What is really needed for Ozzie and Harriet fans

[Janine the Dream]

What is needed is a list of what episodes are on what DVD's since there are so many duplicates being circulated. Since we do not have the luxury of watching the Nelsons on free tv, we must rely on DVDs to complete our collections. I have spent considerable time on the internet and have not found a definitive source of what episodes are available. Has anyone else had any luck?

[dlb108]

I started to make my own a couple years ago but it's a big task. It's just a regular spreadsheet and I used the episode listing from TV.com. Maybe this will give me the desire to finish it.

[Jude The Obscure]

of course if the Nelson family would allow a company to remaster and release the show by seasons, that would be awesome. But alas, I don't think we will ever see that day.

[Janine the Dream]

Originally Posted by Jude The Obscure

of course if the Nelson family would allow a company to remaster and release the show by seasons, that would be awesome. But alas, I don't think we will ever see that day.

I hear you. I realize 435 episodes is a lot to remaster but I also doubt that all the episodes have been preserved.

[MickeyMac]

All the surviving episodes need to be on DVD, and this show also needs more fans.

[ILUVO&H]

Originally Posted by MickeyMac

All the surviving episodes need to be on DVD, and this show also needs more fans.

With all Ozzie did to try to ensure the best quality for the show in it's production it's sad to see that the intergrity of them is not being upheld. When the Nelson official relseases were made, and they were short, it was said that those were the only masters or whatever the Nelsons had. I can't believe that Ozzie didn't have something in place to preserve the show. If not for the advent of reruns, and future generations of tv fans but at least for the legacy he was leaving for future generations of his own family. It's sort of like home movies for Nelson family.

I'm holding out hope for some more lost episodes of Ozzie and Harriet. And whatever episodes of O&H that Ozzie didn't care for that he didn't want in syndication, they can't be THAT bad. Even a bad episode of O&H is great tv anddeserves to be seen.

[matt77b]

Originally Posted by ILUVO&H

And whatever episodes of O&H that Ozzie didn't care for that he didn't want in syndication, they can't be THAT bad. Even a bad episode of O&H is great tv anddeserves to be seen.

I agree! Didn't one of Ricky's twin sons say not too long ago that the family does still have all 435 episodes?

[Goldilocks]

Originally Posted by matt77b

I agree! Didn't one of Ricky's twin sons say not too long ago that the family does still have all 435 episodes?

Yes and he said they'd eventually all be released. When? He didn't say.

[matt77b]

Originally Posted by Goldilocks

Yes and he said they'd eventually all be released. When? He didn't say.

Sad to say, I'm not holding my breath. Although I must say, Rick's kids played an active role in getting all of Rick's music out on CDs (a feat that is essentially finished now that the third and last RN Bear Family box set is coming out). But the Shout! Factory sets notwithstanding, none of the Nelsons seems as actively involved in trying to get the TV show back out to the public. Or maybe they've tried and companies aren't interested because the market isn't there or they don't think it's there. But anyway I'll be surprised if all 435 episodes are ever made available. I'd settle for another Shout! Factory set or another Mill Creek set but even those companies seem to be finished doing O&H releases.

[OH Nuts!]

Originally Posted by matt77b

Sad to say, I'm not holding my breath. Although I must say, Rick's kids played an active role in getting all of Rick's music out on CDs (a feat that is essentially finished now that the third and last RN Bear Family box set is coming out). But the Shout! Factory sets notwithstanding, none of the Nelsons seems as actively involved in trying to get the TV show back out to the public. Or maybe they've tried and companies aren't interested because the market isn't there or they don't think it's there. But anyway I'll be surprised if all 435 episodes are ever made available. I'd settle for another Shout! Factory set or another Mill Creek set but even those companies seem to be finished doing O&H releases.

Well Shout! has been so wonderful with their releases of other shows I'd never thought would see the light of day (like Room 222, The Patty Duke Show, The Paper Chase for ex.) that they may release more O & H...maybe not soon though although of course sooner is better. And the two sets they released so far were quite good. But God Bless Mill Creek - their 100 ep set was really quite impressive considering how cheap it was. Maybe they'll do another (let's hope!!)

[Jude The Obscure]

And really I don't think Ozzie believed any of the episodes were so horrible that they never were intended to see the light of day again. Ozzie knew it would be impossible to sell to stations a package of all 435 episodes, so he picked up what he thought were the best from each season and placed those in a package. The fact that David chose another 200 for the Disney run is an indicator that the episodes (at least then) were all still intact. Many program copyright owners often put masters in a/c storage like in salt mines, etc.

[matt77b]

Originally Posted by Jude The Obscure

And really I don't think Ozzie believed any of the episodes were so horrible that they never were intended to see the light of day again. Ozzie knew it would be impossible to sell to stations a package of all 435 episodes, so he picked up what he thought were the best from each season and placed those in a package. The fact that David chose another 200 for the Disney run is an indicator that the episodes (at least then) were all still intact. Many program copyright owners often put masters in a/c storage like in salt mines, etc.

For a long time, the O & H films were kept, along with many of Rick's master tapes, in a garage on Orange Street in Hollywood, near the family house on Camino Palmero Street. I'm not sure if they're still kept there now.