The Kramdens' apartment is a mess. The plaster is falling. The plumbing is failing. Ralph gets no satisfaction from his landlord so he finds a part of his lease that shows a requirement that the landlord must maintain the building. So Ralph goes about paying for improvements, thinking the landlord is going to foot the bill. As is usually the case, things don't go quite so well.
The Jackie Gleason Show (TV Series)
The Honeymooners: Principle of the Thing (1955)
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That's a landlord for ya
stevenfallonnyc7726 November 2022
More apartment troubles for Ralph and Alice as everything in their place keeps on falling apart. Of course all their complaints to the landlord go unanswered, and Ralph decides to finally fix the apartment up himself on the landlord's dime, according to a clause in the lease.
As always, the Honeymooners manage to pack in a hilarious tale in one or two locations, this time being the apartment (of course) and the pool room. And as always, Joyce Randolph as Norton's wife Trixie has very little to do, is underused and is only seen very briefly.
Still, watching Alice, Ralph and Norton argue about the apartment (including some hilariously bad wallpaper Ralph wants to put up) is as always great to watch. Having these "lost episodes" of the Honeymooners finally emerge was a huge break for fans, a real treasure trove.
But anyway, of course things don't go as planned, and Jack Benny finally appears as the dreaded landlord. He never gives a name, so it's never really clear if Benny is "playing" the landlord, or if the landlord happens to be Jack Benny.
Whatever the case, as par for the course, the landlord gives Ralph and Alice a very major screwing at the end. But, as residents of big cities especially know, landlords s*ck.
As always, the Honeymooners manage to pack in a hilarious tale in one or two locations, this time being the apartment (of course) and the pool room. And as always, Joyce Randolph as Norton's wife Trixie has very little to do, is underused and is only seen very briefly.
Still, watching Alice, Ralph and Norton argue about the apartment (including some hilariously bad wallpaper Ralph wants to put up) is as always great to watch. Having these "lost episodes" of the Honeymooners finally emerge was a huge break for fans, a real treasure trove.
But anyway, of course things don't go as planned, and Jack Benny finally appears as the dreaded landlord. He never gives a name, so it's never really clear if Benny is "playing" the landlord, or if the landlord happens to be Jack Benny.
Whatever the case, as par for the course, the landlord gives Ralph and Alice a very major screwing at the end. But, as residents of big cities especially know, landlords s*ck.
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