Overview of 'The Honeymooners' Season 5

Episode 1 - Double Anniversary Party

Release Date: 1956-10-13

Alice is planning a surprise anniversary party for Ralph in the Nortons' apartment. Meanwile, Ralph is secretly planning to take Alice to the Kit Kat Club the same night. Ralph asks her if she wants to go to the movies but Alice says she would rather spend the night with the Nortons. Ralph tries to bully her into going but Alice refuses. Ralph gives in and tells her he wants to take her to a club. Alice tells him about the surprise party. They agree to go to the Nortons that night and to the club the next night.

Episode 2 - Checkup

Release Date: 1956-10-20

Ralph is getting a promotion and a doctor from the bus company stops by to give him a physical. Ralph isn't home, so the doctor says that he'll stop by later. Alice and Trixie go out and tell Ed to stay in the apartment and wait for Ralph. When Ralph hears that a doctor is coming by, he thinks it's because Alice wants to increase his life insurance. Ralph wants no part of it so he decides to fake being a drunk so that he'll fail the physical and cancel the policy. The doctor is appalled at Ralph. Alice comes home and explains to Ralph who the doctor was.

Episode 3 - Forgot to Register

Release Date: 1956-10-27

It's Harper vs. Penrose in a local election and Ralph and Norton are campaigning for Penrose. Norton is so involved that he dresses up like Uncle Sam and marches in a parade for Penrose. However, Norton says he's not going to vote because it's too much trouble. Ralph is appalled and delivers a speech about the Pilgrims. Then Ralph finds out that Alice is going to vote for Harper and gets into an argument with her. Ralph goes to the polls to vote for his man but finds out that he forgot to register.

Episode 4 - Expectant Father

Release Date: 1956-11-03

Alice gets a job in an Obstetrician's office to make some money for Christmas. One day, Ralph saw Alice and Trixie go into the doctor's office and he thinks that Alice is pregnant. Ralph goes home and tells Norton. Norton thinks that maybe it's Trixie who is pregnant. They both start dreaming about being fathers and Alice and Trixie walk in. Ralph tells Alice that he saw her go into the doctor's office and she thinks that Ralph knows she has a job. Alice sees that he doesn't mind and says that she's thinking of doing it every year. Ralph soon finds out the truth and is disappointed.

Episode 5 - Goodnight Sweet Prince

Release Date: 1956-11-10

Ralph has been transferred to the night shift by Freddie Muller and he's finding it impossible to sleep during the day. Just as he's about to doze off, Norton barges in. Norton tries to help him sleep by stuffing his ears with cotton and blindfolding him. Norton leads Ralph to the bedroom but lets go of him and he stumbles to the ground. Norton gets thrown out and Ralph goes into the bedroom. Freddie Muller comes by and tells Alice that he's putting Ralph back on the day shift. Alice calls Ralph to tell him and Ralph comes out of the bedroom screaming at her for disturbing him. Ralph doesn't see Freddie by the door and starts blaming him for all his misery. Freddie is insulted and promises to keep Ralph on the night shift forever.

Episode 6 - Two-Family Car

Release Date: 1956-11-17

Ralph gets a telegram saying he's won a prize in a raffle. He assumes it's the grand prize-a new car. He tells Alice that he couldn't have bought the ticket if he wasn't able to talk Norton into giving him twenty-five cents. Alice tells Ralph that this makes Norton half owner and Ralph has a fit. Ralph tries to cheat Norton by offering to pay back the twenty-five cents. Ralph and Norton begin to fight over who is going to use the car that weekend until the man from the raffle arrives with the prize. While Ralph, Ed, and Alice look out the window for the new car, the man presents them with their real prize... a turkey.

Episode 7 - Love Letter

Release Date: 1956-11-24

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. Norton thinks the handwriting looks familiar but can't figure out who wrote it. The boys take the letter to an analyst and she tells them that the man who wrote it is the romantic type but that he is also not too bright, rude and disorderly. She asks them to leave the letter with her and that she is going to analyze it further and mail Ralph the results. Ralph doesn't want Alice to know so Norton offers to have it sent to his house and writes down the address. The analyst notices that the handwriting is the same and calls in Ralph in private to tell him that Norton wrote the letter. Ralph doesn't let on to Norton. Alice asks Norton to go with her to pick out a bowling ball as a present to Ralph. Ralph sees them leave together and now has more e

Episode 8 - Finders Keepers

Release Date: 1956-12-08

Mr. Bartfeld is selling his candy store to the Chock Full O'Orange people. When Ralph hears this he figures the CFOO people must know something about a boom in the neighborhood, and he wants to buy the store. He and Norton form a partnership and agree to invest $300 each to buy it. When neither of them can get the money, they try to think of a scheme to get it. Norton turns on the radio and they hear a commercial for a find-the-missing-money contest. The prize is a $1,000 bill. They study the clues and decide that the money is hidden in an automat across from Grand Central Station. They go there and search everywhere but don't find the money. They end up getting arrested for creating a disturbance in the automat. When Ralph gets home, he finds out that the CFOO people want to buy the store not because they think it would make alot of money, but to use it as a warehouse. Ralph is relieved that he didn't buy the store, but he is upset because not only did he lose a day's pay, but he also

Episode 9 - Catch a Star

Release Date: 1956-12-15

Ralph boasts that he is a good friend of Jackie Gleason and is trapped into booking Gleason for the Raccoon dance. Gleason, Carney, Meadows and Randolph appear in dual roles as their characters and themselves.

Episode 10 - My Fair Landlord

Release Date: 1957-01-19

The Kramdens and Nortons buy a duplex home in Queens, with disastrous results.

Episode 11 - Away We Go

Release Date: 1957-02-02

Ralph & Ed win the ""Flaky Wakies - Trip Around The World - Slogan Contest"". Scenes & Musical Numbers: Scene 1 - Dock in N.Y.C.: ""We're Off To Paris"" ""You Can See It In Paree"" Scene 2 - Ships Deck: ""I've Got A Funny Feeling"" Scene 3 - Lifeboat at Sea: ""Goodbye, Old Pal, Goodbye"" Scene 4 - Dock in France: Finale: ""Welcome To Paris"" Run time: 50:00+. This episode aired only once. This is the 1st of the 8 ""1957 Trip To Europe"" episodes that are considered ""Still Lost"" including the next 7 episodes listed below: 130. ""Plastered In Paris"", 131. ""Behind The Iron Curtain"", 132. ""When In Rome"", 133. ""Curse Of The Kramdens"", 134. ""Mad Dogs And Englishmen"", 135. ""Framed In Spain"" & 136. ""I Remember Mau Au"" These episodes were remade as the first of the ""Color Honeymooners"" listed in season # 7. These 8 ""Trip To Europe"" episodes are not seen in syndication or available on VHS or DVD. These episodes have been known to make their way around the tape trade circuit.

Episode 12 - Plastered In Paris

Release Date: 1957-02-09

In France: Ralph & Ed get a great exchange rate - on counterfeit money. Run time: 50:00+. Scenes & Musical Numbers: Scene 1 - Kramden's Hotel Suite: ""Their Coming Here To Paris"" ""We're Goin' Bye, Bye, Bye, We're Off On A Spree"" Scene 2 - French Bistro Store Front: ""Ohh La La, We We"" Scene 3 - Jail Cel: ""That's You"" Scene 4 - French Bistro Store Front: Finale: ""We're Off To Paris"" This episode aired only once. This is the 2nd of the 8 ""1957 Trip To Europe"" episodes that are considered ""Still Lost"". These episodes were remade as the first of the ""Color Honeymooners"" listed in season # 7. These 8 ""Trip To Europe"" episodes are not seen in syndication or available on VHS or DVD. These episodes have been known to make their way around the tape trade circuit. We can only hope that MPI will release these episodes in the new, repackaged ""Lost Epiosde's"" DVD set due out 2005 - 2006.

Episode 13 - Behind The Iron Curtain

Release Date: 1957-02-16

In Germany: Ralph and Ed wander onto a Russian firing range while visiting Berlin. Run time: 50:00+. Scenes & Musical Numbers: Scene 1 - Berlin Train Station: """"The Berlin Express"" ""Who Play In The German Band"" Scene 2 - The Russian Zone: ""A Beautiful Day"" Scene 3 - Dining Hall: ""We Must Save The Poor Workers Over There"" Scene 4 - Berlin Train Station: Finale: ""Music, Lovely, Music"" This episode aired only once. This is the 3rd of the 8 ""1957 Trip To Europe"" episodes that are considered ""Still Lost"". These episodes were remade as the first of the ""Color Honeymooners"" listed in season # 7. These 8 ""Trip To Europe"" episodes are not seen in syndication or available on VHS or DVD. These episodes have been known to make their way around the tape trade circuit. We can only hope that MPI will release these episodes in the new, repackaged ""Lost Epiosde's"" DVD set due out 2005 - 2006.

Episode 14 - When In Rome

Release Date: 1957-02-23

In Italy: Ralph is jealous of Alice's guide, not knowing the guide is a little boy. Harry Verderchi. Run time: 50:00+. Scenes & Musical Numbers: Scene 1 - Street: Rome Hotel: ""Do As The Romans Do"" ""You Will Always Be My Friend"" Scene 2 - Kramden's Hotel Suite: ""Thats When You're Glad You Married The Girl"" Scene 3 - Street Festival: Scene 4 - Kramden's Hotel Suite: Finale: ""Do As The Romans Do"" This episode aired only once. This is the 4th of the 8 ""1957 Trip To Europe"" episodes that are considered ""Still Lost"". These episodes were remade as the first of the ""Color Honeymooners"" listed in season # 7. These 8 ""Trip To Europe"" episodes are not seen in syndication or available on VHS or DVD. These episodes have been known to make their way around the tape trade circuit. We can only hope that MPI will release these episodes in the new, repackaged ""Lost Epiosde's"" DVD set due out 2005 - 2006.

Episode 15 - Curse Of The Kramdens

Release Date: 1957-03-02

In Ireland: Ralph & Ed have to spend the night in the ancestral Kramden castle, which has its own ghost. Run time: 50:00+. This episode aired only once. This is the 5th of the 8 ""1957 Trip To Europe"" episodes that are considered ""Still Lost"". These episodes were remade as the first of the ""Color Honeymooners"" listed in season # 7. These 8 ""Trip To Europe"" episodes are not seen in syndication or available on VHS or DVD. These episodes have been known to make their way around the tape trade circuit. We can only hope that MPI will release these episodes in the new, repackaged ""Lost Epiosde's"" DVD set due out 2005 - 2006.

Episode 16 - Mad Dogs And Englishmen

Release Date: 1957-03-09

In England: The Kramdens & Nortons appear in a Flakey Wakey commercial on an TV show. Run time: 50:00+. This episode aired only once. This is the 6th of the 8 ""1957 Trip To Europe"" episodes that are considered ""Still Lost"". These episodes were remade as the first of the ""Color Honeymooners"" listed in season # 7. These 8 ""Trip To Europe"" episodes are not seen in syndication or available on VHS or DVD. These episodes have been known to make their way around the tape trade circuit. We can only hope that MPI will release these episodes in the new, repackaged ""Lost Epiosde's"" DVD set due out 2005 - 2006.

Episode 17 - Framed In Spain

Release Date: 1957-04-06

In Madrid: Blackmailers fake a hanky-panky photo of Ralph, and for once, Alice is jealous. Run time: 50:00+. This episode aired only once. This is the 7th of the 8 ""1957 Trip To Europe"" episodes that are considered ""Still Lost"". These episodes were remade as the first of the ""Color Honeymooners"" listed in season # 7. These 8 ""Trip To Europe"" episodes are not seen in syndication or available on VHS or DVD. These episodes have been known to make their way around the tape trade circuit. We can only hope that MPI will release these episodes in the new, repackaged ""Lost Epiosde's"" DVD set due out 2005 - 2006.

Episode 18 - I Remember Mau Au

Release Date: 1957-04-13

In Africa: The Kramdens & Nortons go on a safari. Ralph and Ed go hunting. Run time: 50:00+. This episode aired only once. This is the last of the 8 ""1957 Trip To Europe"" episodes that are considered ""Still Lost"". These episodes were remade as the first of the ""Color Honeymooners"" listed in season # 7. These 8 ""Trip To Europe"" episodes are not seen in syndication or available on VHS or DVD. These episodes have been known to make their way around the tape trade circuit. We can only hope that MPI will release these episodes in the new, repackaged ""Lost Epiosde's"" DVD set due out 2005 - 2006.

Episode 19 - Manager of Baseball Team

Release Date: 1957-06-01

Ralph believes he is going to be appointed manager of the Gotham Bus Company. When a letter arrive with the news, it turns out Ralph has been named manager of the Gothan Company's baseball team. Running time: 10:36 NOTE: This is a remake of the 5/9/1953 sketch of the same name. This is the last episode to feature Gleason, Carney, Meadows & Randolph.