<P> Played by Art Carney; a New York City municipal sewer worker and Ralph's best friend (and upstairs neighbor). He is considerably more good - natured than Ralph, but nonetheless trades insults with him on a regular basis . Ed (typically called "Norton" by Ralph and sometimes by his own wife, Trixie) often gets mixed up in Ralph's schemes . His carefree and rather dimwitted nature usually results in raising Ralph's ire, while Ralph often showers him with verbal abuse and throws him out of the apartment when Ed irritates him . In most episodes, Ed is shown to be better - read, better - liked, more worldly and more even - tempered than Ralph, despite his unassuming manner and the fact that he usually lets Ralph take the lead in their escapades . Ed and Ralph both are members of the fictional Raccoon Lodge . ("An Emergency Meeting is an emergency meeting--never a poker game . An Executive Meeting, that's a poker game .") According to Entertainment Weekly, Norton is one of the "greatest sidekicks ." Ed worked for the New York City sewer department and described his job as a "Sub-supervisor in the sub-division of the department of subterranean sanitation, I just keep things moving along ." He served in the U.S. Navy, and used his G.I. Bill money to pay for typing school, but felt he was unable to work in an office because he hated working in confined spaces . The relatively few scenes set in the Norton apartment showed it to have the same layout as the Kramdens' but is much more nicely furnished . Though Norton makes the same weekly $62 salary as Ralph (about $555 in 2016 dollars), their higher standard of living might be explained by Norton's freer use of credit; at one point he admits to having 19 charge accounts . Like Ralph, Ed enjoys and is good at bowling and playing pool . Ed is the inspiration for Barney Rubble in The Flintstones . He's also the inspiration behind Yogi Bear (in terms of design, clothing, and mannerisms). </P> <P> In 1999, TV Guide ranked him 20th on its list of the "50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time ." </P> <P> Played most famously by Joyce Randolph; Ed's wife and Alice's best friend . She did not appear in every episode and had a less developed character, though she is shown to be somewhat bossy toward her husband . In one episode, she surprisingly is depicted as a pool hustler . On another episode, Ralph insults Trixie by making a reference to Minsky's (a famous New York City burlesque theater; the original Trixie character was an ex-burlesque dancer). There are a few references to Trixie's burlesque background in the lost episodes (e.g., Norton: "Every night I'd meet her backstage and hand her a rose...It was her costume!"). Randolph played Trixie as an ordinary, rather prudish, housewife, complaining to her husband on one occasion when a "fresh" young store clerk called her "sweetie pie ." In a 1967 special, Trixie (played by Jane Kean from 1966--1970 and 1976--1978) resentfully denied Ralph's implications that she "worked in burlesque" to which he replied "If the shoe fits, take it off ." Trixie is the inspiration for Betty Rubble in The Flintstones . </P> <P> Elaine Stritch was the first and original Trixie Norton in a Honeymooners sketch with Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, and Pert Kelton . The ex-dancer character was rewritten and recast after just one episode with the more wholesome looking Randolph playing the character as a housewife . </P>

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