Episodes
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1. S04E01
29 Sept 1956
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2. S04E02
6 Oct 1956
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3. Double Anniversary Party
13 Oct 1956
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.
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4. Checkup
20 Oct 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.
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5. Forgot to Register
27 Oct 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.
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6. Expectant Father
3 Nov 1956
Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, and Joyce Randolph in The Jackie Gleason Show (1952) 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.
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7. Goodnight Sweet Prince
10 Nov 1956
Ralph has to work third shift and the neighborhood won't let him sleep during the day.
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8. Two Family Car
17 Nov 1956
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.
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9. Love Letter
24 Nov 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.
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10. Tribute to Tommy Dorsey
1 Dec 1956
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11. Finders Keepers
8 Dec 1956
Ralph and Norton try to raise funds to buy a local candy store by entering a radio contest.
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12. Catch a Star
15 Dec 1956
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
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13. S04E13
22 Dec 1956
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14. Guest Host: Art Carney; Guests: Charlton Heston, Fred Waring, Sammy Davis, Jr.
29 Dec 1956
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15. Peter Lind Hayes, Mary Healy, Gordon MacRae, Roberta Sherwood, Woody Herman
5 Jan 1957
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16. At Sixty-Five
12 Jan 1957
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17. My Fair Landlord
19 Jan 1957
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.
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18. Johnny Cash, Jonathan Winters
26 Jan 1957
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19. Away We Go
2 Feb 1957
The Kramdens and Nortons win a breakfast cereal contest, the prize being a cruise around the world.
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20. Plastered in Paris
9 Feb 1957
While in Paris, Ralph and Ed are arrested for unwittingly passing counterfeit money.
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21. Behind the Iron Curtain
16 Feb 1957
While in Germany, Ralph and Ed accidentally wander into East Berlin and are suspected of being spies.
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22. The Honeymooners: When in Rome
23 Feb 1957
In Italy, Ralph is jealous of Alice's tourist guide, not knowing the guide is a little boy.
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23. Curse of the Kramdens
2 Mar 1957
When visiting Ireland, Ralph and Norton spend the night in the haunted ancestral Kramden Castle.
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24. The Honeymooners: Mad Dogs and Englishmen
9 Mar 1957
The Kramdens and Nortons appear in a Flakey Wakey commercial on an English television show.
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25. Guest Host: Kate Smith; guest stars: Bobby Van, Gene Sheldon, Jonathan Winters, Pat Rooney
16 Mar 1957
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26. Guest Host: Kathryn Grayson; guest stars: Sarah Vaughan, Count Basie, Dick Haymes, Joe Williams, Leo DeLyon, Bobby Hackett
23 Mar 1957
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27. All Star Circus Revue with guest host: Hugh O'Brian
30 Mar 1957
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28. Framed in Spain
6 Apr 1957
Blackmailers fake a photo of Ralph fooling around with a Spanish local in Madrid, making Alice jealous.
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29. I Remember Mau Mau
13 Apr 1957
The Kramdens and the Nortons go on safari in Africa. Partly remade from Fred's Landing Camping Trip in 1953.
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30. Jaye P. Morgan
20 Apr 1957
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31. Joey Adams, Al Kelly, Theresa Brewer, Russell Swann
27 Apr 1957
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32. June Carter, Helen Forrest, The Amazing Mr. Ballantine
4 May 1957
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33. Morey Amsterdam, Jerry Copper, The Sciplina Chimps; The Honeymooners - Six Months to Live
11 May 1957
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34. Monica Lewis, Johnny Haymer
18 May 1957
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35. Jane Morgan, Jack E. Leonard
25 May 1957
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36. Sammy Kaye, Rose Marie; The Honeymooners - Manager of the Baseball Team
1 Jun 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.
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37. Guest Host: Johnnie Ray; Guests: Larry Griswold, Louis Jordan, Peggy Lee, Jimmy Nelson
8 Jun 1957
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38. Guest Host: Vic Damone; Guests: Peggy Lee, Dave Barry, Betty Kean, Lew Parker
15 Jun 1957
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39. Guest Host: Peggy Lee; Guests: Tony Bennett, The Treniers, Jack E. Leonard
22 Jun 1957
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40. S04E40
29 Jun 1957
The Jackie Gleason Show Season 4: quick answers
How many episodes are in The Jackie Gleason Show Season 4?
Season 4 of The Jackie Gleason Show has 40 episodes.
When did The Jackie Gleason Show Season 4 come out?
Season 4 premiered on 29 Sept 1956.