Norton is hilarious during his 'Captain Video' monologue. There are also other classic episodes like 'TV or Not TV' where Ralph is too frugal to buy Alice a television set, then goes halves with Norton, and eventually becomes obsessed with television.

He practices learning music like a madman then falls flat on his face on National TV because he forgot to ask Norton a simple but important question relating to a music writer. Among my favorite episodes when Ralph's get-rich-quick schemes nearly send him and Alice to the moon are 'Funny Money', 'Better Living Through TV', 'Opportunity Knocks, But', 'Dial J For Janitor', and the all time classic, 'The $99,000 Answer' when Ralph things he's going to win a fortune on a game show. He has like a sixth sense when it comes to A) Keeping friendships, B)Doing inappropriate things only to remind Ralph of some of these foolish get rich quick schemes,C)Creating problems for Ralph without knowing what he's doing and D) not saying inappropriate things when the friendship itself is at stake. During all of his foolish endeavors he recruits his 'ol Pal Norton, as kind of like an insurance policy to subliminally tell Alice, 'Hey I wasn't the only fool who thought he could invent No-Cal pizza.' Norton (Art Carney) is one goofy dude. He always means well for himself and his wife Alice, but does foolish things to make a bad situation for him and Alice worse.

He's always looking for that get- rich- quick scheme that will pull him as his loving wife Alice (Audrey Meadows) out of the doldrums of East Chauncey Street in Brooklyn, to the Penthouses on Park Avenue. Gleason's ever popular character Ralph Kramden is one of life's lovable and colorful losers. I've seen 'I Love Lucy' reruns many times and clips of the other two great programs, and 'Jackie Gleason's 'Honeymooners' a spin off from his classic variety series is still my favorite. The Honeymooners was the greatest program of television's golden age, better than 'I Love Lucy', 'Texaco Star Theater', and 'Your Show of Shows'. Money! Money! Money! The accumulation of financial and social resources was the driving force behind this short lived but great comedy series.

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