That was great to see. Now if I could just get my cattle car to work as well as the one in the show the world would be a perfect place,
Al
I love that episode of Ozzie & Harriet as all here do. I
remember it when it first aired, my brother and I never
took our eyes off the TV.
One question for those of us who grew up in the 50's,
what did Ozzie do for a living? What ever it was old
Ozzie did very well for himself and family. Many thanks for
posting a video of a time long ago.
Billy C
BillyC,
good question. Old Oz always seemed to be at home but almost always wearing a tie! I'm not sure if his screen character was ever given a "career". I believe other TV dads always had a defined career: Ward Cleaver went to the office, Steve Douglas (My Three Sons) was an aircraft engineer, Dr Stone (Donna Reed Show) and Jim Anderson (Father Knows Best) was in insurance. Maybe Oz inherited his dough.
Edit- just found this on Wikipedia. Apparently Ozzie's profession was intentionally left vague:
The popular joke about his career was that the only time he left the house was to go buy ice cream. According to his granddaughter, actress Tracy Nelson, Ozzie went to Rutgers to study law and when pressed would tell interviewers that the TV Ozzie was a lawyer.
Well, Ozzie Nelson was a pretty well-known band leader in the 1930s - 1940s, and Harriet (Hilliard) was his vocalist. Audiences of the 1950's undoubtedly assumed that the show was a "behind the scenes" look at the lives of some well known individuals.
Mack, great infomation regarding Old Ozzie. I always felt he
had a printing press in his basement. Great topic here, just
watched the Episode once more. I found myself trying to reach
into the train store and taking a few 2343's.
Many thanks,
Billy C
Interesting! I didn't remember Ozzie & Harriet being quite that corny... but I guess it's corny in a good sort of way.
Thorny is a tail hole.
The Leave it to Beaver episode with Lionel trains is "Beaver's Electric Trains" season 5 episode 17. The episode with the American Flyer trains is "My Brother's Girl" season 1 episode 27.
Neal Jeter
I searched the web to see if there was a layout plan for this episode. I didn't find one, so I watched the vid a number of times and created one. Below is what I came up with. If you see any errors please let me know. As was common in those days, it is a 5x9 layout. I created a 6x10 base to have enough room during the design phase and shrunk it to 5x9 below.
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