All Episodes of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 through March 26, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show
Season 1
7.9/1099 votesThe Rivals
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/1952
David has a rival, and his name is Will Thornberry - his next door neighbor.
Director: Ozzie Nelson
Writer: Don Nelson
- 7.4/1070 votes
The Pills
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/1952
Ozzie decides to diet so he can fit into a pair of size 33 pants.
Director: Ozzie Nelson
Writer: Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman
- 7.3/1075 votes
The Fall Guy
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/1952
Ozzie quickly regrets advising David against allowing people to take advantage of his good nature.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 6.8/1069 votes
Halloween Party
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/1952
On Halloween night, Ozzie and Thorny make plans to attend a non-costume party as Satan and a Scotsman. Meanwhile Ricky and David attend a Halloween Party at school and the Nelson household is besieged by children demanding candy - or else.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Don Nelson
- 7.5/1055 votes
Riviera Ballet
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/1952
Ozzie has tickets to the Riviera Ballet, but Harriet doesn't want him to go because the actresses will be wearing skimpy bathing suits.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman
- 7.5/1051 votes
David the Babysitter
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/1952
David gets a babysitting job and Ozzie is worried about David and the baby.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Ben Gershman
- 7.6/1047 votes
Rick Goes To A Dance
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1952
Ricky receives a perfumed letter from his neighbor, Julie Thornberry, inviting him to his first dance.
Director: Ozzie Nelson
Writer: Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman
- 7.6/1054 votes
Day After Thanksgiving
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1952
Having come home the previous day from Aunt Ellen's without any Thanksgiving leftovers, Ozzie and the boys become obsessed with a craving for more turkey
Director: Ozzie Nelson
Writer: Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman
- 7.5/1054 votes
Thorny's Gift
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/1952
Ozzie is outraged after he doesn't receive a timely 'thank you' for the birthday gift he sent to Thorny.
Director: Ozzie Nelson
Writer: Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman
- 7.8/1047 votes
Harriet's Hairdo
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/1952
Harriet decides to try a new hair style but it doesn't go over well with the Nelson men. Ozzie gently tries to suggest he wants her to go back to the look he's used to.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.5/1058 votes
The Boys' Christmas Money
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/1952
The boys want to earn extra money for Christmas, so Ozzie gives them permission to look for work.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1068 votes
The Late Christmas Gift
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/26/1952
Ozzie and David receive Christmas gifts after Christmas from Grandma Nelson.
Director: Ozzie Nelson
Writer: Unknown
- 8.1/1038 votes
Newspaper Write-up
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/2/1953
Ozzie becomes upset, and increasingly obsessed, by a newspaper tribute to him that messes up his name.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.3/1040 votes
Basketball Players
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/9/1953
Ozzie and Thorny's discussion about basketball escalates until they challenge each other to a game. They include their sons in the grudge match but then begin having second thoughts.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.4/1037 votes
Stop Worrying
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/16/1953
Ozzie discovers his family worrying about different things, and admonishes them, as well as rationalizing them out of their concerns. But later he reads a magazine article and seems to have trouble fighting off worry himself.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.4/1048 votes
The Tuba Affair
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/23/1953
Ozzie wants to establish that he's head-of-the-household, and Harriet wants to be a good wife. Marital strife ensues.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 8.1/1050 votes
The Rover Boys
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/30/1953
While discussing The Rover Boys' books with Thorny, Ozzie takes off to check out a book at the library, hoping to prove Thorny wrong. But when he's caught with a big book, one of his boys' teachers is convinced he knows a lot about the Peloponnesian War and asks him to lead a book discussion. Ozzie is just too proud to admit the truth and decides to learn everything he can before the PTA meeting.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.6/1055 votes
Separate Rooms
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/6/1953
David and Ricky finally get their own separate rooms - with hilarious results.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.4/1049 votes
The Valentine Show
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/13/1953
Ozzie and Harriet are concerned that David will blow all the money he's saved on a new girl he's taking to a Valentine's Day dance.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.6/1056 votes
The Traffic Signal
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/20/1953
There's a new traffic signal, and no one knows who should take the credit or get the blame.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.2/1046 votes
The Dental Receptionist
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/27/1953
Ozzie soon regrets a flirtatious moment shared with his dentist's new southern belle receptionist.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.1/1047 votes
The Speech
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/6/1953
Ozzie painstakingly rehearses for a speech.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.5/1041 votes
The Safecrackers
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/13/1953
While in Herb Dunkle's empty office, Ozzie teaches Ricky how to crack a safe.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.4/1037 votes
Brother Beesley's Philosophy
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/20/1953
Andy Beesley gives Ozzie a new outlook on life: Enjoy life, while you can. Ozzie takes this philosophy to heart and sends the family on a spending spree down at The Emporium - a spending spree he soon regrets.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.8/1053 votes
The Bowling Alley
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 3/27/1953
Fearing that Ozzie is coming down with a cold, Harriet orders her husband to spend the evening convalescing and then goes shopping with a friend. Ozzie manages a rapid recovery when Thorny reminds him of a date they made to go bowling.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1053 votes
The Orchid and the Violet
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 4/3/1953
It's spring, and love is in the air, so Ozzie wants to surprise Harriet by having a bunch of violets delivered to her. When orchids show up, instead, Ozzie suspects they're from an old rich boyfriend of Harriet's.
Director: Ozzie Nelson
Writer: Unknown
- 7.9/1053 votes
The Pancake Mix
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 4/10/1953
Hasty Tasty Pancake Company is offering a double-your-money-back guarantee, so Ricky decides to apply for a refund.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1044 votes
Whistler's Daughter
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/17/1953
Ozzie has some fast talking to do, after Harriet falls under the impression that he was taken in by an attractive young door-to-door saleswoman.
Director: Ozzie Nelson
Writer: Unknown
- 7.7/1043 votes
The Fish Story
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/24/1953
To prove a point, Ozzie starts a rumor in the neighborhood by tricking his best friend Thorny into believing that the fish are biting like crazy in Mud Basin.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.2/1039 votes
Night School
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 5/1/1953
Ozzie finds out from Thorny that he is taking adult education courses at the local high school in the evenings. So Ozzie decides to take some classes and Harriet signs up too.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.0/1040 votes
The Traders
Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 5/8/1953
Ozzie tries to teach Ricky and David how to get a good deal in the swap trades they make with friends.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.2/1043 votes
Boxing Matches
Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 5/15/1953
Ozzie gets roped into agreeing to fight Thorny in a boxing exhibition match to be held at an evening Boy Scout rally.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.4/1055 votes
Door Key for David
Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 5/22/1953
David is given his first house key and the responsibility that goes with it.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 6.9/1041 votes
The Play's the Thing
Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 5/29/1953
Ozzie is brimming with enthusiasm about appearing in the PTA pageant's play, until he learns that his role is the front end of Robin Hood's horse.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 7.2/1040 votes
Monetary System
Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 6/5/1953
David and Ricky would like an increase in their allowances so Ozzie develops a point system regarding household chores. He includes every family member but regrets it as it points out that one person is doing very little of the tasks.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
- 6.8/1036 votes
Who's Walter?
Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 6/12/1953
Harriet encounters an older man who worked at an amusement park she and Ozzie frequented when they dated. She invites him to dinner where he thinks Ozzie is named Walter, then spends the evening telling stories about Harriet and Walter.
Director: Ozzie Nelson
Writer: Unknown
- 7.6/1041 votes
Oscillating Ozzie
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 6/26/1953
Ozzie is stuck in his conservative routine, until he has a chat with the ever-exuberant Emmy Lou.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown