
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.

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.

The Kramdens watch for a prowler; Alice becomes a "Glow Worm Girl" for a commercial.