📀Know These Lyrics I❓
The Honeymooners: The Original "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"—But Funnier
For my younger readers (and hopefully there are more than six of you), The Honeymooners was a classic 1950s sitcom starring Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden, a New York bus driver with a heart full of dreams and a wallet full of disappointment. His lifelong mission? Striking it rich—preferably without doing too much work.
In one legendary episode, The $99,000 Answer, Ralph lands a spot on a high-stakes national game show where he has to identify songs. Simple, right? He can quit anytime and keep his winnings or risk it all for the next big question. You know the deal—game show tension, dramatic music, crushing regret.
Determined to prepare, he recruits his best pal, Ed Norton (not the actor—the sewer worker played brilliantly by Art Carney). Norton, ever the helpful sidekick, assists Ralph by playing tunes on the piano. There’s just one problem: before every song, he instinctively bangs out the opening riff of Suwannee River. Over. And over. And over. Ralph, naturally, loses his mind.
But thanks to this rigorous training, by the time Ralph gets on TV, he’s a walking, talking jukebox. He knows every song ever written. He’s ready. He’s confident. He’s about to make history.
And then the first song they give him is… Suwannee River.
And he has no idea what it is.
It floored me as a kid... A joke so good, it still hits decades later. Ralph may not have won the money, but he secured his place in sitcom history.
See how many songs you know just from one line of the lyrics.
Some are no brainers, some are pretty easy & many will take
you to Google to find the answer...
Only to say, Shit, I KNEW THAT!
Answers @ Bottom Of Page
Answers @ Bottom Of Page
1. Look like nothin's gonna come my way
2. And I asked this God a question
3. A man hears what he wants to hear
4. You can learn how to play the game
5. An honest man's pillow is his peace of mind
6. The love you take is equal to the love you make
7. Before you accuse me take a look at yourself
8. You're my sun in the morning And my moon at night
9. Bent out of shape from society's pliers
10. Different strokes for different folks
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11. Don't ask me what I think of you
12. Don't you draw the Queen of Diamonds
13. Fear is the lock and laughter the key
14. For what is a man, what has he got
15. Freedom's just another word
16. Heard ten thousand whispering and nobody listening
17. Cokes are in the ice box
18. How many ears must one man have
19. I don't need no money, fortune, or fame
20. Somebody give me a cheeseburger
21. I understand about indecision
22. I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
23. I was so much older then
24. I got ketchup on my blue jeans
25. I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
26. If we weren't all crazy we would go insane
27. He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you
28. You know they got a hell of a band
29. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
30. If you smile at me
31. I'm not a number Dammit
32. Were at least I know I'm free
33. I ain't no Senator's son
34. Your precious love satisfies my soul
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35. What do I do when lightning strikes me
36. It's better to burn out
37. The man of a thousand voices
38. It's a sad fact that we trust, men that lied to us
39. This means no fear, cavalier, renegade and steering clear
40. You don't need to be coy
41. It's hard to leave when you can't find the door
42. Heartache to heartache
43. No matter what you do, you'll never run away from you
44. Nobody wants him, he just stares at the world
45. With a couple of kids running in the yard
46. We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
47. And the man-beast lies in his cage sniffing popcorn
48. The Earth says, "Hello"
49. No dark sarcasm in the classroom
50. Maybe I'm just like my father
51. I know you think you're the Queen
52. Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet
53. It's so nice to have you back
2. And I asked this God a question
3. A man hears what he wants to hear
4. You can learn how to play the game
5. An honest man's pillow is his peace of mind
6. The love you take is equal to the love you make
7. Before you accuse me take a look at yourself
8. You're my sun in the morning And my moon at night
9. Bent out of shape from society's pliers
10. Different strokes for different folks
11. Don't ask me what I think of you
12. Don't you draw the Queen of Diamonds
13. Fear is the lock and laughter the key
14. For what is a man, what has he got
15. Freedom's just another word
16. Heard ten thousand whispering and nobody listening
17. Cokes are in the ice box
18. How many ears must one man have
19. I don't need no money, fortune, or fame
20. Somebody give me a cheeseburger
21. I understand about indecision
22. I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth
23. I was so much older then
24. I got ketchup on my blue jeans
25. I'd rather be a hammer than a nail
26. If we weren't all crazy we would go insane
27. He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you
28. You know they got a hell of a band
29. If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
30. If you smile at me
31. I'm not a number Dammit
32. Were at least I know I'm free
33. I ain't no Senator's son
34. Your precious love satisfies my soul
35. What do I do when lightning strikes me
36. It's better to burn out
37. The man of a thousand voices
38. It's a sad fact that we trust, men that lied to us
39. This means no fear, cavalier, renegade and steering clear
40. You don't need to be coy
41. It's hard to leave when you can't find the door
42. Heartache to heartache
43. No matter what you do, you'll never run away from you
44. Nobody wants him, he just stares at the world
45. With a couple of kids running in the yard
46. We're living in a powder keg and giving off sparks
47. And the man-beast lies in his cage sniffing popcorn
48. The Earth says, "Hello"
49. No dark sarcasm in the classroom
50. Maybe I'm just like my father
51. I know you think you're the Queen
52. Went the distance, now I'm back on my feet
53. It's so nice to have you back
54. For broken hearted lovers
55. Darling so it goes, some things are meant to be
56. With a gleam in her eye
55. Darling so it goes, some things are meant to be
56. With a gleam in her eye
57. I ran twenty red-lights in his name
58. Hear my words that I might teach you
59. A whole lotta spendin' money
60. Ten years have got behind you
61. For a moment that just don't come
62. Some are dead and some are living
63. There's a ballet being fought out in the alley
64. Because only love can conquer hate
65. I know where you're coming from
66. We learned more from a three minute record
67. What a lover, you wore me out
68. I don't wanna see your shadow no more
69. Don't pull the mask off the Old Lone Ranger
70. So exalted on the face of god's grey Earth
71. Two girls for every boy
72. Swimming in a fish bowl year after year
73. When you call my name, I salivate like a Pavlov dog
74. Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far
75. Being pushed and shoved by people trying to beat the clock
76. With my New York brim and my gold tooth
77. You better start swimming or sink like a stone
78. You bought a guitar to punish your Mom
79. Your mama jumped out, screamin' Don't come back
80. I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
81. You don't need a weatherman
82. And the night got deathly quiet
83. My father yells what you gonna do with your life
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84. I can't hear myself calling for help
85. You broke my will, but what a thrill
86. I can fly like a bird in the sky
87. I'm gonna stand right by your side through thick or thin
88. I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
89. With a love like that, You know you should be glad
90. Don’t forget who’s taking you home
58. Hear my words that I might teach you
59. A whole lotta spendin' money
60. Ten years have got behind you
61. For a moment that just don't come
62. Some are dead and some are living
63. There's a ballet being fought out in the alley
64. Because only love can conquer hate
65. I know where you're coming from
66. We learned more from a three minute record
67. What a lover, you wore me out
68. I don't wanna see your shadow no more
69. Don't pull the mask off the Old Lone Ranger
70. So exalted on the face of god's grey Earth
71. Two girls for every boy
72. Swimming in a fish bowl year after year
73. When you call my name, I salivate like a Pavlov dog
74. Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far
75. Being pushed and shoved by people trying to beat the clock
76. With my New York brim and my gold tooth
77. You better start swimming or sink like a stone
78. You bought a guitar to punish your Mom
79. Your mama jumped out, screamin' Don't come back
80. I went down to the Chelsea drugstore
81. You don't need a weatherman
82. And the night got deathly quiet
83. My father yells what you gonna do with your life
84. I can't hear myself calling for help
85. You broke my will, but what a thrill
86. I can fly like a bird in the sky
87. I'm gonna stand right by your side through thick or thin
88. I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken
89. With a love like that, You know you should be glad
90. Don’t forget who’s taking you home
91. All these people that you mention, yes, I know them
92. Don’t forget to say grace
93. A sermon that no one will hear
94. The taxi's waitin' He's blowin' his horn
95. She feeds you tea and oranges
96. Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
97. But you and I, we've been through that
98. Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done
99. Me, babe, I'm in a rock n' roll band
100. Take your hand off my leg
92. Don’t forget to say grace
93. A sermon that no one will hear
94. The taxi's waitin' He's blowin' his horn
95. She feeds you tea and oranges
96. Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
97. But you and I, we've been through that
98. Through all kinds of weather, through everything we done
99. Me, babe, I'm in a rock n' roll band
100. Take your hand off my leg
101. Do you have faith in God above
102. It’s a town full of losers
103. I ain’t no fool for love songs
104. Play the Song about New Orleans
105. Grab your things, I've come to take you home
106. Tonight tonight the highway's bright
107. The shit has hit the fan
108. All the changes you put me through
109. She don't remember the Queen of Soul
102. It’s a town full of losers
103. I ain’t no fool for love songs
104. Play the Song about New Orleans
105. Grab your things, I've come to take you home
106. Tonight tonight the highway's bright
107. The shit has hit the fan
108. All the changes you put me through
109. She don't remember the Queen of Soul
110. This is not my beautiful wife
111. Fix your hair up pretty
112. Betty Davis knees
113. A bushy bushy blond hairdo
111. Fix your hair up pretty
112. Betty Davis knees
113. A bushy bushy blond hairdo
114. Offer me alternatives and I decline
115. Ten feet off of Beale
116. Like a catfish dancin' on the end of the line
117. Uno dos, one two tres quatro
115. Ten feet off of Beale
116. Like a catfish dancin' on the end of the line
117. Uno dos, one two tres quatro
118. It is not he or she or them
119. She wraps all around me like a rubber band
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120. I wanna find me a blue swirl plastic ocarina
121. You're way on top now since you left me
Instead of going to Google when you give up,
The answers for Part I are all here with videos of each song.
📀Know These Lyrics❓ Part II
119. She wraps all around me like a rubber band
120. I wanna find me a blue swirl plastic ocarina
121. You're way on top now since you left me
Instead of going to Google when you give up,
The answers for Part I are all here with videos of each song.
📀Know These Lyrics❓ Part II