6/2/2023 0 Comments To the moon alice memeEven Alice never flinched–supposedly because she, too, knew those words signaled an empty threat. So hilarious this empty threat, for America knew that Ralph would never make good on the threat. An upraised fist often accompanied his threat. Of course, the idea was that this was how far he would knock her. “To the moon, Alice, to the moon!” he would rasp at his wife (played by the inimitable Audrey Meadows) whenever he had no less predictable comeback to her never predictable jibes. On The Honeymooners, “Ralph Kramden” (played by Jackie Gleason) had a phrase that those of us of a certain age can’t help but remember.
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