johnmcc6 Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Some years ago I received a full set of the honeymooners t v show on tape. Is there a place in Chiang Mai where I can get them copied from tape to disc ? Or where I can get a new or second hand V C R that can play the American format? These are great fun to watch as most everyone who has seen Jackie Gleason in this series would agree. I have searched most of the electronic stores to buy a new V C R /Disc recorder here but have been told they don't sell them in Thailand? Any help greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venturalaw Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 2 years ago I had the same problem. I have many racquetball tapes that I was unable to view. I finally found an expat that was welling to sell his VCR to me along with more than a hundred tapes of movies. It was a package deal so there was no way of avoiding buying all of the tapes which I'll never watch. Anyway it was worth it to get the VCR. Perhaps someone reading this will have one for sale. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Yes, good luck indeed - what a GREAT show that was and each character perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semper Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 If you have an internet connection, they are available. Quite big though (9Gb) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fookhaht Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 (edited) Yes, good luck indeed - what a GREAT show that was and each character perfect. The Jackie Gleason character, through humor, legitimized wife-abuse for a generation of Americans. God only knows how many wife-abusers felt justified in sending their brides "to the moon" as if they were chattel. Edited March 17, 2011 by Fookhaht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojourner Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 You can download these for free, The Honeymooners - The Classic Episodes 1955-1956, on Pirate Bay using bittorrent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venturalaw Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 Yes, good luck indeed - what a GREAT show that was and each character perfect. The Jackie Gleason character, through humor, legitimized wife-abuse for a generation of Americans. God only knows how many wife-abusers felt justified in sending their brides "to the moon" as if they were chattel. I disagree. Alice Kramden, the character brilliantly played by Audrey Meadows, was in complete control of the household and her husband played by Jackie Gleason. There was no abuse, not even a hint of abuse. True spousal abuse is never funny, and there is absolutely no control exercised by the abuse victim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted March 17, 2011 Share Posted March 17, 2011 (edited) Yes, good luck indeed - what a GREAT show that was and each character perfect. The Jackie Gleason character, through humor, legitimized wife-abuse for a generation of Americans. God only knows how many wife-abusers felt justified in sending their brides "to the moon" as if they were chattel. The Honeymooners responsible for wife beating in the USA? I never knew that, I thought it was alcoholism, poverty, drunkenness, drug abuse, poor impulse control, psychopathology, low self esteem, borderline personality etc.......The Honeymooners eh?....... Wow! Edited March 17, 2011 by uptheos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wjmark Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 I should have them all by tomorrow. If anyone wants them PM me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fookhaht Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Yes, good luck indeed - what a GREAT show that was and each character perfect. The Jackie Gleason character, through humor, legitimized wife-abuse for a generation of Americans. God only knows how many wife-abusers felt justified in sending their brides "to the moon" as if they were chattel. ...not even a hint of abuse... Oh really? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbCv6b96OK0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venturalaw Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Yes, good luck indeed - what a GREAT show that was and each character perfect. The Jackie Gleason character, through humor, legitimized wife-abuse for a generation of Americans. God only knows how many wife-abusers felt justified in sending their brides "to the moon" as if they were chattel. ...not even a hint of abuse... Oh really? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbCv6b96OK0 That's comedy. Abuse can never be funny. If that's abuse, whose the victim? You are way off base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fookhaht Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 That's comedy. Abuse can never be funny. If that's abuse, whose the victim? You are way off base. Comedy is routinely used to legitimize social evils: alcoholism, racism, discrimination based on sex/religion/handicaps. Ralph Crandon was just another example--only in the spousal abuse department. If you can laugh at something you'd normally be repulsed at, then you've lowered your moral guard just one more notch. Enough repetition will lower the bar enough to act on it. An unavoidable human trait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langsuan Man Posted March 18, 2011 Share Posted March 18, 2011 Only the Politically Correct Brigade here at Thai Visa could turn the OP's simple request for a TV show into a referendum on spousal abuse :jerk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnmcc6 Posted March 18, 2011 Author Share Posted March 18, 2011 Ralf Cramden was a simple big mouth with equally big heart...everything he did was met with good intention but we knew it would fail and be left to Alice to clean up or forgive. When he was giving her one of his famous rants of to the moon she would just look him in the eye and silence him with a line about his waist being as big as his mouth. Was that somehow abuse from her? Come on. This show was funny full stop. How many abusive men would end with .. "Baby...Your the greatest ? Only the Politically Correct Brigade here at Thai Visa could turn the OP's simple request for a TV show into a referendum on spousal abuse :jerk: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fookhaht Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Ralf Cramden was a simple big mouth with equally big heart...everything he did was met with good intention but we knew it would fail and be left to Alice to clean up or forgive. When he was giving her one of his famous rants of to the moon she would just look him in the eye and silence him with a line about his waist being as big as his mouth. Was that somehow abuse from her? Come on. This show was funny full stop. How many abusive men would end with .. "Baby...Your the greatest ? Point well-taken! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses G. Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Yes, good luck indeed - what a GREAT show that was and each character perfect. The Jackie Gleason character, through humor, legitimized wife-abuse for a generation of Americans. God only knows how many wife-abusers felt justified in sending their brides "to the moon" as if they were chattel. If he ever actually hit her, you might have a point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uptheos Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 "Guilty your honor.........I did it, but The Honeymooners were to blame" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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