TITLE: "In Twenty-Five Words or Less"
DATE: September 17, 1966
Ralph wins the Flakey Wakey trip to Europe for four by entering a slogan contest.

TITLE: "Ship of Fools"
DATE: October 1, 1966
The Kramdens and Nortons sail to Europe. Ralph and Ed set themselves adrift on a life boat but are rescued some time later. Upon arriving in Paris, Ralph poses for a publicity photo and falls off the deck.

TITLE: "The Poor People of Paris"
DATE: October 8, 1966
Ralph & Ed get a great exchange rate -- on counterfeit money

TITLE: "Confusion Italian Style"
DATE: October 15, 1966
Ralph is jealous of Alice's guide, not knowing the guide is a little boy.

TITLE: "The Curse of the Kramdens"
DATE: October 29, 1966
Ralph & Ed have to spend the night in the ancestral Kramden castle, which has its very own ghost.

TITLE: "The Honeymooners in England"
DATE: November 12, 1966
The Kramdens & Nortons appear in a Flakey Wakey commercial on an English TV show. Ralph makes a fool of himself and Ed accidently overturns a piano. The Kramdens flee London in Shame but are invited back because the audience loved the commercial.

TITLE: "You're in the Picture"
DATE: November 19, 1966
Blackmailers fake a hanky-panky photo of Ralph in Madrid, and for once, Alice is jealous.

TITLE: "We Spy"
DATE: December 3, 1966
Ralph and Ed wander onto a Russian firing range while visiting Germany and are mistaken for spies.

TITLE: "Petticoat Jungle"
DATE: December 10, 1966
The Kramdens & Nortons go on a safari. The men go hunting -- Ralph kills a rabbit, Ed kills an elephant.

TITLE: "King of the Castle"
DATE: January 7, 1967
Back from Europe, Ralph advises Ed to stand up to Trixie -- and suddenly, Alice moves in with Trixie and Ed is living with Ralph.

December 17, 1966: Ralph doesn't know that Alice has taken in knitting to pay for his Christmas present, so when he discovers baby things in the apartment he assumes Alice is pregnant. He takes on a job as a sidewalk santa with Norton as his helper. They are both arrested as opperatives in a bookmaking operation.

January 14, 1967: Ralph treats himself, Alice and the Nortons to the movies for Ed's birthday. Ed's ticket wins the door prize -- a color TV. Ralph declares war on Ed because he paid for the tickets and wants the TV. Eventually they take their case to court but reconcile after hearing Alice's testimony.

February 4, 1967: Ralph's brother-in-law Stanley pursuades Ralph and Ed into buying a strategically located hotel along the route of a proposed highway. The highway ends up bypassing the hotel, putting Ralph and Ed out of business but money in Stanley's pocket since he's a construction worker on the new highway.

February 11, 1967: Ralph pairs up with Ed and Alice pairs up with Trixie to enter a talent contest. Alice and Trixie win first place and Alice uses her winnings to buy Ralph the expensive fishing gear he's had his eyes on.

March 4, 1967: Ralph tries to score points with his boss by collecting money from the drivers at the depot and buying the boss' daughter an elegant watch as a wedding present. Alics and her mother discover the watch and since it's Alice's birthday, jump to the wrong conclusion. Ralph stages a phony holdup to get the watch back but is thwarted when a real crook overhears his scheme.

March 18, 1967: Ralph is asked to invite his celebrity friend that he always brags about, Jackie Gleason, to the annual Raccoons dance. In desperation, Ralph & Ed go over to the hotel that Gleason is staying to try to get him to come. Ralph gets to speak to Carney and Ed gets to speak to Gleason but in the confusion, nobody is invited to the dance. Alice promises Gleason the recipe for her anchovy pizza and he shows up at the dance.

April 11, 1967: The Kramdens and Nortons, unable to make ends meet around tax time, decide to move to a large two-bedroom apartment in Flushing and split all expenses. The plan fails when Ralph complains of a dwindling food supply and insufficient time in the bathroom, so they all pack up and move back to Chauncey Street.

April 22, 1967: A Coney Island fortune teller tells Ralph that he is going to commit a murder within a week. Ralph wants Alice to move in with her mother till the week passes but Alice refuses. Ralph moves in with Ed and gets so exasperated at him that he nearly kills him. In the end, Ralph manages to get himself arrested for safety by assaulting a police officer.

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