NYC Bus Drivers, Al Roker's Dad and Ralph Kramden

 

THE TODAY SHOW’s weatherman Al Roker did part of the show this morning riding a New York City public bus  that was filled with NYC Bus drivers.  It was done because Al Roker’s father was a NYC Bus driver.

 It reminded me of a sitcom in the ‘50s THE HONEYMOONERS starring Jackie Gleason as Ralph Kramden and his wife Audrey Meadows as his wife Alice.  They lived in an apartment in the city with the Nortons were their neighbors..  Ralph was a NYC bus driver too.

Ralph had a famous line he repeated a lot : “Someday Alice, POW! Right in the kisser!”

I think that line would not be very funny today.