The Honeymooners?

Super random pick for tonight, because we like to mix it up here on Dino Drac After Dark.

Here’s a Christmassy episode of The Honeymooners:

Strangely enough, I did watch The Honeymooners fairly regularly as a kid, and probably still as an early teenager. If I’m remembering things right, the reruns were a staple on WPIX, which aired them late at night as the final “real” show before hours of infomercials.

The opening voice-over (“Jackie Gleason! The Honeymooners!”) used to piss me off, as it signaled the end of my nightly marathons and meant that the best thing left on television was… well, this. It couldn’t compare to shows like Cheers, but the truth is that I grew to like it.

It’s been many years since I’ve seen The Honeymooners, but I still can’t think of it without remembering those oddly sweet times when I was looking for any excuse to stay awake, tiptoeing to the pitch black kitchen to steal more handfuls of Saltines.