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Sanity Claws

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1. Ralph spent money on get quick rich schemes

Mon Jun 10, 2019, 01:12 PM

Jun 2019

He also had enough money to belong to a lodge and go bowling regularly. Clearly they had some disposable income.

I don't think that they lived in squalor. People lived a lot more modestly in the 1950s. The Kramdens had a one-bedroom apartment and most apartments at the time had exterior fire escapes.

As for the Nortons, their apartment was nicer. I did some research after my initial post and found this, https://eyesofageneration.com/welcome-to-the-ed-norton-apartment-this-great-color-photo-was-taken-in-april/
Yes, the Nortons clearly had a nicer apartment. I also remember that they got a television before the Kramdens did.

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Ralph Kramden's salary [View all] Cartoonist Jun 2019 OP

Ralph spent money on get quick rich schemes Sanity Claws Jun 2019 #1

I thought the same, just a normal nice place to live. Squalor? Not at all. mahina Jun 2019 #12

Artistic license snowybirdie Jun 2019 #2

$62 per week PSPS Jun 2019 #3

You got it, Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #4

I thought it was about him snoring Cartoonist Jun 2019 #5

The issues with poverty Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #6

Speaking of Gleason PSPS Jun 2019 #9

Iconic Role. Wellstone ruled Jun 2019 #10

Was Gleason on The Life of Riley? Jane Austin Jun 2019 #13

Bendix took the role in the second incarnation PSPS Jun 2019 #14

Ah, thanks. Jane Austin Jun 2019 #16

Gosh. I thought it was $84 a week. Mister Ed Jun 2019 #7

I believe the tv apt. set is either in the Brooklyn Transit Museum or the Museum of Radio and TV in 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #8

I thought it looked very comfortable, never considered it squalor. mahina Jun 2019 #11

NYC workers in the 1950s did to have large salaries delisen Jun 2019 #15