This game is catching fire on a lot of the other sitcom bds (for ex Bewitched, All In The Family, Leave It To Beaver, etc.) I thought I'd be nice to try to get it going here too. We go in alphabetical order and it can be anything related to the show--a character's name, the actor/actresses name who played the character, the name of an ep, a trait of a character on the show (some examples F could be Frank Cady (Doc Williams) and C could be cheapskate (what Wally is)

Here's A:

A=aggravating=How Ginger often finds Wally, actually, many others too.

B = Beautiful, for many of the women are sure nice to look at! :D

C = Coca Cola = A sponsor and bottles of coke were often shown within the episodes.

D=Darby!

E=Everyman....Ozzie wanted to show the public, he was an everyman, therefore relatable.

F Fraturnity Brothers

G= Good. This show is the epitome of what makes a good sitcom!

H= Harriet

I = "I'm Walking" the first song Ricky preformed on the show.

J=June

K = Kris

L= Love, which was abundantly supplied and shared by the Nelsons.

M=Miss Edwards

N= Nelson American's Favorite Family's surname.

O = Oh, what can O stand for? Oh yeah, O = OZZIE !!!!!

P=Predicaments-Wally was ALWAYS getting into predicaments.

Q is for Queen of the Prom in 'Rick and The Homecoming Queen'.

R="Road Race" (an ep in Season #6)

S= Silly........most of the time Ozzie and fill in the blank partner (Thorny, Joe, etc) found themselves in silly situations.

T - Thorny Thornberry

U=Underhanded=Joe Randolph and Wally could be a little underhanded with their scheming, sometimes

V = Violets. What Ozzie bought Harriet in "The Orchid and the Violet"

W = Whatever could W stand for? Whoo Hoo !!! W = Wally

X= X-rays that Ozzie got from Doc Williams in 'A Ball of Tinfoil.'

Y=Yelling=Lots of people yelling at Wally, esp. Ginger and Jack, because they got tired of his antics.

Z=Zing, Wally and Ginger had to be the couple who gave out the most zings to one another :lol:

A=Annoying=Wally & Joe Randolph, IMO

B= Brothers David & Ricky

c=Clara, Joe's wife

D=Doc Williams

E = Everlovin' = A song Ricky sang on the show.

F=Fender Bender in "Rick Gets Even"

G= George.. Oswald George Nelson

H=Harriet!

I= ICE CREAM !!! The Nelsons favorite dessert

J=Judge Willoughby

K= Mr. KELLY

L-Lummox=Sometimes Wally could be a big lummox LOL!

M- Malt Shop

N = Never Be Anyone Else = One of my favorite ''Ricky'' songs

O="Ozzie's Night Out" - an ep from the early years

P= Plumstead, Wally's last name.

Q="A Question of Suits and Ties" (an ep from fraternity years)

R= RICKY NELSON

S=Sycamore St.

T=Thorny ( That Darn Thorny)

U= Ukelale

V = "Volunteer Firemen" A funny episode from season 4.

V = "Volunteer Firemen" A funny episode from season 4.
W= Williams, Doc Williams played by Frank Cady.

X=Xmas is always very special at the Nelson's (and sometimes very busy as in "The Busy Christmas")

Y= Young, Skip Young

Z=zero=The amount of $ Wally often had with him

A= ADVENTURES of Ozzie and Harriet

B=Butch Barton

C= Catch a Falling Star Song Ozzie and Harriet sang on A Cruise for Harriet

D = Don Nelson, Ozzie's brother and co-writer of the show

E=Earning Money=The fraternity brothers, in Father's Night At The Fraternity, need to earn a lot of money to build a swimming pool.

F= Free food, which Wally was always on the lookout for! :lol:

Grumpy=Joe Randolph was often grumpy, IMO

H= Hungry, which Wally always seemed to be :lol: (Is it pick on poor Wally day?)

I=Initiation, The (an ep from Season 2)

J=Jack who runs the malt shop

K=Kappa Sig!

L = Love and Kisses - That classic film

M = Moose as in 'Blue Moose' - an episode I'm finally going to get to see soon.

N=Nelsons galore!!!!

O= Orchestra as in the Ozzie Nelson Orchestra

P=Pledge in the Fraternity who promises to go out with Betty (in David And The Teenager)

Q - Quaker Oats (a sponsor of O&H)

R - Rich, how all the Nelson foods were: rich in fat, rich in sugar, rich in calories.

S = "Sweeter Than You" - that beautiful song of Ricky's!

T-Travelin Man (one of Rick's #1s!)

U- University, namely Rutgers, where Ozzie went to school.

V- Very handsome men..The Nelsons

W=Wally!

X = Xtra episodes.....what we wish existed!:lol:

Y=Youngsters, as in The Tigers!

Z = "Zilch" The amount of money that Wally had on him at any given time. :lol:

A=always mooching=Wally

B= Butch Barton

C = Campus Malt Shop

D=Darby

E= Efficient Ozzie was very Efficient in running the show.

F=Fraternity Rents A Room, The (a classic O&H ep)

Gregg - One of the frat brothers.

H=Harriet!

I = Ice Cream: Tutti-Frutti, Ozzie's craving!

J=Joe Randolph

K-Kodak Products - It the label says "Kodak" you know its good.

L=Listerine, a sponsor for Seasons 1 & 2

M=Milk which gave the Nelson's unending energy.

N=Norma Lane, one of Rick's girls (on a few of the eps)

O=Oswald Nelson

P= Pajama Game, The (an ep from '55 I believe)

Queen- Kris and The Queen, an amusing late series episode.

R=Rio Bravo, a movie Rick was in

S=Submarine- Captain Salty and the Submarine.

T = Teen Idol (Ricky's title)

U=Ukelele=Ozzie liked to play the ukelele

Venetia Stevens (sp?) A guest star "girlfriend". Was in that episode where Ricky took riding lessons.

W=Will Thornberry

Xmas -- There were several good Christmas episodes!

Y=Youngsters who formed their own club, The Tigers

Z=Zephyr Room, where David and his date took Ozzie & Harriet in "David Picks Up The Tab."

A=Aggravating=Joe Randolph and Wally, quite often

B=Blair, June Blair who did a nice job in some episodes.

C = Clara

D=Darby or Doc Williams?

(both!! or David!!!!)

E=Economics, Prof. Patersons subject in the ep "The Fraternity Rents A Room"

F= The Fraternity house where Wally lived for 30 years.

Gas -- Ozzie & Harriet performed in commercials for the American Gas Company when that was a sponsor. (They talked about how natural gas was being used for heating and cooling the NY World's Fair in the '60s, and the Nelsons used gas for cooking. Harriet: "And it's so clean.")

H=Hunter, The - an early ep

I- Ivan Bonar who played the college dean.

F= The Fraternity house where Wally lived for 30 years.

:happyface :happyface :lol:

J = Jack, The "Malt Shop" owner.

K= Kris Harmon, Rick's loving wife.

L=Lyle Talbot, who played Joe Randolph

M = Mary Jane Croft who played Clara Randolph

N = Nelson - The name of Ricky's twin sons' band.

O=Ozzie's Night Out, an ep from Season 2

P= Poor Little Fool, Rick's Number one Song which he hated.

Q=A Question of Suits and Ties, an ep from Season 9 I believe

Poor Little Fool, one of Rick's biggest hits.

R=Randolphs

S = Skip Young, who played Wally Plumstead

T=Thorny, the best TV next door neighbor of all time.

U=Undergrad Rick at the University (& part time law clerk)

V= Valentine's Day Episode, not one of my favorites

W=Willoughby=Judge Willoughby

eXtras -- Some of the youngest members of the extended Nelson family appeared on the show as extras.

ABC - The Network that aired Ozzie and Harriet for 14 years!

B = Best of Ricky and Dave (DVD)

C = Connie Edwards -- competent and beautiful secretary of the Dobson & Kelley law firm, played by Constance Harper.

D= Don Defore

E=Economics=The subj Prof. Paterson teaches in the ep "The Fraternity Rents A Room"

F = Fans. What O&H have always had plenty of! :)

G= Golden Age of Television

H=Harriet!

I= Iggy Magoo ! Rickys friend in the first and or second seasons. Though I don't think we ever saw him Ricky talked about him in quite a few episodes.

Ricky: "When asked what is the great fault of the American people, Theodore Roosevelt replied, Iggy Magoo for President!"

J=Jalopy=The one Ozzie drives to compete against the boys' hot rod in the ep "Road Race"

K= Kent McCord as one of the fraturnity brothers.

L=Little Handprints In The Sidewalk (Ep #335)

M = Mom! Our beloved Harriet.

N=No News For Harriet (an ep from Season 8)

O= Ostrich!
Wally swore there was an Ostrich blocking his view of that stop sign!

P=Pants - What Ozzie split when he portrayed Scrooge in the men's club play.

Q= Quit Rick quit his job in Rick's Raise. The Dean recommended to Dave this applicant to replace Rick. Roy Rehtorb. And Harriet naturally figured out Roy Rehtorb is Your (Yor) Brother spelled backward.

Rudy the Fifth the title of Rick's great 1971 LP.

S= Salerno,Charlene played Ginger!

T=Top Gun (ep from Season 6)

U= Undercover FBI Agent. Betty was convinced the concealed man on tv, was really David. June, Ozzie and Harriet all worried as they thought Dave was working undercover in a dangerous fbi case.

V=Valentine Day Episode. How appropriate!

W = Waiting for Joe - an episode title

Xmas episodes are esp. charming like "Busy Christmas" and "The Girl In The Emporium" for example.

Y = Young Emotions (song by Ricky)

Young emotions...are sweet emotions....

Z=Zero=The amt. of money Wally often had on him!

A - Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

(V) Valentine's Day episode.

Be Bop Baby-Rick's hit song from 1957.

C-Connie, David's secretary.

Darby

Emporium, where everyone shopped.

Fraternities (esp Kappa Sig)

G = "Gee, Pop, I dunno...."

A phrase often uttered by Ricky to Ozzie....:lol:

H Hilliard, Ricky's middle and Harriet's maiden name.

Ice Cream (lots of it for Ozzie!!)

J-jealous, Kris was always jealous of Rick and other girls.

K- Kris and the Queen, a pretty fair episode.

L-Lonesome Parents, The episode where Ozzie and Harriet feel left out of June and David's life and think it's because they're boring.

Manly Arts, The - ep #304

N-No News for Harriet, Ozzie makes up things to tell Harriet, per Joe Randolph's suggestion.

O=Ozzie's Night Out - an ep from Season 2

P = Parley Baer, who played Darby

Q-Quiet In the episode, The Reading Room, the family creates a reading room in the attic so Ozzie can have quiet to read.

R = Ricky!

S-Skip Young, Wally.

T=Thorny

U-Under the weather. Ozzie feels a little under the weather with a cold coming on in The Bowling Alley, ep. #26.

V=Vanquish (a sponsor from the later seasons)

W = "What's this?" A common question uttered in many episodes.

Xmas episodes are esp. heartwarming, like, for example, Busy Christmas.

Y=Young Emotions - A little known Rick Nelson song.

Z=Zephyr Room

A-A Day In Bed the episode where Ozzie feels stressed out and decides to spent the day in bed.

J- Joe Randolph - That Darn Joe!

Janine! How did you go from A to J? :lol:

B = Bucket. Ricky sang about a bucket in "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It."

C- Circus, In the episode, The Circus, David and Ricky get to perform in some circus acts.

D= Doc or Darby, take your pick.

E-Exotic Housemother, an episode from the last season, I believe.

Frank Cady - who played Doc Williams

Guitar -- Rick owned a distinctive guitar with his name painted on it.

H=Homework (there's A LOT of it in Prof. Patterson's class LOL)

I Idol, Ricky was a teenage idol in his day.

Jack the soda jerk (as opposed to Wally, who was just a plain old fashioned jerk :lol: )

Kris Plays Cupid -- An episode from Season 13 (1964).

Listerine - a sponsor from the very early yrs.

M = Models

The Ozzie, Joe and the Fashion Models Episode:lol:

N=Nuts=There are a lot of nuts in the "Triple Banana Surprise"!

(thanks for bumping this Goldilocks - I :heart: playing the games esp. for my fav show!)

On Time - Ozzie was to give a speech about the importance of being on time

P=Pledges to Rick's fraternity

Q= Queen

Rick escorts the prom queen, Sally, with Kris' very reluctant permission, to the dance.

R=Randolphs, The

S ~ Dave's SEVENTEENTH Birthday! I love that episode for all the home movies we get to see.

T= Tests, lots of tests, at the University!

Unlocked - Kris and Rick's house was left unlocked at night to allow Wally to come in and steal Rick's old painting

V=Vanquish=a sponsor in the last season(s)

W= Wally

X=Xmas epsiode "The Busy Christmas' made in '64 (I believe) that flashes back to a '56 episode. (One of my favs!)

Y = Young World sung by Ricky Nelson and written by Jerry Fuller. This song was released in 1962 and made it to #5 on the Billboard Top 100.

Z=Zestabs=another commercial sponsor from the last season(s)

Allerest - commercial sponsor (allergy tablets)

B= Butch Barton- played by Gordon Jones

Connie Edwards (e.g. Miss Edwards)

David Nelson was born 24 October 1936 in New York, New York.

Everlovin' -- a 1961 hit by Rick performed in the episode "Ricky the Milkman"

F = Father Son Tournament (episode)

G=Golf=a sport that shows up in some of the eps!

H - Hilliard

IOUs (lots of them) from Wally the world class moocher

Jones, Gordon -- Actor who played Butch

K=Kristin Nelson

L - Loved

What the Nelson family was and is. :loveya:

M- Malts -- what Ozzie, David, Ricky, and (usually on someone else's dime) Wally seemed to consume endlessly.

Nelson, lots of Nelsons esp. at the end of Busy Christmas (:heart: that ep!)

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O= The ol' Ozmeister himself!

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Thank you!


P - Precocious - what Ricky was in the early eps. :lol:

Q - Quintessential

The Quintessential TV Family! (Inspite what TV Guide says):)

R= "Ricky's Big Night" (an ep from '57 I believe)

S Sandwiches left in the car

From an episode where Ozzie was suppose to deliver a boat load of sandwhiches to the Women's Club for Harriet, but Dave took off in the car with the sandwiches. Ozzie takes off on bike to track down Dave, the car and the sandwhiches.

T = Thorny, Ozzie's best friend/friendly nemesis!

U = Underhanded, some of Wally's (and Joe Randolph's schemes). Sometimes I wonder if Joe was Wally's uncle - they do have a lot in common (cheap, moochers, love to eat you out of house and home, etc.)

V = Violets. What Oz was wanting to give Harriet and when he went to the florists', they thought he was homeless because he'd been doing yard work and had no cash on him so out of pity, they sent orchids instead. :lol:

W=Willoughby, Judge

x(ex-) neighbor -- Thorny presumably left and became an ex-neighbor of the Nelsons

Y=Yardwork=something Ozzie was not always keen on doing

Z = Zany - Wally's antics. :crazy:

A= The Grade of "A" something Wally has probably NEVER received LOL (unless there was a course in Advanced Gluttony in which case he would get an A double plus!)

B = Basketball Players (Episode #15)

Thought I'd bring this back up since it's been so long!!

C = Clara Randolph (I can hear that voice now......:lol: )

D=Ditzy (dizzy) Clara (but who could blame her being married to that cheapskate mooch Joe)

(& thanks for bringing it back - I could do ABC with this show all day cause I love it - like all my other fellow reg's on this Bd! :wave:)

E - Emporium

F=Freeloaders Wally and Joe Randolph

G = George - Ozzie's middle name.

H = Homework = Wally's #1 enemy (that and closed malt shops lol)

H = Homework = Wally's #1 enemy (that and closed malt shops lol)

I= Idol - Teenage Idol - One of Rick's hits.

J = June Nelson

K= for Kristen Harmon Nelson - a person with none of the class and dignity of her brother Mark.

L - Lyle Talbot (Joe Randolph)

M = Mickey Darby

N = Nelson

O="Ozzie's Night Out" an ep from the very early part of the series