The Honeymooners (TV Series)

A Woman's Work Is Never Done (1955)

Art Carney: Ed Norton

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Quotes 

• [Ralph and Norton are talking about the Kramdens' new maid] 

  Norton : Is she anything like that maid we saw in that burlesque show? Va-va-voom! You know the maid we saw at the burlesque show? Is she like that?

  Ralph : What maid?

  Norton : You remember, the one that helped Lily St. Cyr into the bathtub full of wine.

  Ralph : Oh no, she's not like that maid. She looks more like the one that installed the bathtub.

• Ralph : I'll call her what I used to call her before we were married.

  Norton : What's that?

  Ralph : Little Buttercup. Wait a minute, I didn't call her that; she called *me* that: Little Buttercup.

  Norton : [Norton giggles] 

  Ralph : What's so funny?

  Norton : *She* used to call *you* her little buttercup?

  Ralph : Yeah! What's so funny about that, Norton?

  Norton : You were a little cup of butter; now you're a whole tub of lard!

• Ralph Kramden : Is that a new shade of lipstick you have?

  Alice Kramden : No. I got a promotion today. Now I'm a jelly donut taster.

  Ralph Kramden : Oh, and look at those alabaster hands. How white and pure.

  Alice Kramden : That's powdered sugar.

  Ed Norton : I don't think the flattery is going so good. Why don't you try a left hook.

• [Norton has seen the Kramdens' new maid, Thelma] 

  Ralph : What do you think of the maid, Norton?

  Norton : Well, without a doubt, Ralph, you have achieved the height of gracious living. You are one of the 400. In fact, you could be all of the 400.

• Ralph Kramden : What does a woman fall for better than anything else?

  Ed Norton : A left hook.

  Ralph Kramden : No. Flattery.