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red dog 1

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3. I'm cracking up just thinking about that one.

Reply to lame54 (Reply #2)

Wed May 25, 2016, 05:18 PM

May 2016

Norton helped Ralph "prepare" for the TV show by playing current hit songs on a piano; but first he always "loosened up" by playing a few bars of Stephen Foster's "Old Folks at Home"
aka "Swanee River"

Then, on the TV show, they played "Swanee River"..& the host asked Ralph who wrote the song and he answered nervously "Ed Norton?"

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What's your favorite episode of The Honeymooners? [View all] red dog 1 May 2016 OP

Ralph and Norton think they're drinking wine. Arkansas Granny May 2016 #1

Boss of their house. oh. ha. ha. ha. trueblue2007 May 2016 #7

name that tune... lame54 May 2016 #2

I'm cracking up just thinking about that one. red dog 1 May 2016 #3

+10000 Yessss. One of the best setups in the history of sitcoms Yavin4 May 2016 #4

I think it's "The $55,000 Question." nt LiberalElite May 2016 #6

That's my fave too- I think the LiberalElite May 2016 #5

Jackie Gleason wasn't supposed to "demolish the set" red dog 1 May 2016 #10

I once saw a guy dressed just like Ed Norton from the Honeymooners Yavin4 May 2016 #8

That's hilarious! red dog 1 May 2016 #11

pretty much all of them... quickesst May 2016 #9

Pow! Zoom! red dog 1 May 2016 #12

"Hellooo, Ball!" Gidney N Cloyd May 2016 #13