Classic 39 Summaries

 

Title: "TV or not TV"

Original broadcast date: October 1, 1955

Summary: With Ed and Ralph sharing a TV set, Norton and Captain Video become permanent fixtures in the Kramden household.


Title: "Funny Money"

Original broadcast date: October 8, 1955

Summary: Ralph finds a suitcase filled with money and becomes a big-spender. But the money is counterfeit, and Ralph is in big trouble.


Title: "The Golfer"

Original broadcast date: October 15, 1955

Summary: After he brags to his boss that he's a champion golfer, Ralph has just two days to learn the game from Norton!


Title: "A Women's Work Is Never  Done"

Original broadcast date: October 22, 1955

Summary: Fed up with hearing Ralph complain about the housework not getting done, Alice hires Thelma the maid.


Title: "A Matter of Life and Death"

Original broadcast date: October 29, 1955

Summary: In the mistaken belief that he's dying of a rare disease, Ralph sells his story to a magazine.


Title: "The Sleepwalker"

Original broadcast date: November 5, 1955

Summary: Norton is sleepwalking and Ralph gets stuck looking after him.


Title: "Better Living Through TV"

Original broadcast date: November 12, 1955

Summary: Ralph and Norton go on TV to sell a kitchen utencil.


Title: "Pal O'Mine"

Original broadcast date: November 19, 1955

Summary: Ralph and Norton fight over a ring but make up after Norton survives a sewer explosion.


Title: "Brother Ralph"

Original broadcast date: November 26, 1955

Summary: When Ralph gets laid off, Alice takes a job and tells her new boss that Ralph is her brother.


Title: "Hello Mom"

Original broadcast date: December 3, 1955

Summary: Rather than stay under the same roof with his mother-in-law Ralph moves in with Norton. But it's really HIS mother that's coming to visit.


Title: "The Deciding Vote"

Original broadcast date: December 10, 1955

Summary: When Ralph turns up one short of being elected Racoon Convention Manager, he blames Norton and vows revenge.



Title:
"Something Fishy"

Original broadcast date: December 17, 1955

Summary: Alice wants to go on the annual Racoon lodge fishing trip.


Title: "Twas the Night Before Christmas"

Original broadcast date: December 24, 1955

Summary: Ralph hocks his bowling ball to buy Alice a last-minute gift.


Title: "The Man from Space"

Original broadcast date: December 31, 1955

Summary: In order to win a $50.00 prize for best costume at the Racoon Lodge party, Ralph becomes The Man From Space.



Title:
"A Matter of Record"

Original broadcast date: January 7, 1956

Summary: After insulting his mother-in-law, Ralph makes a record apoliogizing to Alice, and his mother-in-law too.


Title: "Oh My Aching Back"

Original broadcast date: January 14, 1956

Summary: After he hurts his back bowling, Ralph needs an excuse to spend the night upstair with Norton, and a heating pad!



Title:
"The Baby-sitter"

Original broadcast date: January 21, 1956

Summary: Alice get a new phone. Unaware of Alice's new job as baby-sitter Ralph hears her name in the barber shop and thinks she's two-timing him.


Title:"The 99,000 Answer"

Original broadcast date: January 28, 1956

Summary: The category is popular songs, and Ralph won't quit till he wins $99,000.!!


Title: "Ralph Kramden, Inc."

Original broadcast date: February 4, 1956

Summary: Norton buys stock in Ralph Kramden, Inc. A week later, with Ralph in line to inherit a "Fortune," Norton wants his share!



Title:
"Young at Heart"

Original broadcast date: February 11, 1956

Summary: Ralph will do anything to keep his marriage young, even dance the hucklebuck and learn to rollerskate!


Title: "A Dog's Life"

Original Broadcast date: February 18, 1956

Summary: After Ralph gets Mr.Marshall to taste Kran-Mar's Delicious Mystery Appetizer, the mystery is solved, it's dog food.


Title: " Here Comes The Bride "

Original Broadcast date: February 25, 1956

Summary: Alice's sister moves in with the Kramden's after Ralph's advice to the groom cause there marriage to self destruct.


Title: "Mama Loves Mambo"  (TQ2 favorite LOL)

Original Broadcast date: March 3, 1956

Summary: Ralph turns over a new leaf when a handsome latin dancer moves in next door. ( and it's not Ricky Martin)  LOL


Title: "Please Leave the Premises"

Original Broadcast date: March 10, 1956

Summary: Stubbornly refusing to pay the latest rent increase, Ralph barricades himself inside his apartment.


Title: "Pardon My Glove"

Original Broadcast date: March 17, 1956

Summary: When Ralph comes home to find a man's white glove hidden in the drawer, he crawls out the window to suprise the suspected gigolo.


Title: "Yound Man With A Horn"

Original Broadcast date: March 24, 1956

Summary: Determined to hit the high note and be a success, Ralph asks Norton to list his strong points and weak points.


Title: "Head of the House"

Original Broadcast date: March 31, 1956

Summary: Ralph is in hot water after he brags to the Questioning Photographer that he's the boss of his household.


Title: "The Worry Wart"

Original Broadcast date: April 7, 1956

Summary: A letter from the IRS arrives and Ralph worries while Norton eats.


Title: "Trapped"

Original Broadcast date: April 14, 1956

Summary: After witnessing a bank robbery and getting shot at, Ralph's a nervous wreck, and for good reason. The killers are following him.


Title: "The Loudspeaker"

Original Broadcast date: April 21, 1956

Summary: Ralph thinks he's about to be named Racoon of the Year. But the Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler has other ideas.


Title: "On Stage"

Original Broadcast Date: April 28, 1956

Summary: Ralph see's his role in the Racoon lodge play as his ticket to stardom, until he finds out that Norton is in the play too.


Title: "Opportunity Knocks But"

Original Broadcast Date: May 5, 1956

Summary: The Gotham Bus Company owner, Mr. Marshall, offers Norton a job, as Ralph's supervisor.


Title: "Unconventional Behavior" ( my personal favorite)

Original Broadcast Date: May 5, 1956

Summary: Ed handcuffs himself to Ralph on the way to the Racoon convention. ( You're breaking my arm!!..LOL)


Title: "The Safety Award"

Original Broadcast Date: May 19, 1956

Summary: Nervous about receiving an award for being the safest bus driver in the city, Ralph gets into an accident.


Title: " Mind Your Own Business"

Original Broadcast Date: May 26, 1956

Summary: After Ralph's advice gets Ed fired from the sewer, Norton becomes a successful steam-iron salesman, and Ralph wants in....


Title: " Alice And the Blonde"

Original Broadcast Date: June 2, 1956

Summary: After going nuts over Bert Weedemeyer's blonde bombshell wife, Ralph comes home to find a bombshell of his own.


Title: "Dial J for Janitor"

Original Broadcast Date: September 15, 1956

Summary: Ralph is the new janitor at 328 Chauncey Street, and the complaints come pouring in.


Title: "The Bensonhurst Bomber"

Original Broadcast Date: September 8, 1956

Summary : After picking a fight with a big trouble brute named Harvey, Ralph tries to scare his foe into backing out.


Title: " A Man's Pride"

Original Broadcast Date: September 22, 1956

Summary: Ralph's pride is as big as his belt size when he gets roped into an expensive dinner with Alice and her old boyfriend.