The old shows will forever outshine any programs made today. There was never concern over what children were viewing as programs were family oriented. I like that commercials were included. I'd love to have that kitchen in the HotPoint ad!! Most other programs edit out commercials. They were times when companies valued their reputation and customers, the result, quality products. When something broke there was a repairman to fix a tv and appliances. You didn't throw something away until it was unable to be repaired, the same went for clothing. Shoes were resoled, buttons were sewn back on, socks were darned and patches covered holes in work pants. They are days I am blessed to have lived in. Wouldn't it be wonderful if life was simple again and people talked to each other, families spent time together. 🌹
@@willoughby1888 I too am always on the lookout for old friends. You never know where someone will turn up. Best wishes in your search. May the new year be your best year ever! Loved the chat, thank you.
Gar Goil so sick of these people longing for the fake family values of these tv shows . That was all bull shit real America wasn’t like this at all . Even Rickey who I liked more than Elvis . Died tragically free baseing cocaine in a plane crash. In 1985 New Year’s Eve . That’s reality . Your right their all trump sycophants. Where is Bomeo lol.
It wasn't really like that in the 50s either. You do know that right? So in other words you would rather live in a fictional utopia than the real world? Sigh.
I grew up in the 50's, and life was simple, but money was tight, most people worked in factories, no air conditioning, production jobs. . .This show portrays a family who was well off. Much happier time than now.
@@amandavaldez2462 I like to think of these 1950s TV sitcoms as a quartet . In comparing the ladies who played the various moms I think the ones ranked from the most like their TV image to the least : Donna Reed , Barbara Billingsley , Jane Wyatt then Harriet Nelson .
Today's audience would probably not appreciate watching a nice, loving family,The sitcoms of today pander to lower values,they use profanity, sarcasm,and show children that treat their parents with disrespect and disdsin.At one time,American families were in loving and respectful to their family members,and to everyone else. What has happened? Humor now is degrading,and these children make awful remarks to their parents and disrespect the grandparents.
@@connienania486 I can tell you what happened. The outspoken Atheist Madeline O'Hara convinced the federal government to take the Holy Bible out of the public schools in 1962. Of course doing so went against the First Amendment of the US Constitution. With the Holy Bible out of the public schools, the morality in America plummeted.
@@lynettepalecek3141 Actually, taking the bible out of public schools complies with the first amendment. You ought to actually try reading it before leaping to ridiculous conclusions. Might help if you actually read your bible as well.
@@kosmokritikos9299 I do read and study God's Holy Word the 1611 King James Authorized Version of the Holy Bible which is inerrant and infallible. You obviously didn't read the US Constitution and The Bill of Rights. Amendment I says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or a abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." It's quite obvious that you're not a born again Christian because if you were, then you wouldn't be so offended by my comment. You need to get saved before it's too late. You need to realize that you were born a sinner. A sinner is someone who disobeys God. You need to repent of your sins which means that you need to sincerely be sorry for the sins that you committed. You need to ask God to forgive you for your sins. You need to believe in the Trinity which is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit: these 3 in 1. You need to believe that Jesus Christ is the begotten Son of God the Father. "Begotten" means that Mary was a virgin when she became pregnant with Jesus Christ. You need to believe that Jesus Christ never sinned in thought and deed. You need to believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins and He rose from the dead in 3 days. Then, you need to ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart as your personal Lord and Savior. If you don't get saved before you die, then you'll spend Eternity in Hell.
@@lynettepalecek3141 The first amendment prohibits ANY religion from exerting influence over governance, including yours. I obviously know the U.S. constitution better than you do and I'm not even American. Freedom of religion includes freedom from religion, especially one like yours, whose goal is to use religion as a club to beat people into compliance with your dictates. And who the hell are you to be judging me or anyone? Judge not, lest you be judged. And judged you will be. You are on an express car to hell by my religion, so you'd better repent or else, you dingbat. If your religion allows you to tell me that I'm doomed to hell, then my religion can tell you to go to hell as well.
Wow. Today is October 28, 2024…which means it’s been just over 72 years that this was aired. And I remember watching this show as a little girl. My sister and my 2 brothers loved it.
I loved how the dishwasher washed and rinsed everything twice, and it probably finished all that and drying in 30 minutes. Not at all like the ones today that can take 1.5 hours to finish.
@@jaysky2000 I still have my 1986 Kenmore washer and dryer. I bought them brand new when I was 23 and they’re still going strong. I’m a single guy, so they don’t get as much use as they would with a family, but either way they were built to last. 👍
My son had a new 2013 dishwasher. It took 3 hours to run a load. It began leaking so they replaced it. The new one is now a year old and it takes 4 hours.😶
They still sell Hot Point but now they are a shadow of what they used to be . The cheapest made and most inexpensive appliances on the market now. We used them at an apartment complex and they were super flimsy and just crap.
This show actually gets funnier each time I watch it. I become aware of Ozzie's ability to make fun of himself and the awkwardness of David and Nancy, and the lines . . . You certainly have a lovely home (at least 5 times). Ricky, come help your father squeeze lemons. What for? For about 15 minutes. And no canned laughter - we are actually allowed to think for ourselves.
@@karenmallonee3867 I compared it to Modern Family since it was the most recent on the list we were given. Ozzie & Harriet was the oldest so that's why I chose it
I absolutely love watching these old TV shows, Rick Nelson such a good looking & talented kid... the Hot Point commercials kinda remind me of Disneyland's Carousel of Progress.
How wonderful! Watching this, we're all catapulted back to the early 1950s when all was bliss. Neighbors were true and eager to be neighbors. Dirty words and movies were unknown. No strife. Married couples were happy to be married...to each other.
They had all that time for card games, bowling, dating and town dances. Cannot forget the malt shop ! What a time to be in the dry cleaning business...people dressed up every day.
That is one thing that sticks put in my mind as a kid, compared to now. Ladies wore dresses, even to the grocery store, and when you went on an airplane trip, NO ONE wore crap clothes.
I love even the hot point commercials especially the one with Mr Holmes and his wife. Very attractive couple. So sincere and honest presentation. The 50s and 60s were so very special.
My favorite family show. I would love to see the deleted shows in full. I watch the ones they show over and over. The ones they show now days are less desirable to watch.
At age 13, I was close friends with a boy and everyone called us ‘Ozzie and Harriet’. 51 years later we still call each other that when we wish each other Happy Birthday on Facebook 😀
I didn't know too much about this show, until I started watching on TH-cam. I'm recouping from a cracked rib, and binge watching the past few days. It's pretty well-made. I like how Ozzie never really gets too excited 🙂
I loved that! 😂 Later when the guys were being interviewed Rick did say he used to sing in the bathroom...and fall asleep in the tub in warm water! 🤣 Who’d have thought what would come of it all?! 😊
Even though I was born 1960, I knew of this TV show even when I was 11, it was on TV weekends, sometimes, as old reruns. I always liked Ozzie Nelson, he was always nice and kind, and kinda goofy.Ozzie and his friend were sure goofy about planning their sons' future. LOL.
I like the arguments between the boys before about time 5:00. Their father called that a big argument (or about 4 of them). If only arguments today were that mild.
Really amazing show..Shows an America of the 50s that is long dead and gone..An america which was conservative and where family values, religion and traditions were respected..Counterculture movement of the 60s destroyed everything noble and innocent and introduced decadent materialism...Though I am neither an American nor have lived in America, however still strangely nostalgic about the 🇺🇸 of the 50s..
Maybe life in the 50s wasn’t as perfect as this show, but at least the message this kind of tv programmes inspire is wholesome. To build a well structured family based on strong values and fraternal love, where parents educate their children in responsability and manners. Today instead we have the opposite message; lack of control, let do no matter what, loss of identity…
24:06- I always thought it was funny how Ricky NEVER was shy or awkward around girls even as a preteen but eagerly flirted with them [including his older bro's date!] . Contrast that to Beaver who kept saying he thought girls were yucky until he himself hit his own [somewhat awkward] teens!
Ozzie was quite the wheeler-dealer. He was able to get ABC to agree they would pay everyone for 10 years even if the show were canceled. He had his whole family on the show. When his sons got married their wives were on the show. He produced, directed, and wrote many episodes.
Sadly, the second one I watched, a friend of the family, has a laugh track. That was disappointing. I loved the blissful silence in between actors lines.
Yes, at the time, the Nelsons continued their weekly radio show; they were on Friday nights on ABC Television [8pm(et)] *and* ABC Radio [9pm(et)]. The only differences were, they recorded the radio show before a live audience (a laugh track was eventually added for television)- and John Brown continued to appear as "Thorny" on radio only [he was blacklisted, and couldn't appear on any other radio or TV show, yet Ozzie insisted on his presence]. Oz finally decided to concentrate on the TV series in 1954, ending the radio edition after 10 years.
ya know? I was brought up to kind of look with disdain at this. Yet we did buy an electric can opener which made my mom and I laugh like crazy. We could afford that, anyway. In those days they made electric knife sharpeners. Nowadays I can't find one.
Ozzie Nelson had a whimsical insight making his character always 2 steps behind his wife and kids. Typically the TV father figure of the day was always the alpha and wore the pants in the family. Not so with Ozzie! Hilarious.
I think he actually was that way. I researched their background, and it looks like Harriet was pretty controlling. She even nixed/approved who Ricky could marry.
They existed before then, but were out of reach for the vast majority. My family didn't have one until 2004, and I remember going to get it (just before my first day of school).
@@WedgePee I’m sure they were! I’m on the East coast & when colored TV came out, we didn’t have one for several years, but now I love the old B&W films. And when I was watching this show as a girl, I was too young to know I was watching reruns & thought the boys were my age! I wanted them as brothers instead of mine! 😂 Later,I found they were both old enough to be my father! 😳
The Neofolk musician Boyd Rice of all people brought me here. He mentions this show in his book "No". I am German and I´ve never heard of this series before.
Through all these fifty years of enjoying this sitcom of a show, I never really paid attention to how big the house on the outside was. They were considered very wealthy even in today's standards . The house could be viewed as a mansion even today. So this real family was very much of the upper class. Even more so as the lived and loved , on screen, as a family . My growing up was the direct opposite in every which way than this family and their growing up. I had one of the most dysfunctional families that ever was. No love, major alcoholism with parents, much resentment amongst all family members , and one by one each one of my family died from various situations. To this day , I've never been a consumer of any kind of alcohol, I've never been married , never had the chance to express any love I have inside my soul, no children. Im just very old and very unhappy. In today's society , parents always say I love you to their kids, the kids are well adjusted and I missed out on everything. Too late to even think of a happy ending.
The kids are well adjusted? Really? You mean those ones that committed arson, lied about the police, perpetrated vandalism, assaulted folks, blocked highways and streets over a statistically proven myth, destroyed businesses, provided human screens for fascists attacking law enforcement, and who enjoy songs about "bitches" and whores/"hos", promiscuous and irresponsible sex..those well adjusted latchkey pre-virus kids? Riiiiiiiiiighhhht..
I’m sorry how you feel about your family life but more sorry you are not getting some counseling and understanding life is not fair but God, our creator, loves you and He has a plan for your life no matter how old you are. I suggest you start reading your Bible and seek Him and He will direct your path. Without God there is no true happiness.
Jesus will give you happiness and peace. I know. My parents never told us they loved us, spent little time with us, and were atheists. I became a Christian in '86 and He has sustained me through the bad and the good. Eight months ago I was hospitalized for nearly a month as I couldn't walk or use my right hand and had a lot of other problems, many of which have lingered. I have an incurable autoimmune disease, NMODS, and will have to get infusions every two weeks for the rest of my life but He got me through that horror and continues getting me through this. My sister said I looked like I was dying when I was in hospital and I felt like it almost. I had rehab to learn how to walk again but I still can't use my right hand much. But by God's grace I survived and no longer need a walker - I've survived! And no matter what happens in the future I know I'll be fine because He is always with me. You've nothing to lose if you look into discovering Jesus. Try Dr. J. Vernon McGee's Bible study called Thru the Bible online and/or Lee Strobel's book The Case for Christ. The latter was an atheist lawyer trying to prove Jesus wasn't real and discovered facts that proved him wrong. No matter how bad life is, how lonely or unhappy we are Jesus will always fill us with peace and joy and love. I don't lament that I'm single because I have Him. May God bless you!
I miss the days when tv shows were sponsored by just one company. And there were only two Hotpoint ads, compared to all the current ones. The good old days!
@Gar Goil no thanks. I'm not looking.. I was just sayin what I've seen. I'm sure with the wild weed in Colo... there's pants dragging one ear ring in the nose wearers in that state. :-) Maybe you need to get off the ranch once in awhile..
i am having a hard time understanding why almost 20 people disliked this video, there really isn't any reason to dislike ANY video on TH-cam, the title tells you what it is, and by watching it you are getting exactly what you asked for, unless its clickbait or poorly made i see no reason whatsoever
Doing a little math about that dishwasher commercial at 10¢ a day for ten years is $365.00 which is about $3,950 in today's money! In the second commercial about the Hotpoint stove the lady said you can turn this oven on and go somewhere for awhile leaving it on ! My parents used to do that on the stove top ! I never would do that. I don't leave the washing machine, dyer, stove or oven on and go somewhere.
Nice! Hotpoint still exists! I googled it. Other than that, weird that Harriet is portrayed as a housewife, yet in real life, she was a professional actor.
Youbetcha Survives in name only. Whirlpool owns most of the names on the market. It is all the same cheap product with different badging. The days when your mom bought a fridge when you were a little kid and she still had it when you got home from college are over. They have cheap Chinese controller boards that break down and ruin your food in only a few short years. As far as portraying a housewife...women weren’t shamed for laziness or being a slave to a man like they are now. It was a natural thing, and most women found it fulfilling to raise their own kids. No slight intended.
@@voodoo49 The characters in Roseanne were *working class*. They were poor, they argued... very relatable to many people. The Honeymooners, made 32 years earlier, was pretty much the same.
I am here after learning "Its Always Sunny..." is the only other live sitcom that lasted 14 years. The only thing that these 2 shows have in common is that they each had human beings in them. This show is very.....1950's and Sunny is very much NOT
I WAS A LITTLE OLDER THAN THESE TWO GUYS WHEN THIS AIRED. I WAS GETTING A+'S ON MY REPORT CARD. I SKIPPED TWO GRADES BY 1958. I WENT OFF TO WAR IN 1960, MY MOM SIGNED THE DEFERMENT PAPERS. THAT WAS FUNNY WHEN DAVID WAS SHAVING, TRY THAT WITH A BLADE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. HOTPOINT COMMERCIAL: YEAH, YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD, PRESET YOUR OVEN TO COOK WHILE YOUR OUT AND COME BACK TO A BURNT DOWN HOME. BEFORE I LEFT MIAMI FOR HAWAII, I WAS STAYING ON THE 16 TH. FLOOR OF A LUXURY APARTMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWN TOWN MIAMI. SOME IDIOT TRIED WHAT HOTPOINT SAID: HE PUT A GIANT POT OF FOOD FULL BLAST ON THE RANGE, THEN LEFT FOR FOUR HOURS, AND ALMOST BURNT DOWN THE WHOLE APARTMENT. OUR H.O.A. KICKED HIM OUT.
Interesting that a family like this would have been portrayed as the quintessence of suburban affluence at the time, yet the implication is that the Nelsons still don’t have a family car.
That new HotPoint oven sure is something, I can’t keep up! What will they think of next? I would love to replace my wood burning stove with one of them HotPoints but they’re $49.99 who can afford those outrageous price, especially with this policing stuff going on in Korea, where ever that is. I’d never heard of this Korea place! Truman will handle it by Christmas.
@@warrencarlson4832, so why did you say: " TIMES HAVE CHANGED." while you were trying to justify why you used to watch OZ&HARR., when it was so corny? No, not just "times", people and tastes and behavior have changed. Times/time have/has always changed as their/its part of dimensional physics, but time has changed neutrally, whereas, people have not..and unfortunately, in our case, not for the better. We could use some corny higher ideal celebrating fare, instead of jaded lowest common denominator entertainment, now. WE ASPIRE to be our worse selves now because ITS THE EASY WAY OUT..AND THE LAZY WAY, TOO. Once upon a time, you did not feel that way, and you liked sweet and corny entertainment that lifted rather than sunk our spirits. Think about it, Einstein..
@@warrencarlson4832, can't refute me, can ya? So, you marginalize me as some overheated guy instead of refuting what I said which was refuting what you said, and answering your question about wondering how you could have liked that corn. YOUR MOVE, MENSAMAN..
My gosh!!! No: Laugh Track! And!! Ozzie took a BUS....A BUS!!! ... to work! Who are THESE PEOPLE? Yeh..this is a comedy, all right! Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca
Dave pretending to shave. Wanting to be older. Man we can be so silly. If only he knew he needed to be grabbing his youth and wishing to stay young as long as he can. I'd gladly go back and be 25 again.
No one knew I thought he was a retired band leader or something I think it was a running joke . I only remember this show when Rick was a teenage idol. I was a little kid.
The old shows will forever outshine any programs made today. There was never concern over what children were viewing as programs were family oriented.
I like that commercials were included. I'd love to have that kitchen in the HotPoint ad!!
Most other programs edit out commercials. They were times when companies valued their reputation and customers, the result, quality products. When something broke there was a repairman to fix a tv and appliances. You didn't throw something away until it was unable to be repaired, the same went for clothing. Shoes were resoled, buttons were sewn back on, socks were darned and patches covered holes in work pants.
They are days I am blessed to have lived in. Wouldn't it be wonderful if life was simple again and people talked to each other, families spent time together. 🌹
@@willoughby1888 quite interesting since it is an odd name. It definitely wasn't me, not something one would forget. I am glad she was okay.
@@willoughby1888 I too am always on the lookout for old friends. You never know where someone will turn up. Best wishes in your search. May the new year be your best year ever! Loved the chat, thank you.
💯👍✌️🫶🫵
Best times will come!
Amazing we can watch these 70 years later
I haven't seen their show for probably 50 years. I'm going to be watching as many of them as I can now.
This aired one week before I was born, October 10. 1952. I still can't get enough of Ozzie and Harriet.
This was 2 days before I was born.
I love this show. Oh, how I wish life was like the 1950's. Wholesome values. I love this family.
Gar Goil so sick of these people longing for the fake family values of these tv shows . That was all bull shit real America wasn’t like this at all . Even Rickey who I liked more than Elvis . Died tragically free baseing cocaine in a plane crash. In 1985 New Year’s Eve . That’s reality . Your right their all trump sycophants. Where is Bomeo lol.
It wasn't really like that in the 50s either. You do know that right? So in other words you would rather live in a fictional utopia than the real world? Sigh.
Hamza Hussain I think after 3 weeks he’s calm down by now. The only people who want to live in a fictional world are trump Sycophants.
I grew up in the 50's, and life was simple, but money was tight, most people worked in factories, no air conditioning, production jobs. . .This show portrays a family who was well off. Much happier time than now.
This show started in 1963.
Ozzie and Harriet, The Donna Reed Show and Leave It to Beaver. The trifecta.
Father knows best.
@@amandavaldez2462 I like to think of these 1950s TV sitcoms as a quartet . In comparing the ladies who played the various moms I think the ones ranked from the most like their TV image to the least : Donna Reed , Barbara Billingsley , Jane Wyatt then Harriet Nelson .
My family watched Ozzie and Harriet every week. I enjoyed hearing Ricky sing a song at the end of each show. Back when TV was worth watching.
Today's audience would probably not appreciate watching a nice, loving family,The sitcoms of today pander to lower values,they use profanity, sarcasm,and show children that treat their parents with disrespect and disdsin.At one time,American families were in loving and respectful to their family members,and to everyone else. What has happened? Humor now is degrading,and these children make awful remarks to their parents and disrespect the grandparents.
@@connienania486 I can tell you what happened. The outspoken Atheist Madeline O'Hara convinced the federal government to take the Holy Bible out of the public schools in 1962. Of course doing so went against the First Amendment of the US Constitution. With the Holy Bible out of the public schools, the morality in America plummeted.
@@lynettepalecek3141 Actually, taking the bible out of public schools complies with the first amendment. You ought to actually try reading it before leaping to ridiculous conclusions. Might help if you actually read your bible as well.
@@kosmokritikos9299 I do read and study God's Holy Word the 1611 King James Authorized Version of the Holy Bible which is inerrant and infallible. You obviously didn't read the US Constitution and The Bill of Rights. Amendment I says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or a abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." It's quite obvious that you're not a born again Christian because if you were, then you wouldn't be so offended by my comment. You need to get saved before it's too late. You need to realize that you were born a sinner. A sinner is someone who disobeys God. You need to repent of your sins which means that you need to sincerely be sorry for the sins that you committed. You need to ask God to forgive you for your sins. You need to believe in the Trinity which is God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit: these 3 in 1. You need to believe that Jesus Christ is the begotten Son of God the Father. "Begotten" means that Mary was a virgin when she became pregnant with Jesus Christ. You need to believe that Jesus Christ never sinned in thought and deed. You need to believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins and He rose from the dead in 3 days. Then, you need to ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart as your personal Lord and Savior. If you don't get saved before you die, then you'll spend Eternity in Hell.
@@lynettepalecek3141 The first amendment prohibits ANY religion from exerting influence over governance, including yours. I obviously know the U.S. constitution better than you do and I'm not even American. Freedom of religion includes freedom from religion, especially one like yours, whose goal is to use religion as a club to beat people into compliance with your dictates. And who the hell are you to be judging me or anyone? Judge not, lest you be judged. And judged you will be. You are on an express car to hell by my religion, so you'd better repent or else, you dingbat. If your religion allows you to tell me that I'm doomed to hell, then my religion can tell you to go to hell as well.
Wow. Today is October 28, 2024…which means it’s been just over 72 years that this was aired. And I remember watching this show as a little girl. My sister and my 2 brothers loved it.
If family's today only acted this way to one another the world would be a better place!
I loved how the dishwasher washed and rinsed everything twice, and it probably finished all that and drying in 30 minutes. Not at all like the ones today that can take 1.5 hours to finish.
Same with today's washing machines and dryers. I miss my old Sears Kenmores
@@jaysky2000 I still have my 1986 Kenmore washer and dryer. I bought them brand new when I was 23 and they’re still going strong. I’m a single guy, so they don’t get as much use as they would with a family, but either way they were built to last. 👍
My son had a new 2013 dishwasher. It took 3 hours to run a load. It began leaking so they replaced it. The new one is now a year old and it takes 4 hours.😶
Fun fact, when the Nelsons finally sold their family home in 1983, the Hotpoint appliances were still there, and they still worked.
They don't make TV or appliances like they did back then!
They still sell Hot Point but now they are a shadow of what they used to be . The cheapest made and most inexpensive appliances on the market now. We used them at an apartment complex and they were super flimsy and just crap.
@@wyldvigilante Even Maytag, the used to be premium and expensive products are a mere shadow of what they used to be.
That’s so cool!!!
Magnavox, Zenith, Hoover, Electrolux are some other old brand names that are still around but in name only.
This show actually gets funnier each time I watch it. I become aware of Ozzie's ability to make fun of himself and the awkwardness of David and Nancy, and the lines . . . You certainly have a lovely home (at least 5 times). Ricky, come help your father squeeze lemons. What for? For about 15 minutes. And no canned laughter - we are actually allowed to think for ourselves.
Yes! That was awesome and funny! Lol.
How damn lucky we were to have this tv series run so long! I watched faithfully after school each day during the 60's and early 70's ....sigh...
I had to compare two sitcoms for my English assignment and I gotta say, I'm glad I chose this show as one of them
What show did you compare it to?
What was your English assignment?
@@karenmallonee3867 I compared it to Modern Family since it was the most recent on the list we were given. Ozzie & Harriet was the oldest so that's why I chose it
@@robertsprouse9282 We had to choose two sitcoms and compare the two based on the cast, subject matter, and time period. It was a presentation project
@@consepseon, and what did you find?
I absolutely love watching these old TV shows, Rick Nelson such a good looking & talented kid... the Hot Point commercials kinda remind me of Disneyland's Carousel of Progress.
I had never heard of this show untill now and I'm in my 60's !!! I can't remember it being shown here in the UK.
I’m sleep-deprived, and I’m dealing with it the only way I know by watching old sitcoms.
Me too. This show is very calming.
How wonderful! Watching this, we're all catapulted back to the early 1950s when all was bliss. Neighbors were true and eager to be neighbors. Dirty words and movies were unknown. No strife. Married couples were happy to be married...to each other.
I used to watch this when I was 6 years old .
They had all that time for card games, bowling, dating and town dances. Cannot forget the malt shop ! What a time to be in the dry cleaning business...people dressed up every day.
That is one thing that sticks put in my mind as a kid, compared to now. Ladies wore dresses, even to the grocery store, and when you went on an airplane trip, NO ONE wore crap clothes.
@@janejones5362 The beatniks did. Crap clothes were the uniform of beatnikism.
I love even the hot point commercials especially the one with Mr Holmes and his wife. Very attractive couple. So sincere and honest presentation. The 50s and 60s were so very special.
Ozzy and Harriet are so much fun to watch! :-)
My favorite family show. I would love to
see the deleted shows in full. I watch
the ones they show over and over. The ones they show now days are less
desirable to watch.
At age 13, I was close friends with a boy and everyone called us ‘Ozzie and Harriet’. 51 years later we still call each other that when we wish each other Happy Birthday on Facebook 😀
I still don't have a dishwasher. Haven't watched this show much as a child, so will see how it is through adult eyes, and decades later.
I didn't know too much about this show, until I started watching on TH-cam. I'm recouping from a cracked rib, and binge watching the past few days. It's pretty well-made. I like how Ozzie never really gets too excited 🙂
That was funny when Ozzie asked David who was taking Nancy to the dance and then Ricky says "Mom, how do you do the Charleston?" Lol.
I loved that! 😂 Later when the guys were being interviewed Rick did say he used to sing in the bathroom...and fall asleep in the tub in warm water! 🤣 Who’d have thought what would come of it all?! 😊
@@cynthiaennis3107 Yeah. That's funny about Ricky falling asleep in the bathtub of warm water. Lol. I didn't know that he did that.
@@lynettepalecek3141 Did I see you somewhere else?
I kept waiting for Harriet to serve those Toll House cookies! 😂
Yummy! I like Toll booth cookies too.
I love these old TV shows
Ozzie was a bandleader and Harriet was a singer in the radio days before TV.
Even though I was born 1960, I knew of this TV show even when I was 11, it was on TV weekends, sometimes, as old reruns. I always liked Ozzie Nelson, he was always nice and kind, and kinda goofy.Ozzie and his friend were sure goofy about planning their sons' future. LOL.
I just found this and i aint complaining
I like the arguments between the boys before about time 5:00. Their father called that a big argument (or about 4 of them). If only arguments today were that mild.
Really amazing show..Shows an America of the 50s that is long dead and gone..An america which was conservative and where family values, religion and traditions were respected..Counterculture movement of the 60s destroyed everything noble and innocent and introduced decadent materialism...Though I am neither an American nor have lived in America, however still strangely nostalgic about the 🇺🇸 of the 50s..
Maybe life in the 50s wasn’t as perfect as this show, but at least the message this kind of tv programmes inspire is wholesome. To build a well structured family based on strong values and fraternal love, where parents educate their children in responsability and manners. Today instead we have the opposite message; lack of control, let do no matter what, loss of identity…
When David comes down the stairs to see Nancy the king has arrived music is played !
Harriet fooling around and messing with Ozzie when that girl called for David was hilarious
Good old days 💖
Amen, no shitty social media
They certainly have a very lovely home.
Well at least it's clean in there.
Ozzie: "Will you listen to me, please. I know boys, I was one myself."
Harriet: "Yes, I know. Your mother told me."
1952 burn
24:06- I always thought it was funny how Ricky NEVER was shy or awkward around girls even as a preteen but eagerly flirted with them [including his older bro's date!] . Contrast that to Beaver who kept saying he thought girls were yucky until he himself hit his own [somewhat awkward] teens!
Ozzie was quite the wheeler-dealer. He was able to get ABC to agree they would pay everyone for 10 years even if the show were canceled. He had his whole family on the show. When his sons got married their wives were on the show. He produced, directed, and wrote many episodes.
clean TV Thanks
At least they have a clean house.
5 yrs & 1 week later, Rick was singing on the show for the first time! 🎤😎🥁
No laugh track. Fun first show!
Sadly, the second one I watched, a friend of the family, has a laugh track. That was disappointing. I loved the blissful silence in between actors lines.
Yes, at the time, the Nelsons continued their weekly radio show; they were on Friday nights on ABC Television [8pm(et)] *and* ABC Radio [9pm(et)]. The only differences were, they recorded the radio show before a live audience (a laugh track was eventually added for television)- and John Brown continued to appear as "Thorny" on radio only [he was blacklisted, and couldn't appear on any other radio or TV show, yet Ozzie insisted on his presence]. Oz finally decided to concentrate on the TV series in 1954, ending the radio edition after 10 years.
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Well that beats all... A dishwasher that automatically washes dishes!
ya know? I was brought up to kind of look with disdain at this. Yet we did buy an electric can opener which made my mom and I laugh like crazy. We could afford that, anyway. In those days they made electric knife sharpeners. Nowadays I can't find one.
Ozzie Nelson had a whimsical insight making his character always 2 steps behind his wife and kids. Typically the TV father figure of the day was always the alpha and wore the pants in the family. Not so with Ozzie! Hilarious.
I think he actually was that way. I researched their background, and it looks like Harriet was pretty controlling. She even nixed/approved who Ricky could marry.
The exterior shots are the real house the family lived in. He had architects duplicate the interior of the house on the studio sound stage.
I never knew they had dishwashers in the 50’s! We didn’t have one till the 80’s or 90’s!
They existed before then, but were out of reach for the vast majority. My family didn't have one until 2004, and I remember going to get it (just before my first day of school).
In the early days, they called them “electric sinks”.
@@friendofdorothy9376
My family had both a dishwasher and dryer. After I was finished, I did my homework.
@@friendofdorothy9376 really? That’s an interesting fact.
@@WedgePee I’m sure they were! I’m on the East coast & when colored TV came out, we didn’t have one for several years, but now I love the old B&W films.
And when I was watching this show as a girl, I was too young to know I was watching reruns & thought the boys were my age! I wanted them as brothers instead of mine! 😂 Later,I found they were both old enough to be my father! 😳
No more shows like that one. Only on ABC.
The Neofolk musician Boyd Rice of all people brought me here. He mentions this show in his book "No". I am German and I´ve never heard of this series before.
I hope you're enjoying it! I
like the earlier episodes more.
@@peggyarnold4333 what earlier episodes? Other than radio and their movie. THIS was the first episode of Ozzie and Harriet on tv.
Sweet
Sweet heart
Through all these fifty years of enjoying this sitcom of a show, I never really paid attention to how big the house on the outside was.
They were considered very wealthy even in today's standards . The house could be viewed as a mansion even today.
So this real family was very much of the upper class. Even more so as the lived and loved , on screen, as a family . My growing up was the direct opposite in every which way than this family and their growing up. I had one of the most dysfunctional families that ever was.
No love, major alcoholism with parents, much resentment amongst all family members , and one by one each one of my family died from various situations. To this day , I've never been a consumer of any kind of alcohol, I've never been married , never had the chance to express any love I have inside my soul, no children. Im just very old and very unhappy.
In today's society , parents always say I love you to their kids, the kids are well adjusted and I missed out on everything. Too late to even think of a happy ending.
....Hoping And Praying your future gets brighter ! ..Leave the past in the past ...We’re all able to choose our own Destiny !...
That house at the opening was a real house. Not a fake on the studio lot
The kids are well adjusted?
Really?
You mean those ones that committed arson, lied about the police, perpetrated vandalism, assaulted folks, blocked highways and streets over a statistically proven myth, destroyed businesses, provided human screens for fascists attacking law enforcement, and who enjoy songs about "bitches" and whores/"hos", promiscuous and irresponsible sex..those well adjusted latchkey pre-virus kids?
Riiiiiiiiiighhhht..
I’m sorry how you feel about your family life but more sorry you are not getting some counseling and understanding life is not fair but God, our creator, loves you and He has a plan for your life no matter how old you are. I suggest you start reading your Bible and seek Him and He will direct your path. Without God there is no true happiness.
Jesus will give you happiness and peace. I know. My parents never told us they loved us, spent little time with us, and were atheists. I became a Christian in '86 and He has sustained me through the bad and the good. Eight months ago I was hospitalized for nearly a month as I couldn't walk or use my right hand and had a lot of other problems, many of which have lingered. I have an incurable autoimmune disease, NMODS, and will have to get infusions every two weeks for the rest of my life but He got me through that horror and continues getting me through this.
My sister said I looked like I was dying when I was in hospital and I felt like it almost. I had rehab to learn how to walk again but I still can't use my right hand much. But by God's grace I survived and no longer need a walker - I've survived! And no matter what happens in the future I know I'll be fine because He is always with me.
You've nothing to lose if you look into discovering Jesus. Try Dr. J. Vernon McGee's Bible study called Thru the Bible online and/or Lee Strobel's book The Case for Christ. The latter was an atheist lawyer trying to prove Jesus wasn't real and discovered facts that proved him wrong. No matter how bad life is, how lonely or unhappy we are Jesus will always fill us with peace and joy and love. I don't lament that I'm single because I have Him. May God bless you!
You Tube should be glad I can’t comment on the commercials. Lol
I miss the days when tv shows were sponsored by just one company. And there were only two Hotpoint ads, compared to all the current ones. The good old days!
Unlike later episodes of Ozzie and Harriet, there is no laugh track on this episode.
I want a Hotpoint dishwasher!
Now days a guy just makes sure his pants waist is past his crack and adjusts the ring in his nose..and gets ready to show off his new tattoo. . lol
@Gar Goil all over America. Haven't you noticed how young kids dress nowdays? Are you thinking I like that style? I don't . smh.
Penny K These guys look disgusting !
@Gar Goil no thanks. I'm not looking.. I was just sayin what I've seen. I'm sure with the wild weed in Colo... there's pants dragging one ear ring in the nose wearers in that state. :-) Maybe you need to get off the ranch once in awhile..
It's so much better without the annoying laugh in the background.
@Berry Harbour My brain reacts to actual funny things ?#
@LoveEverton John I know, right? With built-in, light-up controls!
i am having a hard time understanding why almost 20 people disliked this video, there really isn't any reason to dislike ANY video on TH-cam, the title tells you what it is, and by watching it you are getting exactly what you asked for, unless its clickbait or poorly made i see no reason whatsoever
Why does it matter? So more than 20 people disliked it. It's not Earth-shattering.
Thank goodness for free will.
Doing a little math about that dishwasher commercial at 10¢ a day for ten years is $365.00 which is about $3,950 in today's money!
In the second commercial about the Hotpoint stove the lady said you can turn this oven on and go somewhere for awhile leaving it on ! My parents used to do that on the stove top ! I never would do that. I don't leave the washing machine, dyer, stove or oven on and go somewhere.
Nice! Hotpoint still exists! I googled it. Other than that, weird that Harriet is portrayed as a housewife, yet in real life, she was a professional actor.
Youbetcha
Survives in name only. Whirlpool owns most of the names on the market. It is all the same cheap product with different badging. The days when your mom bought a fridge when you were a little kid and she still had it when you got home from college are over. They have cheap Chinese controller boards that break down and ruin your food in only a few short years.
As far as portraying a housewife...women weren’t shamed for laziness or being a slave to a man like they are now. It was a natural thing, and most women found it fulfilling to raise their own kids. No slight intended.
A lot of apartments still have Hotpoint appliances.
@@raffaellosanti9806 Some housewifes are domestic Goddess's... like RoseAnne.
@Gar Goil lmao!
@@voodoo49 The characters in Roseanne were *working class*. They were poor, they argued... very relatable to many people. The Honeymooners, made 32 years earlier, was pretty much the same.
The great Virginia Gregg for Hotpoint.
ty hotpoint
I am here after learning "Its Always Sunny..." is the only other live sitcom that lasted 14 years. The only thing that these 2 shows have in common is that they each had human beings in them. This show is very.....1950's and Sunny is very much NOT
I WAS A LITTLE OLDER THAN THESE TWO GUYS WHEN THIS AIRED. I WAS GETTING A+'S ON MY REPORT CARD. I SKIPPED TWO GRADES BY 1958. I WENT OFF TO WAR IN 1960, MY MOM SIGNED THE DEFERMENT PAPERS. THAT WAS FUNNY WHEN DAVID WAS SHAVING, TRY THAT WITH A BLADE AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. HOTPOINT COMMERCIAL: YEAH, YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD, PRESET YOUR OVEN TO COOK WHILE YOUR OUT AND COME BACK TO A BURNT DOWN HOME. BEFORE I LEFT MIAMI FOR HAWAII, I WAS STAYING ON THE 16 TH. FLOOR OF A LUXURY APARTMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWN TOWN MIAMI. SOME IDIOT TRIED WHAT HOTPOINT SAID: HE PUT A GIANT POT OF FOOD FULL BLAST ON THE RANGE, THEN LEFT FOR FOUR HOURS, AND ALMOST BURNT DOWN THE WHOLE APARTMENT. OUR H.O.A. KICKED HIM OUT.
Interesting that a family like this would have been portrayed as the quintessence of suburban affluence at the time, yet the implication is that the Nelsons still don’t have a family car.
That new HotPoint oven sure is something, I can’t keep up! What will they think of next? I would love to replace my wood burning stove with one of them HotPoints but they’re $49.99 who can afford those outrageous price, especially with this policing stuff going on in Korea, where ever that is. I’d never heard of this Korea place! Truman will handle it by Christmas.
Cant believe i use to watch this over 60 yrs ago,very corny ,times have changed
And, not for the better..have they changed.
Change doesn't automatically equal better.
Does it?
@@robertsprouse9282 no it doesnt smart guy
@@warrencarlson4832, so why did you say: " TIMES HAVE CHANGED."
while you were trying to justify why you used to watch OZ&HARR., when it was so corny?
No, not just "times", people and tastes and behavior have changed.
Times/time have/has always changed as their/its part of dimensional physics, but time has changed neutrally, whereas, people have not..and unfortunately, in our case, not for the better.
We could use some corny higher ideal celebrating fare, instead of jaded lowest common denominator entertainment, now.
WE ASPIRE to be our worse selves now because ITS THE EASY WAY OUT..AND THE LAZY WAY, TOO.
Once upon a time, you did not feel that way, and you liked sweet and corny entertainment that lifted rather than sunk our spirits.
Think about it, Einstein..
Man you need to chill
@@warrencarlson4832, can't refute me, can ya?
So, you marginalize me as some overheated guy instead of refuting what I said which was refuting what you said, and answering your question about wondering how you could have liked that corn.
YOUR MOVE, MENSAMAN..
well fortunately the show got a lot better
23:12 no premarital handholding my kind of people
There were young people who went further than that. It's a proven fact that teen pregnancy was higher than today.
I'm sad my kids don't want kids no grandkids for me
My gosh!!! No: Laugh Track! And!! Ozzie took a BUS....A BUS!!! ... to work! Who are THESE PEOPLE? Yeh..this is a comedy, all right! Gregg Oreo long Beach Ca
Dave pretending to shave. Wanting to be older. Man we can be so silly. If only he knew he needed to be grabbing his youth and wishing to stay young as long as he can. I'd gladly go back and be 25 again.
Smoking a cigarrete and living smoking a pipe.
Does anyone know what Ozzie did for a living? I’ve never seen an episode where he went to work, or even mentioned it.
No one knew
I thought he was a retired band leader or something
I think it was a running joke .
I only remember this show when Rick was a teenage idol.
I was a little kid.
No ones family was this nice
Mine was
“The Office” with no soundtrack
even the adds are old.
Who would’ve thought from a show that aired in the early 50’s? … Harvard Student detected right here!
If this was episode 1 of season 1, how could the announcer know this was "America's favorite"?
There were things known as "Radio Shows" before. This started as a Radio Show before it went on to TV.
ugh teachers
8:58 i'm sure the americans don't know what that sound means in mexico 😂
Just out of curiosity-what does it mean? 😁
@@Uriel-777 It's like a "Fuck you"
Fuck mexico
Why is everyone a douch to Ozz... 😬 haha
No laugh track.