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

A rare singing duet between Ralph and Alice Kramden (Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows) from The Honeymooners.

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Comedy

Tags:

• honeymooners
• jackie
• gleason
• audrey
• meadows
• duet

[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....

[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...

[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.

[BasicNewb]

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

[ShardXQ]

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

[sideburn260]

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

[sideburn260]

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

[fjccommish]

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

[fjccommish]

@manicmuffin You're an idiot.

[Juliaflo]

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

[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!

[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!!!!!!

[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.

[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.