Unconventional Behavior

Episode aired May 12, 1956
TV-PG
30m

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8.6/10

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Jackie Gleason and Art Carney in The Honeymooners (1955)

Comedy Family

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 ... Read allRalph 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 ... Read allRalph 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, especiall... Read all

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Trivia
Vaudeville performer and character actor Jack Norton was a friend to Jackie Gleason. A part was written for Norton. A dual part where he would play a loud drunk and his brother who turned out to be the owner of the railroad. Norton arrived to do the show but as it turned out, was too ill to manage the quick costume changes and the going back and forth between parts of the set to pull off the two characters. So, Gleason had him paid and ended up improvising the whole handcuff bit with Art Carney to make up for the hole left by Norton's departure (which is considered one of the show's funniest segments by many).

Goofs
According to Norton the aroma of egg foo yung, rising at 320 feet per second, takes two minutes to reach his window, Ralph's window four seconds sooner. This would make Ralph's window 37,120 feet off the ground and Norton's another 1280 feet higher than that (and this is in a walk-up apartment).

Quotes
Norton: Ralph?
Ralph: What?
Norton: Mind if I smoke?
Ralph: I don't care if you burn.

Connections
References You Are There (1953)

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Comedy of Errors

Guess what. Our two heroes don't want to take the wives with them to their Raccoon convention. However, Ralph needs money to get there and the only way to get it is taking Alice along. But if Alice goes so must Trixie, and guess what Ed thinks of that. So Ralph comes up with a plan. Too bad that Ralph's plan gets an ironic surprise. But that's not the worst of it. On board the convention bound train he and practical joker Ed get handcuffed together. And then begins one of the series' longest skits that's generally a load of laughs. And top it all off with another big surprise at half-hour's end.

All in all, it's a hilarious setup that shows off how limber the guys are as they clamber around the tiny train compartment. But then Gleason's humor depended a lot on how deceptively graceful his misleading bulk was. Anyway, it's a don't-miss episode.