The Honeymooners - Classic 39 Episodes | 
 enlarge | Actors: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, Joyce Randolph, George Petrie
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
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Rating:  208 reviews
Sales Rank: 1380
Format: Box Set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 5
Running Time: 1016 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1.4
MPN: PARD879204D
ISBN: 0792190882
UPC: 097368792043
EAN: 9780792190882
ASIN: B0000BV1XX
Theatrical Release Date: October 1, 1955
Release Date: November 4, 2003
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 06/21/2005 Rating: Nr
Amazon.com
Get the bag. As The Honeymooners continues to get bumped from late-night TV schedules across the nation--by laughably unfunny shows such as Friends and Murphy Brown no less--legions of Honeymoonies will need to get their fix in other ways. This set--the Honeymoonie's Holy Grail--contains all 39 episodes from the legendary 1955-1956 season. There's no commentary from some "expert" who compares Ralph to gods from Greek mythology or memories from some assistant producer--it's just the meat, and that's enough to make any fan salivate. This was the only season that The Honeymooners had a life of its own apart from the Jackie Gleason Show, and as much as we tried to welcome the "Lost Episodes" into our family, they very rarely matched the high quality of the classic 39. Rather than sequence them in order, the producers have decided to group them by eight different themes including Ralph's jealous nature, his life at the Gotham Bus Company, his friendship with Norton, domestic troubles, and financial woes. Sometimes this approach is a bit forced, but it does illustrate why The Honeymooners is the ultimate situation comedy: You can show them out of order. No matter what happens to the Bensonhurst foursome, Ralph will still work for the bus company, Norton in the sewer. They'll be struggling to get by, passing the time bowling, shooting pool, arguing with the wives, and dreaming of a better day. And it's in the mundanity of everyday life that The Honeymooners finds boundless humor. Even when the events were anything but mundane--bank robbers, counterfeiters, TV commercials, game shows, golf dates with The Boss--the real story and the best jokes were about the reality of their lives and the realization that, because of marriage and friendship, they didn't really have it so bad after all. The chemistry between Jackie Gleason and Art Carney still amazes after all these years. Audrey Meadows's Alice is the perfect foil for Ralph, stern but sympathetic. And Joyce Randolph's Trixie? Well, let's just call her "earnest." Still, for all of Norton's frenetic energy and Alice's wisdom, the show belongs to Ralph Kramden. Somehow, Gleason took a chauvinistic, paranoid, insensitive, scheming, bitter, loudmouth, underachieving bus driver and made him a hero to millions. --Marc Greilsamer
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 I scored with this gift! January 7, 2009
Henry G. Kriner (Pa USA)
This was purchased and given as a Christmas gift . . . she loves it!
 Great for Honeymooners Fans! January 5, 2009
Suzanne M (Rahway, NJ)
I ordered this as a gift for someone. They absolutely loved it and were impressed that I was able to find it on VHS. The item shipped so quickly - I had it in no time.
great video December 28, 2008
Jacqueline Mcevoy (cape cod, ma)
I bought this video for my dad for Christmas and he loves it he calls me every day to tell me what episode he is on and there are some that he actually hasn't seen yet!! Great picture quality I really recommend this video
The Honeymooners are Great!!! December 21, 2008
George (USA)
I love, love, love the Honeymooners!!!! These are truly great classics that will take you to a simpler time. I have not one complaint about the show. However, the dvd has a few quirks. It has no option to "play all", after each episode, it is redirected back to the menu to pick the next episode. It also has some trouble with volume. It stays very low, and often is hard to hear. Also, there seems to be something that doesn't tell my dvd player to bring up the screensaver. This is the only discs I have that will just sit there and burn into the screen, all others obviously trigger a screensaver after so many minutes, these do not.
With all that being said, I still love these discs. These shows are so great that they out weigh the few quirks of the disc. I love them and they were totally worth every penny.
The Honeymooners December 16, 2008
Kevin Lawrence Mahoney (Rome)
It seems like many of the episodes follow a model of Greek tragedy, in which the Kramdens' get-rich-quick schemes are foiled by a flaw in Gleason's or Carney's character. It is a sign of talent when Gleason can be funny by ranting and raving.
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