Norton Preparing to Write

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[@helenwheels7156]

I've been watching The Honeymooners for decades and still watch!

[@valeriecraftkitover4944]

This is true comedic brilliance....talent and professionalism....Missing today?....Well....kinda....

[@maynerdkrebs1083]

Funny that Trixie referred to her husband as "Norton". Btw, some dope asked Gleason why the Honeymooners is still so popular. Jackie answered "because it's funny". 🤪

[@Daniel-pk8li]

Speechless in Seattle....... Testa

[@bobbywilde9247]

There was 40 years between my old man and me, these two comic geniuses bridged that huge gap. We laughed until our faces were beet red and are stomachs were sore. Gleason and Carney, the best!

[@jwk6343]

Same for me!

[@BusterScruggs554]

Me too with my mom ❤

[@xIMissYou1609x]

I am 33 and I've seen every episode of this show. I love it so much. It's still so funny! I grew up on it

[@davidcurtis7547]

45 years between me and my dad and this did bridge that gap . Funny for all ages

[@chrisosieczanek8281]

These two were the Gold Standard for comedic duos . 60 years later , I still laugh at Gleason and Carney . Unmatched .

[@margeshilling7983]

These two had such great chemistry. That's what made this show so hilarious even after so many years.

[@dudleyforrester2150]

Can speak French

[@francismatthew7731]

@@dudleyforrester2150 Q

[@wisdomseeker3362]

These two were such a *great* *team* .Loved them both.

[@train5974]

Can watch all the episodes over and over and still LOL.!

[@stfrancisacademy]

True friendship is timeless!!!!

[@robertsamson4610]

Watch Ralphs eyes as he watches Norton. Comedy Gold.

[@BingCherry11]

Norton prepares to write in the same way he prepares to play the piano!!! Lol!!!!

[@danshotguns4226]

Suwannee river

[@raouldoty8905]

Art Carney said he got this from his father, who was self-conscience about signing papers from Art's school. He recalled that his father would arrange things just so and carefully sign his name neatly so it wouldn't be a bad reflection on Art.

[@Arthur_McGowan]

His father was OCD.

[@jonahjones2634]

@@Arthur_McGowan Imagine if that was Fred and Barney😂😂😂

[@us-Bahn]

Norton said his dad would move everything away from the paper (like the cornet) even if it wasn’t remotely in the way. And when Carney was rehearsing the skits, old man carney would shout out to him “Shoot the cuffs!”

[@petergilbert8550]

@@jonahjones2634 Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble were a cartoon version of Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton, transposed into prehistoric times.

[@richardforgetcanada]

One word. CHEMISTRY!

[@alvinbush7087]

NEVER grows old.. AWESOME. Still funny. 😎😆😆

[@bluesky6449]

but don't say AWESOME-- pure Millennial copy cat term

[@firthlaist218]

bluesky This is one of the dumbest comments I’ve read, because not only has this term been around since the late 16th century ...but going with your logic ...any person that repeats any word/term used before in history ....is a “copycat”. Moreover, what adult uses the term “copycat”...?!

[@richardforgetcanada]

Alvin Bush lol so true.

[@jimfinnegan7447]

Greatest comedy of all time

[@RitaSora]

One of my favorite scenes! Norton always made me laugh and still does.Thanks for posting this!

[@mariemarez6469]

so true never gets old and watch all over and over

[@jerrymuzak4534]

Rest in peace, legends.

[@besteverepicmillennial5927]

you love to write legends dont you

[@andreiionescu205]

Do You even know what legend means?

[@blaws6684]

Thank goodness for metv so I can still watch these two

[@keithwhited5268]

KZbin has some full Episodes too.

[@kevindavy544]

I really love these shows. They remind me of my childhood in Brooklyn.

[@straightedger9]

R.I.P. Legends ✝️

[@williamm374]

One of the best scenes on one of the best shows ever made. My father knew one of the writers, Walter Stone, not personally but from around town in Dunellen NJ, where Kramden had his hotel.

[@photo161]

With these two Irishmen pouring it on it's ashort trip from laughter to tears...

[@catherinehazur7336]

.....definitely an Irish thing alright!!

[@browsman2328]

My dad was Irish and he sounded just like Ralph.

[@kristinmyrtle2991]

Art Carney is so brilliant, the camera just loves him

[@muddypalmsera]

Before the laugh buzzer, back when you had to earn your laugh from the audience.

[@No-Thing-1924]

Why are there so many dislikes , this is impeccable comedy.

[@steveendicott1855]

Cause they don't understand Classic , Legendary Comedy

[@steveendicott1855]

Cause they don't understand Classic , Legendary Comedy

[@daltonx6177]

68 thumbs down vs 1100 likes: that's around 6% I wouldn't worry too much about it ! 👍

[@Wolfsky9]

I loved these 2 ---------after all these years they are still, The Gold Standard of real comedy ! -----------------I just want to go back so bad. ----------------------------------WolfSky9

[@scottmiller6495]

Class Brilliance and Chemistry like you'll never ever see again ever PERIOD!!!!!

[@paulnelson7525]

Brilliant. One of the greatest shows ever, It is highway robbery that Jackie Gleason never won an Emmy.

[@raymondparsley7442]

Those really were the "good old days".

[@desertrat1111]

Unbelievable chemistry between those two

[@BlacKnightRising]

'oh you're gonna GET IT NORTON YOU'RE GONNA GET IT!!!' '...Ralph Kramden the sweetest guy in the world.' Norton may be a pain in the ass and drive you crazy but he's a true pal!!! sniff, sniff hehe

[@williamsmith666]

Both he and Alice knew that for all his bluster, Ralph would never follow through on his threats. He was too much of a softie.

[@ronnieb3373]

Maybe the sweetest moment between them

[@georgecoventry8441]

The Chuckle Brothers!

[@billbranch3557]

Perfect Chemistry between two comedy geniuses .

[@betsyr4724]

The greats

[@luisv7117]

That's when no matter what kind of job you have people are proud of you.

[@itsme2369]

"A person don't look at themselves like others see him" Norton

[@Nunya_Bidness_53]

Used to watch them every night at 10 p.m. on WGN 9 in Chicago when I was a kid. Never laughed so hard in my life. Had each episode virtually memorized. My mom used to say "Turn the Fat Man on" 😂

[@GasFinger1]

Like the 60s music this stuff is classic

[@DodgerFan1988]

Eddie Murphy brought me here.

[@slipnorris5882]

why

[@maggiefentonkuzawa9161]

Eddie Murphy did a joke about Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton being gay or something. Look up, Eddie Murphy "Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton" joke.

[@69in89]

"Norton my friend...How would you like to fuck me up the ass?"

[@francisclause9307]

I can still see the look on my Dad's face when Ralph would say , one of these days Alice!! Pow, to the moon!!! Nothing but teeth showing from ear to ear. In those days we had one t.v!!! ONE , not five!! And ,maybe we would get 4-5 channels if we were lucky!! , And, at night we watched what our parents watched cause that's the way it was!! Who's with Me on that??

[@johnschaefer2238]

Began watching this show when I was a kid on Long Island was on weeknights WPIX at 11:00 PM. Now have the cd’s must’ve seen each episode at least 50 times if not more still funny. My best friend in NC found a Golden Retriever on a country road on Christmas Eve 1997. My friend was also a big Honeymooners fan and already had 2 Goldens so he gave the one he found to me. Gave the dog the name Ralph’s mother called him “Sonny Boy”!

[@charlottevelez1836]

Never get tired of The Honeymooners.

[@johnsmithth3318]

Yeah nothing like pals

[@barbaramashburn7980]

Fantastic as always! BEST friends to the end!

[@loristitt65]

I have seen all these episodes a zillion times and still laugh!

[@nelsonporter8387]

The greatest show ever! Clean. Funny. Classy!!

[@lindamerchant4431]

The way Ed waves his hands before he writes

[@Wolfsky9]

I LOVED these 2 ! A classic team, & they loved each other . --------WolfSky9, 72 y/o

[@toddthomson610]

Real comedy

[@carolgarabedian01]

I liked both of them.

[@nikkinikac6453]

Like peas and carrots

[@Iceryan6918]

My favorite show of all time

[@aledaandytaylor2613]

Greatest sitcom ever

[@jameswest8280]

Back when TV was good.

[@CobraLats]

Eddie Murphy Delirious.

[@willisknapick4405]

You can see these jokes coming from a mile away....and I still laugh mao!

[@matthewgandysr6251]

One of my favorite parts I waiting for

[@pedrorodriguez7601]

The best

[@loristitt65]

They just don’t make any clean funny shows like this any more😂😂❤❤!!!

[@tonystewart4113]

Good clean humor

[@reneeblair7593]

Never gets old ..

[@davidcolantuono3622]

Ralph claims that Norton took a "half-hour" when he wrote down his mistakes/bad points. If that was true, it would actually be longer than this entire episode! From what I can tell, it probably took Norton about 20 or 30 seconds to write down Ralph's bad points. The timing of Norton writing down Ralph's good point (only one) was pretty much on the mark at about 5 seconds. In any event, *The Honeymooners* is such a good show from the #GoodOldDays. Some of it is funny. Some of it is dramatic. But, it's all good, either way.

[@electronwave4551]

The "half-hour" wasn't meant to be interpreted literally. Ralph privately feared that he had so many flaws that it would take anyone 30 minutes to list them all, and that's why he was so uptight. Norton knew this, and only wrote down five, and then wrote one good point to say: 'We all know you're really flawed Ralph, but that doesn't matter because your heart is in the right place.'

[@Getrealpeeps]

Ralph was so damned impatient!!

[@MichaelHattem]

"You remember Dickens" is a great line.

[@ldchappell1]

The hand motions when preparing to write was something Art Carney picked up from his father. He just exaggerated it a bit for comedic effect. I'm not an expert but I think its a mild OCD thing. I have mild OCD and have quirks like that too. There's really nothing wrong with my memory but I fear that I'm losing it constantly. I end up doing a lot of things twice "just to be absolutely sure" that's it's been done. I sometimes fear that the washing machine didn't really get my clothes clean and I'll wash them again.

[@f2afinito983]

Delirious

[@doc68good60]

one of the best shows ever.. they were the best

[@gravypatron]

I just wondered something... what if the series kept going, long enough for somebody to have a kid? Like Lucy did. 😮

[@timfitzgerald1035]

last time I had to sign a ticket, I gave the cop the Ed Norton treatment.

[@gregtuco1]

My all time favorite comedy bits.

[@jasobres]

One thing I don't understand is that Norton works in a sewer, and yet his clothes are always surprisingly clean.

[@Daniel-nf8pp]

I want to make a success of myself. My friend is a sewer inspector.

[@neilaspin008]

Norton, come over here, I wanna show you something!

[@donhancock332]

" And me down below making things move along".

[@jonathanchartrand3351]

I'm only seeing half of the episode. Where's the rest?

[@stevebragg4256]

I read Art Carney got the inspiration from his father. His father would hesistate when he would write.

[@luckysol7486]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@bklynkrash]

Anybody know the episode where Norton talks about oysters? Of course he doesn't quite pronounce "oysters" correctly.

[@gallendrums]

so who here when channel surfing and come across the honeymooners keeps surfing channels, not me i stop right there, too hard to resist, they were the best

[@battlejack1863]

Joyce randolph is still with us at 99

[@rowdyroughman]

She sadly has now passed away.

[@Wolfsky9]

I loved these 2 ! ----------------------WolfSky9

[@morrismonet3554]

Timeless humor.

[@suziemills2201]

The look of love in Willies

[@suziemills2201]

The look of love in Willies face

[@marthaspillman9988]

...one a' these days Alice...one a' these days...

[@barbaramashburn7980]

Fanawesometastic!! ❤️

[@victoriajohnson5461]

This is one of the more serious, sadder episodes. 😑

[@kenbob1071]

What is mind blowing is that this comedy gold was canceled after only one season. Joanie Loves Chachi lasted just as long....ugh. There is no justice in this world.

[@xD-pb5vo]

KAROL KRAWCZYK THE KING!

[@MrSuperbatone]

So there's a cornet prominently displayed on the table, and Ed Norton lists one of Ralph's deficits as "A lousy cornet player." He even pushes it out of the way before he starts to write. WHEN do we get to hear Ralph actually play? What episode? Jackie Gleason actually was a pretty good musician - a conductor of lush "Bachelor Pad" music for Columbia records - so it's within the realm of probability that he could blow some cornet.

[@Normantnt]

Ralph plays the cornet earlier in this episode. He uses the cornet as an inspiration to "hit that high note" of achievement, or success. The cornet is laying on the table to constantly remind him to keep his eyes on the prize, to get that job of senior clerk transit authority.

[@MrSuperbatone]

@@Normantnt AH yes. Thanks, Norman. Actually, I found the complete episode with the whole opening sequence. I blow a cornet myself, so naturally I was curious...

[@davidstephan3098]

Alice: "I liked it better with a sock in it." Ralph: "I'd like you better with a sock in it." (As he shakes his fist at her. To the moon, Alice!)

[@catherinehazur7336]

.....maybe true about the Cornet. One of Jack Benny's schticks around that same time is that he was a terrible violin player, and was seen on many shows hilariously murdering the instrument. But actually he was a very good violinist and enjoyed his musicianship 🎼🎶🎻

[@catherinehazur7336]

@@MrSuperbatone you, Jackie and Satchmo!

[@jimmaculate5]

Similarities to Seinfeld: Norton and Kramer. Jerry and Ralph main character. Both shows went out on top. Maybe Jerry modeled his show after this and never mentioned it. I think this is so much funnier. Jerry's show had canned laughter over really dumb remarks. I can't watch it anymore.

[@williamsmith666]

George definitely had a lot of Ralph in his character.

[@Lazyguy22]

I ship it.

[@lindamerchant123]

Practices writing Norton does irritating ralph

[@erikaeero750]

n some guy named nr' ed lol

[@MrBiggysmalls87]

Last Action Hero brought me here....I’m outta here....aahhhhh.......

[@shanegaffey9257]

And sowe can GUP

[@user-eo9ie7zn9p]

New York🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊 WGNJMNFAS

[@glenndonahey918]

😊🤣