The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

Oct 3, 1952

David has a rival, and his name is Will Thornberry - his next door neighbor.

Oct 10, 1952

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

Oct 17, 1952

Ozzie decides to diet so he can fit into a pair of size 33 pants.

Oct 24, 1952

Ozzie quickly regrets advising David against allowing people to take advantage of his good nature.

Oct 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.

Nov 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.

Nov 14, 1952

David gets a babysitting job and Ozzie is worried about David and the baby.

Nov 21, 1952

Ricky receives a perfumed letter from his neighbor, Julie Thornberry, inviting him to his first dance.

Nov 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

Dec 5, 1952

Ozzie is outraged after he doesn't receive a timely 'thank you' for the birthday gift he sent to Thorny.

Dec 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.

Dec 19, 1952

The boys want to earn extra money for Christmas, so Ozzie gives them permission to look for work.

Dec 26, 1952

Ozzie and David receive Christmas gifts after Christmas from Grandma Nelson.

Jan 2, 1953

Ozzie becomes upset, and increasingly obsessed, by a newspaper tribute to him that messes up his name.

Jan 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.

Jan 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.

Jan 23, 1953

Ozzie wants to establish that he's head-of-the-household, and Harriet wants to be a good wife. Marital strife ensues.

Jan 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.

Feb 6, 1953

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

Feb 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.

Feb 20, 1953

There's a new traffic signal, and no one knows who should take the credit or get the blame.

Feb 27, 1953

Ozzie soon regrets a flirtatious moment shared with his dentist's new southern belle receptionist.

Mar 6, 1953

Ozzie painstakingly rehearses for a speech.

Mar 13, 1953

While in Herb Dunkle's empty office, Ozzie teaches Ricky how to crack a safe.

Mar 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.

Mar 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.

Apr 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.

Apr 10, 1953

Hasty Tasty Pancake Company is offering a double-your-money-back guarantee, so Ricky decides to apply for a refund.

Apr 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.

Apr 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.

May 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.

May 8, 1953

Ozzie tries to teach Ricky and David how to get a good deal in the swap trades they make with friends.

May 15, 1953

Ozzie gets roped into agreeing to fight Thorny in a boxing exhibition match to be held at an evening Boy Scout rally.

May 22, 1953

David is given his first house key and the responsibility that goes with it.

May 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.

Jun 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.

Jun 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.

Jun 19, 1953

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

Jun 26, 1953

Ozzie is stuck in his conservative routine, until he has a chat with the ever-exuberant Emmy Lou.

Sep 18, 1953

Confusion reigns when the local department store delivers two new chairs to the wrong Nelson family and then drops off additional chairs or takes back the wrong pieces of Nelson's furniture.

Sep 25, 1953

Ricky and David are upset about not being invited to Will Thornberry's party. Later, they discover it’s a misunderstanding. But then, Ozzie finds out he wasn’t invited by “Thorny” (Will’s father) to a party occurring that same evening, and he becomes irritated with his best friend— unwilling to take the same advice he gave his kids and talk it over with him.

Oct 2, 1953

The boys just got a newspaper route, but it's Ozzie who winds up having to make the rounds on their first morning.

Oct 9, 1953

Ozzie is falling behind on his list of chores around the house, so the rest of the family pitches in and helps out.

Oct 16, 1953

An old friend of the family mails a monogrammed pipe to David, not realizing he isn't even college age, yet.

Oct 23, 1953

It's David's 17th birthday, and he's trying to do anything he can to look older because he has a crush on Sally Patterson, a girl who is only interested in older men.

Oct 30, 1953

Herb Dunkle talks to Ozzie about a new organization in town, "The National Anti-Noise Society". But is this new club ready for Ozzie & Thorny to join?

Nov 6, 1953

Ricky intends to make extra money selling a spot remover. He's very successful but when things go wrong to entire family pitches in to help.

Nov 13, 1953

David and Will Thornberry's school essays give them both a chance to be mayor for the day during "Civic Day". Now if only Ozzie and Thorny will quit arguing about which son is going to be the honorable mayor.

Nov 20, 1953

The Nelsons decide to start using a suggestion box for family matters.

Nov 27, 1953

Ozzie and Thorny get themselves marooned on a roof without a ladder.

Dec 4, 1953

David wants to start weightlifting and working out early in the morning, while Ricky wants to start staying up late and watching movies on the late show. Ozzie decides to let the boys have their way.

Dec 11, 1953

Harriet loses a gold pin Ozzie had given her. It was insured, and they collect on it. The check comes made out to both of them, and they disagree on who should endorse it over to the other person and what the money should be spent on.

Dec 18, 1953

Thorny needs a reference about his fiscal worthiness and asks Ozzie to write one for him. Ozzie as a joke writes a negative one but goes into a panic when he thinks Ricky mailed it.

Dec 25, 1953

Ozzie tells his family a story from his childhood of when he wished for a white Christmas.

Jan 1, 1954

Ozzie takes steps to get out of going hunting with Thorny.

Jan 8, 1954

The wife and kids give Ozzie the night off from helping them with their chores and homework, so with mixed feelings, he tries to amuse himself by spending a night out on the town.

Jan 15, 1954

Ozzie buys cameras for everyone in the family. It doesn't take long for him to get caught in a compromising position on film.

Jan 22, 1954

Ozzie takes the courageous step of gathering enough nerve to return some of Harriet's lingerie.

Jan 29, 1954

After promising to double whatever money his youngest son has left over at the end of the week, Ricky's collection of old pop bottles may cost Ozzie a pretty penny.

Feb 5, 1954

The Nelsons wind up with a houseful of kids on a sleepover.

Feb 12, 1954

Harriet decides to give a dinner party but runs into problems when she learns her friend has already planned a dinner party and the Thornberrys are not invited.

Feb 19, 1954

David's been spending time at Thompson's Garage. Ozzie thinks David may want to become a mechanic when he gets out of school. This is a great idea, until Ozzie talks to Thorny about what his son Will wants to do when he graduates.

Feb 26, 1954

Ozzie treats a cold the way his mother used to do - with booze.

Mar 5, 1954

Dave is in charge of his club's initiation committee, and Thorny's son Will is among the pledges that must undergo the process.

Mar 12, 1954

Ricky wants to send a letter to a cute girl who wrote to him, but Ozzie has accidentally destroyed the envelope containing her return address.

Mar 19, 1954

Both Dave and Ricky want Ozzie to partner with them for the Father And Son Table Tennis Tournament. The dilemma is that he can only play with one son.

Mar 26, 1954

The school's Backward Dance is tonight. The girls invite the boys to this event. Fearing that David doesn't have a date to the dance, Ozzie meddles in his son's affairs.

Apr 2, 1954

David has a school assignment to write an article for the school paper. Unable to think of a subject to write about. Ozzie suggests writing an article about the school's baseball team's latest slump.

Apr 9, 1954

Ozzie and Harriet anguish over whether or not to allow 13-year-old Ricky to take a 150-mile train trip on his own.

Apr 16, 1954

It looks like Ozzie's going to be late to a luncheon where he's scheduled to deliver a speech on the importance of being on time.

Apr 23, 1954

Ozzie and Thorny stage their version of "Hamlet" in the Nelson's living room.

Apr 30, 1954

After meeting his new neighbor at the bank, Ozzie beliefs he's a thief and stole his penknife. When hinting to his new neighbor didn't solve the problem, Ozzie decided he needed to warn Thorny and put his valuables in the bank.

May 7, 1954

Ozzie needs to have the roof gutter repaired before the next rain, but a bird's nest is holding up the works.

May 14, 1954

Harriet writes to 'Aunt Martha', who gives advice through her 'A Friend of the Family' column in the local newspaper.

May 21, 1954

David has a formal school dance coming up and needs a tux.

May 28, 1954

The family gives the den a makeover. Meanwhile, Ozzie has his eyes on a new set of golf clubs, hoping they’ll give him an edge in a golf tournament.

Jun 4, 1954

After giving David a lecture on saving his money, Ozzie and Thorny indulge in some impulsive buying at the local sporting goods store.

Jun 11, 1954

Everyone in the neighborhood wants to use Ozzie's new backyard pool. The trouble is - it hasn't been built, yet.

Oct 8, 1954

Ozzie and Harriet must decide whether to celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary with a night on the town or to stay at home and chaperon a party for Ricky.

Oct 15, 1954

In order to make closet space, Harriet insists Ozzie get rid of his multitude of neckties.

Oct 22, 1954

It's hot versus cold, as Ozzie and Harriet battle over setting the furnace's thermostat.

Oct 29, 1954

Ozzie gets upset when the gravel Thornberry ordered is dumped in his yard instead. After a phone call, things get worse. Worse yet, Thornberry is down on his back and can't deal with the problem himself, which leaves only one person to take care of the mess.

Nov 12, 1954

Ozzie is bursting with pride when David is chosen over several boys as an usher at the local movie theatre. Ozzie's pride is tempered when he learns why David was chosen over the other boys.

Nov 19, 1954

Wally Dipple invites Ozzie and Harriet to his annual "Come-As-You-Are" party, and Ozzie does his best not to be caught in a robe and pajamas like last year.

Dec 3, 1954

Wally Dipple invents an unusual garage door opener. Ozzie and Thorny want to invest in it, but their plans hit a little snag.

Dec 10, 1954

Ozzie comes across a mysterious metal bolt, and sets about the house in search of where it's supposed to go.

Dec 17, 1954

Ozzie agrees to pay David fifty dollars when he grows to be the same height as his dad.

Dec 24, 1954

When one of Ricky's Christmas gifts cannot be located, the entire Nelson family's holiday spirits plummet. However, the ensuing search enables the family to demonstrate the true spirit of Christmas.

Jan 7, 1955

When Harriet insists that everyone write thank-you notes, Ozzie struggles to write his to Thorny.

Jan 14, 1955

Ricky tries to teach an old dog new tricks. Meanwhile, Ozzie and Thorny take drastic measures to avoid going to a violin recital with their wives, in order to stay home and watch the big fight on television, instead.

Jan 21, 1955

As a favor to their wives, Ozzie and Thorny are to deliver sandwiches and potato salad to the women's club. They need to use David's car but he leaves with the food in the trunk. Ozzie takes Ricky's bike and Thorny is on skates as they try to locate the missing refreshments.

Jan 28, 1955

Ozzie tries to derail Thorny's scheme to save money by having his house painted with the paint that is leftover from painting Ozzie's home. Ozzie demands that Thorny paint his house a different color than his. Meanwhile, Ricky gets permission to express his individuality by redecorating his half of the bedroom he shares with David.

Feb 4, 1955

Ricky wants to turn in his old train set in for a new chemistry set.

Feb 11, 1955

Ozzie is distressed by unexpected bills and David always seems to need extra cash. He takes a stand when David asks for $10 while Thornberry has the same situation with his son Will. In the end the two dads undermine each other.

Feb 18, 1955

After hearing a speech at the women's club about exciting careers for women. Harriet starts to think about pursuing a career of her own, something "old-fashioned" Ozzie is dead against.

Feb 25, 1955

David invites his girlfriend Susan over to his home for dinner.

Mar 11, 1955

Doc Williams is selling a fancy sportscar, and Ozzie is tempted to buy it.

Mar 18, 1955

David has a problem: he has to find a date for his girlfriend's visiting cousin.

Mar 25, 1955

Ozzie and Thorny are under extreme marital pressure to perform their annual spring cleaning chores.

Apr 1, 1955

Dressed only in pajamas, Ozzie and Thorny embark on a bizarre adventure.

Apr 8, 1955

A little girl is following Ricky around, everywhere he goes. When Ozzie & Harriet try to talk to her, she runs away. Ozzie, Harriet, David, Ricky & even Thorny are trying to figure out what she wants.

Apr 15, 1955

After a fender-bender, Thorny gets his day in court.

Apr 22, 1955

Apr 29, 1955

Ozzie wants to throw a surprise testimonial dinner in appreciation of Doc Williams.

May 6, 1955

Though he hasn't had a piano lesson since the age of nine, Thorny bets Ozzie that he can learn to play a complete song within one week.

May 27, 1955

A stray dog attaches itself to the Nelsons, and they can’t get rid of him to go on a planned trip to Rainbow Lake.

Sep 23, 1955

Ozzie and Harriet are concerned when David appears to be heading toward the altar at what they consider much too young an age.

Sep 30, 1955

Ozzie decides to make homemade ice cream but it doesn't turn out as well as expected.

Oct 7, 1955

Ozzie wants Ricky to play football but Harriet wants him to join the school band.

Oct 14, 1955

Ozzie invites an old friend of his to dinner without telling Harriet.

Oct 21, 1955

Oct 28, 1955

Nov 11, 1955

Ozzie and Thorny get into a heated football game with their new neighbor.

Nov 18, 1955

David doesn't like Ricky's jazz music records, and Ricky doesn't care for David's classical music records. It's a battle of the phonographs!

Nov 25, 1955

Ozzie's decision to clean the garage causes housekeeping trouble.

Dec 2, 1955

Dec 9, 1955

The 'Gay Blade' is a new kind of knife sharpener, which Harriet bought, and she expects non-mechanically inclined Ozzie to figure out how to correctly assemble its numerous parts.

Dec 16, 1955

No one wants to stay up until 2:37 in the morning to watch the lunar eclipse - except Ozzie. He's determined to snap a picture of the scientific event through a telescope.

Jan 6, 1956

Jan 13, 1956

Harriet thinks that she and Ozzie are not spending enough quality time together. Ozzie offers to take her golfing but Harriet has other plans.

Jan 20, 1956

Ozzie and Thorny decide to become volunteer firemen.

Jan 27, 1956

Harriet accidentally takes the wrong car home from the supermarket.

Feb 3, 1956

Feb 10, 1956

After receiving a citation for safe driving, Ozzie is asked to drive a vehicle in a city parade. Ozzie then realizes that his drivers license has expired. He tries to get his license renewed before the day of the parade.

Feb 24, 1956

Ozzie & Thorny decide it would be a great idea to postpone their chores and go up to Pine Lake for the weekend. Harriet and the boys are busy, so Ozzie promises to look after Thorny's house, while the Thornberry's go up to the lake.

Mar 9, 1956

Mar 23, 1956

Ozzie is determined to stay in bed all day, but he soon finds out that it's not going to be as easy as he had first imagined.

Mar 30, 1956

While digging for worms to go fishing, Ricky discovers an old Spanish Doubloon.

Apr 13, 1956

Ozzie greets a beautiful morning brimming with optimism, which soon makes a downhill turn.

Apr 20, 1956

Psychology student David checks Ozzie's photograph for criminal tendencies.

May 25, 1956

Someone keeps sending flowers to Harriet and this begins to fluster Ozzie.

Jun 8, 1956

Oct 3, 1956

David holds his fraternity rush party at the Nelson home and the other members of the family try to stay out of the way.

Oct 10, 1956

Ozzie finds himself becoming obsessed with a children's television program.

Oct 17, 1956

Oct 24, 1956

David is taking art and after he brings home a Christmas scene he painted, his parents are impressed. Ozzie and Harriet decide to make it their Christmas card.

Oct 31, 1956

Rick and his band get their first engagement to play at a sorority dance. Ozzie and his friend think they might be able to play banjos at the dance.

Nov 7, 1956

At the grand opening to a new car wash, Ozzie wins a $50 bill.

Nov 14, 1956

Ozzie goes to the store to buy filing cabinets for the boys' bedroom - and comes home with a pool table, instead.

Nov 21, 1956

David treats his parents and date to dinner at an upscale restaurant, but it's possible he may not have enough money to cover the tab.

Nov 28, 1956

Ozzie is faced with the daunting task of inflating 1,000 balloons for Harriet's charity affair.

Dec 5, 1956

Ricky wants a car of his own. Ozzie agrees but only if he earns enough money to pay half the purchase price.

Dec 12, 1956

Doc Williams bunks with the Nelsons while his residence undergoes renovations. Ozzie then begins having aches and pains.

Dec 19, 1956

Ozzie volunteers for so many Christmas committees that he has little time to do his Christmas shopping, hang the Christmas lights or buy a Christmas tree.

Dec 26, 1956

Feeling nostalgic on the day after Christmas, Ozzie is determined to take the family ice skating up at the lake.

Jan 2, 1957

A stranger with a British accent is passing through town, and he looks exactly like Ozzie.

Jan 9, 1957

In order to get new fashion ideas, Harriet decides to attend a beauty show.

Jan 16, 1957

Ozzie and the boys decide to surprise Harriet with a new puppy.

Jan 23, 1957

Trouble ensues when Ozzie borrows a tuxedo from Doc Williams.

Jan 30, 1957

A series of coincidences start around the Nelson household, starting with David telling his parents that he has just started dating a girl, whose name just happens to be Harriet.

Feb 6, 1957

David invites a pretty Spanish girl to a dance knowing she doesn't speak a word of English, but doesn't count on her bringing her duenna as a chaperone.

Feb 13, 1957

David, Wally, and Chuck take over management of the campus hot dog stand.

Feb 20, 1957

Ozzie begins a one man campaign to revive the art of reading.

Feb 27, 1957

Mar 6, 1957

The Tigers are planning on building a clubhouse and Ozzie unwittingly volunteers to let them build it in his backyard.

Mar 13, 1957

Ozzie gets a chance to fly in a jet fighter plane.

Mar 20, 1957

Mar 27, 1957

Harriet is made editor of her women's club newsletter but runs into trouble when she accepts "help" from Ozzie.

Apr 3, 1957

The Nelson family attends a Hawaiian luau.

Apr 10, 1957

The Tommy Jackson Band is coming to town, and Ricky dreams of sitting in on drums.

Apr 17, 1957

Ozzie finds a bargain on golf clubs so he buys three sets for himself, Wally, and Doc.

Apr 24, 1957

May 1, 1957

Ozzie is somewhat disgruntled because he believes his work as club treasurer has gone unappreciated.

May 8, 1957

May 15, 1957

David gets a temporary job working nighttime security.

May 22, 1957

David invites Miss Universe, Carol Morris, to be his date at a fraternity dance.

May 29, 1957

Ozzie and Harriet wonder whether or not they should question Ricky and David more closely about their social activities.

Jun 5, 1957

Jun 12, 1957

Ozzie makes a fishing lure out of a feathered ornament from Harriet's new hat.

Jun 19, 1957

Oz agrees to babysit a small boy's pet kitten named Freddie.

Jun 26, 1957

Ozzie and Darby are furious with each other over the matter of a questionable ten-dollar debt.

Oct 2, 1957

Ozzie and Harriet wind up as babysitters so that young people can attend a dance being held by David and his fraternity brothers.

Oct 9, 1957

Ozzie feels that Ricky is neglecting him in favor of his rocker friends.

Oct 16, 1957

Ozzie goes to great effort to present the Men's Club treasury report, but it seems no one is interested, until a little side-benefit is discovered.

Oct 23, 1957

Ricky and Dave get a gig to play an out-of-town dance but end up in jail.

Oct 30, 1957

The Emporium is hosting a contest for customers to name the 'Mystery Shopper'.

Nov 6, 1957

Rick wants to go out with a new girl, but she doesn't date high school boys, so Rick uses Dave's fraternity ring and pin to get a date with her.

Nov 13, 1957

Ozzie, Darby, and Joe's late night bowling have wives needing apologies. After buying a bouquet Darby changes his mind leading the other two to fight over the blooms. Harriet and Clara become bewildered over the disappearing flowers.

Nov 20, 1957

Ozzie has a restless night, after he downs two double-banana torpedoes.

Dec 4, 1957

Ozzie has promised to take the neighborhood youngsters on a hike but he also wants to play in a golf tournament. He has a plan to do both but he needs David and Rick's help to make it happen. His trail reading skills though are not that good.

Dec 11, 1957

Thoughts and dreams of Tutti-Frutti ice cream prompt Ozzie and Darby to embark on an all-night quest in search of the flavor needed to satisfy their craving.

Dec 18, 1957

The boys want to raise money for Christmas presents. They decide on selling Christmas trees, if only they can fund a lot. After receiving a new shipment of trees they find themselves in need of a new lot once again. Ozzie comes to the rescue when he sets up a deal with a real estate agent to give them a building if the boys will take out his nieces, who recently moved into town. But business seems slow at this location so Ozzy suggests that Ricky plays his music to attract customers.

Dec 25, 1957

Jan 1, 1958

Ozzie is determined that the Nelsons will win the cross-country obstacle race being held at his men's club annual picnic.

Jan 8, 1958

Ozzie fixes up an old-time car so he can enter a race against a modern hotrod. Will it be another race of the tortoise versus the hare?

Jan 15, 1958

Dave meets a beautiful blonde stewardess on a flight, but constant interruptions and chance run-ins with one of the airline's pilots prevent them from having time alone on several attempted dates.

Jan 22, 1958

Everyone is mystified when a picture of a pretty girl falls from Ricky's notebook.

Jan 29, 1958

Harriet goes dancing with an old dancing partner, while a nervous Ozzie stays home and plays poker with the guys.

Feb 5, 1958

Ozzie buys a large used safe for the home. Problems ensue, so Ozzie hatches a devious plot that causes upheaval among his neighbors.

Feb 12, 1958

Invited to a Men's Club meeting by his father, David makes a suggestion which unintentionally snowballs out of control.

Feb 19, 1958

Three girls named Betty ask Ricky to a ladies choice dance at his high school.

Feb 26, 1958

Ozzie spearheads a campaign to bring back live band music to the park pavilion.

Mar 5, 1958

Ozzie and Darby wager on whether Darby can pull a practical joke on Ozzie within one week. With just one day left to go, Ozzie has is guard up, and he decides to attempt to play a practical joke on Darby.

Mar 12, 1958

Ozzie, Darby, Doc, and Joe challenge their wives to a scavenger hunt, in order to determine which is the smarter sex.

Mar 19, 1958

The competition is fierce when Dave and Wally place a bet as to which of them can first get a date with a certain lovely sorority girl.

Mar 26, 1958

Ricky and his pal attempt to build a television set from a kit.

Apr 2, 1958

Ozzie challenges a quick draw cowboy at a store opening.

Apr 9, 1958

Ozzie & Darby both claim they caught a large record making trout for the Men's Club, while fishing. This problem is made worse after they take the fish to the taxidermist.

Apr 16, 1958

The Nelsons and their neighbors, the Randolphs, try to play Cupid for a bachelor.

Apr 23, 1958

Wally catches Dave in what appears to be a compromising situation with a fellow frat brother's date. He suspects Dave has violated the unwritten code of the fraternity: "No Brother shall attempt to steal another guy's girl away from him."

May 7, 1958

In order to avoid going on a blind date arranged by Harriet, Ricky poses as his friend Micky.

May 14, 1958

Oz runs into a teacher that informs him that if his son doesn't pick up his work in chemistry, he'll get a failing grade, so he high pressures Rick into studying harder, and forgoing his social life.

May 21, 1958

Ozzie volunteers at a women's club banquet with predictable results.

May 28, 1958

Everybody tries to get into the act after David's fraternity decides to give a Bavarian party in honor of new exchange students at the university.

Jun 4, 1958

After a new neighbor moves in, the Nelsons decide they are in a rut and should try different things.

Jun 11, 1958

Trying to dissuade Ozzie from taking a stag fishing trip, Harriet announces that she's going to take a vacation all by herself.

Oct 1, 1958

David tries to date a pretty girl, but everything keeps going wrong.

Oct 8, 1958

Dave must decide whether to allow a girl to play on the little league football team he's coaching.

Oct 15, 1958

Ozzie's birthday is on Saturday, it's also the Randolph's 25th anniversary on Monday. Joe wants to redecorate their home as a present for Clara. He asks Ozzie's help on how to get Clara to go to her Mother's for the weekend.

Oct 22, 1958

Someone enters Ozzie's name in a contest as a joke and he wins first prize---a pony.

Oct 29, 1958

Ricky might lose his best galpal if it means pledging David's fraternity.

Nov 5, 1958

With David and Ricky go away for the weekend, Harriet invites two teenaged girls to spend the weekend at the Nelson house.

Nov 12, 1958

The Men's club decides to put on a bean counting contest-and Ozzie gets stuck with the task of actually counting the exact number of beans to go in a large jar.

Nov 19, 1958

Ricky gives a pretty riding instructor guitar lessons in exchange for riding lessons.

Nov 26, 1958

Dec 3, 1958

Dec 10, 1958

When David takes up motorcycling, a worried Ozzie tries to talk him out of it.

Dec 17, 1958

Ozzie overextends himself while being a helpful neighbor, and each good deed snowballs into one disaster after another.

Jan 7, 1959

Ozzie tries to find out why two children were found hiding in the back seat of his car.

Jan 14, 1959

Wally uses a psychology test to trick Rick into going on a blind date with his cousin.

Jan 21, 1959

Rick is expecting his new girlfriend and her parents over for dinner, but Ozzie fouls things up by mistakenly telling Rick that dinner is at the girlfriend's house, instead. Meanwhile, Harriet goes to the movies, and Ozzie invites his buddies over for a poker game, leaving Rick stuck in the middle.

Jan 28, 1959

Ozzie gets roped into trying to take a photo of a flying saucer for a contest sponsored by the Bijou Theatre. The theatre manager, played by Joseph Kearns, awards $1,000 prize money for the best photo.

Feb 4, 1959

Joe Randolph becomes jealous when he mistakes Ozzie being seen shopping with his wife as a romantic affair.

Feb 11, 1959

A composite photograph of a girl taken by Ricky ends up being selected as campus queen.

Feb 18, 1959

Ozzie's teammate from his college football team pays him a visit.

Feb 25, 1959

The local newspaper chooses Ozzie to be the subject of its Neighbor of the Week column.

Mar 4, 1959

When David and pal Wally fall for the same damsel, Wally tricks David into giving her a gag gift.

Mar 11, 1959

In preparing for a pageant about the town's founder, Ozzie learns some disconcerting information about him.

Mar 18, 1959

Ozzie, Joe, and Darby are literally left out in the cold when they go camping with their wives.

Mar 25, 1959

In order to impress a pretty Spanish exchange student, Ricky decides to take up bullfighting.

Apr 1, 1959

After Ozzie and Harriet attend a lecture on the topic of 'Togetherness', the Nelsons decide to do more things together as a family.

Apr 8, 1959

Ricky suspects that a fraternity brother is sneaking around with his galpal so Ozzie advises him to do the same with the brother's galpal.

Apr 15, 1959

After Ricky is elected treasurer of his fraternity, Ozzie gives him advice on financial matters.

Apr 22, 1959

Ozzie once again jumps to conclusions when David and his galpal are invited to dinner by a young married couple.

Apr 29, 1959

Ozzie hopes to convince his men's club to hold a costumed dance this year.

May 6, 1959

Ozzie and Harriet take on fourteen unexpected weekend guests when the fraternity is cleared out for termite extermination.

May 13, 1959

Harriet and Clara bet Ozzie that he cannot keep from opening a little black box before the week's end.

May 20, 1959

David & Ricky buy an old English car, a Buckingham. Although they enjoy it at first, the upkeep of the car winds up costing them more than they can afford.

May 27, 1959

Jun 3, 1959

Jun 10, 1959

Ozzie seems to be protecting Harriet after feeling she is been taken advantage of by people.

Jun 17, 1959

After learning from his two sons that he talks in his sleep, Ozzie worries he'll reveal Harriet's upcoming birthday surprise. He takes unusual measures to prevent this from happening.

Oct 7, 1959

One of Ozzie's old college friends, now a sea captain, invites Dave to join him on his next round-the-world cruise - much to Ozzie and Harriet's consternation.

Oct 7, 1959

Ozzie invites Darby over for dinner. The simple dinner turns into a big party as more friends are invited.

Oct 21, 1959

It seems as though everyone is trying to help David get a job as a law clerk.

Oct 28, 1959

Ricky must decide between going to a dance or going up to the mountains with the guys.

Nov 4, 1959

The father of David's galpal owns a ranch with a well-stocked lake for fishing so Ozzie and his buddies wrangle an invitation.

Nov 11, 1959

Ozzie decides that the family needs to move into an apartment and tries to convince them to follow his advice.

Nov 18, 1959

David trails a man whom he believes is faking an injury in order to collect insurance money.

Nov 25, 1959

When the women's club takes over a gas station one weekend for charity, Ozzie, Darby and Joe are sure they'll be sweet talked into helping, and resolve to refuse.

Dec 2, 1959

The fraternity brothers are short of funds for the swimming pool they want to build in back of the frat house, so they plan to put the squeeze on their fathers by luring them to a Dad's Night steak dinner.

Dec 9, 1959

Harriet and Ozzie both make plans to surprise the other on their anniversary.

Dec 16, 1959

A beautiful girl breaks a dance date with Rick.

Dec 30, 1959

Ozzie tries to interest Harriet in his activities so they can be together.

Jan 6, 1960

It's up to Ozzie to get Ricky's galpal to a surprise party in her honor without ruining the surprise.

Jan 20, 1960

David is borrowing money from everyone he knows to help out a friend. When Ozzie misinterprets a letter from a finance company to David, (it's an advertising flier), he thinks that David's car in being repossessed. Oz and Harriet think that David is in deep financial trouble.

Jan 27, 1960

In order to impress a girl who works at a circus, David and Ricky put together a trapeze act.

Feb 3, 1960

The local Women's Club needs a guest speaker, and Ozzie is nominated.

Feb 10, 1960

If Dave and Rick don't return their dates to the dorm by eleven o'clock, they will be locked out by their strict housemother.

Feb 17, 1960

Ozzie and Harriet are receiving a visit from a couple they met when away for a weekend through mutual friends but are having trouble remembering who they are.

Feb 24, 1960

A girl has a crush on Ricky and her friends devise ways to bring them together.

Mar 2, 1960

Mar 9, 1960

David tries to impress the senior partner at his law firm.

Mar 16, 1960

Harriet tells a tall-tale about the magic that her dishes possess.

Mar 30, 1960

Rick volunteers to assist a professor with his chemistry experiments on Saturday night to avoid having to take two girls to a fraternity dance on the same night.

Apr 6, 1960

One of the founders of the Men's Club is returning to town and Ozzie's in charge of getting T-shirts welcoming him back.

Apr 13, 1960

Apr 27, 1960

Ozzie is determined to ride his rented bicycle all the way uphill to Blueberry Rock.

May 4, 1960

David strikes up a relationship with an old elementary school classmate, who has now grown up to be a beautiful elementary school teacher.

May 11, 1960

Rick, Wally, and Zeke search for summer jobs.

May 18, 1960

Ozzie and Joe try to duck out on a promise they made to their wives that they would attend an upcoming lecture with them.

May 25, 1960

Rick and his fraternity brothers get roped into painting their girlfriends' sorority house.

Jun 8, 1960

When Harriet gets disappointed because Ozzie forgot to tell her anything about his day, neighbor Joe Randolph suggests that he make things up.

Jun 15, 1960

Ozzie wants some peace and quiet on a weekend vacation but Harriet has other ideas.

Sep 28, 1960

A newspaper article mistakes the fraternity's intentions regarding disbursement of funds raised from their junk drive. The frat brothers must scramble to set things right.

Oct 5, 1960

After Dave's boss, Mr. Kelley, asks him to do several menial tasks, Dave feels like he's not getting anywhere in the law profession, so he considers quitting his job and entering the advertising field.

Oct 12, 1960

Ozzie lets nieghbor Joe Randolph store his new boat at the Nelson home.

Oct 19, 1960

Dave falls for Rick's girlfriend, Jane, and the feeling is mutual. Dave invites Jane to a dance and can't decide how to break the news to his brother.

Oct 26, 1960

David is anxious for his boss to give him a raise.

Nov 2, 1960

Ozzie and Joe Randolph exchange gifts.

Nov 9, 1960

Galpal Joyce begins knitting a sweater for beau Ricky but when it takes up too much of her time he begins seeing another damsel.

Nov 16, 1960

Ozzie's friends play golf instead of helping him fix the plumbing at the Nelson house.

Nov 23, 1960

Ozzie and Harriet think David is planning to get married when they get invited to dinner at his galpal's house.

Nov 30, 1960

David hires a pretty girl to be his boss's secretary when the regular gal takes a vacation.

Dec 7, 1960

Ozzie and Ricky break into Joe Randolph's garage to retrieve a borrowed lawnmower.

Dec 14, 1960

After meeting a girl who works in an emporium, Ricky applies for a Christmas job there.

Dec 21, 1960

David and Ricky's fraternity decides to throw a Christmas party but there's no piano to be found.

Dec 28, 1960

It's time for the Campus Queen contest and Rick gets assigned to count the ballots.

Jan 4, 1961

Rick's girlfriend becomes jealous when he keeps bumping into a klutzy girl.

Jan 11, 1961

Ozzie and Joe scheme to make their wives jealous.

Jan 18, 1961

David gets his briefcase mixed up with that of someone else.

Jan 25, 1961

Ozzie & Harriet volunteer to be chaperone's at a party for Rick's fraternity. But there seems to be some confusion as to where the party is going to be held.

Feb 1, 1961

Ozzie inadvertently invites the wives to come bowling with the guys.

Feb 8, 1961

Ricky's frat brothers think he's been giving out information about fraternity activities to a school newspaper gossip columnist.

Feb 15, 1961

David plays the judge over the rightful owner of a dog when two boys claim it to be their's.

Feb 22, 1961

A pretty college student paints a portrait of Rick, but Ozzie and Harriet are afraid that Dave will become jealous.

Mar 1, 1961

In David's absence, Ozzie and Harriet decide to deliver some important papers for his boss.

Mar 8, 1961

Dave has a great golf story, but Wally submits it to the attractive campus newspaper editor as his own.

Mar 15, 1961

Wally stands up his galpal using the excuse that he was visiting a friend with a broken arm---Ricky.

Mar 22, 1961

Ozzie and Harriet babysit for a neighbor's son when his mother goes to the hospital to have a baby.

Mar 29, 1961

Ozzie, Ricky, and David disagree over which form of self-defense is best and they might get a chance to find out when they take jobs as guards for a detective agency.

Apr 5, 1961

Members of a sorority refuse to have anything more to do with David and Ricky's fraternity until they improve their dressing habits.

Apr 12, 1961

A pen and pencil set is among some old items found at the Nelson household.

Apr 19, 1961

With the help of Bruce, Dave schemes to secretly sell Rick's old drum set to a pretty girl, who both he and Rick want to meet and ask out on a date.

Apr 26, 1961

Ozzie and Joe make a bet with their wives that they can prove men have greater extra sensory perception than women.

May 3, 1961

Rick's late Great-Uncle Walter left an envelope for Rick to be opened on his 21st birthday, and the entire Nelson household can hardly wait to find out what's inside.

May 10, 1961

Getting a free used television set from neighbor Joe becomes a very expensive proposition for Ozzie.

Sep 28, 1961

After their wives insist that they escort them to the women's club dance, Ozzie and pal Joe decide to take dancing lessons.

Oct 5, 1961

Ricky and his fraternity brothers find the cost of dates with their damsels getting higher and higher.

Oct 12, 1961

While Dave and June are on their honeymoon, Harriet decides to unpack their wedding gifts and fix up their new apartment.

Oct 19, 1961

The fraternity brothers rent out a room to one of their professors.

Oct 26, 1961

David returns to the office from his honeymoon and promises to keep in touch with June but his assignments might make it a hard promise to keep.

Nov 2, 1961

A neighborhood youth club calling themselves the Tigers asks for Ozzie's help in fund raising.

Nov 9, 1961

Rick is put in a position where he must grade his girlfriend's English exam.

Nov 16, 1961

Ozzie needs to go to sleep, so he can get up early in the morning to go fishing, but a barking dog is making sleep impossible.

Nov 30, 1961

Rick and his date get invited to Dave and June's apartment for dinner.

Dec 7, 1961

Harriet is made custodian of the women's club trading stamps.

Dec 14, 1961

Rick agrees to substitute for the vacationing milkman.

Jan 4, 1962

Rick feels pressured into pinning a girl he's been dating for only a few weeks.

Jan 11, 1962

Ozzie judges a neighborhood pet show held in his backyard.

Jan 18, 1962

June bakes a special cake for Dave, in hopes he'll remember the first anniversary of his marriage proposal.

Jan 25, 1962

The niece of Joe and Clara Randolph arrives for a visit and Ricky is asked to show her around.

Feb 1, 1962

June badly wants a new lamp for their apartment but David says they don't have enough money in their budget.

Feb 8, 1962

Harriet hires on as the new cook for Rick and his fraternity brothers.

Feb 15, 1962

Ozzie tries to ease the fears of young Barry who's scheduled to have an operation removing his tonsils.

Feb 22, 1962

Ricky's fraternity house is in danger of being put on scholastic probation.

Mar 8, 1962

Fraternity brother Wally confesses to Ricky that he can't afford a fancy dinner at a plush restaurant.

Mar 15, 1962

Ozzie and Harriet become lonely when they don't hear from David and June.

Mar 29, 1962

David talks Ricky into a blind date for the daughter of an important client of his firm.

Apr 5, 1962

Rick and Wally compete for a date with a pretty student nurse.

Apr 12, 1962

Young Barry pesters Ozzie and Joe into taking him on a fishing trip with them.

Apr 19, 1962

After re-doing their sidewalk, Ozzie and Harriet try to find a place to keep the cement block with the handprints of young David and Ricky.

Sep 27, 1962

Rick serves as best man at the wedding of his friend Jimmy and has to deal with a flirting maid of honor.

Oct 4, 1962

Mrs. Bradford, a long-time client of Dave's boss, Mr. Kelley, wants to sue a local bakery. She claims they stole her favorite cake recipe.

Oct 11, 1962

When David and June leave town for the weekend, Ozzie gets the idea to use the place during their absence.

Oct 18, 1962

At an art exhibit, Ricky spies a very attractive item but it's not one of the pieces. It's a sculptress.

Oct 25, 1962

Ozzie and Harriet plan a trip down to Mexico. Then the Randolphs announce that they want to come along too.

Nov 1, 1962

Harriet accepts the chairmanship of her women's club's annual children's dance.

Nov 8, 1962

The women's club elect Ozzie to be in charge of organizing the annual children's play.

Nov 15, 1962

Rick's in a jam after he accidentally sends a photograph of himself to a girl he hardly knows.

Nov 22, 1962

Rick wants to spend some quiet alone-time with a beautiful new girl on campus, but Wally keeps getting in the way.

Nov 29, 1962

Dave and his boss, Mr. Kelley, are at a loss when Miss Edwards unexpectedly hands in her letter of resignation.

Dec 13, 1962

David invites June's old beau to dinner but then ends up stuck at the office with his new secretary.

Dec 27, 1962

The Nelsons start a company to promote Wally's new idea of a children's game.

Jan 3, 1963

Rick gives his girlfriend's brother a boat model, and then he has to help him build it.

Jan 10, 1963

David wants to test a camper he'd like to buy but June's idea of roughing it is to stay at the Holiday Inn.

Jan 17, 1963

Ricky and his frat brothers play a prank on Wally when they tell him that a pretty skier wants him to take her to a dance.

Jan 31, 1963

Ozzie and Joe try to play a practical joke on Harriet and Clara. But the joke backfires when the girls run out of gas in the desert.

Feb 7, 1963

New neighbors have moved in down the hall from Dave and June's apartment. Their 14-year-old daughter quickly develops an annoying crush on Dave.

Feb 14, 1963

To prove that they're real sports, Ozzie and Joe have decided to do a parachute jump for their club's annual sports show.

Feb 28, 1963

At a rural picnic, a farmer gives Rick and his girlfriend a cute baby goat, and they promptly unload it on Ozzie and Harriet.

Mar 7, 1963

Rick and Wally find themselves frantically juggling two pairs of dates at a fancy new restaurant.

Mar 21, 1963

Dave consults a professional decorator after June suggests that his office could use some sprucing up. When Dave learns that June plans on doing the work herself, he becomes afraid of hurting her feelings by using a professional.

Mar 28, 1963

Accidental publicity stunts make Rick and his frat brother's instant celebrities.

Apr 4, 1963

Harriet and Clara draft their husbands to help put on a bazaar for their women's club.

Apr 11, 1963

Apr 18, 1963

The fraternity's house lease has expired, and a sorority wants to move in, so the frat brothers look to Dave for legal advice.

Jun 6, 1963

Ricky hosts a musical festival that includes his own band with David interviewing the guests backstage.

Sep 18, 1963

Rick desperately wants to impress a coed named Trudy, but the harder he tries, the more he fails.

Sep 25, 1963

June becomes convinced that Dave is a secret agent for the FBI.

Oct 2, 1963

Ozzie and Joe go fishing and complications develop in the form of two fashion models.

Oct 9, 1963

Newly married Ricky forgets to wear his wedding ring on campus and gets asked to a sorority dance by a pretty girl.

Oct 16, 1963

Getting Wally into shape gets a bit out of hand, as Wally's self-confidence inflates to the size of his waistline.

Oct 23, 1963

The frat house is in sore need of a fresh coat of paint, so Wally devises a risky scheme to get another fraternity to do the work for them.

Oct 30, 1963

David takes a client to dinner at a restaurant while back at home June has already prepared a meal.

Nov 6, 1963

Wally's penpal arrives in town desperate to meet him but it turns out the picture he sent her was a picture of Rick.

Nov 13, 1963

Because of the cost, June won't be able to accompany David when he goes to a lawyers' convention.

Nov 20, 1963

Harriet and Clara aren't exactly thrilled when they're chosen to safeguard the proceeds of their women's club's charity bazaar.

Nov 27, 1963

June's penchant for being late may cause trouble for David who has a dinner date with a client who's always punctual.

Dec 4, 1963

Ozzie and Joe go bowling instead of gathering items for the women's club charity drive.

Dec 11, 1963

Rick is forced by Wally to make a business loan using Fraternity Treasury Funds.

Dec 18, 1963

David is in an ocean of trouble with June when he goes missing with a beautiful mermaid.

Jan 8, 1964

Ozzie disguises himself as a swami fortune teller at a University Woman's Club function.

Jan 15, 1964

Ozzie, David, and Rick try to convince their wives to let them go fishing.

Jan 22, 1964

Kris is upset because there were no wedding pictures taken of the cake cutting.

Feb 5, 1964

David's wife June fills in at his office while his secretary is on vacation.

Feb 12, 1964

Ricky and Wally thow a surprise birthday party for the college dean of students in hopes of getting him to rescind his ban on fraternity dances.

Feb 19, 1964

Ozzie and Joe want to impress their wives wearing admiral uniforms.

Feb 26, 1964

Wally installs his television set in Ricky's house but then he stays and stays and stays.....

Mar 11, 1964

Harriet and Clara plan a romantic hayride with their husbands but it conflicts with their poker game.

Mar 18, 1964

Rick gets hired as a law clerk at David's firm when the work starts piling up.

Mar 25, 1964

Kris plans a special dinner for Rick and his folks.

Apr 1, 1964

Harriet and Clara get their husbands to enter a newspaper contest entitled "Why I Love My Wife."

Sep 16, 1964

Kris becomes jealous when Rick gives a few rides to Sheila, who works across the hall, while her car is being repaired.

Sep 23, 1964

When Ozzie gives Ricky's old printing press to some neighborhood children they use it to publish a gossip sheet.

Sep 30, 1964

Wally devises a study system.

Oct 7, 1964

Rick and his fraternity brothers plan on holding an all-night poker game at his in-laws' mountain cabin. However, unknown to Rick, Kris thinks that Rick is planning a getaway for just the two of them.

Oct 14, 1964

Wally asks David to write him a letter of recommendation for a job but David can't think of anything good to say.

Oct 21, 1964

Kris decides to join Ricky at college so they'll have more time together but she eventually becomes a nuisance to his balancing a job and classes.

Oct 28, 1964

The neighborhood kids entrust Ozzie with their jar of pennies but he decides to borrow it for an evening of poker unaware that the jar contains a valuable coin collection.

Nov 4, 1964

Harriet enlists Kris, Rick, and his fraternity brothers to help out with entertaining the kids at the Women's Club Annual Children's Show. Ozzie wants to get into the act, too.

Nov 11, 1964

The college dean gets Ricky and his pals to help the school set a record for staying in bed for the longest time.

Nov 18, 1964

Ozzie gets a so-so score on Harriet's marital quiz.

Nov 25, 1964

There's double-trouble after Kris tries to play Cupid with Wally and Ginger.

Dec 2, 1964

Kris thinks she'll appear more feminine to Ricky if she plays weak and helpless.

Dec 9, 1964

Ricky and his frat brothers think that an exotic dancer would make a great housemother.

Dec 16, 1964

Ozzie discovers that a precocious neighborhood child is winning money playing chess.

Dec 30, 1964

Ozzie, David, and Ricky find themselves in an awkward situation when they're discovered alone in a restaurant.

Jan 6, 1965

Harriet wants a petition to make Wives Day a Holiday.

Jan 13, 1965

David becomes the advisor for Ricky's fraternity and discovers that the members are living well beyond their means.

Jan 20, 1965

When Ricky grows a beard it set off a chain reaction among his male friends and relatives who all decide to grow beards too.

Jan 27, 1965

Will Rick wind up in the doghouse, after he surprises Kris with a Great Dane on her birthday?

Feb 3, 1965

Hoping to find hidden treasure, Ozzie and Joe purchase a locked mystery trunk at auction.

Feb 10, 1965

Kris's old girlfriend comes back to town to live permanently in Hillsdale but stays with Kris and Rick instead of searching for her own apartment.

Feb 17, 1965

Ozzie and Harriet find themselves caught in the middle when Ricky begins badgering employer David for a raise.

Feb 24, 1965

Ozzie cancels a golf date to stay home and make breakfast for Harriet, who is in bed with a cold.

Mar 3, 1965

Kris and Harriet have photos taken for Rick and Ozzie to put on their desks.

Mar 10, 1965

Rick's fraternity throws an illegal party to recruit a high school football star.

Mar 17, 1965

A painting from Rick's past comes back into his life and causes contention between him and Kris.

Sep 15, 1965

Ozzie is on the spot when Clara introduces him as Joe to a visiting friend.

Sep 22, 1965

A rose a day from a secret admirer is being delivered to Harriet, and it's driving Ozzie crazy trying to find out who it is.

Sep 29, 1965

Ricky tries to patch up a spat between Wally and Ginger only to have it backfire.

Oct 6, 1965

June decides to help David in his law office by becoming his unofficial private eye.

Oct 13, 1965

While hiding out from the Randolph's, Ozzie is mistaken for a prowler in his own home.

Oct 20, 1965

The fraternity brothers throw a party in Ozzie and Harriet's honor.

Oct 27, 1965

Rick and his fraternity brothers use a secret tunnel in a scheme to retaliate against the Betas, who stole their blue moose head.

Nov 3, 1965

The Nelsons and Rick's fraternity brothers panic when they learn that Wally has included embarrassing tidbits about all of them in a book he is trying to sell to a publisher.

Nov 10, 1965

Kris has left an important message for Rick. The trouble is, Wally has torn it into six pieces to use as paper to write IOUs, which he has issued to several fraternity brothers.

Nov 17, 1965

Ozzie and Joe impulsively accept an invitation to have lunch in Mexico City. Will they be able to make it home in time to make a planned dinner date with their wives?

Nov 24, 1965

Using reverse psychology, Ricky tries to cure Kris's extravagance by threatening to buy a horse

Dec 1, 1965

June talks Dave into taking some time off but Dave can't relax and worries that Rick might not be able to handle things by himself.

Dec 8, 1965

Ozzie and Harriet visit a ghost town in search of antiques.

Dec 15, 1965

June volunteers David's services as a pie taster for a TV cooking show but can he pick out his wife's pie?

Jan 5, 1966

Kris is worn out from doing favors for Rick and his fraternity brothers.

Jan 12, 1966

Ozzie and Harriet are chosen to entertain a visiting Arabian prince and one of his wives.

Jan 22, 1966

Wally hires Dave to defend him against a traffic ticket charge.

Jan 29, 1966

The neighborhood Tigers Club gets Ozzie a gift of appreciation for all that he has done for them.

Feb 5, 1966

Feb 12, 1966

Ozzie wants to show up his neighbor Joe, so he asks Kris to teach him the steps and moves to the latest dance craze.

Feb 19, 1966

With Harriet's help, June tries to trap Dave into taking a trip to Hawaii, and with the help of Ozzie, Rick, and Wally, Dave tries not to trip into her trap.

Feb 26, 1966

Joe is consistently late which really irritates Ozzie.

Mar 5, 1966

Ozzie helps a neighborhood boy get a job in David and Ricky's law office.

Mar 12, 1966

Repair work in David's office building causes him to move his office into his own living room.

Mar 19, 1966

Ozzie accidentally damages a surprise birthday present for a nine year old boy he's been babysitting.

Mar 26, 1966

Ozzie and Harriet desire to convert the boys old bedroom into something else. Harriet suggests a guest bedroom, but Ozzie secretly wants to buy a used pool table and convert the space into a game room.