Honeymooners Goofs
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- A loving tribute to the Honeymooners' unslick, little-rehearsed brilliance. We true fans (aka honorary Raccoons) enjoy the flubbed lines, cheap sets and other surprises of the "Classic 39" as much as we do "BANG! ZOOM!" and "Hardy-har-har!"
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I love them - it made them all the more realistic because they were perfectly imperfect
There were many other bloopers including forgetting of lines. But they ad-libbed so well that it's hardly noticeable.
There'll never be another Honeymooners!! 🤣🤗💚🌷💜
I love when the Head Raccoon can't remember the word "applicant". Gleason waits patiently for him to remember his line, sees him fumbling and then finally says, "applicant".
Raccoon Lodge was like the flintstones loyal order of dinosaurs then later water buffaloes
@@lindamerchant123 it has been established years ago, The Flintstones were a takeoff of The Honeymooners.
@Byrons Reward Legend has it that Gleason never rehearsed a script.
Back before taping, it was all live production. Those were good times.
I always felt the "wall crash" from the Chef of the Future clip was deliberately planned whereas the part of the kitchen gadget that flies off when Ralph was demonstrating it was the actual blooper...
Definitely.
I know I put it in there cuz it was a great way to end it!
I've heard people who worked on the show say that they had a secret code worked out. When Gleason forgot a line, he would pat his stomach and someone else would say something until they could get back on track.
@@lt4324 oh omnipotent one, he did pat his stomach as a signal. its well documented. look it up. you have a BIG MOUTH. you;re a BLABBERMOUTH. how sweet it is
@@lt4324 oh yes Moving Water he did
It is the goofs that made the Honeymooners the classic it is!
Yes I’m a huge honeymooners fan. So was my Dad. I have an uncle named Robert.
The greatest sitcom ever.
They were such consummate professionals in most cases the bloopers just added to the shows!
This is a great reel, pal o'mine! Thanks for sharing.
One of the best shows ever!
0:09 - not included were brilliantly ad-libbed lines by Gleason and Carney. Ralph picks up the piece that flew off, examines it, and says, "You think we should throw something in about spear fishing?" Norton responds, "Get rid of the skate key; we don't need that" (or something along those lines).
Good catch, scattered. But after consideration, I decided to cut it right after the piece flies off and not include the reactions because the reactions weren't "goofs" - they were great ad-libs! Make sense?
I love that they kept the goofs in. This is what happens when people talk.
I’m not sure if they did second takes, I think it was more like a stage play
Jackie wanted everything natural. And that's what I love about it - because EXACTLY as you say - when people get flustered or irritated or excited... they lose their speech pattern, run out of breath, fumble their words... etc.
Now that cover by Art at the end when Jackie takes out the wall was pure improv. Absolutely love Carney and what he brought to the show.
They didn’t really have a choice since the show was done live.
@@KevyNova It was before videotape. The only way to make a copy was on film, and there was no room for a film camera next to the video cameras. They used to film an actual live TV on 16mm black and white film, called a Kinescope. That's probably what these are.
You missed the Christmas special where Alice gives him a gift. Ralph is so "flummoxed" he says, "A bowling bag ball. I mean a bowling ball bag."
*Yeeeeeeeap that’s a good one!!! That was the only episode where the cast stepped out of character after Ralph kissed Alice and he stop the curtain from closing...*
Right you are, Truth! It'll be in "Honeymooners Goofs Part II."
The "bowling bag ball" was a good one!
Never gets old
At about 1:04 when the chief Raccoon can't think of the words and Ralph tells him, "applicants", The chief raccoon says, "I'm sorry SIR, I couldn't think of the words". At that point, I think he's talking to Jackie Gleason and NOT Ralph. Why would he call Ralph, "sir"?
Yeah, a "that's it, Kramden! " would have probably been more appropriate.
You nailed it, as in his boss.
Yes. I was thinking the same thing. Jackie Gleason was that dude’s boss.
Ralph also calls brother Norton brother Kramden during this scene right after applicant
I think by that time that actor - who had to have been over 70 - was so completely discombobulated that whatever came out of his mouth was whatever came out of his mouth. You're screwing up, badly, and it's not a simple blown line, it's about 5 seconds of "Uh...uh...uh...uh..." which is an eternity on television, and there is another voice in your head saying "Oh, please, God, what's the line?" By the time Gleason feeds him the line, he probably doesn't even have "Brother Ralph" anywhere near his cerebrum!
It's not the flub as much as the immediate improv. EG: Spearfishing
RIP Joyce Randolph - 1924 - 2024. Farewell, Trixie!
its not n the top hand dreth hand DRAWER, always loved that one
Flub or not, that's one of my ABSOLUTE favourite lines. I love the little flubs, they happen in real life, we get tongue tied, or mix up words, that's why it feels natural.
The best one is at 0:24 when Ralph starts to say, "Davis called Audrey" instead of Alice. Then he compounds the error by saying, "She" called her up today".
What episode is this? I thought I knew all the Honeymooner episodes but I don't remember that clip.
Wow, a double error. Never noticed this before!
@@scooterw.8813 the one where Bill Davis comes to town and acts like a big shot so Ralph does the same in turn.
I fall asleep to these every night of my life, and I never caught that. I mostly catch the bad edits due to retakes...still love it though.
BTW-That episode, "A Mans Pride", was the very last of the "Classic 39" aired by CBS on September 22, 1956. To me, it's one of the best. I never get tired of it.
I dunno why many say that Jackie knocking the wall over in the Chef of the Future bit was a goof. Looked totally planned that way as the final shot, and given that wall had almost nothing holding it up in the first place, no sandbags/struts on the bottom, nothin'. Just a vertical strut in back that was barely holding it up. Maybe it looks like a bloober because he did it so well that it *looked* like an accident... which of course was how it was supposed to look.
Jackie Gleason & Art Carney had...”PERFECT CHEMISTRY”..
........best comedy duo of all time. Gleason & Carney
“Alice” was fantastic too.
You forgot the first one where he is trying to open the bag of popcod and it explodes all over. Jackie even chuckles.
I've been compiling a list of further goofs for the last year - when I get to 20, I'll put up "Honeymooners Goofs" part 2. The popcorn bag-rip and brief smile is in there! :)
@@JoshMaxPower just watched one more....Norton points out the yellow-bellied sap sucker isnt normally seen within 3000 miles. Ralph later states 300,000 miles.
Also..."ill kiss ya & eat ya later, im eatin a potato..."
Just watching another....A Dog's Life.....when Ralph says he's gonna give Norton a job, he trips on his words.
Later on, when referring to HIS mother-in-law, he says HER mother-in-law.
Which of course makes me think of when he almost blows the story in episode where he moves in with the Norton's and he tells Trixie "HER mother-in-law is coming-that is, MY mother-in-law is coming."
@@JoshMaxPower another.....Ralph asks for a teensy-weensy piece of pizza.....but after Norton says "if you wanted a teensy weensy piece, you should have asked"...which is what Ralph did!
Jackie Gleason was beyond hilarious
Yes, I recall fondly The Honeymooners being on WPIX-TV 11.Ah, happy memories! MeTV shows it on Sunday night at midnight after The Dick Van Dyke Show.When Jackie Gleason found a bunch of kinescopes of this show,the sketches were two fifteen minute segments,so they were infused together as though it was one program.Not seeing Audrey Meadows as Alice was weird.
Live T.V. ; NO BLOOPERS THEN , JUST KEEP GOIN' !
Best Ole show ever. I can wstch it over and over.......
I remember my mom let me and my sister stay up at 11:00 to see the honeymooners her and her mother's favorite show as well as the mother's in law
Also when Alice says, "... While I'm alone here--at home here alone."
Honeymooners was an awesome show. I wish they would show it on me TV
Ralph said the "sleeping pad" when he meant to say the heating pad when he had a bad backache from going bowling before his company physical.
"I'll just turn it up full, it will cook in 'twice' the time"
This is live TV. Don't see hardly any of it now.
I swear I once saw an episode where a crew member walked past a window, saw he was on camera, and immediately retreated back off-stage.
Which episode?
Had to be a “lost episode.” Those sketches were very rough. I remember one where the kitchen walls separated briefly and you could see crew members. Never happened in the “classic 39.”
I don't remember the episode. I just remember the scene. It was on a late night program. I don't think Nick at Nite. I think some independent station.@@andrewtorres765
talk about fixing it on the fly. true artist at work .
Time for some Picalilli or Chow Chow !!!!!!
In the fishing episode as Norton is leaving the apartment, Ralph says "Hey, wait a minute." Norton gives him a goofy look and walks out. Ralph seems confused for a second. Later in the show as Norton is leaving the apartment Ralph again says "Hey, wait a minute. Don't you want to take that bag out of the ice box?" (Norton takes the bag out and tells Ralph that it's a bag of fishing worms.) Gleason seems to have gotten mixed up about which scene he was in the first time.
Great eye! I can't believe you guys are still pointing out goofs I missed!
Let's never forget "Because of the slip of a ship can sink a lip"
Right you are, my friend. I now have at least 6 more goofs. Was thinking about combining #1 and #2 and including "Slip of a lip" and others in there, and making #3 but they're all together. We'll see! Thanks for commenting. RX
In the Bensohurst Bomber, Norton says "If Harvey thought you could beat him up, he'd back out of the fight, right?" and Ralph blurts out "Now how am I going to knock out somebody who's bigger than Harvey?" Gleason and Carney proceed to ad lib to try to cover up Gleason's mistake. Later in the scene, Carney forgets his line and says "Now remember the phrase: Hellooo there, fatso,, " and Gleason replies "I know. I know. Getta load of fatso. Yes, yes, yes.."
There's another episode where Alice insults Ralph and leaves the apartment. Ralph looks down the hall after her and says nothing for several seconds, having clearly forgotten his line. He turns back into the room and says "I wish I could think of something to say to her."u
Mr. MURRAY, I hereby award you the "Safest Bus Driver Of The Year And Expert Goof-Catcher Award." I am in awe, sir. Thank you for these. I even have another one I caught a couple of days ago. It never stops, this Honeymooners obsession. Happy New Year bub! And thanks for writing.
Thanks a lot, pal. I hope there was a TV station showing a 'mooners marathon in your local market today. To quote Norton in the coronet episode: Happy new year!
One that was missing took place on the bowling episode where Ralph hurts his back to win a championship in a tournament the night before he has to take his annual physical for the bus company. Gleason accidentally said sleeping pad when he meant to say heating pad.
Thanks, AlexisDiva...it's at 2:11 in "Honeymooners Goofs Part 2" :) ua-cam.com/video/lK30oLvs9q8/v-deo.html
The ad libs make it even funnier!
They had such timing.
A slip of a ship cam sink a lip. Norton
You could've added 1) the buzzer ringing too long on the home telephone in the janitor episode.Ralph hits it with his hand to make it look like it's faulty. 2) The denaturizer flies off of the halloween costume. 3) TV episode popcorn bag explodes.
I have compiled, over the time since I put this up, 33 more goofs. I'll do a "Goofs part 2" maybe when this reaches 100,000 views. It's close! The buzzer smack is in there as is the flying denaturizer, plus a whole bunch more that people have told me about.
I think that buzzer went long purposely to make it seem even more annoying. I think POPCORN bag exploded purposely for comedic effect. No proof those are goofs.
Been looking for the show when the wall between the kitchen and window to fire escape separated and you can see the crew behind it put it back together
Lost episode! Thanks for watching. :)
how about uncle Leo forgetting how to pronounce Utica
It's in "Honeymooners Part 2," boss! Thanks for commenting. 👍
There was one I remember when I was a kid when the corner wall by the window starts to fall apart and you can kind of see someone put it back together, I wish I remember the episode.
One of the most obscure but funniest is in "Hot Tips" when Gleason comes out with his fly open. Someone offstage let's him know and he hilariously tries to fix the situation while being slick. The audience loses it and so does he momentarily. Poor Art Carney who's been onstage has no clue what's been going on. Check it out if you can.
Thanks, Evan! The "zipper" event happens in one of the lost episodes, not the "Classic 39s," so it was left out. RX!
And they kept 'em all in.
It was filmed live.
Greatest Show ever😁👍😁🌜🌖🌌🌛
haha I got the notice of this comment while watching "Dial J For Janitor." Never gets old. Thanks, Veronica! 👍
AH the power of live tv love the Honeymooners
Didn't show the clip from the "Jackie Gleeson Show" were Gleeson broke his ankle and managed to crawl out of the scene. Eventually Art Carney has to come to the audience and say something like, you all know something isn't right, Jackie hurt his ankle and is on his way to the hospital.
The small flubs often add realism as people speak from a script. Jackie actually broke his leg once slipping on Cavalcade of stars.
They Made a Swedish version of this Called ”Rena rama Rolf”
The magic of doing TV live.
Really? I thought Gleason said that the show was always live. He said that on The Honeymooners 30th anniversary special.
It was filmed in front of a live audience and broadcast later. It is obviously real people laughing.
@@susanb2015 so much better than the canned laughter from off the laff track
@@catherinehazur7336 It doesn't matter how many times I've seen them. I Still laugh. I told my son I watched the same episodes on channel 11 in NY through my teens and I never got tired of them. He was astonished.
@@susanb2015 real people laughed watching Gleason and Friends because they were really really funny and loaded with talent. Timeless humor! Never boring!!
0:29 I never really considered Harvey pointing to the wrong guys as a goof, it always just seemed like something his particular character would do, a tough guy with not much brains. Good comp tho'.
I thought about this too - but "The hell with it, I'm putting it in there!" :) Cheers JM
@@JoshMaxPower Naw I think you are right.
I loved all the bloopers, made the show even more funny. One that i remember is The Blabbermouth, when Ralph hits the alarm clock timer on the table to stop the ringing but it still rings for a few seconds!!!!!!!! 😆😆😆
The guy who forgot the word applicant, he was sitting there with paper in front of him, why didn't he have it written?
Not to nit-pick, but how could you leave out Ralph saying to Ed, "Thank you, Kram-- Thank you, my boy!" --???
I never saw that before! Thank you! I actually have a "Honeymooners Goofs Part 2" that I've been putting together over the last year and I have 27 new goofs, including some of the ones commenters here have pointed out that I missed. Now I have 28! WTG, good eye, RX.
Watch Norton when Ralph comes charging out of the bedroom because of the gunshots in the movie Norton is watching in "TV or Not TV."
Wow...been watching since I was 11 and never noticed Mr. Carney laughing!!
If I was in Carney's place it would've been VERY hard for me not to laugh, too!
@@bobbyfrancis8957 i have seen them trying to suppress laughter several times. Its hard not to......these guys are so funny. And improv leaves it somewhat open to embellishments and the unnexpected happening around the basic story line and the cast picks it up and rolls with it with freshly humorous results. It happened a lot in Reggie Van Gleason skits too. Especially when those 3 goofy deadpan guys were on stage. They never cracked a smile, but Reggie and his mom and dad were having a hard time keeping a straight face. Over the top comedy. I never missed a show.
It's a small box. You better put it all in . In case it's too much I won't eat any...( Ralph meant to say if it's not enough I won't eat any 🤣😃🤣)
Wasn’t there an episode when Jackie Gleason’s zipper was down and the audience couldn’t stop laughing?
Yes
nocalsteve "Yep!!"--When "Ed Norton" came down wearing his Lucky jacket.(They were getting ready to go to the Racetrack) & that's when "Jackie Gleason" was facing the audience & realized his fly was down & he immediately swerved around & said:-"You do NOT know how lucky you are that you are wearing your Lucky jacket!!"- "Hilarious!!!"
Yes, The episode is called Hot Tips from April 11, 1953. It is about getting tips from their friends before heading to the racehorse track. Hilarious! He is my favorite actor besides Jerry Lewis. He was a comic legend.😀😆😄😂🤣
@@kellymoyer3846 whenever Jackie forgot his lines he would rub his stomach as a sign to costars to assist. Jackie was notorious for not rehearsing. Felt you would get a more natural, spontaneous & believable performance without rehearsals.
@@bfettrulez6734 He never had trouble with lines because he had a photographic memory. Gleason did a ton of improvisation but when he couldn't think of something, he tapped his stomach to let his fellow actor know that he could not think of anything to do at the moment.
How about when Ralph calls her Audrey instead of Alice? Lol
And Uncle Leo says "Where's Ralice?" when he visits the Kramden residence on Christmas Eve. :)
@@JoshMaxPower combination of Ralph and Alice!!!
They never broke character
The xmas one, tho
The Chef of the Future must have deliberately tipped the wall why else move towards it?
That's probably not a goof, it's just funny and a way to end this video with a riot. :)
@@JoshMaxPower According to the book The Honeymooners Treasury, he was *not* supposed to knock the wall over.
@@scatteredfrog Then here's a question I've always wondered about - if the wall falling was an accident, what was the scripted ending? Maybe Ralph just screaming and Norton saying "And now back to Charlie Chan!" with no wall collapse?
My favorite one isn't included. When the Kramdens and the Nortons are at the ditzy blonde womans and bald guys place for dinner. Where the bald guy (twinkles) gets up to serve cookies, and accidently knocks into the corner of the table. Art Carney ad libs the line " Don't worry, the cat will get IT! " (that one always cracks me up)
leave it there, the cat will get it
HALARIOUIS......NEVER TO BE DUPLICATED.............
Lol, and they just kept going! 😂
"The goofs- "The LOST EPISODES" were the TOTAL BEST!!"
Yes lost episodes were fantastic.
So, you're gonna twist me and him into book ends?
I've probably seen that episode 100 times and I never noticed the mistake Harvey makes with his words and hand gestures!
@Steve Kay He says, Me and him, but he gestures, Him and me.
Also....The "Pardon My Glove" episode at 23:03 when Ralph is hiding on the fire escape and tries to get back in the room. He puts his hand THROUGH the window frame to brace himself and reveals that the stage set has NO panes of glass in the "window".
in the same episode when Alice goes to answer the door with Ralph and Ed on the fire escape, how is it she don't see them flailing their arms as she comes out
also in the fishing trip when Alice and Trixie pop out from the back seat, how come Ed didn't see Alice when he turned to Ralph and said "Dead battery?"
Sam Cusimano suspension of disbelief
@@Sam53148 ....or how did she not see the bowling ball bags on the table!
Very good!
I Miss The Honeymooners the very good show
JACKIE GLEASON WAS THE BEST!🖤💋
Applicants!
Probably the best sit com of all time!
I don't think the last one is a goof (leaning on the fake wall at the end of the Chef of the Future skit). It was a studio made to look like a kitchen, and it fooled him.... The camera is RIGHT there... If it had been a wall, and he fell into it... It wouldn't have been as funny.... You can tell by his expression that he's puzzled that it isn't a wall... Great ending...
Also in the Bensonhurst Bomber, Norton brings in a bag of pretzels he's been eating from but the bag of pretzels is never mentioned again during that scene. Since everything has a purpose, I suspect the bag was to be used as a prop to support the joke about 'bending Harvey into a pretzel' but for some reason, Gleason forgot about it.
machinewrecker Norton also asks Ralph if he wants a donut, not a pretzel
@@ActionMediaProductions Yes, he flubbed the line there.
It’s a small box you better put it all in in case it’s to much I won’t have any.I think he meant to say it’s a small box ifs it’s not enough I won’t have any.
After watching these clips I have the urge to watch The Questioning Photographer episode.
Jackie never rehearsed. He said it spoilt his spontaneity. Apparently he had a photographic memory. He'd read the script and know it. He'd then go in watch the others rehearse with his stand in and perform it that night.
Well he would have spelled it as "spoiled", given that he's an American, and that's how it's spelled (not spelt) here.
How do you figure Ralph's reference to Mambo music and Samba music at 1:28 is a mistake?
Gleason says: "That's...I'm out!" He was probably going to say "That's all" or "That's that" but..."That's...I'm out." Line blown.
I think if a lot more tv shows kept all the bloopers in from
going live people would Watch, it makes it more realistic.
Watch Season 3 of 'Undateable'.
@@marywealth6475 ok
in the early days of tv goofs or no goofs camera's still rolled.
Best tv show ever."""
There was a Jackie Gleason show I saw where he played all his characters and the shadow of the boom mike was in every shot!
Yeah. That is so incredibly obvious. It is on the lost episodes. Each time a character leaves you see the boom mike.
There is a lost episode where you can clearly see the stage hand behind the corner of the wall.
@@bfettrulez6734 Yes, I saw that episode !
Wondering why only 39 episodes? Maybe ran out of content
It got pushed to Saturday night to compete with other shows. It got cancelled when ratings dipped but Jackie actually quit the show. Wouldn’t give them the satisfaction word has it.
@@bfettrulez6734 good stuff. Thank you! I guess this is a case of quality not quantity 👌
Jackie Gleason's OFFICIAL position on it was he wanted to go out on top and not on the downswing.
Part of it was that Jackie Gleason didn't like the limitations a strictly-formatted sitcom presented. With his variety show, he could make the sketches as long or short as he wanted to.
😂😂😂
You missed a couple more. The episode they get on the wrong train and are handcuffed to each other. When Ralph lays down on the bottom bunk he bangs his head pretty hard and says "ooww". Also, the episode with Carlos the mambo dancer, Ralph comes home and starts yelling at Alice, shortly after Norton enters, turns around and groans. Then stands there silent for the next 2-3 minutes, obvisouly he came in too soon. ty
Good catch. Ralph also says "Hey, is that Alice?" so he can switch sides with Ed because he's supposed to be on Ed's left to do the handcuff routine.
@@JoshMaxPower and Norton nudges Ralph to prompt him to ask him what time it is.
@@billnipp2309 ill put all this in part 2 when it's released. believe it or not I have over 30 more "goofs." "Toe, ya dirty old........"
another new year another honeymooner marathon.