List of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet episodes

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ran from 1952 ^[1] to 1966 over 14 seasons. It started as a radio show, and for around the first two seasons, the television series ran simultaneously with the radio show. This wholesome family sitcom features the Nelson family, consisting of Ozzie, Harriet, David, and Rick Nelson, and later on David's wife, June Blair, and Rick's wife, Kris Nelson. The earlier seasons feature a pal for Ozzie, the competitive, yet good-natured, Thorny (played by Don Defore). Later seasons also include characters Doc Williams (played by Frank Cady), Joe Randolph (played by Lyle Talbot), Clara Randolph (played by Mary Jane Croft), and Darby (played by Parley Baer).

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	39		October 3, 1952	June 26, 1953
2	39		September 18, 1953	June 11, 1954
3	28		October 8, 1954	May 27, 1955
4	26		September 23, 1955	June 8, 1956
5	39		October 3, 1956	June 26, 1957
6	35		October 2, 1957	June 11, 1958
7	36		October 1, 1958	June 17, 1959
8	32		October 7, 1959	June 15, 1960
9	33		September 28, 1960	May 10, 1961
10	25		September 28, 1961	April 19, 1962
11	26		September 27, 1962	June 6, 1963
12	25		September 25, 1963	April 1, 1964
13	26		September 16, 1964	March 17, 1965
14	26		September 15, 1965	March 26, 1966

Episodes

Season 1 (1952–53)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"The Rivals"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	October 3, 1952 (1952-10-03)
Brothers David and Ricky are having an argument. Father Ozzie tells the boys to go outside and play. Ozzie's wife Harriet asks him if he knows a Nancy Baker (Eilene Janssen). Nancy had called the house earlier. Harriet gets a little jealous when Ozzie says he helped a woman on the bus. Then Harriet says that Nancy actually asked for David. Nancy mentioned a dance at school on Saturday. Neighbor Thorny (Don DeFore) comes by to see Ozzie. Thorny tells Ozzie that his son Will Thornberry is interested in girls. Thorny brags about how many girls he went with when he was Will's age. Harriet tells David that Nancy is coming by later to see him. Harriet asks what Nancy is like. David gets ready to see Nancy by shaving. He tells Ricky that next time he will use a blade. Nancy arrives to the house. Nancy and David have a polite, but awkward conversation. Nancy mentions the dance. Later, David tells his parents that he beat out Will. They think David means with Nancy, but he is talking about becoming the captain of the football team. Both David and Will are playing football Saturday. Turns out Ricky is taking Nancy to the dance.
2	2	"The Poet"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	October 10, 1952 (1952-10-10)
David has to decide on a poem to recite for English class. Harriet finds a poem written to her in high school. She believes it was written by Ozzie. Ozzie runs into his neighbor Thorny. Thorny heard about the poem Ozzie wrote from the boys. Thorny's wife Katherine is having a birthday soon. Thorny asks Ozzie to write a poem for him to give to her. Ozzie recites something off the top of his head. Thorny is not impressed, but does not want to hurt Ozzie's feelings. Aunt Ellen (Ellen Corby) calls Harriet and Harriet recites Ozzie's poem to her. Harriet learns from Ellen that a Clifford Henshaw wrote the poem. Ozzie comes home with things to help him create poetry that he bought. When Ozzie says he is happy about his new found creativity, Harriet does not tell him about Clifford. David has decided to recite Ozzie's poem for the English class. Harriet tells David that Ozzie did not write the poem, but he shouldn't tell Ozzie. Ozzie is working on Katherine's poem and Thorny comes by. Thorny says that the poem Ozzie thought he wrote was actually written by Lord Byron. Ozzie finds out about Clifford and Harriet being an item. It turns out that Ozzie went out with Clifford's wife Marilyn back then.
3	3	"The Pills"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	October 17, 1952 (1952-10-17)
Thorny comes over and Ozzie notices that he is lost some weight. Thorny would like Ozzie to sign a petition stating he noticed the weight loss. Apparently Thorny and his wife Katherine have a bet who will lose the most weight. They are also competing to see who can get the most unsolicited compliments from their friends. Thorny insinuates that Ozzie should lose a little weight. Harriet shows Ricky where some appetite pills are. Ozzie decides to diet so he can fit into a pair of size 33 pants that Harriet just bought him. Mr. Miller (Bob Sweeney) comes by. He asks Ozzie if he can leave some reducing pills that were for Katherine. There was no one home at the Thornberrys. Ozzie takes a couple of the appetite pills thinking they are reducing pills. Ozzie is disappointed with the meals he has to eat while on his diet. He turns on the TV and on every channel someone is talking about food. Ozzie finds out he is been taking appetite pills. Ozzie decides to cheat and has Ricky go get him some larger pants from the store. The family gets a good laugh when they realize that each of them got larger pants for Ozzie. Ozzie learns that Thorny was wearing a girdle to win his bet with Katherine. Vera Marshe as Lady eating ice cream on TV. Hal Smith as Man cooking on TV. Jack Wagner as The Sunshine Club TV Announcer.
4	4	"The Fall Guy"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	October 24, 1952 (1952-10-24)
Ricky is upset because David cannot go with him to the movies, because he does not have any money. David tells Ozzie that he lent his money to a kid at school. Ozzie offers to give David an advance on his allowance, but David turns it down. David is also doing some drawings for another kid. Ozzie tells Harriet that he thinks David is being taken advantage of. Ozzie tells David that sometimes one just has to say no. Thorny tells Ozzie that he has his 14 year old niece named Shirley as a house guest. Thorny was hoping his son Will could take Shirley to a dance that evening. But Will already had plans to go on a hiking trip. Ozzie offers to have David go with Shirley. David, following Ozzie's earlier advice, says he has other plans. Ricky flatters David because he would like David to fix his bike's flat tire. David refuses. Ozzie is regretting the advice he gave David earlier. Ozzie does not know how he will tell Thorny. Thorny tells Ozzie how excited Shirley is about meeting David. Ozzie cannot find a way to tell Thorny that David is not going. Just as Ozzie calls Thorny, David comes back. He tells his parents that he met Shirley and he would be happy to take her to the dance.
5	5	"Halloween Party"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	October 31, 1952 (1952-10-31)
Halloween is not far off and Ricky is already wearing his skeleton costume. David tells the family that there will be a Halloween party at school and he is the treasurer. Ozzie says that as one gets older, dressing up in costumes becomes less fun. Harriet says the ladies have not planned a party this year. Ozzie and Thorny reminisce about some past Halloween parties. They start planning a party. Ozzie believes that men are better planners. Ozzie tells Harriet that it will be a non-costume party. Only he and Thorny will wear a costume. It is Halloween day and Thorny shows Ozzie his Scotsman costume. That night, Ozzie puts on his Devil costume and Thorny comes by. Harriet asks Ozzie whose house is the party at. Despite all his meticulous planning, Ozzie thought the women were deciding where the party would be. Harriet later reveals that the women did pick a house. At the party, Ozzie realizes he did not plan the refreshments. Ozzie calls a restaurant to make reservations for the party guests. The next day, Ozzie admits that he forgot some things. William Haade as Man at the Door. Jerry Mathers as Trick Or Treating Child. Song: Ricky sings "Dem Bones".
6	6	"Riviera Ballet"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	November 7, 1952 (1952-11-07)
Ozzie notices that his car is parked by a fire hydrant. A policeman (Herb Vigran) comes by. Ozzie tells him that someone must have pushed his car there. Instead of writing Ozzie a ticket, the policeman gets Ozzie to buy two tickets to the Riviera Ballet. The Policeman's wife is the chairwoman is charge of the tickets. Meanwhile, Clara Randolph (Florence Lake) visits Harriet. Clara complains that her husband came home with two tickets to the Riviera Ballet. The ballet is set on the beach and there will be young French women in skimpy bathing suits. Her husband claims a policeman made him buy the tickets. Harriet is not happy when Ozzie tells her about the tickets and how he got them. She refuses to go. Ozzie tells Thorny that he was surprised at Harriet's response to the tickets. Ozzie gives the tickets to Thorny. Thorny then tells Ozzie about the ballet and the scantily clad women. Ozzie wonders how he will explain to Harriet that he had no idea what the ballet was about. Clara calls Harriet and tells her she found out from her husband Joe that the ballet is set in the 1870s. The women will not be in skimpy bathing suits. Without telling Ozzie about the ballet being set in the 1870s, she tells him she would like to go. Harriet tells him she got tickets from the policeman's wife. Ozzie gets the last laugh when he tells Harriet that Joe made up the part about the 1870s. The next day, Ozzie learns that the fire hydrant is fake and the policeman placed it there.
7	7	"David, the Babysitter"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	November 14, 1952 (1952-11-14)
Harriet's friend Barbara Benson comes by with her baby boy. Barbara mentions how her and her husband are going out for their anniversary that night. Ozzie complains about the mess the boys left in the upstairs hallway. He wishes they would show a little more responsibility. That night, Barbara calls Harriet and tells her their sitter canceled at the last minute. David tells Harriet that he would be happy to babysit. Ozzie is a little concerned about David being able to handle a baby. Ozzie thinks they ought to skip going to a movie in case David calls with a problem. Despite his claims of having confidence in David, Ozzie is clearly worried. Ozzie steps outside and runs into Thorny. He tells Thorny about David babysitting. Thorny suggests going over to the Benson house to see how things are going. David tells them the baby is fine and is sleeping. Ozzie and Thorny want to see the baby and wind up waking him. David reads to the baby and it goes back to sleep. It also puts Thorny to sleep. Back at home, Ozzie confesses to Harriet that he went to check on David. Ozzie was very impressed with how David was doing and feels bad that he did not have more confidence in his son.
8	8	"Ricky Goes to a Dance"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	November 21, 1952 (1952-11-21)
Ricky receives a heavily perfumed letter. It is from his neighbor, Julie Thornberry, inviting him to a dance. Harriet thinks it would be nice if Ricky wrote Julie back. Ricky tells her the dance is this afternoon. Harriet says Julie waited until the last minute. Ricky says that Julie asked him last week, but he would have to think about it. Ozzie talks to Thorny about Ricky and Julie. They get into a silly argument. Ricky comes by and says he is going to the dance now. Harriet talks to the audience about going to dances when she was younger. At the dance, it is time for ice cream and cake. David stops by to see how things are going. David tells his parents that Ricky was only dancing with Julie, no other girls. Ozzie is surprised that Ricky did not dance with someone else. Ricky comes home and tells them he did not dance with another girl because they did not ask him. Ricky says that he did ask some other girls, but they all giggled and turned him down. Thorny comes by and jokes with Ozzie about a marriage contract between Ricky and Julie. Thorny says that Julie really has a crush on Ricky. It turns out that Julie saved her allowance and bribed the other girls to not dance with Ricky. Ozzie and Harriet now do not have to worry about Ricky not being popular.
9	9	"The Day After Thanksgiving"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	November 28, 1952 (1952-11-28)
It is the morning after Thanksgiving. Ozzie tells Harriet that he is not hungry because he ate so much at Aunt Ellen's the day before. The boys say they are full as well. Harriet is trying to figure out what to make for dinner. She says it is too bad they did not prepare the Thanksgiving meal, because then there would be leftovers. Ozzie says he is glad there are no leftovers, so they do not have to eat Turkey for the next week. Ozzie is outside fixing his rake when Thorny comes by eating a turkey leg. Thorny says he loves leftover turkey. Aunt Ellen calls Harriet and asks her if she wants any leftover turkey. At first Harriet says that Ozzie is too full. But when Harriet agrees to take some anyway, Aunt Ellen remembers that she is hosting the bridge club and can use the turkey for that. As the day progresses, Ozzie and the boys start craving some turkey. Ozzie was going to try and get some turkey from Thorny, but there is no one home. David's friend Nancy Baker runs into Ozzie and they start talking about turkey. Nancy suggests going to Butcher Bigelow (Arthur Q. Bryan), which is what Ozzie does. Bigelow says that he has no turkey left. After talking to Thorny, Harriet is going to try tricking Ozzie into thinking some veal is turkey. Harriet manages to get some turkey from Aunt Ellen after all and Ozzie thought it was veal. Despite having just had dinner, Ozzie and the boys eat some more of the turkey leftovers. The next day, Thorny and Bigelow come by with turkeys.
10	10	"Thorny's Gift"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	December 5, 1952 (1952-12-05)
Though they usually do not exchange gifts, Ozzie bought Thorny a cigarette lighter for his birthday. He decides to put it in a large box, wrap it with Christmas paper and mail it to Thorny. It has been three days and Ozzie wonders why Thorny has not thanked him for the gift. Ozzie confronts Thorny and hints at the lighter, but Thorny winds up thanking Ozzie for something else. Meanwhile, David wonders why he got a poor grade on a school assignment that he worked so hard on. Ozzie tells him he should just ask the teacher. Ozzie claims it does not bother him, but he keeps bringing up the lighter. David tells the family that he did talk to his teacher and it was all a mistake, he actually got an A. Harriet thinks Ozzie should follow his own advice. The family makes him confront Thorny by locking him out of the house. Ozzie tells Thorny about the package he sent him. Thorny said he got the package, but on the paper it said do not open until Christmas. Ozzie tries to cover his tracks by saying it was a combination Christmas and birthday present. Thorny thinks Ozzie's being a little cheap and they get into a disagreement. Later, Thorny comes by to apologize. He mentions that Katherine and kids are visiting her mother. Thorny then hints at having nothing to eat and Ozzie invites him to dinner. Back at home, Thorny tries the lighter, but it does not work.
11	11	"Harriet's Hairdo"	Ozzie Nelson	Ozzie Nelson, Sol Saks, John L. Greene, Sherwood Schwartz, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Don Nelson	December 12, 1952 (1952-12-12)
Harriet is at the beauty palor speaking with Pierre (Fritz Feld). She complains that Ozzie never seems to notice her hair. Harriet would like Pierre to come up with something special for her next appointment. At breakfast, Ricky tells the family some of the exaggerated stories that Will Thornberry told him. Ozzie is really engrossed in a mystery novel he is reading. Harriet tries to get a suggestion from him about her hair, but Ozzie is not paying attention. He finally tells her that any style would be fine as she always looks good. Harriet tells him that he would not notice a change in her style. To prove it, she leaves the room and Ozzie cannot tell her what she was wearing. Harriet gets a call from her friend Barbara. When Harriet says she wishes Ozzie were more observant, Barbara says her husband is the same way. Barbara suggests that Harriet wear a platinum blonde wig. Harriet comes home with the wig on and Ozzie is stunned. He does not really like it, but will not say anything to upset Harriet. Thorny comes by and sees Harriet. He at first thinks it is another woman. The boys find the wig and tell Ozzie about it. Ozzie decides to get back at Harriet. He tells her he loves the blonde hair and she should never go back to her natural color. Harriet finds a way to get back at Ozzie. Later, Thorny comes by wearing the wig. Florence Lake as Clara Randolph.
12	12	"The Boys' Christmas Money"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	December 19, 1952 (1952-12-19)
The boys are bickering over who is going to ask Ozzie a question. It turns out they want to do their Christmas shopping earlier this year. They ask Ozzie if they can get work to earn the money. Ozzie says there is things around to house they could do, but they want to get a real job. Harriet thinks the boys are too young. The boys want to get a job at Mr. Miller's (Bob Sweeney) grocery store. Ozzie calls Mr. Miller about a delivery for Harriet. Mr. Miller mentions that he is not hiring anyone at the moment. Ozzie asks him to find some work for the boys and he would reimburse Miller what he pays them. The boys get a call about a job offer and Ozzie assumes it is Mr. Miller. Thorny mentions to Ozzie that his son Will has been looking for a job. Ozzie tells him the arrangement he made with Mr. Miller. It starts to rain and Ozzie worries about the boys making deliveries in it. Mr. Miller comes by with Harriet's delivery. He tells Ozzie that the boys never showed up. Harriet tells Ozzie that she got the boys a job at Schultz's bakery. She made the same arrangement with Schultz that Ozzie did with Mr. Miller. Harriet calls Schultz to tell him Ozzie will pick the boys up. Schultz tells her they never showed up. They call various places to try and find the boys with no luck. The boys come home. They got a job sitting in a department store window watching TV.
13	13	"Late Christmas Gift"	Ozzie Nelson	Ozzie Nelson, Perry Grant, Dick Bensfield, Bill Davenport and Don Nelson	December 26, 1952 (1952-12-26)
It is Christmas time at the Nelson's home. Each family member is wearing something they got for Christmas. Ricky is wearing a tie with a lady on it. Harriet mentions how Ozzie and David have not received their gifts from Grandma Nelson yet. Ozzie and Harriet are looking forward to the New Year's Eve party at the Randolph's. Mr. Canfield (Franklin Pangborn), the insurance man, comes by and gives Ozzie a couple gifts. The conversation with Canfield makes Ozzie feel old. The packages from Grandma Nelson arrive. Harriet says that the sport coat Ozzie got from Grandma makes him look younger. Thorny says the jacket makes Ozzie look like a college kid. David is a little disappointed that he got a thick book from Grandma. Ricky says that maybe Grandma got the presents mixed up. Harriet agrees with Ricky. Ozzie does give the sport coat to David and now he feels old again. Harriet finds a note from Grandma and it turns out the book was for David and the sport coat was for Ozzie. Ozzie wants David to keep the coat.
14	14	"The Newspaper Write-Up"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	January 2, 1953 (1953-01-02)
Ozzie, David and Ricky come home from a sports banquet at the school that Ozzie organized. Just then, a Reporter (Paula Winslowe) from the Morning Tribune comes by to interview Ozzie about the banquet. Ozzie gives the Reporter a picture of himself. The next morning, Ozzie gets upset when the Reporter misspelled his name. Ozzie tells the family to just forget about it, but he's clearly still mad. Ozzie runs into Thorny outside. Thorny shows Ozzie the part of the article where it mentions S. J. Thornberry, who was in charge of the seating arrangements. They spelled Thorny's name correctly. Thorny then sees that they spelled Ozzie's name as R. Z. Neilson. Thorny thinks Ozzie should do something about it. Harriet goes to see Mr. Matthews (Frank Nelson), the Publisher of the paper. Harriet shows him how Ozzie's name was misspelled. Matthews says they will print a correction and an apology. It seems it was Matthews wife who was the reporter. The next morning Thorny shows Ozzie the paper. On the front page is the apology, but they list Ozzie's name as Ooggie Nosslend. Ozzie actually thinks it's funny. When Thorny leaves, Ozzie tells Harriet that it was a practical joke that Thorny pulled. Thorny taped the name on the paper. Ozzie tells the family that Matthews called him the night before to get the correct spelling. Because his picture was in the paper, everyone now tries to sell Ozzie something.
15	15	"The Basketball Players"	Ozzie Nelson	Unknown	January 9, 1953 (1953-01-09)
Harriet tells the audience that every year the school holds a Father's Night. Ozzie is trying to think of something he could do for entertainment. He's trying a magic trick to make an egg disappear, but is having no luck. David tells Ozzie that he and Will Thornberry (Mason Alan Dinehart) are trying out for the same position on the basketball team. David says he got a bad grade on an English composition. Harriet thinks he should give up sports and work on his studies. Ozzie and Thorny get into a disagreement when Thorny teases Ozzie about David quitting the team because Will is a better player. The two then brag about how good of a basketball player they each are. Ozzie then buys a basketball and net. Ozzie helps David practice. Ozzie gives David some advice about writing a good composition. David tells Ozzie that he and Will came up with an idea for Father's Night. David told the Coach that Ozzie should play a basketball game with the other fathers. Ozzie will be captain of one team and Thorny the other. Ozzie starts practicing, but he isn't doing too well. Will tells Ricky that his father is getting pretty good at shooting baskets. It's the day of Father's Night. Ozzie is laying down because he claims he can barely move. David is worried that Ozzie won't be able to play basketball that night. Will comes by and says that his father sprained his ankle and won't be able to play. Suddenly Ozzie feels better and will play.
16	16	"Stop Worrying"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	January 16, 1953 (1953-01-16)
Harriet is worried about something. Ozzie tells her to not keep things bottled up and tell him what it is. She is worried that the new drapes she bought might not look good in the house. Ricky took an arithmetic test and he's worried about how he did. Ozzie believes that the family is worrying too much. He thinks that worrying is a futile waste of energy. Ozzie goes to Miller's grocery store to pick up some ice cream for the family and a magazine for Harriet. He runs into Thorny. There's an article in the magazine about worrying. Mr. Miller tells them that his wife worry's a lot. Back at home, Ozzie tells Harriet about the article in the magazine. Ozzie starts to worry about things. The next day, Ozzie starts worrying about the new drapes. Ricky tells them that he did well on the test. Ozzie worries that Ricky could have done better. Ozzie then worries about the repairs to the car. Harriet confronts Ozzie about all of his worrying. Ozzie claims he was pretending to worry to get the family to stop worrying. Harriet's not sure she believes him and finds a way to get back at him.
17	17	"The Tuba Incident"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	January 23, 1953 (1953-01-23)
Harriet mentions an article in the paper about a couple getting divorced because all the husband did was play the tuba. Ozzie thinks the wife is being unreasonable. Harriet disagrees and they get into a small argument. Later, the two have a little awkward discussion about what will be served for dinner. David tells Harriet about Cathy Williams, a girl at school that he thinks is pretty. He has a hard time talking to her. David says that Cathy isn't bossy like some of the girls. David tells Harriet that Cathy is like her in that way. Ozzie tells Thorny about his and Harriet's difference of opinion that morning. Thorny tells Ozzie that he needs to be the dominating force and the man of the household. Women like that. Ozzie does try to assert himself a little more and Harriet seems to be going along with it. David tells Harriet that he and Cathy are going to get together and she made all the plans. When Harriet says that she thought he didn't like bossy girls, David says that when you like someone it doesn't matter. Harriet decides to boss Ozzie around a little bit. Ozzie sees in the paper how the husband is selling his tuba. Song: Ricky briefly performs "Takes Two to Tango".
18	18	"Rover Boys"	Ozzie Nelson	Unknown	January 30, 1953 (1953-01-30)
Ozzie tells Harriet that people of today have lost their intellectual curiosity. Kids of today don't spend time with good literature. Ozzie and Thorny have a disagreement while discussing The Rover Boys' books. Ozzie and Harriet go to the library to find one of The Rover Boys' books, hoping to prove Thorny wrong. While Harriet is checking out the book, Ozzie runs into Miss Fraser (Paula Winslowe), David's English teacher. Because Ozzie is standing next to a large history book, Miss Fraser misunderstands and thinks that he knows a lot about the Peloponnesian Wars. Ozzie checks out the history book. Miss Fraser later calls Ozzie and asks him to speak at a book discussion about the Peloponnesian Wars. Ozzie isn't able to tell her that he doesn't know anything about it. Ozzie now tries to learn what he can before the meeting. Harriet informs Ozzie that there are actually 4 large books about the subject. Thorny comes by and says that Miss Fraser asked him to join the discussion. Thorny thinks the subject is The Rover Boys. Ozzie tells him it's the Peloponnesian Wars. Now the two of them study the subject together. Harriet tells them that Miss Fraser cancelled the discussion. The next day Ozzie learns that Harriet called Miss Fraser and told her Ozzie was sick. That's why the discussion was cancelled.
19	19	"Separate Rooms"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	February 6, 1953 (1953-02-06)
David wants to go to the movies with his friends and he doesn't want Ricky tagging along. David also complains about all of Ricky's stuff around their room. David suggests having separate rooms. Ozzie likes the idea, but Harriet thinks they could wait a couple years. Ozzie thinks they could set up a room for Ricky in the attic. Aunt Ellen calls and misunderstands Harriet when she says that Ricky wants a separate room. Aunt Ellen thinks it's Ozzie that wants a separate room. Harriet starts to wonder if Aunt Ellen could be right. She asks Ozzie and says they could set up the den as his room. Ozzie is surprised by Harriet's suggestion, but kind of goes along with it. Ozzie tells Thorny that Harriet wants him to have a separate room and he wonders why. Thorny says just go along with it for a couple days until Harriet changes her mind. That night, Ozzie keeps checking on Harriet, hoping she'll ask him to stay, but she doesn't. David also has a hard time sleeping. Later that night, Harriet checks on Ozzie. They both thought the other wanted the separate rooms and realize that's not true. David can't find Ricky. Harriet says he's in a sleeping bag under David's bed.
20	20	"The Valentine Show"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	February 13, 1953 (1953-02-13)
David is planning what he's going to wear to the school's Valentine's Day dance. David tells Harriet that he's taking Marilyn, a new girl in school. Ozzie is surprised to see how much money David has saved up. He's worried that David might spend it all on the girl. Thorny returns a notebook that David left at the house while studying with Will. Thorny offers to pick up some candy that Ozzie can give to Harriet. In the notebook, Ozzie sees a list of expensive gifts. David and Ricky discuss what gifts they can buy for their parents for Valentine's Day. Harriet overhears them talking and she thinks David is going to spend all the money on the girl. Ozzie suggests to Ricky that a corsage would be a nice gift. Ozzie hints that he would like Ricky to relay the suggestion to David. Because they were caught trying to hide the presents, David and Ricky give their parents the Valentine's Day gifts a day early. Harriet got a box of candy. Ozzie gets a corsage. Harriet covers Ozzie's tracks by saying he's giving the corsage to her. Thorny comes by with the candy Ozzie had him pick up. To further cover his tracks, Ozzie says the candy is for really for Thorny. Thorny gives Ozzie the tie he's wearing.
21	21	"The Traffic Signal"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	February 20, 1953 (1953-02-20)
At breakfast, Harriet mentions that there was a car accident at the corner of Highland and Maple last night. She wishes they would put a traffic signal there. Harriet tells the boys to be careful there when going to school. Ozzie says he almost got into an accident there. That night Harriet tells Ozzie that they talked about the traffic signal at her women's club. She was nominated to write a letter to the president of the Chamber of Commerce. Ricky says he's going to talk to Officer Clancy (Frank Jenks). Ozzie goes to the Commissioner of Public Safety. The Secretary (Janet Waldo) says that Ozzie would need an appointment. Ozzie tells her about the traffic signal. Ozzie tells Thorny about going to see the Commissioner, but he doesn't think it did any good. Thorny tells Ozzie that he saw someone at the intersection putting up a signal. David tells Harriet that he wrote a letter to the Mayor about the signal. Now each member of the family is taking credit for the signal being put up. Thorny tells Ozzie that he spoke to someone weeks ago about the signal, so he thinks he's responsible for it. They get into an argument about it. Officer Clancy comes by and gives Ozzie a warning because he drove thru a red light at that intersection. Clancy says that intersection needed a signal and he tells Ozzie to say hi to Ricky.
22	22	"The Dental Receptionist"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	February 27, 1953 (1953-02-27)
During dinner, Harriet says to not forget the dentist appointment for tomorrow. Ricky starts complaining and Ozzie tells him to take it like a man. Harriet then says the appointment is for Ozzie. Ozzie starts complaining when he learns that young Dr. Taylor (Glenn Langan) is filling in for Dr. Smith. Harriet also mentions that she invited a new girl over for dinner on Saturday. She asks if Ozzie knows a guy she can introduce to the woman. The next day Ozzie arrives at the dentist's office. Cathy Calhoon (Shirley Mitchell), the dentist's new southern belle receptionist, tells Ozzie that Dr. Taylor was called away on an emergency. Cathy seems to be flirting with Ozzie. She gives Ozzie her phone number if he needed some other information. Back at home, Ozzie tells Thorny about Cathy. Thorny asks what her reaction was when Ozzie told her he was married. Ozzie says he didn't tell her. When Harriet says that she spoke with Thorny, Ozzie says there is nothing between him and the woman at the dentist's office. Thorny never mentioned the woman and Harriet wants to know what happened. Harriet reminds Ozzie that the woman guest is coming for dinner and her name is Cathy Calhoon. Ozzie realizes that she is the receptionist. Cathy arrives and doesn't seem to recognize Ozzie. Dr. Taylor comes by to speak to Ozzie and now Cathy remembers. Cathy starts complimenting Taylor the way she did Ozzie. Taylor drives Cathy home.
23	23	"The Speech"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	March 6, 1953 (1953-03-06)
Ozzie is trying to figure out a subject for his speech to the Chamber of Commerce luncheon tomorrow afternoon. Harriet is surprised he doesn't even have the subject yet. David says that he has to give a speech in English class tomorrow. Ricky has to give a political speech for Iggy Magoo, who is running for class president. Iggy's platform is no homework. Ozzie tells the boys his outline for the speech. Thorny is surprised that Ozzie actually wants to give the speech. Thorny recalls how nervous some of the other guys were when they made a speech. Ozzie spends almost the whole night trying to write the speech. The next morning, Ozzie tells the family he only got 4 hours of sleep. The speech is not quite finished. It's almost time for the luncheon and Herb Dunkle (Joseph Kearns) comes by. Col. Rex Farnsworthy is in town for the day and they got him to give a speech. Herb feels bad, but Ozzie says he understands. Ozzie lays down for a bit and winds up sleeping all afternoon. Harriet tells Ozzie that she made a speech at the Woman's Club that went over very well. Harriet used part of Ozzie's speech. The boys also used part of Ozzie's speech. Ozzie explains why he didn't give the speech. Thorny asks Ozzie to give a speech at Charley's Diner.
24	24	"The Safe Crackers"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	March 13, 1953 (1953-03-13)
Harriet reminds Ozzie that tomorrow is the deadline for filing his income tax. She doesn't know why he always waits until the last minute. Ozzie gets a call from Herb Dunkle. Herb is going to fill out Ozzie's income tax form and Ozzie needs to drop off some papers. Ricky overhears the conversation. Ozzie tells Ricky that Herb is an accountant. Ozzie doesn't want Ricky to say anything to Harriet. Mr. Miller, the Grocer, drops off some items for Harriet. Miller tells her he hasn't filed his tax return yet. He says he could get the return finished sooner if his wife wasn't always watching over him. That gives Harriet the idea to get some of the wives to play cards at the Women's Club that night. Ozzie and Ricky get to Herb's office and he's out to lunch. Ricky notices a safe and asks Ozzie if he could open it. Ozzie shows Ricky how to turn the dial and he winds up opening the safe. Ozzie decides to play a joke on Herb and put his tax papers in the safe. Ozzie finds Thorny's papers on the desk and puts them in the safe as well. Ozzie leaves Herb a note about the papers. Back at home, Harriet tells Ozzie that Herb called. Just then Thorny comes by. He tells Ozzie that he spoke to Herb. Ozzie didn't pick the safe open, it was never locked. The safe was there when Herb moved in the office and he doesn't know the combination. Ozzie and Thorny spend the night redoing their taxes.
25	25	"Brother Beesley's Philosophy"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	March 20, 1953 (1953-03-20)
The boys are talking about the money they've saved. Ricky wants to spend his share, but David says he should have more will power. Harriet notices in the paper that there's a sale at The Emporium. There are dresses on sale there that she's interested in. Ozzie has been going over the finances and thinks they need to cut spending. Ozzie tells Harriet that he's going to visit Andy Beesley (Frank Nelson). He's a lodge brother that broke his leg in a skiing accident. Andy tells Ozzie that he actually broke his leg falling out of a hammock. Andy says that he's had time to think and has decided to enjoy life while you can. That means if you want to spend some money, do it. Ozzie goes to The Emporium and buys a fishing reel he's wanted. Ozzie tells the family to go buy whatever they want. Thorny comes by and tells Ozzie he's afraid he may have an expensive plumbing job to pay for. Ozzie tells Thorny about his new philosophy on money. The family comes home with a lot of purchases. Ozzie starts to second guess his thoughts on spending money. Thorny says the plumber didn't charge that much. Thorny now agrees with Ozzie's philosophy on spending. Ozzie now goes out to buy a new fishing rod.
26	26	"The Bowling Alley"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	March 27, 1953 (1953-03-27)
The boys want to go out to play some basketball. Harriet tells them to put a coat on so they don't catch a cold. Ozzie mentions that Herb Dunkle has a cold. Harriet thinks Ozzie is coming down with a cold and wants him to go lie down. Mary Dunkle (Paula Winslowe) comes by and Harriet asks how Herb is feeling. Mary and Harriet want to go to the store and Harriet asks Ozzie to drive them. Not wanting to do it, Ozzie now pretends he is getting a cold. The women leave. Thorny comes by and Ozzie still pretends to be sick. Thorny reminds him of a date they made to go bowling. Ozzie worries that Harriet will come home and see him gone. Thorny talks him into going anyway. At the bowling alley, Thorny isn't playing so well. Meanwhile, Mary and Harriet went out for coffee after they finished at the store. Mary mentions that some of the ladies are bowling and they should stop by and see them. Harriet says she's never bowled. Thorny and Ozzie see Mary and Harriet come in and they sneak out. The next day a Delivery Man (Herb Vigran) drops off a case of ginger ale that Ozzie won for having the highest score of the night. Ozzie calls a bunch of people to brag about his high score. Ozzie confesses to Harriet that he went bowling last night. Harriet can't bring herself to tell Ozzie that she won the ginger ale.
27	27	"The Orchid and the Violet"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	April 3, 1953 (1953-04-03)
It's spring time. Ozzie and the boys are playing baseball. Harriet won't let Ozzie in the house as he's covered in mud. Thorny makes fun of the way Ozzie looks. Ozzie tells him that he wants to buy some violets for Harriet because romance is in the air. Ozzie always bought violets for her. Thorny says he should buy her an orchid. Ozzie mentions a rich guy named Cranston Poole that used to buy Harriet orchids all the time. Ozzie and Rickey go to Orville's (Alan Mowbray) flower shop to buy the violets. Because of the way Ozzie is dressed, Orville thinks Ozzie is poor and doesn't charge him much. And he'll have them delivered. Orville tells his wife Martha (Jeanette Nolan) that he's going to do something nice for Ozzie and send him two orchids instead. Ozzie tells Harriet that he bought a surprise for her. When the orchids arrive, Ozzie says that he bought her violets. He thinks the orchids are from Cranston. Thorny catches Ozzie throwing the orchids in the garbage. Thorny tells him to call the flower shop. Ozzie calls and asks Martha what the man looked like and she says he looked like a bum. Ozzie now thinks that Cranston is down and out. Harriet called the flower shop earlier and knows it was Ozzie. Later, Harriet confesses there never was a Cranston Poole and she never got any orchids.
28	28	"The Pancake Mix"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	April 10, 1953 (1953-04-10)
The family is eating a lot of Harriet's pancakes. When Harriet says that she used a pre-made mix, Ozzie says they're not as good as hers. Ricky notices on the box that it says Hasty Tasty Pancake Company is offering a double-your-money-back guarantee. Ricky thinks they should send in for it, but Ozzie says it isn't worth it. Thorny tells Ozzie how bad his wife Katherine's pancakes are. Ozzie tells Thorny about the Hasty Tasty guarantee. Thorny thinks Ozzie should send in. The Groceryman (Sterling Holloway) tells Ozzie this is his first day and he's filling out a Hasty Tasty guarantee. Back at home, Ozzie learns that it was Ricky who turned in for the refund. Ricky tells David that he's thinking of buying more boxes of the pancake mix and sending for more refunds. Ozzie tells him that would be fraud. Alfred K. Bailey (Frank Nelson), president of the Hasty Tasty Pancake Company, comes by the house. Alfred brought along some other members of the company. They were on their way to a sales convention and decided to stop by. Ozzie brings out Ricky and Alfred gives him the check for 97 cents. They then make Ricky another batch of pancakes. They put ice cream, jam and whipped cream on the pancakes. Ricky says it's the finest pancake he's ever tasted, but he only eats the toppings. Hal Smith as Mr. Crawford. Vera Marshe as Miss Twomley.
29	29	"The Whistler's Daughter"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	April 17, 1953 (1953-04-17)
Harriet asks Ozzie to help her paint some chairs. Ozzie comes up with an excuse to not help. The boys are out selling tickets to a charity bazaar. Ozzie thinks David was tricked into it by flattery from a girl. Harriet then flatters Ozzie and he paints the chairs. A door-to door saleswoman, Mrs. Whistler (Verna Felton), comes by wanting to see the lady of the house. Ozzie tells her that Harriet just stepped out, but will be back shortly. Ozzie invites her in to wait. She's selling spot remover that she made herself. After some flattery, Ozzie winds up buying 5 bottles. Mrs. Whistler only has one and she'll drop off the others later. Thorny tells Ozzie he bought a bottle of the spot remover from a beautiful young woman. Thorny thinks Ozzie is kidding when Ozzie says he bought the bottle from an old woman. Harriet comes home and says she saw an attractive young woman selling spot remover. Harriet doesn't believe Ozzie bought the stuff from an old woman. He says she'll be coming by later to drop off the other bottles. Later, Mrs. Whistler's daughter (Mary Beth Hughes) comes by with the other bottles. She flatters and thanks Ozzie. She tells him that she's plans to go to college this fall. She hopes to win a magazine subscriptions contest to pay for it. Harriet thinks Ozzie was taken when he tells her he bought several subscriptions. Some girl scouts flatter Rickey and he buys all their cookies.
30	30	"The Fish Story"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	April 24, 1953 (1953-04-24)
At breakfast, an announcer on the radio says that the fishing is great at Singing Lake. Ozzie spends the day there and comes home with one tiny fish. Fortunately Harriet picked up a large fish at the market. Ozzie tells the boys to not believe in rumors, especially about fishing. Ozzie tells them how easy it is to start a rumor. Thorny comes by and sees the large fish. To prove his point, Ozzie tells Thorny he caught the fish in Mud Basin. Ozzie knows there's no fish there. After Thorny leaves, Ozzie tells the boys that rumor will be all over the neighborhood in no time. Harriet tells Ozzie that Katherine says Thorny is going fishing at Mud Basin. Harriet says that Ozzie should go along. Ozzie confesses about the rumor. He then starts to wonder if there could be fish there. The next morning Mary Dunkle calls Harriet and tells her about Mud Basin. Emmy Lou (Janet Waldo) brings Ozzie a large fish that she says her father caught in Mud Basin. Thorny comes home with five fish. Ozzie decides to go to Mud Basin. Thorny tells Harriet that all the fish everyone has were bought at the market. It was all an elaborate scheme to teach Ozzie a lesson. Ozzie comes home with three gigantic fish and shows Thorny. Harriet tells the boys the fish were saltwater bass.
31	31	"Night School"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	May 1, 1953 (1953-05-01)
At breakfast, Ozzie suggests going on a picnic. Harriet says she has too much to do. The boys also have other plans. Thorny tells Ozzie that he is taking adult education courses at the local high school in the evenings. Ozzie tells Harriet that he's thinking of going to night school. Ozzie and Harriet go see the Registrar (Joan Shawlee) at the school. Harriet wants to take classes in psychology and knitting. Ozzie will take woodcraft and French. The two have gone to classes for a week now. Ozzie mentions that he hasn't seen Thorny at the school. Harriet tells the boys that she's not doing too well with her knitting. The boys ask her to go to a movie that evening and Harriet agrees to skip school. Emmy Lou talks to Ozzie about him going to school. He tells her he's bored with school and tonight is his usual bowling night. She talks him into going bowling. Neither Harriet nor Ozzie want the other to find out they're skipping school. The next morning, Ozzie and Harriet learn that they didn't go to school. They decide to quit.
32	32	"The Traders"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	May 8, 1953 (1953-05-08)
David tells Ozzie that he's been doing some trading with Will Thornberry. Ricky's been doing some trading with his friends. Ozzie thinks they got stuck with a lot of junk. Thorny tells Ozzie that Will has been coming home with junk as well. Ozzie would like to show the boys how to trade better. Harriet's been flattering Ozzie and he thinks she wants something. Harriet says she bought a beautiful old clock. It doesn't run, but it will be fixed in a couple days. She put it in the closet. Ozzie realizes he traded it to Thorny for a teapot while trying to show Ricky about fair trading. The boys catch Ozzie locking the closet door. Thorny tells Ozzie that he traded the clock to his son Will for a baseball. Thorny will give the clock back if Ozzie returns the teapot he traded for it. Ozzie says that Ricky now has the teapot. There is some confusing trading between Ozzie, Thorny, David and Ricky, but everyone gets what they wanted. Ozzie sneaks the clock back into the closet and gets locked in. Later, Harriet tells Ozzie she traded the clock to Katherine for an old teapot.
33	33	"Boxing Matches"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	May 15, 1953 (1953-05-15)
Ricky is sparring with David. They tell Harriet that Ricky is boxing Iggy Schwartz tonight at the Boy Scout rally. Ozzie tells them he boxed when he was a kid. Ozzie bangs his head on a door and his one eye is swelling up. Thorny sees Ozzie's eye. He thinks Ozzie is making it up when he says he banged it on a door. Thorny says he was just sparring with Will. Thorny shows Ozzie some of his moves and accidentally hits Ozzie in the mouth. Ozzie tells the boys that Thorny just got in a lucky punch. Ricky says that he told Mr. Roper, his scout master, what a great boxer Ozzie is. Ricky says that Will was bragging what a great boxer his father is. Mr. Roper would like Ozzie and Thorny to do a boxing exhibition match at the rally. They already asked Thorny and he agreed to it. Ozzie is now stuck having to do it. Ozzie is shadow boxing by the garage. Emmy Lou comes by and asks him what dance he's doing. Ozzie explains about boxing Thorny. Emmy Lou accidentally hits Ozzie in the nose. Ozzie tells Harriet it was a lucky punch. Ozzie learns from Thorny that they aren't boxing each other. It was a misunderstanding, they were just supposed to put the gloves on their kids.
34	34	"A Door Key for David"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	May 22, 1953 (1953-05-22)
The boys are locked out of the house. Ozzie comes by and then Harriet. David thinks he should have his own key and Harriet agrees. Ozzie thinks it's a lot of responsibility, but gives him a key. David shows Thorny his key. After David leaves, Thorny tells Ozzie that he misplaced his house key and can't get in. Thorny wants to borrow a screwdriver from Ozzie to open one of his windows. Ozzie left his key in his coat pocket and has to ring the doorbell. David opens the door and Ozzie asks him to get the screwdriver. Thorny tells David to get Ozzie's jacket. David closes the door when he goes to play baseball. Ozzie makes an excuse for not going in the house. Thorny thinks Ozzie lost his key and won't admit it. Thorny leaves and Ozzie rings the doorbell. Thorny opens it and says he got in the house through the back door. Ozzie admits he lost his key. Without telling her, he takes Harriet's key to make a copy. Harriet notices her key missing. Ozzie goes to see Charlie Parker (Hal Smith), the Locksmith. Harriet takes David's key to make a copy. Everyone eventually realizes what happened with all the keys.
35	35	"The Play's the Thing"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	May 29, 1953 (1953-05-29)
Harriet mentions that the PTA pageant is putting on a play, "Robin Hood and His Merry Band". The boys don't really want to be in it, but Harriet insists. Harriet suggests that Ozzie be in it, but he comes up with an excuse. Thorny tells Ozzie that he's in the play and it's going to be great. Thorny has one of the leading roles. Mrs. Pennyfeather (Almira Sessions) comes by to talk about the play. Ozzie now offers to be in it if he's needed. Mrs. Pennyfeather later calls Harriet and says she has a part for Ozzie. He gets all excited thinking it will be a leading role. But then Ozzie learns that his role is the front end of Robin Hood's horse. Ozzie is embarrassed when the boys learn what part he's playing. Emmy Lou is happy when she learns that Ozzie is in the play. She is actually excited when Ozzie tells her he's playing a horse. Thorny confesses that he doesn't have a leading role, he'll be playing a stable boy. Without telling Thorny what part he has, Ozzie gets Thorny to switch parts. Thorny gets the last laugh when he says his part was actually the back of the horse. Later, Harriet tells Ozzie that Mrs. Pennyfeather called. They couldn't get a horse costume. Ozzie and Thorny rented it so the PTA wouldn't get it.
36	36	"Monetary System"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Alfred Nelson, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	June 5, 1953 (1953-06-05)
David and Ricky want to go to the movies, but they have no money. They would like an advance on their allowance. Ozzie says they could earn the money by doing things around the house. Ozzie develops a point system regarding household chores. The boys doing them would help Harriet. Plus if the boys don't do certain things, they would lose points. Barbara Peabody comes by to see if Harriet can make it to the PTA meeting. While telling Barbara about Ozzie's point system, Harriet notices that the list of chores Ozzie wrote down are all things that he would usually do. Harriet finds a way for Ozzie to have to do some chores as well. Ozzie tells Thorny about his point system. The rest of the family wind up doing Ozzie's chores and he's getting a lot of demerits. While totaling points, the family learns that Ozzie really didn't do anything. Ozzie finds out that Harriet did a lot of chores and she wants to be paid.
37	37	"Who's Walter?"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	June 12, 1953 (1953-06-12)
Harriet sees in the paper that old man H.R. 'Pop' Gibson (Emmett Lynn) is in town for a convention. Pop ran the Ferris wheel at the amusement park that Harriet and Ozzie frequented when they dated. It was on the Ferris wheel that they got engaged. Harriet suggests inviting Pop over for dinner. Harriet and Ozzie go to the hotel to see Pop. He recognizes them right away and remembers Harriet's name. However, he thinks Ozzie is named Walter. Back at home, Ozzie wonders if Harriet went out with a Walter. Thorny comes by and finds Ozzie looking at old pictures trying to find Walter. Ozzie tries to down play his interest in finding out who Walter is. Ozzie tells Harriet to quit bringing up Walter, but it's actually him that keeps doing it. That night Pop arrives and he still calls Ozzie Walter. Pop tells stories about how many romances started on his Ferris wheel. When Ozzie gets Pop alone, he asks him about Walter. Pop winds up calling Ozzie several other names. Pop briefly forgets his own name. While leaving, Pop calls Harriet Barbara. Harriet asks Ozzie who Barbara is. Ozzie did go out with a Barbara while in high school.
38	38	"Curiosity"	Ozzie Nelson	Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	June 19, 1953 (1953-06-19)
Harriet asks Ozzie a lot of questions about his day. Barbara calls Harriet and tells her that Joe and Betty Randolph have separated. Barbara also mentions some things that Ozzie forgot to tell Harriet. When Harriet confronts Ozzie about things he didn't tell her, he wonders why she's so curious. At dinner, the family learns that Ricky has a girlfriend, Mildred. Harriet asks a few questions about Mildred and Ozzie once again mentions Harriet's curiosity. Ozzie says that men are naturally not that curious. Harriet tells Ozzie that a woman had some very nice things to say about him. Now Ozzie is curious as to who the woman is and asks a lot of questions. Harriet confesses she made the whole thing up to teach him a lesson about curiosity. He doesn't believe she made it up. Ozzie talks to Thorny about Harriet not telling him who this woman was. Ozzie now says that Harriet is jealous of this other woman. Thorny gives Ozzie a suggestion as in how to get Harriet to reveal the name. Make her think Ozzie already knows the name and that he used to go with the woman. Harriet doesn't fall for it and again tells Ozzie she made the story up.
39	39	"Oscillating Ozzie"	Ozzie Nelson	Ben Gershman, Bill Davenport and Ozzie Nelson	June 26, 1953 (1953-06-26)
Ozzie didn't like that Harriet made the eggs different for breakfast. Harriet says she likes to change things up once in a while. She notices that men like things to stay the same and are set in their ways. Thorny is painting his fence because Katherine wanted it a different color. Ozzie tells him he resents that Harriet thinks he's set in his ways. Mary Dunkle calls and Harriet tells her that she got a new rug for the living room and is going to surprise Ozzie. Emmy Lou tells Ozzie about a movie in town. It's about a man who is completely irresponsible. Emmy Lou adores irresponsible and unpredictable men. Ozzie decides to be a little more unpredictable. He brings home a different flavor ice cream. He wears an old ragged outfit to dinner. He decides to not go bowling. But Harriet makes him go because that's when she's having the new rug delivered. A man named Mulligan (Herb Vigran) comes by with the rug and runs into Ozzie and Thorny. Ozzie figures that's why Harriet wanted him out of the house. Ozzie wants to surprise Harriet by having Mulligan and Thorny bring him in the house wrapped in the rug.

Season 2 (1953–54)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
40	1	"The New Chairs"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	September 18, 1953 (1953-09-18)
Ozzie and Harriet aren't home when two large living room chairs are delivered. David signs for them. Ozzie and Harriet arrive and she says she didn't order the chairs. Ozzie calls the Emporium Department store and has a confusing conversation with the Store Complaints Clerk (Lurene Tuttle voice). Ozzie wants the chairs picked up. Thorny tells Ozzie that he saw the chairs delivered. Harriet says that two more chairs were delivered. Ozzie calls the store again. David and Ricky are doing acrobatics on the chairs. Ozzie tries to do a hand stand on one of the chairs, with no luck. He decides to keep two of the chairs. He calls the store again and tells them to only pick up two. Thorny tells Ozzie to donate his old chairs to the men's lounge at the bowling alley. Not knowing that Ozzie wanted to keep two as a surprise, Harriet has the men take all four chairs. Two delivery men from the Emporium arrive and Ozzie tells them the chairs were already picked up. Harriet learns that the bowling alley picked up the four chairs. The Emporium men say they have to come back with two chairs. Ozzie lets them take the old chairs and will work things out in the morning. Thorny learns that Katherine ordered the chairs and had them sent to Ozzie's house. More confusion ensues. Brick Sullivan as Delivery Man. Henry Kulky as Delivery Man.
41	2	"The Party"	Ozzie Nelson	Unknown	September 25, 1953 (1953-09-25)
David and Ricky want to play a trick on Will Thornberry. They tell Ozzie and Harriet that Will is having a birthday party the next day and didn't invite them. Harriet says it could be a misunderstanding. Ozzie doesn't want them to play a trick on Will. David and Ricky set up a large pail of water to soak Will with, but Harriet catches them. Marion Henderson (Joan Shawlee) comes by to see Harriet. Harriet tells her about the boys being upset about the party. Marion says her daughter Edith wasn't invited. David and Ricky tell Harriet that Will just invited them and the party is next Tuesday. The boys tell Ozzie that Katherine told them there is a party for Mr. Thornberry that evening. Ozzie is upset because he wasn't invited. Ozzie tells the boys that it seems Thorny is a "fair weather friend". Thorny comes by and says he's not doing anything special that evening. Ozzie keeps hinting about a party, but Thorny doesn't say anything. Harriet tells Ozzie that she spoke to Katherine. She is giving Thorny a surprise anniversary party, he knows nothing about it. Harriet says that they are invited. She also says that Katherine had the cake sent here so Thorny wouldn't see it. Ozzie wants to hide it in his car. He trips and falls face first into the cake. Thorny thinks that Ozzie was going to have a party and didn't invite him.
42	3	"The Boys' Paper Route"	Ozzie Nelson	Unknown	October 2, 1953 (1953-10-02)
Ozzie is supposed to be fixing the screen door, but Harriet catches him reading the newspaper. Harriet tells Ozzie about plans to build a playground swimming pool. Harriet says that some women in her Women's Club are against it. They plan to talk those women into it. The boys tell Ozzie that they want to deliver papers. They will have to get up at 5:30 in the morning. The next morning, Harriet wakes up Ozzie. She says that David has a cold and Ricky didn't sleep well, so she didn't wake them up. She wants Ozzie to deliver the papers. Ozzie goes to the corner where he is to pick up the papers. He sits down and falls asleep. An Old Man (Emmett Lynn) walks by. Thinking Ozzie is a hobo, he drops a coin in his hat. The Newpaper Delivery Man (Herb Vigran) arrives and Ozzie explains about the boys. The boys get up at 8:00 and Harriet tells them Ozzie delivered the papers. Ozzie comes home, says things went well and falls asleep. Harriet and the boys discover that Ozzie had the wrong route book and delivered to the wrong people. They leave to straighten things out. Thorny comes by and wakes Ozzie up. Thorny says he saw Harriet delivering papers. They figure out that Ozzie delivered to the list of women opposed to the swimming pool. Because of an editorial in the paper, the women will vote for the pool and subscribe to the paper.
43	4	"Window Pane"	Ozzie Nelson	Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant, Ozzie Nelson and Ben Gershman	October 9, 1953 (1953-10-09)
Harriet wants Ozzie to find someone to fix the broken glass in the kitchen door. Ozzie says he can do it, but he's been saying that for weeks. Ozzie comes home and finds the boys fixing the door bell. Ozzie tells Thorny that the family is treating him as an incompetent. Thorny teases Ozzie about him being all thumbs. Ozzie comes back from the hardware store with the glass. Thorny watches as Ozzie puts the glass in. When Thorny closes the door, the glass breaks. Ozzie goes to get another glass. Harriet and the boys come home and see the kitchen door still isn't fixed. Mr. Williams (Emmett Lynn), the repairman, drops by. Ozzie comes home and the door is fixed. He tries to blame Thorny for breaking the glass after he repaired it. Harriet thinks he hurt Ozzie's feelings by having Mr. Wilson fix the door. It turns out Mr. Wilson put in an unbreakable glass. Harriet has Mr. Wilson replace it with normal glass. Thorny breaks the glass. Ozzie says he'll replace it, but comes up with reasons to not do it right away.
44	5	"David's Pipe"	Ozzie Nelson	Ben Gershman, Don Nelson, Ozzie Nelson and Bill Davenport	October 16, 1953 (1953-10-16)
Harriet complains that moths are eating holes in some of their clothes. Thorny tells Ozzie that Will is hanging around with a new kid on the block who is older. Thorny thinks the kid will be a bad influence on Will. Ozzie thinks parents are too possessive of their kids. Ozzie says they should give their kids direction and let them make their own decisions. Thorny decides to ignore Ozzie's advice. Ozzie gets a package from a guy he used to go to school with. The guy manufactures pipes and he sent a monogrammed one to David, because he thinks David is in college. Ozzie worries about David smoking. Harriet asks if Ozzie is going to follow his own advice and let David make his own decision. Ricky makes fun of David pretending to smoke the pipe. David thinks that Ricky is just envious. Harriet is still worried about David smoking. Thorny tells Ozzie that he told Will to not see the new boy anymore. Thorny says that Ozzie would take the pipe away from David. Thorny mentions that he saw David in the drug store buying cheap pipe tobacco. Ozzie tells Harriet about the tobacco. She says that she had David buy it to keep the moths away. Harriet also says that David gave the pipe away. They find out that Ricky has the pipe.
45	6	"David's 17th Birthday"	Ozzie Nelson	Ozzie Nelson	October 23, 1953 (1953-10-23)
It's David's 17th birthday and Harriet goes to a Haberdasher (Raymond Greenleaf) to get him a present. They wind up talking about children and grandchildren. Meanwhile, Ricky gives David a check for 50 cents as a birthday present. David wonders if he could pass for 18 or 19. Ozzie and Harriet give David his present. Ricky tells them that David is trying to impress Sally Patterson (Sally Fraser), who is a little older. She is Betty Barker's cousin from Chicago and she dates college boys. David sent her some flowers. Betty calls Ricky and tells him Sally would like to come over that night. Thorny shows Ozzie the present he got for David, it's a horn for his car. Ozzie suggests to David that they show Sally some films of David doing athletic things. Later, Sally arrives and meets the family and is actually interested in seeing the movies. Harriet makes a change though and runs movies of David when he was a little boy. David is very embarrassed, but Sally enjoyed it. Sally invites David to her birthday party. Sally confesses that she'll be 16. She made up going with older guys because she thought David was older.
46	7	"No Noise"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	October 30, 1953 (1953-10-30)
Herb Dunkle (Joseph Kearns) talks to Ozzie about the problem of noise and how it's affecting everyone. Herb says they've formed a local branch of "The National Anti-Noise Society". Herb mentions that Mr. Hopkins (Tom Powers), from the bank, is head man of the branch. Herb leaves Ozzie some pamphlets and asks him to consider joining. Ozzie tells Harriet about Herb thinking there's a noise problem. Ozzie thinks some noises are necessary. But it's not long before little noises start bothering Ozzie. Harriet is making noise exercising. Ricky has his friends Freddie and Suzy over. Freddy is playing the piano, Ricky is playing the drums and Suzy is dancing. David comes home with a bunch of barking dogs. Ozzie calls Herb and says he wants to join the Society. The family now tries to be very quiet for Ozzie. Ozzie tells Thorny about the Anti-Noise Society. Ozzie is having second thoughts about joining. Mr. Hopkins comes by with Mr. Pierce (Francis Pierlot), the chairman of the membership committee. Mr. Hopkins mentions how quiet it is around Ozzie's house. Suddenly there's a lot of noise. Ozzie accidentally puts fireworks in the incinerator. Mr. Hopkins tears up Ozzie's application to the society.
47	8	"The Hustler"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	November 6, 1953 (1953-11-06)
Ricky tells Harriet that he's going to be a salesman. Ozzie comes in the room and Ricky says he's selling a spot remover called "Spots Away". Ozzie hopes Ricky doesn't get too many turn downs and have it hurt his confidence. Thorny tells Ozzie that he wishes some of Ricky's enthusiasm would rub off on his son Will. Meanwhile, Harriet finds a golf cap that she gave to Ozzie for his birthday. He can't bring himself to tell her that he doesn't like it. Ricky comes home and says he sold all the bottles he had with him. Ricky then sells another dozen bottles. Ozzie tries some of the spot remover on his tie and it burns a hole in it. Ozzie wants to warn the people, but he doesn't know who Ricky sold them to. Thorny comes by upset because his cashmere sweater was ruined. He also tells Ozzie he was the one that bought the two dozen bottles. Thorny wants to be reimbursed. Ozzie figures out that the sweater was an old wool sweater of his that Thorny borrowed. Ozzie then realizes that he doesn't have to hunt down the other people because Thorny bought all the bottles. Ricky comes home and Ozzie tells him about the bad spot remover. Ozzie and Thorny find out that David and Will were making the stuff. Will came up with the stuff using his chemistry set.
48	9	"The Boys' Day"	Ozzie Nelson	Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant and Ozzie Nelson	November 13, 1953 (1953-11-13)
David wrote a school essay for a contest for chance to be mayor for the day during "Civic Day". There are also other jobs to be had. He learns that he is one of the winners. Thorny tells Ozzie that his son Will was also one of the winners. Thorny says that he wrote the essay for Will. Ozzie says that he made some suggestions for David's essay, but David didn't use them. Thorny and Ozzie get into an argument about it. Harriet tells Ozzie that Mrs. Pennyfeather (Paula Winslowe) called. She would like Ozzie and Thorny to take park in the Civic Day program. Ozzie will do it if Thorny apologizes. Harriet and Katherine get Ozzie and Thorny to make up. It's not long before they are arguing again. Thorny brings a Police Officer (Robert B. Williams) to see Ozzie. The Officer has an arrest warrant for Ozzie and Thorny, signed by the Chief of Police, Will Thornberry. In the courtroom, Ozzie and Thorny have their picture taken. Judge David Nelson comes in the room. Ozzie and Thorny are charged with public disturbance. The people who filed the complaint were Harriet, Ricky and Katherine. After some coaxing, the two plead guilty and are sentenced to 30 days of shaking hands. Mayor Jackson (Don Beddoe) congratulates David. Ozzie and Thorny learn that Harriet staged the whole thing as part of the Civic Day program.
49	10	"The Suggestion Box"	Ozzie Nelson	Unknown	November 20, 1953 (1953-11-20)
Thorny tells Ozzie that he's a little upset because his family doesn't like what he's wearing. Ozzie says there's nothing wrong with some constructive criticism. Meanwhile, David and Ricky are wondering if Ozzie is going to keep his promise and take the family to the lake next weekend. They found a note about making reservations. Harriet reminds Ozzie of some things he was supposed to do and hasn't. Ozzie thinks they should have a family suggestion box. Ozzie builds the box and the family starts putting notes in it. Thorny comes by and wants to see what's in the box. Ozzie says the family will open it at dinner time. They do wind up reading the notes and they all compliment Ozzie. Thorny thinks they wrote those things because Ozzie is a tyrant and they are afraid of him. Ozzie thinks Thorny is just jealous. Thorny says that the boys mentioned going to the lake. Harriet gets a call and learns that the reservations were for a bowling alley. She tells Ricky that Ozzie may still surprise them with the trip to the lake. It's after dinner and Thorny comes by. Ozzie reads the suggestions and one calls him a miser. Ozzie believes Thorny wrote it. Ozzie learns that Ricky made reservations at the lake.
50	11	"The Ladder"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	November 27, 1953 (1953-11-27)
Ricky mentions that his teacher gave him extra homework, because he didn't turn in homework. He lost the notebook. Ozzie wonders if Ricky is making up how he lost the notebook. Harriet tells Ozzie that Mrs. Howard (Florence Bates) is coming by to discuss the poetry reading she wants to give at the next PTA meeting. As Thorny is co-chairman of the PTA entertainment committee with Ozzie, Ozzie thinks he should have to talk with Mrs. Howard as well. Thorny isn't interested. Thorny shows Ozzie a new lightweight ladder he has. Thorny says his son Will threw a ball on Ozzie's roof. Ozzie and Thorny climb up to the roof. Thorny then tells Ozzie that there isn't a ball, he just wanted to try out the ladder. A strong wind blows the ladder over. Harriet wonders where Ozzie is. Mrs. Howard arrives and reads poetry to Harriet, David and Ricky. Meanwhile, Ozzie and Thorny are getting cold and hungry. Ozzie comes up with the idea to plug up the chimney with Thorny's jacket and maybe someone will come out. Ricky sees them on the roof and puts up the ladder. Ozzie tries to explain to Harriet what happened but she doesn't believe him. Ozzie forgot the jacket and goes back up the ladder to get it. David was supposed to hold the ladder, but also climbed up. The ladder falls over again. Later, a Truck Driver (Herb Vigran) drops off Ricky's notebook and verifies his story on how he lost it.
51	12	"Parental Guidance"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	December 4, 1953 (1953-12-04)
Ricky complains that every time he wants to do something, he told he's too young. He wants to stay up late and watch movies on the late show. David says he hasn't been feeling well lately. He wants to start working out early in the morning. Harriet is concerned about the boys, but Ozzie says they'll tire of their new schedules and go back to normal. Ozzie tells Thorny what the boys want to do. Thorny says that Will wants to read the entire encyclopedia. Thorny is sure that won't last. That night after the late show is over, Ricky wants Ozzie to play checkers with him. The next morning, David wakes Ozzie up early and asks him to work out with him. Ozzie is dead tired. This goes on for several days. Thorny and Ozzie agree that they were wrong about their sons quickly tiring of their routines. Thorny plans to tell Will to just stop. David tells Harriet that he's tired of the weight lifting. He just kept doing it because he thought Ozzie was enjoying it. Ozzie is thrilled when Harriet tells him about David's decision. Ozzie then learns that Ricky has been napping in the afternoons so he could stay up late. Jack Wagner as The Television Announcer.
52	13	"The Insurance Policy"	Ozzie Nelson	Jay Sommers, John L. Greene and Ozzie Nelson. Additional dialogue: Don Nelson and Bill Davenport	December 11, 1953 (1953-12-11)
Harriet can't find a gold pin Ozzie gave her for their 13th anniversary. Ozzie mentions that it is insured. Mr. Mathews (Frank Cady), an insurance claims adjuster, comes by the house. Mathews asks Ozzie if they reported it to the police and Ozzie says no. Mathews asks Harriet if she has a habit of misplacing things. Mathews will approve the claim and mail them a check. The check arrives and is made out to both of them. They have a problem with who should endorse it over to the other person. There's also a disagreement on how the money should be spent. Later Harriet changes her mind and endorses the check to Ozzie. She also bought a new coat. While cleaning out the car, the boys find Harriet's pin. Ricky wants to know if there's a reward. Ozzie wants Harriet to return the coat, but she says she can't as it was on sale. Ozzie calls Mathews and offers to give him the pin. Mathews wants the check back. Thorny tells Ozzie to take his loss like a man. Harriet winds up selling the pin to Mathews.
53	14	"Credit Reference"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	December 18, 1953 (1953-12-18)
Ricky asks Harriet if Will Thornberry brought over his counterfeit money set. Harriet gets a letter from Wentworths department store. The Thornberrys are opening a charge account there and they've given the Nelsons as a credit reference. As a joke, Ozzie writes negative financial comments about Thorny. Thorny gets upset when Ozzie tells him what he did. When Ozzie goes to look for the letter, he learns that Ricky delivered it to the store. Ozzie goes to see the Credit Manager (Hal Smith) at the store. Ozzie tries to explain that what he wrote was a joke, but he can't make the Manager understand. Meanwhile, David invites Ricky to a party he's having because Ricky has firewood David could use. Ozzie tells Thorny that the store got his letter. Thorny is actually happy, because he didn't want Katherine to be able to buy anything there. But then Thorny and Ozzie see a large amount of crates from the store in each of their front yards. They think their wives went on a spending spree. Ozzie is thrilled when he learns the store sent empty crates for Ricky to use as firewood. Harriet tells Ozzie that she let Katherine use his charge account at the store. Thorny does work things out with the Credit Manager.
54	15	"The Miracle"	Ozzie Nelson	Ozzie Nelson and Don Nelson	December 25, 1953 (1953-12-25)
It's the day after Christmas. Ozzie reminisces about a Christmas when he was a little boy. Ozzie (played by Ricky) and his older brother Alfred (played by David) got skis, but there was no snow. Father George (played by Ozzie) thinks the weather could change and it will snow. He has a toy barometer that points to snow. Mother Ethel (played by Harriet) doesn't want the boys to get their hopes up. The boys have faith that their father is right. George calls the Weather Bureau and speaks with weatherman Charlie Thornberry (played by Don Defore, with a mustache). Charlie doesn't expect any snow. The next morning, it's snowing. George is pleased with his barometer. But then Ethel mentions that the needle is stuck in that position. Back to reality, Ricky asks Ozzie if it's going to snow. Ozzie isn't paying attention and mumbles yes. The next morning Ricky is disappointed there is no snow. Thorny comes by and wants to take the boys to a ski lodge up north. Just then skis are delivered. They are a present from Grandma Nelson.
55	16	"The Hunter"	Ozzie Nelson	Unknown	January 1, 1954 (1954-01-01)
Ozzie and Thorny talk about how sports were a lot rougher when they were kids. Thorny mentions how much he likes hunting and Ozzie says they should go. Harriet is surprised as Ozzie has never done it before. Ricky tells his parents that Will says that his father hunted grizzly bears. David tells Ozzie that they found the 3 hunters that were lost for a week. Ozzie seems to be having second thoughts about the trip. He calls the Weather Bureau Man (Joseph Kearns) who says there will be snow and cold winds. Ozzie realizes he doesn't have any hunting equipment and he should call the trip off. While going to tell Thorny, Ozzie runs into Emmy Lou (Janet Waldo). She is just thrilled about Ozzie hunting dangerous animals. Emmy Lou says her father has equipment that Ozzie can borrow. The night before the trip, Ozzie tries to make it look as though there were prowlers outside his and Thorny's house. The next morning, Harriet feels better that Ozzie is going to stay home. Thorny doesn't seem to be too disappointed about not going on the trip. Harriet knew all along that Ozzie was the prowler.
56	17	"Ozzie's Night Out"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	January 8, 1954 (1954-01-08)
Ozzie is waiting at a bus stop when Thorny shows up. Thorny asks Ozzie to go out with him that evening. Ozzie says he needs to help the boys with their homework and Harriet needs help balancing the check book. Meanwhile, Helen (Helen Parrish) visits Harriet and mentions that her husband never gets to relax. Helen thinks husbands need a break once in a while. Harriet tells the boys to let Ozzie rest when he gets home. They tell Ozzie to go bowling with Thorny. Ozzie calls Thorny, but now Thorny has things to do with the family. Thorny thinks that Ozzie had a fight with Harriet and that's why she wants him out of the house. The family is having a hard time doing their work without Ozzie. Harriet dozes off and dreams Ozzie is having a night out on the town with a bunch of women. Ozzie comes home late and Harriet asks him what he did. He doesn't tell her and just implies he had a good time. It finally comes out that Ozzie really just walked around and he had a terrible time. Ozzie wonders why Harriet kicked him out of the house. She says that they would have preferred him home to help them.
57	18	"The Cameras"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	January 15, 1954 (1954-01-15)
Ozzie buys new cameras for each family member. Ozzie mentions that he was elected chairman of the set up committee for the PTA. They set up the tables and chairs for the meetings. Harriet baked a cake but she won't have a piece as she's on a diet. She tells Ozzie he's put on a few pounds. He agrees to go on a diet as well. Ozzie runs into Thorny at the local drug store. Thorny is having a large sundae. Thorny buys Ozzie one and Ozzie says he'll start his diet the next day. Ozzie hints at Thorny helping him on the committee, but doesn't actually ask him. The boys have been taking pictures all over town. Ricky shows Ozzie a picture he took of Ozzie eating the sundae. Turns out David took a picture of Ozzie with the sundae as well. Ozzie buys both pictures from the boys so Harriet doesn't see them. Somehow Thorny has the same picture of Ozzie. Ozzie manages to make a deal where Thorny will help him with the committee. Harriet was in the drug store the same time Ozzie was and she took a picture of him with the sundae.
58	19	"Courage"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	January 22, 1954 (1954-01-22)
David and Ricky are bickering with each other about sports. Ozzie mentions that one must except the challenge and play by the rules. Ozzie is going into town and Harriet asks him to exchange something she bought. She then thinks twice and says if he wants to back out it's fine. She wanted him to return some lingerie. Ricky says that Ozzie can except the challenge. Ozzie gets to the store and speaks with the Sales Lady (Gale Robbins). It's very awkward for Ozzie, but the Sales Lady commends him. When Ozzie gets back home, the boys misunderstand something and think Ozzie was in a fight. Ozzie talks to Thorny about a man with courage and who comes through under pressure. Thorny thinks he's talking about him taking a challenge from one of Will's friends. The friend wanted to see how many push-ups Thorny could do. Ozzie can't bring himself to tell Thorny about what he did. Back in the house, Ozzie wants to see how many push-ups he can do. He couldn't do as many Thorny did. The boys ask Ozzie how many he can do after Will brags to them about how many Thorny did. Thorny tells Ozzie he heard about the lingerie and says that really took courage. He asks Ozzie to return some if Katherine's lingerie. He also admits he didn't do as many push-ups as he said. Dorothy Abbott as Model.
59	20	"The Incentive"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	January 29, 1954 (1954-01-29)
Ozzie hopes to make Ricky more thrifty. Ozzie will double whatever money he has left over at the end of the week. David tells Ozzie that an old house nearby is being torn down. The wrecking crew is letting Ricky have all the empty bottles that are in the cellar. There may be hundreds of bottles. Thorny mentions to Ozzie that he'll have to double whatever money Ricky makes on returning the bottles. Ozzie worries that if Ricky doesn't spend any of the bottle money, Ozzie will be paying out a lot of money each week. Ricky used his allowance to pay some kids to move the bottles into the garage. He tells his parents that he tried several stores, but none want to buy the bottles. Thorny tells Ozzie that he'll dress up like a junk dealer and take the bottles from Ricky. Meanwhile, Harriet calls someone to take the bottles. Mr. Callahan (Arthur Q. Bryan), from a salvage company, comes by. Ozzie at first thinks it's Thorny dressed up. David has a Mr. Tracy (Brick Sullivan), from another salvage company, come for the bottles. Thorny then comes by all dressed up. Harriet says the bottles aren't in the garage. Turns out Ricky got a local malt shop to take the bottles. He'll be paid in ice cream.
60	21	"Too Many Children"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	February 5, 1954 (1954-02-05)
Ricky and David are arguing again. Ozzie tells them that they need to be more organized. Ozzie and Harriet reminisce about when the boys were younger and how much fun it was. Thorny tells Ozzie that one of Katherine's nephews is coming over and the boy can be destructive. Ozzie offers to let the boy stay at his house. Meanwhile, Helen visits Harriet and mentions that her house is being papered. Harriet offers to have Helen's two boys stay at her house. Thorny winds up bringing five boys over. The Nelsons wind up with seventeen boys total after word got out. Ozzie wants to take the boys camping, but it starts to rain. They set up tents in the living room. They roast marshmallows in the fireplace. The boys have a lot of fun. The next day, David and Ricky mention what a great time they had. Ken Osmond as Boy. Song: Ozzie performs "In Napoli".
61	22	"David's Career"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	February 12, 1954 (1954-02-12)
David is spending time at Thompson's (Robert B. Williams) Garage. Ozzie mentions that David will be deciding on a career soon. Thorny tells Ozzie that Will may want to be a doctor or a lawyer. Ozzie says David is leaning toward being a mechanic. Ozzie fantasizes about David owning a gas station and then a car dealership. Ozzie then sees David making a lot of money in oil stocks. Thorny tells Ozzie that Will has decided on medical school. Thorny and Ozzie get into an argument over which sons job is more important. Ozzie tells Harriet that he wants David to be a doctor or a lawyer. Ozzie goes to see Mr. Thompson. Thompson really talks up the job of being a mechanic. Ozzie feels much better about that job. David says he wants to be a sports announcer. Thorny tells Ozzie that Will now wants to be a mechanic.
62	23	"Harriet Gives a Party"	Ozzie Nelson	John L. Greene, Jay Sommers and Ben Gershman	February 19, 1954 (1954-02-19)
Harriet decides to give a dinner party. The boys are surprised that putting a party together is so complicated. Thorny tells Ozzie that he heard about the party from David. Thorny hopes he's invited, but Ozzie says Harriet hasn't definitely decided on giving the party. Carolyn Calhoun (Jorja Curtright) comes by to visit Harriet. Carolyn tells her that she's having a dinner party and it turns out to be the same night Harriet was thinking of. Harriet agrees to postpone her party. Carolyn asks Harriet to not tell the Thornberrys because she doesn't have enough room. Harriet tells Ozzie about the change of plans. They call Thorny and he says how much he's looking forward to the party. Harriet can't bring herself to tell him she isn't having one. Ozzie goes to see Thorny and tells him the party is postponed. Ozzie suggests to Harriet they skip Carolyn's party and have the Thornberrys over. Ozzie tells Thorny but he says he has other plans. Ozzie now wants to call Carolyn and say they are available. Turns out Carolyn invited the Thornberrys to fill in. Thorny tells Ozzie their friendship means too much and he told Carolyn he couldn't go to her party. Thorny is now free to come to Ozzie's for dinner. Harriet tells Ozzie that Carolyn had to cancel her party and Thorny knew about it.
63	24	"An Old Fashioned Remedy"	Ozzie Nelson	Jay Sommers, John L. Greene and Ozzie Nelson. Additional dialogue: Bill Davenport.	February 26, 1954 (1954-02-26)
Ricky wasn't feeling well, so Harriet takes him to see Doc Williams (Frank Cady). Williams gives Ricky a shot. Ozzie thinks antibiotics are overrated. That night Ozzie goes to pickup Thorny to go bowling. Thorny says that he doesn't feel well. Doc Williams comes by and wants to give Thorny a shot. Ozzie questions Williams about the shot. Ozzie says he always took Gaffney's Blood Tonic when he had a cold. Williams says that one of the ingredients in the tonic is alcohol. Ozzie goes bowling by himself and meets a man from a pharmaceutical company. The man never heard of Gaffeny's Tonic. Ozzie thinks he's coming down with a cold. He call Mr. Miller's (Joseph Kearns voice) drugstore and orders a bottle of the tonic. Miller only has one bottle left. The next morning Ozzie claims to feel fine because he drank the whole bottle of tonic. He has Harriet find another bottle and he drinks that as well. Ozzie goes to see Williams and show him how well the tonic worked. Williams tell him that Harriet brought the tonic to him and he put in antibiotics. Later, Ozzie thinks he's getting another cold, but Harriet thinks it's a hangover.
64	25	"Initiation"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	March 5, 1954 (1954-03-05)
David is in charge of his club's initiation committee. He introduces one of the pledges, Stan Taylor, to the family. Ozzie remembers some of his fraternity initiations and how rough they were. Thorny tells Ozzie that Will is one of the pledges. He hopes that David won't be too rough on him. Harriet sees some paint and a ladder in the backyard. She's worried it might be part of the initiation. Thorny tells Ozzie that he bought David a gift, but it's not a bribe. Thorny saw the paint as well and tells Ozzie he's worried. They decide to hide the ladder. It's the night of the initiation. Thorny comes by angry and says that Will is completely covered in paint. David comes home covered in paint. For the initiation they painted the club room at the church. David mentions that they really could've used the ladder to get to some of the high places.
65	26	"Ricky's Lost Letter"	Ozzie Nelson	Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson. Additional dialogue: Bill Davenport and Don Nelson	March 12, 1954 (1954-03-12)
Ricky is having trouble writing a letter. David teases him about writing to his girlfriend Mary Carson. She's a girl he met up at the lake during Christmas vacation. Mary wrote to Ricky a couple days ago. Thorny comes by and sees some pictures of Mary. Ozzie explains who Mary is. Ricky finishes his letter, but he can't find Mary's letter with her address on it. Ozzie realizes that he accidentally destroyed the letter. Thorny looks at one of the pictures of Mary and sees she's standing next to a car. Thorny tells Ozzie he knows someone who can trace the license plate. The family wants to do things to cheer Ricky up. When Ozzie shows the picture to Harriet, she says that Mary is standing next to Ozzie's car. Mary sends another letter, but Ricky doesn't seem that interested now. He was writing her to send his lucky rabbit's foot back. He's been having such a good time with the family, he feels lucky enough.
66	27	"Father and Son Tournament"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	March 19, 1954 (1954-03-19)
Ricky wants Ozzie to partner with him for the Father And Son Table Tennis Tournament. What Ricky doesn't know is that David has already asked Ozzie. Thorny tells Ozzie that he and Will are going to win the tournament. Harriet suggests flipping a coin to see which son Ozzie will play with. David wins the toss. Ricky tries to talk David into going to a dance with Nancy Baker the night of the tournament. Ricky even offers to lend David the money to go. David agrees to the offer. David tells Ozzie that Will would like to go to the dance but doesn't have the money. Ozzie says he'll give Will the money. Thorny still tells Ozzie that he'll win. Ozzie doesn't mention the dance to Thorny. It's the night of the tournament and dance. Ozzie and David win. Their trophy's are very, very tiny. The Thornberrys did play and came in second. Thorny played with his father. Thorny shows Ozzie his trophy and it's huge. Shep Houghton as Spectator.
67	28	"Gentlemen David"	Ozzie Nelson	Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant, Bill Davenport, Don Nelson and Ozzie Nelson	March 26, 1954 (1954-03-26)
David mentions that the school is having a Backward Dance that night. It's where the girls invite the boys. David says he's not going and Ricky assumes no girl has asked him. Ozzie tells Harriet that maybe the girls figured someone had already asked David. Thorny tells Ozzie that Will has been asked by several girls. Ozzie gets very defensive about David not being asked yet. Ozzie wants to call some of his lodge brothers that have daughters and try to get one of them to ask David. He has no luck with them. Ozzie thinks about calling Marge and Wally Dipple (Lloyd Corrigan). Harriet says they dropped out of the bridge club a year ago and they haven't seen them since. Ozzie goes to see Wally. Wally says that his daughter Prunella is shy and hasn't asked a boy yet. Wally and Ozzie decide to get David and Prunella together. Meanwhile, David tells Harriet that a couple girls did ask him, but he's going to the movies with Nancy Baker. David tells Ozzie that Prunella was one of the girls that asked him, but he turned her down. Wally calls Ozzie and says that Prunella had already asked Will Thornberry.
68	29	"David Writes a Column"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	April 2, 1954 (1954-04-02)
As an assignment for English, David has to write an article for the school paper. Ricky thinks David should write about him. Ozzie tells Thorny about David's assignment. The subject of the school's baseball team being in a slump comes up. Thorny thinks it's Coach Shipley's (Gil Stratton) fault. David decides to write about the baseball team. He works late into the night on the article. Ozzie runs into Shipley at the drug store. Shipley mentions the teams slump and how they lost some key players. He says that because he also teaches math, he can't devote his full time to the team. Shipley says that David is a good player. Ozzie now defends Shipley to Thorny. Ozzie is worried that David may have written negative things about Shipley and he may lose his job. David actually wrote that the boys need to work together as a team and that Shipley was doing a good job.
69	30	"Over Protection"	Ozzie Nelson	John L. Greene, Jay Sommers and Ozzie Nelson. Additional dialogue: Perry Grant and Dick Bensfield	April 9, 1954 (1954-04-09)
Ozzie thinks Harriet is babying 13-year-old Ricky. She should let Ricky make some of his own decisions. Harriet follows Ozzie's advice and notices a change in Ricky after a few days. Ricky gets a letter from old friend Johnny Cooper. Johnny would like Ricky to come and visit him. Ricky would have to make a 150 mile train trip. Harriet says he can go, but now Ozzie isn't too sure. Thorny tells Ozzie that he wouldn't let Ricky go. Ozzie now decides that Ricky can go. Ozzie and Ricky look at train schedules. It's the night before the trip and Ozzie and Harriet are a little worried. The next morning, Ricky is taken to the train. Later, Harriet wonders why Ricky hasn't called yet. A telegram arrives saying Ricky made it safe and sound. Harriet wonders why it's signed David. Ozzie had David drive up to see that Ricky was alright. Now Ozzie worries that David will drive home safely.
70	31	"Be on Time"	Ozzie Nelson	Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman and Ozzie Nelson	April 16, 1954 (1954-04-16)
David mentions how Ricky is never on time. Ozzie tells Ricky he needs to be more organized. David reminds Ozzie that he's to give a speech to the Sports Luncheon today. David suggests Ozzie talk about being on time. Harriet wants Ozzie to fix the light on the porch today. She won't let Ozzie get out of it. While he's working on the light, Thorny comes by. Ozzie tells him about Ricky always being late. Thorny suggests buying Ricky a watch. David tells Ozzie that he'll be the first speaker at the luncheon. Ozzie is working on his speech. Ozzie forgot he turned off the power to work on the light. Now the clock is off. Ozzie is going to be late to the luncheon. He believes he can work being late into an example for his speech. Ozzie arrives and gives his speech. Dr. Pepin (Joseph Kearns) wonders who Ozzie is. Ozzie realizes he's at the wrong luncheon. David tells Ozzie the Sports Luncheon was postponed a couple hours. Francis Pierlot as Professor Higgins.
71	32	"An Evening with Hamlet"	Unknown	Unknown	April 23, 1954 (1954-04-23)
72	33	"New Neighbor"	Unknown	Unknown	April 30, 1954 (1954-04-30)
73	34	"Bird's Nest"	Unknown	Unknown	May 7, 1954 (1954-05-07)
74	35	"A Friend of the Family"	Unknown	Unknown	May 14, 1954 (1954-05-14)
75	36	"A Tuxedo for David"	Unknown	Unknown	May 21, 1954 (1954-05-21)
76	37	"The Painter"	Unknown	Unknown	May 28, 1954 (1954-05-28)
77	38	"Operation Economy"	Unknown	Unknown	June 4, 1954 (1954-06-04)
78	39	"The Swimming Pool"	Unknown	Unknown	June 11, 1954 (1954-06-11)

Season 3 (1954–55)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
79	1	"Wedding Anniversary"	October 8, 1954 (1954-10-08)
80	2	"Too Many Ties"	October 15, 1954 (1954-10-15)
81	3	"The Furnace"	October 22, 1954 (1954-10-22)
82	4	"A Load of Gravel"	October 29, 1954 (1954-10-29)
83	5	"The Usher"	November 12, 1954 (1954-11-12)
84	6	"The Come As You Are Party"	November 19, 1954 (1954-11-19)
85	7	"Wally Dipple's Garage Door"	December 3, 1954 (1954-12-03)
86	8	"Odd Bolt"	December 10, 1954 (1954-12-10)
87	9	"A Matter of Inches"	December 17, 1954 (1954-12-17)
88	10	"The Lost Christmas Gift"	December 24, 1954 (1954-12-24)
89	11	"The Fruitcake"	January 7, 1955 (1955-01-07)
90	12	"The Bloodhound"	January 14, 1955 (1955-01-14)
91	13	"The Missing Sandwiches"	January 21, 1955 (1955-01-21)
92	14	"Individuality"	January 28, 1955 (1955-01-28)
93	15	"The Electric Train"	February 4, 1955 (1955-02-04)
94	16	"A Matter of Principle"	February 11, 1955 (1955-02-11)
95	17	"Career Woman"	February 18, 1955 (1955-02-18)
96	18	"The Girl Who Came to Dinner"	February 25, 1955 (1955-02-25)
97	19	"The Sportscar"	March 11, 1955 (1955-03-11)
98	20	"Ricky's Blind Date"	March 18, 1955 (1955-03-18)
99	21	"Spring Housecleaning"	March 25, 1955 (1955-03-25)
100	22	"The Pajama Game"	April 1, 1955 (1955-04-01)
101	23	"Ricky's Shadow"	April 8, 1955 (1955-04-08)
102	24	"The Witness"	April 15, 1955 (1955-04-15)
103	25	"Ricky's Charge Account"	April 22, 1955 (1955-04-22)
104	26	"The Testimonial"	April 29, 1955 (1955-04-29)
105	27	"Thorny's Piano"	May 6, 1955 (1955-05-06)
106	28	"The Stray Dog"	May 27, 1955 (1955-05-27)

Season 4 (1955–56)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
107	1	"David's Engagement"	September 23, 1955 (1955-09-23)
108	2	"Homemade Ice-Cream"	September 30, 1955 (1955-09-30)
109	3	"Football Hero"	October 7, 1955 (1955-10-07)
110	4	"An Invitation to Dinner"	October 14, 1955 (1955-10-14)
111	5	"Carnation Perfume"	October 21, 1955 (1955-10-21)
112	6	"The Campers"	October 28, 1955 (1955-10-28)
113	7	"The Man Across the Street"	November 11, 1955 (1955-11-11)
114	8	"Music Appreciation"	November 18, 1955 (1955-11-18)
115	9	"A Ball of Tinfoil"	November 25, 1955 (1955-11-25)
116	10	"Wedding Rings"	December 2, 1955 (1955-12-02)
117	11	"The Gay Blade"	December 9, 1955 (1955-12-09)
118	12	"The Eclipse"	December 16, 1955 (1955-12-16)
119	13	"The Gadget"	January 6, 1956 (1956-01-06)
120	14	"Art Studies"	January 13, 1956 (1956-01-13)
121	15	"Volunteer Fireman"	January 20, 1956 (1956-01-20)
122	16	"The Car Mix-up"	January 27, 1956 (1956-01-27)
123	17	"Ricky, the Organizer"	February 3, 1956 (1956-02-03)
124	18	"The Safe Driver"	February 10, 1956 (1956-02-10)
125	19	"Watching Thorny's House"	February 24, 1956 (1956-02-24)
126	20	"Personal Column"	March 9, 1956 (1956-03-09)
127	21	"A Day in Bed"	March 23, 1956 (1956-03-23)
128	22	"Buried Treasure"	March 30, 1956 (1956-03-30)
129	23	"A Beautiful Day"	April 13, 1956 (1956-04-13)
130	24	"Honest Face"	April 20, 1956 (1956-04-20)
131	25	"Harriet's Secret Admirer"	May 25, 1956 (1956-05-25)
132	26	"Re-Dressing Ricky"	June 8, 1956 (1956-06-08)

Season 5 (1956–57)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
133	1	"Kappa Sigma Party"	October 3, 1956 (1956-10-03)
134	2	"Captain Salty and the Submarine"	October 10, 1956 (1956-10-10)
135	3	"Hidden Panel"	October 17, 1956 (1956-10-17)
136	4	"Christmas in October"	October 24, 1956 (1956-10-24)
137	5	"The Banjo Player"	October 31, 1956 (1956-10-31)
138	6	"Fifty Dollar Bill"	November 7, 1956 (1956-11-07)
139	7	"The Pool Table"	November 14, 1956 (1956-11-14)
140	8	"David Picks Up the Tab"	November 21, 1956 (1956-11-21)
141	9	"The Balloons"	November 28, 1956 (1956-11-28)
142	10	"Ricky's Car"	December 5, 1956 (1956-12-05)
143	11	"A Doctor in the House"	December 12, 1956 (1956-12-12)
144	12	"Busy Christmas"	December 19, 1956 (1956-12-19)
145	13	"The Day After Christmas"	December 26, 1956 (1956-12-26)
146	14	"Ozzie's Double"	January 2, 1957 (1957-01-02)
147	15	"A Hairstyle for Harriet"	January 9, 1957 (1957-01-09)
148	16	"The Puppy"	January 16, 1957 (1957-01-16)
149	17	"Borrowed Tuxedo"	January 23, 1957 (1957-01-23)
150	18	"Like Father, Like Son"	January 30, 1957 (1957-01-30)
151	19	"The Duenna"	February 6, 1957 (1957-02-06)
152	20	"The Hot Dog Stand"	February 13, 1957 (1957-02-13)
153	21	"Reading Room"	February 20, 1957 (1957-02-20)
154	22	"The Disbelievers"	February 27, 1957 (1957-02-27)
155	23	"The Clubhouse"	March 6, 1957 (1957-03-06)
156	24	"Jet Pilot"	March 13, 1957 (1957-03-13)
157	25	"Ozzie and Harriet Go to Washington"	March 20, 1957 (1957-03-20)
158	26	"The Editor"	March 27, 1957 (1957-03-27)
159	27	"The Hawaiian Party"	April 3, 1957 (1957-04-03)
160	28	"Ricky, the Drummer"	April 10, 1957 (1957-04-10)
161	29	"The Tommy Brannigan Story"	April 17, 1957 (1957-04-17)
162	30	"Sculpturing Class"	April 24, 1957 (1957-04-24)
163	31	"Ozzie, the Treasurer"	May 1, 1957 (1957-05-01)
164	32	"Ricky's Surprise Party"	May 8, 1957 (1957-05-08)
165	33	"Night Watchman"	May 15, 1957 (1957-05-15)
166	34	"David's Date with Miss Universe"	May 22, 1957 (1957-05-22)
167	35	"Strict Parents"	May 29, 1957 (1957-05-29)
168	36	"The Coffee Table"	June 5, 1957 (1957-06-05)
169	37	"The Fishing Lure"	June 12, 1957 (1957-06-12)
170	38	"Taking Care of Freddy"	June 19, 1957 (1957-06-19)
171	39	"The Loan"	June 26, 1957 (1957-06-26)

Season 6 (1957–58)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
172	1	"Fixing Up the Fraternity House"	October 2, 1957 (1957-10-02)
173	2	"The Man Without a Family"	October 9, 1957 (1957-10-09)
174	3	"Treasurer's Report"	October 16, 1957 (1957-10-16)
175	4	"The Boys Land in Jail"	October 23, 1957 (1957-10-23)
176	5	"Mystery Shopper"	October 30, 1957 (1957-10-30)
177	6	"Ricky's Big Night"	November 6, 1957 (1957-11-06)
178	7	"Free Flowers"	November 13, 1957 (1957-11-13)
179	8	"Ozzie's Triple Banana Surprise"	November 20, 1957 (1957-11-20)
180	9	"Fourteen Mile Hike"	December 4, 1957 (1957-12-04)
181	10	"Tuti-Fruiti Ice-Cream"	December 11, 1957 (1957-12-11)
182	11	"The Christmas Tree Lot"	December 18, 1957 (1957-12-18)
183	12	"Ricky Goes on TV"	December 25, 1957 (1957-12-25)
184	13	"The Trophy"	January 1, 1958 (1958-01-01)
185	14	"Road Race"	January 8, 1958 (1958-01-08)
186	15	"David and the Stewardess"	January 15, 1958 (1958-01-15)
187	16	"The Picture in Rick's Notebook"	January 22, 1958 (1958-01-22)
188	17	"Harriet's Dancing Partner"	January 29, 1958 (1958-01-29)
189	18	"The Safe"	February 5, 1958 (1958-02-05)
190	19	"David and the Men's Club"	February 12, 1958 (1958-02-12)
191	20	"Who is Betty?"	February 19, 1958 (1958-02-19)
192	21	"The Old Band Pavilion"	February 26, 1958 (1958-02-26)
193	22	"The Practical Joker"	March 5, 1958 (1958-03-05)
194	23	"Scavenger Hunt"	March 12, 1958 (1958-03-12)
195	24	"The Dating System"	March 19, 1958 (1958-03-19)
196	25	"Closed Circuit"	March 26, 1958 (1958-03-26)
197	26	"Top Gun"	April 2, 1958 (1958-04-02)
198	27	"The Record Trout"	April 9, 1958 (1958-04-09)
199	28	"The Bachelor"	April 16, 1958 (1958-04-16)
200	29	"Code of Honor"	April 23, 1958 (1958-04-23)
201	30	"Ricky is Micky"	May 7, 1958 (1958-05-07)
202	31	"Rick's Chemistry Grade"	May 14, 1958 (1958-05-14)
203	32	"The Magic of Three"	May 21, 1958 (1958-05-21)
204	33	"The International Set"	May 28, 1958 (1958-05-28)
205	34	"Ozzie and the Bridge Group"	June 4, 1958 (1958-06-04)
206	35	"A Cruise for Harriet"	June 11, 1958 (1958-06-11)

Season 7 (1958–59)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
207	1	"David Loses His Poise"	October 1, 1958 (1958-10-01)
208	2	"David Becomes a Football Coach"	October 8, 1958 (1958-10-08)
209	3	"A Surprise for Clara"	October 15, 1958 (1958-10-15)
210	4	"The Pony"	October 22, 1958 (1958-10-22)
211	5	"Stealing Rick's Girl"	October 29, 1958 (1958-10-29)
212	6	"Ozzie's Daughters"	November 5, 1958 (1958-11-05)
213	7	"Ozzie Spills the Beans"	November 12, 1958 (1958-11-12)
214	8	"Rick's Riding Lessons"	November 19, 1958 (1958-11-19)
215	9	"Harriet Creates a Triangle"	November 26, 1958 (1958-11-26)
216	10	"The Dress Shop"	December 3, 1958 (1958-12-03)
217	11	"The Motorcycle"	December 10, 1958 (1958-12-10)
218	12	"Helpful Neighbor"	December 17, 1958 (1958-12-17)
219	13	"The Runaways"	December 24, 1958 (1958-12-24)
220	14	"Rick's Scientific Date"	January 14, 1959 (1959-01-14)
221	15	"Rick's Dinner Guest"	January 21, 1959 (1959-01-21)
222	16	"Ozzie and the Space Age"	January 28, 1959 (1959-01-28)
223	17	"Jealous Joe Randolph"	February 4, 1959 (1959-02-04)
224	18	"Composite Girl"	February 11, 1959 (1959-02-11)
225	19	"Ozzie's Old Team-mate"	February 18, 1959 (1959-02-18)
226	20	"The Newspaper Interview"	February 25, 1959 (1959-02-25)
227	21	"The Exploding Book"	March 4, 1959 (1959-03-04)
228	22	"Ozzie Changes History"	March 11, 1959 (1959-03-11)
229	23	"The Tent"	March 18, 1959 (1959-03-18)
230	24	"Ricky, the Bullfighter"	March 25, 1959 (1959-03-25)
231	25	"Togetherness"	April 1, 1959 (1959-04-01)
232	26	"The Other Guy's Girl"	April 8, 1959 (1959-04-08)
233	27	"Treasurer's Son"	April 15, 1959 (1959-04-15)
234	28	"Always a Bridegroom"	April 22, 1959 (1959-04-22)
235	29	"Costume Dance"	April 29, 1959 (1959-04-29)
236	30	"Full House"	May 6, 1959 (1959-05-06)
237	31	"The Little Black Box"	May 13, 1959 (1959-05-13)
238	32	"The Buckingham"	May 20, 1959 (1959-05-20)
239	33	"The Girl in the Bowling Alley"	May 27, 1959 (1959-05-27)
240	34	"Darby, the Rockhound"	June 3, 1959 (1959-06-03)
241	35	"Taking Advantage of Harriet"	June 10, 1959 (1959-06-10)
242	36	"Ozzie Plans a Surprise"	June 17, 1959 (1959-06-17)

Season 8 (1959–60)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
243	1	"Sea Captain"	October 7, 1959 (1959-10-07)
244	2	"Ozzie, the Host"	October 14, 1959 (1959-10-14)
245	3	"David, the Law Clerk"	October 21, 1959 (1959-10-21)
246	4	"Who Needs Girls"	October 28, 1959 (1959-10-28)
247	5	"The Rancher's Daughter"	November 4, 1959 (1959-11-04)
248	6	"The Nelsons Decide to Move"	November 11, 1959 (1959-11-11)
249	7	"David, the Sleuth"	November 18, 1959 (1959-11-18)
250	8	"The Gas Station"	November 25, 1959 (1959-11-25)
251	9	"Fathers' Night at the Fraternity House"	December 2, 1959 (1959-12-02)
252	10	"Happy Anniversary"	December 9, 1959 (1959-12-09)
253	11	"Rick Gets Even"	December 16, 1959 (1959-12-16)
254	12	"An Interest for Harriet"	December 30, 1959 (1959-12-30)
255	13	"Ozzie Keeps a Secret"	January 6, 1960 (1960-01-06)
256	14	"David's Car Payments"	January 20, 1960 (1960-01-20)
257	15	"The Circus"	January 27, 1960 (1960-01-27)
258	16	"Rick's English Literature Class"	February 3, 1960 (1960-02-03)
259	17	"The Lockout"	February 10, 1960 (1960-02-10)
260	18	"Uninvited Guests"	February 17, 1960 (1960-02-17)
261	19	"A Trap for Ricky"	February 24, 1960 (1960-02-24)
262	20	"An Interesting Evening"	March 2, 1960 (1960-03-02)
263	21	"Dave Goofs Off"	March 9, 1960 (1960-03-09)
264	22	"Magic Dishes"	March 16, 1960 (1960-03-16)
266	23	"The Professor's Experiment"	March 30, 1960 (1960-03-30)
265	24	"The T-Shirts"	April 6, 1960 (1960-04-06)
267	25	"Missing Husband"	April 13, 1960 (1960-04-13)
268	26	"Bad Day at Blueberry Rock"	April 27, 1960 (1960-04-27)
269	27	"Dave and the Schoolteacher"	May 4, 1960 (1960-05-04)
270	28	"Big Plans for Summer"	May 11, 1960 (1960-05-11)
271	29	"Forgotten Promise"	May 18, 1960 (1960-05-18)
272	30	"Painting the Sorority House"	May 25, 1960 (1960-05-25)
273	31	"No News for Harriet"	June 8, 1960 (1960-06-08)
274	32	"Weekend Vacation"	June 15, 1960 (1960-06-15)

Season 9 (1960–61)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
275	1	"Fraternity Junk Drive"	September 28, 1960 (1960-09-28)
276	2	"David Gets Discouraged"	October 5, 1960 (1960-10-05)
277	3	"Ozzie, the Boat Keeper"	October 12, 1960 (1960-10-12)
278	4	"His Brother's Girl"	October 19, 1960 (1960-10-19)
279	5	"David Gets a Raise"	October 26, 1960 (1960-10-26)
280	6	"The Table and the Painting"	November 2, 1960 (1960-11-02)
281	7	"A Sweater for Rick"	November 9, 1960 (1960-11-09)
282	8	"A Friend in Need"	November 16, 1960 (1960-11-16)
283	9	"David's Almost In-Laws"	November 23, 1960 (1960-11-23)
284	10	"David Hires a Secretary"	November 30, 1960 (1960-11-30)
285	11	"A Lawnmower for Ozzie"	December 7, 1960 (1960-12-07)
286	12	"The Girl in the Emporium"	December 14, 1960 (1960-12-14)
287	13	"A Piano for the Fraternity"	December 21, 1960 (1960-12-21)
288	14	"Rick Counts the Ballots"	December 28, 1960 (1960-12-28)
289	15	"The Girl Who Loses Things"	January 4, 1961 (1961-01-04)
290	16	"Safe Husbands"	January 11, 1961 (1961-01-11)
291	17	"The Lost Briefcase"	January 18, 1961 (1961-01-18)
292	18	"The Chaperones"	January 25, 1961 (1961-01-25)
293	19	"Bowling With the Wives"	February 1, 1961 (1961-02-01)
294	20	"Our Man in Alaska"	February 8, 1961 (1961-02-08)
295	21	"Two Small Boys and a Dog"	February 15, 1961 (1961-02-15)
296	22	"The Boys' Portraits"	February 22, 1961 (1961-02-22)
297	23	"Mr. Kelley's Important Papers"	March 1, 1961 (1961-03-01)
298	24	"Dave's Golf Story"	March 8, 1961 (1961-03-08)
299	25	"Rick's Broken Arm"	March 15, 1961 (1961-03-15)
300	26	"The Little Houseguest"	March 22, 1961 (1961-03-22)
301	27	"Manly Arts"	March 29, 1961 (1961-03-29)
302	28	"A Question of Suits and Ties"	April 5, 1961 (1961-04-05)
303	29	"The Pen and Pencil Set"	April 12, 1961 (1961-04-12)
304	30	"Selling Rick's Drums"	April 19, 1961 (1961-04-19)
305	31	"E.S.P."	April 26, 1961 (1961-04-26)
306	32	"Rick's 21st Birthday"	May 3, 1961 (1961-05-03)
307	33	"Built-In TV Set"	May 10, 1961 (1961-05-10)

Season 10 (1961–62)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
308	1	"The Dancing Lesson"	September 28, 1961 (1961-09-28)
309	2	"The High Cost of Dating"	October 5, 1961 (1961-10-05)
310	3	"The Newlyweds Get Settled"	October 12, 1961 (1961-10-12)
311	4	"The Fraternity Rents Out a Room"	October 19, 1961 (1961-10-19)
312	5	"David Goes Back to Work"	October 26, 1961 (1961-10-26)
313	6	"Ten For the Tigers"	November 2, 1961 (1961-11-02)
314	7	"Rick Grades a Test"	November 9, 1961 (1961-11-09)
315	8	"The Barking Dog"	November 16, 1961 (1961-11-16)
316	9	"Rick Comes to Dinner"	November 30, 1961 (1961-11-30)
317	10	"Trading Stamps"	December 7, 1961 (1961-12-07)
318	11	"Ricky the Milkman"	December 14, 1961 (1961-12-14)
319	12	"The Fraternity Pin"	January 4, 1962 (1962-01-04)
320	13	"The Backyard Pet Show"	January 11, 1962 (1962-01-11)
321	14	"The Special Cake"	January 18, 1962 (1962-01-18)
322	15	"The Randolph's Niece"	January 25, 1962 (1962-01-25)
323	16	"A Lamp For Dave and June"	February 1, 1962 (1962-02-01)
324	17	"Fraternity Cook"	February 8, 1962 (1962-02-08)
325	18	"Operation Barry"	February 15, 1962 (1962-02-15)
326	19	"Making Wally Study"	February 22, 1962 (1962-02-22)
327	20	"Lending Money to Wally"	March 8, 1962 (1962-03-08)
328	21	"Lonesome Parents"	March 15, 1962 (1962-03-15)
329	22	"The Client's Daughter"	March 29, 1962 (1962-03-29)
330	23	"The Student Nurse"	April 5, 1962 (1962-04-05)
331	24	"Barry's Birthday"	April 12, 1962 (1962-04-12)
332	25	"Little Handprints in the Sidewalk"	April 19, 1962 (1962-04-19)

Season 11 (1962–63)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
333	1	"Rick and the Maid of Honor"	September 27, 1962 (1962-09-27)
334	2	"Miss Bradford's Recipe"	October 4, 1962 (1962-10-04)
335	3	"The Apartment"	October 11, 1962 (1962-10-11)
336	4	"Rick and the Sculptress"	October 18, 1962 (1962-10-18)
337	5	"Trip to Mexico"	October 25, 1962 (1962-10-25)
338	6	"The Tigers Go to a Dance"	November 1, 1962 (1962-11-01)
339	7	"The Women's Club Play"	November 8, 1962 (1962-11-08)
340	8	"Rick Sends a Picture"	November 15, 1962 (1962-11-15)
341	9	"Rick, the Host"	November 22, 1962 (1962-11-22)
342	10	"Losing Miss Edwards"	November 29, 1962 (1962-11-29)
343	11	"An Old Friend of June's"	December 13, 1962 (1962-12-13)
344	12	"Game Inventors"	December 27, 1962 (1962-12-27)
345	13	"Rick and the Boat Model"	January 3, 1963 (1963-01-03)
346	14	"June and the Great Outdoors"	January 10, 1963 (1963-01-10)
347	15	"The Girl at the Ski-Lodge"	January 17, 1963 (1963-01-17)
348	16	"Roadside Courtesy"	January 31, 1963 (1963-01-31)
349	17	"Dave and the Teenager"	February 7, 1963 (1963-02-07)
350	18	"The Adventurers"	February 14, 1963 (1963-02-14)
351	19	"The Goat"	February 28, 1963 (1963-02-28)
352	20	"Any Date in a Storm"	March 7, 1963 (1963-03-07)
353	21	"Decorating Dave's Office"	March 21, 1963 (1963-03-21)
354	22	"Publicity for the Fraternity"	March 28, 1963 (1963-03-28)
355	23	"The Women's Club Bazaar"	April 4, 1963 (1963-04-04)
356	24	"Dave's Law Office"	April 11, 1963 (1963-04-11)
357	25	"Dave and the Fraternity Lease"	April 18, 1963 (1963-04-18)
358	26	"The Music Festival"	June 6, 1963 (1963-06-06)

Season 12 (1963–64)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
359	1	"Torn Dress"	September 18, 1963 (1963-09-18)
360	2	"Secret Agent"	September 25, 1963 (1963-09-25)
361	3	"Ozzie, Joe, and the Fashion Models"	October 2, 1963 (1963-10-02)
362	4	"Rick's Wedding Ring"	October 9, 1963 (1963-10-09)
363	5	"Getting Wally in Shape"	October 16, 1963 (1963-10-16)
364	6	"Blue Moose"	October 23, 1963 (1963-10-23)
365	7	"David Takes a Client to Dinner"	October 30, 1963 (1963-10-30)
366	8	"Wally's Pen-Pal"	November 6, 1963 (1963-11-06)
367	9	"The Lawyers' Convention"	November 13, 1963 (1963-11-13)
368	10	"Money Watchers"	November 20, 1963 (1963-11-20)
369	11	"June Is Always Late"	November 27, 1963 (1963-11-27)
370	12	"Ozzie's Hidden Trophy"	December 4, 1963 (1963-12-04)
371	13	"Rick Makes a Loan"	December 11, 1963 (1963-12-11)
372	14	"David and the Mermaid"	December 18, 1963 (1963-12-18)
373	15	"The Swami"	January 8, 1964 (1964-01-08)
374	16	"Getting Together with the Boys"	January 15, 1964 (1964-01-15)
375	17	"Rick's Wedding Picture"	January 22, 1964 (1964-01-22)
376	18	"A Wife in the Office"	February 5, 1964 (1964-02-05)
377	19	"The Dean's Birthday"	February 12, 1964 (1964-02-12)
378	20	"The Uniforms"	February 19, 1964 (1964-02-19)
379	21	"Wally's TV Set"	February 26, 1964 (1964-02-26)
380	22	"Hayride"	March 11, 1964 (1964-03-11)
381	23	"Rick, the Law Clerk"	March 18, 1964 (1964-03-18)
382	24	"Rick Is Late for Dinner"	March 25, 1964 (1964-03-25)
383	25	"A Letter About Harriet"	April 1, 1964 (1964-04-01)

Season 13 (1964–65)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
384	1	"Rick and the Girl Across the Hall"	September 16, 1964 (1964-09-16)
385	2	"Rick's Old Printing Press"	September 23, 1964 (1964-09-23)
386	3	"The Study System"	September 30, 1964 (1964-09-30)
387	4	"Rick and Kris Go to the Mountains"	October 7, 1964 (1964-10-07)
388	5	"A Letter of Recommendation"	October 14, 1964 (1964-10-14)
389	6	"Kris Goes to College"	October 21, 1964 (1964-10-21)
390	7	"The Pennies"	October 28, 1964 (1964-10-28)
391	8	"The Ballerina"	November 4, 1964 (1964-11-04)
392	9	"A Bedtime Story"	November 11, 1964 (1964-11-11)
393	10	"Harriet's Quiz"	November 18, 1964 (1964-11-18)
394	11	"Kris Plays Cupid"	November 25, 1964 (1964-11-25)
395	12	"A Helpless Female"	December 2, 1964 (1964-12-02)
396	13	"Exotic Housemother"	December 9, 1964 (1964-12-09)
397	14	"Chess Set"	December 16, 1964 (1964-12-16)
398	15	"Cafe Caper"	December 30, 1964 (1964-12-30)
399	16	"The Petition"	January 6, 1965 (1965-01-06)
400	17	"Dave, the Fraternity Advisor"	January 13, 1965 (1965-01-13)
401	18	"Rick Grows a Beard"	January 20, 1965 (1965-01-20)
402	19	"The Big Dog"	January 27, 1965 (1965-01-27)
403	20	"The Trunk"	February 3, 1965 (1965-02-03)
404	21	"Kris' Girlfriend"	February 10, 1965 (1965-02-10)
405	22	"Rick's Raise"	February 17, 1965 (1965-02-17)
406	23	"Breakfast for Harriet"	February 24, 1965 (1965-02-24)
407	24	"The Desk Photo"	March 3, 1965 (1965-03-03)
408	25	"The Early Rush Party"	March 10, 1965 (1965-03-10)
409	26	"A Painting from the Past"	March 17, 1965 (1965-03-17)

Season 14 (1965–66)

Filmed in color.

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
410	1	"The Tangled Web"	September 15, 1965 (1965-09-15)
411	2	"A Rose a Day"	September 22, 1965 (1965-09-22)
412	3	"Kris and the Queen"	September 29, 1965 (1965-09-29)
413	4	"Helpful June"	October 6, 1965 (1965-10-06)
414	5	"The Prowler"	October 13, 1965 (1965-10-13)
415	6	"The Nelsons Revisited"	October 20, 1965 (1965-10-20)
416	7	"The Secret Passage"	October 27, 1965 (1965-10-27)
417	8	"Wally, the Author"	November 3, 1965 (1965-11-03)
418	9	"A Message from Kris"	November 10, 1965 (1965-11-10)
419	10	"Flying Down to Lunch"	November 17, 1965 (1965-11-17)
420	11	"The Equestrians"	November 24, 1965 (1965-11-24)
421	12	"Dave, the Worrier"	December 1, 1965 (1965-12-01)
422	13	"Ghost Town"	December 8, 1965 (1965-12-08)
423	14	"David Picks a Pie"	December 15, 1965 (1965-12-15)
424	15	"Kris, the Little Helper"	January 5, 1966 (1966-01-05)
425	16	"Sheik of Araby"	January 15, 1966 (1966-01-15)
426	17	"Wally's Traffic Ticket"	January 22, 1966 (1966-01-22)
427	18	"An Honor for Oz"	January 29, 1966 (1966-01-29)
428	19	"The Hong Kong Suit"	February 5, 1966 (1966-02-05)
429	20	"Ozzie A Go-Go"	February 12, 1966 (1966-02-12)
430	21	"The Trip Trap"	February 19, 1966 (1966-02-19)
431	22	"Waiting for Joe"	February 26, 1966 (1966-02-26)
432	23	"Rick's Assistant"	March 5, 1966 (1966-03-05)
433	24	"Dave's Other Office"	March 12, 1966 (1966-03-12)
434	25	"Ozzie the Sitter"	March 19, 1966 (1966-03-19)
435	26	"The Game Room"	March 26, 1966 (1966-03-26)

References

1. "Ozzie, Harriet To Be Seen In Television Film Series". Pasadena Independent. August 8, 1952. p. 25.

External links

• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet at IMDb
• Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet on Way Back When