The Honeymooners Research Paper

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The Honeymooners
I only became familiar with this most loveable and likeable serried The Honeymooners long after the last episode had aired on September 22, 1956. That must have been a sad day for fans because at that time no one knew that later on this show would go on to be legend and be shown in reruns for many years to come.
The Honeymooners was great comedy and starred four great actors Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden, Audrey Meadows as his wife Alice Kramden, Art Carney as Ralph’s best pal Ed Norton and Joyce Randolph as Ed’s wife Trixie. It was all about a bus driver living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bensonhurst in New York City. They live in a brownstone and Ralph spends his days dreaming up get rich schemes much to the chagrin

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