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Video: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney take a golf lesson
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![Jackie Gleason portrayed Ralph Kramden in "The Honeymooners." The show premiered 57 years ago today.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/media/USATODAY/gameon/2012/10/01/10-01-2012-jackie-gleason-honeymooners-16_9.jpg?width=660&height=374&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
The Honeymooners is the sitcom by which all sitcoms are measured.
The show, starring Jackie Gleason and Art Carney, premiered on this day in 1955.
Fifty-seven years later the show has become a cult favorite and its scenes acted out by devotees that rival those for The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Classic scenes include Ralph and Ed trying to learn golf from a textbook leading to Norton's iconic phrase "hello, ball."
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