The Honeymooners (TV Series)

On Stage (1956)

Art Carney: Ed Norton

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Quotes 

• Ralph : They want to put on a show and sell tickets and that way, the lodge can get money.

  Ed Norton : Well, now, wait a minute, Ralph. That ain't such a bad idea, you know.

  Ralph : Are you kidding? If the Raccoon Lodge put on a play, the only way they would make money is to let everybody in free and then charge them to get out.

• Ralph : If this lodge doesn't get some money soon, there isn't going to be a lodge. Did you hear what happened yesterday?

  Ed Norton : What?

  Ralph : The Acme Finance Company come in and took out the pool table. Day before that, they come in and took out the television set and the phonograph. And the day before that, they come in and took out the piano. What are we gonna do, Norton?

  Ed Norton : Well, we could hold our meetings at the Acme Finance Company.

• Mr. Faversham : Mr. Kramden, you have a magnificent stage presence. And that voice! Mr. Norton, did you notice when he came in how his voice filled the room?

  Ed Norton : I did notice that the room got a little crowded. I didn't realize that it was his voice.

• Ed Norton : [reading from a script, as he helps Ralph rehearse]  "I don't possess a mansion, a villa in France, a yacht, or a string of poloponies."

  Ralph : "I'm glad to hear..."

  [stops and looks up] 

  Ralph : "String of poloponies"? Where do you see that?

  Ed Norton : [pointing at script]  Right there - "a string of poloponies".

  Ralph : That's "a string of polo ponies"!

• Ralph Kramden : Are you crazy, you don't fit Hannigans' part.

  Ed Norton : Maybe not, but I do fit Hannigan's costume.