The Honeymooners: This the last of 3 "Best Of Gleason" specials. Penny Marshall hosts. With guest hosts Sandy Duncan & Jason Bateman. Sketches include: 1) Gleason fumbles a joke and squirms his way through. 2) Special Guest host Ed Sullivan's monologue. 3) "Reggie Van Gleason III": Reggie and his band Rock the house. 4) "Fenwick Babbitt": Fenwick takes a job in an automat. 5) "The Honeymooners": �Six Months to Live�. From 10/4/1952 (See season 1). A doctors note has Ralph beleiving he only has 6 months to live. 6) Jackie brings out an impersonator. Guests include Charles Laughton, Rudy Vallee, Edward G. Robinson & Hop Along Cassidy. 7) Jackie weighs in. 8) "The Poor Soul": The Poor Soul rents a room and has nothing but trouble). 9) "Charlie Bratton": Loudmouth Charlie gets Clem into more trouble when they rehearse for a show. 10) "Rudy The Repairman": Rudy wrecks more havoc when he moves a piano to clean a carpet. 11) "The Honeymooners": "When In Rome". From 2/16/1957 (See season 5). In Italy, Ralph overhears Alice on the phone which leads him to believe that she is having an affair with Harry Vederchi. NOTE: The 2 "Honeymoners" episodes seen in this special are not seen in syndication or available on VHS or DVD. We can only hope MPI will release these episodes on the future repackaged "Lost Episodes" DVD due out in 2005-2006. Syndicated. Running time: 2 hours.

Starring:

Art Carney, Audrey Meadows, Jackie Gleason, Joyce Randolph

Genre:

Comedy, Family