For the last couple of years I’ve sat down and cobbled together a complete rundown of the annual marathon of episodes of “The Honeymooners” that is presented to us over on PIX11. In 2020 it was super important to keep people indoors for safety’s sake and now with the terrible surge in cases of this Omicron variant I think that this might be the best course of action for 2021’s New Year’s Eve as well. At the risk of repeating myself I will say that this classic comedy is the perfect way to both close out and open up a hopefully promising New Year of 2022. The continuation of the pandemic has divided a lot of us based on who has received the full vaccine dosage and those who refute its effectiveness and to be honest the fights about this are far too nasty to line out in this humble narrative. The editorial High Command of “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken” have taken all three of the shots and we did Pfizer and are happy to have done so. End of soapboxing. If you have the space on your DVR you should start programming them now so you are able to switch channels to the favored network to watch the ball drop before you return to the fun of “The Honeymooners”. I programmed this last year for myself even though I own the DVD of the classic episodes. As in the past marathons, some of the funniest and best of the episodes will be aired so head over to WPIX 11 and spend some time in Brooklyn with Ralph Kramden, Ed Norton, Alice Kramden and Trixie Norton and just relax. The shows begin at 11PM and run continuously into the next day with a brief pause for other programming at 8AM until it picks up again at 11AM. Let’s take a look.
December 31st:
11:00PM – Better Living Through TV
11:30PM – Pal O’ Mine
January 1st:
12:00AM – Hello, Mom
12:30AM – The Deciding Vote
1:00AM – Something Fishy
1:30AM – Brother Ralph
2:00AM – Here Comes The Bride
2:30AM – Young Man with a Horn
3:00AM – The Loudspeaker
3:30AM – On Stage
4:00AM – The Babysitter
4:30AM – Please Leave The Premises
5:00AM – Pardon My Glove
5:30AM – Trapped
6:00AM – A Man’s Pride
6:30AM – Dial J for Janitor
7:00AM – A Matter of Record
7:30AM – A Dog’s Life
11:00AM – TV or Not TV
11:30AM – Funny Money
12:00PM – The Golfer
12:30PM – A Woman’s Work Is Never Done
1:00PM – A Matter of Life and Death
1:30PM – The Sleepwalker
2:00PM – Oh, My Aching Back
2:30PM – Ralph Kramden, Inc.
3:00PM – Opportunity Knocks, But
3:30PM – Alice and the Blonde
4:00PM – The Man From Space
4:30PM – Mama Loves Mambo
January 2nd:
12:00AM – The $99,000 Answer
12:30AM – Mind Your Own Business
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Piercing Ken Thoughts: This year the network is airing “30” of the episodes from the full original series “39” episodes. I like that they broke only for two hours for other stuff before getting right back into it. You might notice that I also listed what plays as the second day of the New Year dawns because they are two very funny episodes that didn’t make the marathon this time around. You’ll need some space on the DVR if you are planning on programming them or enough allowed whatever on a cloud-based system. Last year I recorded all of the marathon for “The Twilight Zone” as well but this year I am only doing that with “The Honeymooners” since I am not sure about the space on the DVR. I’ve fallen a bit behind with some of the shows and need the space to be clear. Between the pandemic and working strange hours and days I am making my own New Year’s Eve plans simple. If you are venturing anywhere please be smart about it. I said that I approached 2021 with a measure of caution after what 2020 did to us and it seems that 2021 did much of the same so please be kind to us 2022. If you are planning on watching the marathon please chime in down below and maybe let me know what some of your favorite episodes are. Oh yeah and by the way, this list is culled from numerous television programming sites and could change if something merits it. If something doesn’t play for some reason or episodes are switched up don’t come yelling at me as I am NOT responsible for that. I make this list and leave it alone. Let me close by wishing you an early “Happy New Year” and I hope that you are going to be playing it safe and that 2022 is a better one for all of us.
PS: The SyFy Network is running a “The Twilight Zone” Marathon but that began at 6AM this morning. I shared the rundown of episodes on the PiercingMetal website so check out the listing by clicking HERE
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Official Series Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Honeymooners