Shout! issues a new set for OZZIE AND HARRIET!

[TV DVD Fan]

Shout! has announced a brand-new 4-disc set for the classic 50s show OZZIE AND HARRIET. This time around, the collector's set will feature the best of David and Ricky (including twelve of Ricky's memorable musical moments from the program). The set is coming out on June 10th! The cover art is shown in the attached link to our friends over at TSoD.

http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Adventures-Ozzie-Harriet-Best-Of-Ricky-And-Dave/9331

[OH Nuts!]

Thanks for the low down!!! I can hardly wait!!!

[Jude The Obscure]

Wow--another set!! But will this have more of those syndicated prints or will we have at last, unedited episodes?

[OH Nuts!]

I was so happy with SHOUT's last release of O & H. Whenever new releases come out I always have to find the ep guide for them to see how many repeaters I have. When the last one came out I was delighted to see there were 13 eps I didn't have. Hope I'm as lucky this time & hope this one has The Blue Moose episode which I've been just dying to see.

[CJ]

This is wonderful news, providing they don't repeat any of the episodes we already have from the Shout ''family'' release. There were 8 songs included with that release.

So far, 3 of the 12 songs reported to be included on the Best of Ricky and Dave release are:

Fools Rush In, Hello Mary Lou and Young Emotion

I keep a list of all the songs I have found on my own Ozzie & Harriet episodes and log which episode each song was found within. I in no way expect that my list is all inclusive, but I do keep track anytime I find a new episode with a song or read about an episode which may have included a song.

For those 3 songs mentioned, we might expect to find some of these great episodes on the release:

Fool’s Rush In
72: Be on Time 4/16/1954 - Fools Rush In [added later]
368: Rick's Wedding Ring 10/9/1963 - Fools Rush In

Hello, Mary Lou
304: Selling Rick's Drums 4/19/1961 - Hello, Mary Lou
307: Built-In TV Set 5/10/1961 - Travelin’ Man & Hello, Mary Lou
358: The Music Festival 6/6/1963 - Gypsy Woman & I Got A Woman & I Will Follow You & That’s All & Hello Mary Lou

Young Emotion
270: Dave and the Schoolteacher 5/4/1960 - Right By My Side & Young Emotion

On the downside, I fully expect the episodes will be the syndicated ones and running times will hover around 22 minutes.

But, I will take them !!!

[Jude The Obscure]

even if they are the syndicated prints, I will still buy the set, cuz I loves me some Ozzie, Harriet, David, Ricky, June, Kris, Wally, Ginger, Thorny, Doc, Clara, et al :lol:

[honeybea]

CJ, you are a very organized person and a true fan to do all that work! I have close to 200 episodes, most are edited. If someone doesn't soon come out with all the episodes, the people that remember the show will be dead. There's much money to be made off this show, PLEASE someone, get ALL the shows released and soon! Hopefully, unedited, but hey, we'll take then anyway we can get them.

[Lee G]

For a classic old show that lasted 14 seasons and over 400 episodes, this one almost never gets seen on TV anymore. There is overkill with I Love Lucy, but a superior show like Ozzie & Harriet gets forgotten. Of all the DVD compilations that are out there, I would say the best one available right now is the 12 disc/100 episode set issued by Mill Creek Entertainment. It is called The Essential Ozzie & Harriet Collection. The majority of the episodes are full length versions and contain original commercials. I don't have this set yet but I'm thinking seriously about buying it.

[gidgetgrape]

Yippee! I can't wait. I would like to see more episodes of David and Rick before they were married.

[Jude The Obscure]

For a classic old show that lasted 14 seasons and over 400 episodes, this one almost never gets seen on TV anymore. There is overkill with I Love Lucy, but a superior show like Ozzie & Harriet gets forgotten. Of all the DVD compilations that are out there, I would say the best one available right now is the 12 disc/100 episode set issued by Mill Creek Entertainment. It is called The Essential Ozzie & Harriet Collection. The majority of the episodes are full length versions and contain original commercials. I don't have this set yet but I'm thinking seriously about buying it.

So am I, Lee! Rich P's recommendation really has me wanting to get this.

In fact, let me see if Amazon has it.

They do have it, and at a great price--$17.97.
Well, that will be next on my list, once I have earned some more Amazon gcs :D

[Lee G]

Yep, I usually read consumer comments posted on Amazon before I buy DVD sets. For example, I was going to buy The Mr. Magoo Show complete series, but comments on Amazon complain that a number of episodes are altered and are not original. Apparently the voice of Magoo's asian houseboy Charlie was changed in some episodes. So these DVD's are another victim of censorship and so called political correctness. It is so ridiculous, and for that reason I won't be buying the Mr. Magoo DVD's.

[honeybea]

You won't be disapointed with this set, I have it and it is one of the best out there.

[TV DVD Fan]

It's weird--- I keep searching for info for this release, but all's I can come up with on sites like Amazon is a June 3rd release (by Shout) called The Best of Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Vol. One. It's a six-episode, one-disc set that is simply disc one from the first set released by the company.

TSoD has cover art and everything, so I'm just assuming that for some reason or another the studio has yet to officially announce the title. That's probably why we're not seeing it on Amazon yet.

[honeybea]

This just in: http://www.TVShowsOnDVD.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=9441
There's about TEN, yes, TEN episodes that I've never seen and don't have.
Rich, good news for you, the Blue Moose episode is included! I don't recall this episode either.

[CJ]

There are some really great episodes on this release. Many of them are among my personal faves.

It is interesting though. "Rick Gets Even" and "Rick And The Maid of Honor" do not include the songs.

Kroger, of all places, had a 4-episode DVD a couple of years ago [for a mere buck]. All four episodes had songs and running times in the 25 minute range, and in "Rick Gets Even" Rick sings near the end of the episode. Not one of those added at the end songs, but as part of the episode.

TV Guide also had a release a couple of years back which included, "Rick And The Maid of Honor"and Rick sang at the end of that one.

Strange, but again this is a very good selection. No new episodes for me, but I will still buy it.

Let's hope they keep 'em coming. Heck, I am down to only needing 92 more episodes :crazy: .

[TV DVD Fan]

There are some really great episodes on this release. Many of them are among my personal faves.

It is interesting though. "Rick Gets Even" and "Rick And The Maid of Honor" do not include the songs.

Kroger, of all places, had a 4-episode DVD a couple of years ago [for a mere buck]. All four episodes had songs and running times in the 25 minute range, and in "Rick Gets Even" Rick sings near the end of the episode. Not one of those added at the end songs, but as part of the episode.

TV Guide also had a release a couple of years back which included, "Rick And The Maid of Honor"and Rick sang at the end of that one.

Strange, but again this is a very good selection. No new episodes for me, but I will still buy it.

Let's hope they keep 'em coming. Heck, I am down to only needing 92 more episodes :crazy: .

I don't live in the midwest, so I don't have Kroger around here; but when I go out to visit relatives around Ohio, one of the first stops is Kroger and they always have some odds-and-ends in the ways of DVDs hanging around. Great news about O+H's upcoming set: I wanted to post the link last night, but it appears someone has beat me to it!

[TeeVeeCloset]

[QUOTE=CJ]There are some really great episodes on this release. Many of them are among my personal faves.

It is interesting though. "Rick Gets Even" and "Rick And The Maid of Honor" do not include the songs.



hello my friend CJ,

perhaps and most likely these are syndicated episodes and the songs were eliminated long ago when chopped up for the disney channel airings...on the previous shout set the copyright was the one created for the disney airings of 1985. I would bet that all the episodes don't even exsist anymore in the nelson estate, Ozzie prepared the original syndication package, since back then stations wouldn't buy a series with over 400 episodes, that's where the problems began, then the copyrights lapsed on either all or half of them. Is there an official list of the episodes that just aired on disney? I believe the shout sets just contain those same episodes. So collectors like us actually have better achives of the series than the nelsons! Since most of ours and mine come from station films which were plentyful, since each station git their own film. That's how the public domain dvd companies get them as well.

[Jude The Obscure]

Well, shows with more than 300 episodes, usually got split up into different packages, sometimes with other titles. Such as Lassie and Death Valley Days.
Obviously this wasn't the case with O&H, but it could have been done with one package syndicated as "Ozzie and Harriet" and the other as "The Nelson Family" (yes, it was used as a title for a short while on ABC and I even saw a rerun in syndication with THAT opening title).

[OH Nuts!]

This just in: http://www.TVShowsOnDVD.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=9441
There's about TEN, yes, TEN episodes that I've never seen and don't have.
Rich, good news for you, the Blue Moose episode is included! I don't recall this episode either.


Honeybea, you're the best! There are 12 (TWELVE!) I don't have. I can hardly wait for this set!!!!

& BTW "David And The Teenager" and "A Tangled Web" are great eps that'll be on the new release. If you don't have these two eps, be sure to watch them on the new set!

[OH Nuts!]

For a classic old show that lasted 14 seasons and over 400 episodes, this one almost never gets seen on TV anymore. There is overkill with I Love Lucy, but a superior show like Ozzie & Harriet gets forgotten. Of all the DVD compilations that are out there, I would say the best one available right now is the 12 disc/100 episode set issued by Mill Creek Entertainment. It is called The Essential Ozzie & Harriet Collection. The majority of the episodes are full length versions and contain original commercials. I don't have this set yet but I'm thinking seriously about buying it.

Lee I have the 100 ep Mill Creek set and I LOVE IT! I paid $27 w shipping & handling but I could have done a little better. But still---27 cents an ep! I only got 18 new eps but even @ $1.50 an ep that's darn good too. I can tell the set's not perfect (For example, the copy of "Bedtime Story" that I have was longer & included the commercials--but then--it was on a 2 ep VHS I bought 10 yrs ago for $14.)

And as for the show, I bought my first 8 ep set at a discount video store in 1997 and was hooked. Then I found 2 GREAT 4 ep VHS sets by Madacy Entertainment with 8 WONDERFUL EPS. Ever since then, I've been hooked. I love this show & it's the reason I came to Sitcoms Online! It would be great one day to have all 435 eps one day & maybe one day that day will come!

[honeybea]

I don't remember the blue moose episode, so I may not have that one either. If anyone has ION cable channel, check the morning line up. Thye've started showing Ozzie and Harriet again along with The Beverly Hillbillies, I Married Joan, and My Little Margie. It won't be listed in the program lineup, you just have to check out the channel itself. SOME cable companies carry these, others don't. There are about 20 something different O & H episodes, not sure about the Hillbillies and the others. I get O & H at 9:30 am and the same show again at 11:30 am.

"I love this show & it's the reason I came to Sitcoms Online! It would be great one day to have all 435 eps one day & maybe one day that day will come! "

Rich is the one that brought this site back to life! Yea Rich!!!

[Jude The Obscure]

I don't remember the blue moose episode, so I may not have that one either. If anyone has ION cable channel, check the morning line up. Thye've started showing Ozzie and Harriet again along with The Beverly Hillbillies, I Married Joan, and My Little Margie. It won't be listed in the program lineup, you just have to check out the channel itself. SOME cable companies carry these, others don't. There are about 20 something different O & H episodes, not sure about the Hillbillies and the others. I get O & H at 9:30 am and the same show again at 11:30 am.

"I love this show & it's the reason I came to Sitcoms Online! It would be great one day to have all 435 eps one day & maybe one day that day will come! "

Rich is the one that brought this site back to life! Yea Rich!!!


That must be ION's DirecTV feed, darnit :(

[OH Nuts!]

I don't remember the blue moose episode, so I may not have that one either. If anyone has ION cable channel, check the morning line up. Thye've started showing Ozzie and Harriet again along with The Beverly Hillbillies, I Married Joan, and My Little Margie. It won't be listed in the program lineup, you just have to check out the channel itself. SOME cable companies carry these, others don't. There are about 20 something different O & H episodes, not sure about the Hillbillies and the others. I get O & H at 9:30 am and the same show again at 11:30 am.

"I love this show & it's the reason I came to Sitcoms Online! It would be great one day to have all 435 eps one day & maybe one day that day will come! "

Rich is the one that brought this site back to life! Yea Rich!!!

You're sweet to say that but I think its these wonderful companies with these GREAT RELEASES who deserve a lot of the credit. And EVERYONE here. We all love the show!

[honeybea]

Jude86, I have Time Warner cable, BUT, there are different feeds as well. We got into many heated discussions on another board about this. They were showing them for about 3 years when ION was another name, then when it became ION they stopped showing them, but in the past few months, they've started back again. Of course I taped them all and keep checking everyday to see if they have added any "new" ones, so far they haven't.

Maybe some of the companies releasing these sets read this board and see a lot of us are interested in the show.

[Jude The Obscure]

Jude86, I have Time Warner cable, BUT, there are different feeds as well. We got into many heated discussions on another board about this. They were showing them for about 3 years when ION was another name, then when it became ION they stopped showing them, but in the past few months, they've started back again. Of course I taped them all and keep checking everyday to see if they have added any "new" ones, so far they haven't.

Maybe some of the companies releasing these sets read this board and see a lot of us are interested in the show.

Well, I must have the Infomercials Only Network feed :lol:

[TeeVeeCloset]

Seems with us very serious O&H collectors we are all getting about the same "new" episodes to our ever growing collections...I did the count today with the new shout set and I will add 11 to my collection.....

Rickys lost letter
the man without a family
the picture in ricks notebook
who is betty?
dave & the schoolteacher
ricks broken arm
selling ricks drums
ricks 21st birthday
david and the teenager
ricks wedding ring
the tangled web

of course I'm betting the house that these will be cut syndicated versions, but its great to get them anyway and at least the others I already have are mostly uncut versions. My new total episode count will be 201! Boy this can really get confusing keeping track of this stuff...lol....would really be nice if someone wrote a definative collectors guide book to the series with a definative episode guide, airdates, episode titles, etc!...

[OH Nuts!]

Seems with us very serious O&H collectors we are all getting about the same "new" episodes to our ever growing collections...I did the count today with the new shout set and I will add 11 to my collection.....

Rickys lost letter
the man without a family
the picture in ricks notebook
who is betty?
dave & the schoolteacher
ricks broken arm
selling ricks drums
ricks 21st birthday
david and the teenager
ricks wedding ring
the tangled web

of course I'm betting the house that these will be cut syndicated versions, but its great to get them anyway and at least the others I already have are mostly uncut versions. My new total episode count will be 201! Boy this can really get confusing keeping track of this stuff...lol....would really be nice if someone wrote a definative collectors guide book to the series with a definative episode guide, airdates, episode titles, etc!...


David And The Teenager and The Tangled Web are really great episodes & I bet you'll really enjoy them. In the latter, Clara is at her daffy best! As much as I'm a fan, I'm embarrassed to say my count will only go to 175 distinct eps (but oy, the repeaters 7 copies of The Tigers Go To A Dance, 6 of Making Wally Study, etc. )...but I don't want to overspend & could have gotten more on VHS but they would have averaged $7 an ep. Unfortunately, the best & least cut eps I've come accross were on my first VHSs from Madacy--they REALLY did seem to have a talent for picking the very best eps from O & H. (although not so for other sitcoms)

[Lee G]

Lee I have the 100 ep Mill Creek set and I LOVE IT! I paid $27 w shipping & handling but I could have done a little better. But still---27 cents an ep! I only got 18 new eps but even @ $1.50 an ep that's darn good too. I can tell the set's not perfect (For example, the copy of "Bedtime Story" that I have was longer & included the commercials--but then--it was on a 2 ep VHS I bought 10 yrs ago for $14.)

And as for the show, I bought my first 8 ep set at a discount video store in 1997 and was hooked. Then I found 2 GREAT 4 ep VHS sets by Madacy Entertainment with 8 WONDERFUL EPS. Ever since then, I've been hooked. I love this show & it's the reason I came to Sitcoms Online! It would be great one day to have all 435 eps one day & maybe one day that day will come!

Thanks rich. I have to think about it if I want to buy this set or not. The price is not bad, but I know some episodes are edited and I don't like edited episodes. Another person posted a thread and apparently the unedited episodes do exist. I might just decide to hold out a while longer and see if the uncut episodes will eventually be issued. To be honest, I've never seen the Ozzie & Harriet show. I like Ricky Nelson's music and I have some of his records, but I have yet to see any of the TV show episodes. I imagine the show is somewhat similar to Leave It To Beaver, I like LITB so it's likely I would enjoy Ozzie & Harriet also. So perhaps I'll puchase the set anyway in order to quench my curiosity and see what this show is all about.

[TV DVD Fan]

I would sample it if I were you by buying some of the PD episodes which are unedited. You can get some of the PD episodes for as cheap as a dollar a set. If you enjoy them, buy the Shout! set. The Shout! set is really very well put together. That company knows how to put together a DVD release. I wish Sony and Paramount would take some hints from them. The only gripe is the edited episodes, but they do look great.

[OH Nuts!]

Lee G, TV DVD Fan's idea is a great one. I've seen lots of dollar sets at places like Target & Walmart. Get 1 or 2 of the $1 sets to get your feet wet.

[TV DVD Fan]

Lee G, TV DVD Fan's idea is a great one. I've seen lots of dollar sets at places like Target & Walmart. Get 1 or 2 of the $1 sets to get your feet wet.

Yeah, some stores really have great deals. Also some of those 99 cent stores and random pharmacies as well.

[MLBonTBS]

This is exciting news about the new DVD and getting to see more episodes, even if they are edited. I just bought the 100 episode collection and I'm really enjoying it.

BTW, anyone notice this is the Best of "Ricky and Dave"... and not Dave and Ricky? You can certainly tell the influence of Ricky's kids.

[ILUVO&H]

Hi,

I'm new to this site, and have enjoying reading all the love for The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

I fell in love with the show when I was 12 and watching it on the Disney Channel.

I began taping episodes and episodes of them which I still have. Last time I counted I think I was up to 270 something different episodes.

Like CJ I also kept a log of all the episodes I had and whch songs were included. Because ya know sometimes you just want to find the songs. :)

I can't wait for the new set from SHOUT to come out. I will add 4 new episodes to my collection. Selling Ricks Drums, Ricks 21 Birthday and Ozzie the Babysitter.

These are some great episodes included in the set.

I love all these episodes particualarly
Road Race, Man without a family, Who is Betty, Dave and the School Teacher, Dave and the Teenager, And Dave and the Fraturnity Lease.

In Who is Betty, look for a rare showing of Dave singing. It's my favorite part of the enitre episode.

A Sweater for Rick features a very young Linda Evans.

Dave and the Frat. Lease and Blue Moose are the frat house hi-jinx at their best.

Three of them, Ozzie, Joe and the Fashion Models, Tangled Web and Ozzie the Babysitter seem an odd fit in this collection. I've never seen Ozzie the Babysitter but the other two David and Rick have what you could call only cameo appearances.

I was a bit disappointed that there isn't any listing in the extras to any commentary from David. :(

I do like the idea of a radio episode(s) included.

A few years ago I downloaded off the internet prob 20-30 different radio episodes. I really liked listening to those old radio shows and was amazed that they were just there to be downloaded or even still existed.


Somewhere in the thread there was mention about the syndication of the shows. In either an Interview on the Disney Channel, or in the Disney Channel Magazine .. this was back when it was a Premium pay cable station, David said that originally Ozzie picked out 200 episodes to be put into syndication. He went through each episode and picked out what he thought to be the best shows, leaving notes about each and every show. In the late 80's David went through the episodes again to release an additional 100 episodes. These were aired on The Disney Channel as The Missing Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. David said he relied heavily on his fathers notes when deciding which shows to release in this package. He also said the notes also showed which shows Ozzie did not like and did not want syndicated. David said he would never release anything that his father felt strongly against releasing.

So that would bring a grand total of 300 of the 435 episodes that the Nelsons have released for syndication.

Perhaps that could be a problem with doing season sets? I hope not.
My goal is to see and own all 435 episodes. As well as the Ozzie's Girls series.

Sorry my first post is long and drawn out.

[OH Nuts!]

Hi,

I'm new to this site, and have enjoying reading all the love for The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

I fell in love with the show when I was 12 and watching it on the Disney Channel.

I began taping episodes and episodes of them which I still have. Last time I counted I think I was up to 270 something different episodes.

Like CJ I also kept a log of all the episodes I had and whch songs were included. Because ya know sometimes you just want to find the songs. :)

I can't wait for the new set from SHOUT to come out. I will add 4 new episodes to my collection. Selling Ricks Drums, Ricks 21 Birthday and Ozzie the Babysitter.

These are some great episodes included in the set.

I love all these episodes particualarly
Road Race, Man without a family, Who is Betty, Dave and the School Teacher, Dave and the Teenager, And Dave and the Fraturnity Lease.

In Who is Betty, look for a rare showing of Dave singing. It's my favorite part of the enitre episode.

A Sweater for Rick features a very young Linda Evans.

Dave and the Frat. Lease and Blue Moose are the frat house hi-jinx at their best.

Three of them, Ozzie, Joe and the Fashion Models, Tangled Web and Ozzie the Babysitter seem an odd fit in this collection. I've never seen Ozzie the Babysitter but the other two David and Rick have what you could call only cameo appearances.

I was a bit disappointed that there isn't any listing in the extras to any commentary from David. :(

I do like the idea of a radio episode(s) included.

A few years ago I downloaded off the internet prob 20-30 different radio episodes. I really liked listening to those old radio shows and was amazed that they were just there to be downloaded or even still existed.


Somewhere in the thread there was mention about the syndication of the shows. In either an Interview on the Disney Channel, or in the Disney Channel Magazine .. this was back when it was a Premium pay cable station, David said that originally Ozzie picked out 200 episodes to be put into syndication. He went through each episode and picked out what he thought to be the best shows, leaving notes about each and every show. In the late 80's David went through the episodes again to release an additional 100 episodes. These were aired on The Disney Channel as The Missing Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. David said he relied heavily on his fathers notes when deciding which shows to release in this package. He also said the notes also showed which shows Ozzie did not like and did not want syndicated. David said he would never release anything that his father felt strongly against releasing.

So that would bring a grand total of 300 of the 435 episodes that the Nelsons have released for syndication.

Perhaps that could be a problem with doing season sets? I hope not.
My goal is to see and own all 435 episodes. As well as the Ozzie's Girls series.

Sorry my first post is long and drawn out.


Welcome! I really love the show too. 270+ eps - I envy you! I fell in love with the show about 11 yrs ago when I bought an 8 ep VHS set. Then the next week I came across a GREAT 4 ep VHS set from Madacy Entertainment. After that I WAS HOOKED and tried to get as many eps as I could. Unf. I only have abt 165 but the new Shout! set will add 13 new eps for me. While I wish I had more, what I have is a decent enough cross section to have a good feel for the show. Unf. I have tons of repeater eps (Tigers Go To A Dance, The Little Visitor, etc.) I can hardly wait for the Blue Moose episode. And yes, David and The Teenager and Road Race are big favs of mine too. My all time fav ep is "The Fraternity Pin". Do you have that one?

[ILUVO&H]

Welcome! I really love the show too. 270+ eps - I envy you! I fell in love with the show about 11 yrs ago when I bought an 8 ep VHS set. Then the next week I came across a GREAT 4 ep VHS set from Madacy Entertainment. After that I WAS HOOKED and try to get as many eps as I can. Unf. I only have abt 165 but the new Shout! set will add 13 new eps for me. While I wish I had more, what I have is a decent enough cross section to have a good feel for the show. Unf. I have tons of repeater eps (Tigers Go To A Dance, The Little Visitor, etc.) I can hardly wait for the Blue Moose episode. And yes, David and The Teenager and Road Race are big favs of mine too. My all time fav ep is "The Fraternity Pin". Do you have that one?


Let's see the Fraturnity Pin. There's probably a few about a pin, but what comes to my mind first is this one. Would this episode be the one where Wally has his pin mangled by Ginger in one of their fights, Rick has to pick it up from the jewlery store for him, some girls in there mistakenly think that Rick is about to pin his current girlfriend, which he has no intention of doing. Til all of a sudden after all the talk and a sweet date around town, he finds himself pinning her with Wally's pin. I think the girls name was Lois, played by Cheryl the Mousketeer. Later Rick and Lois, mutually decide they don't want this pinning ceramony and at the last minute while all Frat boys come to seranade the pinned couple at the Sorority Rick gives the pin back to Wally who once again pins Ginger, and there's a reason for the seranade after all?

If so, then I have that one. :lol:

[OH Nuts!]

Let's see the Fraturnity Pin. There's probably a few about a pin, but what comes to my mind first is this one. Would this episode be the one where Wally has his pin mangled by Ginger in one of their fights, Rick has to pick it up from the jewlery store for him, some girls in there mistakenly think that Rick is about to pin his current girlfriend, which he has no intention of doing. Til all of a sudden after all the talk and a sweet date around town, he finds himself pinning her with Wally's pin. I think the girls name was Lois, played by Cheryl the Mousketeer. Later Rick and Lois, mutually decide they don't want this pinning ceramony and at the last minute while all Frat boys come to seranade the pinned couple at the Sorority Rick gives the pin back to Wally who once again pins Ginger, and there's a reason for the seranade after all?

If so, then I have that one. :lol:

Yes, its clear you surely have that one :) My all time fav. I've probably seen it 12-15 times over the years. Think Rick's date was named Norma something though. Love the ending where Wally is all decked up like Mitch Miller but what I esp. loved was the date sequence Rick had with Norma. David & The Teenager is my 2nd fav ep. (Also was on a Madacy VHS set - I don't know why but Madacy had a real knack for just reaching in and picking the very best eps from the series at least IMO. The co. was very hit and miss on other series but on O&H they were amazing.) Wally's Traffic Ticket is a real FUN ep (with the ostrich!)

[ILUVO&H]

Yes, its clear you surely have that one :) My all time fav. I've probably seen it 12-15 times over the years. Think Rick's date was named Norma something though. Love the ending where Wally is all decked up like Mitch Miller but what I esp. loved was the date sequence Rick had with Norma. David & The Teenager is my 2nd fav ep. (Also was on a Madacy VHS set - I don't know why but Madacy had a real knack for just reaching in and picking the very best eps from the series at least IMO. The co. was very hit and miss on other series but on O&H they were amazing.) Wally's Traffic Ticket is a real FUN ep (with the ostrich!)


Oh yeah, Norma. Norma James I think. There were some other episodes where she was Lois. One I know she was Lois was where Rick accidently sent her his picture signed with something like All my Love, Rick that was actually intended for his Grandmother, while Grandma Hilliard got Lois' class notes.
Cheryl was in quite a few episodes.

Dave and the teenager is a cute episode. I like that one a lot also. That girl sure was a pest. It was also nice to see a girl being so taken with Dave, as that was usually Ricky's territory.

I've always thought that teenage girl looked familiar and have tried to figure out for years if she had grown up to be someone I would recognize from other things.

I have one other episode the girl is in, she convinces June who convinces O&H that Dave is the mystery guest on a talk show and is really working under cover with the FBI.

Wally's Traffic Ticket is a fun episode. Poor Wally he's made up so many tall tales in the past no one believes the Ostrich with the Exotic Dancer was obstructing the stop sign.

A couple of my favorites are Day After Christmas, and one I don't know the title to but I always call it Gosh Darn Thronberry!

[honeybea]

That's an impressive list of shows you have! I have a little over 200 epidodes, and sure wish I had more. I enjoy all of them, some more than others. I've never seen "Who's Betty", sounds like a good episode. I think you're right about the reason season sets haven't been released. I hate to think or say it, but when David dies, Ricky's children will probably get the rights to the shows and I'm sure they will release the other shows in some way, if not season sets. That takes time and money and since almost half of the series is public domain, many people already own most of the public domain shows. I u nderstand David's loyalty to his father's wishes, but I know Ozzie never knew how much interest there would be in this and other classic shows as there is now. Back then, there were no DVDs and recorders and hard to get networks to show the older shows since they weren't actually that old or "classic" when he died.

[ILUVO&H]

Yes, when the show started Ozzie nor anyone could have guessed the longevity of the show, television or the inception of vcr's dvd's and the like. We are very lucky that Ozzie did have the forethought he did. He was a smart business man getting so much control over the show as well as ownership. No kinescope for Ozzie thank goodness. Heck back in 1952, Ozzie probably thought these shows he owned would end up just becoming great home movies for the family. :) I'm sure he'd be delighted and astonished to know that more than 30 years after his own passing his creation is still bringing laughter to so many people. Especially since when he died in the mid 70's, there was such a backlash on the simple idealistic atmospher of 50s early 60's tv.

The Who's Betty episode is one of my favorites. For an overview it's a twist and merger of two of the classic sitcom problems for teenagers. The 'turn around dance' where the girl asks the boy, and ending up with two dates to a dance. Only Ricky out does them all by ending up with 3 dates to the same with 3 different Betty's!

Also among my favorite episodes are the ones featuring Barry Livingston (Ernie; My 3 Sons) as neighbor boy Barry. He's about 5 or 6 years old and so cute and funny. Maybe it's the glasses and lazy eye idk.

I heard Barry talking about working on Ozzie nad Harriet before and him saying that he loved working on the show, and Ozzie always wanted kids with no acting training. He wanted the kids to be real kids and act that way. Barry remembered Ozzie once firing a young boy after learning his parents had enrolled him to acting classes.

[CJ]

Dave and the teenager is a cute episode. I like that one a lot also. That girl sure was a pest. It was also nice to see a girl being so taken with Dave, as that was usually Ricky's territory.

I've always thought that teenage girl looked familiar and have tried to figure out for years if she had grown up to be someone I would recognize from other things

The teenager is played by Bernadette Withers. If you ever watched "Bachelor Father", she played Kelly's best friend, Ginger. I am not sure if she was ever in anything else, though.

[OH Nuts!]

That's an impressive list of shows you have! I have a little over 200 epidodes, and sure wish I had more. I enjoy all of them, some more than others. I've never seen "Who's Betty", sounds like a good episode. I think you're right about the reason season sets haven't been released. I hate to think or say it, but when David dies, Ricky's children will probably get the rights to the shows and I'm sure they will release the other shows in some way, if not season sets. That takes time and money and since almost half of the series is public domain, many people already own most of the public domain shows. I u nderstand David's loyalty to his father's wishes, but I know Ozzie never knew how much interest there would be in this and other classic shows as there is now. Back then, there were no DVDs and recorders and hard to get networks to show the older shows since they weren't actually that old or "classic" when he died.

I am unfortunately sort of a fuddy duddy when it comes to new technology. I didn't get a computer til the summer of '04 and just got a cell phone two years ago. So when DVDs came out I wasn't rushing anywhere to get a player. I still had my trusty VHSs. Then one day at J & R in the summer of '03, I saw my first DVD set of the Adv. of O & H and it had 5 eps on it I didn't have. Well, the next Saturday I went right out to J & R and got me a Panasonic DVD player. Smartest thing I ever did. Thanks to the Blessed DVD, I have about 90 more eps of O&H than I did on just VHS. Yeesh, how could I like VHS I now ask myself. DVDs are SO MUCH BETTER! And helped me get rid of a lot of my VHSs which were cluttering up the place. That wonderful 100 ep set by Mill Creek helped me get rid of even more - I was a tiny bit disappointed that I only got 18 new eps out of the 100, but still, it was 18 new eps. I am smacking my lips in anticipation of the Shout! set due out next month! They'll be 13 eps I don't have.

[OH Nuts!]

Yes, when the show started Ozzie nor anyone could have guessed the longevity of the show, television or the inception of vcr's dvd's and the like. We are very lucky that Ozzie did have the forethought he did. He was a smart business man getting so much control over the show as well as ownership. No kinescope for Ozzie thank goodness. Heck back in 1952, Ozzie probably thought these shows he owned would end up just becoming great home movies for the family. :) I'm sure he'd be delighted and astonished to know that more than 30 years after his own passing his creation is still bringing laughter to so many people. Especially since when he died in the mid 70's, there was such a backlash on the simple idealistic atmospher of 50s early 60's tv.

The Who's Betty episode is one of my favorites. For an overview it's a twist and merger of two of the classic sitcom problems for teenagers. The 'turn around dance' where the girl asks the boy, and ending up with two dates to a dance. Only Ricky out does them all by ending up with 3 dates to the same with 3 different Betty's!

Also among my favorite episodes are the ones featuring Barry Livingston (Ernie; My 3 Sons) as neighbor boy Barry. He's about 5 or 6 years old and so cute and funny. Maybe it's the glasses and lazy eye idk.

I heard Barry talking about working on Ozzie nad Harriet before and him saying that he loved working on the show, and Ozzie always wanted kids with no acting training. He wanted the kids to be real kids and act that way. Barry remembered Ozzie once firing a young boy after learning his parents had enrolled him to acting classes.


Yes Ozzie was definitely the brains behind the outfit. Hope I come across the Betty ep - I don't have it as of yet.

[OH Nuts!]

Oh yeah, Norma. Norma James I think. There were some other episodes where she was Lois. One I know she was Lois was where Rick accidently sent her his picture signed with something like All my Love, Rick that was actually intended for his Grandmother, while Grandma Hilliard got Lois' class notes.
Cheryl was in quite a few episodes.

Dave and the teenager is a cute episode. I like that one a lot also. That girl sure was a pest. It was also nice to see a girl being so taken with Dave, as that was usually Ricky's territory.

I've always thought that teenage girl looked familiar and have tried to figure out for years if she had grown up to be someone I would recognize from other things.

I have one other episode the girl is in, she convinces June who convinces O&H that Dave is the mystery guest on a talk show and is really working under cover with the FBI.

Wally's Traffic Ticket is a fun episode. Poor Wally he's made up so many tall tales in the past no one believes the Ostrich with the Exotic Dancer was obstructing the stop sign.

A couple of my favorites are Day After Christmas, and one I don't know the title to but I always call it Gosh Darn Thronberry!


Cheryl was also in A Sweater For Rick. Unf that & Frat Pin are the only 2 eps I have with her, hope she'll be in some eps on the Shout! set coming out next mo.

Yes, David & The Teenager is great for many reasons. It's nice to see David viewed as a hottie for once ( I always thought he was as handsome as Rick - DN always reminded me a little bit of Richard Gere). And the ever-cool June takes the pesky little Betty in stride. Love the flashback scene in the end to a very early show too. And I think the girl who played Betty is Jane Wither's daughter (e.g. Josephine the Plumber???)

And Wally's Traffic Ticket is truly one of the real FUNNY eps. Very Lucy-esque. Yes, nobody believes poor Wally, but then after all his many past shennanigans, would YOU????:lol:

It is so nice to see this bd getting active again - it's why I came to SO but had so little activity I was often on the Lucy & Bewtiched bds (not to mention Chit Chat)

[stevea]

For a classic old show that lasted 14 seasons and over 400 episodes, this one almost never gets seen on TV anymore. There is overkill with I Love Lucy, but a superior show like Ozzie & Harriet gets forgotten. Of all the DVD compilations that are out there, I would say the best one available right now is the 12 disc/100 episode set issued by Mill Creek Entertainment. It is called The Essential Ozzie & Harriet Collection. The majority of the episodes are full length versions and contain original commercials. I don't have this set yet but I'm thinking seriously about buying it.
The Mill Creek set is a mixed bag. Some of the episodes are in pretty bad shape to have been included on a commercial, 'legit' DVD. But still worth having...

[honeybea]

I remember watching the show some in the 60's when it originally aired, but mostly because of Ricky's singing. We didn't have a tv until around 1958 or so. I watched it a little when it was on Disney, probably in the late 80's and we had just got cable. I really didn't have much interest in the shows that were on when I was younger until probably the mid to late 90's. To me, that's when television started going down hill and fast. I started watching TV Land and the older shows, rememembered some of them as a kid and really got into watching them again. I think Ozzie and Harriet is one of my all time favorites and I just can't get enough of watching them and trying to get all the shows I can. I will get a set if it only means getting one "new" show out of 24 or so episodes. I don't expect perfect quality since these shows are very old and it's amazing they have survived at all.

Rich, I have had a computer since the late 90's because my daughters insisted, but still mainly use it for email, the boards, and to pay bills. I can't do anything else, like send pictures, etc. As for cell phones, I have one that I can make and receive calls and that's because my daughter insists I have one when driving and she pays for it. Heck, I can't stand talking on the house phone and I NEVER talk on my cell phone while driving.

[stevea]

I remember watching the show some in the 60's when it originally aired, but mostly because of Ricky's singing. We didn't have a tv until around 1958 or so. I watched it a little when it was on Disney, probably in the late 80's and we had just got cable. I really didn't have much interest in the shows that were on when I was younger until probably the mid to late 90's. To me, that's when television started going down hill and fast. I started watching TV Land and the older shows, rememembered some of them as a kid and really got into watching them again. I think Ozzie and Harriet is one of my all time favorites and I just can't get enough of watching them and trying to get all the shows I can. I will get a set if it only means getting one "new" show out of 24 or so episodes. I don't expect perfect quality since these shows are very old and it's amazing they have survived at all.

Ozzie is really a great show. The timing is priceless, and the gags are really funny. The interplay between O&H is great. And when the kids got married, they continued it between them and their wives. It also shows, along with many others of this era, that you can be funny without the vulgarity so prevalent in current shows. Many praise Norman Lear, but really, what did he give us? Do we really have to hear toilets flushing to be funny?

[honeybea]

Norman Lear, he created vulgar, racist shows that weren't in the least bit funny or entertaining, to me anyway. You're so right, flushing toilets is supposed to be funny? I think not.

[Jude The Obscure]

And many of Norman Lear's shows have not aged well......

[OH Nuts!]

Ozzie is really a great show. The timing is priceless, and the gags are really funny. The interplay between O&H is great. And when the kids got married, they continued it between them and their wives. It also shows, along with many others of this era, that you can be funny without the vulgarity so prevalent in current shows. Many praise Norman Lear, but really, what did he give us? Do we really have to hear toilets flushing to be funny?

Yes, The Adv. of O & H is a great show - for many reasons. One, its long span on TV and the way it transformed over time from the Thorny - irrepresicible Rickydays, the boys as teens, in college at the Frat, working at the law office (Ozzie's influence on the story line for sure), getting married. It's also the only 50s show that actually had the family on as themselves (very novel). And of course there was Rick's talent, Harriet's exquisite sense of timing and wry wit, the characters oy God...the characters...squeaky voiced Clara, Wally and Joe Randolph-mooochers par excellance albeit from diff. generations, Butch Barton, Miss Edwards etc. It also, I think, more than any other 50s show, represented halcyon times--and all without toilets flushing and saucy language.

This doesn't mean of course that I hate Norman Lear's efforts. IMHO All In The Family was a groundbreaking show and The Jeffersons entertaining and both made us question role models, stereotypes and just exactly where we stand on controversial /emotionally charged issues like cancer, abortion, women's rights, homosexuality etc. (Maude and Good Times on the other hand were real clinckers, one dimensional shows if ever there were ones). AITF is the type of show you either really LOVE or really HATE (I LOVE). It will always have a special place in my heart for the way it turned TV upside down and tackled controversial issues in a forthright and provocative way--but it definitely had an in-your-face quality that not everyone appreciates..

But yes, shows like O&H, Walt Disney and I Love Lucy showed us that yes, you can have good clean entertainment that is....well....ENTERTAINING. So I guess I love both "genres" (for lack of a better word) but in DIFFERENT ways. O&H :heart: it would be so lovely one day to have all 435!

[stevea]

This doesn't mean of course that I hate Norman Lear's efforts. IMHO All In The Family was a groundbreaking show and The Jeffersons entertaining and both made us question role models, stereotypes and just exactly where we stand on controversial /emotionally charged issues like cancer, abortion, women's rights, homosexuality etc. (Maude and Good Times on the other hand were real clinckers, one dimensional shows if ever there were ones). AITF is the type of show you either really LOVE or really HATE (I LOVE ). It will always have a special place in my heart for the way it turned TV upside down and tackled controversial issues in a forthright and provocative way--but it definitely had an in-your-face quality that not everyone appreciates..

But yes, shows like O&H, Walt Disney and I Love Lucy showed us well, that yes, you can have good clean entertainment that is....well....ENTERTAINING. So I guess I love both "genres" (for lack of a better word) but in DIFFERENT ways. O&H :heart: it would be so lovely one day to have all 435!

AITF is not timeless, IMO--I enjoy the later shows more than the earlier ones. Many of the earlier ones were basically shoutfests. Some Maudes were kind of funny. Good Times is just another noise fest.

[Jude The Obscure]

Funny--how we all :heart: Ozzie & Harriet, but have varying viewpoints on Norman Lear...I love the Jeffersons and Good Times,but can do without AITF and Maude was never in rerun slots enough for me to actually get a feel for the show.

[OH Nuts!]

AITF is not timeless, IMO--I enjoy the later shows more than the earlier ones. Many of the earlier ones were basically shoutfests. Some Maudes were kind of funny. Good Times is just another noise fest.

I don't really think of AITF as timeless but rather as a show that was 25 yrs ahead of its time. Yes, looking back, there were some shoutfests (the in-your-face quality I was referring to) and the approach could have been more subtle. But still, I remember being 16 and my H.S. Biology teacher coming in and raving about this "new" show on TV (this was in '71). And when I saw this "new" show (AITF) it blew my mind. No show dared tackle controversial subjects before AITF, and that's probably the key reason I love it. There are others. But this is the O&H bd so I'm not trying to twist any opinions, just articulating my view of AITF a little more finely. (And I promise not to wax poetic on AITF HERE anymore. The AITF bd is really the site for that) also - it is just as easy for me to rave abt O&H since I do love it and ITS WHY I came to S.O.

I guess its an anomaly of mine that I could so deeply love The Adv of O&H and All In The Family.

Truly, O&H and Leave It To Beaver both captured 50s Americana and are fine TV nostalgia, but why I think O&H does LITB one better is because O&H extended further into the 60s and had those two marvelously talented boys (in the Circus, for example, they did their own stunts.) But I do gotta admit, June Cleaver's pearl fetish was fierce:lol:

And I would be remiss to not express another heaping of love for O&H. Had it not been for O&H I probably would have put off getting a DVD player and DVDs for a few more yrs - and I'm so glad I didn't!

[ILUVO&H]

I guess its an anomaly of mine that I could so deeply love The Adv of O&H and All In The Family.

Just for the record, I love both shows as well. :)

I also like the other 50's shows, like Donna Reed, Fathers Knows Best, LITB, Patty Duke etc etc... but what I really like about Ozzie and Harriet as oppose to the others, is that on O&H the people seemed much more real. On a lot of the 50s and 60's shows a lot of the people seem rather stiff. They're so wrapped up in being so formal or something. I don't know, everyone just seems so much more relaxed at the Nelson house. I don't think I could live with some of those other sitcom families. Even the people who lived in the houses always seemed like visitors and on their very best behavior in their own homes. The Nelson house, you could be yourself, and be comfortable.

Of those 50's and 60s fathers, imo, none were more real than Ozzie. Of course he was their real father. lol What other father of that era could you see getting all dirty and muddy playing baseball or football in the front yard with their kids?

[OH Nuts!]

Just for the record, I love both shows as well. :)

I also like the other 50's shows, like Donna Reed, Fathers Knows Best, LITB, Patty Duke etc etc... but what I really like about Ozzie and Harriet as oppose to the others, is that on O&H the people seemed much more real. On a lot of the 50s and 60's shows a lot of the people seem rather stiff. They're so wrapped up in being so formal or something. I don't know, everyone just seems so much more relaxed at the Nelson house. I don't think I could live with some of those other sitcom families. Even the people who lived in the houses always seemed like visitors and on their very best behavior in their own homes. The Nelson house, you could be yourself, and be comfortable.

Of those 50's and 60s fathers, imo, none were more real than Ozzie. Of course he was their real father. lol What other father of that era could you see getting all dirty and muddy playing baseball or football in the front yard with their kids?


Yes O&H did have a certain feel of authenticity to it that seemed to elude other 50s family shows. And again I can't help harking back to the talent (and dashing good looks) of the boys--imagine! doing those difficult acrobatics (The Circus) and the martial arts (in Manly Arts). And Ozzie's clever marketing of Rick's singing. And really fine singing too! My only regret is that I don't have more eps - but when that wonderful Shout! set comes up I'll be near 180.

[stevea]

We all probably have all the public domain shows which are typically available, plus what Shout! and Mill Creek have put out. It would be great to have them all...

O&H had a more realistic feel, probably because they were a real family. I think they should have given Ozzie an occupation, though. Nice houses like that don't grow on trees!

[Jude The Obscure]

In one episode, Ozzie did refer to his previous occupation as a bandleader!

[ILUVO&H]

In one episode, Ozzie did refer to his previous occupation as a bandleader!

There's one episode, a Christmas episode, Dave and Ricky sell Chrsitmas Trees, where Ozzie actaully sings one of Rickys songs. Someone mentions they didn't know Ozzie sang, Dave repiles, didn't you know; he was the Ricky Nelson of his day.

[Jude The Obscure]

People tend to forget that Ozzie and Harriet were successful as bandleader and singer before radio or TV.

[OH Nuts!]

People tend to forget that Ozzie and Harriet were successful as bandleader and singer before radio or TV.

And that

*he was on his way to becoming a lawyer but his sideline band took off instead.

*Harriet was well on her way to becoming an actress but opted for motherhood and the "family routine" instead.

[OH Nuts!]

There's one episode, a Christmas episode, Dave and Ricky sell Chrsitmas Trees, where Ozzie actaully sings one of Rickys songs. Someone mentions they didn't know Ozzie sang, Dave repiles, didn't you know; he was the Ricky Nelson of his day.


Have to go back and watch this one again! (The XMAS ep I REALLY LOVE is Busy Christmas.)

[OH Nuts!]

We all probably have all the public domain shows which are typically available, plus what Shout! and Mill Creek have put out. It would be great to have them all...

O&H had a more realistic feel, probably because they were a real family. I think they should have given Ozzie an occupation, though. Nice houses like that don't grow on trees!

Yes that was one of the weird anomalies of the show that Oz was never given an occupation. I know this was done on purpose the rationale being that anyone could identify with him then. Don't know if I agree with that, but it never struck me as odd his "job" was never mentioned. I always sort of got the subliminal impression that Ozzie was retired. In any event, I sort of like this abt the show-- it just one more way it stands out. (Counting the days til Shout! #2)

[OH Nuts!]

The Mill Creek set is a mixed bag. Some of the episodes are in pretty bad shape to have been included on a commercial, 'legit' DVD. But still worth having...

It's not perfect but none of the DVD sets I've come across have been. But still for the price - and cost per ep - it's pretty darn good.

But I do know what you mean. There was a 2 ep VHS set I got a long time ago that had "A Rose A Day" and "Bedtime Story" on it. And both were totally complete - commercials and all. When I came across Bedtime Story on the Mill Creek set I immed. realized it had been edited down (I remember 1-2 lines not being there that I enjoyed on the unedited vers. & no commercials.) So for this reason I'm holding on to the VHS. But that darn VHS was expensive $17.99 - $9 an ep.

It would be lovely to see a truly superb DVD version come out - all unedited eps w commericals - but unf. I bet it would be really expensive. I'm just glad that my fav ones are unedited (but sigh again they were on VHS - many from Madacy - which - GOD BLESS THEM - picked fantastic eps from the series)

[Jude The Obscure]

Have to go back and watch this one again! (The XMAS ep I REALLY LOVE is Busy Christmas.)


"The Christmas Tree Lot" to me is a weak holiday episode. I much prefer "Busy Christmas".

[OH Nuts!]

"The Christmas Tree Lot" to me is a weak holiday episode. I much prefer "Busy Christmas".

Me too! Although "The Christmas Tree Lot" is a decent enough ep.

What I really love about Busy Christmas" is the charming scene at the end with Rick singing and you get to see the WHOLE Nelson clan - spouses and grandkids too! Although Rick's twins and son Sam (who looks A LOT like Rick) weren't born yet. I always crack this ep out sometime during the Xmas season. BTW, Janine did a nice thread on this ep a while back.

[ILUVO&H]

One of my favorite Christmas Episodes is.. I don't know the name of it, I always called it, Can Ozzie make it snow.

It's Christmas and the boys got skis for Christmas from Grandma Nelson. They just wish they had snow.

Ozzie tells a story about when he and his brother Al were kids. We're taken back in time and it's the 1920's. Ozzie is his father George Harriet his mother Ethel, David is Al and Ricky is Ozzie.

Ricky thinks the moral to the story is if your Pop says it will snow it will snow.

Oz sends the boys up to bed. Ozzie starts to fall asleep in the chair, when Ricky come over asks Pop if it's gonna snow, Ozzie half asleep gives a yes, not knowing what he's agreeing to. Ricky is convinced it will snow overnight because Ozzie said so, to which David says 'Oh Ricky don't be ridiculous, Pop can't make it snow.'

[ILUVO&H]

Oh and the Day After Christmas where the family goes skating at the lake. David and Ricky do some skating jumps in Ozzie's dream. They all sit around a camp fire and sing Side by Side. You know..the old song 'We ain't got a barrel of money.

[OH Nuts!]

Oh and the Day After Christmas where the family goes skating at the lake. David and Ricky do some skating jumps in Ozzie's dream. They all sit around a camp fire and sing Side by Side. You know..the old song 'We ain't got a barrel of money.

I so wish I had this ep and the one you mentioned before it. But sigh, I don't. That last one sounds really great & that song is perfect for them. The Nelsons all around a camp fire is a very charming image. I only have 3 Xmas eps (A Busy Christmas, The Lost Christmas Gift, A piano For The Fraternity)

[Jude The Obscure]

Wait--how many Christmas episodes were there?

I'll have to check my other public domain issues. I think I have three--Busy, the Lot.....not sure of the other one.

[TeeVeeCloset]

Wait--how many Christmas episodes were there?



There were many more holiday themed episodes that you would think, I was quite surprised especailly since the public domain christmas themed dvd's always contain the same 3 episodes......these are the ones I have and that are in circulation. Some are not traditional Christmas episodes but have it somewhere in the theme.

#9 Day After Thanksgiving 11/28/52 (thought I would include this, there is also a halloween and valentines episode.
#12 Boys' Earn Christmas Money 12/19/52
#13 Late Christmas Gift (often confused and mistitled as Lost Christmas Gift on DVD releases) 12/26/52
#55 The Christmas Miracle 12/25/53
#89 The Lost Christmas Gift (often confused and mistitled as Late Christmas Gift on DVD releases) 12/24/54
#90 The Fruitcake 1/7/55
#151 Busy Christmas 12/19/56
#152 Day After Christmas 12/26/56
#185 The Christmas Tree Lot 12/18/57
#285 Girl in The Emporium 12/14/60
#290 A Piano For The Fraternity 12/21/60
#303 The Pen & Pencil Set 4/12/61

There is great confusion when compiling a definative holiday themed episode list or for that matter a general episode list for a series that went over 400 episodes. I will preach again and say someone should write a definative biography (a reprint of ozzie's autobiography with an episode guide perhaps) are you listening David Nelson or sons?

[OH Nuts!]

Thanks TeeVeeCloset! This was really quite some work to come up with this list. Sigh, so many I don't have. But I forgot abt Girl In The Emporium - so I actually have 4.

Hope that David Nelson and Rick's sons know abt bds like this & that there are many fans of the show. Personally, I think the show has been coming into a revival and that there's a good market for extra production.

[TeeVeeCloset]

[QUOTE=rich p]Thanks TeeVeeCloset! This was really quite some work to come up with this list. Sigh, so many I don't have. But I forgot abt Girl In The Emporium - so I actually have 4.

Even though I have lived in the confused collecting world of "O&H" for about 45 years...lol....I would like to personally acknowledge sitcom member "CJ" who also helped tremendously in figuring out the holiday themed episodes and in my opinion is "The" expert on "O&H"!

[CJ]

Even though I have lived in the confused collecting world of "O&H" for about 45 years...lol....I would like to personally acknowledge sitcom member "CJ" who also helped tremendously in figuring out the holiday themed episodes and in my opinion is "The" expert on "O&H"!


Awww, shucks !!!! Thanks, teeveecloset !!!!

This whole group amazes me with their affection and dedication to this wonderful show. And, I have gained tons of knowledge through this board.

Honestly, I have only been an ''O&H Junkie'' for the last 3 years. And, never owned one single episode before that time. Well, I did copy ''Busy Christmas'' from our local PBS channel a few years ago, so I had that ''one''.

I had fond memories from watching the show when I was young and always wished some channel I had would run episodes. Never even had the Disney channel until their run was over.

So, 3 years ago, I started on my O&H quest and found some awesome collectors & traders and also began purchasing every $1 DVD I could find and then the official releases started coming out. So, now I am down to needing 92 episodes to complete the series. Maybe one day . . .

[stevea]

So, 3 years ago, I started on my O&H quest and found some awesome collectors & traders and also began purchasing every $1 DVD I could find and then the official releases started coming out. So, now I am down to needing 92 episodes to complete the series. Maybe one day . . .

Wow! That's impressive!

[stevea]

There were many more holiday themed episodes that you would think, I was quite surprised especailly since the public domain christmas themed dvd's always contain the same 3 episodes......these are the ones I have and that are in circulation. Some are not traditional Christmas episodes but have it somewhere in the theme.

#9 Day After Thanksgiving 11/28/52 (thought I would include this, there is also a halloween and valentines episode.
#12 Boys' Earn Christmas Money 12/19/52
#13 Late Christmas Gift (often confused and mistitled as Lost Christmas Gift on DVD releases) 12/26/52
#55 The Christmas Miracle 12/25/53
#89 The Lost Christmas Gift (often confused and mistitled as Late Christmas Gift on DVD releases) 12/24/54
#90 The Fruitcake 1/7/55
#151 Busy Christmas 12/19/56
#152 Day After Christmas 12/26/56
#185 The Christmas Tree Lot 12/18/57
#285 Girl in The Emporium 12/14/60
#290 A Piano For The Fraternity 12/21/60
#303 The Pen & Pencil Set 4/12/61

There is great confusion when compiling a definative holiday themed episode list or for that matter a general episode list for a series that went over 400 episodes. I will preach again and say someone should write a definative biography (a reprint of ozzie's autobiography with an episode guide perhaps) are you listening David Nelson or sons?

It can get confusing, since there is at least 1 'recut' episode from 1964, where they are recalling Busy Christmas from 1956. Since there is new footage, I don't know whether they counted this as an ep. or a rerun (I think, looking at ep. guides, I don't recall seeing it as an episode, but it probably should be, since there is even new footage at the end, with the whole extended family).

[Jude The Obscure]

That recut episode is the one circulating on the Public domain issues. At least on the one I own! :)

[ILUVO&H]

I think later during the shows run, they used to show re-runs of early episodes once in a while. I think I've seen a couple episodes where Ozzie or Harriet introduces the show. Saying something along the lines of here's an epiosde from when the boys were just little guys.

I agree with how difficult it is to use/go by an episode guide. Most of the episodes on the guides don't even have descriptions of what the episodes are. You just have a title. With SO MANY episodes if hard to figure out what episode goes to what title. Sure you can sort of destinguish between soem of the seasons. But some of them it's hard to tell what season it came from. So it could be one of 3 or 4 seasons. Some of them are easy.. Ok Tutti Fruity Ice Cream, I can figure that out. But often times some of the shows have a lot of similar themes, especially over 14 years. It's like it could be this one or it might be this one. Sometimes I just can't figure what episode it might be.

Maybe we need to work on making descriptions for the episodes.

[honeybea]

I just got an email saying my DVD has been shipped, so hopefully, I'll have it by Tuesday of next week. I can't wait!

[Jude The Obscure]

I'll be able to get mine ordered as soon as my next Amazon gc gets e-mailed to me. So glad for surveys, point reward sites and filmbloggers.com that allow me to get Amazon gcs and therefore my DVDs without having to spend a cent.

Update: the gc came in and mine is ordered and with free shipping--est date July 14th. That's okay with my crazy work schedule, I need something to look foward to :lol:

[CJ]

Ordered mine yesterday from deep discount. This is my first time dealing with them, so I hope it will be a good experience. Couldn't beat the price and free shipping.

[honeybea]

Ordered mine yesterday from deep discount. This is my first time dealing with them, so I hope it will be a good experience. Couldn't beat the price and free shipping.

CJ that's where I orderd mine a few days ago. They usually ship to arrive by the release date. I've never had a problem with them and I've ordered many times.

[CJ]

Oh thanks, honeybea. Sounds like a good place to shop online, then. I knew I got the idea from a post here, but didn't recall seeing any feedback.

[honeybea]

It's here!! There's some great pictures of the family along with some radio shows and a trivia quiz. Also a special thanks on the back to David and Sam Nelson. That's good news that David is involved in that maybe there will be more releases in the future. As far I can figure, it's edited, but it's better than nothing. I can't wait to start watching it tonight, although I will try to savor it and only watch a few episodes at a time.

[CJ]

Got mine yesterday, and I am now a "Deep Discount" satisfied customer, LOL.

Good news !!! Nine of the episodes are the 25 minute versions, the remainder are the 22 minute versions. But, the last Shout release were ALL 22 minute versions, and two were even less than that, so this is wonderful.

The nine 25 minute episodes are:

Ricky's Lost Letter 25:13
The Picture In Rick's Notebook 25:11
Who Is Betty? 25:14 [I love this episode]
Dave & The Schoolteacher 25:29
Dave's Golf Story 25:29
Rick's Broken Arm 24:46 [Close enough]
Selling Rick's Drums 25:05
Rick's 21st Birthday 25:31
Rick's Wedding Ring 25:36

[Jude The Obscure]

yes, one episode on the last set ended at 17 minutes--I could not believe that!!

Great to know that I'm adding more episodes that I didn't have before.

[ILUVO&H]

good three of the whole episodes are ones I do not have!

CJ sicne you are satisfies with deep discount, I think I am going to go there now and order since I could not find it on the street.

Oh and I love the Betty Who episode too.
Though David in that one scene steals the show for me.

[CJ]

I am very happy with deep discount, ILUVO&H.

I signed up and ordered it last Wed, July 2 and it was in my mailbox on Mon. A day earlier than the release date, LOL.

[ILUVO&H]

That's pretty fast. A holiday in there as well. And a day earlier than the release date. Did you feel like you were cheating? Watching the dvd, having it in hand before the rest of the world? lol

How many episodes have you borwsed through so far?
How many were ones that you did not have?

I just put in my order.

I should have done this last night when I couldn't find it out there, I could have had the dvd a day earlier.

I just get tentative about using things with names like deep discount, especially over the internet. ya know what I mean.

[Jude The Obscure]

While I have never ordered from Deep Discount myself, I have heard nothing but good things about them. I usually get my DVDs from Amazon (because of the gcs) or Overstock.com

[OH Nuts!]

Well, I know I was a dope but I got mine at J & R today for $29.99. I didn't care because I really wanted the set...NOW! And J&R had it on the 8th, too! They're really great that way.

I know $30 is not a great price but when I ordered the 100 Mill Creek Set from QVC - UPS left it right outside the locked door in the entranceway to my apt bldg. Anyone could have taken it.

I was a little disappointed because J & R usually has a sales price on their new releases. The first Shout set was $22.99

Since I saved so much on my LHOP purchases I decided to just splurge so I could see The Blue Moose ep - which I've always been dying to have. I have 12 new eps now.:clap:

[Jude The Obscure]

Congrats Rich!! and everyone else who already got their set......

C'mon July 14th!! :lol:

[CJ]

That's pretty fast. A holiday in there as well. And a day earlier than the release date. Did you feel like you were cheating? Watching the dvd, having it in hand before the rest of the world? lol

How many episodes have you borwsed through so far?
How many were ones that you did not have?

I just put in my order.

I should have done this last night when I couldn't find it out there, I could have had the dvd a day earlier.

I just get tentative about using things with names like deep discount, especially over the internet. ya know what I mean.

This was my first time using Deep Discount. I saw a post on here somewhere recommending them. I especially liked the "free shipping" part.

I browsed through all the episodes, when I checked the running times. None of them were new episodes for me, but I did get some quality upgrades and longer running times on a few. Of course, the first episode I watched all the way through was, "Who Is Betty?" There are so many good episodes on this release.

[honeybea]

I've ordered from Deep Discount many times and never a problem. The pre orders have always arrived by the release date, unlike some of my Amazon purchases. I really like the free shipping too. I am finishing up my third season of The Real McCoys so I hope to start my O & H DVD tomorrow. I believe there's about four episodes I don't have, so I'm really looking forward to it.

[dlb108]

Got my copy today from Deep Discount. Thanks for the tip you guys!