Just once i'd love to see an episode where she meddles in other people's private lives and it blows up back in her face spectacularly. She's always so smug and know it all when giving her opinion especially when no one asks her for it.

I don't know why the Baxter's didn't toss her out on the street the day they met her. I sure would have! Just clean the toilets and shut the hell up.

I know just how you feel. THOUGH, it took me decades to get to the point where you are now. I have always said Hazel & Adv. of Superman (George Reeves) were my 2 all time favorite shows. I saw Hazel as a kid in the '60's when it was first broadcast. I started watching again when it finally returned to TV on CBN in the mid to late '80's. I've been watching on a weekly basis since then (the '80s). So I've seen Hazel now so many times I can predict every move. But still I enjoyed the series immensely. UNTIL about 4 years ago, I found myself getting angry and angrier as the show went on and Hazel continued to butt in everybody's business constantly undermining Mr. B, going against his wishes, actively opposing him and plotting with the rest of the family against him. It got to the point I couldn't stand to watch it anymore without feeling like yelling at the screen "YOU'RE FIRED!!":mad: (This was before our president made this famous).

At any rate finally this last go round with Hazel watching every week I decided would be my last. I would just have to give Hazel watching a break if I wanted to control my blood pressure. So as of about a month or more ago I reached the last episode (I've always watched her with DVDs and always in episode guide order) after watching that last episode I decided that's it, no more for a while. So I no longer find myself getting hopping mad when watching my great old sitcoms, Hazel is on the shelf now for who knows how long, at least a couple years. I'm hoping I will be able to return to Hazel and enjoy it again as I used to for so long. But for now, it's break time for me. My blood pressure thanks me too.:rolleyes: I just couldn't take anymore of her big interfering mouth constantly going against what Mr. B. commanded.

I think Mr B almost let her go on that episode where she blabbed about his appointment to judge, losing him the job. As I recall Missy tried to talk him out of it, and as he was about to lower the boom, Hazel told him she loved him. Took the wind right out of his sails.

I have mixed feelings about her. She has good points, and bad, just as we all do. When she brought Deirdre and her daughter back together, she was at her best. When she screwed up the judge thing, she was at her worst. When she was dictating her "terms" to the other Mr B, she was also at her worst. Come to think of it, I probably can think of a lot more bad than good, unfortunately.

I think the only redeeming part of Hazel is how she is with the kid. Those two together are always the bright spot of the show because you can clearly see how genuinely fond of each other they are.
There was an episode recently where she met a man friend in the park who was clearly smitten with her, and the whole time she ignored him and treated him like dirt in favor of gossiping with others. I was wishing the man friend would just slap her hard and leave her standing there with a burning red cheek!

Yeah she really did care about Harold. I kind of felt sorry for her in the 4th season episode where he was in his tweens stage, and she was wiping ice cream off him, and he rejected her. She really should have known it would embarrass him in front of his friends--and the teacher tried to warn her--but she was still well-meaning and probably didn't know anything about raising a boy. The little girl he was fond of ultimately disappointed him (by dissing football), and she had him back for a little longer.

I know just how you feel. THOUGH, it took me decades to get to the point where you are now. I have always said Hazel & Adv. of Superman (George Reeves) were my 2 all time favorite shows. I saw Hazel as a kid in the '60's when it was first broadcast. I started watching again when it finally returned to TV on CBN in the mid to late '80's. I've been watching on a weekly basis since then (the '80s). So I've seen Hazel now so many times I can predict every move. But still I enjoyed the series immensely. UNTIL about 4 years ago, I found myself getting angry and angrier as the show went on and Hazel continued to butt in everybody's business constantly undermining Mr. B, going against his wishes, actively opposing him and plotting with the rest of the family against him. It got to the point I couldn't stand to watch it anymore without feeling like yelling at the screen "YOU'RE FIRED!!":mad: (This was before our president made this famous).

At any rate finally this last go round with Hazel watching every week I decided would be my last. I would just have to give Hazel watching a break if I wanted to control my blood pressure. So as of about a month or more ago I reached the last episode (I've always watched her with DVDs and always in episode guide order) after watching that last episode I decided that's it, no more for a while. So I no longer find myself getting hopping mad when watching my great old sitcoms, Hazel is on the shelf now for who knows how long, at least a couple years. I'm hoping I will be able to return to Hazel and enjoy it again as I used to for so long. But for now, it's break time for me. My blood pressure thanks me too.:rolleyes: I just couldn't take anymore of her big interfering mouth constantly going against what Mr. B. commanded.

Hazel is a good show but watching any show SUPER FREQUENTLY is bound to make you tired of it. I can take the shortcomings of Hazel with a grain of salt because I don't watch it that often. My pet peeve with the show? How Hazel ALWAYS saves the day. Honestly the only thing the writer's haven't had her do is discover a cure for cancer.

She meddled because she cared.

She meddled because she cared.


That's what meddlers often say to try to guilt trip their victims.:rolleyes:

P.S. I do remember ONE episode in which her meddling kinda backfired on her. It was when she tried to save this small lake that everyone else in town had good reason to get rid of. Anyway, it turned out that the REAL reason Hazel wanted to save it was that that was the spot where her sailor flame had courted her but then it turned out that he courted LOTS of landbound suitors there so, in the end, she joined the others to want to get rid of that lake!

You all made good points. I even hate to say anything negative about Hazel considering how I USED to feel about the show. I'll come back to it again and hopefully I'll be like Oh Nuts and ignore the maddening buttinsky sabotaging insubordinate traitorous actions of Hazel against her Lord & Master, Mr. B. :mad: Hmm, I felt myself getting mad again just thinking of all the reasons I couldn't stand watching anymore.:confused: OK, it's break time at least for a few years till I can get reach Oh Nuts's higher level of calm feeling about the show.:cool: I aspire to be Nuts.

Oh, another thing that annoyed me after a long while of watching was Dorothy's seeming constant threatening to leave Mr. B if he didn't obey Hazel's orders or do whatever Hazel wanted. Just once I would have loved Mr. B to say, there's the door, USE IT.

By the way, not all the shows were maddening, whenever Hazel and the Baxter family were ALL working together on one team, no one going behind anyone's back, those were the shows I still could enjoy. Generally when ALL the Baxters and Hazel are on the same page, those are the shows I could still watch with a smile. Like when the evil secretary tried to keep Hazel from attending her cousin's wedding, all Baxters were on same side then. When Hazel found painting of her as a little girl was painted by a now famous painter all were on same side, when Baxters and Hazel all helped out at the Italian restaurant run by the total sap Jamie Farr who didn't seem to know how to tie his own shoes much less be the owner of a restaurant. Also a handful of other episodes whenever Hazel was not betraying Mr. B, those are shows I could still enjoy.

I like it when Hazel reduces Deirdre a few notches. I also like it when Deirdre's meely-mouthed husband grows a couple once in awhile and tells her off.

I like it when Hazel reduces Deirdre a few notches. I also like it when Deirdre's meely-mouthed husband grows a couple once in awhile and tells her off.

Yeah that Diedre always had a major bug up her a**. The snob to end all snobs, and pushy too. Amazing how she never tripped over anything with her nose all up in the air and head tilted up. I WILL NEVER TIRE of watching Hazel take Diedre down! Gucci shoes and all.

You all made good points. I even hate to say anything negative about Hazel considering how I USED to feel about the show. I'll come back to it again and hopefully I'll be like Oh Nuts and ignore the maddening buttinsky sabotaging insubordinate traitorous actions of Hazel against her Lord & Master, Mr. B. :mad: Hmm, I felt myself getting mad again just thinking of all the reasons I couldn't stand watching anymore.:confused: OK, it's break time at least for a few years till I can get reach Oh Nuts's higher level of calm feeling about the show.:cool: I aspire to be Nuts.

Oh, another thing that annoyed me after a long while of watching was Dorothy's seeming constant threatening to leave Mr. B if he didn't obey Hazel's orders or do whatever Hazel wanted. Just once I would have loved Mr. B to say, there's the door, USE IT.

By the way, not all the shows were maddening, whenever Hazel and the Baxter family were ALL working together on one team, no one going behind anyone's back, those were the shows I still could enjoy. Generally when ALL the Baxters and Hazel are on the same page, those are the shows I could still watch with a smile. Like when the evil secretary tried to keep Hazel from attending her cousin's wedding, all Baxters were on same side then. When Hazel found painting of her as a little girl was painted by a now famous painter all were on same side, when Baxters and Hazel all helped out at the Italian restaurant run by the total sap Jamie Farr who didn't seem to know how to tie his own shoes much less be the owner of a restaurant. Also a handful of other episodes whenever Hazel was not betraying Mr. B, those are shows I could still enjoy.

You are definitely suffering from Hazel burnout!!! There are so many other great shows out there: Watch at least 4 or 5 of your other favs--and when you come to Hazel after a year or so you may see it with fresh eyes.

Hazel can be annoying sometimes with how she butts in to other people's business, but the way I look at it, it's a TV show, Shirley Booth is the star and Hazel is the main character the show revolves around, so Hazel had to have a boisterous personality in order for the show to work. If Hazel had a meek personality, kept quiet, always obeyed Mr. B. and strictly stayed to her household duties, that would be boring, few people would have watched and I imagine the show would have been cancelled fairly quickly.

Hazel would never have been fired, Shirley Booth was the star of the show. The scripts often had her at odds with Mr. B., who was supposed to be her boss, but Hazel was really the one in charge of the house whether Mr. B. liked it or not :lol:, that's the gimmick which made the show work. LOL, of course Hazel is always right. It was her show, it was named after her, Hazel could do no wrong. :lol:

The main gripe I have with the show is that I think it could have been written to be funnier, but instead there tends to be drama mixed in with the humor so the show plays more like a dramedy rather than a traditional sitcom.

My favorite season of the show is season 2, in my opinion that's overall the best season, several of my favorite episodes are from season 2, The Natural Athlete, Hazel's Luck, and Oh My Aching Back to name a few. :)

I like those episodes where she bargains with Mr B for a raise.

Hazel would never have been fired, Shirley Booth was the star of the show. The scripts often had her at odds with Mr. B., who was supposed to be her boss, but Hazel was really the one in charge of the house whether Mr. B. liked it or not :lol:, that's the gimmick which made the show work. LOL, of course Hazel is always right. It was her show, it was named after her, Hazel could do no wrong.


I used to watch reruns of Hazel when was younger, along with I Love Lucy, Donna Reed, Leave it to Beaver etc. because they were all on together. I have no interest in it now that I'm an adult and this is why. The show was basically a forerunner of today's overt liberal propaganda that all men are stupid, women have all the brains and really run the world but let men think they run it. Of course the mantra that women are discriminated against and held back by men is completely at odds with this but logic never seems to get in the way of liberal propaganda.

I thought I was the only one. I'm not a big Hazel fan. I thought she was a pushy broad. Clean a toilet and shut up.

This is slightly off-topic, but re the above, you could never have a show today that portrays a woman as inferior in any way. But it IS OK to portray a man as an idiot. I think Home Improvement is funny, but that's a prime example. One that would never fly now: George Burns and Gracie Allen.

I guess I'm in the minority here but Mr. B was always the one who annoyed the hell out of me. For a lawyer, he was pretty stupid. Always loved and rooted for Hazel because she always had a plan. She knew what she was doing almost every time. I never saw her as pushy or meddling. I saw her as the type of woman who got things done, pursued and persisted. If Mr. B was in charge, nothing would have ever got done. He'd be out playing golf all the time. LOL!

I think one of the only shows that realistically portrayed the man being smart and in charge was "I Love Lucy". Now of course Lucy wasn't stupid, but in the end, she always know her place and knew her husband was always the one in charge and made the decisions.
The wife on "Father Knows Best" is another one where the woman is shown as happy and content in her place and not brainwashed by some BS liberal/ERA cause. "All in the Family" really lit the fire on that when the 70's rolled around and set the stage for all that followed.

As far as Hazel, I started this thread because I watch every morning, and after viewing it cycle around a few times, I really started to notice what a bch she can be with the family and everyone around her with that superior and smug "I'm always right and know what's best for you even if you don't" attitude.

Of course as someone pointed out, it's just a show and Hazel saving the day is the whole point, but I would have loved to at least seen a dream episode where Hazel fights with Mr. B, and when she goes to sleep she has a nightmare where she's always wrong, gives bad advice, screws everything up, and gets tossed out on her rear. Then wakes up shaking in a cold sweat. It would instantly become my favorite episode. :rotflmao:

^I agree, that would have made a great episode. Too bad no writer thought of the idea.

I thought I was the only one. I'm not a big Hazel fan. I thought she was a pushy broad. Clean a toilet and shut up.

LOL, clean the toilet and shut up. If that's all she did then it wouldn't have been much of a TV show unless you like watching someone clean toilets. :crazy: :lol:
Hazel needed to be a meddling/busybody type of character in order for the show to work.

I used to watch reruns of Hazel when was younger, along with I Love Lucy, Donna Reed, Leave it to Beaver etc. because they were all on together. I have no interest in it now that I'm an adult and this is why. The show was basically a forerunner of today's overt liberal propaganda that all men are stupid, women have all the brains and really run the world but let men think they run it. Of course the mantra that women are discriminated against and held back by men is completely at odds with this but logic never seems to get in the way of liberal propaganda.

Because of the way Hazel is, I agree that the show tends to have a women are superior message to it, although I've never given it a political connection. I like the show but it's not my all time favorite, I watch once in a while and enjoy it for what it is.

There aren't too many episodes that have Dorothy's business as subject matter, but in the ones that do, of course Hazel is always there to interfere, toss in her two cents and lend a helping hand. :lol:

Because of the way Hazel is, I agree that the show tends to have a women are superior message to it, although I've never given it a political connection.


As a child, neither did I. But as an adult, seeing that it is the message of nearly everything on mainstream TV, it's pretty hard to ignore. And when you see virtually everyone in show business preach far left politics non-stop, it's impossible to ignore.

TV has always and still does portray men as a bunch of nincompoops. One of my least favorite ads today is that cell phone ad that shows an old couple wondering about phones as the old husband is totally lost as to what to buy till naturally his wife explains it all then he says "really?, Duh." (I added in the Duh, but he might as well have.) Women are 99% of the time shown as the brilliant intelligent ones while the men stand around with their mouths open in dumbfoundment.

But since when has TV/Radio/movies/books/plays (fiction in other words) EVER portrayed life as it really is?

One of the BIG LIES TV series/movies/old time radio shows/etc. loves to perpetuate is that all young hot women are
#1 Always single, unattached and free as a bird and horny to boot for old men
2. All young women immediately will fall in love and ready to marry after a man gives her a glance or a nod.
3. All young women are desperate for any old man that comes along even if he's not paying her any attention and she will immediately offer herself to him and then the biggest fiction of all, the old man will always respond to this situation by telling her, "I'm sorry, but I'm looking for an old bag to bang. I would never consider having fun with a young babe. By the way, is your grandmother available?" Well, some of that isn't really said, but the situation is accurate, as old guys are always portrayed to be extremely attractive to young hot unattached and extremely available young girls and the old men will always turn down THEIR propositions by saying he's looking for an old bat his age.:crazy: Right, sure.
OH, another great fiction, young hot single babes are always living right next door. Oh if only life were as it is on TV.:(

I used to watch reruns of Hazel when was younger, along with I Love Lucy, Donna Reed, Leave it to Beaver etc. because they were all on together. I have no interest in it now that I'm an adult and this is why. The show was basically a forerunner of today's overt liberal propaganda that all men are stupid, women have all the brains and really run the world but let men think they run it. Of course the mantra that women are discriminated against and held back by men is completely at odds with this but logic never seems to get in the way of liberal propaganda.

Funny I don't see those retro shows that way: They showed that bright women often had to be passive-aggessive to be heard or get what they want. This was especially true of Hazel. There was a great deal of sexism in the 50s, and that's just the way it was. Although in LITB I think both spouses had a great deal of respect for each other, so I don't that show is a good example.

I see the liberal agenda attacks not based on gender but on an inability to really accept a counter ideology; liberals would just as eagerly attack a Sarah Palin as a Mike Hukerbee.

Maybe this sounds a bit Pollyanna, but as a moderate Democrat with an occasional conservative leaning, Neither side is without some merit.

What I have learned to do is keep my mouth shut around my liberal friends. I may get some flak from some but my experience is liberals are only liberal as long as you completely agree with them (which I don't)

As a child, neither did I. But as an adult, seeing that it is the message of nearly everything on mainstream TV, it's pretty hard to ignore. And when you see virtually everyone in show business preach far left politics non-stop, it's impossible to ignore.

I agree that the media and many show business people have political leanings that are far to the left. It's very obvious.

Sure she's annoying at times. But she has a big heart. She's very good with Sport and I suspect with all kids. There was an episode this week where a little girl was mistakenly left behind by her parents at a gas station, and the little girl ran right to Hazel, who was warm and comforting.

Sure she's annoying at times. But she has a big heart. She's very good with Sport and I suspect with all kids. There was an episode this week where a little girl was mistakenly left behind by her parents at a gas station, and the little girl ran right to Hazel, who was warm and comforting.

Today, an amber alert probably would have gone out, and a nationwide hunt ensued, complete with TV alerts. The parents would have been arrested for child neglect, of course.

I'm kind of new to the board, but I'll just put my two cents worth. I think some of the frustration with Hazel's character probably comes from Hazel "burnout". Remember, originally you would have seen it only once a week even when they reran it in the summer. On FETV, we're getting two episodes five days a week (or is it six, don't remember). That said, Hazel running the household was kind of the running joke. In fact, that was rooted in the original one panel comic strip. However, Hazel did care about the family, and George realized that. In fact, ask this question to yourself: Would Hazel allowed Dorothy/Missy to have married George if she didn't like George. Like I said, not trying to start a fight, just giving my opinion on the matter.

OK, you've crossed a line, put up your dukes. :D Just kidding. I stopped watching Hazel about 2 months ago after watching it literally for 30 years in a row on either a twice a week, or when I started 5 times a week but in the last decade it was down to once a week. It took me 30 years to not be burned out by the show but when I became enraged every time Hazel dis-obeyed Mr. B or went behind his back and did the opposite of what he wanted I literally would shout at the TV "You're Fired!" This went on for at least the last 4 years of watching Hazel. I would eat breakfast when watching and found myself swallowing my food before I chewed it I got so angry. It was time to walk away, just walk away from "helpful Hazel" for a while. I knew for my blood pressure's and digestion's sake I had to stop. But I plan to start watching again in a couple years. Hopefully the nerve medicine I got from Mr. Wilson will have kicked in by then.

I have never watched any of my favorite TV shows marathon style for the very reason talked about above, not wanting to get sick of the show, or as you all put it, getting burned out. Any show you watch one episode after another after another you are going to get sick of. At least I sure would. I like watching my classic TV shows once a week every day. I don't repeat one series more than once a week, I watch other shows the other 6 days of the week.

This way you get the side benefit of really looking forward to watching each different episode of a series when you only play it once a week.

Today I watched my Thursday shows, Leave It To Beaver, Peter Loves Mary & Lucy Show. Tomorrow I'm looking forward to my Friday breakfast companion, Bachelor Father. :wave:

OK, you've crossed a line, put up your dukes. :D Just kidding. I stopped watching Hazel about 2 months ago after watching it literally for 30 years in a row on either a twice a week, or when I started 5 times a week but in the last decade it was down to once a week. It took me 30 years to not be burned out by the show but when I became enraged every time Hazel dis-obeyed Mr. B or went behind his back and did the opposite of what he wanted I literally would shout at the TV "You're Fired!" This went on for at least the last 4 years of watching Hazel. I would eat breakfast when watching and found myself swallowing my food before I chewed it I got so angry. It was time to walk away, just walk away from "helpful Hazel" for a while. I knew for my blood pressure's and digestion's sake I had to stop. But I plan to start watching again in a couple years. Hopefully the nerve medicine I got from Mr. Wilson will have kicked in by then.

I have never watched any of my favorite TV shows marathon style for the very reason talked about above, not wanting to get sick of the show, or as you all put it, getting burned out. Any show you watch one episode after another after another you are going to get sick of. At least I sure would. I like watching my classic TV shows once a week every day. I don't repeat one series more than once a week, I watch other shows the other 6 days of the week.

This way you get the side benefit of really looking forward to watching each different episode of a series when you only play it once a week.

Today I watched my Thursday shows, Leave It To Beaver, Peter Loves Mary & Lucy Show. Tomorrow I'm looking forward to my Friday breakfast companion, Bachelor Father. :wave:

Bachelor Father is one of the reasons Antenna TV will always have a special place in my heart. No FREE channel ever aired it and it was one of those 50s shows I thought would never see the light of day.

Nice you are taking a break from Hazel and giving yourself the opportunity to revisit some other fun shows. There are many out there!

I think one of the only shows that realistically portrayed the man being smart and in charge was "I Love Lucy". Now of course Lucy wasn't stupid, but in the end, she always know her place and knew her husband was always the one in charge and made the decisions.
The wife on "Father Knows Best" is another one where the woman is shown as happy and content in her place

:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

You all made good points. I even hate to say anything negative about Hazel considering how I USED to feel about the show. I'll come back to it again and hopefully I'll be like Oh Nuts and ignore the maddening buttinsky sabotaging insubordinate traitorous actions of Hazel against her Lord & Master, Mr. B. :mad: Hmm, I felt myself getting mad again just thinking of all the reasons I couldn't stand watching anymore.:confused: OK, it's break time at least for a few years till I can get reach Oh Nuts's higher level of calm feeling about the show.:cool: I aspire to be Nuts.

Oh, another thing that annoyed me after a long while of watching was Dorothy's seeming constant threatening to leave Mr. B if he didn't obey Hazel's orders or do whatever Hazel wanted. Just once I would have loved Mr. B to say, there's the door, USE IT.

By the way, not all the shows were maddening, whenever Hazel and the Baxter family were ALL working together on one team, no one going behind anyone's back, those were the shows I still could enjoy. Generally when ALL the Baxters and Hazel are on the same page, those are the shows I could still watch with a smile. Like when the evil secretary tried to keep Hazel from attending her cousin's wedding, all Baxters were on same side then. When Hazel found painting of her as a little girl was painted by a now famous painter all were on same side, when Baxters and Hazel all helped out at the Italian restaurant run by the total sap Jamie Farr who didn't seem to know how to tie his own shoes much less be the owner of a restaurant. Also a handful of other episodes whenever Hazel was not betraying Mr. B, those are shows I could still enjoy.

I think one of the only shows that realistically portrayed the man being smart and in charge was "I Love Lucy". Now of course Lucy wasn't stupid, but in the end, she always know her place and knew her husband was always the one in charge and made the decisions.
The wife on "Father Knows Best" is another one where the woman is shown as happy and content in her place and not brainwashed by some BS liberal/ERA cause. "All in the Family" really lit the fire on that when the 70's rolled around and set the stage for all that followed.

As far as Hazel, I started this thread because I watch every morning, and after viewing it cycle around a few times, I really started to notice what a bch she can be with the family and everyone around her with that superior and smug "I'm always right and know what's best for you even if you don't" attitude.

Of course as someone pointed out, it's just a show and Hazel saving the day is the whole point, but I would have loved to at least seen a dream episode where Hazel fights with Mr. B, and when she goes to sleep she has a nightmare where she's always wrong, gives bad advice, screws everything up, and gets tossed out on her rear. Then wakes up shaking in a cold sweat. It would instantly become my favorite episode. :rotflmao:

Cfr1970, that dream ep you suggest is a great one. NOW THAT would have made a fantastic ep. Shame the writer’s didn’t thing of something like this.