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Tired of Ralph's complaints about household chores not being done, Alice convinces him to hire a maid. But the new domestic is rapidly getting fed up taking orders from Norton and Ralph, or as she calls them, "the simp and the blimp." Thelma: Betty Garde. Wilson: Frank Marth.

In a classic episode, Ralph and Norton appear on a TV commercial trying to sell their Handy Housewife Helper, a kitchen gadget that can, among other things, open cans, remove corns and "core a apple." In the inspired, ad-lib-laden episode, "Chef of the Future" Ralph demonstrates the wonders of the gizmo to "Chef of the Past" Norton.

Intending to win the $50 first prize at the Racoon Lodge's costume ball, Ralph---unable to wangle a loan from Norton (who's going dressed as the Frenchman who "built the sewers of Paris")---decides to create his own outfit. And what an outfit! After appropriating (among other things) a faucet, a pot, a radio tube and the icebox door, he presents himself as the Man from Space.

Ralph needs a loan from Norton, so he sells him a share of his future earnings as a corporation---Ralph Kramden, Inc. It's another con job by Ralph, of course, until he learns that an old woman with a $40 million estate died and left him in her will. That's enough for Norton, as an officer in the corporation, to remind Ralph about one "small detail"---that they need to bring a suitcase to the read

Ralph cooks up another get-rich-quick scheme---and, as usual, winds up in the doghouse---after he samples a great-tasting appetizer that he found in the icebox. Convinced that his boss, Mr. Marshall, will bankroll the curious culinary delight after he tastes it, an eager Ralph dubs the treat "KramMar's Delicious Mystery Appetizer" and boasts to Norton: "It just goes to prove what I've always said:

Ralph wants to prove to Alice that he's still young at heart by learning dances like the Big Apple and the Suzie Q., which prompts Norton to ask: "How can anyone so round be so square?" But he's still determined, so the Kramdens and the Nortons decide to make a night of it by going roller-skating. Ralph on wheels at the rink makes for one of the series' classic scenes. Another has Norton teaching

Audrey Meadows said that she "loved" the episode titled "Alice and the Blonde." In it, for once, it's Alice who's fuming and all because of what happens at the home of one of Ralph's co-workers. Trying to ingratiate himself with Bert Weedemeyer (who Ralph thinks may become the bus company's new general manager), Ralph (with Norton by his side, naturally) heaps compliments on the man's wife, a dits

The Kramdens exchange presents in a Christmas episode with an O. Henry twist. Ralph is particularly proud of the gift he has for Alice: a hairpin box made of 2000 matchsticks that, he's been told, was smuggled from the palace of the Emperor of Japan.

Two bumbling apprentices to the master toymaker of Toyland try to raise money to help Little Bo-Peep and her sweetheart Tom-Tom.

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