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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...
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Season 1

  • The Rivals
    7.8/1075 votes
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    The 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

  • The Poet
    7.3/1034 votes
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    The Poet

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/1952

    Ozzie and Harriet read the newspaper and talk about Nancy Walker.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Pills
    7.1/1054 votes
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    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

  • The Fall Guy
    7.2/1061 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Halloween Party
    6.5/1056 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: Don Nelson

  • Riviera Ballet
    7.1/1044 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: Don Nelson, Bill Davenport, Ben Gershman

  • David the Babysitter
    7.1/1038 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: Ben Gershman

  • Rick Goes To A Dance
    7.2/1036 votes
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    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

  • Day After Thanksgiving
    7.4/1040 votes
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    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

  • Thorny's Gift
    7.1/1041 votes
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    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

  • Harriet's Hairdo
    7.5/1032 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Boys' Christmas Money
    7.3/1044 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Late Christmas Gift
    7.7/1051 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Newspaper Write-up
    7.8/1024 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Basketball Players
    7.0/1027 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Stop Worrying
    7.0/1023 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Tuba Affair
    7.2/1036 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Rover Boys
    8.0/1035 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Separate Rooms
    7.6/1041 votes
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    Separate Rooms

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/6/1953

    David and Ricky finally get their own separate rooms - with hilarious results.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Valentine Show
    7.2/1035 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Traffic Signal
    7.3/1045 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Dental Receptionist
    6.7/1033 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Speech
    6.7/1036 votes
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    The Speech

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/6/1953

    Ozzie painstakingly rehearses for a speech.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Safecrackers
    7.0/1031 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Brother Beesley's Philosophy
    6.9/1026 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Bowling Alley
    7.6/1042 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Orchid and the Violet
    7.4/1042 votes
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    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: N/A

  • The Pancake Mix
    7.6/1042 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Whistler's Daughter
    7.2/1034 votes
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    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: N/A

  • The Fish Story
    7.2/1032 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Night School
    6.9/1029 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Traders
    6.7/1030 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Boxing Matches
    6.7/1033 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Door Key for David
    7.2/1044 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Play's the Thing
    6.7/1031 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Monetary System
    6.8/1030 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Who's Walter?
    6.3/1027 votes
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    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: N/A

  • Curiosity
    6.7/1027 votes
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    Curiosity

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 6/19/1953

    Ozzie and Harriet try to kill each other's cat with curiosity.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Oscillating Ozzie
    7.2/1030 votes
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    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: N/A

    Writer: N/A