Video: 'Honeymooners S01E01 (TV or Not TV)' (aired Oct. 1, 1955)

(Saturday, October 1, 1955, 8:30 p.m. EDT) — Ralph and Norton buy a TV set together and constantly fight over what to watch on tonight’s debut episode of the CBS sitcom television series The Honeymooners, based on a recurring 1951–55 Cavalcade of Stars sketch of the same name about two working-class married couples starring Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Audrey Meadows and Joyce Randolph.

In 1997, TV Guide ranked this episode number 26 on its “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time” list.

All 39 episodes of The Honeymooners were filmed at the DuMont Television Network’s Adelphi Theatre at 152 West 54th Street in Manhattan before an audience of 1,000.