Love Letter

The Honeymooners: Season 4: Episode 3

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Love Letter

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CBS | Air Date: October 16, 1954
Starring: Sheila MacRae, Art Carney, Jackie Gleason, Joyce Randolph, Audrey Meadows, Jean Kean
Summary: Alice borrows a cookbook from Trixie and in it finds a love letter that Ed once wrote to Trixie. Alice leaves it on the icebox and Ralph later finds it. Ralph thinks that Alice is seeing another man. He and Norton try to figure out who wrote it. Norton thinks the handwriting looks familiar but can't figure out who wrote it. The boys takeAlice borrows a cookbook from Trixie and in it finds a love letter that Ed once wrote to Trixie. Alice leaves it on the icebox and Ralph later finds it. Ralph thinks that Alice is seeing another man. He and Norton try to figure out who wrote it. Norton thinks the handwriting looks familiar but can't figure out who wrote it. The boys take the letter to an analyst and she tells them that the man who wrote it is the romantic type but that he is also not too bright, rude and disorderly. She asks them to leave the letter with her and that she is going to analyze it further and mail Ralph the results. Ralph doesn't want Alice to know so Norton offers to have it sent to his house and writes down the address. The analyst notices that the handwriting is the same and calls in Ralph in private to tell him that Norton wrote the letter. Ralph doesn't let on to Norton. Alice asks Norton to go with her to pick out a bowling ball as a present to Ralph. Ralph sees them leave together and now has more evidence. Ralph goes upstairs and tells Trixie. As he's reading the letter to her, Norton walks in and hears Ralph saying "I love you, I love you, I love you." Norton challenges Ralph to a fight and Ralph socks him one in the gut. Alice gives the bowling ball to Ralph and explains the whole thing.

CBS.

Running time: 38:50.

NOTES: On September 23, 2004, news broke that this newly discovered Honeymooners Lost Episode was unearthed in the vaults at the University of Georgia's Peabody Awards Archive. Archivist Margaret Compton discovered "Love Letter" during a preservation review of the archives kinescopes and video tapes. This episode was submitted for Jackie Gleason, who did win the Peabody Award in 1955. When the University contacted Gleason Enterprises they were very excited to see that this kinescope existed and in such excellent condition. CBS, Gleason Enterprises or The Paley Center didn't own this copy & never even knew this episode was performed that week. TV Land aired this "Jackie Gleason Show" in it's entirety for the first time since it's original broadcast on it's 50th anniversary, October 16, 2004.

This was remade as "Love Letter" (11/24/1956) & as "The Boy Next Door" (10/12/1968) and was recorded as "Love Letter" (12/8/1954) as a radio program that never aired.… Expand
Genre(s): Comedy, Variety Shows

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