https://comforttv.blogspot.com/2023/11/fill-er-up-at-comfort-tv-service-station.html

A service station is also the main backdrop for an episode (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Adventures_of_Ozzie_and_Harriet_episodes) of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet appropriately titled “The Gas Station.” (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0875740/) Mr. Peters, the owner of said station, plans to close for the weekend for a short vacation. At the same time, Harriet’s woman’s club is looking for a way to raise money for charity. They decide to take over the gas station when the owner is away and split the profits with him.

“I can’t see anything wrong with the idea,” says kindly Mr. Peters – and here we see once again how the world of Comfort TV differs from our own. Can you imagine the red tape and union restrictions and liability waivers that would prevent something like that from happening now?

“How can a bunch of women run a gas station?” says Ozzie’s neighbor Joe (okay, it was 1959). But everything runs smoothly – even if Clara keeps forgetting to replace the dipstick every time she checks the oil.

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Granted, there’s not much of life in America that still resembles what the country was like in the 1950s, when much of classic television was financed by fossil fuels and cigarettes. So why should gas stations be the exception?

Ozzie and one of his sons wander into a breakfast restaurant, and the old lady behind the counter asks Ozzie to run the restaurant for a while, while she does some business across the street. This was in another episode.

I have a hard time imagining this happening, even back then.

Ozzie and one of his sons wander into a breakfast restaurant, and the old lady behind the counter asks Ozzie to run the restaurant for a while, while she does some business across the street. This was in another episode.

I have a hard time imagining this happening, even back then.
And then Ozzie and the boys are accused of stealing $20 from the till.
Well, hey, it's tv, it's make believe. I suppose you're the type that wonders why the Howells brought all that money on a 3 hour tour, or why Commissioner Gordon never noticed that Bruce Wayne and Batman had the same voice. :happyface

Or that Clark Kent and Superman look alike. Except the glasses--oh, that's what fooled Lois and Jimmy!

It is pretty absurd the Howells brought all those outfits on a three-hour cruise. They have outfits for every occasion. LOL

It is pretty absurd the Howells brought all those outfits on a three-hour cruise. They have outfits for every occasion. LOL

Let’s not forget the obvious: how the Professor can make so many gadgets, yet cannot build a boat 🚤.

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