Watching The Honeymooners in 2024 brings back such memories when the world was such a joy to be in looking at it now takes you away from your troubles for a while thank you for showing
How in the hell she managed to keep a straight face while delivering her lines is nothing short of comedic brilliance. Audrey knew how to be the perfect foil for Jackie :)
@@robertdiotalevi285 Yeah, I've been in the audience for sitcom rehearsals and taping. By the time you've heard a line twenty times it's no longer funny, assuming it ever was.
@@robertdiotalevi285 Actually it's a well known fact that The Honeymooners rarely actually rehearsed much at all because Gleason liked the spotananity of comedy and didn't want to lose the energy and steam of fresh jokes or bits.
He mastered not only spontaneous, agile physical comedy, but the Oscar-winning drama of Harry and Tonto. He was credible without being maudlin. Just born with pure talent; no lessons can teach that.
My father, may God rest his soul, LOVED The Honeymooners. As I watch this, I can hear him laughing as Norton and Ralph bust their moves. Compukatz, this brings back fond memories. I laughed and cried at the same time. I miss that man, but through clips like these, it kind of brings him back to life in my mind. Thanks for posting.
Isn't that beautiful. My parents also loved this, I love Lucy....all the old classics. Ed Sullivan on Sunday nights. Is there anything on tv today we want to share with our kids. Not really.
War Horse 14269 I remember when Jackie Gleason died. Our local Hartford Courant newspaper's cartoonist showed Alice in their apartment, head down and sitting at the kitchen table, crying. Moving. I loved...no, I LOVE, the HONEYMOONERS.
I love Art Carney! The funniest man on television in the 1950s! Even Jackie Gleason said Art was responsible for 90% of the success of The Honeymooners. Art could do impressions, too! He could do an excellent FDR, for one. A great dramatic actor, he won the 1974 Academy Award (Apr. 1975) for Best Actor for his "Harry and Tonto" film.
My 4-year-old granddaughter, born in 2017, 73 years after this episode aired, laughed hysterically at this scene tonight. Gosh i wish kids today could have great television all the time like the "good ol' days!"
I wonder if Jackie didn't like to rehearse. He was so funny. And when there were errors, he always seemed to improvise on the spot. Dean Martin was the same way, but he liked to be funny about it. Jerry Lewis influenced Dean to be spontaneous instead of following a script.
When Alice walks in and confronts Ralph dancing, it's like the opposite of when Ralph walks in and encounters Alice and the other woman all doing the mambo in another episode.
I just learned today that the Hucklebuck is a dance. There has been a band in my city for at least 2 decades and they are named The Hucklebucks. Now I know what their band name refers to. How cool!
The HuckleBuckers was A band from Harlem since 1947 they are the original recorders of the song along with 43 other's before her version was made for the TV show
How is it this show is as timeless at it is and it's 70 something years old, crazy! That's just true talent. Honeymooners, I Love Lucy, The Odd Couple and The Andy Griffith Show are all classic sitcoms that have not ever been off the air even after all these years. Sign of a true classic is if It can be shown over and over for decade after decade and still get big laughs with a whole new audience that wasn't even born when it came out originally.
FAVORITE MOMENTS - 1) The look Alice gives Ralph when he says, "My pin!" and 2) immediately afterward when Ralph bellows "PUT IT ON, NORTON! LET'S GO!!"
TM Rezzek; I share your sentiments exactly. Audrey Meadows brought TRUE and GENUINE emotion to the character of Alice. She really understood Alice & Ralph's poverty and how Love and " the little things in life " are so special.
My favorite Honeymooners moment, when he bellows ," put it on Norton ,let's go"! As a soft spoken type always had a friend like Ralph,party animal ,with BIG MOUTH !!!!
Just learned that a unknown Connie Francis was singing the Hucklebuck in this episode. I never knew this but if you listen to it with Connie in mind, you can hear it really is her.
Hey there, Ralphie boy, what do ya say there, pal o' mine?" "You know, Norton, I been watchin' you. And I know you been watchin' me. You watch me, I know. :) QC
For anyone here who is curious who the singer is, that's none other than Connie Francis, who was only eighteen when she made this recording specifically for this episode of The Honeymooners. This recording was-sadly-never released for purchase by the public.
That was cool of Ralph to do that for Alice, especially after he'd run her down so badly about wanting to have just one night of "young" fun for old-time's sake.
I just thought the same thing. It was nice to see an episode where they were going to have some fun in life. I'm a big guy and my girlfriend has the same size and frame of Alice and looks just like her too. When we argue I think of the Honeymooners. I disappointed her, greatly, once and it haunts me. There's a little bit of Ralph Kramden in all men and Jackie Gleason truly tapped into that. Take care of your girl Ralph. Bring her happiness. She loves you like nobody else does.
Comedian Freddy Lewis used to do The Hucklebuck as part of his routine at The Holy City Zoo back in '82. For a short time, he insisted on being called Hucklebuck Lewis.
Yep, That was Real Comedy!! Many of The Great Stand-Up Comedy Acts of Today, Would Watch & Learn The Great Comedic's of Years Past!! The Good Old Days!!
although connie francis' and chubby checker's versions were hits, this version was one recorded specifically for this show. not sure who the singer was, probably a studio musician.
The Hucklebuck" (sometimes written "The Huckle-Buck") is a jazz and R&B dance tune first popularized by Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers in 1949. The composition of the tune was credited to Andy Gibson, and lyrics were later added by Roy Alfred. The song became a crossover hit and a dance craze, in many ways foreshadowing the popular success of rock and roll a few years later. It was successfully recorded by many other musicians including Lucky Millinder, Roy Milton, Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Chubby Checker, Bo Diddley, Otis Redding, Canned Heat, Coast to Coast, Brendan Bowyer and Crystal Swing
This is how I imagine Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble would look like in real life (they sure do sound like them) which I'm sure The Flintstones are more based of The Honeymooners than the other way around for obvious reasons. Either way I love this version of the song the most, too bad you can't really find it anywhere.
No it's Connie Francis. The most people say it's Kay or Connie from the two. Now Kay's versions she released don't sound like this at all and the voice and personality/emotion of her as a singer is not in this recording on the show. Connie Francis appeared on "Stage Show" (The Gleason-produced companion show to "The Honeymooners") in 1955-1956, and apparently was asked to record this version especially for this episode. As an obsessed fan of Connie's I can tell that it is her. Someone needs to please ask Connie about this to settle it once and for all. If Kay was sped up it wouldn't make sense still when you listen to her Hucklebuck song. I didn't hear about Rosemary Clooney until now. She doesn't sound like that voicewise.
@jett woodwardYou are correct. It is Kay Starr. That is her voice and the instrumental accompaniment is the same as that on her recording. Larry Birnbaum says it is Kay in his book "Before Elvis."
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For many of us still kicking, the Honeymooners never gets old.
@UncleMikeNJ I know that kind of hurtin’!
Watching The Honeymooners in 2024 brings back such memories when the world was such a joy to be in looking at it now takes you away from your troubles for a while thank you for showing
Norton dance steps throwing a bowling ball, walking like Charlie Chaplin 😂 absolutely brilliant 👏 👏👏👍👍👍
I've seen this 100x but I just now noticed the bowling ball. Ha! "This is one of those numbers that tells a story!"
How in the hell she managed to keep a straight face while delivering her lines is nothing short of comedic brilliance. Audrey knew how to be the perfect foil for Jackie :)
Rehersals.
@@robertdiotalevi285 Yeah, I've been in the audience for sitcom rehearsals and taping. By the time you've heard a line twenty times it's no longer funny, assuming it ever was.
@@TS-ef2gv 👍
Jayne Meadows said that her sister Audrey had a poker face from the time she was a little girl.
@@robertdiotalevi285 Actually it's a well known fact that The Honeymooners rarely actually rehearsed much at all because Gleason liked the spotananity of comedy and didn't want to lose the energy and steam of fresh jokes or bits.
After all these years, this still RIPS ME TO PIECES!!!!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Such simple, innocent and impactful fun. Life will never be the same.
You know a show is great when 50 Plus years they still show it. Real comedy. These were done live so if they made a mistake they had to improvise.
This stuff still cracks me up like the 1st time I saw it. Timeless comedy
These two men are as smooth as butter on their feet I love it greatest thing ever
This was way before my time and it's still some of the funniest TV I have ever seen...
I was a small child when it was first broadcast and understood and appreciated the adult buffoonery.
Art Carney was extremely talented. He could do anything.
Absolutely!
Including The Hucklebuck!
Can he core a apple?
@@LanceABoyle Tell me oh chef of the future, can it core a apple.. "OH it can core a apple".. ZIP ZIP!!
He mastered not only spontaneous, agile physical comedy, but the Oscar-winning drama of Harry and Tonto. He was credible without being maudlin. Just born with pure talent; no lessons can teach that.
My father, may God rest his soul, LOVED The Honeymooners. As I watch this, I can hear him laughing as Norton and Ralph bust their moves. Compukatz, this brings back fond memories. I laughed and cried at the same time. I miss that man, but through clips like these, it kind of brings him back to life in my mind. Thanks for posting.
Isn't that beautiful. My parents also loved this, I love Lucy....all the old classics. Ed Sullivan on Sunday nights. Is there anything on tv today we want to share with our kids. Not really.
I cringe at even the thought of what passes for TV.
War Horse 14269 I was born in 82. So glad PIX bring the reruns when I was a kid. I had to stay home on every New Year’s Day and watch the honeymooners
War Horse 14269 I remember when Jackie Gleason died. Our local Hartford Courant newspaper's cartoonist showed Alice in their apartment, head down and sitting at the kitchen table, crying.
Moving. I loved...no, I LOVE, the HONEYMOONERS.
same here. our whole family knew ALL of these episodes, and quoted them endlessly. now i have no one left to laugh with.
Honeymooners are the best. Trying to get my daughter to watch all the reruns. So far so good.
I love Art Carney! The funniest man on television in the 1950s! Even Jackie Gleason said Art was responsible for 90% of the success of The Honeymooners. Art could do impressions, too! He could do an excellent FDR, for one. A great dramatic actor, he won the 1974 Academy Award (Apr. 1975) for Best Actor for his "Harry and Tonto" film.
when the great one says your great.. he meens it.. jackie couldnt do it without art!
Well, Ed Norton has been on multiple greatest tv characters list (along with Ralph) for a reason. :)
My 4-year-old granddaughter, born in 2017, 73 years after this episode aired, laughed hysterically at this scene tonight. Gosh i wish kids today could have great television all the time like the "good ol' days!"
One of my favorite scenes form the Honeymooners!
Pulling off this scene with little or no rehearsal is brilliant.
I wonder if Jackie didn't like to rehearse. He was so funny. And when there were errors, he always seemed to improvise on the spot. Dean Martin was the same way, but he liked to be funny about it. Jerry Lewis influenced Dean to be spontaneous instead of following a script.
unbelievable.... This is BRILLIANT talent... we really have lost some skill in the past 50+ years... wow. these guys were talented
When Alice walks in and confronts Ralph dancing, it's like the opposite of when Ralph walks in and encounters Alice and the other woman all doing the mambo in another episode.
The man loved to party.
👍😂
Right
I could've sworn I heard a girl in the audience shout, "Don't fall down!" right before they started to dance!
I just learned today that the Hucklebuck is a dance. There has been a band in my city for at least 2 decades and they are named The Hucklebucks. Now I know what their band name refers to. How cool!
The HuckleBuckers was A band from Harlem since 1947 they are the original recorders of the song along with 43 other's before her version was made for the TV show
This is a classic moment in television. I love it!
How is it this show is as timeless at it is and it's 70 something years old, crazy! That's just true talent. Honeymooners, I Love Lucy, The Odd Couple and The Andy Griffith Show are all classic sitcoms that have not ever been off the air even after all these years. Sign of a true classic is if It can be shown over and over for decade after decade and still get big laughs with a whole new audience that wasn't even born when it came out originally.
Watched this stuff on WPIX 35-40 years ago. And it's just as funny in 2019.
So was I. Channel 11.
Every single night. 2 episodes I think.
One of my FAVORITE episodes...Art Carney was sooo talented.
Truly ahead of his time Art Carney might've outdanced John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever! ☺
How was he "ahead of his time"? Does anyone know what that means or is something they say to try and sound smart?
@@bernielomax4702 That's such a well know saying that you've clearly demonstrated your ignorance.
When did Travolta ever work in the sewer? 😂
@@bernielomax4702 M C took you down - bigtime!
Art Carney has serious skillz on the dance floor .....
Oh, yes! Just insane!
yeah.. he can boogie. lol
thedarkchild86 He does a Bowling Pantomime😂
@@emburtte he is gay Emee
@@emburtte ed is gay with Ralph
I LAUGHED ALL THE WAY THAT CARNEY ,,WOW ,CAN HE MOVE
Those moves were PRICELESS!
FAVORITE MOMENTS - 1) The look Alice gives Ralph when he says, "My pin!" and 2) immediately afterward when Ralph bellows "PUT IT ON, NORTON! LET'S GO!!"
TM Rezzek; I share your sentiments exactly. Audrey Meadows brought TRUE and GENUINE emotion to the character of Alice. She really understood Alice & Ralph's poverty and how Love and " the little things in life " are so special.
My favorite Honeymooners moment, when he bellows ," put it on Norton ,let's go"! As a soft spoken type always had a friend like Ralph,party animal ,with BIG MOUTH !!!!
Wow...Norton...you sure can dance!
I just watched What's My Line with the fabulous Audrey Meadows. What a classy dame!
Ken Russo. the honey mooners is one of the all time great comedy shows that was ever on TV ,& as a kid growing up , it afforded me many a good laugh
I'm so glad my mother raised me to watch this show Growing Up.
Just learned that a unknown Connie Francis was singing the Hucklebuck in this episode. I never knew this but if you listen to it with Connie in mind, you can hear it really is her.
Chubby Checkers also did this song. I'm still not sure who sang it originally. Was it Connie?
+JANET POMPONIO Connies was never released it was only recorded and used for the show, Kay Starr made t before chubby checker
was it connie francis or kay starr?
It was Connie.
its a very young connie francis, connie recorded demos before she signed with MGM, but she may have done this specially for the show
One of my favorite episodes! 😂😂😂😂
Ed: You're supposed to waddle like a duck
Ralph: How am I supposed to waddle like a duck?
Ed: It's easy. Just walk like you always do.
Classic.
Hucklebuck sucker!
The other classic line in this episode: "How can anyone so round be so square?"
Who in the heck would give this a thumbs down 👎🏼
Rachel Mason probably, as Ralph would say, "a mental case."
Rachel, 7 people did. They need to be hung by their thumbs.
TSU, 7 people are mental cases.
Hanged, but who is the singer?
ীোনরাট সোেজশ they been watching too much reality tv
He tried to give me the ole hucklebuck down behind the bar stool the other night.
This is how you do comedy!
TimelordR ~> A little travelin' music!!! ☺
My favorite Episode of the Honeymooners.
Hey there, Ralphie boy, what do ya say there, pal o' mine?" "You know, Norton, I been watchin' you. And I know you been watchin' me. You watch me, I know. :) QC
Norton, my friend. How would you like to...
So wonderful!
I completely forgot how charming this show could be! Ralph and Alice almost had me in tears with that sweetness!🎉
For anyone here who is curious who the singer is, that's none other than Connie Francis, who was only eighteen when she made this recording specifically for this episode of The Honeymooners. This recording was-sadly-never released for purchase by the public.
That was cool of Ralph to do that for Alice, especially after he'd run her down so badly about wanting to have just one night of "young" fun for old-time's sake.
I just thought the same thing. It was nice to see an episode where they were going to have some fun in life. I'm a big guy and my girlfriend has the same size and frame of Alice and looks just like her too. When we argue I think of the Honeymooners. I disappointed her, greatly, once and it haunts me. There's a little bit of Ralph Kramden in all men and Jackie Gleason truly tapped into that. Take care of your girl Ralph. Bring her happiness. She loves you like nobody else does.
Comedian Freddy Lewis used to do The Hucklebuck as part of his routine at The Holy City Zoo back in '82. For a short time, he insisted on being called Hucklebuck Lewis.
Art Carney/Norton was a great dancer!! This show was priceless 💓❤💖 the old days were definitely better.
Brilliant actors in a classic scene! Very cool! :-D
I was feeling depressed but after watching this classic bit, I think I can make it! Do the Hucklebuck...
Yep, That was Real Comedy!! Many of The Great Stand-Up Comedy Acts of Today, Would Watch & Learn The Great Comedic's of Years Past!! The Good Old Days!!
How sweet it is!
This will end the connie francis , Kay Starr debate, I have it on good authority, this is a young connie francis
although connie francis' and chubby checker's versions were hits, this version was one recorded specifically for this show. not sure who the singer was, probably a studio musician.
@@Engelbird Connie’s version was only for the show it was never released
You da man, Norton! YOU DA MAN!
The Hucklebuck" (sometimes written "The Huckle-Buck") is a jazz and R&B dance tune first popularized by Paul Williams and His Hucklebuckers in 1949. The composition of the tune was credited to Andy Gibson, and lyrics were later added by Roy Alfred. The song became a crossover hit and a dance craze, in many ways foreshadowing the popular success of rock and roll a few years later. It was successfully recorded by many other musicians including Lucky Millinder, Roy Milton, Tommy Dorsey, Frank Sinatra, Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Chubby Checker, Bo Diddley, Otis Redding, Canned Heat, Coast to Coast, Brendan Bowyer and Crystal Swing
The Great One doing his thing or one of them
NO MATTER HOW MANY TYMEZ I WATCH THIZ; STILL LAUGH MY AZZ OUF!! 👏🏼👏🏼😁😁😆😆🤣🤣😂😂😂😂
Art Carney was very cool and ahead of his time.
"And away we go"!!!! 😎😎🙏🙏💞💞
How can I waddle like a duck? Easy walk like you usually do😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Pure classic! :)
Comedic perfection.
The chorus is ripped off from the tune Now's the Time by Charlie Parker, jazz innovator.
Back when talent was a thing! The only thing!!💪👌
He had nuthin' to do with the buckabuck
Ed Norton could bust a move like Young MC! 😂
The Honeymooners greatest moment! Comedy done right!
Little known fact: Comedian Freddy Lewis only knew one dance: The Hucklebuck! xoxo The Clarences
I forgot about this one. Ralph had those moves lmao.
Better than John Travolta in Saturday night fever.
Thanks for the reference Eddie Murphy
The honeymooners is a simply classic.
I SOOO LOVE THIS….I CRACK UP EVERY TIME I WATCH IT 😂
This is how I imagine Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble would look like in real life (they sure do sound like them) which I'm sure The Flintstones are more based of The Honeymooners than the other way around for obvious reasons. Either way I love this version of the song the most, too bad you can't really find it anywhere.
Nini who is the artist?
I'm not sure these guys knew how good they were together!!
This show was the best. Art Carney was hilarious and Jackie was the king. Wait A Minute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wireless phonograph! great!
I've never been a Honeymooners fan, but, I DO like the 2 of them doing The Hucklebuck.
Art Carney's a really good dancer!
When Ralph first sees Alice. 2:29 lol
Gleason was great! But Art Carney was something special too!! Love this show!
I got it now Norton 😂😂😂
The audience is much more vocal during this episode! LOL
"Don;t fall down!"
They invited a bunch of teenagers to watch the filming of this episode.
Ralph bustin moves like Atari.He was bringin the pain.
Eddie Murphy's stand up special "Delirious" brought me here.
Norton my friend, how would like to...
One of my favorite tv moments
Church of Whats happening Now brought me here!
My man, I hope you see the devil today.
The bidets are back bitches!
David Fasci "Spanish people couldn't do dat in 1951!"
At :25 seconds so wisenhiemer in the audience says "Don't fall down". I'm sure she went on to be a wonderful wife and mother.
I love the honeymooners. This one of my favorite skits
it's a shame that these 2 aren't still alive. if they were to be on dancing with the stars i would watch
No show has ever had the staying power of The Honeymooners.
I have tears rolling down my face from laughing so hard, Art Carney is a trip !!
“Lipinsky had nothin to do with the Hucklebuck!”
You're right! You're Goddamn right! He was a punk!
@@Steely_Fran “W-what was that?”
“Yeah, I know, me too.”
😂🤣
@@fonso1030 I've got a little, weird sensation. I've got a little gout in the left tit.
I LOVE THAT SHOW TO ITS WAS SILLY BUT FUNNY
I love this episode and I especially love the version of this song.
Yes listen to the lyr-a kist. The vocal here is by Connie Francis.
god bless her.
No it's Connie Francis. The most people say it's Kay or Connie from the two. Now Kay's versions she released don't sound like this at all and the voice and personality/emotion of her as a singer is not in this recording on the show. Connie Francis appeared on "Stage Show" (The Gleason-produced companion show to "The Honeymooners") in 1955-1956, and apparently was asked to record this version especially for this episode. As an obsessed fan of Connie's I can tell that it is her. Someone needs to please ask Connie about this to settle it once and for all. If Kay was sped up it wouldn't make sense still when you listen to her Hucklebuck song. I didn't hear about Rosemary Clooney until now. She doesn't sound like that voicewise.
@jett woodwardYou are correct. It is Kay Starr. That is her voice and the instrumental accompaniment is the same as that on her recording. Larry Birnbaum says it is Kay in his book "Before Elvis."
One time Frank Sinatra tried to give me the fucking hucklebuck.
He had plenty to do with it!
And it doesn't matter how many times I watch this it's just as funny as the first time I remember seeing it!😁😘👍
My dad could burn a barn down with his dancing (I still have his tap shoes), both solo and with my mom.
The Honeymooners was such a genius show that they had to reference it in Back To The Future
Love the Honeymooners!!!
Who are these hilarious men?
Love this
0:26 audience member- "don't fall down" lol