29 Facts About The Honeymooners

The Honeymooners was one of the first US television shows to portray working-class married couples in a gritty, non-idyllic manner, as the show is mostly set in the Kramdens' kitchen in a neglected Brooklyn apartment building.

The majority of The Honeymooners episodes focus on four principal characters and generally use fixed sets within their Brooklyn apartment building.

The Honeymooners is never seen driving a bus, but he sometimes is shown at the bus depot.

The Honeymooners is very short-tempered, frequently resorting to bellowing, insults, and hollow threats.

The Honeymooners often finds herself bearing the brunt of Ralph's tantrums and demands, which she returns with biting sarcasm.

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The Honeymooners is levelheaded, in contrast to Ralph's pattern of inventing various schemes to enhance his wealth or his pride.

The Honeymooners sees his schemes' unworkability, but he becomes angry and ignores her advice.

The Honeymooners originally appeared as a sketch on the DuMont Network's Cavalcade of Stars, with the role of Alice played by Pert Kelton.

The Honeymooners is considerably more good-natured than Ralph, but nonetheless trades insults with him on a regular basis.

The Honeymooners did not appear in every episode and had a less developed character, though she is shown to be somewhat bossy toward her husband.

The Honeymooners was scheduled to receive $65,000 for each episode, but had to pay all production costs out of that amount.

Production for The Honeymooners was handled by Jackie Gleason Enterprises Inc, which produced the show's lead-in, Stage Show, which starred The Dorsey Brothers.

So, after just one season, Gleason and CBS agreed to cancel The Honeymooners, which aired its 39th and last original episode on September 22,1956.

All 39 episodes of The Honeymooners were filmed at the DuMont Television Network's Adelphi Theatre at 152 West 54th Street in Manhattan, in front of an audience of 1,000.

In contrast to other popular comedies of the era, which depicted their characters in comfortable, middle class suburban environments, Richard Rychtarik's set design for The Honeymooners reflected the blue collar existence of its characters.

Instrumental theme song for The Honeymooners, called "You're My Greatest Love, " was composed by Gleason and performed by an orchestra led by Ray Bloch—who previously had been the orchestra leader on Gleason's variety show, as well as The Ed Sullivan Show.

On September 29,1956, one week after The Honeymooners ended as a weekly 30-minute series, The Jackie Gleason Show returned.

The "The Honeymooners" were brought back as part of the revived variety show.

The "The Honeymooners" sketches returned as part of that show whenever Carney was available.

The Honeymooners ended again when CBS announced the cancellation of The Jackie Gleason Show on February 16,1970, the result of a disagreement in direction between Gleason and the network.

The Honeymooners gained its greatest fame in syndication, where it has aired continually since its original cancellation.

The series visually demonstrated the burdens of material obligations and participation in consumer culture, as well as the common use of threats—even though The Honeymooners never showed or even hinted at actual violence—of domestic violence in working class households.

Historically, The Honeymooners itself was compared in its day to the similar comedy series The Bickersons as well as Laurel and Hardy, and while The Flintstones made no secret of hiring some of the writers and being inspired by the premise, The Flintstones original series and its spinoffs changed over the years, ultimately having more differences than similarities, starting with its setting and artistic approach.

In 1994, the Dutch broadcasting network KRO produced a version of The Honeymooners titled Toen Was Geluk Heel Gewoon, using translated scripts of the original series but changing its setting to 1950s Rotterdam.

In 1994, the Swedish network TV4 produced a version of The Honeymooners titled Rena Rama Rolf, but changing its setting to modern-day Gothenburg, where Rolf is working as a streetcar driver.

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In 1998, the Polish network Polsat produced a version of The Honeymooners titled Miodowe lata which translates to "Honey years", using both translated scripts of the original series and new ones, but changing its setting to modern-day Warsaw.

On June 10,2005, a feature film remake of The Honeymooners was released, featuring a predominantly African American cast.

Additionally, players have the option of trying to double their money after each round by answering a The Honeymooners-related question in a bonus round based on "The $99,000 Answer" episode.

In September 2017, Paper Mill Playhouse produced the world-premiere of a musical adaptation of The Honeymooners, starring Michael McGrath as Ralph, Michael Mastro as Ed, Leslie Kritzer as Alice, and Laura Bell Bundy as Trixie.