Maybe Ozzie did work????? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Janine the Dream · 09-15-2008, 09:10 AM

I was watching " Cruise for Harriet" over the weekend and in the opening scene Clara calls Harriet and remarks: " I heard that Ozzie is taking off next week to go on a vacation".

Now in analyzing this line, one would naturally think Ozzie is taking a week off from work. What are your thoughts?

By the way, this was a good episode with Joseph Kearns ( Mr. Wilson) playing another role.

honeybea · 09-15-2008, 10:38 AM

I think he did work since he was up for breakfast early in the mornings with the family and mentioned going "downtown". He did make reference in bios about never mentioning his job so anyone could relate to him. One thing's for sure, he wasn't a farmer.

ILUVO&H · 09-15-2008, 02:18 PM

I think Ozzie's job was as a writer director producer and star of a tv show.

lol

desilu #1 · 09-15-2008, 03:05 PM

I find it strange how we are all still wondering what Ozzie did for a living just as we do with Ward Cleaver. LOL!

Janine the Dream · 09-15-2008, 03:28 PM

I thought it was establised that Ward was an accountant?

snorlaxnut · 09-16-2008, 01:53 AM

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Originally Posted by desilu #1

I find it strange how we are all still wondering what Ozzie did for a living just as we do with Ward Cleaver. LOL!

This thread reminds me of this panel from a Leave It To Beaver parody in Mad Magazine back in the 80s.

OH Nuts! · 09-16-2008, 08:59 AM

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Originally Posted by snorlaxnut

This thread reminds me of this panel from a Leave It To Beaver parody in Mad Magazine back in the 80s.

cute

(I remember Mad fondly)

OH Nuts! · 09-16-2008, 09:01 AM

The key story line was not to give Ozzie a specific job so everyone could i.d. with him. But yes, here and there there are these oblique and subtle references. Also in Rick The Drummer, I do think Ozzie at least states what he used to do at one time - be a bandleader. (Truth and fiction blending together)

desilu #1 · 09-16-2008, 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Janine the Dream

I thought it was establised that Ward was an accountant?

Actually, I think the jury is still out on that one. I think he was an engineer because there was an episode that he claimed while in the seabees he was an engineer so why would he come home and change his career to an accountant? I suppose anything is possible, but they have never really clarified it.

Janine the Dream · 09-16-2008, 10:40 AM

Fred Rutherford referred to he and Ward as "bean counters" a term used to describe accountants. I know I read he was an accountant somewhere but at my advanced age, anything is possible. LOL.

Goldilocks · 09-16-2008, 01:35 PM

Ward Cleaver must've had a "stressful" job because he always looked agitated when he came home, like he would start yelling at any minute! I was always frightened whenever he appeared on screen.

Unlike Ozzie who was a sweetheart!

ILUVO&H · 09-16-2008, 04:10 PM

It's just like where they lived. Although in Here Comes the Nelsons a town was named, Hillsdale, and Ozzie had an occupation, adveritsing, once the show started those were discarded.

I think Ozzie also did not give the shows a hometown, so that they could also be seen as a familiar family, one you could identify with and who you could picture living right there in your own hometown.

desilu #1 · 09-17-2008, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Goldilocks

Ward Cleaver must've had a "stressful" job because he always looked agitated when he came home, like he would start yelling at any minute! I was always frightened whenever he appeared on screen.

Unlike Ozzie who was a sweetheart!

Aww, Ward was a sweetheart too.

But, really who wouldn't be aggitated knowing he was probably going to come home to some horrible crisis that Beaver has gotten himself into once again and once again he would have to clean up? June softened him up alot.

Jude The Obscure · 09-17-2008, 11:28 AM

Grew up reading Mad and more often it's clone, CRACKED!

MickeyMac · 09-18-2008, 06:45 PM

I dont think we will ever know where Ozzie worked.

It will always be a mystery.

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desilu #1 Lucy/Desi 4-EVER Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 23, 2000 Location: Battle Creek, Michigan USA Posts: 724	I find it strange how we are all still wondering what Ozzie did for a living just as we do with Ward Cleaver. LOL!
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09-15-2008, 09:10 AM	#1
Janine the Dream Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Saddle Brook, NJ Posts: 642	Maybe Ozzie did work????? I was watching " Cruise for Harriet" over the weekend and in the opening scene Clara calls Harriet and remarks: " I heard that Ozzie is taking off next week to go on a vacation". Now in analyzing this line, one would naturally think Ozzie is taking a week off from work. What are your thoughts? By the way, this was a good episode with Joseph Kearns ( Mr. Wilson) playing another role.

09-15-2008, 10:38 AM	#2
honeybea Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 06, 2005 Location: SC Posts: 503	I think he did work since he was up for breakfast early in the mornings with the family and mentioned going "downtown". He did make reference in bios about never mentioning his job so anyone could relate to him. One thing's for sure, he wasn't a farmer.

09-15-2008, 02:18 PM	#3
ILUVO&H Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 08, 2008 Location: New York Posts: 505	I think Ozzie's job was as a writer director producer and star of a tv show. lol

09-15-2008, 03:28 PM	#5
Janine the Dream Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Saddle Brook, NJ Posts: 642	I thought it was establised that Ward was an accountant?

09-16-2008, 09:01 AM	#8
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	The key story line was not to give Ozzie a specific job so everyone could i.d. with him. But yes, here and there there are these oblique and subtle references. Also in Rick The Drummer, I do think Ozzie at least states what he used to do at one time - be a bandleader. (Truth and fiction blending together)

09-16-2008, 10:40 AM	#10
Janine the Dream Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jul 20, 2007 Location: Saddle Brook, NJ Posts: 642	Fred Rutherford referred to he and Ward as "bean counters" a term used to describe accountants. I know I read he was an accountant somewhere but at my advanced age, anything is possible. LOL.

09-16-2008, 01:35 PM	#11
Goldilocks Member Forum Regular Join Date: Sep 08, 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 693	Ward Cleaver must've had a "stressful" job because he always looked agitated when he came home, like he would start yelling at any minute! I was always frightened whenever he appeared on screen. Unlike Ozzie who was a sweetheart!

09-16-2008, 04:10 PM	#12
ILUVO&H Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jun 08, 2008 Location: New York Posts: 505	It's just like where they lived. Although in Here Comes the Nelsons a town was named, Hillsdale, and Ozzie had an occupation, adveritsing, once the show started those were discarded. I think Ozzie also did not give the shows a hometown, so that they could also be seen as a familiar family, one you could identify with and who you could picture living right there in your own hometown.

09-17-2008, 11:28 AM	#14
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	Grew up reading Mad and more often it's clone, CRACKED!

09-18-2008, 06:45 PM	#15
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,008	I dont think we will ever know where Ozzie worked. It will always be a mystery.