The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

1952
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

7.4 | TV-G | en | Comedy

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television where it continued its success, running on both radio and television for a few years. The series stars Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson, and their young sons, David and Eric "Ricky" Nelson. Don DeFore had a recurring role as the Nelsons' friendly neighbor "Thorny".

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EP26  The Game Room
Mar. 26,1966
The Game Room

Ozzie and Harriet desire to convert the boys old bedroom into something else. Harriet suggests a guest bedroom, but Ozzie secretly wants to buy a used pool table and convert the space into a game room.

EP25  Ozzie the Babysitter
Mar. 19,1966
Ozzie the Babysitter

Ozzie accidentally damages a surprise birthday present for a nine year old boy he's been babysitting.

EP24  Dave's Other Office
Mar. 12,1966
Dave's Other Office

Repair work in David's office building causes him to move his office into his own living room.

EP23  Rick's Assistant
Mar. 05,1966
Rick's Assistant

Ozzie helps a neighborhood boy get a job in David and Ricky's law office.

EP22  Waiting for Joe
Feb. 26,1966
Waiting for Joe

Joe is consistently late which really irritates Ozzie.

EP21  The Trip Trap
Feb. 19,1966
The Trip Trap

With Harriet's help, June tries to trap Dave into taking a trip to Hawaii, and with the help of Ozzie, Rick, and Wally, Dave tries not to trip into her trap.

EP20  Ozzie-a-Go-Go
Feb. 12,1966
Ozzie-a-Go-Go

Ozzie wants to show up his neighbor Joe, so he asks Kris to teach him the steps and moves to the latest dance craze.

EP19  The Hong Kong Suit
Feb. 05,1966
The Hong Kong Suit

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EP18  An Honor for Ozzie
Jan. 29,1966
An Honor for Ozzie

The neighborhood Tigers Club gets Ozzie a gift of appreciation for all that he has done for them.

EP17  Wally's Traffic Ticket
Jan. 22,1966
Wally's Traffic Ticket

Wally hires Dave to defend him against a traffic ticket charge.

EP16  Sheik of Araby
Jan. 12,1966
Sheik of Araby

Ozzie and Harriet are chosen to entertain a visiting Arabian prince and one of his wives.

EP15  Kris, the Little Helper
Jan. 05,1966
Kris, the Little Helper

Kris is worn out from doing favors for Rick and his fraternity brothers.

EP14  David Picks a Pie
Dec. 15,1965
David Picks a Pie

June volunteers David's services as a pie taster for a TV cooking show but can he pick out his wife's pie?

EP13  Ghost Town
Dec. 08,1965
Ghost Town

Ozzie and Harriet visit a ghost town in search of antiques.

EP12  Dave, the Worrier
Dec. 01,1965
Dave, the Worrier

June talks Dave into taking some time off but Dave can't relax and worries that Rick might not be able to handle things by himself.

EP11  The Equestrians
Nov. 24,1965
The Equestrians

Using reverse psychology, Ricky tries to cure Kris's extravagance by threatening to buy a horse

EP10  Flying Down to Lunch
Nov. 17,1965
Flying Down to Lunch

Ozzie and Joe impulsively accept an invitation to have lunch in Mexico City. Will they be able to make it home in time to make a planned dinner date with their wives?

EP9  A Message from Kris
Nov. 10,1965
A Message from Kris

Kris has left an important message for Rick. The trouble is, Wally has torn it into six pieces to use as paper to write IOUs, which he has issued to several fraternity brothers.

EP8  Wally, the Author
Nov. 03,1965
Wally, the Author

The Nelsons and Rick's fraternity brothers panic when they learn that Wally has included embarrassing tidbits about all of them in a book he is trying to sell to a publisher.

EP7  The Secret Passage
Oct. 27,1965
The Secret Passage

Rick and his fraternity brothers use a secret tunnel in a scheme to retaliate against the Betas, who stole their blue moose head.

EP6  The Nelsons Revisited
Oct. 20,1965
The Nelsons Revisited

The fraternity brothers throw a party in Ozzie and Harriet's honor.

EP5  The Prowler
Oct. 13,1965
The Prowler

While hiding out from the Randolph's, Ozzie is mistaken for a prowler in his own home.

EP4  Helpful June
Oct. 06,1965
Helpful June

June decides to help David in his law office by becoming his unofficial private eye.

EP3  Kris and the Queen
Sep. 29,1965
Kris and the Queen

Ricky tries to patch up a spat between Wally and Ginger only to have it backfire.

EP2  A Rose a Day
Sep. 22,1965
A Rose a Day

A rose a day from a secret admirer is being delivered to Harriet, and it's driving Ozzie crazy trying to find out who it is.

EP1  The Tangled Web
Sep. 15,1965
The Tangled Web

Ozzie is on the spot when Clara introduces him as Joe to a visiting friend.

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7.4 | TV-G | en | Comedy , Family | More Info
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television where it continued its success, running on both radio and television for a few years. The series stars Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson, and their young sons, David and Eric "Ricky" Nelson. Don DeFore had a recurring role as the Nelsons' friendly neighbor "Thorny".

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rcj5365 Cannot believe that this series has stood the test of time. "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" was for it's time groundbreaking, cutting edge for a family oriented show that was unheard of when it premiered on radio in 1944 and then made the transition to television in 1952. This was the show that brought Rick Nelson into America's living rooms and made it acceptable not only for it's standards but kept it's morals in check too. This was the sitcom where the husband never works while the wife stays home with the well-behaved kids...sometimes with hilarious and unpredictable results making it one of the funniest shows ever conceived for television. "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" premiered on ABC-TV on October 3, 1952 and ran for an astounding fourteen seasons on the air until April 23,1966 starring the entire Nelson family which included Ozzie Nelson his wife Harriet Nelson and sons David and Ricky Nelson. The series produced an astounding 435 episodes with seasons 1 thru 13 telecast and filmed in black and white with the 14th and final season of the series produced in color. Out of the 435 episodes that it produced a total of 409 episodes were in black and white from October 3, 1952 until March 17, 1965. The 14th and final season produced 26 episodes in color from September 18, 1965 until April 23, 1966. "Ozzie and Harriet" became the second longest running family sitcom in television history behind "My Three Sons". The sponsors were The American Gas Company, Proctor and Gamble, The Eastman Kodak Company, Quaker Oats Company, The Chrysler Corporation, Heinz Ketchup, and The Colgate-Palmotive Company throughout the series entire 14 season run.Ozzie Nelson was the creator-writer and executive producer of the series but also the director of several episodes as well. Ozzie Nelson directed a total of 358 episodes between 1952-1966. David Nelson directed 8 episodes of the series between 1963-1965. Writers include Dick Bensfield, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Perry Grant, Don Nelson, and Jay Sommers. Ozzie Nelson along with Harriet Nelson, David Nelson, and Rick Nelson appeared in all 435 episodes of the series with the supporting cast members Don De Fore, Parley Baer, Lyle Talbot, Mary Jane Croft, Connie Harper, James Stacy, Joe Flynn, Kent McCord, and Frank Cady. The show had a low key style to it but when the boys got married that show had outlived it appeal and when the show went into it's fourteen and final season in color in the fall of 1965 ABC moved it to an earlier time slot(on Saturday nights) which led to it's cancellation in the spring of 1966 when the series was moved in favor of Batman. By 1966, the youth counter culture was changing and so was the television landscape as well,but for a series that was family friendly and had great appeal the times were changing that saw "Ozzie and Harriet" end it's astounding run on television and made it's place in cultural history.
grasshopper54 I remember watching "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" back in the late 50's and early 60's. This was just one of those family sitcoms that spanned the decade, the others being Donna Reed, My Three Sons, Father Knows Best and Leave it to Beaver. When I was around 6 years old, I couldn't wait to see these programs. Ozzie and Harriet, to the best of my knowledge, is not even syndicated anymore. Leave it to Beaver, though, is the quintessential family sitcom from this era. I think that the latter outshines the former for a couple of reasons. First of all, the cast on Leave it to Beaver stayed fairly static; there was very little change in the makeup of the cast; one could expect the likes of Eddie Haskell to appear in every show and everyone loved it.The fluidity of Ozzie and Harriet's cast in it's final years is compared with My Three Son's cast; both added wives to the cast, but by the mid 60's, this signaled an end to both of these shows. Also, Skip Young was sort of too old to play a fraternity brother of the Nelson brothers (by 1963 he was "only" 33 years old... kind of too old for an undergrad, but, perhaps, could have been cast at the very least as an associate Professor). By contrast, Leave it to Beaver didn't suffer this flaw; the cast remained the same; Lumpy Rutherford stayed as Lumpy Rutherford and was a contemporary of Wally's. Same deal with Gilbert, Toohey, et al with the Beav.Secondly, Ward Cleaver's homespun wisdom far outshone that of Ozzie. In fact, Ozzie always looked sort of stilted on camera, so he wasn't as believable as Hugh Beaumont, Fred MacMurray or Robert Young.However, I am partial here. Leave it to Beaver is by far my favorite family sitcom from this era. Ozzie pales to the likes of the Beav. Sorry.
doxtorray I concur with the previous posts that Ozzie and Harriet was really a show "about nothing," and was quite funny until the boys got married (even then, it had its moments). Rather than showing how dull and boring the perfect traditional family could be, it celebrated the humor and fun in everyday life and its quirks. Most underrated was the comic talent of Ozzie. Not only was he hilariously adept and creative in his efforts to avoid work around the house, but when the situation resulted in physical comedy he was nothing short of amazing. I remember seeing a rerun 35 years ago, in which Ozzie has to swallow a big wad of ice cream. Just watching him, I could FEEL the brain freeze he got, and I still feel it just remembering. Personally, I like the 1952-1955 episodes with Don Defore as Thorny. The situations were believable but still funny-- Ozzie trying to convince everyone that he bought spot cleaner to help out an old lady instead of buying it to help out her sexy daughter, Ozzie scouring the town for tutti-fruity ice cream, Ozzie fretting over the rain damage that he knows he will get if he permits a nest of birds to remain in his rain gutter, Ozzie trying to send back a pair of chairs sent by mistake, Ozzie having to sleep apart from Harriet because she misinterprets Ozzie's support for separate rooms for the boys. In a way, Ozzie is a more functional and less stupid Homer Simpson. Since some of the shows can be obtained in the bargain DVD bins at Walmart and other places, do yourself a favor and give a few episodes a try.
craig_ku I think that The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, not unlike its counterparts (i.e. Leave it to Beaver), were what they were because that's what people wanted at the time. Many accounts of the 1950's are not the most interesting, but that's the way things were-culturally. With out these programs, however mundane you may find them, there would have been no examples for the family sit-com following the cultural revolution of the 1960's. I think that in today's society it is nice to look back, and see a family living together, enjoying life, and running into the occasional plot conflict. To hate Ozzie and Harriet is to hate Americana- after all that's what they were at the time of their program.You'll notice that the show ended in the late 1960's, when due to the cultural unrest in the United States, their brand of entertainment became, sadly enough, obsolete. Conclusion: take it for what it is (or was), it's a glimpse into a bygone era: a time of homemakers, fresh-baked cookies, pipe smoking dads, the milkman, and no use for the modern vulgarities of the medium.