The television series The Honeymooners is about Ralph Kramden and his wife Alice, who are still struggling financially fifteen years after the Depression. It includes all of Ralph and his best friend Ed Norton's get-rich-quick schemes. When Ed is asked how to describe his friends' builds, he uses the terms good bone structure, thin frame and covered in fat. Even his wife gives him a hard time about his weight. In one episode, Alice says, "The only thing you care about is your stomach." (the newlyweds) The entire series has an underlying theme of the struggles of excess weight and the damage it can