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In 1951, Jackie Gleason created the characters of Ralph and Alice Kramden and Ed and Trixie Norton for the variety show Cavalcade of Stars. The Honeymooners moved to CBS in 1952 as part of The Jackie Gleason Show starring Art Carney as Ed, Audrey Meadows as Alice and Joyce Randolph as Trixie. In 1955, The Honeymooners debuted as a half-hour series and ran for 39 episodes. These episodes, now referred to as "The Classic 39," were filmed in front of a live audience and have been seen in syndication continuously since 1957.
Following the 1955 season, Gleason returned to the popular variety-show format of The Jackie Gleason Show, where The Honeymooners sketches continued off and on until 1970. In 1985, Gleason released the so-called "Lost Episodes"
--The Honeymooners sketches originally performed on The Jackie Gleason Show in the 1950s.
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