• Air date: 20 Sep '52 33 episodes
      A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience. One of the most influential situation comedy television series in American history.
  • List of Episodes (33)
    • 1. The New Bowling Ball

      20 Sep '52
      With Ralph eager to get to the lanes, he gets his new bowling ball stuck on his thumb. After Ralph finally gets it off with the help of Alice and Ed, he ralizes his thumb is too swollen to bowl. But it's Alice to the rescue again, reminding Ralph that he bowls with his other hand.
    • 2. The Turkey

      27 Sep '52
      Not available. This sketch is still considered to be lost.
    • 3. Lost Baby

      11 Oct '52
      Ralph gets a taste of fatherhood when he finds an abandoned baby on the bus. This episode features the first of many times Ralph & Ed would do the filling of the rubber glove with milk trick to use to feed the baby. Of course it's Ralph who ends up with the milk splashed on him.
    • 4. Quiz Show

      18 Oct '52
      Ralph blames Alice for blowing their chance at the big prize on a radio quiz show. After, when the producers realize they made a mistake and that Alice was right, it's Ralph himself who is put on the spot when it's his chance to save the day.
    • 5. Masquerade (Question Mark)

      25 Oct '52
      Not available. This sketch is still considered lost.
    • 6. Cold

      01 Nov '52
      Ralph has a cold and Alice is nursing him back to health. She slips and tells Ralph that she took out a life insurance policy on him. Ralph has a fit and accuses her of wanting him to die. Alice tells Ralph that she also took one out on her own life. Ralph feels like a dope and apologizes.
    • 7. Pickles

      08 Nov '52
      Alice drags Ralph shopping all over the neighborhood and spends his entire paycheck, leaving him with no allowance. A delivery man brings an anniversary present that Ralph had delivered but he has no money to pay for it. Alice pays for it. Alice starts eating some pickles that she bought. Ralph thinks she's pregnant. Alice tells him that the Doctor just wanted to see if she was allergic to pickles. Ralph is disappointed.
    • 8. Jellybeans

      22 Nov '52
      A local furniture store is having a guess-how-many-jellybeans-are-in-the-jar contest. Ralph wants to win the $100, so he buys a similar jar and thousands of jellybeans. Alice has wanted a dress for weeks that is on sale one last day. Ralph has Norton call the store with his guess and he wins, but the prize isn't cash. It is a $100 gift certificate redeemable only after buying $1,000 worth of furniture. Alice goes to get some money she hid to buy her dress. She discovers it missing and Ralph
    • 9. Missing Pants

      06 Dec '52
      Not available. This sketch is still considered lost.
    • 10. Six Months To Live

      13 Dec '52
      When Ralph finds a letter from a doctor he believes the information in it leaves him with only six months to live. After some time to reflect, it's Alice that explains that the letter is from the vet who has given Alice's mother's dog only six months to live.
    • 11. Christmas Party

      20 Dec '52
      The Kramdems have a Christmas party, and several of Gleason's other characters drop in. This sketch is still considered lost.
    • 12. Glow Worm Cleaning

      03 Jan '53
      Alice has been picked to appear in a magazine ad for Glow Worm sink cleaner. Ralph is against the idea until he thinks that he is going to be in the ad too. An executive from the ad agency tells Ralph that he's not the right type to portray Alice's husband in the ad. Ralph gets steamed but then the executive promises Ralph that he can be in a different ad. Ralph cools off, but only until he hears that he is going to portray someone fat, flabby, and forty. Ralph throws everyone out of the
    • 13. Alice Plays Cupid

      17 Jan '53
      Ralph is bringing home George, the traffic manager, for supper. Alice decides to play cupid and invited Henrietta from the Ladies' Auxiliary. Ralph wants to score points with George because a bunch of drivers are being transferred to Staten Island and Ralph doesn't want to be one of them. Henrietta arrives and Ralph labels her a monster. She goes into the bathroom to freshen up and George arrives. Ralph tells him that Alice is playing matchmaker and throws in a few nasty remarks about Henrietta.
    • 14. Suspense

      24 Jan '53
      Alice is in the bedroom rehearsing for a play with Trixie in which a woman plots to kill her husband. Ralph and Ed walk in and overhear them. Ralph thinks she wants to kill him. The Nortons leave and Ralph tells Alice that he overheard her in the bedroom. She thinks that Ralph knows she was rehearsing for the play, and is just against her acting. She catches on to what Ralph thinks when she puts a vitamin in his juice and he accuses her of trying to poison him. Alice ""confesses"" and says that
    • 15. Lost Job

      31 Jan '53
      The Kramdens and Nortons planned a dinner date at the Royal Chinese Gardens. Alice finds a pink slip in Ralph's pay envelope. Ralph is angry and reminisces about his 12 years as a bus driver. Alice offers to hock her wedding ring and get a job. Ralph says she should live at her mother's house so he can go out of town to find a job. In walks Dutch, the guy who stuffs the pay envelopes at the bus company. He's ready to go bowling with Ralph but Ralph would rather go bowling on his head. Dutch
    • 16. Anniversary Gift

      21 Feb '53
      It's the Kramdens anniversary and Alice gave Ralph $25 to buy a suede coat that he wants. Ralph has bought Alice a box for hairpins made out of 2000 matches glued together. They decide to exchange gifts but before Ralph can give Alice hers, Trixie comes in and gives Alice the same gift. Not knowing what to do, Ralph tells Alice that her gift is going to be delivered. While Ralph and Norton try to figure out where to get money for another gift, a delivery man comes with a package for a neighbor,
    • 17. Income Tax

      07 Mar '53
      Ralph is filling out his tax return but is going crazy because he doesn't know what he's doing. Finally, he figures out that he owes Uncle Sam $15. The only money Ralph has saved up is exactly $15 which he refuses to use for anything else but a new bowling ball. A neighborhood priest comes in asking for donations for the poor and shames Ralph into giving him the $15 he was saving. Ralph then does a speech of what a great country America is.
    • 18. Alice's Aunt Ethel

      14 Mar '53
      Alice's Aunt Ethel arrives for a short stay but, according to Ralph, she is packing more luggage than someone leaving for Africa. As always, Ralph gets the short end of the stick and has to sleep in the kitchen. Norton and Ralph try to figure out how to get rid of her and Ralph stages a phony backache - yelling and screaming in pain. Alice and Aunt Ethel come out of the bedroom to find out what happened and Ralph tells her that his back hurts and that he has to sleep on a comfortable bed to get
    • 19. Ralph Kramden, Inc.

      21 Mar '53
      The Kramdens and Nortons have just been to the movies. Alice tells Ralph that she wishes he would be more like Ronald Coleman. Ralph replies that he'd be more like Coleman if Alice was more like Lana Turner. Then Alice says that she liked the other actress in the movie better, but can't remember her name. Ralph can't remember her name either and now he can't sleep until he thinks of the name. All the noise keeps Ed awake and he comes down to see what's going on. He can't remember her name either
    • 20. Lunchbox

      28 Mar '53
      Ralph comes home from work complaining about the food that Alice packed him for lunch. He says the food was not only horrible but there also wasn't enough of it. Frankie, another bus driver, shows up and tells Ralph that their lunchboxes somehow got mixed up and that they ended up with each other's lunch. Frankie raves about the gourmet feast that Alice had packed.
    • 21. Easter Hats

      04 Apr '53
      No synopsis available. Running time: 9:50. NOTE: This episode aired only once. This is the 5th of 7 episodes that are considered ""Still Lost"". The 7 episodes are: 2. ""The Turkey"", 6. ""Question Mark"", 11. ""Missing Pants"", 12. ""Honeymooners Christmas Party"" 1952 (one reel found - MPI may release), 21. ""Easter Hats"", 27. ""Alice's Birthday"" & 45. ""The Fortune Teller"" (half show found - MPI may release). This information is according to the book ""The
    • 22. Hot Tip

      11 Apr '53
      Ralph, Alice, and Ed are going to the racetrack. When word gets out, a bunch of people ask Ralph to place bets for them. When word about the bets gets around the neighborhood, the police suspect Ralph of being a bookie. Ralph and Norton panic, and Norton tells Ralph to eat the list that he wrote the bets on. Alice tells the cop that the list will prove Ralph's innocence and Ralph discovers that he didn't eat the list after all. The cop is convinced and leaves. Running time: 11:10
    • 23. Norton Moves In

      18 Apr '53
      The Nortons have had their apartment painted and they can't stand the smell of paint. Trixie comes down at 3am and asks if they can stay down there for the night. Ralph ends up sleeping in the kitchen with Ed on a cot that collapses as soon as Ralph lays down. Norton then decides to smoke a cigarette and accidently drops the match under the covers. Ralph is burnt and then he brutally insults Norton and throws him and Trixie out. Alice reminds Ralph of all the favors that Norton has done for him
    • 24. Ralph's Diet

      25 Apr '53
      Mrs. Raferty is throwing a surprise party for her husband and while Ralph isn't home, she asks Alice to hide the turkey and cake in her apartment. She asks the Kramdens to attend the party but Alice says no because Ralph is on a diet and all the food would be too tempting. The diet is driving Ralph crazy. For dinner, Alice made him a raw vegetable salad. He tries to get his mind off food, so he turns on the radio but hears a commercial for fried chicken and puts his fist through it. Alice leaves
    • 25. Dinner Guest

      02 May '53
      Ralph invited Freddie Muller and his wife over for dinner. Freddie is in charge of giving out the upcoming promotions at the bus company so Ralph is trying to make a pitch for himself. The only problem is that every time Ralph tries to speak to Freddie about the promotions, Alice interupts before Ralph can say anything. Alice turns on the radio and they all start dancing the mambo. Norton comes in and reminds Alice that Trixie was waiting for her to go to a club meeting that night. The Mullers