The Honeymooners Quotes
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Source: The Honeymooners
Speaker: Ralph Kramden
Baby, you're the greatest.
Context
This romantic line was spoken by Ralph Kramden, played by Jackie Gleason, to his wife, Alice, played by Audrey Meadows, on The Honeymooners (1955-56).
If you're wondering how Jim Belushi ever ended up with Courtney Thorne-Smith or how Tim Allen married Nancy Travis, you can blame Jackie Gleason, the star of The Honeymooners, the first lunkhead husband/hot wife sitcom.
When Ralph Kramden, a bus driver, wasn't threatening to send his wife, Alice, "to the moon" (domestic violence was hi-larious in the 50s) he told her "baby, you're the greatest." Maybe those four words are why she stuck with him.
Where you've heard it
Even though The Honeymooners only ran for 39 episodes, classic lines like this one stick around. It was even remade as a movie in 2005.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
If your significant other says this after threatening to punch you, you're either married to Ralph Kramden or Christian Grey. Either way, you should get out of that relationship.