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* SimpleYetAwesome: Most of the series takes place in a 10 x 10 room without props or scenery, and it’s still one of the best sitcoms in the 70-year history of TV.
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* SatelliteCharacter: Trixie is Ed's wife and Alice's best friend. There's not much else to her than that, and much of her role is to be someone other than Ralph for Ed and Alice to talk to.
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And keep things rolling along!"

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And To keep things rolling along!"

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* SatelliteCharacter: Trixie is Ed's wife and Alice's best friend. There's not much else to her than that, and much of her role is to be someone other than Ralph for Ed and Alice to talk to.



* VitriolicBestBuds: Ralph and Ed, naturally.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: Ralph and Ed, naturally. Ralph's HairTriggerTemper and Ed's dimwitted nature heavily clash and cause a lot of fights, but when push comes to shove their friendship always triumphs
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Along with ''Series/ILoveLucy'' and ''Radio/TheGoldbergs'', this can be regarded as one of the ur-[[SitCom SitComs]] from the early days of television. While a [[ShortRunners one-season affair]] as a standalone series (it regularly got trounced in the ratings by ''The Perry Como Show'' on Creator/{{NBC}} during its initial network run), ''The Honeymooners'' remained a part of Gleason's reconstituted variety show until the end of its run, found a second life in ubiquitous syndicated reruns, and became a certified cultural icon, widely imitated (most notably ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', which aside from its Stone Age setting was more or less an AnimatedAdaptation) both in Hollywood and abroad. (There have been at least two ''Swedish'' versions, for instance.) In the late '70s Creator/{{ABC}} aired four hour-long ''Honeymooners'' [[ReunionShow reunion specials]], including one for Christmas and one for Valentine's Day.

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Along with ''Series/ILoveLucy'' and ''Radio/TheGoldbergs'', this can be regarded as one of the ur-[[SitCom SitComs]] ur-{{sitcom}}s from the early days of television. While a [[ShortRunners one-season affair]] as a standalone series (it regularly got trounced in the ratings by ''The Perry Como Show'' on Creator/{{NBC}} during its initial network run), ''The Honeymooners'' remained a part of Gleason's reconstituted variety show until the end of its run, found a second life in ubiquitous syndicated reruns, and became a certified cultural icon, widely imitated (most notably ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'', which aside from its Stone Age setting was more or less an AnimatedAdaptation) both in Hollywood and abroad. (There have been at least two ''Swedish'' versions, for instance.) In the late '70s Creator/{{ABC}} aired four hour-long ''Honeymooners'' [[ReunionShow reunion specials]], including one for Christmas and one for Valentine's Day.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Overweight, messy Ralph and Lovely, petite Alice. In fact Jackie Gleason originally passed on Audrey Meadows for the role of Alice, thinking she was far too pretty to play the part. Audrey was so determined to be Alice, she had her friend take pictures of her early in the morning, without her makeup and her hair a mess, that Jackie was so impressed by her commitment he offered her the role.

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