Norton Preparing to Write

[@chrisozzy56]

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

[@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....

[@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

[@NittanyNation22]

I watched the Honeymooners with my grandfather, my dad and I watch it with my son.

[@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

[@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

[@MonicaNelson-z5o]

❤

[@train5974]

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

[@wisdomseeker3362]

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

[@RitaSora]

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

[@stfrancisacademy]

True friendship is timeless!!!!

[@mariemarez]

so true never gets old and watch all over and over

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@kevindavy544]

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

[@lomaxpartyof4]

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

[@blaws6684]

Thank goodness for metv so I can still watch these two

[@keithwhited5268]

KZbin has some full Episodes too.

[@richardforgetcanada]

One word. CHEMISTRY!

[@jimfinnegan7447]

Greatest comedy of all time

[@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

[@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.

[@scottmiller6495]

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

[@kristinmyrtle]

Art Carney is so brilliant, the camera just loves him

[@paulnelson7525]

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

[@jerrymuzak4534]

Rest in peace, legends.

[@besteverepicmillennial5927]

you love to write legends dont you

[@Georgeionescu205]

Do You even know what legend means?

[@loristitt65]

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

[@tonystewart4113]

Good clean humor

[@straightedger9]

R.I.P. Legends ✝️

[@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.

[@raymondparsley7442]

Those really were the "good old days".

[@Numbered-x2z]

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 ! 👍

[@desertrat1111]

Unbelievable chemistry between those two

[@luisv7117]

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

[@billbranch3557]

Perfect Chemistry between two comedy geniuses .

[@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”!

[@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" 😂

[@lindamerchant4431]

The way Ed waves his hands before he writes

[@ronnieb3373]

Maybe the sweetest moment between them

[@joycerichardson1810]

It teared me up. RIP Art and Jackie.

[@barbaramashburn7980]

Fantastic as always! BEST friends to the end!

[@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??

[@loristitt65]

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

[@GasFinger1]

Like the 60s music this stuff is classic

[@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.

[@georgecoventry8441]

The Chuckle Brothers!

[@charlottevelez1836]

Never get tired of The Honeymooners.

[@matthewgandysr6251]

One of my favorite parts I waiting for

[@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?"

[@johnsmithth3318]

Yeah nothing like pals

[@gregtuco1]

My all time favorite comedy bits.

[@RickBrocious]

I loved those old shows

[@willisknapick4405]

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

[@jasobres]

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

[@Wolfsky9]

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

[@carolgarabedian01]

I liked both of them.

[@doc68good60]

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

[@Iceryan6918]

My favorite show of all time

[@MichaelHattem]

"You remember Dickens" is a great line.

[@reneeblair7593]

Never gets old ..

[@timfitzgerald1035]

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

[@donhancock332]

" And me down below making things move along".

[@aledaandytaylor2613]

Greatest sitcom ever

[@bklynkrash]

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

[@wrAIth-AI]

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

[@yl9698]

the timeless best; just watched a big bang theory episode where sheldon acts just like ed norton...

[@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!!

[@jonathanchartrand3351]

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

[@Daniel-nf8pp]

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

[@betsyr4724]

The greats

[@CobraLats]

Eddie Murphy Delirious.

[@nikkinikac6453]

Like peas and carrots

[@neilaspin008]

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

[@stevebragg4256]

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

[@toddthomson610]

Real comedy

[@jameswest8280]

Back when TV was good.

[@Nick-ty9us]

I can actually do a quite decent ed Norton impression

[@f2afinito983]

Delirious

[@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

[@pedrorodriguez7601]

The best

[@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!

[@luckysol7486]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@morrismonet3554]

Timeless humor.

[@barbaramashburn7980]

Fanawesometastic!! ❤️

[@suziemills2201]

The look of love in Willies

[@suziemills2201]

The look of love in Willies face

[@battlejack1863]

Joyce randolph is still with us at 99

[@rowdyroughman]

She sadly has now passed away.

[@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.

[@victoriajohnson5461]

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

[@Wolfsky9]

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

[@xD-pb5vo]

KAROL KRAWCZYK THE KING!

[@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.

[@marthaspillman9988]

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

[@Lazyguy22]

I ship it.

[@erikaeero750]

n some guy named nr' ed lol

[@OmayraPacheco-m7n]

New York🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊 WGNJMNFAS

[@shanegaffey9257]

And sowe can GUP

[@MrBiggysmalls87]

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

[@lindamerchant123]

Practices writing Norton does irritating ralph

[@glenndonahey918]

😊🤣