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The Ralph Kramden character was given honorary membership in the real New York City bus drivers' union (Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union) during the run of the show, and a Brooklyn bus depot was named in Gleason's honor after his death. [7] [8] Ralph Kramden was the inspiration for the animated character Fred Flintstone. [9]
Gleason was born Herbert Walton Gleason Jr. on February 26, 1916, at 364 Chauncey Street in the Stuyvesant Heights (now Bedford–Stuyvesant) section of Brooklyn. [5] He was later baptized as John Herbert Gleason [6] and grew up at 328 Chauncey Street, Apartment 1A (an address he later used for Ralph and Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners). [7]
Ralph agrees to produce, direct and star in his boss, Mr. Marshall's wife's annual fundraising Christmas benefit show, "A Christmas Carol". Problems arise when Ralph realizes he has promised to take Alice to Miami the same weekend as the show. Hilarity ensues when Ralph rewrites the Dickens classic and with Norton directing it is bound to be a hit.
Cast of The Honeymooners in 1955; Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden, Art Carney as Ed Norton, Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden and Joyce Randolph as Trixie Norton. Randolph originally portrayed Trixie in skits on The Jackie Gleason Show and The Honeymooners, which included Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden, Art Carney as Ed Norton, Audrey Meadows as Alice Kramden, and Randolph as Thelma "Trixie ...
Ralph Kramden, Reggie Van Gleason, the Poor Soul, and the rest of Gleason's comic characters were regular attractions. Frank Fontaine , as bug-eyed, grinning "Crazy" Guggenheim (evolved from his John character from The Jack Benny Program ), starred in the Joe the Bartender skits, delighting fans with his nutty speaking voice and goofy laugh ...
At the time, I didn't know that he and Boo-Boo were based on the Ralph Kramden and Ed Norton characters from The Honeymooners. When you look at Yogi's hat and his bow tie, he's a little like Ed ...
Ralph is constantly masterminding get-rich-quick schemes with which Ed tries to help. The driving force behind them is their wives, Alice Kramden (Gabrielle Union) and Trixie Norton (Regina Hall); the men are trying to make enough money to afford the homes they think they and their wives deserve. Meanwhile, Alice and Trixie make ends meet by ...
Well, that answer can only be best described by 1950s fictional TV character Ralph Kramden, "To the moon !" The Mountaineers' lineup hit some real moon shots—six of them in all—to run away ...