Editorial Review:

Product Description:
Movie DVD

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

We were totally excited when we ordered this set, but when we tried to watch, not so excited. The programs are wonderful--the ones we were able to watch.

Picture this, Ralph opens his mouth to say, "Humma, humma, humma" and not even one humma comes out. When you finally get the episode working again you are past the line, but grateful the disc is working again.

One of the discs would not play at all and two had places where the program stopped and it would take five minutes to start it up again.

The Honeymooners was a wonderful program and we have spent many evenings watching the classic episodes, sometimes laughing ourselves silly. We just wish we could have seen them all.

Here's our problem, we love The Honeymooners. But we would like a set that actually works. If we return this one, can we exchange it for another that actually works?

Average Rating:

Rating: - Wonderful episodes, bad DVDs
We were totally excited when we ordered this set, but when we tried to watch, not so excited. The programs are wonderful--the ones we were able to watch.

Picture this, Ralph opens his mouth to say, "Humma, humma, humma" and not even one humma comes out. When you finally get the episode working again you are past the line, but grateful the disc is working again.

One of the discs would not play at all and two had places where the program stopped and it would take five minutes to start it up again.

The Honeymooners was a wonderful program and we have spent many evenings watching the classic episodes, sometimes laughing ourselves silly. We just wish we could have seen them all.

Here's our problem, we love The Honeymooners. But we would like a set that actually works. If we return this one, can we exchange it for another that actually works?

Rating: - WHAT CAN U SAY ABOUT HONEYMOONERS?THIS HAS EXTRA REVIEW, I CONSIDER IS 40TH EPISODE!
I'D CERTAINLY ADD SONGWRITTERS, SONGS & WITTY SAYINGS, RALPH'S LOVE LETTER TO CLASSIC 40, MAKE IT CLASSIC HM 44, WITH FIRST AND LAST SHOW, FIRST WITH PERT KERNEL!
Final Vth Season with original crew Meadows, Gleason, Rudolph, Carney:

40. Oct 13 1956 Double Anniversary Party Vol 34
41. Oct 20 1956 Check Up V 19
42. Oct 27 1956 Forgot to Register V 3
43. Nov 03 1956 Expectant Father V 5
44. Nov 10 1956 Goodnight Sweet Prince V 7
45. Nov 17 1956 Two Family Car V 4
46. Nov 26 1956 Love Letter V 13 * = half hour shows
47. Dec 08 1956 Finders Keepers V 30 *
48. Dec 15 1956 Catch a Star V 33 *
49. Jan 19 1957 My Fair Landlord V 8 *
50. Jun 01 1957 Manager of the Baseball Team II never released in full on any video format, dont be fooled BUYING ON AMAZON - LONG OVERDUE!

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Rating: - Bring Back the Good Old Days
I received the DVDs very quickly. The quality was quite good and I thoroughly enjoyed watching the first 8 episodes. Will shortly watch the remaining 31.

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Rating: - Excellent Service
I received the product promptly and the cost was economical. It arrived in excellent condition.

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Rating: - One of these Days Alice...
Great deal for the price. If you miss the honeymooners on TV, this is for you. I was curious as to what I would receive based on other reviews, but the one I received was in Chronological order, and even had the original air dates. For the number of shows and the price, it is a no brainer.

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