"The Classic 39" is oftentimes the way people refer to The Honeymooners, the 1955 to 1956 sitcom focusing on working-class Brooklyn bus driver Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason), his sharp-tongued wife ...

Generations of television viewers know The Honeymooners best for the "classic 39" episodes of the show that originally aired during the 1955 to 1956 television season and have been rerun ever since.

The honeymoon ain’t over. It’s been 70 years since the debut of “The Honeymooners” but fans of the iconic sitcom say it’s still ingrained in pop culture – and in the fabric of the Big Apple.

After the June Taylor dancers hoof their way through "Lollipops and Roses," Jackie discusses "the greatest aggravation in history." Barbara Heller introduces sketches: Rum Dum gives his pet a bath; ...

When Jackie Gleason suddenly up and announced his retirement from CBS television last winter, he got a wire of “appreciation” from an NBC vice president. The telegram was ill timed. In the first place ...

For the show's premiere episode, Jackie portrays Reginald Van Gleason in a musical spoof of violent TV cop dramas and plays Joe the Bartender to Frank Fontaine's Crazy Guggenheim. In the Honeymooners ...