Honeymooners - $99,000.00 Answer

[@margeshilling7983]

I'm 69 years old and I remember my parents laughing at the original episodes. 65 years later they're still hilarious. Timeless comedy for sure!

[@stevenwilgus5422]

Do you remember listening to the theme while falling asleep?

[@margeshilling7983]

@@stevenwilgus5422 Yes!

[@-RandomBiz-]

In a perfect universe, the Honeymooners will always be respected, appreciated, and loved.

[@rosebatham3342]

Deep down it showed they do when they dropped the criticism

[@rogerfournier3284]

I agree!

[@KasonNorman]

Mmmmmmmm..n mmm

[@cynthiakozikowski1765]

Ralph was forever the optimist. God Bless Jackie Gleason for giving us this show to enjoy

[@MrPietrucha87]

In Poland is TV series, which based on this. The actor who played Ralph Kramden called Cezary Żak. It seems to me that polish actor played better than Jackie Gleason

[@Meekseek]

​@@MrPietrucha87keep your copy and imitation, Ralph Kramden is and will always be Jackie Gleason

[@sevenallah2881]

One of the greatest shows on Earth I grew up watching this show brings back so many memories.

[@vincentdefeo5917]

Ditto

[@TheSilvergold45]

One of the greatest TV SHOWS THERE EVER WAS..

[@thomassidor6833]

You're close; it was THE greatest.

[@constantinvaldor3742]

@@thomassidor6833 remains to be seen

[@bruceherman740]

What TV show is it ?

[@shawnmorrisundanism6341]

And it only did one season classic!!!! The characters them self was above the show they were the show!!!

[@brendashaffer8315]

Best Ever !

[@warriorgirl6649]

When I am blue... I pop on any Honeymooners show. And I am fine... ♥️ This show!! No other show compares, to it,... Simple , fine and wonderful!! PS. I love Mrs.Manncotti.

[@rma3_3_3]

I can actually watch these shows over & over & never am I board-

[@TowGunner]

“Was that you?” That cracks me up every time.

[@hamma2006]

When I was kid in New York in the 1980's WPIX would have a Honeymooners Marathon New Years Day, Literally All Day, midnight to midnight. Now if you get 4 episodes that's a lot.

[@bobbywimsy6741]

hamma2006 Now we have trumptoons 24/7, or is it laugh in/cry in. Anyway true honest salt of the Earth NYers are da greatest- minus Midtown mobsters and Big Mac Oligarchs

[@menzicosce]

Bobby Wimsy wow just wow

[@paulpatane2439]

upstate NY channel 11

[@RobRoyR8R]

And the twilight zone. I don't know if it was Christmas or New year. As the Bunkers said, " Those were the days".

[@annikataufer5463]

I remember that

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

A brilliant script. Norton warmed up with Swanee River every time before he played a song and Ralph never bothered to ask him what he was playing! LOL!

[@Rlotpir1972]

I bet Kramden blasted Norton after losing on the first question.

[@ricardocantu7299]

09

[@user-uw8to6th4y]

Yes I agree, the $99,000 question is great!! I’m 68 years young and I watched the Jackie Gleason show with my parents too! I laughed as hard as they did. 😂

[@user-uw8to6th4y]

⁠@@Rlotpir1972also I cracked up when Ralph said Swamy river was sung by Ed Norton? Hahaha 😆

[@GillAgainsIsland12]

@@user-uw8to6th4y God bless Jackie Gleason for the unbounded comedic joy he brought millions of people during his life.

[@ajadewilll3542]

99,000 was a lot of money back in the 1950s and it’s still a lot of money today.

[@Michelle-pn9xt]

Yeah. That would help me out a whole lot.

[@bokhans]

Ajade Willl a majority of Americans can’t handle an unexpected bill of 400$, YES 99 000$ is a lot of money.

[@KMN-bg3yu]

Absolutely one of the best episodes from one of the greatest comedy programs of all time

[@jacquelinewoodard4624]

WHO'S STILL watching in quarantine 👍🏿👊🏿 2020? 👎🏿

[@josetteburrell1953]

🗣Me 👐

[@barbarabrown4205]

Me too Jacqueline .

[@TheExaltador]

Viví en NY en los 80's y no me perdía todos los días este magnifico Show en el Canal 11 de la Ciudad, WPIX. Tengo incluso colección de algunos Shows en Casettes de Videosde VHS.

[@bokhans]

I am, here in Scandinavia. I have seen all the episodes in the Swedish version so now I am watching the original.

[@ash27slick74]

Me right now 7 in the morning. What the hell am I doing?

[@terezwatkins5253]

The best Honeymooners episode hands down classic

[@michaeldonaldson7037]

partial episode....

[@christinemiller2891]

My mom grew up watching The HoneyMooners! And I've watched them ever since i was a little kid! Will ALWAYS be 1 of the BEST tv shows EVER made!!! #classic #thehoneymooners

[@KoRnBaL19]

"Spell antidisestablishmentarianism?!" -Alice 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@alexmorris452]

Jackie Gleason was magic ,,,,,,liked him as the cop in the Burt Reynolds road picture,,,,pure class

[@edwestervelt6631]

Alex Morris Jackie Gleason was fantastic in Smokey and the bandit

[@alexmorris452]

Ed Westervelt thanks for that ,,,,,he made me smile just looking at him ,,,,,and your right ,,,,Smokey and the bandit ,,,as the sheriff,,,,,taken too soon ,,,,,,you hear the saying an awful lot ,,,,,,but he was taken too soon ,,,,,what a man

[@LordZontar]

This had to be simultaneously one of Ralph's saddest and funniest defeats of all time. After all that work, all that hard study and rehearsal, just to be undone by Norton's warm-up.

[@josephasner171]

I can just imagine that Ralph blamed his defeat on Norton.(he declared that Their friendship is finished forever)

[@ronaldreagan256]

The great one pure genius

[@johncopeland3826]

A genius who could read a 75 page script In an hour ,throw it down saying ',got it ,' remembering every exclamation mark with total recall memory ! A man who hated to rehearse ,as he thought it took the spontaneity out of it ! Quite remarkable . To be titled 'The Great One ' from Orson Welles , tells its own story ! In his prime ,he really was the greatest . My acting hero .....

[@gloriarider9688]

*"Ed Norton-(Art Carney)-WAS TOTALLY stupendous ALSO!!"*

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

A classic and they sure don't make shows like this anymore.

[@OneMan-wl1wj]

"And wait till you see how different this furniture looks in a Park avenue apt" 😆

[@lyndelljones5483]

LOL!!

[@tarheelbilly3367]

One Man 1970 retro furniture in good shape. Like in grandma's house covered with custom fit plastic covers,,, Are worth far more than when it was new. The reason you might ask,,,, BUILT TO WITHSTAND AN ATOMIC BLAST. That stuff can take generations of kids,grandkids,and the great ones.

[@OaktownABQ]

LOL. It never gets old!

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

Ralph and Norton made my teen years bearable.

[@michelleebel1386]

A great show. Trixie was from scotch plains n. J. My sister in law was her neighbor.

[@jimascia]

This is my all-time favorite episode of the Honeymooners. I never laughed so much and Jackie Gleason was so funny. I also heard he didn't like to prepare his lines much before each episode which drove the cast crazy.

[@rosebatham3342]

Wow

[@blackheartpopculture]

This is my favorite of all time episode as well.

[@user-uw8to6th4y]

Wow! I didn’t know that!! U have to play the honeymooners trivia and win the $99,000 question

[@timothyflanagan3641]

He was the greatest!

[@josephalfredo6128]

$600 ,a mere bag of shells

[@richarddecarie388]

The greatest show to only go one season.

[@lt4324]

But they still did 39 episodes! Name one tv show today that does that!, and just FYI Gleason called it quits. He stated they did all they could with the series and ran out of ideas. He wanted it to end on a good note, which today's garbage knows nothing about.

[@freeguy77]

@@lt4324 The Honeymooners started in the early '50s on kinescopes. Gleason secretly saved them, and revealed their existence decades later. So, we can see years of The Honeymooners prior to the 1955-56 season of the Classic 39!

[@jamesm.3967]

Ratings weren’t that great as I understand it. Go figure.

[@charlesdemelia6322]

The ‘50’s The ‘60’s The ‘70’s The ‘80’s The ‘90’s 2000 2010 2022…………Forever………………. The Greatest Show On Earth!! How Sweet It Is!!😊

[@nathanieldavis5231]

BANG ZOOM BABY , BANG ZOOM !!!

[@johnnystek6900]

"was that you?" classic ralph!

[@juliehoffman6292]

Comic genius

[@seannorman9169]

I became a bus driver because of Ralph.,,in Dade county transit for 13 beautiful years .....had an accident and union did not help...love the honeymooners...good show..

[@tonysunshine5727]

Wow!! Haven't seen this in YEARS!! 2019 and still awesome!

[@sheilagravely5621]

2022 here, still the best show!

[@fasteddie8782]

One of the best shows.

[@robertvelez9557]

My all time favorite episode of the Honeymooners ever!

[@michaeldonaldson7037]

all time favorite partial episode ever .....

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

I like the one where he winds up on Name that Tune, after hearing Norton's warm-up *every* time, then he doesn't know the title. Story of my life.

[@liorlapid1735]

It's my second favorite, with "Better Living Through TV" taking the gold :)

[@TomPark1986]

The first question is ridiculous

[@hamma2006]

Greatest Trivia Answer of all time: Who wrote Swanee River: Ed Norton!

[@richardranke7878]

Ralph had overlooked the obvious. He never even thought of asking Norton anything about the little warm-up tune.

[@sheriffburfordt.justice4488]

He was the original ad lib king. He hated scripts. As a fellow actor you had to be able to work with that which is why you will notice a very small but faithful group of actors that play all the other parts like George Petrie.

[@gullybop1695]

Oh yeah....may be one of the funniest answers ever. Love it.

[@williamsmith666]

"Ed Nawtuhn??"

[@freeguy77]

It takes real acting to pretend to be scared on television, but is already a veteran actor! Jackie is hilarious at the start when he is "nervous" in getting on a big, tv show! The gag is, it is an obvious parody of the famous "The $64,000 Question" tv series that was a monster hit in 1955 (dethroning "I Love Lucy" from the #1 series in the ratings), when $64,000 was a huge amount of money for the average worker, who then made $6,000 per year, but an average house cost less than $10,000, and a new average Chevrolet or Ford less than $2,000.

[@Heart2HeartBooks]

Ralph made $62 a week. Divide that into 99K and you get 1,596 weeks pay or 30 years and 7 months of pay. That was a total load of dough!

[@cutup1]

I'm so Dead...😂😂😂...I remember these episodes from over 25 years ago. I knew he was gonna ask, "Was that you?" I fell on the floor...🤣🤣🤣

[@michaeldonaldson7037]

this partial episode .....

[@bobbywimsy6741]

"El Jefe" When Mr T won the Electrical College, I fell off the Empire State, and I'm still falling!

[@bgonza2]

El Jefe, may I please know what is your ethnic background? I'm just curious thank you.

[@gloriarider9688]

*"Alice-(Audrey Meadows)-WAS TOTALLY phenomenally GREAT ALSO!!"*

[@billgale5568]

She really was ….cute too.

[@joenegall9601]

This is my favourite episode. I have watched it so many times, gets me every time

[@jimlaguardia8185]

Best comedy show ever!

[@joes3844]

The greatest never gets old look forward to watching it every new years

[@billyrichards8834]

Back in the day, KTLA Channel-5 in Los Angeles, on Thanksgiving day, had an ALL-DAY, "Twilight Zone" marathon ... (4am-midnight).

[@RobRoyR8R]

I brive a dus had me on the floor. Good writing.

[@sandrakimball518]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rajsindha7432]

They can't make shows like this anymore even if they want to !!!!

[@sandrakimball518]

I agree with you! In today's Politically Correct society, a show like this would be considered "offensive." 😟

[@therockinguitarman]

A mere bag of shells. That is hilarious

[@skullduggery3377]

the best episode.

[@darrellmfume3513]

Yes Sir, this is time I'm going to get my Pot of Gold...Alice told Ralph. Just go for the Gold, cause you already got the Pot. LOL referring to Ralph BIG POT BELLY. LOL

[@brianb7114]

" I'll spell it when you give me sixteen thousand dollars for spelling it !!"

[@josephasner171]

Brian B: I'll. give you thirty two thousand dollars if you can even say it.

[@gameshowfanatic9311]

Joseph Asner Oh ho ho ho! Ho ho ho ho! BANG! ZOOM!

[@robertszvetics210]

ILL GIVE YOU 32000 IF YOU COULD SAY IT

[@Nowitsfound]

86 thumb downs? ?!!..86 fools who consider that Kardashians and teen mom slop good shows

[@gato7908]

They're just sore because they thought swanee river really was written by Ed Norton 😂

[@rafaelmillan5800]

Gary Hurt exactly 😂

[@ajadewilll3542]

i bet $99,000 was like being a billionaire back in those days.

[@jamesm.3967]

1955. And approx 1 million. You are off by 1000 times.

[@elvicare35]

A millionaire...well, CLOSE to...$99,000 in 1956 → $941,511.84 in 2020- Source-CPI inflation calculator

[@brianburton6152]

Untouchable comedy!!

[@barbarabrown4205]

Win $99,000 and keep same furniture on Park Ave. Come on Ralph , you tickle me . love you'll and miss you'll .Alice you drive a dus.

[@brucescott4261]

Barbara Brown ...It's "bribe a dus" and "dus a brive."

[@azarishell7997]

Alice's comeback was great 32,000 if you can say it

[@melbias5046]

The best line is with garrity "your just jealous because my face will be on all the newspapers tomorrow" "so will mine , for killing you!"

[@gerrynightingale9045]

*He was smarter than that!* Gleason also had an 'exclusivity' clause in his contract that mandated he would appear on *only* the one network in exchange for which he 'got paid' no matter what! *Show or no 'Show'...he got paid! (Berle had the same thing...he was as 'clever as a fox' when it came to a long-term contract)

[@gloriarider9688]

*"Trixie-(Joyce Randolph)-was TOTALLY GREAT too!!"*

[@plozar]

"twelve year old can answer the question," and Ralph holds up 4 fingers :)

[@DucksDeLucks]

Always loved this show, along with Jack Benny, Amos 'n Andy, Life of Riley, December Bride and others, but this and Jack Benny were faves.

[@bobbywimsy6741]

DucksDeLucks What a revolting development this Administration turned out to be- I can see William Bendix sayin this.

[@marilynbarker8255]

Never get tired of these shows!

[@melisameli584]

Such wonderful episodes!🙂

[@ronaldreagan256]

The great one thank u Jackie

[@michaeldonaldson7037]

I always thought that Ralph's bus driving uniform looked like & was a policeman's uniform. With the way it looks like a badge on the front of his hat. ....So much like a cop uniform.

[@michaeldonaldson7037]

I think this is where they got the idea for the "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" TV show....

[@fromthesidelines]

That was adapted from a British quiz show.

[@jamesm.3967]

You all know that Gleason loved music. He had several top albums as the “conductor “....even though he couldn’t read music. Good marketing.

[@RSTI191]

Timeless show by a heart warming cast..

[@Getrealpeeps]

Ralph couldn't even say antidisesablishmentarianism, let alone SPELL it!!!! Ralph ALWAYS threatened to hit Alice, Ed Norton, but DIDN'T have the BALLS to hit ANYONE!!!

[@kevinpyne5808]

Nobody would know the correct answers about the dollar bill that Mr Parker answered correctly.

[@marshatwitty65]

Someone might.

[@gato7908]

And it took an expert in the fields of business and finance to come up with that question 😁

[@freeguy77]

This outstanding, classic episode aired last Sunday (Jan. 26, 2020) on MEtv (MEtv.com) cable. Wonderful to see it once more. It was a parody of the 1955-58 tv series, "The $64,000 Question" that zoomed to #1 in the ratings its first year (1955-56), knocking out "I Love Lucy" after 3 years at #1, and preventing that series from also having 5 consecutive #1 years. Lucy returned to the #1 rating in its final year, 1956-57. $64,000 was then a tremendous amount of purchasing power in 1955, when the minimum wage was only 75 cents per hour, and the average house in a city or suburb could be bought for a mere $7,000-$9,000. New cars could be had for less than $2,000, except for the most expensive makes such as (GM) Cadillac or (Ford) Lincoln Continental. That is why the show was so popular. One later celebrity walked away with the top prize: $64,000 in 1957: an aspiring actress, then a model, Barbara Feldon, who did it in the category: Shakespeare. She was then 24 (b. Mar. 12, 1933). Here is a link to the $64,000 Question tv series craze: interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/64000-question-0 Here is Wikipedia's history of the show and the aftermath of the famous quiz scandals from its 1958 exposure to a shocked public that wiped out all of those first-generations quiz shows from airing on television: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_$64,000_Question

[@anthonymisell8845]

I would watch the Honeymooners as a kid and always thought the set, and in black and white was so depressing

[@petermaxwell2965]

$49,000 ..a lot of dough then !

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

We watched this on a state-of-the-art 450lb console tv.

[@eggbertinkabod1121]

I watched this at grogan's bar,&grill on delancey street in nyc 1956

[@robbernath]

Only 450 lbs.? The Magnavox floor model we had weighed 550 lbs. 😜

[@cherisejones9535]

Jackie Gleason says he's bribes a dust then dust arrives😀

[@gloriarider9688]

*"I Love EACH & EVERYONE of the EPISODES-& this one ESPECIALLY- takes the cake!!"*

[@christopherstewart3558]

This is my favorite episode! My dad first introduced me to the Honeymooners when I was nine years old. I used to fight to stay awake to watch. Then as years went by we would watch the marathon starting on New Years Eve all the way the through about five o'clock New Years Day!

[@user-uw8to6th4y]

This is my favorite episode. 😀

[@shirtless6934]

$99,000 in today's dollars is about $1,000,000, so it was a significant prize.

[@jamming8519]

Thank you Charles! God bless you for uploading this. I was/am a huge Jackie Gleason fan!

[@glevito]

Brive a dus. Dus a brive.

[@hudsony777]

There’s nothing like a good comedy! You might be interested in this NEW one, “A Trip to the Moon” staring Joyce Randolph of The Honeymooners AND two ghost stories listed my channel “Claude Chabot Presents” right here on YT. Just follow the link here and enjoy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpbbY5-qrtCBiq8--Claud.

[@johanbruijnooge6818]

Oh, I see. You're a brusdiver.

[@TomPark1986]

A+ acting

[@ray6342]

20 PEOPLE THAT DID NOT LIKE THIS ? THEY NEED HELP;MENTAL HELP.BIG TIME!

[@michaeldonaldson7037]

Because it was not the full episode, posted. It stopped at around 12 minutes. The other half of the episode is not here. Missing!! That's why!! Who uploads only part of an episode & gets full credit for it other than this Sky guy? Nobody else. Not here with me. Not in my America. No Sirree Bub! But, you must like watching only half the show, so more power to ya' .....

[@Chilliam13]

ray6342 as Ralph would say, "Bellevue is calling."

[@larryorsiniorsini9788]

Sure do. Jesus man!

[@KevyNova]

Michael Donaldson kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGnGY4eYpLtoZ7s

[@BlacKnightRising]

'spell antidisestablishmentarianism' 'I'll spell it....I'll SPELL IT!!' 'well--go ahead' ' I'll spell it when you give me sixteen thousand dollars for spelling it!!!' 'sixteen thousand for spelling it? I'll give you thirty-two thousand if you can say it!' LMAO gets me each time

[@user-hc2zc5lm4q]

Miss u great one

[@anthonywhite9497]

Peanuts...Peanuts ..what am I gonna do with peanuts ...Eat'em like any other Elephant .. Bang zooom ..play the piano ..😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bobbywimsy6741]

Anthony White And what are we going to do with an Orange social climber from Queens who can't tell the Bronx from good ole Germany?

[@victoriajohnson5461]

Alice didn't take no mess!🤣🤣

[@williamsmith666]

"Play dah peeahnah!"

[@eliasboyd1095]

timeless comedy

[@marisolmiranda8137]

There has to be a fanatic out there who must have all 86 episodes upload them please

[@gloriarider9688]

*"Jackie Gleason ALWAYS just glanced at the script- -BECAUSE the majority of HIS acting WAS ad-libbed!!"*

[@jamesm.3967]

Gloria Rider Yep he apparently hated to rehearse everyone would rehearse all week and then he would show up the day of the show

[@gamernorcal]

Always wondered why there wasn't a huge laugh when Ralph answers 'Ed Norton'. First time I saw it i was rolling on the ground as a kid. But when you see it again, seems like the timing was off a little or the crowd just missed it.

[@danielhayes7967]

Before he was "Chef Of The Future."

[@deesplaylists6941]

I love this episode lol.

[@michaeldonaldson7037]

Partial episode.

[@fromthesidelines]

9:55- This is a reference to Gloria Lockerman, a 12 year old girl who won $16,000 on "THE $64,000 QUESTION" in the summer of 1955 on the subject of "Spelling" (she DID spell "antidisestablishmentarianism").

[@nc5total]

‘ My Mother and Father , they were there ‘ 😂😂😭😭 I’m crying ! Covid 19 has brought the world to its knees 😔. This is a small reminder of simpler times watching channel 11 at night with my Mom in NYC. The Honeymooners..The Odd Couple and Cheers ... Good times ❤️

[@billhosko7723]

No, you were needlessly o y k... good grief. Pols used and manipulated people to the max.

[@lyndelljones5483]

One rainy day I signaled for a bus driver to stop and he kept going, went through a puddle and splashed mud all over me. Was that you?? LOL!!! Just go for the gold, you've already got the pot! LMAOOO!!!!

[@hudsony777]

There’s nothing like a good comedy! You might be interested in this NEW one, “A Trip to the Moon” staring Joyce Randolph of The Honeymooners AND two ghost stories listed my channel “Claude Chabot Presents” right here on YT. Just follow the link here and enjoy! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpbbY5-qrtCBiq8--Claud.

[@lyndelljones5483]

@@hudsony777 Thank you!!

[@hudsony777]

You're welcome. Hope you get a chance to listen.

[@DS-uo5ie]

I think there’s a couple of lessons taught here!

[@DS-uo5ie]

I’m sorry folks the program was cut short!

[@ArturoRodriguez-xh3vk]

Classic. Always loved the show. Back in the 60's.black and white TV.

[@debbiedebellis8154]

One of my favorites was when Ralph & Norton were fighting & Ralph said, “When you see me coming down the street get on the other side.” & Norton said, “ When you come down the street there ain’t no other side”

[@thecraziestcanuck]

How sweet it is ! What a Great talent from Ralph to Minnesota Fats.👍

[@gloriarider9688]

*"The Honeymooners!!"--The ABSOLUTE BEST comedy show EVER!!"*

[@DucksDeLucks]

Audrey Meadows was quite a cutie. When I was a kid she was just some older lady.

[@davidgreen5099]

Funny how that works.

[@youtubetv1837]

that must be wine on the table or someone must have got stabbed upstairs,Ralph do you care if I smoke I don’t care if you burn. these are few of the greatest lines of one of the greatest shows ever,new year’s eve watching the honeymooner’s all night long god rest there soul