The Man from Space
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The Man From Space is the 14th episode of the TV series The Honeymooners. Ralph uses junk around the apartment to build a 'Man From Space' costume.
[edit] Plot
Ralph wants to borrow $10 so he can buy a costume for the upcoming Racoon Lodge ball and win the $50 prize for most original costume. However, Norton wants to use the money to buy his own costume - that of "Pierre Francois de la Briosche", the inventor of the modern sewer in France.
Unperturbed, Ralph decides to build his own costume out of pieces he gets from around the apartment, intending to show Norton up. Ralph uses knobs, pots and other small pieces around the apartment to make a "Man From Space" outfit for the ball (at one point, one of the knobs from his chest falls off. Ralph quickly picks it up, and without missing a beat, says, "Give me that - that's my de-naturizer."). Just before they're going to go to the ball, Norton shows up crestfallen - it turns out that his 'hero' didn't invent the modern sewer - he banned them. Norton decides to go out to an emergency call rather than show up at the ball without a costume.
At the ball, Ralph (with a little nudging to the judge) looks like he's about to be declared the winner for his costume of a 'pinball machine', when Norton bursts in still wearing his sewer outfit. The judge immediately declares Norton to be the winner, with his wonderful "Man From Space" costume. Ralph looks angrily at Norton, but then Alice starts dancing with Ralph, and Ralph lets a grin show that he holds no hard feelings.
[edit] Facts
- Original airdate: December 31, 1955
- Themes: Scheme; Ralph Vs. Norton; Ralph Vs. Alice; Raccoons
- This episode was featured (and referenced) in the 1985 film Back to the Future. Interestingly enough, a scene featuring it takes place on November 5, 1955, nearly two months before the episode actually first aired.
