Hazel

1961

Hazel

7.2 | TV-G | en | Comedy

Hazel is an American sitcom about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers, the Baxters. The five-season, 154-episode series aired in primetime from September 28, 1961 until April 11, 1966 and was produced by Screen Gems. The show aired on NBC for its first four seasons, and then on CBS for its final season. The first season, except for one color episode was in black and white, the remainder in color. The show was based on the popular single-panel comic strip by cartoonist Ted Key, which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP29 A Question of Ethics

Apr. 11,1966

Hazel runs afoul of the real-estate commission when she tries to drum up business for Steve. Shirley Booth, Lynn Borden. Johansson: John Qualen. Mrs. Johansson: Alice Frost. Ryan: Bill Zuckert.

EP28 A Little Bit of Genius

Apr. 04,1966

Harold is jealous when his friend is put in an advanced class. Shirley Booth, Bobby Buntrock, Ray Fulmer, Lynn Borden. Jeff: Pat Cardi. Mona: Mala Powers.

EP27 The Perfect Boss

Mar. 28,1966

Hazel enters Steve in a perfect-boss contest. Ray Fulmer, Lynn Borden. Millie: Ann Jillian. Clara: Alice Backes. Mona: Mala Powers.

EP26 Bee in Her Bonnet

Mar. 21,1966

Tea-leaf reader Hazel sees trouble for Steve. Shirley Booth, Ray Fulmer, Lynn Borden. Hogan: Guy Raymond. Mrs. Fillmore: Kathryn Givney.

EP25 Hazel's Free Enterprise

Mar. 14,1966

Hazel tries marketing her chili sauce. Lynn Borden, Ray Fulmer. Rickey: Ed Prentiss. Moore: Byron Foulger. Mona: Mala Powers. Fred: Charles Bateman.

EP24 Who Can Afford a Bargain?

Mar. 07,1966

Steve tries selling a house in an exclusive neighborhood. Shirley Booth, Ray Fulmer, Lynn Borden. Bill: Lawrence Haddon. Millie: Ann Jillian. Mona: Mala Powers. Craven: John Harmon.

EP23 But is it Art?

Feb. 28,1966

Hazel mistakes an artist for a house painter. Ames: Claude Akins. Ralph: Bill McLean. Shirley Booth, Ray Fulmer, Lynn Borden, Bobby Buntrock.

EP22 Please Don't Shout

Feb. 21,1966

Hazel is dealt out of Steve's card game---for winning too often. Shirley Booth, Ray Fulmer, Lynn Borden. Jack: Charles Francisco. Harvey: Gene Blakely. Fred: Charles Bateman. Rosie: Maudie Prickett.

EP21 My Son, the Sheepdog

Feb. 14,1966

Harold organizes a rock 'n' roll group. Shirley Booth, Ray Fulmer, Lynn Borden. Jeff: Pat Cardi. Mona: Mala Powers.

EP20 How to Find Work Without Really Trying

Feb. 07,1966

Hazel is disappointed when she wins a dinner for two---and no one can join her. Woods: Victor Jory. Hazel: Shirley Booth. Pierre: Louis Mercier. Barbara: Lynn Borden. Steve: Ray Fulmer.

EP19 Harold's Gift Horses

Jan. 31,1966

Hazel learns that Harold is getting gifts from his teacher. Miss Kirkland: Anne Seymour. Shirley Booth, Bobby Buntrock, Ray Fulmer, Lynn Borden.

EP18 Boom or Bust

Jan. 24,1966

Steve puts the household on a budget.

EP17 #9202a8c04000641f800000000ad0c37c

Jan. 17,1966

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EP16 Once an Actor

Jan. 10,1966

Pat O'Brien guest stars as Barbara's visiting uncle---who arrives a month too early. Shirley Booth, Lynn Borden, Ray Fulmer. Miss Kirkland: Anne Seymour.

EP15 A Car Named Chrysanthemum

Jan. 03,1966

Hazel tries overhauling a used car by herself. Ray Fulmer, Lynn Borden. Ricci: Peter Brocco. Haverstraw: Alvy Moore. Millie: Ann Jillian.

EP14 Hazel's Endearing Young Charms

Dec. 27,1965

Steve is getting an inferiority complex: Hazel is constantly bragging about the success of his brother. Steve: Ray Fulmer. Harry Thompson: Richard P. Lieb. Barbara: Lynn Borden. Deirdre: Cathy Lewis.

EP13 Noblesse Oblige

Dec. 13,1965

Hazel argues about a parking spot with the wife of Steve's client. Shirley Booth, Ray Fulmer. Cora: Lee Patrick. Deirdre: Cathy Lewis. Prichard: Nelson Olmsted.

EP12 Kindly Advise

Dec. 06,1965

Deirdre enrolls Susie in elocution school. Shirley Booth, Lynn Borden, Ray Fulmer. Susie: Julia Benjamin.

EP11 The Crush

Nov. 29,1965

Steve tries discouraging the teenager who has a crush on him. Shirley Booth, Ray Fulmer, Lynn Borden. Millie: Ann Jillian.

EP10 A Bull's Eye for Cupid

Nov. 22,1965

Hazel tries to reconcile a married couple. Ray Fulmer, Lynn Borden. Mona: Mala Powers. Fred: Charles Bateman.

EP9 A Lot to Remember

Nov. 15,1965

At an auction, Hazel buys a plot of land. Hazel: Shirley Booth. Laura: Anne Seymour. Barbara: Lynn Borden. Auctioneer: John Hiestand. Commissioner: Douglas Evans. Steve: Ray Fulmer.

EP8 Hazel Sits it Out

Nov. 08,1965

Hazel shows a house to one of Steve's clients. Shirley Booth, Ray Fulmer, Lynn Borden. Mrs. Clark: Mabel Albertson. Bullock: Malcolm Atterbury.

EP7 Hazel Needs a Car

Nov. 01,1965

Hazel tries talking Steve into lending her money. Shirley Booth, Ray Fulmer, Lynn Borden. Foster: Louis Quinn.

EP6 A Haunting We Will Go

Oct. 25,1965

Steve is accused of selling a haunted house. Shirley Booth, Lynn Borden. Garrison: Charles Francisco. Swanton: Dabney Coleman. Timmons: Vaughn Taylor.

EP5 The Holdout

Oct. 18,1965

Minerva Anderson refuses to sell her property to Steve. Ray Fulmer, Shirley Booth. Minerva: Ellen Corby. Fox: Lawrence Haddon. Miss Cameron: Shannon Farnon.

EP4 Do Not Disturb Occupants

Oct. 11,1965

Hazel puts the Baxter home on the market. Shirley Booth, Ray Fulmer, Lynn Borden. Stoneham: Oliver McGowan.

EP3 How to Lose 30 Pounds in 30 Minutes

Sep. 27,1965

Wanting to lose 30lbs, Hazel joins a health spa and quickly finds losing any weight will be more than she bargained for.

EP2 Hazel's Second Week

Sep. 20,1965

With Hazel taking care of the entire home, Barbara feels useless which prompts Hazel to decide to leave.

EP1 Who's in Charge Here?

Sep. 13,1965

George and Dorothy leave the country and Hazel and Harold moves in with George's brother, Steve, and his family. Steve quickly finds his new housekeeper taking over the household.

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Released: 1961-09-28 | Released Producted By: Screen Gems Television , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:

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Shirley Booth , Lynn Borden

Director

Harry Ackerman

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Reviews

flackjacket This show was in reruns on UHF when I was a kid. And like a bad case of the shingles after having chicken pox as a kid, it's back in reruns again.I'm not sure which annoys me most about this show. Is it Shirley Booth's incredibly annoying nasal voice, the vocal equivalent of nails on a chalkboard? Is it how she walks in what looks like a slow run, head pointed down, swinging her arms as if she has a large metal object in her nether regions? Or is it the fact her character is a condescending, interfering, obnoxious control freak.Every episode is the same. The main character assumes everyone, including her employer, is below her. In her mind, she has all the wisdom in the world, and everyone else is a moron. Hence, condescending. Then she always comes up with some sneaky plot to right all the wrongs the morons around her are making. Hence, interfering. This plan is always underhanded, conniving, never involves honesty and always causes a problem. Hence, obnoxious. But in the end, she always wins and gets her way. Hence, control freak.Possibly the most annoying TV show ever to disgrace the airwaves. All in all, it only stayed on the air because it was basically a 30 minute commercial for Ford automobiles. Which still suck. It reminds me of when my ex mother-in-law lived with us for almost a decade. She was just like Hazel, a condescending, interfering, obnoxious control freak. Her antics and sneaky plots ended up destroying a marriage. Only difference was she didn't cook or wear a little paper maid hat. But that goes without saying.

aimless-46 The 154 half-hour episodes (34 in B&W, 120 in color) of the situation comedy "Hazel" were originally broadcast on NBC (last season on CBS) from 1961-1966. It was an extremely popular baby boomer show although it is now in the "dead man walking" category as none of the original four principal actors are still alive. George Baxter (Don Defore who already had a following from his years as Thorny on "Ozzie and Harriet") was a successful and wrapped a little too tight attorney who had married Dorothy (Whitney Blake) a woman with her own lifelong nanny/housekeeper (Shirley Booth in the title role). They had a young son Harold (Bobby Buntrock). George is a klutz around the house and most of the conflict revolves around his frustration when he is routinely shown-up by the much more competent Hazel. Dorothy Baxter ranked #1 on the list of most erotic 1960's television wives, with the tightest skirts, highest heels, and a fantasy level bust to waist ratio.Hazel pretty much runs the family, sorting out the Baxter's weekly problems and keeping the frustrated blustering George in line. Living with Hazel was a lot worse than living with Amos McCoy because she was rarely (if ever) wrong or repentant as she incessantly meddled in everyone's life. In its last season the producers shake things up and ship George and Dorothy off to Saudi Arabia. Hazel and Harold move in with George's younger brother Steve (Ray Fulmer), his wife Barbara (Lynn Borden), and his daughter Susie (Julia Benjamin); 1960's television was notorious for finding creative ways to back fill with younger children when the original ones grew too old to appeal to their intended demographic. Steve, Barbara, and Susie constitute the most physically attractive family in television history, but Hazel soon took over their household as well; although Steve and Barbara do stand up to her better than their predecessors. The popular theory at the time was than George and Dorothy just made up the Saudi story so they could escape Hazel's domination and live out their lives somewhere else with some degree of independence. Then again, what do I know? I'm only a child.

earlytalkie I have loved "Hazel" since I was a little kid and saw it on the network. When the DVD came out last year I did not hesitate to buy it. Re-viewing the series confirms why Shirley Booth won two Emmy awards playing this role. She makes the character Hazel Burke into a lovely, believable woman. The writing and direction of the show was pretty good and holds up well over the years. One reviewer commented on the change in the set decoration in the episode "Dorothy's Birthday." I too noticed this and I think this could be the pilot film, which would possibly explain this difference. Also, another reviewer noticed that while the film quality on this DVD was generally excellent, some of the end credit sequences were "a bit ragged" as though taken from 16mm sources. This could possibly be because the original end credits were superimposed over a series of Ford cars driving down a highway. Ford sponsored the series, and I remember seeing the end credits in this way. In any case, I loved and continue to love this series and will continue to enjoy it on my DVD set. Flash forward to August 2013: I now have the first three seasons of Hazel on DVD and love having them. It's had a lot of national exposure on Antenna TV and people are once again appreciating this fine series.

Rosemea D.S. MacPherson I remember that Hazel was so wise. She kept resolving the the Baxter family's problems. I thought that it was really cool that Hazel wore a uniform. That is what I remember the most! As a child I used to have several paper dolls and I dressed them all up at different times of the day, depending on what I was wearing, I use to dress them like me! They all had all those outfits that I drew and designed myself! I had to wear a uniform to go school. I had to wear black shoes, dark blue pleaded shirt, white shirt with a small tie, and a navy sweater during the winter. All my dolls had the same uniform! While I was at school, they all had their uniforms on, like me. That was so creative! When I saw Hazel's uniform, I was enthralled. I suggested to my mother that our maids should wear uniforms. I wanted to dress them all like Hazel. She turned down my idea, because it was way too colonial. I used to dream about having our maids all dressed like Hazel, starched little hat and all. Do not ask me why, I just thought it was cool! That is pretty much all I remember, but I was way too young. But I remember the series fondly.