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Episode Guide
The Adoption
Series: The Honeymooners
Series Progress: Episode 16 of 4635% Completed
Synopsis
Originally seen as a 37-minute sketch on the March 26, 1955, edition of The Jackie Gleason Show, "The Adoption" is easily the most poignant and heartrending of all the Honeymooners episodes. Anxious to adopt a baby, Ralph and Alice go to great lengths to impress Miss Lawrence (Anne Seymour) of the adoption agency -- even passing off expensive borrowed furniture as their own. Touched by the Kramdens' desperation, Miss Lawrence agrees to locate a child for them, only to be taken aback when Ralph expresses anger that the baby is a girl and not a boy. Ultimately, Ralph comes to accept and love little "Ralphina," but his happiness, and Alice's, is tragically short-lived; the birth mother regrets putting the child up for adoption and wants her back. Though "Adoption" delivers the usual quota of laughs -- especially when Ralph and Ed rehearse the nightly feeding ritual -- the emotional finale lingers longer in the memory than any of the previous comic set pieces. A new musical version of The Adoption" was telecast as a one-hour special in the spring of 1966, sparking a Honeymooners revival that lasted until 1969.
📊 Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 22 hours 47 minutes (46 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Relaxed Watch - Easy viewing. Perfect for casual watches.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 46 days
3 episodes/day: 16 days
5 episodes/day: 10 days
Episodes (46)
- - Peacemaker
- - Love Letter
- - Brother-in-Law
- - Move Uptown
- - People's Choice
- - Goodbye Aunt Ethel
- - Prowler/Glow Worm Cleaning
- - Vacation at Fred's Landing
- - A Promotion
- - One Big Happy Family
- - Hero
- - Double Anniversary Party
- - Box Top Kid
- - Finders Keepers
- - The Next Champ
- - The Adoption Viewing
- - Expectant Father; Cold
- - The Hypnotist
- - Great Jewel Robbery
- - Songwriters
- - Two Men on a Horse
- - Cottage for Sale
- - Battle of the Sexes
- - Letter to the Boss
- - Little Man Who Wasn't There
- - Boys and Girls Together
- - Two Family Car
- - Teamwork Beats the Clock
- - Stars over Flatbush
- - This Is Your Life
- - Songs and Witty Sayings
- - Goodnight Sweet Prince
- - Man in the Blue Suit
- - A Weighty Problem
- - Cupid
- - Hot Dog Stand
- - Principle of the Thing
- - Hair-Raising Tale
- - Catch a Star
- - The Check-Up
- - Six Months to Live
- - Box Top Kid
- - Kramden vs Norton
- - Ralph's Sweet Tooth
- - Stand-in for Murder
- - My Fair Landlord