return the potato salad and get it from a different deli. While gone the Nortons show up along with other favorite characters from the Jackie Gleason Show such as Joe the bartender, Fenwick Babbit, the poor soul, Rudi the repairman and Reginald Van Gleason III. Also appearing is an old friend from Trixie's vaudeville days Frances Langford. Ralph returns angry as when he left escorted by a policeman who believes he was trying to break into the deli after breaking a window. | |
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| 13 :01x13 - Alice Plays Cupid (Jan/17/1953) | | Ralph is bringing home George, the traffic manager, for supper. Alice decides to play cupid and invited 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. George appreciates the gesture but tells Ralph that he recently became engaged. Ralph rips into Henrietta some more. Henrietta enters and a dumbfounded George introduces her as his fiancé. | |
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| 14 :01x14 - Suspense (Jan/24/1953) | | 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. Alice "confesses" and says that if she can't kill him, she'll kill herself, and drinks the juice. Ralph is hysterical, thinking that he is about to lose Alice. Alice "recovers" and tells Ralph the truth. | |
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| 15 :01x15 - Lost Job (Jan/31/1953) | | 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 but Ralph would rather go bowling on his head. Dutch explains to Ralph that he used the pink slip as scrap paper and if he turned it over, he would have seen the note about going bowling. | |
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| 16 :01x16 - Anniversary Gift (Feb/21/1953) | | It's the Kramdens anniversary and Alice gave Ralph $25 to buy a suede coat that he wants. Ralph has bought Alice a box for hairpins made out of 2000 matches glued together. They decide to exchange gifts but before Ralph can give Alice hers, Trixie comes in and gives Alice the same gift. Not knowing what to do, Ralph tells Alice that her gift is going to be delivered. While Ralph and Norton try to figure out where to get money for another gift, a delivery man comes with a package for a neighbor, Mrs. O'Leary, and asks if he can leave it there since she is not home. Alice comes in and snatches the package from Ralph, thinking that it's her anniversary present. Alice opens the box and finds a dress. While she is trying it on, Mrs. O'Leary comes looking for her package, and sees Alice wearing her dress. She demands an explaination. To avoid a scene, Ralph pays the neighbor for the dress with the money that Alice him for the suede coat. | |
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| 17 :01x17 - Income Tax (Mar/07/1953) | | Ralph is filling out his tax return but is going crazy because he doesn't know what he's doing. Finally, he figures out that he owes Uncle Sam $15. The only money Ralph has saved up is exactly $15 which he refuses to use for anything else but a new bowling ball. A neighborhood priest comes in asking for donations for the poor and shames Ralph into giving him the $15 he was saving. Ralph then does a speech of what a great country America is. | |
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| 18 :01x18 - Alice's Aunt Ethel (Mar/14/1953) | | Alice's Aunt Ethel arrives for a short stay but, according to Ralph, she is packing more luggage than someone leaving for Africa. As always, Ralph gets the short end of the stick and has to sleep in the kitchen. Norton and Ralph try to figure out how to get rid of her and Ralph stages a phony backache - yelling and screaming in pain. Alice and Aunt Ethel come out of the bedroom to find out what happened and Ralph tells her that his back hurts and that he has to sleep on a comfortable bed to get better. Aunt Ethel was just about to leave for Cousin Mildred's but she decides to stay and help nurse Ralph back to health. She tells him that in order for his back to get better, he has to sleep on the hard kitchen floor, not a soft bed. | |
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| 19 :01x19 - What's Her Name? (Mar/21/1953) | | The Kramdens and Nortons have just been to the movies. Alice tells Ralph that she wishes he would be more like Ronald Coleman. Ralph replies that he'd be more like Coleman if Alice was more like Lana Turner. Then Alice says that she liked the other actress in the movie better, but can't remember her name. Ralph can't remember her name either and now he can't sleep until he thinks of the name. All the noise keeps Ed awake and he comes down to see what's going on. He can't remember her name either so he leans out the window trying to read the sign on the theater. A cop comes to the door and tells Ralph that if the noise doesn't stop, he's going to wind up in front of a judge. That's it! says Ralph. | |
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| 20 :01x20 - Lunchbox (Mar/28/1953) | | Ralph comes home from work complaining about the food that Alice packed him for lunch. He says the food was not only horrible but there also wasn't enough of it. Frankie, another bus driver, shows up and tells Ralph that their lunchboxes somehow got mixed up and that they ended up with each other's lunch. Frankie raves about the gourmet feast that Alice had packed. | |
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| 21 :01x21 - Hot Tips (Apr/11/1953) | | Ralph, Alice, and Ed are going to the racetrack. When word gets out, a bunch of people ask Ralph to place bets for them. When word about the bets gets around the neighborhood, the police suspect Ralph of being a bookie. Ralph and Norton panic, and Norton tells Ralph to eat the list that he wrote the bets on. Alice tells the cop that the list will prove Ralph's innocence and Ralph discovers that he didn't eat the list after all. The cop is convinced and leaves. | |
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| 22 :01x22 - Norton Moves In (Apr/25/1953) | | The Nortons have had their apartment painted and they can't stand the smell of paint. Trixie comes down at 3am and asks if they can stay down there for the night. Ralph ends up sleeping in the kitchen with Ed on a cot that collapses as soon as Ralph lays down. Norton then decides to smoke a cigarette and accidently drops the match under the covers. Ralph is burnt and then he brutally insults Norton and throws him and Trixie out. Alice reminds Ralph of all the favors that Norton has done for him. | |
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| 23 :01x23 - Ralph's Diet (Apr/18/1953) | | Mrs. Raferty is throwing a surprise party for her husband and while Ralph isn't home, she asks Alice to hide the turkey and cake in her apartment. She asks the Kramdens to attend the party but Alice says no because Ralph is on a diet and all the food would be too tempting. The diet is driving Ralph crazy. For dinner, Alice made him a raw vegetable salad. He tries to get his mind off food, so he turns on the radio but hears a commercial for fried chicken and puts his fist through it. Alice leaves and Ralph discovers the cake and turkey that Alice hid in the bureau drawer. | |
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| 24 :01x24 - Dinner Guest (May/02/1953) | | Ralph invited Freddie Muller and his wife over for dinner. Freddie is in charge of giving out the upcoming promotions at the bus company so Ralph is trying to make a pitch for himself. The only problem is that every time Ralph tries to speak to Freddie about the promotions, Alice interupts before Ralph can say anything. Alice turns on the radio and they all start dancing the mambo. Norton comes in and reminds Alice that Trixie was waiting for her to go to a club meeting that night. The Mullers go home and Ralph balls out Alice for not giving him a chance to speak about the promotion. Freddie comes back because his wife forgot her purse and, upon leaving, tells Ralph that all the other bus drivers invited him over only to talk about the promotions. | |
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| 25 :01x25 - Manager of the Baseball Team (May/09/1953) | | Alice is worried because Ralph is late getting home from work. When he finally comes home, he's carrying gifts for Alice and Norton along with champagn. Ralph thinks he is getting promoted to manager of the bus company. Ralph goes out to buy cold cuts and beer. While he's out, a telegram arrives stating that Ralph has been appointed as manager of the company baseball team. | |
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| 26 :01x26 - The Prowler (Jun/06/1953) | | A prowler has been spotted in the building. Alice is so scared that she can't sleep, so she makes Ralph stay up with her and barricade the door. Norton comes banging on the door and scares them. Trixie comes down to get Norton. Next thing you know, the prowler climbs in through the Kramden's window and hits Ralph on the head. Ralph gets knocked out and Alice screams. The police hear the screams and come in and arrest the prowler. | |
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| 27 :01x27 - Guest Speaker (Jun/13/1953) | | Ralph got a message that he has to speak at the next Racoon. He has a fit because Alice took his uniform pants to the cleaners and he has nothing to wear. Ralph writes a speech and tries to memorize it but Alice and Trixie keep interupting him. George Williams, the head of the lodge, enters and gives Ralph a note saying that at the meeting he is to introduce Brother Williams. | |
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| 29 :01x29 - Glow Worm Cleaning (Jun/27/1953) | | 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. Ralph cools off, but only until he hears that he is going to portray someone fat, flabby, and forty. | |
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