- You think of Ozzie Nelson each time you eat a bowl of ice cream.

- And you are tempted to prounce it ice CREAM (emphasis on the cream) instead of ICE cream. (emphasis on the ICE).

- You try to play the closing theme song on your piano.

Okay, folks: start listing!

I visit the malt shop every chance I get. Then I'm going over to the dance to play some rock and roll with the guys - we'll all be in suits and ties :)

You are a fan when you hear the song "Tutti Fruiti" you think of Ozzie


You are a fan when you meet someone named Rick you ask if they are a musician


You are a fan when you hear music from the country rock genre you immediety start humming one of Rick's country rock songs.


You are a fan when if you ever get to meet Barry Livingston and tell him you know him from Ozzie and Harriet rather than My Three Sons

You must be a fan when you pray that someday, you'll have all 435 episodes.

Whenever you see a heavy guy, you expect him to immediately come out with a crazy laugh and then ask to borrow ten dollars.


Your heart goes giddyup every time you see a new DVD release of the show, and realize it has eps on it you've never seen!

When someone mentions a "thorny problem," you immediately think of Don Defore.

When rice at a wedding reminds you of frat brother Jimmy and new wife Linda.

When you're watching high circus performers, you can imagine Ozzie saying "Nice work, boys!"

When watching the opening of The Monkees, the rolling bed reminds you of Rick's day in bed (initiated by Dean Hopkins).

When shopping for a lamp reminds you of June and Dave.

You refuse to recieve a shot of archipenaceeten (or "archipelicanseed", as Ricky calls it), preferring to stick with the old fashioned remedy Grandma Nelson used, Gaffney's Blood Tonic.

When someone mentions a "thorny problem," you immediately think of Don Defore.

When rice at a wedding reminds you of frat brother Jimmy and new wife Linda.

When you're watching high circus performers, you can imagine Ozzie saying "Nice work, boys!"

When watching the opening of The Monkees, the rolling bed reminds you of Rick's day in bed (initiated by Dean Hopkins).

When shopping for a lamp reminds you of June and Dave.

I love it! Those are really good ones Dusty! :lol:

Whenever you hear the word Kodak, it immediatly makes you think of volumes and volumes of Nelson photo albums.

Pineapples make you think of young married couples traveling to Hawaii (Trip Trap)

Whenever you see a thin wiry bald guy you swear he's someone's family doctor.

Law offices make you immediately think of Mr. Kelley and Miss Edwards.

You are a fan if you gargle with Listerine because you think "it will prevent getting a cold".

You are a fan if you look, almost every week, at Mill Creek Entertainment's website, hoping they have a new 100 episode set. (I do this all the time.)

your idea of cursing is muttering GOSH DARN THORNBERRY!!

When you would hear the Keebler Elf you'd smile and think of Darby!

While loving the nod to Ozzie and Harriet, you fume inside as some tv show makes a joke of having Ozzie and Harriet beds, because we all know They didn't have twin beds!!

You want to smack Carol Brady herself, Florence Henderson for always going around saying Mike and Carol were the first tv couple to share a bed.

You watch Happy Days just to hear references to Ozzie and Harriet.

**I actually read somewhere or maybe I heard it in a tv bio of Happy Days, but it was said that Garry Marshall used Ozzie Nelson as the prototype and basis for creating the ideal 50's dad Howard Cunningham.

you are a fan if you mix fruit cocktail in cherry ice cream to try to make it taste like tutti furtiy

If when you make pancakes from a mix, you search the box for a double your money back offer.

You know you're a fan when you can tell pick out right away which radio shows were later made into tv shows.

Ok true story..You know you're a fan When in 8th grade you had to do one of those carry an egg around with you for a week projects, and you named your Egg 'Erica Kristin'.

You know you're a fan when you can tell pick out right away which radio shows were later made into tv shows.Ricky: "Is David a dope, pop?" Ozzie: "Ricky, read your comic book.":lol:

When you would hear the Keebler Elf you'd smile and think of Darby!



Darby did the Keebler Elf voice? I never knew that! Wow.

When I think of Darby, I think of him and Ozzie sitting in the kitchen, eating their burgers, trying to fight off a craving for tutti frutti ice cream. "Hey Oz, this is great. I can't remember when I've enjoyed anything more." "You know what would make this even better, Darb? Tutti frutti ice CREAM.":D

I always loved that Ozzie loved ice cream so much. It's so common and ordinary, and who doesn't love ice cream. I love ice cream too. It was almost like a running gag ozzie and his ice cream.

And you ever notice in the episodes, Ozzie makes a lot of references to his own weight, like not needing the ice cream or commenting that he had put on weight, but Ozzie never wrote anything about Harriets weight, or her really making comments like that. Once in a while like a couple episodes only I can recall, Harriet made some sort of comment about losing weight, usually after Ozzie comments on his own and how he wants to go on a diet so Harriet joins him. Usually in tv shows you'd always see the female worrying about her weight and the guy caring less about it, or not mentioning it, or making comments about not being able to fit into something. You'd never see Ricky Ricardo and Fred Mertz worrying about their weight but Lucy and Ethel would go to any lenght to lose it.

Darby did the Keebler Elf voice? I never knew that! Wow.

Yes, Parley Baer was the voice of Ernie the Keebler elf for years and years and years until his death.

Now whenever I see the Keebler commericals, when I hear Ernie speak it just reminds me that Darb's not here anymore. :(

Your favorite episode of Growing Pains is the one where Skip Young and Parley Baer have a cameo!

Darbs working the counter at a diner which reminds me of the malt shop, and Wally's sitting at the counter. The give advice to Mike who's contemplating marriage.

You are a fan if you gargle with Listerine because you think "it will prevent getting a cold".

You are a fan if you look, almost every week, at Mill Creek Entertainment's website, hoping they have a new 100 episode set. (I do this all the time.)

That 100 ep Mill Creek set really is quite wonderful. It'd be fantastic if they rolled another out. And maybe Shout Factory will release another set- they've been just great at bringing shows out.