The Honeymooners: Ralph and Ed are at the pool hall, in a scene that was later adapted for "The Bensonhurst Bomber". Trixie phones Norton and tells him to get home -- her mother has come for a visit. This is Ralph's cue to give Norton a "King of the Castle" speech, and to tutor him on what to tell Trixie when he returns home -- after he and Ralph have finished playing pool. Norton is so inspired that he says Ralph's words should be recorded and played at every wedding instead of "Here Comes the Bride." Later, Trixie comes down to the Kramdens' apartment in tears -- Norton's been playing king and she doesn't want to spend the night with him. Alice wakes up Ralph, and when he gives her his "king" speech, she gets suspicious. When Norton comes down and begins bullying Trixie again, it confirms to Alice that Norton has become Ralph's understudy. Alice and Trixie walk out together, leaving Ralph and Norton as roommates in the Kramdens' apartment . A week later the apartment looks like Yucca Flats after the blast and Norton is complaining about Ralph's cooking. (He tells Ralph that he's become so weak from the bad food that he had to wear an inner tube in the sewer to keep from drowning.) Ralph's too proud to apologize to Alice, so he and Norton scheme to get the wives to make the first move. They fake having a party in the apartment, but while Ralph is yelling jovial remarks out the window so Alice and Trixie can hear him upstairs, Alice walks in and the party crash-lands. After three more schemes fail -- the sympathy routine, the threat to cut off Alice's household money, and the "I'm leaving forever" warning -- the boys break down and apologize. The girls open their arms to welcome them back but Ralph and Norton sweep right past them and dive at the table full of food Trixie has prepared for her own and Alice's dinner. Running time: 35:28

Starring:

Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, Jackie Gleason, Joyce Randolph

Genre:

Comedy, Family