In 1986, someone at Independent Network News had the bright idea to visit the real-life address of the Kramdens, 328 Chauncey Street, and harass the residents by asking them if they had ever seen the Kramdens and Nortons. The result is as goofy as it sounds, but since it's related to The Honeymooners, I am glad it exists and glad that WPIX recently posted it on its Facebook archives page (The Roku version cuts off, unfortunately).
The reporter notes that the address is actually in Bushwick, not Bensonhurst as the show had it, but it's cool that there is a real-life address. It's harmless to have a guy with a mic poke his head in a sewer and ask for a microphone. I would like to see more of this brand of investigative journalism--like a trip to the real-life Mockingbird Lane or the Shady Rest Hotel in Hooterville.
Speaking of hoots, the comments on that post are a hoot, and one person even posts the Alice Kramden grinning pic that so terrified me all these years. Check it out (I don't think I can embed here), and let's hope for more 'Mooners content on the PIX Archives page.
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