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The
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet was one of the longest-running and
most-loved family situation comedies on TV. The Nelsons were a
real-life family and Ozzie and Harriet along with their sons Ricky
and David were playing themselves giving the show genuine impact.
The TV series, likely the only one ever to feature an entire family
portraying themselves with Ozzie (who directed, produced, and
co-wrote the vast majority of the episodes) as the well-meaning but
sometimes confused, bumbling patriarch, Harriet his sensible but
gentle foil, David the dutiful, self-effacing older son, and Ricky
the mischievous youngster. Things naturally changed over the next
decade and a half, as the boys grew up, went to college and got
married, but the dynamic remained essentially the same. Ozzie and
Harriet was nothing if not wholesome. The parents were decent,
honest folks; never dictatorial or authoritarian, they guided their
sons but gave them enough space to make their own decisions and
David and Ricky were as clean-cut as they come. Of course, there was
also Ricky's emergence as a singing star. |
