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The Honeymooners is an American television sitcom which originally aired from 1955 to 1956, created by and starring Jackie Gleason, and based on a recurring comedy sketch of the same name that had been part of Gleason's variety show.

References to The Honeymooners in The Simpsons

Characters

Picture	Character name	Reference
	Ralph Wiggum	Ralph was named after comedian Jackie Gleason's character on The Honeymooners Ralph Kramden.

Episodes

Picture	Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
250px	7	146	"The Day the Violence Died"	When Roger Meyers, Jr. pleads his case in court, he mentions that several animated television series and characters were plagiarized from other series and characters: "Animation is built on plagiarism! If it weren't for someone plagiarizing The Honeymooners, we wouldn't have The Flintstones. He also mentions Art Carney (who played Ed Norton on The Honeymooners) as the inspiration for Yogi Bear.
	8	172	"Grade School Confidential"	Homer thought Mrs. Krabappel's last name was "Crandall," as in Ralph and Alice Crandall.
	11	242	"Pygmoelian"	Homer appearing as an angel on It Never Ends is a reference to Jackie Gleason's appearance as the Chef of the Future in the episode of The Honeymooners "Better Living Through TV".
	12	257	"HOMЯ"	The leopard cartoon character at the animation festival is based on Ralph Kramden.
	18	392	"Yokel Chords"	The end, when Cletus says, "Baby, you're the greatest!", followed by "Honeymooners" music and a face on the Moon.
	20	431	"How the Test Was Won"	Couch gag: The Simpsons parody different The Honeymooners, with Homer as the bus driver Ralph Kramden, Bart as Ed Norton, Lisa as Trixie Norton and Marge as Alice Kramden.
	20	441	"Coming to Homerica"	Couch gag: repeat of LABF02's couch gag.
	23	494	"The Ten-Per-Cent Solution"	At the Museum of TV and Television is seen The Adventures of Fatso Flanagan, a parody of The Honeymooners.
	23	498	"Moe Goes from Rags to Riches"	Couch gag: repeat of LABF02's couch gag.
	30	660	"D'oh Canada"	Couch gag: repeat of LABF02's couch gag.

Common cast members

Picture	Name	Role in The Honeymooners	Role on The Simpsons
	Audrey Meadows	Portrayed Alice Kramden.	Voiced Beatrice Simmons in "Old Money".

External links

The Honeymooners at Wikipedia

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