
Ralph Kramden is a perpetually flustered but eternally optimistic New York City bus driver living with his wife, Alice, in a small Brooklyn apartment. Ralph's best friend is sanitation worker Ed Norton, who lives in the same building with wife Trixie.

The Nortons move in with the Kramdens while their apartment gets painted; Ralph invites his boss to dinner.

Ralph's attempt to secure Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey as performers for the Raccoon's Ball hits a snag when he finds the brothers in the middle of a feud.

Ralph tries to remold his character, only to have Alice ask him to return to his old self.

Ralph boasts about being head of the household and bets he can make Alice cook a particular dinner.