What's happening? Has anything been released? I never even got my T-shirt!

It's been 5 years and whenever someone asks about it, the response is that Sam is still working on it.

I hope Sam lives long enough, more importantly, I hope I live long enough to see this miracle project come to life. ;)

It's been 5 years and whenever someone asks about it, the response is that Sam is still working on it.


Hoo boy.

The last I heard, he was going to allow subscribers to view select episodes online. No word yet on a dvd.

The last I heard, he was going to allow subscribers to view select episodes online. No word yet on a dvd.


Sadly I think the project has tanked. And Sam is getting all crazy about people posting eps on the Internet. Sadly, that horse got let of the stable years ago. Yes a lot is on The Tube for free, but he still has lot's of treasures his and his alone. Release those on a DVD perhaps. If marketed correctly as prime vintage nostalgia, which it is, it could appeal to many-not just us hard-core O&H fans.

It's really sad when old films deteriorate to such an extent that they can't be saved, and all that's left is what was preserved as edited syndication prints on videotape. And some episodes which were officially released on DVD, also based on syndication prints. So what we're left with is public domain episodes of varying quality, some of which are at least complete. What a shame.

Sadly I think the project has tanked. And Sam is getting all crazy about people posting eps on the Internet. Sadly, that horse got let of the stable years ago. Yes a lot is on The Tube for free, but he still has lot's of treasures his and his alone. Release those on a DVD perhaps. If marketed correctly as prime vintage nostalgia, which it is, it could appeal to many-not just us hard-core O&H fans.

I think Sam was in over his head from the beginning. I've never understood why all the seasons had to be restored at once. Was he hoping for a syndication deal? It would have been better to release one season at a time than none at all, especially when you're taking donations. If this would have been a company instead of a Nelson, people would be livid.

I think Sam was in over his head from the beginning. I've never understood why all the seasons had to be restored at once. Was he hoping for a syndication deal? It would have been better to release one season at a time than none at all, especially when you're taking donations. If this would have been a company instead of a Nelson, people would be livid.
Yes, he was in way over his head. He should have come clean at some point, and said "sorry folks, but this isn't going to happen". But he gets angry when anyone suggests he is ripping off the fans.

As a major contributor to the project, I say honestly I spent about 12 hours with Sam, gf & dog and toured him the town of ridgefield park and still standing teaneck road home.

We had alot of conversations that i must leave "off the record" but can say his ambitions were real, maybe a bit too premature or naive out of innocence.

What I can say from our day of conversation, I was taped for the dvd extras, he had total intentions of releasing one season at a time, I showed him the O&H board here (he wasn't aware) and yes we discussed when all done, a hopeful "new" syndication package for Metv, Antenna, etc.

At the time, Sam had not gone through the entire film cans, so he discovered that many were beyond repair and just red dust, there were family estate issues, he came through with every item i was entitled to being a "large" contributor.

We conversed for awhile, but haven't followed up with him in years, but please trust me the Sam I spent that sunny day with, was 100% sincere intentions.

PS.....I would like to add without writing anything too personal or private of the Nelson family, the stories Sam shared with me growing up being very close to his grandma Harriet are something so heartwarming I will never forget.

As a major contributor to the project, I say honestly I spent about 12 hours with Sam, gf & dog and toured him the town of ridgefield park and still standing teaneck home.

We had alot of conversations that i must leave "off the record" but can say his ambitions were real, maybe a bit too premature or naive out of innocence.

What I can say from our day of conversation, I was taped for the dvd extras, he had total intentions of releasing one season at a time, I showed him the O&H board here (he wasn't aware) and yes we discussed when all done, a hopeful "new" syndication package for Metv, Antenna, etc.

At the time, Sam had not gone through the entire film cans, so he discovered that many were beyond repair and just red dust, there were family estate issues, he came through with every item i was entitled to being a "large" contributor.

We conversed for awhile, but haven't followed up with him in years, but please trust me the Sam I spent that sunny day with, was 100% sincere intentions.

PS.....I would like to add without writing anything too personal or private of the Nelson family, the stories Sam shared with me growing up being very close to his grandma Harriet are something so heartwarming I will never forget.

I think Sam had good intentions, but I’m glad I only donated $50. At least I got a cool T-shirt and a good pic. I’m certainly not resentful in any way. I think he wanted to do something to bring himself and O&H fans close to his heritage, but the project was MUCH more complex than he realized.

Ozzie was such a great overseer/producer of the show, and put together 400+ great episodes (allowing for a few duds). But decisions made later, I don't know. Why were the copyrights allowed to expire? Other than for Disney Channel, were the episodes ever transferred to videotape? (I'd doubt it, since that would be a source to convert to DVD, if the 35mm's had deteriorated).

Ozzie was such a great overseer/producer of the show, and put together 400+ great episodes (allowing for a few duds). But decisions made later, I don't know. Why were the copyrights allowed to expire? Other than for Disney Channel, were the episodes ever transferred to videotape? (I'd doubt it, since that would be a source to convert to DVD, if the 35mm's had deteriorated).

Out of 435 eps maybe 10 were duds. Not a bad %! Too bad copyrights were allowed to expire.

As a major contributor to the project, I say honestly I spent about 12 hours with Sam, gf & dog and toured him the town of ridgefield park and still standing teaneck road home.

We had alot of conversations that i must leave "off the record" but can say his ambitions were real, maybe a bit too premature or naive out of innocence.

What I can say from our day of conversation, I was taped for the dvd extras, he had total intentions of releasing one season at a time, I showed him the O&H board here (he wasn't aware) and yes we discussed when all done, a hopeful "new" syndication package for Metv, Antenna, etc.

At the time, Sam had not gone through the entire film cans, so he discovered that many were beyond repair and just red dust, there were family estate issues, he came through with every item i was entitled to being a "large" contributor.

We conversed for awhile, but haven't followed up with him in years, but please trust me the Sam I spent that sunny day with, was 100% sincere intentions.

PS.....I would like to add without writing anything too personal or private of the Nelson family, the stories Sam shared with me growing up being very close to his grandma Harriet are something so heartwarming I will never forget.

I envy you. I would have loved to meet Sam. And I am in agreement; I think his intentions were good - he just bit of more than he could chew without realizing it.

I hope he’ll reach out, or create an opportunity to meet with fans of the show.

I envy you. I would have loved to meet Sam. And I am in agreement; I think his intentions were good - he just bit of more than he could chew without realizing it.

I hope he’ll reach out, or create an opportunity to meet with fans of the show.

Sam was a very gentle sweet man during the day I was with him, video taped, and then we went to the correct Teaneck road home, the original house number was changed decades ago, But I knew the correct house that still stands. Then to Ozzie Nelson Drive near the High School in Ridgefield Park. All captured on Tape.

Please remember when Sam started the kickstarter project, the long time very large Nelson family lawyer was still "in-charge", After my day with Sam as mentioned we emailed a few times, he sent me the rick cd boxset, plaque with my name, etc. He told me of his sincere disappointment when finding that a huge amount of early season episodes were beyond repair. He then had the UCLA restoration consortium start doing restorations, this is extremely expensive frame by frame. At least at UCLA....at the time.

I emailed with the family lawyer on a subject, without malice i found him to be very uncooperative or again for "legal reasons here", we simply were not on the same page. I have no idea as of this writing who in charge/represents the Nelson estate now, so again this post does not reflect on any current Nelson estate representation. Remember family patriarch David was the legal decision maker along with the lawyer. I stress I have had no contact for no particular reasons with Sam or the Nelson estate in many years. I simply moved onto other projects.

Please read in between the lines, I will "say" When you have many family members in an estate, though "they" may not show any legal ambition to restore the series or keep its history preserved for future generations, when one family member has an interest, with potential "possible" profits, (legal disclaimer) I "write" this with "opinion & no legal fact" as my "opinions do not reflect any Nelson family member, estate, or legal representation" (current or past) some start to demand profits before a film can is open.

The above editorial opinion does not represent/reflect upon any Nelson family member and/or current/past legal Nelson family representation.

Sounds like the bottom line of all of this is that a complete series DVD set of all 435 episodes in complete uncut form won't be happening which is unfortunate.
I don't want DVD's with cut up/edited episodes, I won't waste money on that junk. My O & H viewing has been limited to You Tube as I've found some uncut episodes on there.

I'd be happy if they did anything. If you can't get the early seasons, get the later ones.

No law says you can do season sets starting with S8 for example.

Oh, and include Ricky's songs. I'd pay extra, and so probably would others.

Heck, I'd be happy to buy a lousy looking public domain version of the entire series, all episodes no matter if they're restored or not. Most important thing is to be able to see them and the public domain versions I've seen are certainly watchable and and certainly very enjoyable. The RTV versions of old and the current EZ Living or whatever that channel is called they only show those public domain versions and I certainly haven't a problem watching them. Most important is to GET ALL of THEM OUT on DVD beautiful or lousy, get them out and available on DVD. I'd be happy.:wave:

It's too bad that Sam's project will apparently never reach fruition, but from a fan's point of view, between the DVD sets that were released about a dozen years ago and all of the episodes that are on Youtube (many posted by O&H crew member Jack Iannarelli's nephew, Mike Iannarelli [BandstandMike]), fans of the show certainly have plenty of O&H to watch.

Mike has even posted the 1981 KTLA O&H Christmas special featuring Dave, Harriet, and other cast members (but no Rick, who according to biographers refused to participate) and old clips. I had read about this but never saw it until he posted it. Mike also has posted the 1998 A&E Biography about the Nelsons, which David, Rick's kids, and Ozzie's brother Don all participated in.

At any rate, the DVD era, while not quite over, certainly has passed its heyday, much like with CDs. I am glad that I have the O&H DVDs that I do, but I don't need to use them to watch O&H. Much like with Rick's records--I have a lot of CDs, but even a lot of Rick's lesser known later recordings can be heard for free on YouTube, and many of his O&H performances (albeit almost always mimed) can be found on there too.

It's too bad that Sam's project will apparently never reach fruition, but from a fan's point of view, between the DVD sets that were released about a dozen years ago and all of the episodes that are on Youtube (many posted by O&H crew member Jack Iannarelli's nephew, Mike Iannarelli [BandstandMike]), fans of the show certainly have plenty of O&H to watch.

Mike has even posted the 1981 KTLA O&H Christmas special featuring Dave, Harriet, and other cast members (but no Rick, who according to biographers refused to participate) and old clips. I had read about this but never saw it until he posted it. Mike also has posted the 1998 A&E Biography about the Nelsons, which David, Rick's kids, and Ozzie's brother Don all participated in.

At any rate, the DVD era, while not quite over, certainly has passed its heyday, much like with CDs. I am glad that I have the O&H DVDs that I do, but I don't need to use them to watch O&H. Much like with Rick's records--I have a lot of CDs, but even a lot of Rick's lesser known later recordings can be heard for free on YouTube, and many of his O&H performances (albeit almost always mimed) can be found on there too.

Between all the DVD sets I bought, and YT! I probably have at least 300 of the eps. While it would have been great to get all 435, 300+ is good enough, chopped up or not.

And I know I have at least 20+ uncut eps, which is nice.

Between all the DVD sets I bought, and YT! I probably have at least 300 of the eps. While it would have been great to get all 435, 300+ is good enough, chopped up or not.

And I know I have at least 20+ uncut eps, which is nice.
To me the nice thing about the first Shout DVD set is the commentary on four of the episodes...although Sam did not add a whole lot (I would've preferred Tracy, who knew more about the show and knew more of the people involved in the show)...but having Dave offer his commentary on those episodes was great...good thing it got done, because not long after, he was gone.

To me the nice thing about the first Shout DVD set is the commentary on four of the episodes...although Sam did not add a whole lot (I would've preferred Tracy, who knew more about the show and knew more of the people involved in the show)...but having Dave offer his commentary on those episodes was great...good thing it got done, because not long after, he was gone.

Yes I liked the Shout sets a lot too.

But the best set I Ever got was an old VHS cassette 20 years ago from Madacy. It had 4 uncut eps on it - all fantastic(Ozzie’s Night Out, The Motorcycles, The Fraternity Pin, Wally’s Traffic Ticket)

Heck, I'd be happy to buy a lousy looking public domain version of the entire series, all episodes no matter if they're restored or not. Most important thing is to be able to see them and the public domain versions I've seen are certainly watchable and and certainly very enjoyable. The RTV versions of old and the current EZ Living or whatever that channel is called they only show those public domain versions and I certainly haven't a problem watching them. Most important is to GET ALL of THEM OUT on DVD beautiful or lousy, get them out and available on DVD. I'd be happy.:wave:

If you know the show, would love to discuss an ep. Pick one of your favs and/ or maybe a theme and we all can discuss. While I am a A-ZGame Junkie - I’d rather mainline on this!

I met with Sam a while back. The challenge is simple: to clean up, frame by frame, each episode, then digitize each is very expensive. So expensive it most likely outweighs the revenue from sales. Why? Because the episodes are already readily available for free or very little money on DVD. How many consumers are there that would spend what it would cost to by the best quality episodes when they already have access to pretty good quality now?

That's a great point. The fact that they're public domain would make it hard to make money. One thing that's lacking--almost all of the final season, produced originally in color, either has copies that look really bad, or are from 16mm black and white prints. A good production of the color episodes would be a definite plus.

Also if 35mm prints of the color episodes exist, I'd buy it even if it wasn't remastered, but merely run onto DVD.

One issue would be Rick's performances, but the family owns the music, as I understand it.

I think a box set of personal videos, interviews, reminiscing, and a few very high quality eps with uncut commercials, might sell well. ,

The complete episode, as originally produced, is something that's missing in the DVD era. You'd think they would have gone all out for Andy Griffith, for example. But really there are only some of them with the original cast commercials intact. The original closing credits are played over Andy and Opie returning from the fishing, but these are all on the DVDs playing over a plain background (as they do in videotape syndication). Old syndication film copies of some of the color episodes retained the original closing credits, some of which are on Youtube (as are some of the B/W ones).

With O&H many of the episodes on public domain DVDs are complete with original brought-to-you-bys, and the original commercials--a definite plus.

Heck, I'd be happy to buy a lousy looking public domain version of the entire series, all episodes no matter if they're restored or not. Most important thing is to be able to see them and the public domain versions I've seen are certainly watchable and and certainly very enjoyable. The RTV versions of old and the current EZ Living or whatever that channel is called they only show those public domain versions and I certainly haven't a problem watching them. Most important is to GET ALL of THEM OUT on DVD beautiful or lousy, get them out and available on DVD. I'd be happy.:wave:

Absolutely, that would be nice. But I’ve kind of resigned myself this isn’t very likely to happen. I know hard core collectors can probably get over 400 of the 435. I’m content with access to about 300-325. Probably 25 are complete with the commercials. But yeah, a complete 435 ep set, even with flaws, would be fantastic.

I met with Sam a while back. The challenge is simple: to clean up, frame by frame, each episode, then digitize each is very expensive. So expensive it most likely outweighs the revenue from sales. Why? Because the episodes are already readily available for free or very little money on DVD. How many consumers are there that would spend what it would cost to by the best quality episodes when they already have access to pretty good quality now?
If this is the case, then why hasn't he gone public with this information? He should just be honest and tell all those who contributed to his kickstarter campaign that "it's not going to happen, and everyone will get their money back".

If this is the case, then why hasn't he gone public with this information? He should just be honest and tell all those who contributed to his kickstarter campaign that "it's not going to happen, and everyone will get their money back".

As much as I hate saying it, I’m always skeptical of fundraising efforts like this, and just gave an amount I’d be OK losing. I only gave $50 and did get a credit mention, a cute t shirt and a photo. So I’m not angry at all, feel more badly for Sam as I think the disappointment and difficulties hit him hard—maybe embarrassed him.

I definitely think Sam is forthright, honest and meant well, but didn’t realize this project was too difficult to actuate. And everything he said he would do, and could do, he did do—at least IMO. It was just too big and difficult of a project

One other thing that could be done, is that there is a list of episodes that are definitely not in circulation. Just to archive the show they could try to locate some kind of copy of these episodes--"The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet--The Lost Episodes".

I'm told that 35mm films "keep" quite well, despite the film falling apart stories we've heard. The narrower 16mm films are the one ones that suffer the problems. Given that the un-circulated episodes were not chopped up for Disney, it's possible some could be located.

Rumor has it that this project is still alive, and we'll hear more by summer.

Rumor has it that this project is still alive, and we'll hear more by summer.

Yes I see the chatter that's going on over at the Home Theater Forum. Curious to learn more information whenever an announcement is made.

I just got an email from the Kickstarter Campaign today.

Yes I see the chatter that's going on over at the Home Theater Forum. Curious to learn more information whenever an announcement is made.

Could you share the link to the thread over on HTF? I'd like to read some of that chatter.

After hearing nothing for so long, I kind of thought this whole thing was dead and at a standstill.

One thing that concerns me is I'd hope they plan to include Ricky's songs, which were an integral part of so many episodes.

Could you share the link to the thread over on HTF? I'd like to read some of that chatter.

After hearing nothing for so long, I kind of thought this whole thing was dead and at a standstill.

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/is-the-b-w-era-of-tv-on-dvd-slowly-coming-to-an-end.311401/page-195

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/ozzie-harriet-release-from-sam-nelson.361854/page-10

Well it appears that MPI is the studio that will be issuing the O & H DVD's, I like this because MPI has done a good job with other classic TV series such as Family Affair, Here's Lucy, My Favorite Martian, etc. All 14 seasons and 435 episodes of O & H are being planned, this is good news but will continue to wait for further information as time goes along.

I just got an email from the Kickstarter Campaign today.

could you share the email you got from the kickstarter campaign?, i have sams' personal email and have gotten no response, i was the contributor that put him over the top of original goal, got interviewed even, as i gave so much money, spent a lovely afternoon with sam in ridgefield park showing him the correct original house, trust me my avatar doesn't lie.....LOL........but so far from what sam told me personally regarding the film masters turning to rust, there will never be a complete series release. Not being negative, Sam told me wonderful stories not to be shared, he is a lovely soul.

TeeVee,

See post #229 from this thread on Home Theater Forum:

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/ozzie-harriet-release-from-sam-nelson.361854/page-12

Here's the first release, apparently: a deluxe 100-episode set by Time Life.

https://timelife.com/products/the-adventures-of-ozzie-harriet-deluxe-edition?utm_medium=affil&utm_source=ebay&utm_campaign=Y81GAFFXXX&affiliate_id=21181&click_id=3669999416&utm_content=21181&clickId=3669999416

Yep, and there's a 50 episode standard set, too.

For these prices they better include Rick's songs!

S14 (Ep400) - The Nelsons Revisited - on this set--until I assume now, has only been available in black and white.

Here's the first release, apparently: a deluxe 100-episode set by Time Life.

https://timelife.com/products/the-adventures-of-ozzie-harriet-deluxe-edition?utm_medium=affil&utm_source=ebay&utm_campaign=Y81GAFFXXX&affiliate_id=21181&click_id=3669999416&utm_content=21181&clickId=3669999416

As soon as I saw the news headlines at the top of the forum page saying the set is out, I immediately ordered the set.

As far as I know, MPI still has plans to release the entire series on DVD, all 14 seasons and 435 episodes. It won't be released this year so just continuing to wait for some sort of announcement from MPI.

As far as I know, MPI still has plans to release the entire series on DVD, all 14 seasons and 435 episodes. It won't be released this year so just continuing to wait for some sort of announcement from MPI.

I've been reading HTF and see your point in waiting. Someone did show a camera shot of the back of one of the T-L boxes showing MPI's logo, so regardless of the MPI rep's comments, MPI had to be involved in this set.

On the other hand, who knows how long it would be before MPI could assemble a full set of 435 episodes? Possibly 2022, maybe not, maybe never. And by the time I'd realize that it's not gonna happen, the T-L set could be discontinued.

Off that subject, so far we know that "Road Race" is an edited episode--edited "back in the day" to make room for a later addition of Rick's hit, Travelin' Man, in a rerun. That's a goof and these things happen, and probably will also happen on the MPI set. "Road Race" should have been corrected using different sources to fill out the edits.

One added comment: for a set this expensive, it should be remastered to correct an error like putting an edited "Road Race" on there.

I'm not interested in the set from Time Life so will wait and see what MPI comes up with.

I agree that's unfortunate about the "Road Race" episode and the error should have been corrected. Maybe MPI will correct the error when/if they release their DVD's.

I am glad that MPI is involved with this because they have a fairly good track record regarding classic TV on DVD. Family Affair, Here's Lucy, My Favorite Martian are a few examples.

I'd like to point out I was merely stating my rationale for buying the T-L set, not trying to convince anyone else to buy it. I'm not on their payroll or anything!

And I also look forward to a complete series set. I do agree MPI does good sets. I didn't go and check, but I think they also put out Donna Reed Show seasons 1-5, with a re-do and improvement of seasons 1-3 that were put out originally by Arts Alliance America/Virgil Films.

It appears that seasons 1 and 2 of Ozzie & Harriet are on their way to DVD from MPI, release date is in May about two months from now. Episodes are said to be complete but will see what reviews say, I want to read a few reviews first before ordering these.

I keep thinking about how awful the audio was on the season 1 Traffic Signal episode, on the T-L set. I hope they straighten out stuff like that.

It appears that seasons 1 and 2 of Ozzie & Harriet are on their way to DVD from MPI, release date is in May about two months from now. Episodes are said to be complete but will see what reviews say, I want to read a few reviews first before ordering these.

Seasons 3 and 4 are now available on preorder. Please support Sitcomsonline and order using TJ's links, above.

The prices on season 1 (and probably 2) have reduced on the extended preorder, to 22.99--possibly the same will happen with 3 and 4.

I'm not particularly fond of the early seasons, I prefer the show when Rick and Dave are older, so I will probably wait until we get a little farther along in the series to start buying the dvds - assuming they do the whole series. Sam kept us in the dark for so long, I still feel like there is going to be more problems along the way.

Who is Sam?

Sam Nelson, one of Rick's sons.

And as it turns out, yes, there is a problem. Seasons 13 and 14 were supposed to be released this week, but I have checked multiple sites, and nobody has them. I would think it would be easy enough for Sam or MPI to send out a press release saying "we're sorry, but there's been a hold up with the final seasons of Ozzie and Harriet, and we don't yet know when they will be available." It would be a shame if they got this far along in the project, and never got the final seasons released. I know these are probably the least popular years of the show - Ozzie and Harriet must have seemed very old fashioned and quaint compared to Batman and Gilligan's Island. Rick's records weren't selling anymore, the teens had moved on to the Beatles and Herman's Hermits. Oh well, I still have my grainy old VHS copies.

And as it turns out, yes, there is a problem. Seasons 13 and 14 were supposed to be released this week, but I have checked multiple sites, and nobody has them. I would think it would be easy enough for Sam or MPI to send out a press release saying "we're sorry, but there's been a hold up with the final seasons of Ozzie and Harriet, and we don't yet know when they will be available." It would be a shame if they got this far along in the project, and never got the final seasons released. I know these are probably the least popular years of the show - Ozzie and Harriet must have seemed very old fashioned and quaint compared to Batman and Gilligan's Island. Rick's records weren't selling anymore, the teens had moved on to the Beatles and Herman's Hermits. Oh well, I still have my grainy old VHS copies.

It's really odd. Several months ago they were delayed until January, then changed to September, then October. Instead of yet another delay, they are simply unavailable.

I agree with the post above--I like the later seasons better than the early ones. I was most looking forward to the color season. So, we wait--not knowing anything.

I now have a shipped notice on season 13. It appears season 14 is delayed until Nov. 9.

It's really odd. Several months ago they were delayed until January, then changed to September, then October. Instead of yet another delay, they are simply unavailable.

I agree with the post above--I like the later seasons better than the early ones. I was most looking forward to the color season. So, we wait--not knowing anything.
A lot of the VHS tapes I had collected over the years included eps from the final season, but they were in black and white. Go figure! One of them had a message from Neil Hamilton, aka Commissioner Gordon, at the end.

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0CLFMN22B/happydaysonline3-20

Ozzie and Harriet complete series DVD coming in December.

Ahh, finally this is the news I've been patiently or not so patiently waiting for. The complete set is finally coming.:happyface I've been holding off all this time buying the season by season releases waiting finally for the complete set to be released before I pounced.

Though a bit odd that they choose to release this just a couple days before Christmas (Dec. 19). If this was to be a gift it would probably be too late to give it to someone. Not to mention you may be broke by Dec. 19 and not be able to afford it that close to Christmas even for yourself. Seems this should be released at the beginning of December when everybody is still in the money not in the middle:confused:. Though to be a Debbie Downer seeing how these releases have gone so far it may not be till February next year before it's actually released. The good news is it's now finally in the works!:D

I can see why this series set was delayed, since it appears they finally just finished season 14. It was delayed a couple of times, even the "real" release was delayed around a week, with no official rescheduling.

So as of now they have it done, all mastered, so it really should be released sometime in November. Let's see if they move it up.

I gotta say, in the early seasons the episodes sometimes show their age, with varying picture problems here or there. They are mastered to 4X3 aspect ratio HD, but released on DVD. As the series progresses, the picture quality improves. The writing got sharper, and the boys' wives really added to to comedy in the later seasons. I enjoy the casting and writing much more in the later seasons. I'm really looking forward to watching the complete 14th season--all episodes are in glorious color, except the one episode that is held over from season 13, "The Nelsons Revisited."

I agree that the release date should be in November or early December. It would make the perfect gift for the Ozzie and Harriet fan.

It doesn't really seem fair that people bought the individual season sets don't get the 2 extra discs with special features. They should sell them seperately or make them available with proof of purchase.

Were any of those special features included on previous releases?

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: The Complete Restored Series - 50-disc set includes all 14 seasons of the hit show + 2 brand new extra discs packed with hours of materials!

Special Features include:

Featurettes: The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet Revisited, Ozzie's Boys, Remembering Ricky, Restoring History, A Conversation with Ozzie ● ​Cast Commercials ​​● Promotional Spots ​● Ricky's Birthday Surprise ​● Doing Right By David ​● Nelson Family Home Movies (1930s-1950s) ​● Rick Nelson Home Movies (1960s) ​● Ozzie & Harriet Christmas Special ​● The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet Radio Show – February 20, 1949

Purchase it from Amazon.com:

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0CLFMN22B/happydaysonline3-20

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I figured that a complete series release with extras and special features would be forthcoming once the 14 individual seasons were issued. MPI wants to milk this like a cash cow. I'm not really much for special features so I'm fine with the individual seasons, I just wish MPI had formatted the DVD's in full screen, instead they pillarboxed them. For those like me who watch on a CRT TV, the episodes play with black bars on all four sides of the screen which is not really a good thing at all.

The other thing with the DVD's is that about a dozen episodes are rebroadcast versions instead of the original airings. I imagine that maybe this couldn't be avoided because the originals might be damaged or lost so they had to go with the rebroadcasts, it's only about a dozen episodes out of the 435 so not really a major issue, for me the main issue is the lack of full screen formatting.

Were any of those special features included on previous releases?



The following was a bonus features disc of Vol. 2 of the O & H set that was released by Time Life a couple of years ago:

Remembering Ricky
Restoring History
A Conversation with Ozzie
Cast Commercials ​​
Promotional Spots ​
Ricky's Birthday Surprise ​
Doing Right By David
Nelson Family Home Movies (1930s-1950s) ​
Rick Nelson Home Movies (1960s) ​
Ozzie & Harriet Christmas Special ​

The radio episode is available at archive.org . It's also on the set "The Best of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet" released by Shout! Factory.

The color episodes from the 14th season look very good on the DVD's.

The color episodes from the 14th season look very good on the DVD's.

They sure do! Many of them are network prints that include the ABC 1960s color bumper at the beginning.

As I mentioned in another post, the only black and white episode, "The Nelsons Revisited", was a holdover from season 13.

They sure do! Many of them are network prints that include the ABC 1960s color bumper at the beginning.

As I mentioned in another post, the only black and white episode, "The Nelsons Revisited", was a holdover from season 13.

On the season 14 DVD, the last episode on disc 1, and every episode on discs 2, 3, and 4 have the ABC Network in color bumpers at the beginning.

Too bad that The Nelsons Revisited episode is in black and white, but as you said it was a holdover show from season 13.

Some years ago I purchased an "unofficial" DVD set of the Batman TV series with Adam West, the set has 24 DVD's, 20 discs with the 120 episodes from the series, and 4 bonus discs with extra material, one of the bonus discs has the 1966 Batman movie. All the episodes from season 1, and a few from season 2 have the ABC Network in color bumpers at the beginning.

Since then, the series has had an official DVD release but I haven't purchased it because I'm content with the set I have. I'd be curious to know if the official DVD's also have the ABC Network in color bumpers at the start of the episodes.

The unofficial set I have appears sourced from network prints, episodes are complete and there are "Place Commercial Here" bumpers in between scenes, and also includes the next weeks villain announcement/bumper at the end of episodes.

I don't know that answer, but I'm at a loss as to why these bumpers aren't normally included. I got one of those unofficial sets of Silver Spoons, and the season 4 episodes taken from MeTV Chicago were complete with the original "will return after these messages" bumpers. Obviously, network print full dubs. The Home Improvement official DVD sets had no bumpers, yet those animated bumpers were very clever and imaginative.

Now that the complete series is out, I am hoping Sam might turn his attention to some other shows. I'd like to see Ozzie's Girls - four eps are on You Tube, but certainly the Nelson family must have others. There was also a terrific film Dave did of Rick and the Stone Canyon Band on tour in 1970 titled "Easy to Be Free". A few clips from that film turned up later in Dave's tribute to his brother, "Rick Nelson: A Brother Remembers", which aired on the Disney Channel in 1987. This also should be released on DVD.