Ralph Kramden also stands out as a fan-favorite. The Honeymooners main character, played by Jackie Gleason, was a hot-tempered bus driver, but he had a lot of heart. He was one of those blue-collar men that many could relate to, looking for ways to improve life for his family. Only, for Ralph, it was more about searching for the get-rich-quick schemes to avoid the hard work, and who doesn\u2019t love a character like that?<\/p>\n
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Leave It to Beaver brought us Theodore \u201cBeaver\u201d Cleaver, who captured the heart of childhood in the 1950s. He was inquisitive and kind, but he didn\u2019t half get up to trouble! Of course, when he did do something wrong, it was with the right intentions, so it was hard not to feel for him or stay mad at him. There\u2019s a reason there\u2019s a full FAST channel devoted to the show.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, it\u2019s not the characters but the way the story is written that makes someone memorable. That was the case with George and Gracie on The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show. The two actors played exaggerated versions of themselves, but it was George\u2019s fourth-wall-breaking moments that had everyone chuckling. If you\u2019re looking for something to forget about the world with, it\u2019s this series!<\/p>\n
Love to keep testing your memory on TV classics? The Mental Floss quiz page<\/a> is packed with challenges, whether you want TV<\/a>, movie<\/a>, or music<\/a> trivia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to the sitcoms of the 1950s, some will stand out more than others. I Love…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-583170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}