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The Best Episodes of The Honeymooners

Every episode of The Honeymooners ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Honeymooners!

Best episode
S1E13 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
9.1483 votes
Worst episode
S1E30 The Loudspeaker
8.0303 votes
Top season
Season 1
8.5avg
Binge time
19h 30m
39 episodes
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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 13 - 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
    9.1/10(483 votes)

    S1:E13

    Ralph hocks his bowling ball to get Alice a present when someone else gets her the same thing he did.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 18 - The $99,000 Answer
    9.1/10(482 votes)

    S1:E18

    Ralph's out to prove himself to Alice, his neighborhood, and the world when he becomes a contestant on a hit television game show with the category of popular songs. He practices all week, spending a lot of money, only to miss on the first question!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 7 - Better Living Through TV
    8.9/10(417 votes)

    S1:E7

    Ralph's newest get-rich-quick scheme is to sell an all-purpose kitchen gadget. With Norton's assistance, Ralph plans to demonstrate it during a live TV commercial, in order to reach more potential buyers. But Ralph's last-minute stage fright may ruin the commercial.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 14 - The Man from Space
    8.9/10(357 votes)

    S1:E14

    Ralph is determined to win a prize of $50 at the Raccoon Lodge costume. When he competes with Norton in the contest and Alice will have nothing to do with loaning her husband any money to rent a costume, Ralph is forced to make a homemade costume.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 37 - The Bensonhurst Bomber
    8.8/10(405 votes)

    S1:E37

    While Ralph and Norton are playing a game at the pool hall, Ralph gets into an argument with a mousy little guy who threatens to "tell my friend Harvey on you". Ralph, figuring anybody named Harvey who's a friend of this guy must be as wimpy as him, tells the guy to "bring on Harvey" and brags that he'll beat up the both of them. Harvey turns out to be a tough, hulking bruiser, and challenges Ralph to a fight at the local gym. Ralph frantically looks for a way to get out of it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 3 - The Golfer
    8.8/10(395 votes)

    S1:E3

    Ralph wants to be named the new Assistant Traffic Manager at the bus terminal. This is a promotion he feels he has worked hard for and he deserves. In order to ensure it he needs to get in good with Mr. Harper, the man in charge. Harper and Ralph strike up a conversation and with Norton's help he finds himself with a date to play golf...of course Ralph knows nothing about the game of golf.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 36 - Alice and the Blonde
    8.7/10(396 votes)

    S1:E36

    Alice and Trixie feel that their husbands don't notice them any longer. And it doesn't help when they see Ralph and Norton being attentive to the glamorous new wife of Ralph's boss. Alice then decides to imitate her in order to regain Ralph's attention.

    Director:Frank Satenstein
    Writers:Leonard B. Stern, Sydney Zelinka

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  8. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 21 - A Dog's Life
    8.7/10(347 votes)

    S1:E21

    Ralph and Norton discover a mysterious food product that Ralph thinks Alice has made that they decide to dub Krammar's Delicious Mystery Appetizer.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 29 - Trapped
    8.7/10(344 votes)

    S1:E29

    Ralph happens to be standing outside a bank when a pair of bank robbers run out and, seeing him, fire a shot at him, knocking his hat off. Afraid that the robbers might find out where he lives, he refuses to tell the police what he saw. The robbers, however, find out anyway and plan a visit to make sure he never tells.

    Director:Frank Satenstein
    Writers:Leonard B. Stern, Sydney Zelinka

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  10. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 1 - TV or Not TV
    8.6/10(515 votes)

    S1:E1

    Trixie tells Alice that she and Ed are getting a new TV set to replace their old one. Alice is envious and Trixie tells her to give Ralph the 'pipe and slipper' routine to butter him up. Alice's behavior is so unusual for her that Ralph is immediately suspicious. When Ralph finds out the reason behind this he refuses to buy a TV set. It soon becomes apparent that Alice will not let the issue drop and Ralph is forced to deal with it. Ralph and Norton concoct a scheme to pool their money together and buy one set and share it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 23 - Mama Loves Mambo
    8.6/10(382 votes)

    S1:E23

    A new neighbor moves next door to the Kramdens. This neighbor is a dance instructor and teaches the wives to do the mambo, at their husbands' collective expense.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 20 - Young at Heart
    8.6/10(376 votes)

    S1:E20

    After a visit from some teenagers, Alice feels that she and Ralph are starting to get old. She wants Ralph to take her out for some youthful activities, starting with roller-skating. But Ralph thinks the idea is ridiculous, and at first, resists it.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 9 - Brother Ralph
    8.6/10(355 votes)

    S1:E9

    Because of a suggestion he made, Ralph gets laid off. While they're trying to figure out how to cope with the bills, Alice decides to go back to work over Ralph's objections. The real trouble starts when Ralph finds out who has to do the house work, and when Alice's boss comes to the apartment to pick her up.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 5 - A Matter of Life and Death
    8.6/10(340 votes)

    S1:E5

    When Ralph thinks he's dying and sells the story to a magazine, he discovers it was a dog who was sick instead.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 27 - Head of the House
    8.6/10(326 votes)

    S1:E27

    Ralph tells a newspaper that he's head of the house and then has to prove it to a co-worker.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 38 - Dial J for Janitor
    8.6/10(314 votes)

    S1:E38

    After several janitors have quit working in his building, Ralph decides to take on the job himself. But he finds it a lot tougher and more complicated than he thought it would be.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 33 - Unconventional Behavior
    8.6/10(303 votes)

    S1:E33

    Ralph and Norton head off to the Raccoon convention in Minneapolis. They lose their wives in the train station and think that they are now traveling alone. Norton has brought along a number of joke items including trick handcuffs, which he promptly puts on himself and Ralph. Not surprisingly, once on they can't get them off which leads to no end of problems, especially when it comes to the sleeping arrangements. In the end, they find out they're on the wrong train and heading in the wrong direction.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 39 - A Man's Pride
    8.6/10(303 votes)

    S1:E39

    Ralph meets an old boyfriend of Alice's, who tells Ralph what a great success he now is. Ralph doesn't want to admit that he's only a bus driver, so he pretends he's the head of the bus company. But his pretense may backfire, when Alice's former boyfriend and his wife invite Ralph and Alice to dinner at an expensive restaurant -- a place Ralph cannot afford.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 6 - The Sleepwalker
    8.5/10(415 votes)

    S1:E6

    When Norton's sleepwalking through Ralph's apartment disturbs Ralph one time too many, Ralph decides to get to the root of Norton's trouble.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 4 - A Woman's Work is Never Done
    8.5/10(353 votes)

    S1:E4

    Alice is so tired of Ralph's complaining about the housework not getting done that she decides to hire themselves a maid while she goes off to get a job herself.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 15 - A Matter of Record
    8.5/10(333 votes)

    S1:E15

    Ralph throws Alice's mother out of the apartment, but Alice soon walks out on him, too. In a last ditch effort to save their marriage, Ralph cuts a record to apologize to Alice - and also, reluctantly, to her mother.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 8 - Pal O'Mine
    8.4/10(323 votes)

    S1:E8

    A ring that was intended for Norton's new supervisor in the sewer, but that instead gets stuck on Ralph's finger accidentally, is all it takes to jeopardize Ralph's friendship with Norton - until an explosion in the sewer brings Ralph to his senses.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 16 - Oh My Aching Back
    8.4/10(329 votes)

    S1:E16

    Ralph injures his back after a bowling tournament a day before his physical examination.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 2 - Funny Money
    8.4/10(360 votes)

    S1:E2

    Counterfeiters have lost a suitcase of 'funny money' and have to wait 30 days to retrieve it. Once 30 days have elapsed it becomes the property of the person who found it...Ralph Kramden. When he discovers the contents of the case he goes on a wild spending spree despite Alice's warnings that this doesn't seem right. It isn't long before the gangsters come calling for their loot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Honeymooners Season 1 Episode 11 - The Deciding Vote
    8.3/10(301 votes)

    S1:E11

    Ralph buys Alice a vacuum while there is a Raccoon election going on for convention manager, and it's up to Norton to be the deciding vote.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"'Twas the Night Before Christmas" is the best rated episode of The Honeymooners. It scored 9.1/10 from 483 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on December 24, 1955.

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