There were 435 episodes made. Because TV seasons ran so long back then, few shows were repeated, unlike today where the entire season's shows can be replayed before the next season begins. My understanding is that about half were put into syndication and an additional 100 or so episodes were shown on the Disney channel. That leaves around 123 episodes or just under 9 per season that have never been broadcast as of their original date. For lack of a better term I call them the "lost" episodes.

So, just which episodes are among that mysterious group (the "holy grail" if you want). Based upon the episodes I have and what others' have mentioned as available, that I have read on here and other sites - here are the episodes from the first season that I cannot find reference to being available.

The Poet -episode 2
Harriet's Hairdoo - episode 11 (not to be confused with Hairstyle for Harriet from season 5)
Newspapaer Write-up -episode 14
Stop Worrying -episode 16
Night School - episode 31

If anyone can show that any of these episodes are available, please share. Also, please add any shows from the other seasons that you believe are "lost".

There are different titles sometimes from different sites, so it can get hard to figure out the episodes. I have just over 200 episodes and still have a hard time figuring out which episodes are which. Some of the titles are aso confusing such as the Hairdo episodes. I am going to try once again to get mine in some kind of order, but i don't know how sucessful I'll be.:lol:

I have been collecting O&H episodes for a relatively short time and have the good fortune to have encountered other collectors who have been at it for over 25 years.

If I understood correctly from one of those collectors, the ''lost'' Disney episodes are the ones with the 1987 date at the end of the show, and they are uncut. The original package episodes are the ones with the 1985 and are the shorter length edited episodes.

There are 67 titles that seem to never show up on anyone's trade list. I have seen descriptions for some of those episodes and have DVD's with Ricky singing songs from other episodes. This gives me hope that they are actually out there somewhere, but just haven't turned up yet.

Below are the ''missing'' 67 episodes. If anyone has any of these titles, I would love to know.

2: The Poet 10/10/1952
11: Harriet's Hairdo 12/12/1952
14: The Newspaper Write-Up 1/2/1953
16: Stop Worrying 1/16/1953
31: Night School 5/1/1953
46: The Painter 5/28/1954
47: No Noise 10/30/1953
48: The Hustler 11/6/1953
62: David's Career 2/12/1954
77: A Tuxedo for David 5/21/1954
78: Operation Economy/Economical Ozzie 6/4/1954
85: The Furnace 10/22/1954
87: Ricky's Charge Account 4/22/1955
95: The Electric Train 2/4/1955
96: Career Woman 2/18/1955
97: The Girl Who Came to Dinner 2/25/1955
98: The Sportscar 3/11/1955
107: The Stray Dog 5/27/1955
112: Watching Thorny's House 2/24/1956
113: Wedding Rings 12/2/1955
115: Carnation Perfume 10/21/1955
119: The Campers 10/28/1955
121: The Gay Blade 12/9/1955
122: Re-Dressing Ricky 6/8/1956
125: Personal Column 3/9/1956
127: The Gadget 1/6/1956
128: Art Studies 1/13/1956
133: Christmas in October 10/24/1956
138: Sculpturing Class 4/24/1957
143: Hidden Panel 10/17/1956
144: Fifty Dollar Bill 11/7/1956
145: The Disbelievers 2/27/1957
157: The Hot-Dog Stand 2/13/1957
158: The Loan 6/26/1957
159: Ozzie and Harriet Go to Washington
162: The Clubhouse 3/6/1957
164: The Tommy Brannigan Story 4/17/1957
166: Ricky's Surprise Party 5/8/1957
167: Night Watchman 5/15/1957
169: Strict Parents 5/29/1957
170: The Coffee Table 6/5/1957
171: The Fishing Lure 6/12/1957
173: The Boys Land in Jail 10/23/1957 - Have 2 songs from this episode
184: Ricky Goes on TV 12/25/1957
203: The International Set 5/28/1958
212: Darby, the Rockhound 6/3/1959
213: Stealing Rick's Girl 10/29/1958
214: Helpful Neighbor 12/17/1958 - 2 songs from this episode on ''Ricky Sings'' DVD
230: Ozzie Changes History 3/11/1959
233: The Other Guy's Girl 4/8/1959
240: The Girl in the Bowling Alley 5/27/1959
242: Ozzie, the Host 10/14/1959
243: Taking Advantage of Harriet 6/10/1959
247: The Rancher's Daughter 11/4/1959
248: Who Needs Girls 10/28/1959
249: Happy Anniversary 12/9/1959
326: Operation Barry 2/15/1962
330: Lending Money to Wally 3/8/1962 - Often confused with another episode
332: Barry's Birthday 4/12/1962
336: Rick and the Sculptress 10/18/1962
345: The Women's Club Play 11/8/1962
346: The Goat 2/28/1963
???: Game Inventors 12/27/1962
350: Rick and the Boat Model 1/3/1963
351: The Girl at the Ski-Lodge 1/17/1963
382: Rick is Late for Dinner 3/25/1964
420: The Hong Kong Suit 2/5/1966

Episode #144, The fifty dollar bill, is this the episode where Ozzie gives David $50 when he reaches Ozzie's height?

Eposide #184, Ricky Goes On TV, this sounds familar, maybe the episode where Ricky and Wally transmit tv from the basement?

Episode #144, The fifty dollar bill, is this the episode where Ozzie gives David $50 when he reaches Ozzie's height?

Eposide #184, Ricky Goes On TV, this sounds familar, maybe the episode where Ricky and Wally transmit tv from the basement?

As usual CJ has the info completely accurate regarding missing episodes, what I would do just to get "Christmas In October", it probably isn't even that great of an episode, even though I rarely don't enjoy an O&H episode. But no one has it!

"Ricky Goes on TV" is not the one where they transmit from the basement, that is "Closed Circuit" an extremely common episode.

if 330: Lending Money to Wally, is often confused with another episode. I probably have it wrong. I was thinking that was the episode where where Wally get money from the frat guys and starts his own business selling sandwhiches from 'Wally's Wagon' Oh gosh I haven't seen this one is SO long. The details are fuzzy to me. But Rick sings Little Miss Tease and one other song at the end of the show to try to sell the rest of the sandwhiches. So what episode is that one?

The episode Honeybea described sounds really familiar. I'm pretty sure I don't have that one though.

How did a master list of episodes come about to be distributed around the net? Where do 'they', whoever 'they' are get a master list?

Christmas In October seems to be the only holliday episode left that's not "out there". If the season sets were just released, we wouldn't be having this problem of confusing episode titles.:lol:

I found a site that has 76 radio episodes of O&H. One of them called Electric Train. We know that Ozzie recycled many of the radio episodes into episodes for the tv show so I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts that this radio episode of The Electric Train (Ozzie, or Thorny states Ricky age as 13 in the episode making it 1953 when it aired on the radio.) is the same with perhaps slight changes as the episode that aired on tv.

Here's the site with the radio episodes, The Electric Train is 3rd from the bottom.

There's also an episode in the middle of the group called Worrying and Worrying. Perhaps that's the Stop Worrying tv episode?

If we can't watch 'em at least we can listen to them!

http://ia331305.us.archive.org/2/items/AdventuresOfOzzie_Harriet/

I found a site that has 76 radio episodes of O&H. One of them called Electric Train. We know that Ozzie recycled many of the radio episodes into episodes for the tv show so I'm willing to bet dollars to donuts that this radio episode of The Electric Train (Ozzie, or Thorny states Ricky age as 13 in the episode making it 1953 when it aired on the radio.) is the same with perhaps slight changes as the episode that aired on tv.

Here's the site with the radio episodes, The Electric Train is 3rd from the bottom.

There's also an episode in the middle of the group called Worrying and Worrying. Perhaps that's the Stop Worrying tv episode?

If we can't watch 'em at least we can listen to them!

http://ia331305.us.archive.org/2/items/AdventuresOfOzzie_Harriet/


Now this opens another can of worms.:lol: How many radio episodes were made into tv episodes. Also, how many radio shows were there? I do remember one radio show made to tv, I believe the title was The Receptionist.

Just discovered this board...great to see so many O&H fans!! Anyway, I think I read or saw an interview with one of Rick's twin sons a year or so ago (can't remember whether it was Gunnar or Matthew--can never tell them apart anyway, lol!)--but anyway whichever twin it was, he said that the family archives contained all of the episodes on film. And I remember David saying years ago that Ozzie selected what he thought were the best 200 episodes for syndication, and then he (David) went back to Ozzie's notes on each episode in pulling out the 100 more episodes for the Disney Channel's "Missing Adventures of O&H," which he then pulled from the vaults. So I have to think that the family has all of the episodes (just like they had all of Rick's master tapes for the CD reissues/box sets that have come out during this decade). Doesn't mean we'll see them, of course, but they probably still exist.

Episode #144, The fifty dollar bill, is this the episode where Ozzie gives David $50 when he reaches Ozzie's height?

Eposide #184, Ricky Goes On TV, this sounds familar, maybe the episode where Ricky and Wally transmit tv from the basement?

It is confusing with similar titles and similar sounding episodes, but this is the episode you described regarding $50 and David:

3.09 [087] Ozzie & Harriet:A MATTER OF INCHES 17Dec54 David will get $50 when he reaches Ozzie's height.

A MATTER OF INCHES: Ozzie promises David he will give him $50 when he is the same height as Oz.

A Matter of Inches - David tries to measure up to Ozzie when his father promises him $50 for reaching him in height

And, Teeveecloset was right-on as the second one is:

6.25 [196] Ozzie & Harriet:THE CLOSED CIRCUIT 26Mar58 --Ricky and friend build a television from a kit.

The Closed Circuit - A do-it-yourself television causes problems

if 330: Lending Money to Wally, is often confused with another episode. I probably have it wrong. I was thinking that was the episode where where Wally get money from the frat guys and starts his own business selling sandwhiches from 'Wally's Wagon' Oh gosh I haven't seen this one is SO long. The details are fuzzy to me. But Rick sings Little Miss Tease and one other song at the end of the show to try to sell the rest of the sandwhiches. So what episode is that one?

The episode Honeybea described sounds really familiar. I'm pretty sure I don't have that one though.

Pretty sure this is the ''Wally's Wagon'' episode.

373: Rick Makes a Loan 12/11/1963 - You’re Free To Go & Little Miss Tease

I found a DVD at Kroger of all places and it had 4 full length episodes [with songs] one was listed as "Dave Makes Loan'', but that was incorrect. It is the episode you describe with the 2 songs. I haven't found any episode guide which describes the episode to verify, but I am pretty sure of it.

Here is what I found for ''Lending Money To Wally''. And, it actually sounds very similar to yet another episode [The High Cost of Dating] :crazy:

10.20 [327] Ozzie & Harriet:LENDING MONEY TO WALLY
08Mar62
Rick and his fraternity brothers are planing a fancy dinner at a plush
restaurant. Then Wally confesses that he can't afford it.
(Repeat 20Sep62)

Lending Money to Wally - The fraternity brothers pitch in to help debt-ridden Wally (Skip Young). The Nelsons: Themselves. Ginger: Charlene Salerno. Sandy: Sandra Gregg.

I neeed to write a description for each episode when I start watching them again. Sometimes, I can tell by the ages of the boys if it's an earlier episode. The titles can totally confuse me though.

A matter of inches, is that also the one where Ozzie has a deal with Harriet, he doesn't mow th elawn til it gets to be so many inches high?

The descriptions of Lending Money to Wally is exactly what could be described for High Cost of Dating.

Just discovered this board...great to see so many O&H fans!! Anyway, I think I read or saw an interview with one of Rick's twin sons a year or so ago (can't remember whether it was Gunnar or Matthew--can never tell them apart anyway, lol!)--but anyway whichever twin it was, he said that the family archives contained all of the episodes on film. And I remember David saying years ago that Ozzie selected what he thought were the best 200 episodes for syndication, and then he (David) went back to Ozzie's notes on each episode in pulling out the 100 more episodes for the Disney Channel's "Missing Adventures of O&H," which he then pulled from the vaults. So I have to think that the family has all of the episodes (just like they had all of Rick's master tapes for the CD reissues/box sets that have come out during this decade). Doesn't mean we'll see them, of course, but they probably still exist.

Welcome to the board where we over-examine the very confusing world of collecting O&H with much love....yes all the statements regarding gunnar & Matthew have been confirmed by others in the past......but it does beg the question....why were the official Shout sets released with 22 minute edited episodes? Our sometimes contributor Brian Ward from Shout Factory has been quoted here saying "That Shout Factory was given the best possible masters available from the family"...so far they have released 3 sets and all contain edited episodes??? so where are those masters and why wouldn't the Nelson estate provided them to Shout????

I have some eoisodes that have the original commercials. I'd love to have all of them with the commercials. Not only were the shows better in that era, so were the commercials and they were short too.

And many of them had catchy little jingles. We don't get any jingles anymore. Heck, we don't get any theme songs anymore either. :(

And many of them had catchy little jingles. We don't get any jingles anymore. Heck, we don't get any theme songs anymore either. :(

We DO get about 5 minutes of dull commercials for every 10 minutes of show.:lol:

In a better world we would get all 435 eps - complete, unedited - on DVD, season by season, but I suspect there's not much demand for them, and the Nelson's aren't interested in investing the time and money to put together such a set. Sad.:(

In a better world we would get all 435 eps - complete, unedited - on DVD, season by season, but I suspect there's not much demand for them, and the Nelson's aren't interested in investing the time and money to put together such a set. Sad.:(

Amen. Neither the laws of physics nor the forces of nature have prevented these shows from being released complete/unedited. It all comes down to a personal preference or the unwillingness to take an economic risk to have these shows released, by those who have the rights to the show. Sadly, many TV shows that were far less iconic, influencial and popular than this one have seen their entire series issued. Like Dan said "In a better world..."

In a better world we would get all 435 eps - complete, unedited - on DVD, season by season, but I suspect there's not much demand for them, and the Nelson's aren't interested in investing the time and money to put together such a set. Sad.:(


Sad but very true, and the networks dont seem to interested in showing this show on TV anymore. :(

I was informed recently that O&H is currently airing on something called the ION network, but it's not available where I live. A few years back it was on another cable network called Goodlife, but I couldn't get that one, either (although a friend did kindly tape a few episodes for me). I wish one of the more popular networks like TV Land or Retro Television would carry the show. Just can't get enough of Ozzie, Harriet, Dave and Rick....and that gosh darn Thorny! ;)

About 10 years ago a local religious channel showed O&H and it was nice to see it again. They seemed to show random episdoes ranging from the 50's going to when Ricky and David were married.

Still was nice to see the show after a while. That same channel also showed The Real McCoys and that was the first time I saw that show.

The Disney Channel was airing O&H back circa 1986-1990. At least some of the shows were uncut, often with a rememberance from David about that particular episode. A friend taped some for me, but the tapes were not real high quality. Maybe we should write to Disney Channel about bringing it back :lol: Can you imagine the Nelsons back to back with Hannah Montana? One show featuring a teenage singing star followed by a show with a teenage singing star.....wait...do I sense a theme here? :rolleyes:

The ones with the intros from Dave were ones picked for Disney's Sat. night airings of The Best of Ozzie and Harriet. V.O. "The Best of Ozzie and Harriet. And now, here's David Nelson."

Harriet had an intro for the regular aired episodes. There were two different ones. The first one was after the opening credits Harriet's sitting in a chair in a living room set with an end table next to her which sits a picture of Ozzie.

"Hi I'm Harriet Nelson, and that's the way we started the show over 25 years ago. Of course; the boys are both grown now and have families of their own, but I still like looking back and watching the old shows. I hope you do too."

After Rick's death, Harriet shot a new intro. This time sitting on a couch and an end table with Ozzie's picture near by.

"Hi I'm Harriet Nelson. I hope you have as much fun watching this next episode of Ozzie and Harriet as my family and I had making it. "

I guess those intros are really drilled into my head as I remember them all these later. It was rather sad seeing the new intro after Rick's death. I also remember after Ricks death, for a week Disney had an in memory photo of Rick at the end of the episodes. :(

It would air then at least 4 times a day. I remember it was on at noon and12:30 as well as different episodes at 11pm and 11:30pm. Sometimes it would air in the middle of the night too as something to fill a time slot after a movie had ended at an odd time and bring us to the top or bottom of the hour.

Disney also had The Missing Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, which started with a big Vault, a V.O. saying and showing of the title The ^Missing Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. The Vault opening up and easing in on a pic of the Opening Credits, and the show starting up.


Has anyone else ever seen Dave's documentary on Rick that aired on Disney in 1986 or 1987, Rick Nelson: A Brother Remembers?

Yes, I clearly remember "Rick Nelson: A Brother Remembers." It first aired in 1987. IMO it's the best of the documentaries on Rick and/or the Nelsons. It began with a great montage of Rick singing "Hello Mary Lou" on the O&H show, then later (in the late '60s I think) with long hair, and then again on SNL in 1979, and then it went back to the old B&W clip again. It also had a lot of clips of Rick in the 1970s and '80s from various TV shows and concerts, as well as some outtakes from the O&H show. I have a taped copy of it transfered to a DVD, but I would love to have a pristine copy--maybe (hopefully) Shout Factory will put out a volume 3 and include it as an extra.

Right now I'm in Memphis, TN, and a local channel is showing O&H! The episode is "Dave's Golf Story," and Ginger is giving Wally h-ll for overhearing him tell the blonde that he & Dave both like that Ginger isn't really his steady girl but more "like an old shoe," lol!

I have some eoisodes that have the original commercials. I'd love to have all of them with the commercials. Not only were the shows better in that era, so were the commercials and they were short too.

There is something very special abt seeing An Adv. of Ozzie & Harriet ep that is totally complete. I probably have 15-20 such eps but they are on VHS sets. And they were much more expensive per ep than the DVD sets. I'm glad I have these eps, because 90-95% of what I have is edited. But...edited is definitely better than nothing.

Welcome to the board where we over-examine the very confusing world of collecting O&H with much love....


Ain't it the truth! One things for sure...we :heart: our O & H eps! :)

Just now remembered that WTBS in Atlatna showed O &H for a while and that was the first time I saw the show. That was early 1980's, they also showed Father Knows Best and that was the first time I saw that show as well.

A friend taped "Rick Nelson: A Brother Remembers" for me, but I would love to get it on dvd, my tape is gonna wear out someday. I've got another one Dave hosted, "It's Alright Now", that was shown on TNN in 1990, and "A Tribute to Rick Nelson", hosted by Matthew and Gunnar. That one is available from Rhino, but the others have never been officially released on dvd or video. I sure hope they are someday, any fan of Rick's would enjoy having this footage in their collection. There's a lot of concert footage in "It's Alright Now" from a Stone Canyon Band show in Louisiana, summer or fall of '77. Rick looks great, sounds great, the band is great. I'd love to see the full concert, hint, hint if any Nelson's are reading this :wave:

I remember seeing a bio on Ozzie Nelson at the Paley Ctr. here in New York. It was 90 min I believe. And it was wonderful.

I remember seeing a bio on Ozzie Nelson at the Paley Ctr. here in New York. It was 90 min I believe. And it was wonderful.

Was that by any chance the A&E Bio on Ozzie & Harriet from 1998? I actually have that on DVD--a commercially released DVD that I bought from amazon--and it's quite good. Lots of interviews, photos that I've never seen anywhere else--plus it has footage that shows, from the inside and out, Ozzie & Harriet's Lagunita beach house (in Laguna Beach), with Nelson family photos still on end tables, just before it was torn down. Anyway that DVD is probably still available and is DEFINITELY well worth watching for all fans of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

Or if you're referring to some other program, I'd sure love to know what it was!

When that O&H bio first aired on A&E it recieved some of the biggest ratings ever for an A&E Biography. I was amazed when I saw that info back then.

When that O&H bio first aired on A&E it recieved some of the biggest ratings ever for an A&E Biography. I was amazed when I saw that info back then.

Yes, in fact I think it might have been THE highest rated episode of A&E Biography to that point. Kind of makes you wonder why O&H has been relegated to local independent stations and obscure cable/satellite channels that few people receive (such as Good Life) ever since the Disney Channel stopped showing it in 1990!

Was that by any chance the A&E Bio on Ozzie & Harriet from 1998? I actually have that on DVD--a commercially released DVD that I bought from amazon--and it's quite good. Lots of interviews, photos that I've never seen anywhere else--plus it has footage that shows, from the inside and out, Ozzie & Harriet's Lagunita beach house (in Laguna Beach), with Nelson family photos still on end tables, just before it was torn down. Anyway that DVD is probably still available and is DEFINITELY well worth watching for all fans of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

Or if you're referring to some other program, I'd sure love to know what it was!

Yes, I think it was the A&E Bio. Even though I've seen it three times at The Paley Ctr. yrs. ago I was thinking of buying it...but it didn't seem to be coming up on the A&E website. (Hope its still available)

There are different titles sometimes from different sites, so it can get hard to figure out the episodes. I have just over 200 episodes and still have a hard time figuring out which episodes are which. Some of the titles are aso confusing such as the Hairdo episodes. I am going to try once again to get mine in some kind of order, but i don't know how sucessful I'll be.:lol:

Oy, yes, the confusing titles. Like Making Wally Study and The Study System. And of course we can't forget the cheesier DVD sets like one that got the titles totally wrong - calling "Orchids and Violets" Free Flowers and Free Dance Lessons for "Ozzie A Go Go." My set of eps is sm. enough (180) that I've been able to iron out most of the confusion. But I did learn one good lesson. If you think you've gotten a "repeater" ep (e.g. like your 5th of "Making Wally Study") take a look at the first few min. - it may be a totally different ep incorrectly labeled. That happened to me on a set - the title listed was "Making Wally Study" but when I went to view it (prompted by a new poster who asked a question) I found out it was a totally different ep "The Study System" - so I ended up with a new ep I never knew I had.

Season by Season would likely end A LOT of the confusion - but I still don't mind getting a cross section of eps either. I just review everyting on DVD sets though to make sure what looks like a repeater ep is actually one.

That A&E biography was so well done. I wish I would have taped it.

One of my tapes is mislabeled "Cruise Down for Lunch" or "Fly Down for Lunch", something like that, but the actual ep is "Cruise for Harriet", where Harriet books a vacation on a ship that is dry docked. I'd like to find the ep listed, supposedly Ozzie and Harriet go down to Mexico for lunch.

That A&E biography was so well done. I wish I would have taped it.

It was wonderful. I may consider buying it on DVD, if its available.

One of my tapes is mislabeled "Cruise Down for Lunch" or "Fly Down for Lunch", something like that, but the actual ep is "Cruise for Harriet", where Harriet books a vacation on a ship that is dry docked. I'd like to find the ep listed, supposedly Ozzie and Harriet go down to Mexico for lunch.

Flying Down to Lunch is Ozzie and Joe, who in order to prove to their wives that they can be spontaneous, hitch a ride with a friend at the golf club to Mexico.

Oy, yes, the confusing titles. Like Making Wally Study and The Study System. And of course we can't forget the cheesier DVD sets like one that got the titles totally wrong - calling "Orchids and Violets" Free Flowers and Free Dance Lessons for "Ozzie A Go Go." My set of eps is sm. enough (180) that I've been able to iron out most of the confusion. But I did learn one good lesson. If you think you've gotten a "repeater" ep (e.g. like your 5th of "Making Wally Study") take a look at the first few min. - it may be a totally different ep incorrectly labeled. That happened to me on a set - the title listed was "Making Wally Study" but when I went to view it (prompted by a new poster who asked a question) I found out it was a totally different ep "The Study System" - so I ended up with a new ep I never knew I had.

Season by Season would likely end A LOT of the confusion - but I still don't mind getting a cross section of eps either. I just review everyting on DVD sets though to make sure what looks like a repeater ep is actually one.

You know what I hate about some of those cheesier cheap sets..They have a pic on the cover that I'm sure THEY think is of all the Nelsons, but in fact is Ozzie Harriet Ricky and Jimmy!!! Not Dave! sitting around the Nelson dning room table.

I can't remember what the guys last name is. He plays Jimmy the bridegroom in Rick and the Marton of Honor.

Everytime I see that cover, it boils my blood.

You know what I hate about some of those cheesier cheap sets..They have a pic on the cover that I'm sure THEY think is of all the Nelsons, but in fact is Ozzie Harriet Ricky and Jimmy!!! Not Dave! sitting around the Nelson dning room table.

I can't remember what the guys last name is. He plays Jimmy the bridegroom in Rick and the Marton of Honor.

Everytime I see that cover, it boils my blood.

NOW THAT is cheesey. At least on the DVD sets I have its the Nelson Family or at least no one depicted as a Nelson who isn't. Screwing up an ep. title for two closely related eps or titles is understandable and forgivable. But calling "Orchids and Violets" Free Flowers is way off. Thank God the visual quality isn't off on any of my sets - the voice and pictures are fine even if the ep is edited down a little bit. On Digiview, the visual & sound quality can sometimes be crappy - but their stuff is $1 a DVD - so......you get what you pay for. On my uncut eps, which unfortunately are on VHS sets (yecch- I so hate VHS) the cost per ep avgs $5 an ep -much more than on the DVDs. On one VH S set, Nostalgia, which was a splurge for me the eps wer $9 each (2 eps for $18) but they were flawless and had everything-orig. commericals too.

The one cheap ($ wise) DVD set that, all things considered, is pretty decent is Mill Creek. Some of the eps even have commericials. Actually they really are quite wonderful, having released 100 eps all at once. Kudos to them for that.

And of course the wonderful SHOUT! Not only have they released two rather decent DVD sets but they also have released other shows that I never thought would see the light of day - like Room 222 & The Paper Chase.

The two shows above were ones I craved to see in the privacy of my home - and I spent recent weeks going thru S#1 of both. But now that I have.. it's nice to really be back on the Ozzie bds -
there is nothing as satisfying as a particularly good ep of The Adv. of O & H! I'm sure many of you can i.d.

I'm fine with VHS. Most of my collection is on VHS. Really enjoy seeing the old commercials, and of course Ricky singing. I was very surprised to see Batman's Aunt Harriet - Madge Blake - on a couple episodes. Also interesting to see the actors/actresses that turned up on various eps as different characters.

An episode from the 1957-59 era features The Four Preps singing "The Sphinx Won't Tell". The story line revolved around picking up tuxedos as best I can remember. I had the audio of this show & it became a favorite. If you know the title of this episode and where I might get a DVD or VHS tape copy, I would be very pleased to hear from you. My e-mail address is DwEastlan@aol.com. Should you reply, please put Ozzie & Harriet in the subject line. Thanks!

Don Williams