Jackie Gleason Audrey Meadows Duet "One Of These Days, One Of These Days, POW!!!"

[ShardXQ]

Is he threatening domestic violence? I kinda feel like that too these days( no offense)

[sideburn260]

what did Alice mean when she said that Ralph is not greatest lover, meaning he can't get it up?

[Juliaflo]

@IEnjoyHippies Miss Meadows was actually a singer who appeared in light opera productions early in her career.

[boricuapcs]

Raaaaalllllffffff

[JoseDeJesusArellano1]

lol /watch?v=5b9ONh4FtlI&feature=r­elated

[nvmarcus]

Eminem and Rhianna need to do a remake of "The Honeymooners." Probably a lot darker than Gleason's version.

[wowinkorporated]

@nvmarcus You mean Chris Brown don't you? He's already got plenty of practice in....

[lennon1252]

LOOK HOW GREAT AUDREY MEADOWS SINGS! WHY IN GODS NAME DIDN'T GLEASON USE HER FOR THE COLOR HONEYMOONERS???? HE USED SHEILA MACRAE???????????? GLEASON WAS NOT THAT SMART

[WSenator1]

@lennon1252 - By the time of the musical "Honeymooners," the show was located in Miami, and Audrey Meadows didn't want to leave her husband and her home to go there to do the shows. Besides, Sheila McCrae was a very good singer (although, overall, she made a pretty poor Alice).

[tigercubgurlie]

ohhhh daddy's gonna love this! *copies and pastes into email and sends*

[th1nkp1nk91]

love this show ♥

[iQualify]

There is NO WAY a show like this would be tolerated this day and age. Absolutely not. Cancellation after the pilot.

[fjccommish]

@iQualify You're right, because it's imaginative and funny.

[mr2del]

Alice could sure kick keister!!

[Impowers]

Never saw this before, at least not in an original show. Pert Kelton was the best Alice, in those darker earliest Honeymooners sketches featuring Kramden as a desperate young loser with a battle-axe wife (Kelton had been divinely beautiful in movies like "The Bowery" 20 years earlier), but I think Meadows was more appealing during this song than in anything else she did as the character.

[iamtheschoolnerd]

i am 18 and love old films and the honeymooners was the best.

[poreltubepati]

what is the joke then ?

[poreltubepati]

i always to believe that kramden puch to alice face,when he said....bang zoom! .....straight to the moon !

[ravesjin]

I'm not sure jackie was 6ft

[incrediblehulkmovies]

He looked 5'9 to me. But I'm sure he was speaking symboliclly, if I spelled it right.

[problem49]

It was always a given that Ralph would never,ever, in a million years ever raise a hand to Alice. For all his bluster she was clearly in control and their great love for each other was never in doubt.

[iQualify]

@problem49

That's not even the issue though. It's just the very thought of him saying not doing. I can't believed it could be so esteemed to the point where a laugh track follows his threat. Lol. That is quite odd. That would not fly today.

[Soulblackman]

You're not the greatest lover but you sure can dust a drive!

[StoneFredFlint]

Hominahominahomina!

[sideburn260]

@Soulblackman no wonder they fight all the time; sexually frustrated, both of them.

[jayZ006]

ahhhhh these were the days domestic violence was funny and nobody bitched and moaned like little bitches about it

[Soulblackman]

Not quite. Domestic violence is fine as long as women hit men.

[3rkid2]

@jayZ006

Why someone nostalgic about domestic violence...

Now I've seen everything.

[WSenator1]

@3rkid2 - but it's NOT violence. Where, in all the "Honeymooners" sketches and sitcoms and specials, did Ralph actually hit Alice? As someone comment on this site, Alice knew that Ralph would NEVER hit her. And that their love for each other was deep and true. (Besides, if he ever did try to strike her, she'd tear him apart!)

[manicmuffin]

@WSenator1

The threat of violence is used as a form of mental or emotional abuse. Also, lashing out at inanimate objects is indicative of an uncontrollable temper and is usually a precursor to violence towards the partner. I personally found this video kind of scary, even though it's acted out.

[WSenator1]

@manicmuffin - But the threat of violence didn't work on Alice, did it? He kept threatening, and she kept sassing him back. If she were really threatened, she would be all "Yes, Dear" and "No, Dear." AND HE NEVER HIT HER - in all the sketches in all the 30+ years they were shown. Better to hit an inanimate object than an animate one. The people to be more scared of are those who NEVER show anger, because these are the folks who REALLY "one of these days. . ."

[manicmuffin]

@WSenator1

Duh, it's scripted and acted out, of course he wouldn't hit her and she wouldn't be scared, but put a real husband and wife together, with the husband shouting at her, "One of these days--!!" and pounding a vase and table, and it's a very different situation, and not one to take lightly. A study published by the APA showed that violent outbursts, even against inanimate objects, do not "vent" or reduce anger but rather fuel it, resulting in an escalation of anger management problems.

[WSenator1]

@manicmuffin - Of course it's scripted - it's a TELEVISION SITUATION COMEDY, you knucklehead! Accept it for what it is - that they never hurt each other - EVER! Everything in the world is not cuddly toys and Teletubbies. If you expect everybody in the world to skip through meadows of daisies and say "I love you" all the time, then you have problems MUCH worse than Ralph and Alice. Go to your room, stick your head under a pillow, and stay there till the world goes away.

[manicmuffin]

@WSenator1

You do know what "duh" means, right? Also, domestic violence should bother everyone. I suppose you're complete jaded if it doesn't, but just because the world is a terrible place doesn't mean terrible things shouldn't bother you. That said, there isn't anything wrong with having difficult subjects like domestic violence in the entertainment industry. It's only when it's treated as the entertainment itself, as a JOKE, when it's really a problem. But, it's just a product of its era.

[wowinkorporated]

@WSenator1 I couldn't agree with you more... Anyone who watched the show and truly knew the characters knew that Ralph, underneath his loud exterior - was a softy at heart - and could never, WOULD never - send Alice to the moon. Alice was no timid little thing either - she could, at any moment, reduce Ralph to his apologizing hamana hamana hamana self. manicmuffin is pointing out true life scenarios - and that's another thing all together. But THIS clip (in my opinion) is funny as all hell!!!!!!

[WSenator1]

@wowinkorporated - Thank you for your comments. It was frustrating not getting through to the other person I was talking to about this. I'm wondering if he/she would watch television, or the movies, if EVERYTHING was either a documentary or warning about the evils of domestic violence (which I take very seriously myself), or everybody was hugging and kissing all the time. I think audiences then and now know the difference between DV and blowing off steam. Take care!

[fjccommish]

@manicmuffin You're an idiot.

[joanofarcadiafan]

That's so cute!! I didn't know they did that. I love the honeymooners it was such a great show.

[Shabannie]

One of these days, one of these days, pow.

-------Ellen

[Gillythevillan]

family guy versions betta

[BasicNewb]

you mean the spoof is better than the original? :S

[Gillythevillan]

well its family guys version of it so it doesnt really matter which way u look at it

[fromthesidelines]

Yes, Jackie also featured this song on his 1954 Capitol LP, "Away We Go!". It was originally featured at the end of a live 1954 sketch, "What's The Name?" {"Judge...ARLINE JUDGE!!!"}. This montage is from a 1985 "best of the live episodes" special, co-hosted by Jackie and Audrey.

[wowinkorporated]

Thanks for the origins on this clip! Funny, I made a copy of this over 20 years ago from a "best of" video tape I rented, and then forgot all about where I got it from! heh heh... oh those diminishing brain cels...

[sportproducts]

The 1954 Capitol LP version doesn't include Audrey Meadows. Ands its much slower and a little TOO mellow, in spite of the subject matter. This version works much better.

[NotteRequiem]

Does anyone know which episode this was?

[jzerony]

I'm not absolutely sure, but I THINK this was part of a New Year's Honeymooners Marathon - something that played inbetween episodes

[center528]

I call you killer because you SLAY me.....one of my favorite episodes.....this was great...thanks for posting

[EasyEs]

Commmmmmme here sweetie

[ggoodo11]

thanks so much for posting this. :)

[jzerony]

The album version of this song is much different - much slower, and sans the part written for Audrew Meadows in which she sings her side of the story. I like THIS version a lot better.

[phatdaddysteve]

@jzerony

On the album version, she does have one or two brief words at the end of the song, if I remember correctly. Aww, Ralph or something like that.

[MIKESOWELL]

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