The Jackie Gleason Show Season 4 Episodes

Episode 1

Episode #4.1

Sat, Sep 29, 1956

Episode 2

Episode #4.2

Sat, Oct 6, 1956

Episode 3

Double Anniversary Party

Sat, Oct 13, 195613 mins

It's the Kramden's anniversary and Ralph usually forgets so Alice is planning a surprise party. What she doesn't know is that this time Ralph remembered and has an big night out planned to surprise her. Alice has planned to get Ralph to go up to the Nortons where she plans to surprise him, and at the same time Ralph has planned to get Alice out of the house by asking her to go to the movies and then take to a restaurant where he has a big dinner planned. They have an argument trying to get each other to cooperate. Once they figure out what's going on they come up with a sweet way to deal with the problem.

Episode 4

Checkup

Sat, Oct 20, 1956

Ralph's in line for a promotion. And the bus company wants him to get a physical. Ralph isn't aware of this requirement and isn't there when the doctor comes by the first time. Alice and Trixie have to go out and get Ed to come down and wait around until Ralph gets home, but they forget to tell him why he's getting a physical. When Ralph finds out he needs a physical he thinks it's for some insurance that Alice wants and he thinks is unnecessary. He decides that a way to fail the physical is to pretend to be drunk. The doctor believes what he sees and plans to report his findings to the "company". Ralph thinks he out smarted Alice until she comes home and tells him what was really going on.

Episode 5

Forgot to Register

Sat, Oct 27, 1956

Ralph & Ed are very involved in a local election campaign, on the day of election Ed tells Ralph that he's not going to vote. Ralph blows a gasket, he gives Ed a history lesson to remind him why he has to vote. After bullying Ed into agreeing to vote Ralph finds out that Alice is going to vote for the candidate that's running against the candidate Ralph's supporting. This leads to a huge argument Ralph feels that a wife has to vote the way her husband votes. As they are getting ready to leave to vote Ralph realizes he forgot to register to vote. He winds up feeling like a fool and apologizes to Alice for trying bully her, and as usual she forgives him and he realizes yet again how lucky he is.

Episode 6

Expectant Father

Sat, Nov 3, 1956

Alice has secretly taken a job as an obstetrician's receptionist. But when Ralph sees her going into the doctor's office, he immediately leaps to the conclusion that he's going to be a father --and begins to make ecstatic plans for his son-to-be.

Episode 7

Goodnight Sweet Prince

Sat, Nov 10, 1956

Ralph has to work third shift and the neighborhood won't let him sleep during the day.

Episode 8

Two Family Car

Sat, Nov 17, 195617 mins

Ralph finds out he's won a raffle. One problem: Ed Norton paid for half the ticket and the first prize is a car. Alice make Ralph tell Ed even though Ralph doesn't want to. They finally work out a way to share the car. But when the people from the raffle arrive, we find out Ralph won the 26th prize. And since he agreed to use the back half of the prize, this prize will cause him some problems.

Episode 9

Love Letter

Sat, Nov 24, 1956

Remake of a sketch originally broadcast on Oct 16, 1954. Ralph finds an old love letter Norton wrote to Trixie years ago and mistakenly thinks Alice has a new lover.

Episode 10

Tribute to Tommy Dorsey

Sat, Dec 1, 1956

Episode 11

Finders Keepers

Sat, Dec 8, 195636 mins

A candy store is up for sale, as its owner is retiring. This becomes the next big thing Ralph and Norton want to invest in. However, no amount of pleading with Alice will convince her to allow Ralph access to their savings account (which has $158 in it, all but $3 of it is hers), and Norton had the same luck with Trixie over any money they have. They both are soon listening to the radio and a program, "Finders Keepers", is having a contest where by use of cryptic clues, someone can find a prize of $1000 hidden somewhere in New York City. Armed with the knowledge of the city by Ralph, they take the day off from their respective jobs to go on the quest for the money. Their quest leads them to an Automat location, and they go on a subtle attempt to find the money there, which includes such ridiculous antics like Norton convincing Ralph to buy the sandwich of a patron next to him because he thinks the green thing inside of it is the money (it was a piece of lettuce), and ending up in an argument with another patron whom they think is on the same quest. Once Norton loudly spills the beans during said argument, the entire establishment erupts in a riot as all patrons there jump up trying to find the money in every door. After paying a fine in all nickels, Ralph and Norton abandon the search and decide against trying to buy the store. Once they're home, promising not to tell their wives what happened that day, Alice reads a story in the newspaper about who won the $1000; it was on Ralph's bus by the man who subbed for him that day.

Episode 12

Catch a Star

Sat, Dec 15, 195639 mins

Ralph tells the lodge members he knows Jackie Gleason and can get him for a show at the Raccoon Lodge (of course he doesn't). He comes clean to Norton who helps him come up with a plan to get Gleason to come to the event on the basis that it's a charity, it's not, but they don't plan on letting that get the way. Their plan involves waiting in Gleason's hotel lobby to ask him for help. The scene in lobby revolves around series of exits and entrances by Ralph and Gleason then Ed can Carney and even Joyce Randolf gets involved in playing a different character in that lobby. Gleason and Ralph manage to miss each other in the lobby. On the night of the event Ralph is shaking in his boots because he doesn't know that Alice had managed to get Gleason to show up by make his favorite food and sending it to him with a note asking him to help. Another interesting character swap takes place and everyone is happy at the end

Episode 13

Episode #4.13

Fri, Oct 3, 1958

Episode 14

Guest Host: Art Carney; Guests: Charlton Heston, Fred Waring, Sammy Davis, Jr.

Sat, Dec 29, 195660 mins

Episode 15

Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Gordon MacRae, Roberta Sherwood, Woody Herman

Sat, Jan 5, 1957

Episode 16

At Sixty-Five

Sat, Jan 12, 1957

Episode 17

My Fair Landlord

Sat, Jan 19, 195736 mins

Ralph wants to move, he finds a two family home in the want ads that has a low down payment. Alice is against it, and when Ralph decides Ed would be a good tenant for the second unit. Against Alice's wishes he gets the house and they move in only to find the place has a lot of problems. After signing a 99 year lease Ed demands that Ralph fix up his place. While repairs are under way Ralph and Ed have a big fight and Ed wants to leave. After Ralph holds him to the lease Ed tries to get thrown out by making lots of noise. Ed finally finds a way to get thrown out.

Episode 18

Johnny Cash, Jonathan Winters

Sat, Jan 26, 1957

Episode 19

Away We Go

Sat, Feb 2, 195749 mins

The Kramdens and Nortons win a breakfast cereal contest, the prize being a cruise around the world.

Episode 20

Plastered in Paris

Sat, Feb 9, 195749 mins

While in Paris, Ralph and Ed are arrested for unwittingly passing counterfeit money.

Episode 21

Behind the Iron Curtain

Sat, Feb 16, 195748 mins

While in Germany, Ralph and Ed accidentally wander into East Berlin and are suspected of being spies.

Episode 22

The Honeymooners: When in Rome

Sat, Feb 23, 195748 mins

In Italy, Ralph is jealous of Alice's tourist guide, not knowing the guide is a little boy.

Episode 23

Curse of the Kramdens

Sat, Mar 2, 1957

When visiting Ireland, Ralph and Norton spend the night in the haunted ancestral Kramden Castle.

Episode 24

The Honeymooners: Mad Dogs and Englishmen

Sat, Mar 9, 195749 mins

The Kramdens and Nortons appear in a Flakey Wakey commercial on an English television show.

Episode 25

Guest Host: Kate Smith; guest stars: Bobby Van, Gene Sheldon, Jonathan Winters, Pat Rooney

Sat, Mar 16, 1957

Episode 26

Guest Host: Kathryn Grayson; guest stars: Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Dick Haymes, Joe Williams, Leo DeLyon, Bobby Hackett

Sat, Mar 23, 1957

Episode 27

All Star Circus Revue with guest host: Hugh O'Brian

Sat, Mar 30, 1957

Episode 28

Framed in Spain

Sat, Apr 6, 195752 mins

Blackmailers fake a photo of Ralph fooling around with a Spanish local in Madrid, making Alice jealous.

Episode 29

I Remember Mau Mau

Sat, Apr 13, 195750 mins

The Kramdens and the Nortons go on safari in Africa. Partly remade from Fred's Landing Camping Trip in 1953.

Episode 30

Jaye P. Morgan

Sat, Apr 20, 1957

Episode 31

Joey Adams, Al Kelly, Theresa Brewer, Russell Swann

Sat, Apr 27, 1957

Episode 32

June Carter, Helen Forrest, The Amazing Mr. Ballantine

Sat, May 4, 1957

Episode 33

Morey Amsterdam, Jerry Copper, The Sciplina Chimps; The Honeymooners - Six Months to Live

Sat, May 11, 1957

Episode 34

Monica Lewis, Johnny Haymer

Sat, May 18, 1957

Episode 35

Jane Morgan, Jack E. Leonard

Sat, May 25, 1957

Episode 36

Sammy Kaye, Rose Marie; The Honeymooners - Manager of the Baseball Team

Sat, Jun 1, 1957

Second remake of a sketch originally broadcast on May 16, 1952 and May 9, 1953. Ralph is convinced he's gotten a big time promotion but something is lost in translation.

Episode 37

Guest Host: Johnnie Ray; Guests: Larry Griswold, Louis Jordan, Peggy Lee, Jimmy Nelson

Sat, Jun 8, 1957

Episode 38

Guest Host: Vic Damone; Guests: Peggy Lee, Dave Barry, Betty Kean, Lew Parker

Sat, Jun 15, 1957

Episode 39

Guest Host: Peggy Lee; Guests: Tony Bennett, The Treniers, Jack E. Leonard

Sat, Jun 22, 1957