"Hazel's Endearing Young Charms" - Out of Syndication

[jehobden]

I was reading over Wiki's descriptions of HAZEL episodes, and when I read about Season 5's "Hazel's Endearing Young Charms" (OAD 12/27/1965), I didn't recognize the plot. It involves Steve Baxter feeling inferior to his (by then) absent brother George. I think I've seen every episode but this one. Since FETV is going into Season 5 again this coming week, I thought I'd look ahead on my AT&T U-Verse HAZEL episodes to record this one. I was surprised to see the FETV episodes skip this one, going right from "Noblesse Oblige" (OAD 12/13/1965) to "A Car Named Chrysanthemum" (OAD 1/3/1966). (CBS aired a rerun of "Do Not Disturb Occupants" (OAD 10/11/1965) on 12/20.)

Does anyone know if FETV has run this episode, or if Antenna TV (which I don't have on U-Verse) airs it now? I think it's the only episode I haven't seen.

[stevea]

Antenna TV definitely airs this episode. It should cycle there in the next few weeks, since they show S5Ep1 this Tuesday.

[jehobden]

Originally Posted by stevea

Antenna TV definitely airs this episode. It should cycle there in the next few weeks, since they show S5Ep1 this Tuesday.

Thanks! I'll see if I'm lucky enough to see it there. I see it also has Dierdre & Harry, and I usually find Harry especially funny.

[stevea]

Originally Posted by jehobden

Thanks! I'll see if I'm lucky enough to see it there. I see it also has Dierdre & Harry, and I usually find Harry especially funny.

I have the Shout! DVD--I think I'll check the episode. Usually there is some problem with an episode which would preclude FETV from showing it. The channel has roots in LeSea Broadcasting, a religious outfit.

Yeah, they add a lot to Hazel. He really cut her down to size in the one where he decided to retire early, to Bora Bora.

[stevea]

I watched the episode last night. About 5 minutes in Steve says something like that he hates his brother.

That might be enough for a religious channel to exclude the episode. I wonder if CBN shlwed it, years ago.

[jehobden]

I just saw most of this episode tonight on Antenna TV (which I can't get on my AT&T U-Verse, so I happened to be watching ATV on my digital antenna tv). I definitely had never seen it before, as I'm sure I would've remembered Susie putting her black cat (from "Please Advise" 2 episodes earlier) in a bonnet & dress. The cat also traded hisses w/ an angry Steve and ended up trying to steal a salmon croquette from Hazel.

I started watching just before the end of Act I, as Hazel was telling Barbara what a great dancer Steve was compared to George. Dierdre & Harry were confined to just bedroom scenes, where I noticed that they had twin beds just like George & Dorothy. (I wonder how they ever had kids.) What I saw of it was fun, and maybe I can catch the whole episode sometime.

[jehobden]

Originally Posted by stevea

I watched the episode last night. About 5 minutes in Steve says something like that he hates his brother.

That might be enough for a religious channel to exclude the episode. I wonder if CBN shlwed it, years ago.

l remember seeing LeSea broadcasting some years ago, where over the space of a year I got to watch every episode of THE PATTY DUKE SHOW from 2 episodes each Saturday.

I'm not sure about the religious connection now, as FETV carries a few adult late-night sitcoms like BARNEY MILLER and especially MAUDE. Maybe it doesn't carry MAUDE's 2-part abortion episode though.

[stevea]

The LeSea station here skipped two I Love Lucy episodes, one the grape stomping one, where Lucy is presumed to be saying some bleeped swear words at the end. They also skipped the little swindler French boy who always wanted to shine shoes.

I really doubt FETV shows the Maude abortion episodes.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by stevea

Antenna TV definitely airs this episode. It should cycle there in the next few weeks, since they show S5Ep1 this Tuesday.

Great, since I'm catching many episodes of Hazel on Antenna TV, I'll likely be seeing this one eventually.

I didn't see very many later episodes of Hazel, so didn't know Mister B was still referred to in the revamped format very much, if at all.

Good touch of continuity in a dismal last season.

[stevea]

Originally Posted by Will Dockery

Great, since I'm catching many episodes of Hazel on Antenna TV, I'll likely be seeing this one eventually.

I didn't see very many later episodes of Hazel, so didn't know Mister B was still referred to in the revamped format very much, if at all.

Good touch of continuity in a dismal last season.

They should have found a way to keep Mr. Griffin in that last season. He added a lot of comedy to the show.

[Hazel Anyday]

Back in the 1980's when CBN later known as the Family Channel would show the Hazel series they always skipped the episode where Mr. Griffin goes to a gypsy to have his fortune told. That gypsy episode was always skipped each time the ran the series on CBN. Was that also the same episode where Hazel believes in luck and her rabbits foot as Mr. B takes her to the bowling tournament contest? Not sure, but I do remember the Gypsy show was never shown.

[jehobden]

Fortunately for me & other HAZEL fans, someone has posted this full episode to YT now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=selJrmB-EAw

[stevea]

Originally Posted by Hazel Anyday

Back in the 1980's when CBN later known as the Family Channel would show the Hazel series they always skipped the episode where Mr. Griffin goes to a gypsy to have his fortune told. That gypsy episode was always skipped each time the ran the series on CBN. Was that also the same episode where Hazel believes in luck and her rabbits foot as Mr. B takes her to the bowling tournament contest? Not sure, but I do remember the Gypsy show was never shown.

I think the fortuneteller told Griffin to do some big business deal.

If they didn't run the fortuneteller episode, they probably also skipped the Miss Minnie (or whatever her name was, Minnie might have been another episode) episode from season 5, where Minnie (Ellen Corby) uses a Ouija board to contact her dead father or grandfather.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by stevea

I think the fortuneteller told Griffin to do some big business deal.

If they didn't run the fortuneteller episode, they probably also skipped the Miss Minnie (or whatever her name was, Minnie might have been another episode) episode from season 5, where Minnie (Ellen Corby) uses a Ouija board to contact her dead father or grandfather.

I seem to dimly remember that one, or perhaps the idea was recycled in another show.

[Hazel Anyday]

I had watched Hazel back in the '60's when it was first on when I was a kid. I remember later it was shown twice a day in re-runs on 2 different stations. But then in the early '70's the show disappeared from TV all together at least in my area. It wasn't until the mid or late '80's when CBN ran the Hazel show did I finally see it again. I was sure excited after almost a 20 year absence. But CBN would only show the color episodes and I believe about 2 b/w episodes.

It wasn't until WOR the national version of the channel came along in the late '80's or early '90s did I finally see all the b/w episodes again. That WOR channel only skipped one episode that was the Dorothy's birthday b/w show. BUT instead of showing the official version with Don Defore they would consistently show the pilot Hazel show with that exact same story but with Edward Andrews playing Mr. B. For the later Don Defore version they just cut the Edward Andrews scenes out and replaced them with Don Defore now saying the same lines but they used the rest of the original pilot version film. You may notice Harold looks a lot younger in that Dorothy's Birthday episode as that was the pilot film of Harold.