Are you old enough to know why this is funny?

[zanne]

[malta blue]

1. LOL

:rofl:

Yes.

[mainegreen]

2. Nope.

[BOSSHOG]

3. Argh, Argh !!!! To the Moon Alice!!

[Ptah]

4. And away we go!

[RadiationTherapy]

5. Hey! That's not Jackie G!!

[AwakeAtLast]

6. Only because of reruns and TV Land

:hide:

[Radical Activist]

27. Its funny how people think their TV shows only existed in one time.

I've met lots of boomers and older who think young people have never heard of old shows. Don't they know about reruns?

[edbermac]

7. You can be young too; Honeymooners are always on reruns.

[Book Lover]

8. I am old enough to know *why* it is funny

But not old enough to find it *actually* funny.

The idea of a man hitting his wife just never made me smile.

[Blue Diadem]

11. Yeah, me too Book Lover.

It's not something I ever found funny either.

[tismyself]

16. oh...

He never hit her. Good lord - that would have meant skin contact in a time when couples on TV slept in separate beds.

He would say "to the moon, Alice" which seems to have been replaced with the "fuck you"s that I hear now.

[Redstone]

9. Unfortunately, yes.

Redstone

[DS1]

10. Yes. Repeats, of course.

Still, good stuff

[sniffa]

22. Oh, so now domestic abuse is funny

I don't even know DU anymore!

[Midlodemocrat]

23. Of course it is. Not like he's 'shopping pics of

black looters during a flood/hurricane, hater.

[VenusRising]

12. Hahahaha!

:rofl:

I guess I am old enough. :cry:

[Radio_Lady]

13. Yes, I am. Jackie Gleason had a home in Florida, and built a studio there, too.

[Parche]

14. HOW SWEET THIS POST IS

:rofl: :woohoo: :woohoo: :hi:

[LeftinOH]

15. Yes, and its good for a hearty chuckle. Was that toon from 1969?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. Oh hell yes, my dear zanne!

But you know he never would do it!

:rofl:

[callous taoboy]

18. Bang / Zoom

[Arkansas Granny]

19. Yes, as a matter of fact, I am.

[supernova]

20. Yes, I do

Jackie Gleason.

While the idea of a man punching his wife does make me wince, I loved her response even more. The real joke was that one look from Audry Meadows, herself a formidable preseance, was all it took to completely melt him.

[Midlodemocrat]

21. LOL. That's good.

[LaurenG]

24. yep!

Old Mr. Gleason finally went through with it.

"To the moon Alice"

[SeattleGirl]

25. Oh, yeah.

"To the moon!"

[nuxvomica]

26. Yes.

:rofl:

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

28. Sadly, yes

:evilgrin:

[Cant trust em]

29. I'm not old enough. But I get the joke.

More clever than funny.

[Rhythm]

30. Yeah...

Used to watch the reruns late night... better than the so-called sitcoms that currently take up the airwaves.

[zanne]

31. I find myself watching alot of reruns instead of the major network shows now.

I HATE Reality TV!

[Rhythm]

32. TV is not 'reality'...

I don't watch any of that stuff, honestly.

[FloridaJudy]

33. It was *because* it was an empty threat that it was funny.

If she'd even acted in the least bit frightened, it wouldn't have been funny. Alice was obviously the brains in that outfit: he was a posturing blowhard, and Alice could see right through him. If he'd actually hit her, that would have been disturbing, and not in the least humorous.

Besides, Alice would have taken him to the cleaners, and rightly so.

[RoyGBiv]

41. Alice woulda kicked his ass n/t

[KamaAina]

34. Yes -- thanks to reruns, thank you very much.

:P

Growing up in Conn., we got Ch. 11 in NYC, which reran The Honeymooners almost as incessantly as TV Land does Sanford & Son at present. :eyes:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

35. Yes

And ya know, growing up in a somewhat abusive household, and being verrry verry young at the time, I still knew the difference between what Ralph was doing on the teevee and the 'real thing.'

[av8rdave]

36. Yes, I am, and yes, it's funny!

[RevolutionaryActs]

37. LOL!

I'm only 22, but I still know why that's funny. :rofl:

[tigereye]

38. yes...

[Fire Walk With Me]

39. Yep.

Thanks for posting the grin :)

[Deja Q]

40. !

:rofl:

[woo me with science]

42. Just watched one the other night.

Ralph got laid off, and nobody would hire him because they knew his layoff was temporary. Alice got a job instead, but the company HAD A POLICY OF NOT HIRING MARRIED WOMEN, so Alice had to lie and say she lived with her brother, Ralph. The comedy of the episode came because her boss kept hitting on her, and Ralph had to control his temper and keep up the facade, so she wouldn't lose her job.

What a difference a few decades make...

The standard of living was something, too. I know he was a bus driver, but the Kramdens never even owned a COUCH. :)

[pokerfan]

43. One of these days, Alice... One of these days...

Honeymooners were awesome.