"The Honeymooners," Where Ralph Kramden Is A Stone Butch And All Threats Of Physical Violence Are Replaced By Wistful Desires To Escape Into Outer Space
"The Honeymooners," Where Ralph Kramden Is A Stone Butch And All Threats Of Physical Violence Are Replaced By Wistful Desires To Escape Into Outer Space
RALPH [with terrible, aching yearning]: One of these days…One of these days…Alice, I swear – POW. Right in the kisser. One day when I’m brave, and you’re safe, I’ll – [softly] I swear I’ll kiss her. ALICE: Listen, Ralph, you can argue all you want, but I want you to get one thing straight: my mother is coming here, and my mother is always welcome in my house.
I'm... undone by this? I have to get myself together, I have go get a haircut, but now I'm weeping?
*chomps on cigar* This is great, kid, but where are the laughs?