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)

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

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