Brothers David and Ricky are having an argument. Father Ozzie tells the boys to go outside and play. Ozzie's wife Harriet asks him if he knows a Nancy Baker (Eilene Janssen). Nancy had called the house earlier. Harriet gets a little jealous when Ozzie says he helped a woman on the bus. Then Harriet says that Nancy actually asked for David. Nancy mentioned a dance at school on Saturday. Neighbor Thorny (Don DeFore) comes by to see Ozzie. Thorny tells Ozzie that his son Will Thornberry is interested in girls. Thorny brags about how many girls he went with when he was Will's age. Harriet tells David that Nancy is coming by later to see him. Harriet asks what Nancy is like. David gets ready to see Nancy by shaving. He tells Ricky that next time he will use a blade. Nancy arrives to the house. Nancy and David have a polite, but awkward conversation. Nancy mentions the dance. Later, David tells his parents that he beat out Will. They think David means with Nancy, but he is talking about becoming the captain of the football team. Both David and Will are playing football Saturday. Turns out Ricky is taking Nancy to the dance.

David has to decide on a poem to recite for English class. Harriet finds a poem written to her in high school. She believes it was written by Ozzie. Ozzie runs into his neighbor Thorny. Thorny heard about the poem Ozzie wrote from the boys. Thorny's wife Katherine is having a birthday soon. Thorny asks Ozzie to write a poem for him to give to her. Ozzie recites something off the top of his head. Thorny is not impressed, but does not want to hurt Ozzie's feelings. Aunt Ellen (Ellen Corby) calls Harriet and Harriet recites Ozzie's poem to her. Harriet learns from Ellen that a Clifford Henshaw wrote the poem. Ozzie comes home with things to help him create poetry that he bought. When Ozzie says he is happy about his new found creativity, Harriet does not tell him about Clifford. David has decided to recite Ozzie's poem for the English class. Harriet tells David that Ozzie did not write the poem, but he shouldn't tell Ozzie. Ozzie is working on Katherine's poem and Thorny comes by. Thorny says that the poem Ozzie thought he wrote was actually written by Lord Byron. Ozzie finds out about Clifford and Harriet being an item. It turns out that Ozzie went out with Clifford's wife Marilyn back then.

Thorny comes over and Ozzie notices that he is lost some weight. Thorny would like Ozzie to sign a petition stating he noticed the weight loss. Apparently Thorny and his wife Katherine have a bet who will lose the most weight. They are also competing to see who can get the most unsolicited compliments from their friends. Thorny insinuates that Ozzie should lose a little weight. Harriet shows Ricky where some appetite pills are. Ozzie decides to diet so he can fit into a pair of size 33 pants that Harriet just bought him. Mr. Miller (Bob Sweeney) comes by. He asks Ozzie if he can leave some reducing pills that were for Katherine. There was no one home at the Thornberrys. Ozzie takes a couple of the appetite pills thinking they are reducing pills. Ozzie is disappointed with the meals he has to eat while on his diet. He turns on the TV and on every channel someone is talking about food. Ozzie finds out he is been taking appetite pills. Ozzie decides to cheat and has Ricky go get him some larger pants from the store. The family gets a good laugh when they realize that each of them got larger pants for Ozzie. Ozzie learns that Thorny was wearing a girdle to win his bet with Katherine. Vera Marshe as Lady eating ice cream on TV. Hal Smith as Man cooking on TV. Jack Wagner as The Sunshine Club TV Announcer.

Ricky is upset because David cannot go with him to the movies, because he does not have any money. David tells Ozzie that he lent his money to a kid at school. Ozzie offers to give David an advance on his allowance, but David turns it down. David is also doing some drawings for another kid. Ozzie tells Harriet that he thinks David is being taken advantage of. Ozzie tells David that sometimes one just has to say no. Thorny tells Ozzie that he has his 14 year old niece named Shirley as a house guest. Thorny was hoping his son Will could take Shirley to a dance that evening. But Will already had plans to go on a hiking trip. Ozzie offers to have David go with Shirley. David, following Ozzie's earlier advice, says he has other plans. Ricky flatters David because he would like David to fix his bike's flat tire. David refuses. Ozzie is regretting the advice he gave David earlier. Ozzie does not know how he will tell Thorny. Thorny tells Ozzie how excited Shirley is about meeting David. Ozzie cannot find a way to tell Thorny that David is not going. Just as Ozzie calls Thorny, David comes back. He tells his parents that he met Shirley and he would be happy to take her to the dance.

Halloween is not far off and Ricky is already wearing his skeleton costume. David tells the family that there will be a Halloween party at school and he is the treasurer. Ozzie says that as one gets older, dressing up in costumes becomes less fun. Harriet says the ladies have not planned a party this year. Ozzie and Thorny reminisce about some past Halloween parties. They start planning a party. Ozzie believes that men are better planners. Ozzie tells Harriet that it will be a non-costume party. Only he and Thorny will wear a costume. It is Halloween day and Thorny shows Ozzie his Scotsman costume. That night, Ozzie puts on his Devil costume and Thorny comes by. Harriet asks Ozzie whose house is the party at. Despite all his meticulous planning, Ozzie thought the women were deciding where the party would be. Harriet later reveals that the women did pick a house. At the party, Ozzie realizes he did not plan the refreshments. Ozzie calls a restaurant to make reservations for the party guests. The next day, Ozzie admits that he forgot some things. William Haade as Man at the Door. Jerry Mathers as Trick Or Treating Child.

Song: Ricky sings "Dem Bones".

Ozzie notices that his car is parked by a fire hydrant. A policeman (Herb Vigran) comes by. Ozzie tells him that someone must have pushed his car there. Instead of writing Ozzie a ticket, the policeman gets Ozzie to buy two tickets to the Riviera Ballet. The Policeman's wife is the chairwoman is charge of the tickets. Meanwhile, Clara Randolph (Florence Lake) visits Harriet. Clara complains that her husband came home with two tickets to the Riviera Ballet. The ballet is set on the beach and there will be young French women in skimpy bathing suits. Her husband claims a policeman made him buy the tickets. Harriet is not happy when Ozzie tells her about the tickets and how he got them. She refuses to go. Ozzie tells Thorny that he was surprised at Harriet's response to the tickets. Ozzie gives the tickets to Thorny. Thorny then tells Ozzie about the ballet and the scantily clad women. Ozzie wonders how he will explain to Harriet that he had no idea what the ballet was about. Clara calls Harriet and tells her she found out from her husband Joe that the ballet is set in the 1870s. The women will not be in skimpy bathing suits. Without telling Ozzie about the ballet being set in the 1870s, she tells him she would like to go. Harriet tells him she got tickets from the policeman's wife. Ozzie gets the last laugh when he tells Harriet that Joe made up the part about the 1870s. The next day, Ozzie learns that the fire hydrant is fake and the policeman placed it there.

Harriet's friend Barbara Benson comes by with her baby boy. Barbara mentions how her and her husband are going out for their anniversary that night. Ozzie complains about the mess the boys left in the upstairs hallway. He wishes they would show a little more responsibility. That night, Barbara calls Harriet and tells her their sitter canceled at the last minute. David tells Harriet that he would be happy to babysit. Ozzie is a little concerned about David being able to handle a baby. Ozzie thinks they ought to skip going to a movie in case David calls with a problem. Despite his claims of having confidence in David, Ozzie is clearly worried. Ozzie steps outside and runs into Thorny. He tells Thorny about David babysitting. Thorny suggests going over to the Benson house to see how things are going. David tells them the baby is fine and is sleeping. Ozzie and Thorny want to see the baby and wind up waking him. David reads to the baby and it goes back to sleep. It also puts Thorny to sleep. Back at home, Ozzie confesses to Harriet that he went to check on David. Ozzie was very impressed with how David was doing and feels bad that he did not have more confidence in his son.

Ricky receives a heavily perfumed letter. It is from his neighbor, Julie Thornberry, inviting him to a dance. Harriet thinks it would be nice if Ricky wrote Julie back. Ricky tells her the dance is this afternoon. Harriet says Julie waited until the last minute. Ricky says that Julie asked him last week, but he would have to think about it. Ozzie talks to Thorny about Ricky and Julie. They get into a silly argument. Ricky comes by and says he is going to the dance now. Harriet talks to the audience about going to dances when she was younger. At the dance, it is time for ice cream and cake. David stops by to see how things are going. David tells his parents that Ricky was only dancing with Julie, no other girls. Ozzie is surprised that Ricky did not dance with someone else. Ricky comes home and tells them he did not dance with another girl because they did not ask him. Ricky says that he did ask some other girls, but they all giggled and turned him down. Thorny comes by and jokes with Ozzie about a marriage contract between Ricky and Julie. Thorny says that Julie really has a crush on Ricky. It turns out that Julie saved her allowance and bribed the other girls to not dance with Ricky. Ozzie and Harriet now do not have to worry about Ricky not being popular.

It is the morning after Thanksgiving. Ozzie tells Harriet that he is not hungry because he ate so much at Aunt Ellen's the day before. The boys say they are full as well. Harriet is trying to figure out what to make for dinner. She says it is too bad they did not prepare the Thanksgiving meal, because then there would be leftovers. Ozzie says he is glad there are no leftovers, so they do not have to eat Turkey for the next week. Ozzie is outside fixing his rake when Thorny comes by eating a turkey leg. Thorny says he loves leftover turkey. Aunt Ellen calls Harriet and asks her if she wants any leftover turkey. At first Harriet says that Ozzie is too full. But when Harriet agrees to take some anyway, Aunt Ellen remembers that she is hosting the bridge club and can use the turkey for that. As the day progresses, Ozzie and the boys start craving some turkey. Ozzie was going to try and get some turkey from Thorny, but there is no one home. David's friend Nancy Baker runs into Ozzie and they start talking about turkey. Nancy suggests going to Butcher Bigelow (Arthur Q. Bryan), which is what Ozzie does. Bigelow says that he has no turkey left. After talking to Thorny, Harriet is going to try tricking Ozzie into thinking some veal is turkey. Harriet manages to get some turkey from Aunt Ellen after all and Ozzie thought it was veal. Despite having just had dinner, Ozzie and the boys eat some more of the turkey leftovers. The next day, Thorny and Bigelow come by with turkeys.

Though they usually do not exchange gifts, Ozzie bought Thorny a cigarette lighter for his birthday. He decides to put it in a large box, wrap it with Christmas paper and mail it to Thorny. It has been three days and Ozzie wonders why Thorny has not thanked him for the gift. Ozzie confronts Thorny and hints at the lighter, but Thorny winds up thanking Ozzie for something else. Meanwhile, David wonders why he got a poor grade on a school assignment that he worked so hard on. Ozzie tells him he should just ask the teacher. Ozzie claims it does not bother him, but he keeps bringing up the lighter. David tells the family that he did talk to his teacher and it was all a mistake, he actually got an A. Harriet thinks Ozzie should follow his own advice. The family makes him confront Thorny by locking him out of the house. Ozzie tells Thorny about the package he sent him. Thorny said he got the package, but on the paper it said do not open until Christmas. Ozzie tries to cover his tracks by saying it was a combination Christmas and birthday present. Thorny thinks Ozzie's being a little cheap and they get into a disagreement. Later, Thorny comes by to apologize. He mentions that Katherine and kids are visiting her mother. Thorny then hints at having nothing to eat and Ozzie invites him to dinner. Back at home, Thorny tries the lighter, but it does not work.

Harriet is at the beauty palor speaking with Pierre (Fritz Feld). She complains that Ozzie never seems to notice her hair. Harriet would like Pierre to come up with something special for her next appointment. At breakfast, Ricky tells the family some of the exaggerated stories that Will Thornberry told him. Ozzie is really engrossed in a mystery novel he is reading. Harriet tries to get a suggestion from him about her hair, but Ozzie is not paying attention. He finally tells her that any style would be fine as she always looks good. Harriet tells him that he would not notice a change in her style. To prove it, she leaves the room and Ozzie cannot tell her what she was wearing. Harriet gets a call from her friend Barbara. When Harriet says she wishes Ozzie were more observant, Barbara says her husband is the same way. Barbara suggests that Harriet wear a platinum blonde wig. Harriet comes home with the wig on and Ozzie is stunned. He does not really like it, but will not say anything to upset Harriet. Thorny comes by and sees Harriet. He at first thinks it is another woman. The boys find the wig and tell Ozzie about it. Ozzie decides to get back at Harriet. He tells her he loves the blonde hair and she should never go back to her natural color. Harriet finds a way to get back at Ozzie. Later, Thorny comes by wearing the wig. Florence Lake as Clara Randolph.

The boys are bickering over who is going to ask Ozzie a question. It turns out they want to do their Christmas shopping earlier this year. They ask Ozzie if they can get work to earn the money. Ozzie says there is things around to house they could do, but they want to get a real job. Harriet thinks the boys are too young. The boys want to get a job at Mr. Miller's (Bob Sweeney) grocery store. Ozzie calls Mr. Miller about a delivery for Harriet. Mr. Miller mentions that he is not hiring anyone at the moment. Ozzie asks him to find some work for the boys and he would reimburse Miller what he pays them. The boys get a call about a job offer and Ozzie assumes it is Mr. Miller. Thorny mentions to Ozzie that his son Will has been looking for a job. Ozzie tells him the arrangement he made with Mr. Miller. It starts to rain and Ozzie worries about the boys making deliveries in it. Mr. Miller comes by with Harriet's delivery. He tells Ozzie that the boys never showed up. Harriet tells Ozzie that she got the boys a job at Schultz's bakery. She made the same arrangement with Schultz that Ozzie did with Mr. Miller. Harriet calls Schultz to tell him Ozzie will pick the boys up. Schultz tells her they never showed up. They call various places to try and find the boys with no luck. The boys come home. They got a job sitting in a department store window watching TV.

It is Christmas time at the Nelson's home. Each family member is wearing something they got for Christmas. Ricky is wearing a tie with a lady on it. Harriet mentions how Ozzie and David have not received their gifts from Grandma Nelson yet. Ozzie and Harriet are looking forward to the New Year's Eve party at the Randolph's. Mr. Canfield (Franklin Pangborn), the insurance man, comes by and gives Ozzie a couple gifts. The conversation with Canfield makes Ozzie feel old. The packages from Grandma Nelson arrive. Harriet says that the sport coat Ozzie got from Grandma makes him look younger. Thorny says the jacket makes Ozzie look like a college kid. David is a little disappointed that he got a thick book from Grandma. Ricky says that maybe Grandma got the presents mixed up. Harriet agrees with Ricky. Ozzie does give the sport coat to David and now he feels old again. Harriet finds a note from Grandma and it turns out the book was for David and the sport coat was for Ozzie. Ozzie wants David to keep the coat.

Ozzie, David and Ricky come home from a sports banquet at the school that Ozzie organized. Just then, a Reporter (Paula Winslowe) from the Morning Tribune comes by to interview Ozzie about the banquet. Ozzie gives the Reporter a picture of himself. The next morning, Ozzie gets upset when the Reporter misspelled his name. Ozzie tells the family to just forget about it, but he's clearly still mad. Ozzie runs into Thorny outside. Thorny shows Ozzie the part of the article where it mentions S. J. Thornberry, who was in charge of the seating arrangements. They spelled Thorny's name correctly. Thorny then sees that they spelled Ozzie's name as R. Z. Neilson. Thorny thinks Ozzie should do something about it. Harriet goes to see Mr. Matthews (Frank Nelson), the Publisher of the paper. Harriet shows him how Ozzie's name was misspelled. Matthews says they will print a correction and an apology. It seems it was Matthews wife who was the reporter. The next morning Thorny shows Ozzie the paper. On the front page is the apology, but they list Ozzie's name as Ooggie Nosslend. Ozzie actually thinks it's funny. When Thorny leaves, Ozzie tells Harriet that it was a practical joke that Thorny pulled. Thorny taped the name on the paper. Ozzie tells the family that Matthews called him the night before to get the correct spelling. Because his picture was in the paper, everyone now tries to sell Ozzie something.

Harriet tells the audience that every year the school holds a Father's Night. Ozzie is trying to think of something he could do for entertainment. He's trying a magic trick to make an egg disappear, but is having no luck. David tells Ozzie that he and Will Thornberry (Mason Alan Dinehart) are trying out for the same position on the basketball team. David says he got a bad grade on an English composition. Harriet thinks he should give up sports and work on his studies. Ozzie and Thorny get into a disagreement when Thorny teases Ozzie about David quitting the team because Will is a better player. The two then brag about how good of a basketball player they each are. Ozzie then buys a basketball and net. Ozzie helps David practice. Ozzie gives David some advice about writing a good composition. David tells Ozzie that he and Will came up with an idea for Father's Night. David told the Coach that Ozzie should play a basketball game with the other fathers. Ozzie will be captain of one team and Thorny the other. Ozzie starts practicing, but he isn't doing too well. Will tells Ricky that his father is getting pretty good at shooting baskets. It's the day of Father's Night. Ozzie is laying down because he claims he can barely move. David is worried that Ozzie won't be able to play basketball that night. Will comes by and says that his father sprained his ankle and won't be able to play. Suddenly Ozzie feels better and will play.

Harriet is worried about something. Ozzie tells her to not keep things bottled up and tell him what it is. She is worried that the new drapes she bought might not look good in the house. Ricky took an arithmetic test and he's worried about how he did. Ozzie believes that the family is worrying too much. He thinks that worrying is a futile waste of energy. Ozzie goes to Miller's grocery store to pick up some ice cream for the family and a magazine for Harriet. He runs into Thorny. There's an article in the magazine about worrying. Mr. Miller tells them that his wife worry's a lot. Back at home, Ozzie tells Harriet about the article in the magazine. Ozzie starts to worry about things. The next day, Ozzie starts worrying about the new drapes. Ricky tells them that he did well on the test. Ozzie worries that Ricky could have done better. Ozzie then worries about the repairs to the car. Harriet confronts Ozzie about all of his worrying. Ozzie claims he was pretending to worry to get the family to stop worrying. Harriet's not sure she believes him and finds a way to get back at him.

Harriet mentions an article in the paper about a couple getting divorced because all the husband did was play the tuba. Ozzie thinks the wife is being unreasonable. Harriet disagrees and they get into a small argument. Later, the two have a little awkward discussion about what will be served for dinner. David tells Harriet about Cathy Williams, a girl at school that he thinks is pretty. He has a hard time talking to her. David says that Cathy isn't bossy like some of the girls. David tells Harriet that Cathy is like her in that way. Ozzie tells Thorny about his and Harriet's difference of opinion that morning. Thorny tells Ozzie that he needs to be the dominating force and the man of the household. Women like that. Ozzie does try to assert himself a little more and Harriet seems to be going along with it. David tells Harriet that he and Cathy are going to get together and she made all the plans. When Harriet says that she thought he didn't like bossy girls, David says that when you like someone it doesn't matter. Harriet decides to boss Ozzie around a little bit. Ozzie sees in the paper how the husband is selling his tuba.

Song: Ricky briefly performs "Takes Two to Tango".

Ozzie tells Harriet that people of today have lost their intellectual curiosity. Kids of today don't spend time with good literature. Ozzie and Thorny have a disagreement while discussing The Rover Boys' books. Ozzie and Harriet go to the library to find one of The Rover Boys' books, hoping to prove Thorny wrong. While Harriet is checking out the book, Ozzie runs into Miss Fraser (Paula Winslowe), David's English teacher. Because Ozzie is standing next to a large history book, Miss Fraser misunderstands and thinks that he knows a lot about the Peloponnesian Wars. Ozzie checks out the history book. Miss Fraser later calls Ozzie and asks him to speak at a book discussion about the Peloponnesian Wars. Ozzie isn't able to tell her that he doesn't know anything about it. Ozzie now tries to learn what he can before the meeting. Harriet informs Ozzie that there are actually 4 large books about the subject. Thorny comes by and says that Miss Fraser asked him to join the discussion. Thorny thinks the subject is The Rover Boys. Ozzie tells him it's the Peloponnesian Wars. Now the two of them study the subject together. Harriet tells them that Miss Fraser cancelled the discussion. The next day Ozzie learns that Harriet called Miss Fraser and told her Ozzie was sick. That's why the discussion was cancelled.

David wants to go to the movies with his friends and he doesn't want Ricky tagging along. David also complains about all of Ricky's stuff around their room. David suggests having separate rooms. Ozzie likes the idea, but Harriet thinks they could wait a couple years. Ozzie thinks they could set up a room for Ricky in the attic. Aunt Ellen calls and misunderstands Harriet when she says that Ricky wants a separate room. Aunt Ellen thinks it's Ozzie that wants a separate room. Harriet starts to wonder if Aunt Ellen could be right. She asks Ozzie and says they could set up the den as his room. Ozzie is surprised by Harriet's suggestion, but kind of goes along with it. Ozzie tells Thorny that Harriet wants him to have a separate room and he wonders why. Thorny says just go along with it for a couple days until Harriet changes her mind. That night, Ozzie keeps checking on Harriet, hoping she'll ask him to stay, but she doesn't. David also has a hard time sleeping. Later that night, Harriet checks on Ozzie. They both thought the other wanted the separate rooms and realize that's not true. David can't find Ricky. Harriet says he's in a sleeping bag under David's bed.

David is planning what he's going to wear to the school's Valentine's Day dance. David tells Harriet that he's taking Marilyn, a new girl in school. Ozzie is surprised to see how much money David has saved up. He's worried that David might spend it all on the girl. Thorny returns a notebook that David left at the house while studying with Will. Thorny offers to pick up some candy that Ozzie can give to Harriet. In the notebook, Ozzie sees a list of expensive gifts. David and Ricky discuss what gifts they can buy for their parents for Valentine's Day. Harriet overhears them talking and she thinks David is going to spend all the money on the girl. Ozzie suggests to Ricky that a corsage would be a nice gift. Ozzie hints that he would like Ricky to relay the suggestion to David. Because they were caught trying to hide the presents, David and Ricky give their parents the Valentine's Day gifts a day early. Harriet got a box of candy. Ozzie gets a corsage. Harriet covers Ozzie's tracks by saying he's giving the corsage to her. Thorny comes by with the candy Ozzie had him pick up. To further cover his tracks, Ozzie says the candy is for really for Thorny. Thorny gives Ozzie the tie he's wearing.

At breakfast, Harriet mentions that there was a car accident at the corner of Highland and Maple last night. She wishes they would put a traffic signal there. Harriet tells the boys to be careful there when going to school. Ozzie says he almost got into an accident there. That night Harriet tells Ozzie that they talked about the traffic signal at her women's club. She was nominated to write a letter to the president of the Chamber of Commerce. Ricky says he's going to talk to Officer Clancy (Frank Jenks). Ozzie goes to the Commissioner of Public Safety. The Secretary (Janet Waldo) says that Ozzie would need an appointment. Ozzie tells her about the traffic signal. Ozzie tells Thorny about going to see the Commissioner, but he doesn't think it did any good. Thorny tells Ozzie that he saw someone at the intersection putting up a signal. David tells Harriet that he wrote a letter to the Mayor about the signal. Now each member of the family is taking credit for the signal being put up. Thorny tells Ozzie that he spoke to someone weeks ago about the signal, so he thinks he's responsible for it. They get into an argument about it. Officer Clancy comes by and gives Ozzie a warning because he drove thru a red light at that intersection. Clancy says that intersection needed a signal and he tells Ozzie to say hi to Ricky.

During dinner, Harriet says to not forget the dentist appointment for tomorrow. Ricky starts complaining and Ozzie tells him to take it like a man. Harriet then says the appointment is for Ozzie. Ozzie starts complaining when he learns that young Dr. Taylor (Glenn Langan) is filling in for Dr. Smith. Harriet also mentions that she invited a new girl over for dinner on Saturday. She asks if Ozzie knows a guy she can introduce to the woman. The next day Ozzie arrives at the dentist's office. Cathy Calhoon (Shirley Mitchell), the dentist's new southern belle receptionist, tells Ozzie that Dr. Taylor was called away on an emergency. Cathy seems to be flirting with Ozzie. She gives Ozzie her phone number if he needed some other information. Back at home, Ozzie tells Thorny about Cathy. Thorny asks what her reaction was when Ozzie told her he was married. Ozzie says he didn't tell her. When Harriet says that she spoke with Thorny, Ozzie says there is nothing between him and the woman at the dentist's office. Thorny never mentioned the woman and Harriet wants to know what happened. Harriet reminds Ozzie that the woman guest is coming for dinner and her name is Cathy Calhoon. Ozzie realizes that she is the receptionist. Cathy arrives and doesn't seem to recognize Ozzie. Dr. Taylor comes by to speak to Ozzie and now Cathy remembers. Cathy starts complimenting Taylor the way she did Ozzie. Taylor drives Cathy home.

Ozzie is trying to figure out a subject for his speech to the Chamber of Commerce luncheon tomorrow afternoon. Harriet is surprised he doesn't even have the subject yet. David says that he has to give a speech in English class tomorrow. Ricky has to give a political speech for Iggy Magoo, who is running for class president. Iggy's platform is no homework. Ozzie tells the boys his outline for the speech. Thorny is surprised that Ozzie actually wants to give the speech. Thorny recalls how nervous some of the other guys were when they made a speech. Ozzie spends almost the whole night trying to write the speech. The next morning, Ozzie tells the family he only got 4 hours of sleep. The speech is not quite finished. It's almost time for the luncheon and Herb Dunkle (Joseph Kearns) comes by. Col. Rex Farnsworthy is in town for the day and they got him to give a speech. Herb feels bad, but Ozzie says he understands. Ozzie lays down for a bit and winds up sleeping all afternoon. Harriet tells Ozzie that she made a speech at the Woman's Club that went over very well. Harriet used part of Ozzie's speech. The boys also used part of Ozzie's speech. Ozzie explains why he didn't give the speech. Thorny asks Ozzie to give a speech at Charley's Diner.

Harriet reminds Ozzie that tomorrow is the deadline for filing his income tax. She doesn't know why he always waits until the last minute. Ozzie gets a call from Herb Dunkle. Herb is going to fill out Ozzie's income tax form and Ozzie needs to drop off some papers. Ricky overhears the conversation. Ozzie tells Ricky that Herb is an accountant. Ozzie doesn't want Ricky to say anything to Harriet. Mr. Miller, the Grocer, drops off some items for Harriet. Miller tells her he hasn't filed his tax return yet. He says he could get the return finished sooner if his wife wasn't always watching over him. That gives Harriet the idea to get some of the wives to play cards at the Women's Club that night. Ozzie and Ricky get to Herb's office and he's out to lunch. Ricky notices a safe and asks Ozzie if he could open it. Ozzie shows Ricky how to turn the dial and he winds up opening the safe. Ozzie decides to play a joke on Herb and put his tax papers in the safe. Ozzie finds Thorny's papers on the desk and puts them in the safe as well. Ozzie leaves Herb a note about the papers. Back at home, Harriet tells Ozzie that Herb called. Just then Thorny comes by. He tells Ozzie that he spoke to Herb. Ozzie didn't pick the safe open, it was never locked. The safe was there when Herb moved in the office and he doesn't know the combination. Ozzie and Thorny spend the night redoing their taxes.

The boys are talking about the money they've saved. Ricky wants to spend his share, but David says he should have more will power. Harriet notices in the paper that there's a sale at The Emporium. There are dresses on sale there that she's interested in. Ozzie has been going over the finances and thinks they need to cut spending. Ozzie tells Harriet that he's going to visit Andy Beesley (Frank Nelson). He's a lodge brother that broke his leg in a skiing accident. Andy tells Ozzie that he actually broke his leg falling out of a hammock. Andy says that he's had time to think and has decided to enjoy life while you can. That means if you want to spend some money, do it. Ozzie goes to The Emporium and buys a fishing reel he's wanted. Ozzie tells the family to go buy whatever they want. Thorny comes by and tells Ozzie he's afraid he may have an expensive plumbing job to pay for. Ozzie tells Thorny about his new philosophy on money. The family comes home with a lot of purchases. Ozzie starts to second guess his thoughts on spending money. Thorny says the plumber didn't charge that much. Thorny now agrees with Ozzie's philosophy on spending. Ozzie now goes out to buy a new fishing rod.

The boys want to go out to play some basketball. Harriet tells them to put a coat on so they don't catch a cold. Ozzie mentions that Herb Dunkle has a cold. Harriet thinks Ozzie is coming down with a cold and wants him to go lie down. Mary Dunkle (Paula Winslowe) comes by and Harriet asks how Herb is feeling. Mary and Harriet want to go to the store and Harriet asks Ozzie to drive them. Not wanting to do it, Ozzie now pretends he is getting a cold. The women leave. Thorny comes by and Ozzie still pretends to be sick. Thorny reminds him of a date they made to go bowling. Ozzie worries that Harriet will come home and see him gone. Thorny talks him into going anyway. At the bowling alley, Thorny isn't playing so well. Meanwhile, Mary and Harriet went out for coffee after they finished at the store. Mary mentions that some of the ladies are bowling and they should stop by and see them. Harriet says she's never bowled. Thorny and Ozzie see Mary and Harriet come in and they sneak out. The next day a Delivery Man (Herb Vigran) drops off a case of ginger ale that Ozzie won for having the highest score of the night. Ozzie calls a bunch of people to brag about his high score. Ozzie confesses to Harriet that he went bowling last night. Harriet can't bring herself to tell Ozzie that she won the ginger ale.

It's spring time. Ozzie and the boys are playing baseball. Harriet won't let Ozzie in the house as he's covered in mud. Thorny makes fun of the way Ozzie looks. Ozzie tells him that he wants to buy some violets for Harriet because romance is in the air. Ozzie always bought violets for her. Thorny says he should buy her an orchid. Ozzie mentions a rich guy named Cranston Poole that used to buy Harriet orchids all the time. Ozzie and Rickey go to Orville's (Alan Mowbray) flower shop to buy the violets. Because of the way Ozzie is dressed, Orville thinks Ozzie is poor and doesn't charge him much. And he'll have them delivered. Orville tells his wife Martha (Jeanette Nolan) that he's going to do something nice for Ozzie and send him two orchids instead. Ozzie tells Harriet that he bought a surprise for her. When the orchids arrive, Ozzie says that he bought her violets. He thinks the orchids are from Cranston. Thorny catches Ozzie throwing the orchids in the garbage. Thorny tells him to call the flower shop. Ozzie calls and asks Martha what the man looked like and she says he looked like a bum. Ozzie now thinks that Cranston is down and out. Harriet called the flower shop earlier and knows it was Ozzie. Later, Harriet confesses there never was a Cranston Poole and she never got any orchids.

The family is eating a lot of Harriet's pancakes. When Harriet says that she used a pre-made mix, Ozzie says they're not as good as hers. Ricky notices on the box that it says Hasty Tasty Pancake Company is offering a double-your-money-back guarantee. Ricky thinks they should send in for it, but Ozzie says it isn't worth it. Thorny tells Ozzie how bad his wife Katherine's pancakes are. Ozzie tells Thorny about the Hasty Tasty guarantee. Thorny thinks Ozzie should send in. The Groceryman (Sterling Holloway) tells Ozzie this is his first day and he's filling out a Hasty Tasty guarantee. Back at home, Ozzie learns that it was Ricky who turned in for the refund. Ricky tells David that he's thinking of buying more boxes of the pancake mix and sending for more refunds. Ozzie tells him that would be fraud. Alfred K. Bailey (Frank Nelson), president of the Hasty Tasty Pancake Company, comes by the house. Alfred brought along some other members of the company. They were on their way to a sales convention and decided to stop by. Ozzie brings out Ricky and Alfred gives him the check for 97 cents. They then make Ricky another batch of pancakes. They put ice cream, jam and whipped cream on the pancakes. Ricky says it's the finest pancake he's ever tasted, but he only eats the toppings. Hal Smith as Mr. Crawford. Vera Marshe as Miss Twomley.

Harriet asks Ozzie to help her paint some chairs. Ozzie comes up with an excuse to not help. The boys are out selling tickets to a charity bazaar. Ozzie thinks David was tricked into it by flattery from a girl. Harriet then flatters Ozzie and he paints the chairs. A door-to door saleswoman, Mrs. Whistler (Verna Felton), comes by wanting to see the lady of the house. Ozzie tells her that Harriet just stepped out, but will be back shortly. Ozzie invites her in to wait. She's selling spot remover that she made herself. After some flattery, Ozzie winds up buying 5 bottles. Mrs. Whistler only has one and she'll drop off the others later. Thorny tells Ozzie he bought a bottle of the spot remover from a beautiful young woman. Thorny thinks Ozzie is kidding when Ozzie says he bought the bottle from an old woman. Harriet comes home and says she saw an attractive young woman selling spot remover. Harriet doesn't believe Ozzie bought the stuff from an old woman. He says she'll be coming by later to drop off the other bottles. Later, Mrs. Whistler's daughter (Mary Beth Hughes) comes by with the other bottles. She flatters and thanks Ozzie. She tells him that she's plans to go to college this fall. She hopes to win a magazine subscriptions contest to pay for it. Harriet thinks Ozzie was taken when he tells her he bought several subscriptions. Some girl scouts flatter Rickey and he buys all their cookies.

At breakfast, an announcer on the radio says that the fishing is great at Singing Lake. Ozzie spends the day there and comes home with one tiny fish. Fortunately Harriet picked up a large fish at the market. Ozzie tells the boys to not believe in rumors, especially about fishing. Ozzie tells them how easy it is to start a rumor. Thorny comes by and sees the large fish. To prove his point, Ozzie tells Thorny he caught the fish in Mud Basin. Ozzie knows there's no fish there. After Thorny leaves, Ozzie tells the boys that rumor will be all over the neighborhood in no time. Harriet tells Ozzie that Katherine says Thorny is going fishing at Mud Basin. Harriet says that Ozzie should go along. Ozzie confesses about the rumor. He then starts to wonder if there could be fish there. The next morning Mary Dunkle calls Harriet and tells her about Mud Basin. Emmy Lou (Janet Waldo) brings Ozzie a large fish that she says her father caught in Mud Basin. Thorny comes home with five fish. Ozzie decides to go to Mud Basin. Thorny tells Harriet that all the fish everyone has were bought at the market. It was all an elaborate scheme to teach Ozzie a lesson. Ozzie comes home with three gigantic fish and shows Thorny. Harriet tells the boys the fish were saltwater bass.

At breakfast, Ozzie suggests going on a picnic. Harriet says she has too much to do. The boys also have other plans. Thorny tells Ozzie that he is taking adult education courses at the local high school in the evenings. Ozzie tells Harriet that he's thinking of going to night school. Ozzie and Harriet go see the Registrar (Joan Shawlee) at the school. Harriet wants to take classes in psychology and knitting. Ozzie will take woodcraft and French. The two have gone to classes for a week now. Ozzie mentions that he hasn't seen Thorny at the school. Harriet tells the boys that she's not doing too well with her knitting. The boys ask her to go to a movie that evening and Harriet agrees to skip school. Emmy Lou talks to Ozzie about him going to school. He tells her he's bored with school and tonight is his usual bowling night. She talks him into going bowling. Neither Harriet nor Ozzie want the other to find out they're skipping school. The next morning, Ozzie and Harriet learn that they didn't go to school. They decide to quit.

David tells Ozzie that he's been doing some trading with Will Thornberry. Ricky's been doing some trading with his friends. Ozzie thinks they got stuck with a lot of junk. Thorny tells Ozzie that Will has been coming home with junk as well. Ozzie would like to show the boys how to trade better. Harriet's been flattering Ozzie and he thinks she wants something. Harriet says she bought a beautiful old clock. It doesn't run, but it will be fixed in a couple days. She put it in the closet. Ozzie realizes he traded it to Thorny for a teapot while trying to show Ricky about fair trading. The boys catch Ozzie locking the closet door. Thorny tells Ozzie that he traded the clock to his son Will for a baseball. Thorny will give the clock back if Ozzie returns the teapot he traded for it. Ozzie says that Ricky now has the teapot. There is some confusing trading between Ozzie, Thorny, David and Ricky, but everyone gets what they wanted. Ozzie sneaks the clock back into the closet and gets locked in. Later, Harriet tells Ozzie she traded the clock to Katherine for an old teapot.

Ricky is sparring with David. They tell Harriet that Ricky is boxing Iggy Schwartz tonight at the Boy Scout rally. Ozzie tells them he boxed when he was a kid. Ozzie bangs his head on a door and his one eye is swelling up. Thorny sees Ozzie's eye. He thinks Ozzie is making it up when he says he banged it on a door. Thorny says he was just sparring with Will. Thorny shows Ozzie some of his moves and accidentally hits Ozzie in the mouth. Ozzie tells the boys that Thorny just got in a lucky punch. Ricky says that he told Mr. Roper, his scout master, what a great boxer Ozzie is. Ricky says that Will was bragging what a great boxer his father is. Mr. Roper would like Ozzie and Thorny to do a boxing exhibition match at the rally. They already asked Thorny and he agreed to it. Ozzie is now stuck having to do it. Ozzie is shadow boxing by the garage. Emmy Lou comes by and asks him what dance he's doing. Ozzie explains about boxing Thorny. Emmy Lou accidentally hits Ozzie in the nose. Ozzie tells Harriet it was a lucky punch. Ozzie learns from Thorny that they aren't boxing each other. It was a misunderstanding, they were just supposed to put the gloves on their kids.

The boys are locked out of the house. Ozzie comes by and then Harriet. David thinks he should have his own key and Harriet agrees. Ozzie thinks it's a lot of responsibility, but gives him a key. David shows Thorny his key. After David leaves, Thorny tells Ozzie that he misplaced his house key and can't get in. Thorny wants to borrow a screwdriver from Ozzie to open one of his windows. Ozzie left his key in his coat pocket and has to ring the doorbell. David opens the door and Ozzie asks him to get the screwdriver. Thorny tells David to get Ozzie's jacket. David closes the door when he goes to play baseball. Ozzie makes an excuse for not going in the house. Thorny thinks Ozzie lost his key and won't admit it. Thorny leaves and Ozzie rings the doorbell. Thorny opens it and says he got in the house through the back door. Ozzie admits he lost his key. Without telling her, he takes Harriet's key to make a copy. Harriet notices her key missing. Ozzie goes to see Charlie Parker (Hal Smith), the Locksmith. Harriet takes David's key to make a copy. Everyone eventually realizes what happened with all the keys.

Harriet mentions that the PTA pageant is putting on a play, "Robin Hood and His Merry Band". The boys don't really want to be in it, but Harriet insists. Harriet suggests that Ozzie be in it, but he comes up with an excuse. Thorny tells Ozzie that he's in the play and it's going to be great. Thorny has one of the leading roles. Mrs. Pennyfeather (Almira Sessions) comes by to talk about the play. Ozzie now offers to be in it if he's needed. Mrs. Pennyfeather later calls Harriet and says she has a part for Ozzie. He gets all excited thinking it will be a leading role. But then Ozzie learns that his role is the front end of Robin Hood's horse. Ozzie is embarrassed when the boys learn what part he's playing. Emmy Lou is happy when she learns that Ozzie is in the play. She is actually excited when Ozzie tells her he's playing a horse. Thorny confesses that he doesn't have a leading role, he'll be playing a stable boy. Without telling Thorny what part he has, Ozzie gets Thorny to switch parts. Thorny gets the last laugh when he says his part was actually the back of the horse. Later, Harriet tells Ozzie that Mrs. Pennyfeather called. They couldn't get a horse costume. Ozzie and Thorny rented it so the PTA wouldn't get it.

David and Ricky want to go to the movies, but they have no money. They would like an advance on their allowance. Ozzie says they could earn the money by doing things around the house. Ozzie develops a point system regarding household chores. The boys doing them would help Harriet. Plus if the boys don't do certain things, they would lose points. Barbara Peabody comes by to see if Harriet can make it to the PTA meeting. While telling Barbara about Ozzie's point system, Harriet notices that the list of chores Ozzie wrote down are all things that he would usually do. Harriet finds a way for Ozzie to have to do some chores as well. Ozzie tells Thorny about his point system. The rest of the family wind up doing Ozzie's chores and he's getting a lot of demerits. While totaling points, the family learns that Ozzie really didn't do anything. Ozzie finds out that Harriet did a lot of chores and she wants to be paid.

Harriet sees in the paper that old man H.R. 'Pop' Gibson (Emmett Lynn) is in town for a convention. Pop ran the Ferris wheel at the amusement park that Harriet and Ozzie frequented when they dated. It was on the Ferris wheel that they got engaged. Harriet suggests inviting Pop over for dinner. Harriet and Ozzie go to the hotel to see Pop. He recognizes them right away and remembers Harriet's name. However, he thinks Ozzie is named Walter. Back at home, Ozzie wonders if Harriet went out with a Walter. Thorny comes by and finds Ozzie looking at old pictures trying to find Walter. Ozzie tries to down play his interest in finding out who Walter is. Ozzie tells Harriet to quit bringing up Walter, but it's actually him that keeps doing it. That night Pop arrives and he still calls Ozzie Walter. Pop tells stories about how many romances started on his Ferris wheel. When Ozzie gets Pop alone, he asks him about Walter. Pop winds up calling Ozzie several other names. Pop briefly forgets his own name. While leaving, Pop calls Harriet Barbara. Harriet asks Ozzie who Barbara is. Ozzie did go out with a Barbara while in high school.

Harriet asks Ozzie a lot of questions about his day. Barbara calls Harriet and tells her that Joe and Betty Randolph have separated. Barbara also mentions some things that Ozzie forgot to tell Harriet. When Harriet confronts Ozzie about things he didn't tell her, he wonders why she's so curious. At dinner, the family learns that Ricky has a girlfriend, Mildred. Harriet asks a few questions about Mildred and Ozzie once again mentions Harriet's curiosity. Ozzie says that men are naturally not that curious. Harriet tells Ozzie that a woman had some very nice things to say about him. Now Ozzie is curious as to who the woman is and asks a lot of questions. Harriet confesses she made the whole thing up to teach him a lesson about curiosity. He doesn't believe she made it up. Ozzie talks to Thorny about Harriet not telling him who this woman was. Ozzie now says that Harriet is jealous of this other woman. Thorny gives Ozzie a suggestion as in how to get Harriet to reveal the name. Make her think Ozzie already knows the name and that he used to go with the woman. Harriet doesn't fall for it and again tells Ozzie she made the story up.

Ozzie didn't like that Harriet made the eggs different for breakfast. Harriet says she likes to change things up once in a while. She notices that men like things to stay the same and are set in their ways. Thorny is painting his fence because Katherine wanted it a different color. Ozzie tells him he resents that Harriet thinks he's set in his ways. Mary Dunkle calls and Harriet tells her that she got a new rug for the living room and is going to surprise Ozzie. Emmy Lou tells Ozzie about a movie in town. It's about a man who is completely irresponsible. Emmy Lou adores irresponsible and unpredictable men. Ozzie decides to be a little more unpredictable. He brings home a different flavor ice cream. He wears an old ragged outfit to dinner. He decides to not go bowling. But Harriet makes him go because that's when she's having the new rug delivered. A man named Mulligan (Herb Vigran) comes by with the rug and runs into Ozzie and Thorny. Ozzie figures that's why Harriet wanted him out of the house. Ozzie wants to surprise Harriet by having Mulligan and Thorny bring him in the house wrapped in the rug.

Ozzie and Harriet aren't home when two large living room chairs are delivered. David signs for them. Ozzie and Harriet arrive and she says she didn't order the chairs. Ozzie calls the Emporium Department store and has a confusing conversation with the Store Complaints Clerk (Lurene Tuttle voice). Ozzie wants the chairs picked up. Thorny tells Ozzie that he saw the chairs delivered. Harriet says that two more chairs were delivered. Ozzie calls the store again. David and Ricky are doing acrobatics on the chairs. Ozzie tries to do a hand stand on one of the chairs, with no luck. He decides to keep two of the chairs. He calls the store again and tells them to only pick up two. Thorny tells Ozzie to donate his old chairs to the men's lounge at the bowling alley. Not knowing that Ozzie wanted to keep two as a surprise, Harriet has the men take all four chairs. Two delivery men from the Emporium arrive and Ozzie tells them the chairs were already picked up. Harriet learns that the bowling alley picked up the four chairs. The Emporium men say they have to come back with two chairs. Ozzie lets them take the old chairs and will work things out in the morning. Thorny learns that Katherine ordered the chairs and had them sent to Ozzie's house. More confusion ensues. Brick Sullivan as Delivery Man. Henry Kulky as Delivery Man.

David and Ricky want to play a trick on Will Thornberry. They tell Ozzie and Harriet that Will is having a birthday party the next day and didn't invite them. Harriet says it could be a misunderstanding. Ozzie doesn't want them to play a trick on Will. David and Ricky set up a large pail of water to soak Will with, but Harriet catches them. Marion Henderson (Joan Shawlee) comes by to see Harriet. Harriet tells her about the boys being upset about the party. Marion says her daughter Edith wasn't invited. David and Ricky tell Harriet that Will just invited them and the party is next Tuesday. The boys tell Ozzie that Katherine told them there is a party for Mr. Thornberry that evening. Ozzie is upset because he wasn't invited. Ozzie tells the boys that it seems Thorny is a "fair weather friend". Thorny comes by and says he's not doing anything special that evening. Ozzie keeps hinting about a party, but Thorny doesn't say anything. Harriet tells Ozzie that she spoke to Katherine. She is giving Thorny a surprise anniversary party, he knows nothing about it. Harriet says that they are invited. She also says that Katherine had the cake sent here so Thorny wouldn't see it. Ozzie wants to hide it in his car. He trips and falls face first into the cake. Thorny thinks that Ozzie was going to have a party and didn't invite him.

Ozzie is supposed to be fixing the screen door, but Harriet catches him reading the newspaper. Harriet tells Ozzie about plans to build a playground swimming pool. Harriet says that some women in her Women's Club are against it. They plan to talk those women into it. The boys tell Ozzie that they want to deliver papers. They will have to get up at 5:30 in the morning. The next morning, Harriet wakes up Ozzie. She says that David has a cold and Ricky didn't sleep well, so she didn't wake them up. She wants Ozzie to deliver the papers. Ozzie goes to the corner where he is to pick up the papers. He sits down and falls asleep. An Old Man (Emmett Lynn) walks by. Thinking Ozzie is a hobo, he drops a coin in his hat. The newspaper delivery man (Herb Vigran) arrives and Ozzie explains about the boys. The boys get up at 8:00 and Harriet tells them Ozzie delivered the papers. Ozzie comes home, says things went well and falls asleep. Harriet and the boys discover that Ozzie had the wrong route book and delivered to the wrong people. They leave to straighten things out. Thorny comes by and wakes Ozzie up. Thorny says he saw Harriet delivering papers. They figure out that Ozzie delivered to the list of women opposed to the swimming pool. Because of an editorial in the paper, the women will vote for the pool and subscribe to the paper.

Harriet wants Ozzie to find someone to fix the broken glass in the kitchen door. Ozzie says he can do it, but he's been saying that for weeks. Ozzie comes home and finds the boys fixing the door bell. Ozzie tells Thorny that the family is treating him as an incompetent. Thorny teases Ozzie about him being all thumbs. Ozzie comes back from the hardware store with the glass. Thorny watches as Ozzie puts the glass in. When Thorny closes the door, the glass breaks. Ozzie goes to get another glass. Harriet and the boys come home and see the kitchen door still isn't fixed. Mr. Williams (Emmett Lynn), the repairman, drops by. Ozzie comes home and the door is fixed. He tries to blame Thorny for breaking the glass after he repaired it. Harriet thinks he hurt Ozzie's feelings by having Mr. Wilson fix the door. It turns out Mr. Wilson put in an unbreakable glass. Harriet has Mr. Wilson replace it with normal glass. Thorny breaks the glass. Ozzie says he'll replace it, but comes up with reasons to not do it right away.

Harriet complains that moths are eating holes in some of their clothes. Thorny tells Ozzie that Will is hanging around with a new kid on the block who is older. Thorny thinks the kid will be a bad influence on Will. Ozzie thinks parents are too possessive of their kids. Ozzie says they should give their kids direction and let them make their own decisions. Thorny decides to ignore Ozzie's advice. Ozzie gets a package from a guy he used to go to school with. The guy manufactures pipes and he sent a monogrammed one to David, because he thinks David is in college. Ozzie worries about David smoking. Harriet asks if Ozzie is going to follow his own advice and let David make his own decision. Ricky makes fun of David pretending to smoke the pipe. David thinks that Ricky is just envious. Harriet is still worried about David smoking. Thorny tells Ozzie that he told Will to not see the new boy anymore. Thorny says that Ozzie would take the pipe away from David. Thorny mentions that he saw David in the drug store buying cheap pipe tobacco. Ozzie tells Harriet about the tobacco. She says that she had David buy it to keep the moths away. Harriet also says that David gave the pipe away. They find out that Ricky has the pipe.

It's David's 17th birthday and Harriet goes to a Haberdasher (Raymond Greenleaf) to get him a present. They wind up talking about children and grandchildren. Meanwhile, Ricky gives David a check for 50 cents as a birthday present. David wonders if he could pass for 18 or 19. Ozzie and Harriet give David his present. Ricky tells them that David is trying to impress Sally Patterson (Sally Fraser), who is a little older. She is Betty Barker's cousin from Chicago and she dates college boys. David sent her some flowers. Betty calls Ricky and tells him Sally would like to come over that night. Thorny shows Ozzie the present he got for David, it's a horn for his car. Ozzie suggests to David that they show Sally some films of David doing athletic things. Later, Sally arrives and meets the family and is actually interested in seeing the movies. Harriet makes a change though and runs movies of David when he was a little boy. David is very embarrassed, but Sally enjoyed it. Sally invites David to her birthday party. Sally confesses that she'll be 16. She made up going with older guys because she thought David was older.

Herb Dunkle (Joseph Kearns) talks to Ozzie about the problem of noise and how it's affecting everyone. Herb says they've formed a local branch of "The National Anti-Noise Society". Herb mentions that Mr. Hopkins (Tom Powers), from the bank, is head man of the branch. Herb leaves Ozzie some pamphlets and asks him to consider joining. Ozzie tells Harriet about Herb thinking there's a noise problem. Ozzie thinks some noises are necessary. But it's not long before little noises start bothering Ozzie. Harriet is making noise exercising. Ricky has his friends Freddie and Suzy over. Freddy is playing the piano, Ricky is playing the drums and Suzy is dancing. David comes home with a bunch of barking dogs. Ozzie calls Herb and says he wants to join the Society. The family now tries to be very quiet for Ozzie. Ozzie tells Thorny about the Anti-Noise Society. Ozzie is having second thoughts about joining. Mr. Hopkins comes by with Mr. Pierce (Francis Pierlot), the chairman of the membership committee. Mr. Hopkins mentions how quiet it is around Ozzie's house. Suddenly there's a lot of noise. Ozzie accidentally puts fireworks in the incinerator. Mr. Hopkins tears up Ozzie's application to the society.

Ricky tells Harriet that he's going to be a salesman. Ozzie comes in the room and Ricky says he's selling a spot remover called "Spots Away". Ozzie hopes Ricky doesn't get too many turn downs and have it hurt his confidence. Thorny tells Ozzie that he wishes some of Ricky's enthusiasm would rub off on his son Will. Meanwhile, Harriet finds a golf cap that she gave to Ozzie for his birthday. He can't bring himself to tell her that he doesn't like it. Ricky comes home and says he sold all the bottles he had with him. Ricky then sells another dozen bottles. Ozzie tries some of the spot remover on his tie and it burns a hole in it. Ozzie wants to warn the people, but he doesn't know who Ricky sold them to. Thorny comes by upset because his cashmere sweater was ruined. He also tells Ozzie he was the one that bought the two dozen bottles. Thorny wants to be reimbursed. Ozzie figures out that the sweater was an old wool sweater of his that Thorny borrowed. Ozzie then realizes that he doesn't have to hunt down the other people because Thorny bought all the bottles. Ricky comes home and Ozzie tells him about the bad spot remover. Ozzie and Thorny find out that David and Will were making the stuff. Will came up with the stuff using his chemistry set.

David wrote a school essay for a contest for chance to be mayor for the day during "Civic Day". There are also other jobs to be had. He learns that he is one of the winners. Thorny tells Ozzie that his son Will was also one of the winners. Thorny says that he wrote the essay for Will. Ozzie says that he made some suggestions for David's essay, but David didn't use them. Thorny and Ozzie get into an argument about it. Harriet tells Ozzie that Mrs. Pennyfeather (Paula Winslowe) called. She would like Ozzie and Thorny to take park in the Civic Day program. Ozzie will do it if Thorny apologizes. Harriet and Katherine get Ozzie and Thorny to make up. It's not long before they are arguing again. Thorny brings a Police Officer (Robert B. Williams) to see Ozzie. The Officer has an arrest warrant for Ozzie and Thorny, signed by the Chief of Police, Will Thornberry. In the courtroom, Ozzie and Thorny have their picture taken. Judge David Nelson comes in the room. Ozzie and Thorny are charged with public disturbance. The people who filed the complaint were Harriet, Ricky and Katherine. After some coaxing, the two plead guilty and are sentenced to 30 days of shaking hands. Mayor Jackson (Don Beddoe) congratulates David. Ozzie and Thorny learn that Harriet staged the whole thing as part of the Civic Day program.

Thorny tells Ozzie that he's a little upset because his family doesn't like what he's wearing. Ozzie says there's nothing wrong with some constructive criticism. Meanwhile, David and Ricky are wondering if Ozzie is going to keep his promise and take the family to the lake next weekend. They found a note about making reservations. Harriet reminds Ozzie of some things he was supposed to do and hasn't. Ozzie thinks they should have a family suggestion box. Ozzie builds the box and the family starts putting notes in it. Thorny comes by and wants to see what's in the box. Ozzie says the family will open it at dinner time. They do wind up reading the notes and they all compliment Ozzie. Thorny thinks they wrote those things because Ozzie is a tyrant and they are afraid of him. Ozzie thinks Thorny is just jealous. Thorny says that the boys mentioned going to the lake. Harriet gets a call and learns that the reservations were for a bowling alley. She tells Ricky that Ozzie may still surprise them with the trip to the lake. It's after dinner and Thorny comes by. Ozzie reads the suggestions and one calls him a miser. Ozzie believes Thorny wrote it. Ozzie learns that Ricky made reservations at the lake.

Ricky mentions that his teacher gave him extra homework, because he didn't turn in homework. He lost the notebook. Ozzie wonders if Ricky is making up how he lost the notebook. Harriet tells Ozzie that Mrs. Howard (Florence Bates) is coming by to discuss the poetry reading she wants to give at the next PTA meeting. As Thorny is co-chairman of the PTA entertainment committee with Ozzie, Ozzie thinks he should have to talk with Mrs. Howard as well. Thorny isn't interested. Thorny shows Ozzie a new lightweight ladder he has. Thorny says his son Will threw a ball on Ozzie's roof. Ozzie and Thorny climb up to the roof. Thorny then tells Ozzie that there isn't a ball, he just wanted to try out the ladder. A strong wind blows the ladder over. Harriet wonders where Ozzie is. Mrs. Howard arrives and reads poetry to Harriet, David and Ricky. Meanwhile, Ozzie and Thorny are getting cold and hungry. Ozzie comes up with the idea to plug up the chimney with Thorny's jacket and maybe someone will come out. Ricky sees them on the roof and puts up the ladder. Ozzie tries to explain to Harriet what happened but she doesn't believe him. Ozzie forgot the jacket and goes back up the ladder to get it. David was supposed to hold the ladder, but also climbed up. The ladder falls over again. Later, a Truck Driver (Herb Vigran) drops off Ricky's notebook and verifies his story on how he lost it.

Ricky complains that every time he wants to do something, he told he's too young. He wants to stay up late and watch movies on the late show. David says he hasn't been feeling well lately. He wants to start working out early in the morning. Harriet is concerned about the boys, but Ozzie says they'll tire of their new schedules and go back to normal. Ozzie tells Thorny what the boys want to do. Thorny says that Will wants to read the entire encyclopedia. Thorny is sure that won't last. That night after the late show is over, Ricky wants Ozzie to play checkers with him. The next morning, David wakes Ozzie up early and asks him to work out with him. Ozzie is dead tired. This goes on for several days. Thorny and Ozzie agree that they were wrong about their sons quickly tiring of their routines. Thorny plans to tell Will to just stop. David tells Harriet that he's tired of the weight lifting. He just kept doing it because he thought Ozzie was enjoying it. Ozzie is thrilled when Harriet tells him about David's decision. Ozzie then learns that Ricky has been napping in the afternoons so he could stay up late. Jack Wagner as The Television Announcer.

Harriet can't find a gold pin Ozzie gave her for their 13th anniversary. Ozzie mentions that it is insured. Mr. Mathews (Frank Cady), an insurance claims adjuster, comes by the house. Mathews asks Ozzie if they reported it to the police and Ozzie says no. Mathews asks Harriet if she has a habit of misplacing things. Mathews will approve the claim and mail them a check. The check arrives and is made out to both of them. They have a problem with who should endorse it over to the other person. There's also a disagreement on how the money should be spent. Later Harriet changes her mind and endorses the check to Ozzie. She also bought a new coat. While cleaning out the car, the boys find Harriet's pin. Ricky wants to know if there's a reward. Ozzie wants Harriet to return the coat, but she says she can't as it was on sale. Ozzie calls Mathews and offers to give him the pin. Mathews wants the check back. Thorny tells Ozzie to take his loss like a man. Harriet winds up selling the pin to Mathews.

Ricky asks Harriet if Will Thornberry brought over his counterfeit money set. Harriet gets a letter from Wentworths department store. The Thornberrys are opening a charge account there and they've given the Nelsons as a credit reference. As a joke, Ozzie writes negative financial comments about Thorny. Thorny gets upset when Ozzie tells him what he did. When Ozzie goes to look for the letter, he learns that Ricky delivered it to the store. Ozzie goes to see the Credit Manager (Hal Smith) at the store. Ozzie tries to explain that what he wrote was a joke, but he can't make the Manager understand. Meanwhile, David invites Ricky to a party he's having because Ricky has firewood David could use. Ozzie tells Thorny that the store got his letter. Thorny is actually happy, because he didn't want Katherine to be able to buy anything there. But then Thorny and Ozzie see a large amount of crates from the store in each of their front yards. They think their wives went on a spending spree. Ozzie is thrilled when he learns the store sent empty crates for Ricky to use as firewood. Harriet tells Ozzie that she let Katherine use his charge account at the store. Thorny does work things out with the Credit Manager.

It's the day after Christmas. Ozzie reminisces about a Christmas when he was a little boy. Ozzie (played by Ricky) and his older brother Alfred (played by David) got skis, but there was no snow. Father George (played by Ozzie) thinks the weather could change and it will snow. He has a toy barometer that points to snow. Mother Ethel (played by Harriet) doesn't want the boys to get their hopes up. The boys have faith that their father is right. George calls the Weather Bureau and speaks with weatherman Charlie Thornberry (played by Don Defore, with a mustache). Charlie doesn't expect any snow. The next morning, it's snowing. George is pleased with his barometer. But then Ethel mentions that the needle is stuck in that position. Back to reality, Ricky asks Ozzie if it's going to snow. Ozzie isn't paying attention and mumbles yes. The next morning Ricky is disappointed there is no snow. Thorny comes by and wants to take the boys to a ski lodge up north. Just then skis are delivered. They are a present from Grandma Nelson.

Ozzie and Thorny talk about how sports were a lot rougher when they were kids. Thorny mentions how much he likes hunting and Ozzie says they should go. Harriet is surprised as Ozzie has never done it before. Ricky tells his parents that Will says that his father hunted grizzly bears. David tells Ozzie that they found the 3 hunters that were lost for a week. Ozzie seems to be having second thoughts about the trip. He calls the Weather Bureau Man (Joseph Kearns) who says there will be snow and cold winds. Ozzie realizes he doesn't have any hunting equipment and he should call the trip off. While going to tell Thorny, Ozzie runs into Emmy Lou (Janet Waldo). She is just thrilled about Ozzie hunting dangerous animals. Emmy Lou says her father has equipment that Ozzie can borrow. The night before the trip, Ozzie tries to make it look as though there were prowlers outside his and Thorny's house. The next morning, Harriet feels better that Ozzie is going to stay home. Thorny doesn't seem to be too disappointed about not going on the trip. Harriet knew all along that Ozzie was the prowler.

Ozzie is waiting at a bus stop when Thorny shows up. Thorny asks Ozzie to go out with him that evening. Ozzie says he needs to help the boys with their homework and Harriet needs help balancing the check book. Meanwhile, Helen (Helen Parrish) visits Harriet and mentions that her husband never gets to relax. Helen thinks husbands need a break once in a while. Harriet tells the boys to let Ozzie rest when he gets home. They tell Ozzie to go bowling with Thorny. Ozzie calls Thorny, but now Thorny has things to do with the family. Thorny thinks that Ozzie had a fight with Harriet and that's why she wants him out of the house. The family is having a hard time doing their work without Ozzie. Harriet dozes off and dreams Ozzie is having a night out on the town with a bunch of women. Ozzie comes home late and Harriet asks him what he did. He doesn't tell her and just implies he had a good time. It finally comes out that Ozzie really just walked around and he had a terrible time. Ozzie wonders why Harriet kicked him out of the house. She says that they would have preferred him home to help them.

Ozzie buys new cameras for each family member. Ozzie mentions that he was elected chairman of the set up committee for the PTA. They set up the tables and chairs for the meetings. Harriet baked a cake but she won't have a piece as she's on a diet. She tells Ozzie he's put on a few pounds. He agrees to go on a diet as well. Ozzie runs into Thorny at the local drug store. Thorny is having a large sundae. Thorny buys Ozzie one and Ozzie says he'll start his diet the next day. Ozzie hints at Thorny helping him on the committee, but doesn't actually ask him. The boys have been taking pictures all over town. Ricky shows Ozzie a picture he took of Ozzie eating the sundae. Turns out David took a picture of Ozzie with the sundae as well. Ozzie buys both pictures from the boys so Harriet doesn't see them. Somehow Thorny has the same picture of Ozzie. Ozzie manages to make a deal where Thorny will help him with the committee. Harriet was in the drug store the same time Ozzie was and she took a picture of him with the sundae.

David and Ricky are bickering with each other about sports. Ozzie mentions that one must except the challenge and play by the rules. Ozzie is going into town and Harriet asks him to exchange something she bought. She then thinks twice and says if he wants to back out it's fine. She wanted him to return some lingerie. Ricky says that Ozzie can except the challenge. Ozzie gets to the store and speaks with the Sales Lady (Gale Robbins). It's very awkward for Ozzie, but the Sales Lady commends him. When Ozzie gets back home, the boys misunderstand something and think Ozzie was in a fight. Ozzie talks to Thorny about a man with courage and who comes through under pressure. Thorny thinks he's talking about him taking a challenge from one of Will's friends. The friend wanted to see how many push-ups Thorny could do. Ozzie can't bring himself to tell Thorny about what he did. Back in the house, Ozzie wants to see how many push-ups he can do. He couldn't do as many Thorny did. The boys ask Ozzie how many he can do after Will brags to them about how many Thorny did. Thorny tells Ozzie he heard about the lingerie and says that really took courage. He asks Ozzie to return some if Katherine's lingerie. He also admits he didn't do as many push-ups as he said. Dorothy Abbott as Model.

Ozzie hopes to make Ricky more thrifty. Ozzie will double whatever money he has left over at the end of the week. David tells Ozzie that an old house nearby is being torn down. The wrecking crew is letting Ricky have all the empty bottles that are in the cellar. There may be hundreds of bottles. Thorny mentions to Ozzie that he'll have to double whatever money Ricky makes on returning the bottles. Ozzie worries that if Ricky doesn't spend any of the bottle money, Ozzie will be paying out a lot of money each week. Ricky used his allowance to pay some kids to move the bottles into the garage. He tells his parents that he tried several stores, but none want to buy the bottles. Thorny tells Ozzie that he'll dress up like a junk dealer and take the bottles from Ricky. Meanwhile, Harriet calls someone to take the bottles. Mr. Callahan (Arthur Q. Bryan), from a salvage company, comes by. Ozzie at first thinks it's Thorny dressed up. David has a Mr. Tracy (Brick Sullivan), from another salvage company, come for the bottles. Thorny then comes by all dressed up. Harriet says the bottles aren't in the garage. Turns out Ricky got a local malt shop to take the bottles. He'll be paid in ice cream.

Ricky and David are arguing again. Ozzie tells them that they need to be more organized. Ozzie and Harriet reminisce about when the boys were younger and how much fun it was. Thorny tells Ozzie that one of Katherine's nephews is coming over and the boy can be destructive. Ozzie offers to let the boy stay at his house. Meanwhile, Helen visits Harriet and mentions that her house is being papered. Harriet offers to have Helen's two boys stay at her house. Thorny winds up bringing five boys over. The Nelsons wind up with seventeen boys total after word got out. Ozzie wants to take the boys camping, but it starts to rain. They set up tents in the living room. They roast marshmallows in the fireplace. The boys have a lot of fun. The next day, David and Ricky mention what a great time they had. Ken Osmond as Boy.

Song: Ozzie performs "In Napoli".

David is spending time at Thompson's (Robert B. Williams) Garage. Ozzie mentions that David will be deciding on a career soon. Thorny tells Ozzie that Will may want to be a doctor or a lawyer. Ozzie says David is leaning toward being a mechanic. Ozzie fantasizes about David owning a gas station and then a car dealership. Ozzie then sees David making a lot of money in oil stocks. Thorny tells Ozzie that Will has decided on medical school. Thorny and Ozzie get into an argument over which sons job is more important. Ozzie tells Harriet that he wants David to be a doctor or a lawyer. Ozzie goes to see Mr. Thompson. Thompson really talks up the job of being a mechanic. Ozzie feels much better about that job. David says he wants to be a sports announcer. Thorny tells Ozzie that Will now wants to be a mechanic.

Harriet decides to give a dinner party. The boys are surprised that putting a party together is so complicated. Thorny tells Ozzie that he heard about the party from David. Thorny hopes he's invited, but Ozzie says Harriet hasn't definitely decided on giving the party. Carolyn Calhoun (Jorja Curtright) comes by to visit Harriet. Carolyn tells her that she's having a dinner party and it turns out to be the same night Harriet was thinking of. Harriet agrees to postpone her party. Carolyn asks Harriet to not tell the Thornberrys because she doesn't have enough room. Harriet tells Ozzie about the change of plans. They call Thorny and he says how much he's looking forward to the party. Harriet can't bring herself to tell him she isn't having one. Ozzie goes to see Thorny and tells him the party is postponed. Ozzie suggests to Harriet they skip Carolyn's party and have the Thornberrys over. Ozzie tells Thorny but he says he has other plans. Ozzie now wants to call Carolyn and say they are available. Turns out Carolyn invited the Thornberrys to fill in. Thorny tells Ozzie their friendship means too much and he told Carolyn he couldn't go to her party. Thorny is now free to come to Ozzie's for dinner. Harriet tells Ozzie that Carolyn had to cancel her party and Thorny knew about it.

Ricky wasn't feeling well, so Harriet takes him to see Doc Williams (Frank Cady). Williams gives Ricky a shot. Ozzie thinks antibiotics are overrated. That night Ozzie goes to pickup Thorny to go bowling. Thorny says that he doesn't feel well. Doc Williams comes by and wants to give Thorny a shot. Ozzie questions Williams about the shot. Ozzie says he always took Gaffney's Blood Tonic when he had a cold. Williams says that one of the ingredients in the tonic is alcohol. Ozzie goes bowling by himself and meets a man from a pharmaceutical company. The man never heard of Gaffeny's Tonic. Ozzie thinks he's coming down with a cold. He call Mr. Miller's (Joseph Kearns voice) drugstore and orders a bottle of the tonic. Miller only has one bottle left. The next morning Ozzie claims to feel fine because he drank the whole bottle of tonic. He has Harriet find another bottle and he drinks that as well. Ozzie goes to see Williams and show him how well the tonic worked. Williams tell him that Harriet brought the tonic to him and he put in antibiotics. Later, Ozzie thinks he's getting another cold, but Harriet thinks it's a hangover.

David is in charge of his club's initiation committee. He introduces one of the pledges, Stan Taylor, to the family. Ozzie remembers some of his fraternity initiations and how rough they were. Thorny tells Ozzie that Will is one of the pledges. He hopes that David won't be too rough on him. Harriet sees some paint and a ladder in the backyard. She's worried it might be part of the initiation. Thorny tells Ozzie that he bought David a gift, but it's not a bribe. Thorny saw the paint as well and tells Ozzie he's worried. They decide to hide the ladder. It's the night of the initiation. Thorny comes by angry and says that Will is completely covered in paint. David comes home covered in paint. For the initiation they painted the club room at the church. David mentions that they really could've used the ladder to get to some of the high places.

Ricky is having trouble writing a letter. David teases him about writing to his girlfriend Mary Carson. She's a girl he met up at the lake during Christmas vacation. Mary wrote to Ricky a couple days ago. Thorny comes by and sees some pictures of Mary. Ozzie explains who Mary is. Ricky finishes his letter, but he can't find Mary's letter with her address on it. Ozzie realizes that he accidentally destroyed the letter. Thorny looks at one of the pictures of Mary and sees she's standing next to a car. Thorny tells Ozzie he knows someone who can trace the license plate. The family wants to do things to cheer Ricky up. When Ozzie shows the picture to Harriet, she says that Mary is standing next to Ozzie's car. Mary sends another letter, but Ricky doesn't seem that interested now. He was writing her to send his lucky rabbit's foot back. He's been having such a good time with the family, he feels lucky enough.

Ricky wants Ozzie to partner with him for the Father And Son Table Tennis Tournament. What Ricky doesn't know is that David has already asked Ozzie. Thorny tells Ozzie that he and Will are going to win the tournament. Harriet suggests flipping a coin to see which son Ozzie will play with. David wins the toss. Ricky tries to talk David into going to a dance with Nancy Baker the night of the tournament. Ricky even offers to lend David the money to go. David agrees to the offer. David tells Ozzie that Will would like to go to the dance but doesn't have the money. Ozzie says he'll give Will the money. Thorny still tells Ozzie that he'll win. Ozzie doesn't mention the dance to Thorny. It's the night of the tournament and dance. Ozzie and David win. Their trophy's are very, very tiny. The Thornberrys did play and came in second. Thorny played with his father. Thorny shows Ozzie his trophy and it's huge. Shep Houghton as Spectator.

David mentions that the school is having a Backward Dance that night. It's where the girls invite the boys. David says he's not going and Ricky assumes no girl has asked him. Ozzie tells Harriet that maybe the girls figured someone had already asked David. Thorny tells Ozzie that Will has been asked by several girls. Ozzie gets very defensive about David not being asked yet. Ozzie wants to call some of his lodge brothers that have daughters and try to get one of them to ask David. He has no luck with them. Ozzie thinks about calling Marge and Wally Dipple (Lloyd Corrigan). Harriet says they dropped out of the bridge club a year ago and they haven't seen them since. Ozzie goes to see Wally. Wally says that his daughter Prunella is shy and hasn't asked a boy yet. Wally and Ozzie decide to get David and Prunella together. Meanwhile, David tells Harriet that a couple girls did ask him, but he's going to the movies with Nancy Baker. David tells Ozzie that Prunella was one of the girls that asked him, but he turned her down. Wally calls Ozzie and says that Prunella had already asked Will Thornberry.

As an assignment for English, David has to write an article for the school paper. Ricky thinks David should write about him. Ozzie tells Thorny about David's assignment. The subject of the school's baseball team being in a slump comes up. Thorny thinks it's Coach Shipley's (Gil Stratton) fault. David decides to write about the baseball team. He works late into the night on the article. Ozzie runs into Shipley at the drug store. Shipley mentions the teams slump and how they lost some key players. He says that because he also teaches math, he can't devote his full time to the team. Shipley says that David is a good player. Ozzie now defends Shipley to Thorny. Ozzie is worried that David may have written negative things about Shipley and he may lose his job. David actually wrote that the boys need to work together as a team and that Shipley was doing a good job.

Ozzie thinks Harriet is babying 13-year-old Ricky. She should let Ricky make some of his own decisions. Harriet follows Ozzie's advice and notices a change in Ricky after a few days. Ricky gets a letter from old friend Johnny Cooper. Johnny would like Ricky to come and visit him. Ricky would have to make a 150 mile train trip. Harriet says he can go, but now Ozzie isn't too sure. Thorny tells Ozzie that he wouldn't let Ricky go. Ozzie now decides that Ricky can go. Ozzie and Ricky look at train schedules. It's the night before the trip and Ozzie and Harriet are a little worried. The next morning, Ricky is taken to the train. Later, Harriet wonders why Ricky hasn't called yet. A telegram arrives saying Ricky made it safe and sound. Harriet wonders why it's signed David. Ozzie had David drive up to see that Ricky was alright. Now Ozzie worries that David will drive home safely.

David mentions how Ricky is never on time. Ozzie tells Ricky he needs to be more organized. David reminds Ozzie that he's to give a speech to the Sports Luncheon today. David suggests Ozzie talk about being on time. Harriet wants Ozzie to fix the light on the porch today. She won't let Ozzie get out of it. While he's working on the light, Thorny comes by. Ozzie tells him about Ricky always being late. Thorny suggests buying Ricky a watch. David tells Ozzie that he'll be the first speaker at the luncheon. Ozzie is working on his speech. Ozzie forgot he turned off the power to work on the light. Now the clock is off. Ozzie is going to be late to the luncheon. He believes he can work being late into an example for his speech. Ozzie arrives and gives his speech. Dr. Pepin (Joseph Kearns) wonders who Ozzie is. Ozzie realizes he's at the wrong luncheon. David tells Ozzie the Sports Luncheon was postponed a couple hours. Francis Pierlot as Professor Higgins.

Ricky says that the TV is broken. Harriet mentions that David has Shakespeare's Hamlet to read. Ozzie says that as the TV isn't working, they should stage their own version of Hamlet that night. Ozzie invites Thorny to come over that evening and partake in Hamlet. Thorny wanted to play poker and says that Doctor Williams will be there. Ozzie says he promised the family. Thorny says he'll find a way to get Ozzie out of doing Hamlet. Ozzie was hoping to talk Harriet out of doing Hamlet, but she thinks the family will enjoy it. That evening the family is about to start with Hamlet. Cameron Whitfield (John Carradine) comes to the door and says he's lost his way. Turns out Cameron is a professional actor and is quite familiar with Hamlet. Cameron offers to help them stage Hamlet. Thorny and Doc Williams come by and Ozzie gets them to join in. The Television Repairman (Henry Kulky) comes by and he winds up participating. Everyone has a good time. Afterwards, Cameron has an interesting confession to make.

Ozzie recalls the first time he met Doc Williams (Frank Cady), who lives across the street. Ozzie is talking with a man at the bank. Ozzie borrows a fountain pen from him and learns his name is Williams. Williams says he just moved to town. Meanwhile, Harriet and the boys see furniture being moved into the house across from them. Harriet tells Ozzie that she met Mrs. Williams. Ozzie just then recalls that he loaned his penknife to Williams and he never returned it. Ozzie goes to see Williams and drops a few hints about the knife, but it doesn't solve the problem. Ozzie tells Thorny that he thinks that Williams is a thief. Ozzie plans to hide his valuables and lock his doors and windows. David and Ricky met the William's daughter and son and think they're nice. Williams comes by and apologizes for leaving the bank with Ozzie's penknife. Ozzie learns his first name is Frank. Frank brings up that Ozzie still has his fountain pen.

Harriet tells Ozzie that they'll be having some plaster work done in the boy's bedroom. When it rained last night, it seeped in through the broken gutter. She says Ozzie should've let Mr. Baxter (Frank Cady) fix it last week when he was here. Baxter comes by again and says the whole gutter needs to be replaced, but it'll be a week before he can do it. When Baxter comes back to do the job, he shows Ozzie a robin's nest in the gutter. Ozzie wants Baxter to wait until the eggs hatch. If it rains again the plaster work will be ruined. Ozzie calls the Weatherman (Joseph Kearns voice), who says no rain for three weeks. A week later, rain is predicted. Ozzie is checking the nest when Thorny comes by. They try to figure out how to keep the eggs warm while the mother robin is away. It does rain and the next day the eggs hatch. A Plasterer (Herb Vigran) comes by. He's actually there because he's president of the local bird lovers club. He wants to present Ozzie with a scroll in appreciation for what Ozzie's done for the robins. He'll do the plaster work for free.

Ozzie is spending a lot of time on his photography hobby. Harriet is thinking of writing to "Aunt Martha", who gives advice through her "A Friend of the Family" column in the local newspaper. Harriet shows the column to Ozzie. He thinks it's silly to send personal problems to a stranger. Harriet and the boys want to see a movie. Ozzie is busy in his dark room and tells them he'll catch up with them later. Ozzie never makes it to the movie and Harriet gets upset. Ozzie and Harriet wants to play cards and Ozzie has to run off to his dark room. The next morning, Harriet talks about Aunt Martha and Ozzie again has to go to his dark room. Ozzie learns that Harriet wrote to Aunt Martha. He now waits for the paper every day to see what Harriet wrote. Ozzie shows Thorny what he believes is Harriet's letter in the paper. Thorny tells Ozzie to spend more time with the family. Ozzie buys Harriet some perfume and wants to take the family out for dinner. Over the next few days, Ozzie spends all his time with the family. Ozzie finally tells Harriet that he saw her letter in the column. He shows her the letter and she says she didn't write that one. Harriet shows Ozzie the letter she did write and it's very flattering of the family.

Harriet asks Ozzie if he's made reservations for the Country Club dance Friday night. He hasn't so she will. David tells Ozzie that the Senior Prom is coming up. Because it's formal, he'll need money to buy a tuxedo. David waited too long and all the rental ones in his size have been reserved. They have David try on Ozzie's tux. David and Harriet think Ozzie's tux is outdated. Thorny tells Ozzie that he's buying a new tuxedo for Will. Ozzie decides to buy David a new tux. Harriet tells Ozzie that the Country Club dance will be formal. While buying David the tux, Ozzie recognizes the salesman as someone he played golf with. The subject of the Country Club dance comes up. Ozzie tries on a new tux, but decides against it. Back at home, Ozzie tries on his tux and it's a little tight. Thorny comes by wearing a new tux. He says it's actually Will's. Ozzie asks David if he could borrow his new tux. David says that they changed the prom and it won't be formal. David asked Harriet to go cancel his tux order. Harriet exchanged David's tux for a new tux for Ozzie.

Harriet mentions that the slip covers on the chairs in the den are faded. She sees a sale on them in the paper. She plans to use the money they got from Aunt Mary for their anniversary. Ozzie wanted to use that money to buy new golf clubs. Ozzie suggests dying the old slip covers. He thinks that he and the boys could dye them. Harriet wants Ozzie to also paint the den. Thorny and Ozzie give each other tips on golfing. The Sporting Good Salesman (Frank Cady) tries to convince Ozzie to buy the clubs he's been looking at. Ozzie starts painting the den. Harriet helps the boys dye the slip covers. Thorny comes by and he and Ozzie think the slip covers are dyed too dark. Ozzie tries to lighten them and winds up ruining them. Harriet tells him to buy new ones when he goes to buy the golf clubs. The Sporting Goods store is closed. Ozzie has to play the golf tournament with his old clubs. He winds up winning.

Thorny tells Ozzie that he's decided to do a little economizing. He borrows some things from Ozzie to do his own repairs. Ozzie checks his mail and it's mostly bills. David mentions that the cars needs washing. Ozzie says that's something they can do themselves. Ozzie goes to the hardware store to buy some things to wash his car. To help save, Harriet cancels her beauty shop appointment. She going to make her own clothes. Harriet notices how much stuff Ozzie bought to wash the car. Thorny tells Ozzie that all the things he repaired himself to save money, fell apart. Thorny is through with economizing. Ozzie compliments Harriet on the dress she made, but then he finds out she bought it. She also went to the beauty shop. Ozzie was going to return some of the items to the hardware store, but winds up buying more. Ozzie wins a contest at the hardware store. The prize is 25 free car washes.

Thorny tells Ozzie that he sent away for plans for a swimming pool. Thorny intends to save money by building it himself. But he asks Ozzie to help him. They try to decide where in Thorny's yard the pool should go. Turns out Thorny's yard isn't big enough. Ozzie decides to build the pool in his yard. Harriet agrees to the pool if Ozzie keeps the costs down. Doctor Williams tells Ozzie that word of the pool is getting around the neighborhood. Thorny backs out of helping Ozzie build the pool by saying he's going to visit his mother-in-law. A Salesman (Don Beddoe) from the Gibson Pool Company comes by. Neighborhood people start coming by expecting to find the pool finished. The Salesman's estimate is a lot higher than Ozzie expected. Thorny comes back from his trip and Ozzie says the pool is finally installed. Ozzie pulls a prank on Thorny and it's only a rubber kiddie pool. That night Ozzie dreams that he does have a large pool. Hal Smith as Mr. Reese.

Ozzie and Harriet's 19th anniversary is coming up this Friday. She will let Ozzie pick where they'll go to dinner, a show and then dancing. Ricky would like to have a party at the house on Friday night. Ricky has already invited the kids. Ozzie and Harriet agree to let David chaperon the party. Thorny asks Ozzie who's chaperoning the party if he and Harriet are going out. Thorny's not sure he'll let his niece go when he hears David will be watching things. Thorny thinks Ozzie should stay home that night. Ozzie runs into Wally Dipple (Lloyd Corrigan) at the drug store. Wally's daughter Susie will be going to the party. Wally has second thoughts about letting Susie go when he hears no parents will be there. Ozzie then runs into Mr. Dunkle (Joseph Kearns), who is also unsure about letting his daughter go. Harriet tells Ozzie that some other parents have called about the party. They decide to stay home and chaperon. It's getting close to party time and Ricky doesn't seem excited. David suggests to his parents that they stay in their room during the party. After a while, Ozzie and Harriet are concerned because it's so quiet downstairs. When they go down to check, all their friends are there and give them a surprise anniversary party. Dorothy Abbott as Guest.

Wanting to have more space in the closet, Harriet decides to get rid of Ozzie's multitude of neckties. Harriet and the boys vote on which ties should go. Ozzie tells Thorny he was in town looking for a rug to put in the den. Ozzie sees the ties that Harriet was going to throw away and says he wants to keep them. David teases him a little about the ties. Ozzie offers the ties to Thorny. He then hints about a rug of Thorny's that he would like. Ozzie learns that Thorny put all of his old ties in Ozzie's closet. Ozzie tries to politely give Thorny's ties back, but he winds up hurting Thorny's feelings. Ricky comes back with Ozzie's ties that he gave to Thorny. Thorny was going to throw them out. Ozzie puts both set of ties in Thorny's house. Ozzie and Thorny are barely speaking to each other. Thorny found a rug in his attic that's like the one Ozzie wanted. They make up and Thorny sells Ozzie the rug for $20. Harriet figures out the rug is made up of the ties. Thorny buys Ozzie an expensive tie. David figures out that it's a tie that he gave Will and it just has a different label on it. Harriet tells David to not say anything to Ozzie.

Harriet thinks it's cold in the house and Ozzie thinks it's warm. Ozzie believes this is just Harriet's way of saying she wants a new coat. Harriet has sent for Mr. Baxter (Frank Cady) to check the furnace and light the pilot. Later, Harriet turns up the thermostat. Ozzie says that he'll open a window every time she does it. Thorny tells Ozzie that Katherine also turns up the thermostat a lot. Thorny adjusts Ozzie's thermostat so that when it shows 75 it's actually 60. This backfires when Harriet wants to be considerate of Ozzie and she turns the thermostat down to 65. Now it's really cold in the house. There's more playing with the thermostat and opening and closing the windows. Mr. Baxter returns saying he never turned on the furnace because there was a leak in one pipe. Ozzie and Harriet both realize they were falling for the power of suggestion.

Thorny is going to redo his patio and ordered gravel and sand. Early in the evening, a Truck Driver (Henry Kulky) mistakenly dumps the gravel in Ozzie's driveway. Ozzie gets upset with the Driver, but he can't move the gravel. Ricky takes the keys to the Drivers truck so he can't leave. Ozzie calls the police. The Policeman (Brick Sullivan) tells Ozzie that the Driver didn't commit any crime. The next morning, Ozzie has to give David cab fare. They can't get to the car in the garage because of the gravel. Ozzie calls the gravel company but gets the runaround. Ozzie learns that Thorny is at the Dipple's house with a bad back. Ozzie talks to Doc Williams (Frank Cady) about Thorny. Doc thinks the back issue could be psychosomatic. Ozzie gets Thorny to call the gravel company. When Ozzie gets home, there is sand dumped next to the gravel. Ozzie confronts Thorny, but then feels bad because Thorny is still in pain. Ozzie decides to build Thorny's patio with the boys. Once they are finished, Thorny is up and around. Joseph Kearns as Man on the Telephone (voice).

David is going to interview for a temporary job as an usher at the local movie theater. David tells the family that a lot of other boys will be trying as well. Harriet believes that David will get the job, but Ozzie isn't so sure. Thorny tells Ozzie that Will is trying out for the job. David comes home and says he was chosen over the other boys. Thorny congratulates Ozzie and says he's already been to the theater to see David. Ozzie hasn't gone yet. Back at home, Ricky tells Harriet he's going to the theater. The manager let's him in for free. Ozzie does go to the theater and sees David in his usher's uniform. When Ozzie goes to sit down, he runs into Harriet. Ozzie and Harriet are both very proud of David. Ozzie wonders what special thing the manager saw in David over the other 30 boys. David comes home and says he was chosen because the uniform fit him. Bess Flowers as Theater Patron.

Wally Dipple invites Ozzie and Harriet to his annual "Come-As-You-Are" party. When they get the phone call, they have to go to Wally's house in whatever they are dressed in at that moment. Harriet reminds Ozzie that last year he had to go to the party in a robe and pajamas. Ozzie puts on his new suit and Harriet gets into a party dress, so nothing goes wrong. They see Thorny in a tuxedo. The boys are washing the car. Ozzie stumbles over the soap bucket and gets his suit all wet. While changing, the phone rings. Ozzie is worried that it's Wally, but it's Thorny. Thorny messed up his tux while taking out the trash. Thorny comes by and Ozzie serves him champagne. Ozzie and Thorny get champagne all over each other and have to change again. Ozzie pulls a thread off his suit jacket and the sleeve falls off. Wally finally calls, but says the party's been postponed. Ozzie gets into his pajamas. Wally calls again and says he only postponed the party for an hour. Harriet is in her pajamas and has face cream on.

Wally Dipple will be coming over for dinner. Wally tells Ozzie that he rigged up his garage door with an electric eye so it will open automatically. Ricky asks Wally to fix his record player after dinner. At dinner, Wally mentions that it took time planning for the garage door. But putting it together didn't take long. Ozzie says that Wally should market his invention, but Wally says he's no businessman. The next morning, Wally installs a garage opener for Ozzie. Wally and Ozzie show the opener to Thorny. If Ozzie and Thorny handle the business end, Wally would make them partners. Thorny speaks to a Mr. Bensfield, who is interested in the opener. Thorny and Ozzie would have to come up with some money for the patents and blueprints. They are to meet with Bensfield that afternoon. They park Ozzie's car in the garage and the door closes. Now they're stuck inside. After some time, David uses his car to get them out. Thorny and Ozzie get to Bensfield's office and it's vacant. Capt. Braddock (Reed Hadley) tells them that Bensfield has been arrested as a confidence man.

While cleaning out a drawer, Ozzie comes across a mysterious metal bolt. It must be to something important, otherwise he wouldn't have kept it. Ozzie checks a couple places around the house, but the bolt doesn't belong there. He's looking at the outside gate when Thorny comes by. Ozzie tells him about the bolt. Thorny has a bolt just like it that came from his furnace. Ozzie checks his furnace, but it's not missing a bolt. Ozzie goes to see Mr. Baxter (Frank Cady) at the hardware store. Baxter thinks it's goes to a television antenna. Thorny thinks Ozzie should just throw the bolt away. After Thorny throws the bolt into the bushes, Ozzie goes looking for it. Ozzie goes on the roof. His foot goes through some weak shingles and the bolt drops into the attic. After fixing the shingles, Ozzie learns the bolt didn't go to the antenna. David thinks the bolt may have come from the car's motor. They take much of the motor apart and find nothing. That night Ozzie has had enough and throws the bolt out the window. Ozzie finds out that the bolt came from his bed.

David tells Ricky that he's 5'10 and he's sure he'll be 6 foot before the end of the year. Thorny teases Ozzie that David is almost as tall as his dad. Thorny mentions that he promised to take Will to an expensive restaurant the day he got taller than him. Thorny reminds Ozzie that he promised David $50 when he got as tall as him. Ozzie says that was a long time ago and David probably doesn't even remember. David tells Harriet that his friend Susan thinks he should repaint his car. Harriet tells David he doesn't have the money for it. David says that Ozzie promised him $50 when he out grew him. David thinks he's close. Ozzie learns that David remembered about the money. Ozzie goes to see Doc Williams (Frank Cady) to have his height measured. Ozzie explains about the money he promised David. Doc measures Ozzie and his height is 5'9 and 3/4. Harriet drops a dish on Ozzie's head. He's actually happy because the lump will make him taller than David. Ozzie does give David the money. Carol Brewster as Nurse.

Ozzie tells the audience the things he likes about Christmas. Back to the story. The boys talk about the presents they got. Ozzie and Thorny wish each other a Merry Christmas. They talk about a Christmas party they went to. Harriet asks Ricky about the catcher's mitt he got as a present. He says he didn't get one. The family look around the tree but don't find it. Harriet says the store wrapped it and sent it to the house. Ozzie guesses it might have been delivered to another Nelson family across town, as a package had before. Ozzie and Ricky go to the house. Barbara Nelson, the woman of the house, tells them no catcher's mitt was delivered there. Barbara's three little children, Tony, Laurie and Cathy, say hello. Barbara mentions that she's a widow. Back at home, Ozzie tells Harriet that he doesn't think Barbara's children got too many gifts. The family finds a way to collect a lot of presents for Barbara and her children. Before they leave, Harriet finds the mitt. Ricky decides to give it to Tony.

Note: Cathy and Laurie Nelson are Ozzie's nieces in real life. They are also really the daughters of Barbara Eiler in real life. Don Nelson is their father, who is Ozzie's youngest brother.

Harriet asks the boys if they sent thank you notes to the people that gave them Christmas gifts. David thinks it's silly to send a note to someone that he sees everyday. Ricky asks Ozzie what he wrote to Thorny for the fruitcake he sent. Ozzie hasn't written anything yet. Ozzie and the boys are having a hard time thinking of what to write. Ozzie mentions that Thorny has given him a fruitcake three years in a row. He decides that one shouldn't have to write a thank you note for a gift he didn't enjoy. Ozzie runs into Thorny at the soda shop. He's about to tell Thorny what he thinks of the fruitcake, when Thorny thanks him for the hard candies Ozzie gave him. Ozzie's given him the candies for the last three years and he really likes them he says. Ozzie now feels differently about writing a thank you note. Ozzie goes with Harriet to the department store where she wants to exchange some gifts. Ozzie talks to the Sales Clerk (Janet Waldo) about exchanging the fruitcake for some hard candies. The Clerk tells Ozzie that Thorny exchanged some hard candies for a fruitcake.

Ricky mentions that Thorny is watching his brother-in-law's dog for a few days.Thorny asked Ricky to try and teach the dog some tricks. Thorny will pay him for each trick. Ricky meets Walter the dog. Thorny and Ozzie want to watch the big fight on TV that night. Thorny tells Ozzie that Doc Williams and Wally Dipple are stuck going to a violin recital with their wives tonight. While getting some money out of Harriet's purse for David, Ozzie finds four tickets to the recital. Ozzie and Thorny scheme to stay out of sight so the wives can't ask them to the recital. Meanwhile, Ricky is having trouble teaching Walter any tricks. Thorny brings a little TV into Ozzie's garage. They come up with the idea to keep talking during dinner so the wives don't get a chance to say anything. After dinner, Ozzie races out of the house. Doc Williams comes by and Harriet gives him the tickets. Ozzie and Thorny are having a hard time getting the fight on the little TV and wind up missing it. Harriet wonders where Ozzie is. Ricky uses Walter to find Thorny and Ozzie. The men find out the tickets weren't for them.

Harriet is making sandwiches for the woman's club. Harriet asks Ozzie to drop the food off at the club. When he says their car is in the shop, Harriet tells him to take David's car. Harriet says that Thorny's dropping off the potato salad that Katherine made. Ozzie and Thorny put the food in the trunk of David's car. Ozzie shows Thorny something in the basement. Meanwhile, David gets a call from Jackie (Sally Fraser), who tells him she won't be able to go to the party tomorrow night. She asks David to come over and he takes his car. Ozzie and Thorny learn from Ricky that David went to help Jackie with her homework. Ozzie will go to her house and Thorny will check the library. Ozzie takes Ricky's bike and Thorny is on Ricky's skates. Ozzie goes to the wrong house and speaks with Mrs. Barbara Hutchins (Ida Moore). She offers him some coffee and cookies. Ozzie gets to the library to tell Thorny he went to the wrong address. They think they see David's car and Thorny tries to get into the trunk. Ozzie realizes it's not David's car, but Thorny's arm is stuck in the trunk. A Tough Guy (Henry Kulky) confronts them as it's his car. Back at home, David comes back and Ozzie and Thorny race off with his car. David tells Ricky that he delivered the food to the woman's club.

Ozzie and Thorny have a disagreement over who is going to have their house painted first. Last time Ozzie had his house painted first. Thorny then used the same painter. He wound up paying less and had his house painted the same color with the leftover paint. Ozzie thinks there should be individuality between him and Thorny. Ricky wants to express his individuality by redecorating his half of the bedroom he shares with David. Ozzie gives his permission. Mr. Baxter (Frank Cady) comes by to give Ozzie an estimate on painting the house. It was actually Ricky who called to have his side of the room painted. Ozzie won't let Ricky paint the room. Ozzie does have Baxter give him an estimate. Ozzie and Harriet are stunned when they see how Ricky decorated his side with wild wallpaper. David can't take it and wants to sleep at the YMCA. David decides to redecorate his side. Ricky doesn't like the way David is painting his side. Ricky throws the paint can out the window and it hits Thorny's house. Thorny wants Ozzie to pay to have his house painted.

While trying to get a card table out of the closet, David finds Ricky's electric train set. Ricky has lost interest in the trains. Ricky really wants a chemistry set. Harriet suggests Ricky take the trains to the Hobby Shop and try and trade it for the chemistry set. Ozzie is playing with the train set when Thorny comes by. Ozzie tells Thorny about Ricky's plan to trade in the train. Thorny thinks he and Ozzie should go to the shop and maybe get a better deal. Thorny and Ozzie speak with the Hobby Shop Clerk (Dan Tobin). Ricky tells Harriet that he's decided against the chemistry set. He and Georgie Dunkle want to combine their two train sets into one big one. Ozzie comes home with the chemistry set. Now Ozzie has to go back to the shop to get the train back. The Clerk says that Ricky's set has already been sold. Ricky understands about his train being sold. Turns out that Thorny bought Ricky's train. He sells it back to Ozzie at a profit. Thorny and Ozzie spend a lot of time playing with the train.

David and Will Thornberry (John Wilder) are at the malt shop with Jackie and Susie (Eilene Janssen). They talk about the party they will be going to. Ozzie is concerned over all the bills that David seems to be running up. David comes home and asks Ozzie for some money. He and Will are supplying the food for the party. Ozzie turns him down and lectures David about saving money. Ozzie runs into Thorny at the sporting goods store. Thorny tells Ozzie that he turned down Will's request for money. The Store Clerk (Harry Harvey Sr.) talks them into buying some expensive items. David tries to borrow money from Ricky, but Ricky doesn't have any. Ozzie feels guilty about the money he spent. He tells Thorny that maybe they should give the boys the money. Thorny talks Ozzie out of it. Ozzie lends Will the money he needs as long as he doesn't tell Thorny. Ozzie wants to give David the money as well. David says he borrowed the money from Thorny.

At the women's club, Mrs. Betty Van Buskirk (Joyce Holden) gives a lecture about exciting careers for women. Harriet found it very interesting. Ozzie has the "old-fashioned" idea that some women are destined to be housewives. Harriet wonders if life is passing her by. She is thinking about pursuing a career of her own. Ozzie says she doesn't have a mind for detail the way he does. Harriet drops off some insurance papers that Ozzie forgot to take. Receptionist Grace asks Harriet to sit at her desk while she goes to get some coffee. Ozzie comes by and thinks Harriet got a job. Harriet plays along. Ozzie tells Thorny about Harriet's job. Thorny says it won't be long before Harriet climbs the corporate ladder. Ozzie fantasizes about Harriet becoming president of the insurance company. She goes on lecture tours and travels the world. Back to reality, Harriet comes home and Ozzie says he made dinner. Bernie Van Buskirk (Grady Sutton), Betty's husband, comes to the door. He gives Harriet a book from Betty about career women. When asked what he does while Betty is away, Bernie says he does all the housework. Later, Harriet notices in the book that Betty says she never married. Ozzie has to admit that he paid that man to pretend he was the downtrodden husband. Harriet admits she doesn't have a job. Bess Flowers as Woman in Audience.

Ricky is going camping with some of his classmates the next day. David tells Ozzie and Harriet that he has a date with Susan (Diane Jergens) tonight, but he's short on funds. Harriet suggests that Susan come over for dinner. Ozzie runs into Thorny at the market. Ozzie mentions Susan coming for dinner and they plan to keep it simple. Thorny says there's a chance Susan will arrive all dressed up and expecting a fancy meal. Thorny saw Susan and her mother buying a new dress. Harriet comes by and says she saw Susan going to the beauty shop. Back at home, Harriet wonders if she should use the good silverware. Ricky comes by with eight friends. They will spend the night so they can get an early start in the morning. Ricky invited them for dinner as well. Ozzie suggests to Harriet that Ricky's friends could bar-b-que in the yard. Ricky likes the idea. That night, Ozzie and Harriet are all dressed up. David and Susan come by and they want to join the bar-b-que. Susan tells David she's having a wonderful time. George Winslow as George.

Ricky wants to sell his bicycle. He is thinking about getting a motorcycle. Ozzie talks him into getting a racing bike. Harriet tells Ozzie that it was Ricky's plan all along to get a racing bike. Ozzie sees Thorny driving a fancy sports-car. It actually belongs to Doc Williams (Frank Cady), who is letting Thorny drive it a little. Doc wants to sell it as it doesn't fit his image. Doc asks if he can store it in Ozzie's garage as he doesn't have room for it. Ozzie and Thorny take turns driving it around. Harriet even takes it for a drive. Ozzie drives Harriet into town. While he waits for her, a crowd gathers around to look at the car. Ozzie winds up taking two young women for a ride. Thorny tries to talk Ozzie into buying the car and Ozzie is tempted. Doc tells Ozzie that he sold the car, thanks to Ozzie driving it around. Harriet buys Ricky and David's bike. She has David combine the bikes into a tandem bike so she and Ozzie can ride together. Gloria Marshall as Girl. Dorothy Abbott as Woman with Argyle Blouse.

Susan calls David about the dance tomorrow night. Susan says that her 14 year old cousin Betty is visiting. Susan won't be able to go to the dance unless David finds a date for Betty. David hopes to talk Ricky into going. Ricky reluctantly agrees to go. Will Thornberry tells David that things have changed and the dance is now formal. They'll need to get tuxedos. Ricky will wear David's tux and David will wear Ozzie's. It's almost time for the dance. Ozzie thought that David was picking up Ricky's tuxedo from the cleaners. Ozzie and Harriet get to the cleaner and the store is closed. Ozzie will try to pick the lock to the door. A Policeman (Robert B. Williams) walks by. Ozzie gets the door open and an alarm goes off. He is able to get the tux. On the ride home, it starts to rain and they get lost. They then get stuck in the mud. They finally make it to Susan's house. Mrs. Van Schuyler (Rita Johnson) lets Ozzie use the phone to call Ricky, but there's no one home. David and Ricky show up and they are both wearing tuxedos. Turns out David did pick up Ricky's tux and Ozzie took someone else's. Will comes by and it's his tux that Ozzie took. The next day, Mr. Jackson (Will Wright), from the cleaners, comes to see Ozzie. Jackson explains that he left the door unlocked for Will to get his tux. Ozzie left his wallet in the store.

Harriet reminds Ozzie that he volunteered to help with the spring cleaning. Ozzie hurts himself while playing catch with Ricky. Harriet thinks Ozzie may be faking it to get out of helping. Thorny comes by and says that Katherine is spring cleaning as well. Thorny left so he wouldn't have to help. Ozzie blackmails Thorny into helping him turn the rug in the den. First they have to move all the furniture out. Later while Ozzie is resting, Ricky and David turn the rug, not knowing it had already been done. Harriet comes home, sees the rug is in the same old position and turns it with Katherine's help. Ozzie is painting screens to get back in good with Harriet. Thorny comes by and Ozzie goes to get a different paint brush. Harriet tells Thorny that the screens are his and were stored in the garage. Ozzie learns that Harriet thinks Thorny painted the screens. Ozzie worries that he's getting the reputation as a loafer. Doc Williams comes by and asks Ozzie to go golfing. Doc decides to ask Thorny and Thorny asks Ozzie to borrow his clubs. Thorny tells Ozzie that Katherine is paying someone the do the cleaning. Herman (William Haade) from the Uncle John cleaning company comes to Ozzie's house thinking it's the Thornberry residence. Ozzie lets them believe it and clean the house. Harriet tells Ozzie that she actually hired the cleaners. Frank Orth as Uncle John. Phil Arnold as Rudolph.

Ozzie and Thorny will meet Doc Williams and Van Schuyler up at the lake for some fishing. Ozzie tells Thorny that he wants to leave around 5 the next morning. Ozzie wants to get to bed early. He winds up helping Ricky with his homework. He then watches a movie on TV with David. Ozzie reads a book and has something to eat. Ozzie never does go to bed. Ozzie gets locked out of the house in his pajamas. Thorny comes out to see what Ozzie is doing and he also gets locked out in his pajamas. They get into Ozzie's car to keep warm and fall asleep. The family is having breakfast and see the car in the driveway. They figure Ozzie and Thorny took Thorny's car. Harriet takes the car to get her hair done, not knowing the guys are in the back. Everyone stops and stares when they go to the phone booth. There's someone using it. When they go back, the car is gone. They go into a department store and pretend to be window display models. They then hide in the back of a fish truck, which drives off. The Fish Truck Driver (Henry Kulky) eventually lets them out. He offers them some fish that he didn't sell. Doc Williams and Van Schuyler drive by on their way home from fishing. Ozzie and Thorny are driven home. Hal Smith as Man in Shop.

Thorny tells Ozzie that his son Will is having a hard time getting dates. Ozzie tells Thorny about a girl that wanted a lock of his hair when he was younger, but he can't remember her name. Thorny brags about what a ladies man he was when he was younger. Ricky tells the family about a girl that keeps following him around. She's even outside the house right now. Ozzie and Ricky take a walk outside and the girl follows them. Ozzie confronts her and she runs away. For days, the girl continues to follow Ricky. The girl runs away when Harriet tries to talk to her. Little George comes by to see Ricky. George tells Harriet that he found out the girl wants a lock of Ricky's hair. Ozzie does some bragging and tells Thorny about the girl wanting some of Ricky's hair. Thorny talks to the girl and she admits wanting a lock of Ricky's hair. At school, Ricky gives the girl some of his hair. When he starts to talk to her, she just laughed and ran off. Thorny tells Ozzie that he learned about a girls club at school. As an initiation, a girl had to get a lock of hair from a boy with the craziest hair cut. Harriet shows Thorny a locket with some hair in it. Thorny thinks it's Ozzie's and now believes his story. Harriet tells Ozzie it's actually David's baby hair.

Thorny gets into a fender-bender with a Mr. Rogers (Dick Elliott). Thorny claims Rogers stop quickly, but Rogers says he signaled he was stopping. They exchange phone numbers. They unlock the bumpers and Rogers drives off. Ozzie was with and will be Thorny's witness if he's needed. At Ozzie's house, Attorney Fuller (Carleton Young), who's representing Rogers, comes to see Thorny. Thorny is served a summons. Because of the accident, Rogers was late to a business meeting and lost substantial money. Rogers is seeking $50,000. Attorney Hopkins (Parley Baer) will be representing Thorny. Hopkins and Ozzie have an awkward first meeting. Hopkins tells Thorny that they shouldn't use Ozzie as a witness. Ozzie tells Harriet that Thorny has been avoiding him the last few days. Ozzie learns that the trial has started. The Judge (Paul Harvey) asks Hopkins why Ozzie isn't in court. Meanwhile, Ozzie is trying on a costume for a masquerade party. A Policeman (Robert B. Williams) comes by to take Ozzie to court immediately. Things don't go well for Ozzie in court and he's dismissed as a witness. It turns out that Ozzie's appearance in court helped Thorny win. Harper Goff as The Loudmouth Bystander. Dorothy Abbott as The Observant Bystander.

Harriet is concerned as Ricky hasn't eaten a full meal in a week. David learns that Ricky is interested in a girl named Dolores. Ozzie runs into Thorny at a bus stop in town. Ozzie tells Thorny about Ricky not eating. Thorny says he's seen Ricky at the drugstore every day this week. Thorny thinks Ricky's there eating ice cream and other sweets. Thorny suggests getting Ricky a charge account at the drug store. Ricky will then eat so much ice cream, he'll get tired of it. Ozzie tells Ricky about the charge account. Ozzie mentions his plan to Doc Williams and Williams thinks it could work. Ricky ask Harriet about her beef stew recipe and she wonders why. It's several nights later and Ricky still isn't eating much dinner. Ozzie gets the bill from the drug store and Ricky is charging very little. David tells his parents that he thinks Ricky isn't eating because he's love struck. Ricky finally reveals that he's been eating food that Dolores was making in cooking class. He had to break up with her because she wasn't a good cook.

Doc Williams tells Ozzie that he'll be busy and won't be able to go to the Bowling Club luncheon. Harriet doesn't know how Doc keeps up with it all. Ozzie tells Harriet that they should throw a surprise testimonial party for Doc. The next day, Ozzie tells Thorny about the party. Thorny doesn't think the wives should be included. Ozzie learns that Harriet has already called many of the wives about the party. Ozzie suggests that the wives throw a separate party for Doc. Harriet is against the idea. Ozzie and Thorny are having a hard time finding a place to hold the party. They find a place, but when they get there, they see it's called the "Peek-A-Boo Tea Room". Martha (Vera Marshe) and another elderly woman (Hallene Hill) invite them in. Later, Thorny thinks the wives should have their party at the tea room and the guys have their stag party at Ozzie's. The night of the party, all the guys dress up in doctor's scrubs. Ozzie makes a call to have Doc come over claiming he sprained his ankle. After a couple hours Ozzie gets a call that Doc won't be able to come by as he's at a party at the tea room. Doc does come by disguised as another doctor. Doc tells Jack Fenwick (Ray Montgomery) that his wife had a baby at the tea room. The wives show up with food.

Harriet is at the Woman's Club, so Ozzie has to make lunch for the boys. Thorny comes by. Ozzie claims to have an artistic flair for things, including cooking. Thorny says he has talent in the field of music. Even though he hasn't taken piano lessons since he was nine years old. Thorny learns that what Ozzie cooked was just frozen chicken pies. Harriet tells Ozzie that Katherine got a piano from her mother. Ozzie gets annoyed listening to Thorny try to play it. Ozzie bets Thorny a box of cigars that he can't learn a complete song within a week. David and Ricky tell Ozzie that the piano playing from the Thornberry home is sounding pretty good. Ozzie goes outside to listen and it doesn't sound good. Ozzie dreams that Thorny doesn't play well, but he still has many fans loving his music. The week isn't over yet, but Thorny calls Ozzie and tells him he's ready. Ozzie, Harriet and David go over to Thorny's place. Thorny is playing perfectly, but then Ozzie learns it's a player piano. Ozzie still gives Thorny the cigars, but they're exploding ones.

The family is planning a weekend trip to Rainbow Lake to go fishing. Harriet is disappointed to learn there is no dancing at the lodge. A dog follows Ricky home from school. Ozzie says they'll have to get rid of the dog. They need to get to the lodge by a certain time or they'll lose their reservation. They try to entice the dog to go outside, but it just runs upstairs. Ozzie manages to get the dog out the front door. The dog is howling outside. Thorny comes by and asks Ozzie if he's going to get rid of the dog. Thorny opens the front door and the dog gets in. Ozzie calls the lodge to see if they will hold the reservation. David and Ricky drive the dog around the see if it recognizes any of the homes. Harriet suggests going fishing some other time and Ozzie lets the lodge know. The next morning the boys let the dog out. Ozzie is worried when the dog doesn't come back right away. The dog brings back some newspapers. Ozzie gets the idea to put an ad in the paper about the dog. The next day a Mr. Taylor (Joseph Kearns) comes by about the dog. He was gone for the weekend up at Rainbow Lake and left the dog with a neighbor.

David is having dinner at Susan's (Diane Jergens) house. Ricky jokes about when David's getting married. Harriet mentions to Ozzie that it won't be long before Ricky is in college and David will be married. The next day, Thorny asks Ozzie when the wedding is. Thorny saw David at the jewelry store. Harriet finds a ring on David's dresser. Harriet thinks Ozzie should have a talk with David. Harriet says that Susan is a nice girl, but they are both so young. David comes home, but quickly leaves. Ozzie and Harriet find the ring gone. That night, Ozzie says he'll stay up until David gets home. Ozzie falls asleep and dreams that David and Susan are in front of a Justice of the Peace (Raymond Greenleaf). The next morning Ozzie hears David tell Ricky he has to pick up Susan and go to the Justice of the Peace. Ozzie sees David and Ricky drive off and he tells Harriet. Ozzie and Harriet race to the Justice of the Peace (Will Wright). It turns out that David is there paying a speeding ticket. William Haade as Father of the Bride. Jack Wagner as Groom. Georgia Holt as Bride.

Harriet is making some homemade jam and Ozzie doesn't really like it. He asks her why bother making it when one can buy it in the store. Ricky says that some of the guys are coming over this afternoon. He wants to know if there's any ice cream. Joe the Ice Cream Man (Jesse White) is outside and Ozzie wants to buy some from him. Joe says that his ice cream tastes like homemade. When Ozzie questions Joe, he refuses to sell Ozzie any. Ozzie decides to make his own. Thorny is going to help Ozzie. But when it comes to cranking the ice cream maker, Thorny leaves. Later, Ozzie is worn out from cranking and is resting in the yard. The family tastes the ice cream and it's bad. The boys suggest buying ice cream and swapping it for Ozzie's. They put Ozzie's ice cream in the store container. Back at home, Ozzie and Thorny taste the ice cream and it's really good. Ozzie and Thorny wind up eating it all. They put what they think is the store bought ice cream in the maker. Ricky's friends wind up eating Ozzie's ice cream. They cover up the taste with Harriet's jam. Ozzie confesses that he bought jam at the store and replaced Harriet's with it. Georgia Holt as Shopper.

Ricky comes home all battered and bruised. He had a rough football scrimmage. Ricky asks his parents if they'll chaperone a school dance Saturday night. Herb calls Ricky and he wants to borrow Ricky's drums. Herb is trying out for the school band. David suggests that Ricky try out for the band instead of playing football. Ozzie secretly wishes Ricky would stick with football. The next morning, Thorny wonders if Ozzie is pushing Ricky into football. Herb picks up Ricky. Diane is with and she asks Ricky if he's still taking her to the dance. Later, Ricky tells Ozzie that he quit football and will join the band. Ricky is practicing marching with the large bass drum. The family is listening to the football game on the radio. Ricky's school wins. At the dance, Ricky is just as sore from marching with the drum. Ricky is going back to the football team. Jack Wagner as Football Announcer (voice).

Song: Ozzie plays "Moonlight On The Ganges" on the banjo.

David has a problem. He accepted a date with Sally on the same night that his bowling team has an important match. He has to call her to cancel. But then there's the chance the match would be canceled. Pamela Jones calls Harriet to remind her that her and Ozzie are invited to dinner that night. Ozzie runs into Thorny at the bus stop. Just then Oliver (King Donovan) comes by. Ozzie recognizes him as an old friend and they strike up a conversation. Ozzie reluctantly accepts a dinner invitation for that night. The problem is that Ozzie doesn't remember Oliver's name or where he lives. Ozzie tells Harriet about the dinner invitation. She thinks he's talking about Pamela's invite. Now they have two invites. Ozzie is outside trying to remember the guys name. David's friend Susie comes by and she tries to help Ozzie remember. Ozzie and Harriet arrive at Pamela's house. Pamela says there will be another couple joining them. She says that her husband invited them, but he couldn't remember the man's name. Just then Oliver comes in the room and he's Pamela's husband.

David asked Susie to go to the show that evening. She said yes, but it was the way she said it that has David concerned. Ozzie suggests that maybe she's tired of going to the show. Maybe David should take her bowling. He calls her and she gives the same response. Harriet asks Ozzie what he remembers about their first date. Ozzie goes to buy Harriet some perfume for their anniversary. He tells the Sales Girl (Yvette Duguay) the name of the perfume is Carnation. Thorny comes to return some earrings that he bought for Katherine, but the store says they're non-returnable. When Ozzie gets home, David wants to borrow his jacket. After David leaves, Ozzie realizes that the perfume was in the jacket pocket. Ozzie and Ricky go to the bowling alley to look for David. They then try the movie theater, with no luck. David and Susie are back at the house. It turns out it's Susie's birthday and David forgot. Ozzie let's David give Susie the perfume. Ozzie goes to buy the earrings from Thorny, but Thorny just gives them to Ozzie. Harriet knows about David and the perfume. She confesses that she never really like the perfume. She just saved all the bottles for the memories. Emmett Lynn as Man in the Theater. Georgia Holt as Movie Theater Patron. Mary Tyler Moore as Hot Point Girl.

David and Ricky tell Ozzie that Thorny wants to borrow a few things for his camping trip. Ozzie is stunned by the amount of stuff and modern conveniences that Thorny is taking. Ozzie thinks that Thorny should rough it and take the bare essentials. Thorny bets Ozzie that he wouldn't last one night in the woods like that. Ozzie tries to talk the family into camping with just a knife, an axe and some matches. When they learn that they were challenged by Thorny, they decide to go. The family gets to where they'll park the car. Ricky brought with a sandwich, a lot of hot dogs and some pop. Ozzie leaves it all in the car. They then go hiking several miles to where they'll camp. They hunt for some food. Ozzie wants to make a stew out of some roots he found. Ozzie falls into a stream and has to take his wet clothes off. Ozzie frightens off some girl campers. The family is very hungry. Ozzie makes a fishing pole. A Forest Ranger (Don Beddoe) comes by. He says Ozzie can't fish without a license. The Ranger gives Ozzie the fish he just caught. He then gives Ozzie a permit to make a fire. After eating, the family goes to sleep. The next morning Thorny comes by. He was golfing not far away. Thorny never did go camping. The family goes to the golf clubhouse for breakfast. Vera Marshe as Girl Hiker.

Songs: The Sportsmen Quartet sing "The Ballad Of Ozzie Nelson" sung to the tune "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett". Ozzie, Harriet, David, and Ricky sing "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" and "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag".

The Darby's move across the street from the Nelsons. Harriet tells Ozzie that Ricky is doing homework with Harry Darby. Ozzie tells her that he met Mr. Darby (Parley Baer) at the drug store. Darby seemed a bit standoffish. Thorny asks Ozzie to be in a show at the Lodge. Ozzie and the boys play some football. Ozzie kicks the ball and hurts himself. Darby returns the ball and says it hit his car, but did no damage. Susie comes by with her new car. She is impressed that Ozzie still plays football. Ozzie finds a composition that Ricky is writing about the family. In it, Ozzie reads that Ricky wished his father was more like the man across the street. Ozzie decides to act more dignified. Thorny is surprised to see Ozzie in a suit. Ozzie tells Thorny that he won't be in the show. Darby comes by and meets Thorny. Darby turns out to be a nice guy and even plays football with them. Ozzie tells Ricky that he saw the composition and he'll try to be more like Mr. Darby. Ricky tells Ozzie that it was Harry's paper.

David is listening to his classical music record. Ricky comes home and puts on a jazz record. They have a disagreement over which record to play. Harriet tells Ricky to play his record in his room. The boys then keep turning their record players louder. Ricky's player then burns out. He starts playing his drums. Ozzie tries to get the boys to see the other's point of view. Ozzie tells Thorny about the boys differing musical tastes. Ozzie takes the boys to the record store. Ozzie asks Mr. Humphrey (Jack Wagner), the owner, for some suggestions. Ricky does listen to some classical records and David some jazz ones. Mr. Humphrey also mentions that there is a piano recital that evening. At another venue, there's a rhythm and blues concert. Ozzie gets some tickets. Ricky can take Janet to the classical recital and David will take Susan to the rhythm and blues show. Later, Ricky suggests switching tickets, but David doesn't want to hurt Ozzie's feelings. Harriet tells Ozzie she switched the tickets.

Ozzie and Ricky are in the garage. Ricky can't find his baseball because there's so much junk. Ozzie is happy when Ricky finds his old ball of tinfoil. Ozzie decides to rent a trailer to take all the junk to the junkyard. The boys start loading up the trailer. Ozzie finds some things that he wants to keep. Thorny asks if he can put some stuff in the trailer. Thorny finds stuff of Ozzie's that he wants and Ozzie finds stuff of Thorny's that he wants. Harriet finds the trailer almost empty. She wants all the stuff that Ozzie kept put back in the trailer. Doc Williams (Frank Cady) comes by and asks if he could put some stuff on the trailer. Katherine makes Thorny bring back the stuff he took from Ozzie, but Ozzie is already gone with the trailer. Harriet learns that Ozzie also went to the Darby and Van Schuyler houses to pick up junk. Ozzie winds up trading with them all. The neighbors' wives don't appreciate the junk, so it is all returned to Harriet. The Nelson garage is once again full of junk.

Clara Randolph (Joyce Holden) is visiting with Harriet. Clara has to go into town to buy her husband Joe something for their anniversary. Harriet can't think of something to give Ozzie for his birthday. Clara suggests getting him a wedding ring. Clara says they can make a duplicate of Harriet's ring. Harriet tells the boys not to say anything about the ring as she wants it to be a surprise. Ozzie comes home and says he ran into Joe Randolph. Ozzie says that Joe got a wedding ring for his birthday from Clara. Ozzie thinks it's ridiculous. Harriet tries to justify the idea. That night they get dressed up for a dance at the country club. Ozzie notices that Harriet doesn't have her ring on. He thinks it's because of their discussion earlier. At the dance, Thorny can see something is bothering Ozzie. Ozzie is upset that Harriet won't explain why she's not wearing her ring. Thorny suggests that a friend of his, Charlie (Dick Elliott), make a play for Harriet. She'll put her ring on fast enough. Harriet tells Charlie that she's married. Ozzie pretends to not be married to Harriet. Susie Bell (Janet Waldo) starts flirting with Ozzie. Ozzie plays along because he thinks Harriet set it up. At home, Harriet confesses to Ozzie about the ring she was having made for him. He says he'll be happy to wear it. Harriet says that she didn't send Susie over to him, but she really did.

Harriet bought a new kind of knife sharpener called the 'Gay Blade'. There are a lot of parts to it, but the salesman said it's easy to put together. Harriet tells Ozzie that she was speaking to Marian Burnett (Mary Jane Croft), who just moved into town. Harriet wants to stop by Marian's house that evening after her and Ozzie go to the movies. Thorny starts to put the sharpener together, because Ozzie isn't mechanically inclined. The sharpener doesn't work and Thorny thinks Ozzie should complain to the manufacturer. After the movie, Ozzie and Harriet get to the Burnett home and meet Marian's husband, Harvey (Lyle Talbot). Back at home, Ozzie tells Harriet that he didn't have a good time and he didn't care for Harvey. The next morning, Ozzie tells Thorny that he doesn't think Harvey liked him. Harriet tells Ozzie that the Burnetts are coming by. Ozzie tells her to make up the excuse that he was called away on business. Marian arrives without Harvey. She tells Harriet that he was called away on business. Ozzie goes to the drugstore where he runs into Harvey. Harvey apologizes for not being so friendly last night. They get along much better now. Ozzie learns that Harvey's company makes the Gay Blade. Harvey mentions the telegram he got from Ozzie complaining about the product. Thorny comes by and tells Ozzie that he sent the telegram in Ozzie's name. Ozzie tells Thorny that Harvey is the General Manager of the company. They get a good laugh when they realize that Thorny forgot to put a part in the sharpener.

Ozzie reads about a lunar eclipse that will be happening. He's surprised about the amount of people that stay up to watch things like that. Thinking the family is interested, Ozzie rents a large telescope. He says that the eclipse will be at 2:37 in the morning. Harriet won't stay up as she has an early beauty shop appointment. The boys won't stay up either. While Ozzie is setting up the telescope outside, Thorny comes by. Thorny won't stay up for the eclipse either. Harriet suggests that Ozzie take a picture of the eclipse. Late that night, Thorny suggests that Ozzie tie a string to the shutter of the camera and bring the string up to his bedroom. Ozzie could sleep until the alarm wakes him up to snap the picture. The alarm goes off but Ozzie doesn't wake up. Harriet does and trips over the string. It starts to rain and Ozzie goes to get the telescope. Thanks to Harriet, a picture was taken. The next day, Ozzie has it developed and put on a slide. Ozzie calls Mr. Burns (Robert B. Williams) at the newspaper about the picture. Burns says that the eclipse occurs tonight. The picture on the slide was actually Ricky. The family decides to stay up for the eclipse.

Harriet and other women are watching a demonstration of a new potato peeler. The Saleswoman mentions there is some assembly to the peeler, but it's very easy. Harriet buys one and David offers to put it together. Harriet wants to leave it for Ozzie. Ozzie teases Harriet about being gullible to every sales pitch. Harriet goes to get some gas for the car. Eddie (Sam Edwards), the Station Attendant, points out that the car's gas gauge is broken. Ozzie and Ricky see a fast-talking sidewalk Pitchman (Jack Wagner) selling a gasoline saving device for cars. Ozzie gets conned into buying one. He has a little trouble installing it. Thorny tells Harriet that she shouldn't mention the broken gas gauge to Ozzie. Thorny tells Ozzie about this guy selling gas savers and the stupid people that were buying it. Ozzie doesn't mention that he bought one. Ozzie and Harriet drive out to the country to pick up some apples. Because the gas gauge hasn't moved, Ozzie thinks the device is working. Ozzie tells Harriet about the gas saver and she tells him the gauge is broken. Ozzie stops for gas and they discover that Ozzie attached the potato peeler to the car, not the gas saver. And it's in the wrong place. Vera Marshe as The Mother.

David is going to a Fraternity meeting and Ricky is going to a dance. Ozzie tells Harriet he thinks it's strange that the boys don't go out together. Harriet mentions to Ozzie that they don't go out together as much as they used to. Ozzie says that Herb Dunkle goes to an art class with his wife. When Ozzie tells her she should go golfing with him, he puts his foot in his mouth about her weight. The next morning, Ozzie tells Thorny that Harriet is going golfing with them. Thorny is against it and will golf with someone else. Ozzie will try to talk Harriet out of golfing. She comes home with art supplies. Ozzie has a confusing conversation with Harriet when he thought she bought golf equipment. They decide to paint a bowl of fruit. Some boys come by and take all the fruit. Ozzie paints a picture of his thumb. Harriet suggests getting a model to paint. Eve Adams (Joi Lansing) comes by and says she's from the art institute. Ozzie thinks she's the model. Eve brings in a dog for them to paint. When Thorny hears about a model, he comes by to paint also. Ozzie tells him it's a dog. Harriet paints a sign telling Ozzie to go play golf. Harriet goes with to paint Ozzie while he's golfing.

Fire Chief Winters (Robert Armstrong) shows some films about the volunteer firemen to Ozzie and Thorny's Men's Club. Ozzie and Thorny get some pamphlets about joining the volunteer firemen. Harriet is not against Ozzie joining. Ricky finds Uncle Jack's fireman's uniform in the attic. Ozzie and Thorny start the training program with other men. Ozzie completes his training and receives his badge. He comes home exhausted and falls asleep. There's a fire and they can't get Ozzie up. David goes in his place. After the fire, David and Thorny come home. Ozzie feels bad that he missed it. It's been days and every time the phone rings, Ozzie thinks it's about a fire. Ozzie has the family rehearse helping him get dressed for a fire. One night, Thorny comes by and tells Ozzie the fire truck is coming. When Ozzie and Thorny get home, the family learns Ozzie rescued a kitten.

Ricky tells Ozzie he's been saving his money and wants to buy a car. Ozzie reminds him that he can't get a license until next year. Ricky will put $28 down and then pay $10 a month. David will bring the car by for Ozzie to look at. Harriet tells Ozzie she met a Mrs. Brewster (Paula Winslowe) at the store. Mrs. Brewster has the same station wagon that Harriet is driving. Harriet accidentally got into Mrs. Brewster's car and drove off before realizing it wasn't her car. Ozzie learns that Mrs. Brewster left her keys in the car and Harriet always leaves her keys as well. Ozzie lectures Harriet on taking the keys out of the car and being more careful. Ozzie tells Thorny what Harriet did. Ricky says that David is back with the car. Figuring that Ozzie will be talking to Thorny a while, the boys drive off. Mrs. Brewster drives up in her son's car to trade a package with Harriet. Ozzie and Thorny think Mrs. Brewster's car is the one Ricky wants. Ozzie and Thorny take it for a drive. They see David and Ricky in town and Ozzie realizes that he took Mrs. Brewster's car. Thorny asks a Policeman (Robert B. Williams) what would constitute grand theft auto. Mrs. Brewster sees that her car is gone and tries to call her son. Ozzie gets back with the car. Harriet figures out what Ozzie did. Hal Smith as Man with the Shoes.

Ricky complains that he always has to organize what he and his friends will do. He was thinking about going to a dance that night. Harriet suggests having a party at the house. She sends Ozzie to the market to get food for the party. Ricky starts to make phone calls. Ricky tells his parents that plans have changed and the party will be at Harry Darby's house. Because they already have the food, Harriet suggests having Thorny and Katherine over. Thorny tells Ozzie that he's having dinner at the Darby's. Harry has to cancel the party because his parents made plans with the Thornberrys. Ricky says the friends are now going dancing. That night, Freddy was to pick people up but he has car trouble. Ricky wants to know if Freddy can drive their station wagon. David offers to drive and they leave. Some kids come by to pick up Ricky. They tell Ozzie that they're going ice stating, the dance is next week. Ricky comes home. Freddy comes by and says they're going to a masquerade. Ricky and Sally tell him about ice skating. Thorny, the Darbys and the Murphys come by. Things keep getting confusing for Ricky. The next night, the same confusion happens to Ozzie.

Ozzie shows Harriet the safe driving award that a motorcycle policeman gave him. Harriet tells him that he left his drivers license at home and it expired two months ago. Ozzie gets a call from the Chairman of the Safe Driving Committee. He wants Ozzie to drive a car in the parade tomorrow. Ozzie will have the Police Chief (Walter Sande) as his passenger. Ozzie tells Thorny about the award. Thorny says he better study for the drivers license test. Thorny realizes his license is expired as well. The Drivers License Clerk ( Jack Wagner) gives Ozzie and Thorny their written test. Thorny passes the test, but Ozzie doesn't. Ozzie can't take the test again, because they're closing. A beautiful Woman (Joi Lansing) talks the Clerk into letting her take the test. Harriet figures out that Ozzie failed the test. Ozzie won't back out of the parade, because his name is in the paper. The next day, the Clerk comes to pick up Ozzie, not knowing he is the one who failed the test. The Clerk doesn't really recognize Ozzie. Ozzie tells the Police Chief that his license is expired. The Police Chief finds a way for Ozzie to still drive him in the parade. Don Nelson as Man at Parade with Two Girls.

David is doing his homework and asks Ozzie what a trustee is. Ozzie claims it's someone who takes care of something for someone else. Ozzie and Thorny discuss the various chores they have around the house. They try to remember the last time they took the family away for the weekend. Ozzie suggests to Harriet that the family go to Pine Lake for the weekend. Harriet and the boys each have things to do. Thorny tells Ozzie that Katherine agreed to go. Thorny asks Ozzie to look after some things at his house while he's gone. Harriet says that the family changed their mind and will go to the lake. Ozzie tells her that now he can't. The family makes a list of things to do to lock up the Thornberry house. Harriet tells Ozzie to go to the Delicatessen to pick up some food for the drive. Harriet and the boys will lock up their house. Ozzie tells the Delicatessen Clerk (James Gleason) about their trip. The Clerk warns Ozzie about some burglaries lately and other things that could go wrong. Ozzie tells the family that their staying home as he is the trustee of Thorny's house. A messenger drops off a telegram for Thorny. Harriet convinces Ozzie to drive up to the lake to give it to him. It turns out the telegram was a trick to get Ozzie to bring the family to the lake. They decide to stay because Ozzie brought everything they'd need in the back of the car.

Ozzie, Harriet and Ricky are talking about circumstantial evidence. Ozzie mentions how he never has strange encounters with other people. That night, Ozzie dreams he's on a plane. A woman (Joi Lansing) claims to be nearsighted and thinks he's her husband. She starts kissing him and then other women do the same. The next morning, Ozzie is reading the personal ads in the paper and finds them amusing. Ozzie is taking the bus downtown. He sits next to a woman (Georgia Holt) and they strike up a conversation. She flatters Ozzie quite a bit. When he gets home, Ozzie tells Harriet about the woman and he thinks she found him attractive. The next morning Harriet shows Ozzie an ad in the personals. It appears to be from the woman Ozzie met on the bus and she would him to call her. Ozzie thinks it could be a coincidence. Ozzie shows Thorny the ad. Thorny says that maybe Harriet placed the ad to kid Ozzie. Harriet tells Ozzie she had nothing to do with the ad. She tells him to call the number. A woman answers and Ozzie hangs up. Ozzie learns from Susie that a woman matching the description of the woman on the bus went into his house. Ozzie races home and the woman is having coffee with Harriet. Turns out Harriet called her because Ozzie and her got some packages mixed up. Her name is Mrs. Beaumont and she's married.

Ozzie has a hard time getting motivated to get out of bed. He thinks that he's in a rut. Ozzie decides he's going to stay in bed all day. The boys at first think Ozzie is sick, but he explains what he's going to do. Thorny comes by and asks Ozzie if he's going to the ball game today. At first Ozzie wants to go, but then he stays in bed. Ozzie hears commotion outside. David tells him they are moving a house and it got stuck in some trees. Then there's a fire at a nearby garage. Aunt Martha (Hallene Hill) comes by and wonders if anything is wrong because they weren't in church today. Harriet explains that Ozzie's staying in bed today. Martha thinks he's sick and puts a mustard plaster on his back. Susie comes by and brings him some flowers. Ozzie starts to think he might be sick. Brother Canfield (Marvin Miller), from the Lodge, comes by. He heard from Thorny that Ozzie was sick and wants to try to cheer him up. Canfield mentions a Lodge member who had no symptoms, but passed away. Ozzie falls asleep. When he wakes up, he thinks it's the next day and he feels great. Thorny tells him it's the same day, he only sleep a few hours.

Harriet stops in a collectible shop and speaks with the Proprietor (Joseph Kearns). She's looking for some trinkets for her bracelet. He recognizes Harriet and asks about the boys. They used to buy stamps from him. The Proprietor shows her some old Spanish Doubloons. He tells her about an article in the paper that says the Camino Palmero treasure is buried somewhere in the vicinity. Harriet buys two of the Doubloons. The boys ask Ozzie if he wants to go fishing, but he's not interested. When Harriet asks Ozzie to do some yard work, he tells her he's going fishing. While digging for worms, Ricky finds a Spanish Doubloon. Ozzie thinks there could be buried treasure in their yard. After digging for a couple days, Ozzie finds another coin. Thorny comes by and asks Ozzie why he's digging a giant hole in the yard. Thorny doesn't believe in the buried treasure. Ozzie brings the coins to the collectible shop and the Proprietor says they are the ones he sold to Harriet. Ozzie figures out that Harriet put them out there to get him to do some yard work. To teach her a lesson, he buys two more coins and tells Harriet he found them as well. Thinking there really could be treasure, Harriet starts digging. Harriet confesses to planting the first two coins and Ozzie confesses about the other two. But then another coin turns up.

Harriet asks Ozzie to pick up a magazine from the drug store. The boys asks him to get some ice cream. Ricky mentions that Ozzie is in a good mood. David says he was depressed earlier. Harriet says there's a good reason for that. Harriet describes the day. Ozzie wakes up very cheerful. He tells Thorny what a beautiful day it is. Ozzie dresses very nicely. Harriet suggests that he buy some new shoes. Ozzie knows what type of shoe he wants, but the Shoe Salesman (Dan Tobin) keeps trying to sell him something else. Ozzie decides to wear the shoes home. He's about to go in the house when Susie comes by. After talking to her about various things, Ozzie starts to become pessimistic. He finds the boys in the garage gathering things for a trip to a cabin. Ozzie mentions things that could go wrong with the trip. Ozzie has a disagreement with Thorny. Harriet wonders why Ozzie has become so grumpy. The Shoe Salesman comes to the house. He tells Ozzie that there was a mistake made and the shoes are two different sizes. It could cause him to get irritable. Ozzie feels more cheerful with the right size shoes on.

David asks Ozzie for a picture of himself. He needs it for his Psychology class. The Professor wants the class to compare the father pictures to that of criminals. The Professor thinks one can tell the character of a person by his face. Harriet has Ozzie look at a picture of a guy in the paper. Ozzie completely misjudges the person. Thorny comes by and mentions that Will is in the same class as David. Thorny had a picture taken of himself wearing a tuxedo. The next day, Thorny tells Ozzie that the Psychology class picked him out as a banker. A man named John Jones (Jack Wagner) comes to Ozzie's back door. His car broke down on the street. John wonders if Ozzie could cash a $10 check for him, which Ozzie does. Harriet is very suspicious of John and thinks Ozzie's been taken. David comes home and tells Ozzie that the class thought Ozzie was a criminal. Now all Ozzie can think about is that he looks like a criminal. Ozzie goes to the library to get some books on criminal psychology. The Librarian (Georgia Holt) won't let him check the books out without a library card. Ozzie says he's not trying to steal the books. David tells Ozzie it was all an experiment. They were to tell their fathers they were picked as criminals to see their reaction.

Ricky mentions the horror movie he wants to take Nancy to. Harriet reminds him that he asked Nancy to go to a formal dance. Ozzie asks David if he has a date with Susie. David says she been a pain lately. She goes out with him but then makes a fuss over some over guy. She plays one guy against the other. Ozzie says that he shouldn't let Susie know he's jealous. Ozzie reads a letter from Bensfield photo studios saying that someone wants Harriet's picture. Harriet says that she went and had some photos taken. Ozzie tells Thorny about the misunderstanding that he and Harriet just had. Harriet goes to the Photographer (Grady Sutton) to pick up her photos. She learns that one was sent to a person who requested it. He can't reveal who it is. Harriet wonders who her secret admirer is. She asks Ozzie if he's jealous and he says no. Some flowers are delivered for Harriet. She thinks Ozzie sent them, but he didn't. Ozzie starts to get upset. He goes to see the Florist (Elvia Allman) and asks who sent the flowers, but she can't say. Ozzie confesses to Harriet that he picked up the one photo. She says she sent the flowers to herself to make him jealous.

Ricky and Georgie Dunkel are trying to think of merchants to place ads in their school paper. Ozzie and Harriet think Ricky should dress better if he's going to call on the merchants. Ozzie goes to Peterson's (Gavin Gordon) Men's Shop to buy a birthday present for Harriet's Uncle Walter. Mr. Peterson complains that the younger men just don't dress up anymore. Ozzie wishes that Ricky would dress better. David suggests the family dress better to set an example. Ozzie, David and Harriet get dressed for dinner. They are surprised when Ricky arrives dressed up. Thorny complains to Ozzie that Katherine wants him to dress up more. Thorny blames Ozzie. Ricky does start dressing better. Mr. Peterson tells Ozzie that business has really picked up. Harriet wonders if they are over doing the dressing up. Ricky is now dressed the way he use to. He says he was only dressing up to get Mr. Peterson to put an ad in the school paper. The family dresses more casually.

David and Chuck (Dwayne Hickman) are talking about the upcoming rush party for their fraternity. David says he's not going as they aren't fun anymore. Don (John Wilder) comes by and says they can't have the party at his house as his brother is sick. Nancy (Diane Jergens) suggests having it at David's house. When Cathy says she'll be David's date, he agrees to it. Despite the short notice, Ozzie and Harriet are fine with the party. Ozzie gives David advice on what to say when he meets a girl's mother for the first time. Ozzie tries to plan some things for the kids to do if the party starts to get dull. Harriet thinks he should stay out of it. Harriet buys a lot of food, even though David wanted to keep it simple. It's the night of the party and David goes to pick up Cathy. The guests start arriving. They play records and dance. Ozzie shows some of the guys football moves. There is a lot of other activities during the party. The night is a success and everyone had a great time. Gloria Marshall as Betty's Sister. Skip Young as Chubby. James Stacy as Party Guest.

Note: Ozzie based his story on a situation that actually happened in the Nelson household.

Ozzie is watching the Captain Salty (Jack Wagner) kids show on TV. The show is sponsored by Seafoam Root Beer. Captain Salty shows the audience a toy model of his submarine. To get one, just send in 6 Seafoam Root Beer bottle caps plus 50 cents to the television program. You'll also be entered in a free bicycle contest. Ozzie mentions to Harriet that the boys don't seem to be interested in mechanical things. Ozzie sends away for the model. The Mailman (Arthur Q. Bryan) says the package arrived. He also mentions that he sent for the model sub. Ozzie puts the model in the sink full of water, but it doesn't do what it's supposed to. Ozzie doesn't admit to the boys that he sent away for the sub. Captain Salty announces on his show that Ozzie won the bicycle. No one in the family wants the bicycle. Thorny congratulates Ozzie on winning the bike. Thorny sent away for a sub also. Ozzie will give the bike to Katherine's nephew. Ozzie gets a telegram that in order to get the bike, he has to appear on the show. Ozzie goes to the TV studio to try and get the bike without going on the show. He does wind up on the show and causes some problems. Later, Thorny says the bike is really for him.

The boys suggest that Ozzie build a fire in the fireplace. Ozzie brushes the ashes down a whole in the fireplace. Ozzie mentions to Harriet that his birthday is the day after tomorrow. Later, Clara Randolph (Mary Jane Croft) visits Harriet. Harriet is trying to find a place to hide Ozzie's gift. Mr. Turner (Gavin Gordon), an attorney, comes to the door. He represents the Ferguson estate, who built and originally owned the Nelson house. Turner says that there is a strong box hidden behind a panel somewhere in the house. He believes it could be full of jewels. Turner does find a panel in the bookcase, but it's empty. As there are no heirs, the box will belong to whomever finds it. Harriet hides Ozzie's gift in the bookcase panel. Ozzie and the boys learn about the strongbox and start looking. Ozzie finds a panel in the basement. When he opens it, all the fireplace ashes pour on to him. Ozzie remembers there were some loose bricks in the fireplace that a Mr. Johnson (Bob Jellison) repaired. Ozzie dreams that he and Mr. Johnson find the jewels and Johnson wants to keep them. It's Ozzie's birthday and he brings over Mr. Johnson. Johnson removes the bricks he fixed and there is a small strongbox there. The box is full of buttons.

David mentions that he has to do a water color for his art class. He's doing a Christmas card water color and Ricky gives him some suggestions. David doesn't think it turned out very good and he shows it to Ozzie and Harriet. They try to instill some confidence in David by saying how good it is. They suggest using it for their Christmas cards. Ricky says they have a printing press at his high school. They can put the faces of the family on it. Ozzie suggests getting their Christmas shopping out of the way as well. Ozzie goes to various stores to buy gifts. David and Ricky show Ozzie the finished Christmas cards. He thinks they should address them now. Ozzie asks Harriet when they'll have their Christmas open house party. He could put the date on the cards. A Delivery Boy (Skip Young) drops off a package for Harriet. Harriet asks David to mail the bills she just finished. He mistakenly takes the Christmas cards as well. Doc Williams (Frank Cady) comes by. Ozzie learns that the gift he was going to give Doc was a piece of junk. The boys find the gifts Ozzie was going to give them. Ozzie shows the boys the gift he's giving to Harriet. It turns out the package she just got has the same house coat that Ozzie bought for her. Ozzie finds out the Christmas cards were mailed. Dorothy Abbott as Party Guest.

Betty wants to talk to Ricky about his band playing at a sorority dance. Ricky tells David that what the band gets paid isn't important, he's just excited as it's their first job. Ozzie shows Ricky some of his old band paraphernalia up in the attic. Ozzie finds his old banjo. During dinner, Ozzie complains that today's music just doesn't have a melody. Ozzie tells Harriet that he'd like to sit in on Ricky's band rehearsal with his banjo. Ricky's band actually starts to rehearse at Bunny Botkin's (Perry Botkin Jr.) house. They wind up coming to Ricky's house. Ricky tells Ozzie that Bunny's father, Perry Botkin, started playing banjo with the band. Perry comes by and tells Ozzie he's surprised that the band moved the rehearsal. Ozzie suggests to Perry that they rehearse a banjo duet in case Ricky's band needs them. It's the night of the dance and Ricky's band is playing very well. Ricky makes an announcement that one of his parents is musically talented. Ozzie thinks the band will ask him and Perry to join them with their banjos. But Ricky says he'd like to have his mother come up and sing with the band. Ozzie and Perry do join the band. James Stacy as Marshall. Jack Wagner as Announcer.

Song: Ozzie, Harriet and Perry Botkin perform "Mandy".

Harriet reminds Ozzie that he was going to the Woman's Club meeting today with her. They will be discussing restoring a local landmark. Harriet suggests having the car washed at the new local car wash. Ozzie runs into Judge Willoughby (Edgar Buchanan) there. Willoughby talks about the new businesses opening in town. Ozzie's car is finished and the Attendant (Hal Smith) tells Ozzie his car is the 1,000th car washed there. Ozzie wins a fifty dollar bill. At the meeting, the Chairwoman asks everyone to donate $1 for the restoration. Ozzie accidentally puts the $50 bill in the donation basket. Ozzie can't do anything about it because everyone there is cheering for him. The Mayor calls Ozzie to thank him. Ozzie gets put in charge of door-to-door collections. Mrs. Wilkins (Vera Marshe), from the fund raising committee, insists that Ozzie takes his $50 back. They'd be happy with Ozzie donating $1. Ozzie learns that his $50 bill was at home the whole time. Someone else donated $50 at the meeting. Willoughby comes by and asks Ozzie to be one of his campaign managers. Willoughby mentions that he also donated $50. Harriet figures a way to work everything out. Dorothy Abbott as Club Member. Herb Vigran as Ice Cream Man.

Barbara comes by to see Harriet. Barbara likes the storage shelf that is in the boys room. Harriet tells Barbara how it happened. Flashback to a week ago. Ricky complains that there is stuff all over his room. Harriet tells Ozzie to put a shelf up. Ozzie sees an ad in the paper for second hand filing cabinets. Instead of the shelf, he decides to buy one for each of the boys. Harriet is upset when Ozzie comes home with a pool table. He claims they were out of the filing cabinets. Ozzie puts the table in the den, but it's a little cramped now. They try putting it in various other places with no luck. They put it in the yard. Thorny asks Ozzie what happens if it rains. Thorny suggests putting it in his rumpus room. But every time Ozzie wants to use it, the Thornberrys are out. Things get awkward when Ozzie shoots pool while Thorny has his bridge club there. Ozzie brings the table back to his house. It takes some doing, but they get the table into the attic. The legs of the table break through the ceiling of the boys room. Back to the present. Harriet tells Barbara that Ozzie used the legs as part of the boys shelf. Raymond Greenleaf as Man. Mary Jane Croft as Woman. William Haade as 1st Moving Man. Phil Arnold as 2nd Moving Man.

David is writing for the school paper, but they've only published one little thing. Harriet tells Ozzie that David is taking Nancy out for dinner. David tells his parents that they are invited to dinner as well, his treat. Ozzie tells Thorny what David is doing. Thorny says that Will took him and Katherine out last week. When Ozzie mentions the place is the Zepher Room, Thorny says the place is expensive. Ozzie is worried about David having enough money. David mentions that it's formal. At the restaurant, David asks the Captain (Parley Baer) what he recommends. Ozzie and Harriet are impressed with how David is handling things. David tells Harriet that he's getting the meal for half price. The restaurant would like to get more of the college crowd. David is doing a write up for the paper about the place. David learns that the place he was supposed to go to was the Zebra Room. There is no discount here. Ozzie says he'll take care of the check. Ozzie finds that he didn't bring his money. David works things out with the manager, Mr. Townsend (Joseph Kearns). Townsend learns that David will do a write up for the paper and he picks up the tab. Jack Wagner as Waiter. Harry Lauter as Inebriate. Dorothy Abbott as Cigarette Girl. Georgia Holt as Restaurant Patron.

The Ladies Auxiliary charity dance is coming up. Harriet tells Ozzie there's a special meeting of the Auxiliary that night because there doesn't seem to be much interest in the dance this year. The ladies all agreed to bring their husbands to the meeting to help. Ozzie reluctantly goes and finds there's only two other husbands who showed up. Suggestions on how to improve the dance are asked for. Bubbles (Joi Lansing) suggests a bathing beauty contest. A Chubby Girl (Barbara Pepper) suggests a pie eating contest. Nancy (Nancy Kulp) thinks a balloon drop at midnight would be fun. Clara (Mary Jane Croft) nominates Ozzie to be the official balloon blower upper. It's the day of the dance and the boys go to wax the dance floor. Ozzie must find a way to inflate hundreds of balloons. He enlists the help of some local boys. At the dance hall, Clara asks Ozzie how he's going to get the balloons from his house to here. Ozzie loads a covered trailer with the balloons. The balloons wind up blowing out of the trailer. Then kids take the ones that were left. Ozzie learns from Clara that the dance was sold out. Because the balloons had the dance printed on them, they were a great advertisement. Jack Wagner as Mr. Walker. George Winslow as Little Boy. Dorothy Abbott as Ladies Auxiliary Member.

Ricky really likes Pete Williams' car and wishes he had one like it. Pete mentions to Ozzie that his father, Doc Williams, bought it for him. Ricky drops hints to Ozzie about the great deals there are on used cars. Ozzie says that he'll pay for half of a car if Ricky gets a job to pay the other half. Ozzie tells David that the Florist's (Raymond Greenleaf) delivery truck driver put a scratch in Ozzie's car fender. Ozzie calls Mr. Wilson's Flower Shop to tell him what happened. Doc Williams comes by and Ozzie learns that Pete works as Wilson's delivery driver. Doc wanted to play some golf, but Ozzie says he's busy. Harriet tells Ozzie that she put the scratch in the car. Ozzie feels bad when he finds out that Pete lost his job and thinks Ricky got it. Harriet suggests that Ozzie get Pete another job. Ozzie goes to see Mr. Duggan (Harry Harvey Sr.), the Grocer, about a job for Pete. Duggan asks about Ricky, but Ozzie says he's working for Wilson. What Ozzie didn't know is that Ricky actually got the job at Duggan's. Ozzie finds out about the complicated problems he caused. Somehow things work out for Ricky, David and Pete, but it costs Ozzie money.

Doc Williams tells Ozzie that he's having his house redone. Doc will be staying in a hotel and his wife Shirley will visit her mother. Doc kind of invites himself to stay at Ozzie's place. Ozzie tells the family to not ask Doc any medical advice. But it happens anyway. Somehow the subject of Ozzie's tonsils comes up. Ozzie shows Doc how Harriet walks on his back to ease occasional back pain. Doc continues to ask Ozzie if his neck hurts. Ozzie dreams that he's a doctor. Mrs. Biddle (Elvia Allman) calls wanting to speak to Doc, but Ozzie gives her some advice as Doc is sleeping. Later during the night, Mrs. Biddle calls wanting to speak with Doctor Nelson. She says his advice worked. She mentions that Doc took out her tonsils, despite her not really wanting them out. Ozzie becomes paranoid about Doc taking out his tonsils. Ozzie has to drive Doc to the hospital. Ozzie confronts Doc about taking out his tonsils and Doc says that he had no intention of doing it. Ray Montgomery as Young Man. Skip Young as The Bellhop.

Christmas is less than a week away. Ozzie and Harriet are looking at the Christmas cards they've received. Harriet wants to do some shopping. There's quite a crowd at the store. Ozzie runs into Mrs. Brewster (Isabel Randolph). They talk about the last minute rush to go shopping. Ozzie mentions his first Christmas with Harriet. Ozzie agrees to do some caroling with a group Mrs. Brewster put together. At home, Ozzie says he'll get the tree when it's a little closer to Christmas. He doesn't want to put up any lights. Doc Williams comes by. Doc wants Ozzie to be in his Christmas play. The next day Joe Randolph (Lyle Talbot) comes by. Joe talks Ozzie into helping at the Christmas Eve Party at the orphanage that the Lodge is putting on. Ozzie promises Harriet he'll get things done around the house. It's Christmas Eve and things are very hectic for Ozzie. Ricky comes home with a scrawny tree because nothing was left. The family surprises Ozzie with a beautiful tree in the den. Outside there are Christmas lights that Ricky and Harriet put up. Phil Arnold as The Tailor. Shep Houghton as Shopper.

Songs: The Cast performs "Jingle Bells". Ozzie and the Cast perform "Deck the Halls".

It's the day after Christmas. David recalls the Christmas' when he was younger. Ricky remembers a day after Christmas when they all went ice skating up at the lake. Ozzie thinks they should do it again and Harriet agrees. Doc Williams comes by and shows Ozzie the bowling ball he got as a present. Doc asks him to go bowling, but Ozzie says they're going skating. Little Terry comes by and Ozzie invites him to go skating. When Ozzie mentions skating, the boys say they have dates. Harriet says she'll go play Bridge at Clara's house. Ozzie calls Doc about bowling. Ozzie remembers about Terry. Ozzie and Harriet cancel their other plans. Terry comes by and says he's going skating with his family. Now Ozzie and Harriet remake their plans. While waiting for a bowling lane, Doc gets a call and he has to go to the hospital. Ozzie comes home to an empty house. He dreams about the family ice skating. After waking up, Ozzie goes to the ice skating rink. He runs into David, Ricky and their dates. Harriet is there, because she talked the girls into playing Bridge at the rink. Jack Wagner as Counterman.

Song: The Nelsons sing "Side by Side".

Harriet wants Ozzie to meet Mrs. Brewster in front of the Emporium and give her a check. The check is to pay for tickets to a Bach festival. Ozzie really doesn't want to go to it. At the Emporium, Doc Williams tells Clifford that he has an appointment with Ozzie soon. They see Ozzie talking to a strange woman in the store. Ozzie walks passed them without saying anything. At Doc's office, Ozzie tells him he wasn't in the store. Back home, Ozzie tells Harriet that Doc claims to have seen him with an attractive young redhead in the store. In town, Harriet sees Ozzie get into a car with the redhead. But then Ozzie walks up to Harriet. They realize there is a man that looks exactly like Ozzie in town. A woman comes out of a store and claims Ozzie stole her purse. Ozzie convinces an Officer (Ray Montgomery) that there is a double of him. The Officer says there have been several pickpocket complaints. Ozzie allows his picture to be put in the paper to warn people about the pickpocket. The pickpocket, who has a British accent and is named Eddie, and his girlfriend (Mary Castle), see the picture. Eddie will put on a fake mustache and glasses. Ozzie does the same thing. Ozzie runs into Mrs. Brewster in a store and she asks about the mustache. Eddie is there and he steals something out of Mrs. Brewster's purse. Things get confusing when Ozzie and Eddie are seen together. Eddie took Ozzie's wallet and shows it to Mr. Jensen (Barney Phillips), the store detective. Harriet is able to prove which man is Ozzie. Vera Marshe as Woman.

Ozzie is getting his hair cut by Bob the Barber (Jack Wagner). Ozzie says that Harriet is at the Woman's Club hearing a lecture by Monsieur Charles (Maurice Marsac) on hairstyles. Ozzie goes to pick up Harriet, but the lecture is still going on. Some models show off different hairstyles. Charles asks Ozzie to describe Harriet's hairstyle. Back at home, Ozzie mentions to the boys how Harriet hasn't changed her hairstyle in 15 years. Harriet decides to make an appointment with Charles. Ozzie dreams about the different wild hairstyles she could have. The next morning, Ozzie is worried about what Charles will do to Harriet. He goes to the beauty shop. Harriet is under a hair dryer and Charles tells Ozzie he'll have to wait. Ozzie goes to have a soda and tells Joe the Soda Clerk (Barney Phillips) about Harriet. Joe says he had a customer who's wife always changed the color of her hair. The guy went and dyed his hair white. At home, Harriet has a scarf around her hair. Harriet is shocked when Ozzie takes off his hat and he has two strips of hair shaved off. Harriet takes off the scarf and her hair is exactly the same as it was before. Ozzie shows Harriet it was actually trick hair. The boys are going to a costume party. Ricky is going as Elvis and David is going as Yul Brynner from "The King and I". Dorothy Abbott as Lady at Hair Salon.

Song: Ricky performs "Love Me Tender".

Ozzie and the boys are looking at some puppies in a pet shop window. Ozzie tells the Pet Shop Owner (Dick Elliott) that it's his wife's birthday tomorrow. The boys would like to surprise her with something. They decide on a Beagle puppy. They hide the dog in the garage. Later, they hide the dog in the boy's room. They have a hard time making sure Harriet doesn't find the dog. After seeing the paper, Harriet's worried about a cat burglar in the neighborhood. Before going to bed, the boys put the puppy in the kitchen so Harriet will find it in the morning. Harriet wakes up when she hears something downstairs. Harriet finds the puppy and loves it. The next morning, Harriet ties up the puppy outside. When they go to get him, the puppy is gone. The family search the neighborhood for the dog. Ozzie gets distracted by two young women, Betty (Mary Castle) and Bobbie, and takes pictures of them. David finds the dog by the front door. Harriet finds Ozzie and he explains what he's doing. The family decides to keep the dog in the car when they go out for Harriet's birthday dinner. The Headwaiter (Sam Flint) tells Ozzie that the dog is causing quite a commotion. They wind up having dinner in the car. Back at home, Ozzie wonders if they made a mistake getting the dog. Officer Summers (Ray Montgomery) and his partner come to the door. The dog's barking helped him capture the cat burglar.

Doc Williams brings his son Pete's skis over to lend to Ricky. Doc mentions the Medical Associations annual meeting the next night. Doc will be one of the speakers and he bought a new tuxedo. Ozzie tells Ricky to take care of the skis. Ozzie tells Harriet that the boys shouldn't get in the habit of borrowing things. Harriet tells him she borrowed a dress for the Ladies Club meeting. Mr. Darby (Parley Baer) comes by. Darby knows it's short notice, but he wonders if Ozzie could be the toastmaster at the Explorer's Club that evening. The boys try to think of some jokes Ozzie can use. Ozzie learns that his tuxedo doesn't fit anymore. Despite his lecture on borrowing, Ozzie will ask Doc about borrowing his tux. Doc reluctantly lends his tux to Ozzie. At the Explorer's Club, Ozzie introduces a visitor from Africa. It's a monkey in a little tuxedo. While everyone is laughing at the monkey, Ozzie falls into a large cake on the table. The laughter continues. At home, Ozzie tries cleaning the tux in the garage. A Policeman (Jack Wagner) comes by because he saw the light. The next morning, Ozzie takes the tux to the tailor to be cleaned. Later, the Tailor comes by, but he drops off the monkey's tux. Ozzie learns that the Tailor dropped Doc's tux off at his house. Doc won't be able to wear it as he has to deliver a baby. Hal Smith as Explorer's Club Member.

Ozzie and Harriet come home after seeing a play. Ozzie says the plot wasn't believable. It was just one coincidence after another. David says he has a coincidence for them. He's taking a girl named Harriet on a date to a piano recital. Harriet learns that on David's three dates with his Harriet, they did the same thing that Ozzie and her did on their first three dates. Some more coincidences happen. Ozzie tells Doc Williams about the coincidences. Ozzie also says that when he and Harriet first started dating, there was a time she had to break a date because she was going out of town. Ozzie then took another woman on a date. If this happens to David the same way, Harriet will find out about Ozzie's other date. David invites his Harriet over for dinner to meet the family. That's what Ozzie did. David tells Ozzie that he had another date with Harriet, but she had to break it to go out of town. David meets Jackie Peterson at the library. He asks her if she'd like to go to a movie. Ozzie and Harriet go to the same movie and run into David and Jackie. Ozzie admits to Harriet that he went on a date with another girl back then. Harriet tells Ozzie the girl was a friend of hers. She arranged for her to go out with Ozzie to keep him out of circulation. David tells them that Jackie knows Harriet and the same thing happened.

At the Malt Shop, David learns that Susie can't make it to the dance that night because she has a cold. Wally (Skip Young) asks David if he could get someone else, but David says not at this short notice. A beautiful girl walks in and the guys don't know who she is. Chuck (Steve Terrell) convinces David to ask her to the dance. Turns out the girl is Spanish and doesn't speak English. Her name is Lucita and they do get along. David does somehow ask her to the dance. Lucita calls David and he has Ricky translate for him. Lucita says that she will be bringing Carmelita (Lina Romay) along as her duenna. Ricky will go along to the dance and be with Carmelita. Ozzie says that duenna means chaperon and it's usually a Grandmother or such. Now Ricky doesn't want to go. Ozzie recommends going to a Spanish Cafe instead of the dance and he'll go with. They pick up Lucita and see that Carmelita is a beautiful woman. Lucita thinks David brought Ozzie as Carmelita's date. At the Cafe, David and Lucita dance and Ozzie and Carmelita dance. Ozzie has Ricky come by and translate and tell Carmelita that he's married. She thinks Ozzie is proposing. Harriet and some of the Ladies Club come to the Cafe. She sees Ozzie dancing with Carmelita. Mr. Rodriguez, the owner, explains things to Lucita and Carmelita. Rodriguez and Carmelita dance together. Barney Phillips as Steve. Shep Houghton as Club Patron.

Song: Ozzie, Lucita, and Sergio M. Pérez perform "You Belong To My Heart (Solamente Una Vez)".

David, Wally, and Chuck visit Uncle Ben's (Lucien Littlefield) hot dog stand on campus. Ben mentions that after 30 years in business, he's finally selling the stand. David tells Ozzie that he, Wally, and Chuck are thinking of buying the stand. The guys are going to fix up the place and rename it "The Puppy Palace". They're going to have a grand opening. Ozzie, Harriet and Ricky will tell all their friends. The grand opening is a huge success. It's been a couple weeks and David is getting worn out between the business and school. David tells Ozzie that he's thinking about quitting school. Ozzie and Harriet each have a plan to keep David in school. Ozzie speaks with bank president Mr. Gordon (Joseph Kearns). Ozzie would like Gordon to tell David how a college education helped him run the bank. Gordon says he never went to college. Ozzie then goes to see Jack Adams (Vinton Hayworth), who owns Adams Aircraft Company. Adams didn't go to college either. Ozzie invites Darby, who is a lawyer, over for dinner. Darby thinks David should expand his business. Later, Harriet tells Ozzie she put her plan into operation and she thinks David will stay in school. It involves Uncle Ben and some college girls. Hal Smith as Wally's Father. Dorothy Abbott as Woman visiting Library.

Ricky tells Ozzie that he's reading book summaries instead of the whole book. Ozzie thinks he's missing out. Ozzie thinks he should read the classics. Harriet says there just isn't time. The next day Ozzie goes to the library. He runs into an old friend named Charlie Johnson (Regis Toomey), who he hasn't seen in a long time. Charlie talks about getting old. He also mentions that his family built him a reading room over the garage. Charlie doesn't mind that his family doesn't need him as much anymore. Back at home, Ozzie tries to throw a basketball and he does a cartwheel. Harriet has a surprise for Ozzie. They converted some attic space into a reading room for Ozzie. Harriet and the boys are having a good time watching TV. Ozzie feels left out of family activities. In the reading room, Ozzie dreams that he's a hermit with a long gray beard living in a cave. David and Ricky are adults and they come by with all of Ozzie's grandchildren. They bring him a lot of books. David says that Harriet didn't come along because she's watching a movie on TV. Ricky wakes Ozzie up and he brought some records with him. David brings a portable TV and Harriet brought some food. Ozzie is glad to not be alone.

Ozzie is waiting for Thorny to go golfing. He mentions to Harriet that he sent to boys to pick up the pictures he took on the fishing trip. There's a picture of him catching "Old Foxy", the most elusive and biggest fish in the lake. Thorny and Doc Williams don't believe Ozzie caught the fish. The boys return with the pictures, but the one with the fish isn't there. Doc and Thorny come by. Harriet gives Ozzie another set of pictures that the boys picked up. This one has the picture of the fish. Thorny and Doc don't believe Ozzie caught the fish because he's not in the picture. On the golf course, Thorny doesn't believe Ozzie got a hole in one. Ozzie goes to the drug store. He parks far enough away from a fire hydrant. A woman in another car accidentally pushes Ozzie's car up to the hydrant. Ozzie tries to tell the Policeman (Peter Leeds) he didn't park there, but the Policeman doesn't believe him. A Robber runs into Ozzie as he's fleeing a jewelry store he just robbed. The Robber is knocked to the ground and the Policeman is able to capture him. The Jeweler (Wheaton Chambers) identifies the crook. Bystanders say that Ozzie punched the Robber and knocked him down. At home, Ozzie tells Harriet he didn't catch the crook. A Woman Reporter (Vera Marshe) and a Man Reporter (Hal Smith) come by and ask Ozzie how he caught the crook. Some neighbors come by to congratulate Ozzie. Joi Lansing as 1st Woman. Phil Arnold as 2nd Man. Tyler McVey as Sergeant.

Ozzie doesn't like the idea of Ricky lending out his car to his friends. Ozzie tells Harriet that he doesn't want Ricky to be a soft touch. Ozzie then lends Ricky his car and gives Harriet some money. Some local boys come by and tell Ozzie their kite is on his roof. He has a hard time doing it, but Ozzie gets the kite. Ozzie buys them a new kite string and gives them some cake. The boys then ask Ozzie to fix their tent pole. They are going to build a clubhouse with the tent. Ozzie offers them some wood. He then unwittingly volunteers to let them build it in his backyard. Harriet says she'll tell the boys to stop, but winds up helping them. Ozzie helps as well. The clubhouse is finished and they paint "Tigers" on it. Parents start calling with different messages for their boys. Ricky comes up with a solution to the problem. The next morning, the kids wake the family up by playing a bugle. Ozzie goes to tell them off. Before he can, they make him the honorary "Grand Tiger". Harriet goes to tell the boys to move the clubhouse, but they make her "Grand High Tigress". Ricky convinces the boys to tear down the clubhouse. He'll let them meet in his room until they find somewhere else.

David and Ricky are helping little Terry with his model airplane. Meanwhile, Ozzie is practicing his speech for the dedication of the Air Force's new base. Ozzie and the boys talk about how it would be fun to fly in one of the new jet fighters. Col. Claypool (Vinton Hayworth) comes to pick up Ozzie. Ricky tells Claypool about Ozzie wanting to fly in a jet, but Claypool says that isn't possible. At the Mens Club, Doc Williams introduces Ozzie and he gives his speech. Claypool then says he spoke to the Pentagon and Ozzie will get his wish to fly in a jet. The next day Ozzie is a little anxious about the flight. Harriet tells him to call it off. The family goes with Ozzie to the Air Force Base. Doc is there and tells Ozzie that some of the guys made bets on how long Ozzie would go before passing out. Claypool greets them and gets Ozzie ready. Ozzie meets Lt. Charles Gordon (Richard Crane), who will be the pilot. During the flight, Ozzie starts getting quite light headed from taking in too much pure oxygen. Hal Smith as Man in Audience shouting.

Song: Ozzie and Richard Crane sing "The U.S. Air Force (Wild Blue Yonder)".

David tells Harriet that Ozzie got a letter from Congressman Horace Whittingham (Henry Hunter). She says that Ozzie is on a committee to buy Willow Lake for the city and he wrote Whittingham about it. Whittingham writes that he forwarded Ozzie's letter to the Department of the Interior. David suggests the committee send someone to Washington. At the committee meeting , they like the idea of sending someone to Washington, but there are several volunteers. When the Chairwoman (Nancy Kulp) brings up the cost of going, everyone votes for Ozzie. The boys want to go to Willow Lake over their spring break. After landing in D.C., Harriet talks about the places she wants to go sight seeing. Ozzie says they need to see Whittingham first. Whittingham's secretary says he's out for the day, but tomorrow morning would be fine. Ozzie and Harriet do some sight seeing. The next morning the secretary tells Ozzie and Harriet that Whittingham was called away to a meeting and will be gone all day. More sight seeing. Ozzie poses for a picture with a White House Guard (Robert B. Williams). Ozzie learns that Whittingham went on vacation to fish with his daughter. At Willow Lake, David and Ricky run into Whittingham and his daughter Betty, who have their line caught in a tree. David and Ricky drop off Whittingham and Betty at the airport as they pick up their parents. David tells Ozzie that Whittingham will go through with the Willow Lake deal. Paul Cavanagh as S. Parker Jones. Vera Marshe as 1st Committee Woman. Jack Wagner as Guide. Harry Antrim as Committee Man. Dorothy Abbott as 2nd Committee Woman.

Harriet comes home from her Woman's Club meeting. She tells Ozzie that she was elected editor of the Woman's Club News. It's only for one issue as the editor is out of town. Ozzie thinks she should find some more interesting things to write about. Harriet jokes and tells Ozzie she's making him her star reporter. Doc Williams comes by and suggests to Ozzie that Harriet put a medical column in the paper. Ozzie goes to the drug store and overhears three women gossiping about friends of theirs. He decides it isn't good enough to print. At the golf club, Ozzie talks to Darby and Cliff. Ozzie learns that Mr. Van Courtney is donating money to the Woman's Club to build a new wing. Harriet tells Ozzie that Mrs. Van Courtney (Dorothy Ford) had more to do with it. Ozzie also wants to write about Mrs. Van Courtney being a very good golfer, but her husband finally beat her. They print up the papers and get them ready to be mailed. Afterwards, Harriet finds a mistake in the paper where it says Mr. Van Courtney has been beating his wife. It doesn't say at golf. Ozzie is able to stop David and Ricky at the mail box, but some letters have been mailed. Ozzie finds out that one of them was to the Van Courtneys. Ozzie makes corrections to the papers they didn't mail. Things go worse when Ozzie learns from Mr. Van Courtney that his wife is very sensitive about losing to her husband at golf. Ozzie now has to change all the papers again. Alice Backes as Woman in Drug Store.

Ozzie stops in the Carter Travel Agency and speaks to the Clerk (Jack Wagner). The Clerk shows Ozzie some pamphlets of various vacation destinations. A blonde woman (Joi Lansing) asks Ozzie if she should go to Paris or Rome. Back at home, Ozzie says they should think of going somewhere besides Lake Murphy. The boys point out the pamphlet on Hawaii. Ricky dreams about meeting a beautiful Hawaiian girl, but then David takes her away. The next day, Ricky is trying on a spear fishing outfit. The family keeps dropping hints about Hawaii. Clara and Joe Randolph come by. They were in Hawaii for two weeks and bought home movies from their trip. There's also film from their trip to Lake Murphy. Clara keeps pushing Hawaii and Joe pushes Lake Murphy. Later, David introduces Dave Cadiente, a boy from Hawaii, to Harriet. Dave says that if Ozzie went to a Hawaiian Luau, he'd be sold on going to Hawaii. Dave says a friend of his, Harry Owens, is hosting a Luau. The family goes and has a great time. There are Hula dancers. Harry tells Harriet that he'd like to go to Lake Murphy. Ozzie and Perry Botkin play a ukulele duet. Ozzie and the family then perform "On The Beach At Waikiki". At the end of the evening, Harry tells Ozzie that he'll see him at Lake Murphy.

Doc Williams comes by Ozzie's house. He and Shirley (Dorothy Abbott) would like to go to the dance tomorrow night with them. The Tommy Jackson (Pete Candoli) Band will be playing. Ricky would like to sit in on drums with the band. The next day, Harriet learns from Mr. Martin, the bands manager, that their drummer had to go visit his family. Sally Rogers suggested Ricky fill in. It's almost time for the dance and Ricky wonders what he should wear. Ozzie calls a lot of people to tell them that Ricky will be playing with the band. When Ozzie and Harriet get to the dance, Ricky isn't playing the drums. Ricky tells them there was a misunderstanding. They just needed someone to carry the drums. Ricky isn't upset about it. David tells Ricky that he should ask to sit in on one number, but Ricky won't do it. Tommy Jackson announces that the drummer is sick and he would like Ricky to fill in. Doc learns that the Drummer (Alvin Stoller) really isn't sick. Mr. Martin tells Doc that David suggested Ricky and they did it as a favor. Tommy tells Ozzie that a while back Ozzie gave him a break and let him sit in with Ozzie's band. Tommy lets Ricky sing a song. Then the Nelsons sing a song. Georgia Holt as Nightclub Guest. Shep Houghton as Nightclub Guest. Barbara Pepper as Woman Who Wishes She Were 20 Years Younger. James Stacy as Man in Crowd.

Songs: Ricky sings "I'm Walkin'". Ozzie, Harriet, David and Ricky sing "My Gal Sal".

Harriet wants Ozzie to drive her to a town 30 miles away to get an antique lamp. They get to the store and meet the owner (Chubby Johnson). Ozzie sees some golf clubs with the name Tommy Brannigan on them. Ozzie says the name is familiar and believes it's a golf pro. He'll buy a set for himself, Wally Dipple (Lloyd Corrigan) and Doc Williams. Back at home, the boys think there must be something wrong with the clubs considering their cheap price. Ozzie will have Doc and Wally meet him at the golf course and tells them he has a surprise for them. When Ozzie shows them the matched set of irons, Doc and Wally think he got taken. Ozzie tells them they are Tommy Brannigan clubs. Wally and Doc say the name is familiar, but they're not interested. They agree to try them and then maybe haggle about the price. Ozzie hits a couple balls and it doesn't go well. Doc and Wally now leave. Back at home, Ozzie gives the clubs to the boys for nothing. They say they'll trade them in for new skis. At the sport store, Mr. Wagner (Jack Wagner) tells the boys the clubs look good. He can't place the name Tommy Brannigan, but it sounds familiar. He can't trade them for skis, but he can try to sell them for the boys. Doc and Wally see the clubs in the store window and they are priced at twice what Ozzie wanted. Out on the course, Joe the Golf Pro (Joe Kirkwood Jr.) tries out Ozzie's clubs. Ozzie, Harriet, Doc and Wally go back to the store out of town. They learn that the store owner's name is Tommy Brannigan. Shep Houghton as Man in Locker Room.

The Women's Club is taking up sculpting as their latest project. Harriet thinks Ozzie would make a good model, but he's not interested. At the Soda Fountain, Doc Williams orders all the food that he just talked Ozzie out of ordering. Doc says that Shirley wanted him to be a model. He would really like to, but he's too busy. Ozzie is in the park and poses next to a statue. He tries to explain what he's doing to a Police Officer (Brick Sullivan). The ladies are setting up their sculpting class in Harriet's living room. Ozzie comes home and puts on a costume because he figures he'll be posing. But then he learns that the ladies teacher, handsome Gino La Scala (Steve Reeves), is doing the posing. Later, all the busts are covered. David tells Ozzie that the unveiling will be the next day at the Women's Club. They are not to look at them until then. Wally Dipple comes by to pick up his wife's bust. Wally does look at it and it's a bust of him. They look at Shirley's bust and it looks like Doc. They look at Harriet's and it's a bust of La Scala. The next day, Ozzie is to take Harriet's bust to the Women's Club. On the bus, Ozzie drops the bust and it gets damaged. Ozzie goes to Doc's office to get help repairing the bust. Ozzie makes it to the Women's Club. Harriet's bust is unveiled and it looks like Ozzie. The bust of La Scala was made by La Scala himself. Hal Smith as Drunk. Raymond Greenleaf as Dr. Jack Sanders. Phil Arnold as Plumber. Dorothy Abbott as 2nd Woman.

Ozzie is going over the books to the men's lodge. Ozzie tells Ricky he's been treasurer for the past three years, which is two years too many. Harriet hands Ozzie a newspaper clipping she found. Ozzie says there's a sale on golf clubs at the Emporium and that's what the clipping is. Thorny comes by and Ozzie tells him to not nominate him for treasurer again. Thorny wants to pay his past lodge dues, so now Ozzie has to completely redo the books. The next morning Doc comes by to pay his past dues. Doc's nurse calls and says that Thorny is in the office with pain in his foot. Rumors start about how bad the foot injury is. Mr. Darby comes by and says he heard Thorny broke his leg and is in the hospital. Ozzie wants to take some money from the lodge's "Get Well Fund" and buy Thorny a gift. Darby pays his dues. At the Emporium, Ozzie asks the Salesman (Jack Wagner) where the book department is. Ozzie is drawn to the golf clubs and buys them for Thorny. Darby brings some back dues from other members. Ozzie and Harriet see Thorny by his front door dancing. He only hurt his toe. It turns out that it was all staged. The lodge members give Ozzie the clubs in appreciation for his work as treasurer.

Song: Ricky sings "A Teenager's Romance".

Note: Last appearance of Thorny played by Don DeFore.

Ozzie shows Harriet the watch he bought for Ricky's 17th birthday. Harriet suggests a party, but Ozzie thinks Ricky's out grown that. Ricky comes home with his friend Pete Williams. Ricky asks about his watch and Ozzie says it was supposed to be a surprise. Pete tells Ozzie and Harriet that some of the guys want to give Ricky a surprise party. Sally Rogers tells Harriet that there's a place downtown that stages parties. They take care of everything. The next morning Harriet gets a call from Mrs. Neeley (Madge Blake) from the Party Shop. That night it takes some doing for David to get Ricky to the bowling alley so people can arrive for the party. At the bowling alley, Pete comes by to take Ricky to dinner. Mr. Johnson from the Party Store comes to the house and then Mrs. Neeley arrives. Johnson gets dressed as a clown and others start to set up children's games. Harriet reminds Mrs. Neeley that Ricky is 17, but Ozzie thinks they'll enjoy it. It's getting late and Harriet wonders when the kids will arrive. Ozzie calls Doc Williams to see if Pete is there. Ozzie learns that the surprise party is at Doc's house and Ricky was really surprised. Ozzie tells Doc to round up a bunch of people and they'll have an adult party. All the friends arrive dressed as children. Hal Smith as Guest.

Song: Ricky sings "A Teenager's Romance".

David, Steve (Steve Terrell) and Wally will be taking girls that they just met to a dance that night. The problem is the boys don't have enough money. Meanwhile, Harriet shows Ozzie the old desk they have that she wants to bring to the antique show at the Women's Club. Ozzie won't lend David any more money. David offers to drive the desk to the Women's Club. David calls and says that he and Wally got jobs. They are going to be night watchmen at the antique show. At the show, Harriet's a little concerned about David being there all night. Doc, Darby and Claude show up. Ozzie tells them about how David and Wally intend to guard the antiques. A Mr. McCauley is listening in. When they realize that no one knows him, the men are worried that McCauley may be casing the place. That night, Ozzie calls David to check in. When no one answers the phone a second time, the family goes to check on David. They get to the club and see two cars pull into the alley. They see people entering the building. Harriet goes to call the police. What they don't know is the people are friends of David and Wally and they're just going to have a party. David tells Ozzie they got permission to have the party. The police arrive with Mr. McCauley. Harriet tells Ozzie that McCauley is sponsoring the show and has several antiques there. Robert B. Williams as Officer. Myrna Fahey as 2nd Girl.

David mentions that tickets are not selling well for the fraternity dance. Ricky suggests that David take Miss Universe 1956, Carol Morris, to the dance as she is in town. David tells Wally and Steve that he invited Carol. Ricky tells David that Carol called Harriet and excepted David's invitation. David and Ricky go to the airport to pick up Carol. Just then a bunch of the fraternity brothers show up as well. A large crowd gathers and the Mayor (Dick Elliott) welcomes Carol to the city. David finally gets Carol home and tells her she can finally rest. The house is full of people wanting to see Carol. Ozzie manages to get everyone out. Clara Randolph comes by and invites Carol to a luncheon and fashion show at the Women's Club. Later, David was hoping to drive Carol around town before heading to the dance. Two police officers show up to escort Carol. A crowd of fraternity brothers show up. David and Carol finally get to the dance. David tries dancing with Carol, but other guys keep cutting in. David comes up with a plan to have Ricky call the dance saying Carol had to leave. That way David could be alone with her. But it turns out that Carol really got a call saying she has to take the next plane back. Barney Phillips as Soda Clerk. Barbara Pepper as Heavy Set Woman. Dorothy Ford as Tall Girl. Jack Wagner as Waiter. The Four Preps as Singing Fraternity Brothers. Ed Cobb as Ed. Glen A. Larson as Glen. Dorothy Abbott as Neighbor.

Song: The Four Preps sing "Oh, You Beautiful Doll".

Ozzie finds a "rate how strict your parents are" test in a magazine. Ozzie thinks the boys filled it out and it rated them as strict parents. Ricky says he took the test to see what kind of father he'd be. Ozzie and Harriet go to the movies. Ozzie sees Ricky and worries that Ricky will think they are following him. Back at home, David asks if he can bring his friends in the house and Ozzie says yes. Later that night, Ozzie can't sleep because he's hungry. Harriet will also have something. When they go downstairs, the boys come home. Ozzie thinks the boys will think they waited up for them. The next day, the boys ask to borrow Ozzie's car. Ozzie tells them he doesn't need to know where they're going. Harriet worries when Ozzie says the boys will be back tomorrow night. As long as the boys are gone for the weekend, Ozzie and Harriet decide to go stay at a cabin by the lake. When David's car won't start, Ozzie calls Mac the mechanic (Hal Smith). Mac lets them use his car while he fixes David's. The Cabin Owner (Will Wright) shows them where they'll be staying. While fishing at the lake, Ozzie sees the boys with two friends. He doesn't want them to think they followed them. They do eventually run into each other. Pamela Duncan as Alice - Actress. Bess Flowers as Theater Patron.

Harriet wants to fix a scratch in the coffee table. Ozzie mentions how old and beat up the table is. Harriet says that Wally Dipple made his wife a new table in a wood shop class. She says there's a class tonight. Ozzie says he's going bowling. It turns out that Ozzie has actually been going to the class for a while and just claimed to be bowling. Mr. Miller (Dave Willock), the Instructor, is helping Ozzie with the coffee table he's making. Ozzie asks Miller's pretty Assistant (Joi Lansing) for some tools. Back at home, Ozzie tells the boys about the wood shop class and tells them to not mention it to Harriet. It's bowling night and Harriet wants the boys to take her to the alley to watch Ozzie. Ricky calls the high school and warns Ozzie about Harriet going to the bowling alley. Ozzie gets to the alley before Harriet and the boys. The next bowling night, Harriet gets a call from one of Ozzie's bowling friends, Jack (Jack Wagner), asking where he is. Doc reminds him about Ozzie's class and Jack tries to cover up. Now Harriet is suspicious. All the boys can say is that Ozzie will have a surprise for her. Doc warns Ozzie about Jack's call. Ozzie tells Harriet about the class and invites her to go with him the next time. At the next class, Miller is at a bowling tournament and his Assistant is running the class. Harriet winds up finishing the coffee table during some afternoon classes. The table has bowling pins for legs. Hal Smith as Heavy Set Man. Dorothy Abbott as Bowling Alley Patron. Shep Houghton as Bowling Alley Patron.

Ozzie and Harriet are walking in town. Ozzie stops to look in a sport shop window. Harriet stops at a Hat shop. Ozzie asks the Sports Store Clerk (Jack Wagner) to see some fishing lures. Ozzie buys several different lures. At home, Ozzie shows the boys the lures and Harriet shows off her new hat. The boys joke about the hat. Clara calls Harriet and asks if she bought the new hat yet. Clara says that she hasn't talked Joe into letting her buy one. Joe asks Ozzie if he can use Ozzie's new lures. Harriet takes an ornament off her new hat. Ozzie decides to make a lure out of the hat's ornament to trick Joe with. Ozzie convinces Joe to take the ornament lure and not the others. Joe comes back later and shows off all the fish he caught with the lure. Joe brings Doc and Wally over to see the lure. Ozzie tries to tell him that he just made the lure, but they don't believe him. They leave him money to buy them the lures. Ozzie talks to the Girl in the Hat Shoppe (Ingrid Goude). He would like to buy more of the hats. Ozzie give the men the hats to prove the lure was just the ornament from it. Now Harriet, Clara, Mrs. Williams (Dorothy Abbott) and Mrs. Dipple (Vera Marshe) are wearing the same hat to the Women's Club Tea. Harriet finds a way to make the hats different by giving each woman one of Ozzie's lures.

Songs: Frank Cady, Lyle Talbot, and Lloyd Corrigan sing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow". Ozzie and Harriet sing "For I'm A Jolly Good Fellow".

Little Tony tells Ozzie his family is going to his grandmother's for over night. He wonders if Ozzie could take care of one of his pets, Freddy. Ozzie says they're going out to dinner. Tony will leave Freddy by the porch. Harriet mentions that Tony has all sorts of pets. David thinks it might be a cat. At dinner, their waiter's name is Freddy. When they get home, Ozzie and Harriet find that Freddy is a little kitten. They put Freddy in the kitchen. As they are going to their bedroom, Freddy is on the stairs. During the night, they are awakened by a frog croaking. Ozzie and the boys capture the frog. Ozzie and Ricky take it to the park to put in the pond. They run into a Policeman (Brick Sullivan) and tell him what they're doing. When they get back to the house, David and Harriet tell them that Freddy got out. The Darbys and the Randolphs show up. The men look for Freddy. They hear the cat under the house. Ozzie goes under the house, but can't quite get Freddy. Clara calls for the Fire Department. The Firemen use a hose to try and get the cat to move. Ozzie comes out wet, but with Freddy. The next morning Tony comes by to pick up Freddy. It turns out that Freddy was the frog. Ozzie goes back to the pond and finds the frog. Later, Tony thinks Freddy would be happier in a pond and asks Ozzie to put him there. Hal Smith as 1st Fireman.

Mr. Henderson (Joseph Kearns), a delivery man, comes to the door. He has a package for the Darby's and they're not home. He wonders if he could leave it with Ozzie. It's a C.O.D. package for $10.92. Ozzie has to borrow the money from Harriet. Ozzie sees that the Darby's are home and goes over. Darby gives Ozzie 92 cents. Darby tells Ozzie that he borrowed $10 dollars that he never paid back. The two couples went to a Chinese restaurant a couple months ago and Ozzie borrowed the money then. Darby and Ozzie get into an argument over who owes who money. Ozzie leaves with the package. When Ozzie gets home, there's a note that says Harriet went to the movies with the boys and she borrowed $10 from Sally Darby. Ozzie goes to the Emporium to return the package. He tells the Clerk (Jack Kirkwood) that he doesn't know what's in the package because he didn't order it. Things get confusing when Ozzie tries to explain that it's Darby's package but he paid for it. Ozzie takes the family to the Chinese restaurant that Darby mentioned. The Waitress (Judy Dan) can't remember the night Darby claims they were there. Ozzie realizes he forgot his wallet. The Waitress then remembers that Ozzie forgot his wallet the last time and borrowed $10 from the other man. Ozzie apologizes to Darby and pays him the money. Ozzie learns that the package was a gift for him and contained the tobacco he was hunting for. Ozzie goes to the Emporium and the Clerk says the tobacco has been sold. There's another confusing situation with packages. Dorothy Abbott as Restaurant Patron.

David and a couple of his fraternity brothers are talking about all the things wrong with their Frat House. Back at home, David and Wally (Skip Young) tell Ozzie about needing money to fix the Frat House. That night the guys have a meeting. After Ricky makes a suggestion, the guys decide to have a community dance at the Women's Club. Later, David tells Harriet that things are not going well with organizing the dance. The Club, the band and the printer all want deposits. The guys have another meeting and Ricky makes a suggestion on how to raise the money. The guys will hire themselves out for jobs at a later date and get paid in advance. Tickets are selling very well. It's the night of the dance and a lot of the guys get called to do their baby sitting jobs because the people that hired them are going to the dance. David talks Harriet into watching the babies. The other guys find ways to do their jobs and also attend the dance. Back at the house, Ozzie and Harriet have their hands full with all the babies and young kids. Ozzie can't get the babies to sleep, but Ricky finds a way. Ricky also performs at the dance. David calls Harriet and tells her the dance was a financial success. Ozzie and Harriet reminisce about when the boys were younger. John Wilder as Steve. Barney Phillips as Mr. Davis. James Stacy as Jack. Jack Wagner as Bob the Barber. Barbara Pepper as Woman.

Songs: Ricky sings "Be-Bop Baby". Ricky and The Four Preps sing "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?".

Ricky and his friends are doing homework at his house. They have the record player on loud. Ozzie gets them some ice cream. The guys ask Ozzie a question about their homework. They agree to meet at Ricky's house the next night. The next morning, David complains that he can't get any work done on his term paper because of all the noise Ricky's friends make. Ozzie thinks the guys should take turns meeting at other homes. That night they do meet somewhere else and Ozzie and David are enjoying the peace and quiet. Even though Harriet and David don't want any, Ozzie goes to get some ice cream. David turns on some music. Ozzie talks to Jack (Jack Wagner), the owner of the Soda Shop. Ozzie runs into Mr. Hoffman (Vinton Hayworth), who's ordering a lot of ice cream. Ricky and the boys are at Hoffman's house. Hoffman enjoys having the boys over. He has a pool and a racquetball court. Ozzie mentions that Ricky is having a party on Saturday night. Ozzie buys a bunch of games and sports equipment for the party. Ricky tells him that they moved the party to Mickey Darby's house. Ozzie is starting to miss the guys and fantasizes about never seeing them again. Ozzie goes to Darby's house under the pretense of returning a book. Darby (Parley Baer) says the book isn't his and he knows Ozzie just came by to join the party. Ozzie gets excited when Ricky finally has a party at his house. Ozzie is even happier when Harriet also invited all of their friends over.

Song: Ricky sings "Be-Bop Baby".

Ricky shows Ozzie a new tape recorder he'd like to buy. He could buy it on time if Ozzie signs for it. Ozzie has to go to the Men's Club to give his treasurer's report. He'll discuss the tape recorder later. Ozzie tells Harriet that the men will want to now where their money is going. At the meeting, various topics are gone over. Ozzie thinks it's finally his turn and Dr. Lawrence Hatfield (Jack Wagner) is called up. He talks about the subconscious. They adjourn the meeting and are ready for refreshments. Ozzie reminds them that he has his report to make. Chairman Wally Dipple tells Ozzie to make it fast. The men decide that they trust Ozzie and don't need to hear the report. Back at home, Ozzie tells Harriet that he's quite upset that no one cared about the report. Ozzie decides to use the tape recorder and record the report. Various things keep interrupting Ozzie. He finally finishes and Ricky goes to have records made of the tape. Ozzie calls several club members, but they all come up with excuses to not listen to the record. Doc comes by and tells Ozzie that no one is interested in the report, but Doc reluctantly takes a record. Doc calls Ozzie and tells him that other members now want one of the records. Ozzie is surprised when Doc tells him the record helps put people to sleep. But Ozzie learns that the men retained the information subconsciously. Thomas Browne Henry as Tom.

Ricky and his group are figuring out how to get up to Elmsville to play at a high school dance. Despite the dance being tomorrow night, Ozzie thinks they should drive there today. Ozzie will make the hotel reservation. The Hotel Clerk (Jack Wagner) tells Ozzie there are no rooms available as there is a convention in town. They'll have to sleep in the station wagon. After they leave, Harriet gets a call that the dance has been postponed because of the convention. Ozzie calls a gas station near Elmsville. The Attendant (Lucien Littlefield) tells him that he just missed the boys. The boys find a spot to park for the night and sleep. A Policeman (Brick Sullivan) tells them they can't park here. Clara Randolph comes by and tells Ozzie and Harriet that there was a news broadcast on the radio that the boys are in jail. Ozzie and Harriet drive up to Elmsville and get to the jail. They learn that the Police are letting them sleep in the cells instead of outside. Ozzie tells them the dance was postponed. The Police Sergeant (Emile Meyer) says they could perform for the Policemens Benefit Fund dance. Marianne Gaba as Ruth. Hal Smith as Man in Cell. Dorothy Abbott as Woman in Crowd.

Songs: Ricky and The Four Preps sing "True Love", "The Prisoner's Song", "Bye Bye Love" and "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?".

Harriet tells the family that The Emporium is hosting a contest for customers to name the 'Mystery Shopper'. There's a picture of a woman wearing a mask in the paper. She will be at The Emporium that night without the mask. Anyone who can pick her out, wins. Doc Williams comes by and tells Ozzie he's going. When he hears who else will be there, Ozzie goes along. Ozzie, Doc, Darby and Joe go to the garden section of the store. Based on a clue in the paper, Ozzie asks a Saleslady if there had been any women looking at garden hoses. She gives Ozzie a description of one woman. Ozzie finds that woman and asks if she is the mystery shopper. She turns out to be a Police Woman (Marjorie Stapp) looking for shoplifters. The store is closing and an announcement is made that the mystery shopper will be in the store the next night. Back at home, Ozzie asks Harriet if she were the mystery shopper would she tell him. Harriet won't say. The next night there is a new clue involving a bag. Ozzie again wonders if Harriet could be the one after she buys a handbag. The next day the men were golfing. Ozzie tells them he believes Harriet is the mystery shopper, but they're not so sure. It's the last night of the contest and Ozzie asks another Saleslady (Vera Marshe) about the clue. It's time to cast the vote. The mystery shopper is announced to be Clara Randolph. Ozzie voted for her and won. He couldn't vote for Harriet because of the rules. Ozzie will split the prizes with the guys. Barney Phillips as Truck Driver. Joi Lansing as Barbara Benson. Dorothy Abbott as Shirley Williams.

Ricky sees a new girl at the malt shop. He learns from waitress Mary that her name is Sandy. Sandy is 18, from out of town and she's visiting her uncle who owns the jewelry store down the street. Ricky asks her out, but she says she should spend time with her relatives. Back at home, David says he's taking his fraternity ring to the jewelers. Ricky offers to do it. At the jewelers, Ricky shows the ring to Sandy who then gives it to her Uncle Charlie Barton. Sandy is now under the impression that the ring is Ricky's and he goes to college. She tells him that the reason she turned him down earlier is because she doesn't go out with high school boys. Sandy will go on the date with him. Ricky explains to the family why he needs the ring for the night. David takes the ring back. Harriet gives him David's fraternity pin. Ricky tries to find out where David is going that night so they don't run into each other. Ricky takes Sandy to a movie and then to a restaurant. A man named Fireball McDonald (Will Wright) sees Ricky's pin and says he was in the same fraternity. David and a couple friends show up. Wally pulls a trick on Ricky by implying that he's engaged to Sandy. Sandy tells David that Ricky confessed he's not in college. Hal Smith as Head Waiter. Dorothy Abbott as Lady at Theater.

Songs: The Four Preps, David Nelson, Skip Young and Will Wright sing "Kappa Sigma Dream Girl". Ricky sings "Honeycomb" and "Boppin' the Blues". The Four Preps, David, Ricky and Ozzie sing "Oh, Baby, I'm Sorry".

Ricky tells the family how he was late for his last date with Betty. Ozzie says he should try to be on time and if not, let the person know you will be late. Harriet mentions that Ozzie was late for dinner. Ozzie then realizes he'll be late for bowling. Ozzie, Darby, and Joe are bowling and it's getting late. Darby and Joe would like to bowl one more game. Ozzie suggests calling the wives. Darby calls Sally and wakes her up. The men decide to go home. Harriet tells Ozzie that he promised to come home early. She asks him if there's a reason he doesn't want to come home. Darby calls Ozzie and asks if he could spend the night, but he never shows up. The next morning Ozzie promises Harriet he'll be home on time for dinner. That evening, Ozzie misses his bus. He runs into Darby, who's bringing home flowers for Sally. Darby calls Sally, who's still mad. Darby gives Ozzie the flowers. Ozzie runs into Joe on the bus and gives him the flowers to give to Clara. At home Ozzie tries to explain why he was late and mentions the flowers. Harriet now wants the flowers, so Ozzie goes to Joe's house. Ozzie sees the flowers, takes them and leaves. Joe figures out what Ozzie did and goes and takes the flowers from Ozzie's house. Things get more confusing when Darby comes by and takes the flowers. Ricky gives Ozzie the flowers he was going to give Betty.

Doc Williams is at the malt shop. Joe (Barney Phillips), the Fountain Attendant, gives Doc a double-banana torpedo. Ozzie comes by and tells Doc he only got three hours sleep last night. He and Harriet went to the movies and then stopped at the malt shop. Flashback to the night before. Ozzie ate two of the two double-banana torpedoes. He then has a restless sleep. He dreams he's at a luau on a South Sea island. One of the Hula dancers takes his double-banana torpedo. The phone rings and wakes Ozzie up. David can't get his car started. He and Helen Bishop are at Harry's Diner. Ozzie will go to get them. Ozzie first calls Mr. Bishop to let him know where his daughter is. Mr. Bishop says he'll pick them up. Just then David walks in. David says he didn't call them and he's never heard of Harry's Diner. Ozzie figures it was Ricky who called. David says Ricky is out with Helen Johnson. Ozzie goes to the diner. He asks the Blonde Waitress (Gloria Marshall) if he's ever met her before. Ricky isn't there. Ozzie tries to explain things to Mr. Bishop and it gets very confusing. At home, Harriet wonders if Ozzie dreamed the phone call. Ricky calls again and says he's at Larry's Diner. The waitress there says some truck drivers gave Ricky's car a push and it started. Ozzie walks to a gas station and tells the Station Owner (Hal Smith) that his car ran out of gas. Ozzie sleeps until the next afternoon. Harriet tells him he didn't drive to any diner. Ozzie realizes he dreamed the whole thing. Back to the present. Doc says the bad dream was probably caused by all the ice cream he ate. Brick Sullivan as Man Leaving Harry's Diner.

Songs: Ozzie and The King Sisters sing "In the Middle of an Island". The King Sisters sing "Hawaiian War Chant".

Doc Williams asks Ozzie if he could take over his Boy's Club duty the next day. Doc was going to take them to a movie. Ozzie didn't even know the Men's Club sponsored a Boy's Club. Ozzie then remembers there's a Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament tomorrow. Ozzie tries to get Darby to take the kids. Apparently, all the men have been pawning off the kids to someone else. Darby will take the kids if Ozzie takes them on the 14 mile hike the next week when it's Darby's turn. Ozzie figures it's worth it. The tournament gets rained out and will be moved to the next Saturday. Ozzie tries to find someone else to take the kids on the hike, with no luck. It's Saturday. David suggests that Ozzie hike with the kids until it's time for the tournament. He will hike them near the golf course and then David and Ricky will hike with them the rest of the way. It's time for the tournament and Ozzie and the kids are nowhere near the golf course. The boys insist on stopping to cook some lunch. Later, Ozzie realizes he's walking in circles. He climbs a tree to get his bearings. Ricky comes home and tells Harriet that Ozzie never showed up. A tree limb breaks and Ozzie falls down. The boys make a stretcher and carry Ozzie. They finally get Ozzie home. David played the tournament in Ozzie's place and won the trophy.

Ricky is upset that there wasn't any dessert. In the paper there's a picture of Sergeant Dolan (Frank Sully) giving a lost boy some Tutti-Frutti ice cream. Ozzie and Harriet reminisce about ice cream stores in their home towns. Ozzie dreams that he and Harriet are in an old fashioned ice cream parlor in the 1930s. Ozzie wants Tutti-Frutti ice cream, but doesn't have money to pay for it. Ozzie wakes up and goes to Darby's home to see if he has any Tutti-Frutti. Darby is upset that Ozzie woke him up. Darby doesn't have any Tutti-Frutti. When Ozzie gets back home, Harriet says they'll go looking for some Tutti-Frutti. They go to Miller's Drugstore, but it's closed. The Druggist (Joseph Kearns) is still there and lets them in. He thinks that they want some medicine, but Ozzie says they're looking for Tutti-Frutti. He doesn't have Tutti-Frutti, so Ozzie buys some Cherry ice cream. Despite being very late, the family has some ice cream. Darby now wakes up Ozzie. He can't sleep because he's thinking of the ice cream. He suggests making some and he and Ozzie look through some cook books. They have something else to eat, but still think about the ice cream. Ozzie mentions the picture in the paper. Darby says they should call the police station to find out where they got the Tutti-Frutti. Sergeant Dolan tells Ozzie which market he got the ice cream and says they are open 24 hours. The Grocery Clerk tells Ozzie and Darby they are all out of the ice cream. Darby and Ozzie manage to get some Tutti-Frutti when they tell Sergeant Dolan they are lost.

Songs: Harriet and The Four Preps sing "Goody Goody". Ozzie, Harriet, David, Ricky and The Four Preps sing "Tutti-Frutti". Ozzie performs "Charleston".

David and Ricky want to get something nice for Ozzie for Christmas. The problem is they have no money left after buying other presents. Wally suggests they open up a Christmas tree lot. David says they don't have the money to buy the trees and rent the lot. Ricky thinks they should borrow it from Ozzie. They ask Ozzie for the money. Harriet says they may be too late, there are Christmas tree lots all over already. Ricky says they found a lot and Wally borrowed the money for it. At first Wally and David can't find any trees. But they do manage to get some trees later. The Truck Driver (Barney Phillips) asks David where he wants the trees delivered. Not knowing they found some trees, Ricky says that the lot was rented to someone else. They'll leave the trees in the backyard until they find another lot. Darby tells Ozzie that Ed Ferguson (Gavin Gordon) would probably have a vacant lot. Darby wants a free tree for that information. Ferguson doesn't have a lot, but he has an empty store. Ed asks Ozzie if David and Ricky could introduce a visiting niece to their friends. The boys meet Ferguson and he says there's a second niece coming. He'll let them use the store rent free. The boys aren't getting any customers. Ozzie suggests to draw a crowd Ricky should sing. The plan works and the trees are selling very well. David and Ricky meet the two nieces, Jean (Jean Moorhead) and Ann. The girls are quite attractive. So the boys can go out with the girls, Ozzie and Harriet offer to sell the remaining trees. John Wilder as John. Jack Wagner as Soda Clerk. Barbara Pepper as Woman with Santa. Bess Flowers as Audience Member. Stanley Livingston as small boy camping in Nelson yard.

Songs: Ricky sings "Oh, Baby, I'm Sorry". Ozzie sings "Oh, Baby, I'm Sorry".

Ricky mentions to Ozzie that he and his friends are going to be on 'The High School Hour' on TV. It will be this Saturday morning. Ozzie tells Harriet that the show is on at 7 in the morning. He'll call his friends to make sure they watch. Harriet tells him that people like to sleep in on Saturday morning. At the poker game, Ozzie invites the guys to bring the wives over on Saturday morning for breakfast. Ozzie learns that they would've come over anyway. All the guys kids will be on the show. Ozzie tells the guys that Ricky will be singing for 20 minutes. Back at home, Ricky tells Ozzie that he's going to be a panel member on the show and discuss various styles of music. Harriet learns that she's going to have to make breakfast for 10 people. Ozzie tries to talk the guys out of coming, but it doesn't work. There's a rehearsal the night before and Ozzie goes with Ricky to the school. Ozzie gets stuck working with the military drill team. He is finally able to talk to Mr. Benson about Ricky. Benson actually thinks the panel discussion will be boring and would like Ricky to sing a few numbers. Ozzie wants Ricky wants to work on the song, but Ricky is sleeping. The next morning, David wakes Ricky up. Ozzie's friends come over to watch the show. Ozzie learns that Ricky never made it to the show, he fell back asleep. Ozzie races Ricky there and he makes it in time. Gordon Jones as Butch Barton. Paula Winslowe as Miss Anderson. Dorothy Abbott as Dorothy.

Song: Ricky sings "Boppin' the Blues".

Some of the Men's Club members are discussing the upcoming picnic and how to make it a success. Darby mentions that they don't seem to be getting any new members and some old ones are dropping out. Butch Barton says he's talked with some other men and they think the club is full of losers as they don't have many trophies. He suggests that everyone bring any trophy they've won in the past to the club so they can be displayed. At home, Ozzie can't find the decathlon trophy he won as a boy scout. Ozzie's worried that the men will think he made it up. He goes to see the Trophy Salesman (Jack Wagner) to buy one to replace his lost one. Darby comes in the store to pick up trophies for the picnic. Ozzie tries to explain why he's buying a trophy. Wally Dipple and Doc come by the house to tell Ozzie that they will be having a family decathlon at the picnic. Doc gives Ozzie a hard time about his "phony" trophy. It's the day of the picnic. Harriet's enters the pie baking contest and wins. Ricky enters a rock n' roll dance contest. Ozzie enters a cross country obstacle race. Something Harriet does helps Ozzie win the trophy. Later, Harriet finds Ozzie's original decathlon trophy and shows it to Doc. Hal Smith as Pie Judge. George Barrows as Sack Race Participant. Shep Houghton as Cross Country Participant.

Song: Ricky sings "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On".

Darby and his son Mickey come by Ozzie's house in Mickey's hot-rod. Mickey built it himself. Ozzie doesn't think the new hot-rods are as good as the old ones. The next day Ozzie is surprised to see his thoughts on modern hot-rods written in the newspaper. Ozzie figures Darby is the one to got it in the paper. Darby and Butch come by the house. They want to have Ozzie prove his point by racing an old-time car against a modern hot-rod. Later, Darby and Butch bring Ozzie a broken down old car. They want him to fix it up for a race. Ozzie spends quite a bit of time working on the car. He does eventually get it running. Now he sets up a race with Mickey, David and Ricky and they plot out a course. It's the day of the race. Darby will be official starter and Joe will take pictures. Harriet will ride with Ozzie. The race starts and Mickey, David and Ricky speed off. The course takes them through the woods. Ozzie catches up with the boys who have stopped for lunch. They aren't concerned about Ozzie winning. Ozzie's car overheats and he has to put more water in. The boys drive past. The road stops at a creek, but Ozzie drives through it. The car dies and Ozzie and Harriet push it. Eventually it's the end of the race and both cars cross the finish line at the same time. Ozzie's car then falls apart. Dorothy Abbott as Lady in Crowd. Shep Houghton as Man in Crowd. Tuesday Weld as Ricky's Girlfriend.

The Nelsons are on a flight home and David is interested in the beautiful blonde stewardess. He finally finds out her name is Nancy Parker. Ricky wonders why David didn't just ask her out. Ozzie speaks with the co-pilot, George Hammond (James Stacy). They are both from the same state and have things in common. Ozzie invites him over for dinner sometime. After they land, David goes to speak with Nancy. Before he can ask her out, George comes by and asks Nancy out for that evening. David asks her out for the next evening, but she's not sure if she'll be available. Nancy gives David her phone number. The next day David tries calling Nancy, but the line is busy. Wally comes by and says he has been going out with Nancy's roommate, Betty. Wally sets up a date with Betty, but forgets to get Nancy on the phone for David. David does manage to invite Nancy over for dinner. George shows up unexpectedly to take Ozzie up on his dinner invitation. After dinner, David learns that George plays the drums and tells him Ricky has a set of drums in his room. Ricky and George go upstairs and David finally has a little time with Nancy. David is going to drive Nancy back and George asks if he can go with. David gets on a short flight that Nancy was to be on. He learns that she switched with Betty so she could go out with him. David finally gets a date with Nancy and Wally and Betty show up to double date. David is finally alone with Nancy at a club when Ricky and George show up. Later, David finally gets to be alone with Nancy. Cheerio Meredith as Lady on Plane.

Songs: Ozzie sings "I'll Never Say 'Never Again' Again". Ricky sings "Waitin' in School".

Ricky finds a picture of a beautiful girl in his notebook. He doesn't know who it is or how the picture got there. Ricky shows Ozzie the picture and asks him how he can find out who she is. A bunch of Ricky's friends come by and see the picture. They ask him if he's taking her to the party tomorrow night. Ricky says he has a date with Connie. One of the boys tells him that Connie has the measles. The boys now expect Ricky to bring the mystery girl. Later, Harriet says she put the picture in Ricky's notebook. She found it on the floor of his room. David says it's his picture and he has a date with the girl. Ricky doesn't know what he's going to do as everyone expects to see her at the party. Ricky dreams that he's in front of a firing squad for writing on David's picture. It's the night of the party and everyone is at Ricky's house. Ricky is about to tell his friends the truth when Lorrie (Lorrie Collins) and David arrive. David will let people think she's Ricky's girl. What Ricky doesn't know is that the girl is Lorrie's younger sister, who did want to meet him. She happens to look just like Lorrie. David and Lorrie go on their date. Nancy Kilgas as Nancy. Eilene Janssen as Nancy Baker (archive footage).

Songs: Ricky sings "Waitin' in School" and "Stood Up". Ricky and Lorrie sing "Just Because".

Note: Lorrie Collins was the girlfriend of Ricky Nelson in real life at this time.

Harriet tells Ozzie that she ran into Ted Poindexter. She and Ted won won a waltz contest years ago. Harriet gave him her address and told him to stop by with his wife if they were in the neighborhood. David asks why Harriet didn't dance with Ozzie and she says because Ozzie didn't want to. Ozzie flashes back to the night of the contest. Harriet asks Ozzie to dance, but he says his feet hurt. Ted comes to the table and then asks Harriet to dance and they win. Back to the present, Ricky brings out the trophy Harriet won. Ozzie thinks his feet hurt because of Ted. He flashes back to a football game he played the day of the contest. In the locker room, Ted stepped on Ozzie's foot. Back to the present, Harriet would like to go dancing, but Ozzie says the guys are coming over to play poker. Ted comes by with his wife, Mirabel (Shirley Mitchell). Ted says there's a dance contest at the hotel and invites Ozzie and Harriet. Ozzie mentions the poker game, so Ted talks Harriet into going. Doc, Joe, Darby and Butch arrive for the game. Ricky tells the guys that Harriet is on TV, but he can't tell who she's dancing with. Ozzie fantasizes that Harriet enters many more dance contests with Ted. He goes to the hotel and tells the Maitre d' (Jack Wagner) that he's looking for his wife. Ozzie finds Harriet and it turns out she was dancing with David. Ted and Mirabel were there, but left. David was there with Joan Benson. The waltz contest starts and Ozzie dances with Harriet and they win. Dorothy Abbott as Ballroom Patron. Jack Ellena as Ballroom Dancer.

Harriet tells Ozzie that the insurance policies he was asking about came in the mail. She suggests Ozzie put them in their safety deposit box. Ozzie gets onto the subject of word association to remember things. While in town, Ozzie sees a large used safe being taken out of a building. Ozzie winds up buying the safe from a Mr. Peterson. A small boy (Stanley Livingston) comes by and asks Ozzie how he's going to get the safe home. Ozzie does get the safe home. The family is surprised when Ozzie locks the combination in the safe. He says through word association, he'll remember the combination. But it doesn't work. Doc Williams comes by and Ozzie tries to sell him the safe. But when Ozzie can't open it, Doc isn't interested. Harriet tells Ozzie to just call a locksmith. Ozzie thinks he'll be able to sell the safe if he spreads a rumor about burglars in the area. Darby, Butch and Doc come by offering to buy the safe. Joe comes by and asks Ozzie to store some of his valuables in the safe. Ozzie learns something that helps him remember the combination. The guys store some of their things in the safe. Ozzie lets it slip that he started the rumor about the burglars. Ozzie can't get the safe open. Harriet tells him she called a locksmith and had the combination changed. She says she memorized it. Brick Sullivan as Mike.

Ozzie can't find his putter, but Harriet does. As David has no plans for the evening, Ozzie asks him to go to the Men's Club. In the locker room of the golf course, Ozzie tells the guys that he invited David. The other guys think about bringing their sons. At the meeting, treasurer Ozzie announces how much money the club has. Suggestions are then made on how to spend the money. Darby suggests a fishing trip with food and beer. President Joe would like to hear from the visiting sons. David says that after reading the bylaws, he thinks they should donate the surplus to a civic cause. The other sons agree. Joe calls a vote on the fishing trip. None of the men want to look like all they care about is fun and don't raise their hands. When a vote for the civic cause is called, the sons, and then reluctantly, the rest of the men stand up. The next day the donation is mentioned in the paper and it says it was Ozzie's idea. David regrets making the suggestion and he's worried the men will be mad at Ozzie. Now there's disagreements in the planning committee over which cause should get the money. Mrs. Hotchkiss (Dorothy Ford), from the PTA, comes by believing they picked the playground project. The men have no choice now. David has a way to do all the projects. Buy the materials and have the members do the work. After all the projects are done, all the recipients donate so the men can have their fishing trip. Vera Marshe as Housewife. Shep Houghton as Club Member.

Song: Ozzie Nelson, David Nelson, Skip Young, Parley Baer, Frank Cady, and Gordon Jones sing "Down by the Old Mill Stream".

This coming Friday is the "Girl Asks Boy" Dance. No one's asked Ricky or his friends Dennis and Ronnie. At home, Ricky gets a call from Betty and she asks him to the dance. David asks him which Betty and he says Betty Clark. After a few phone calls, Ricky finds out it wasn't Betty Clark. Ricky has David call some of the other Bettys at school. David finds out that Betty Barton (Yvonne Lime) will be out of town. Ricky calls Betty Ferguson and learns that she was just about to call him about the dance. Betty Barton calls back saying she isn't going out of town and can go to the dance with Ricky. Ricky now has a date with three Bettys. It's the day of the dance and Ricky doesn't know what to do. Ozzie tells him to call the three girls and explain things. Ricky doesn't know who the first Betty is. David tells Ricky that some girls from the entertainment committee wanted to know if Ricky would sing some songs at the dance. Ricky enlists his friends help and he'll try to juggle the three dates. Ricky finds out that the third Betty was Betty Clark. Ricky straightens thing out with her and they spend the rest of the night together.

Songs: David sings about the three Bettys to the tune of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm". Ricky sings "I'm Confessin'" and "Boppin' the Blues".

Ozzie runs into Darby at the hardware store. Ozzie wants to do some painting and Darby is working on his lawn. Ozzie remembers when Sunday used to be a family day, now it's a project day. Darby suggests taking the wives on a picnic in the park and listen to a band concert. Ozzie asks the boys if they want to go on the picnic, but they're not interested in the kind of music the band would play. Ozzie, Darby and Doc take their wives to the park. They see that the band pavilion is all broken down. They hear a trumpet playing. The men find a Girl Musician (Kathleen Hughes). She's in the park because her husband won't let her practice at home. She says the Park Commissioner (Edgar Buchanan) canceled the concerts several years ago. Ozzie goes to see the Commissioner, who says that they have a limited budget. The Men's Club holds a special meeting. Ozzie wants to get any musicians in the club to hold one concert in the park to draw interest. That night Ozzie dreams that he's conducting the band concert to a large crowd. At the Men's Club rehearsal, Ozzie realizes that the members don't really have band instruments. It's the day of the concert and Ozzie decides to just play records. Ricky comes by with his band and they'll play for the crowd. Shep Houghton as Club Member. Tom Keene as Commissioner's Aide. Hal Smith as Club Member. James Stacy as Man in Crowd.

Songs: Lodge members perform "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze" in Ozzie's dream. Ricky sings "Your True Love". "Bye Bye Blues" Played by Ozzie as a banjo solo.

Ozzie tells Harriet that he's trying to avoid Darby. Ozzie bet Darby that he couldn't pull a practical joke on Ozzie within one week. There's one day left and Ozzie has to be careful. Darby comes by and offers Ozzie a cigar. Ozzie won't take it and tells Darby he's taking the family out to dinner. Ozzie checks the car before they leave. David suggests a restaurant called the Royal Jester. Wally works there and says it's very good. At the restaurant, there is some confusion as to what is available on the menu. One Waiter (Joseph Kearns) says he'll just order for the family. He brings them meatballs and drops some on the floor. He picks them up and puts them back on the plate. Ozzie says they are not going to eat them. The Waiter then gets into an argument with Wally and fires him. Wally tears the Waiter's jacket. Everyone one in the restaurant starts laughing. It turns out it was all a joke. Ozzie thinks Darby was behind it, but David tells him that they do this to all the customers. That's why the place is called the Royal Jester. Ozzie wants to bring Darby there and prank him. Ozzie, Harriet, Darby and Sally arrive at the restaurant. Confusion and silliness start. Darby does wind up pulling a practical joke on Ozzie and winning the bet. Jack Wagner as Waiter. Henry Kulky as Waiter. Phil Arnold as Dancer. Dorothy Abbott as Restaurant Patron. Jack Ellena as Restaurant Patron. Brick Sullivan as Waiter.

Song: Ozzie and The Hallorans perform "Sugartime".

Ozzie is having the guys over for poker. Harriet is having the ladies over for bridge. Ozzie suggests the ladies play in the den, while the men are in the living room. So they all stay together, Harriet suggests the ladies play poker with the men. When Ozzie is against the idea, Harriet says it's because the women are smarter than the men. Ozzie tells Darby about Harriet thinking women are smarter. Ricky tells Ozzie that he's in charge of props for the school play. Getting the props is like being on a scavenger hunt. To determine which is the smarter sex, Ozzie and Darby want to challenge the wives to a scavenger hunt. If the men win, the wives can't ask to play poker. Ozzie thinks Harriet might cheat and look at the list of things to find that David is writing up. Darby figures if the women can cheat, so can the men. When they find out what's on the list, Ozzie and Darby start looking and store the items in the attic. That night Ozzie, Darby, Doc, and Joe and the wives get together. David hands out the lists and Ozzie discovers it's been changed. The men and women wind up in a tie. Ricky got David to change the list to all the props he needed for the play. Brick Sullivan as Bouncer. James Stacy as 2nd Sailor Entering Nightclub.

David, Wally, Jim and Bob are discussing the best way to break the ice with a girl. Harriet thinks the direct honest approach is the best. In the library, Wally tries his approach with a girl and it doesn't work. The guys see a pretty new girl. David and Wally place a bet as to which of them can first get a date with her. The loser has to pay for the other guy's date. Bob asks David if he could fill in for him at his waiter's job at the sorority house. When David learns the new girl is at that sorority house, he takes the job. David learns that Wally will be waiting tables at the sorority. At the sorority, Mrs. Mathews (Madge Blake) says that both David and Wally can wait tables. It turns out it's Alumni night and the room is full of older women. The girls are eating at a local restaurant. David calls Ricky and asks him to go there and keep an eye on the girl he's interested in. David and Wally wind up also entertaining the women. After they're done at the sorority, David and Wally go to the restaurant. Ricky points out the girl and David and Wally go talk to her. She's there on a date with Bob. Bob just used the direct honest approach with Sandy. James Burton as Lead Guitarist. Jack Ellena as College Student. Bess Flowers as Alumni Member. Sally Fraser as Sally (archive footage). Shep Houghton as Restaurant Patron.

Songs: Ricky sings "Believe What You Say" and "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It".

Clara Randolph comes by to pick up Harriet. They're on the election committee for the Women's Club. Harriet feels bad that Ozzie's had to eat out lately. Meanwhile, Ricky turns on the TV and shows David there's a picture of David and it says he won a sweepstakes. Ricky has David go to Joe Randolph Jr. (Gary Vinson). Joe Jr. shows David a closed circuit camera he built that can broadcast on the TV. Ozzie comes home and David shows him a TV spot and explains how Joe Jr. did it. Harriet calls and says the meeting will run late. Ozzie goes to the drug store to get something to eat and runs into Joe. Fred Edwards comes by, whom they haven't seen in 20 years. Fred says he's a confirmed bachelor. After Fred hears about the camera, Fred suggests pranking the wives and show Ozzie and Joe dancing with other women on the TV. They set up Ozzie's basement to look like a night club. Harriet and Clara come home and David sets them up by the TV. They see Ozzie and Joe and it appears they are dancing with women. The wives gets upset and turn off the TV. Not knowing what the wives did, Ozzie broadcasts that the men are down in the basement and it was all a put on. When they get upstairs, the wives are gone. They figure they went to the club that the men pretended they were at. Dolores (Penny Edwards) comes by to pick up Fred. Ozzie and Joe find the wives and they don't believe the men's story. Later, Harriet tells Ozzie she knew it was a put on because she saw the boys with the camera earlier. Tom Keene as TV Man.

Songs: Ozzie sings "My Time Is Your Time". Ricky sings "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It".

Ozzie calls Joe and tells him that Ricky will perform at a supermarket grand opening. Outside, little Tony and some of the boys are playing cowboy. They tell Ozzie about cowboy and western TV star Tex Barton (Ben Johnson). Ozzie tells the boys that his great grandfather was a quick draw cowboy. He tells them a story about "Six Gun Nelson". Six Gun is in a tavern where he meets Lulu and asks her to dance. The Laramie Kid (John Doucette) tries to take Lulu away from Six Gun. They have a gun duel and Six Gun gets shot. Back to reality, Doc and Butch catch Ozzie playing with the boys guns. Tony thinks Ozzie could out draw Tex Barton. Ricky tells Ozzie and the boys that Tex Barton will be at the supermarket opening tomorrow. There will be a contest to outdraw Tex. If someone can beat Tex, the person will win an Indian tepee. The boys would like to have the tepee for their club and ask Ozzie to enter. Ozzie makes an excuse why he can't do it. The boys find a way for Ozzie to do it. The grand opening has started and it's time for the contest. Ozzie is the first contestant. Ozzie doesn't beat Tex. Later, Ozzie learns that Butch beat Tex. Butch was the last guy and by then Tex was tired. Frank Richards as Winslow. Stanley Livingston as Small Boy. Dorothy Abbott as Lady in Crowd. Slim Gaut as Barfly. Ethan Laidlaw as Barfly. James Stacy as Audience Member.

Song: Ricky sings "Believe What You Say".

Darby comes by to pick up Ozzie to go fishing. They hope to catch some nice trout. Harriet thinks they should go for a big trout instead of a lot of little ones. The men are fishing by a fast moving steam. Darby catches a small fish. Ozzie gets his line caught in a tree and breaks his rod. Darby lets Ozzie use his rod. Ozzie catches a large trout, but he slips in the stream. Darby grabs the rod and reels in the fish. Ozzie wants to have the fish mounted. He thinks it's bigger than the one mounted in the Men's Club. The two now argue over who caught the record trout. Back at home, the men will have Harriet and the boys decide who caught it. Harriet suggests cutting the fish down the back and each can have part of it. They go to a taxidermist. After some time, the two packages are delivered to Ozzie's house. They discover the taxidermist cut the fish in the middle, not down the spine. They'll take it back and have the taxidermist put it together. The taxidermist won't be able to do it in time for the Men's Club award ceremony. Ozzie and Darby explain to the Chairman (Jack Kirkwood) that they would like to share the award. Ozzie and Darby wind up arguing about who caught the fish. At the award ceremony, the Chairman awards a trophy to Darby and Ozzie. The trophy was cut in half. Joseph Kearns as Jack.

Actor John Archer tells the audience how he had been a confirmed bachelor until six months ago. He, the Nelsons and the Darbys had returned from a wedding where he was best man. Flashback to that day. John asks the men to go golfing, but Ozzie and Darby have things to do for their wives. Harriet tells Ozzie that she would like to have John over for dinner and meet Cathy Collins. Ozzie thinks they should leave John be. Darby mentions to Ozzie that Sally wanted to invite John and Cathy over for dinner. Ozzie does invite John over. After dinner John says there was a girl named Mabel that he almost married. John still hears from her. Harriet calls Cathy and says that John has a girlfriend. Darby comes by and John says that he's going to get married. After seeing Ozzie's family life, he wants it as well. The next day Ozzie and Harriet volunteer their home for the wedding. So John doesn't get cold feet, they set the date. Ozzie suggests getting Dr. Russell (Francis X. Bushman) to perform the ceremony. He married Ozzie and Harriet. It's a couple days before the wedding and Ozzie and Darby tell John everything is set. John asks who he's going to marry. John says Mabel has been married for twelve years. Harriet says there's still going to be a wedding. On the day, Ozzie and Harriet renew their vows. There John meets Cathy Collins, who he winds up marrying. Dorothy Abbott as Party Guest. Jack Ellena as Wedding Guest. Shep Houghton as Wedding Guest.

David and some of the other frat brothers are concerned that Wally might flunk chemistry. It could hurt the fraternity. Wally accuses Fred (James Stacy) of letting the frat down socially because he never brings a girl to the dances. Fred says his girlfriend lives too far away. The guys see a picture of Fred's girl and are very impressed. David mentions the unwritten code of the fraternity, "No Brother shall attempt to steal another guy's girl away from him." David arranges it so Fred's girl could stay at the Nelson house while going to the next dance. Fred calls Susan (Andra Martin) and convinces her to come to the dance. It's the day of the dance and David hasn't got a date. Fred brings Susan to the house. Susan and David spend some time talking. Fred lets it slip that Susan is actually his sister. After being teased about not having a girl, Fred had to do something. Wally comes by the house and sees David dancing with Susan. Wally thinks that David broke the unwritten code. Fred and David come up with a plan where David can spend most of the time at the dance with Susan. At the dance, Wally is concerned with David dancing with Susan so much. The frat boys fix it so David is stuck in the locker room. Fred confesses that Susan is his sister. Fred spends the rest of the night with Judy Busch and David is with Susan. Jack Ellena as Big Guy. Joyce Taylor as Ginger Philips. Lindon Crow as Lindon.

Songs: Ricky sings "Believe What You Say". Judy Busch sings "I Never Knew (I Could Love Anybody Like I'm Loving You)".

Harriet tells Ozzie that she ran into Mrs. Bradford (Cheerio Meredith) at the market. Mrs. Bradford moved away several years ago, but is now back in town. Her niece, Mary Jane Wheeler, is visiting her. Harriet arranged a blind date for Ricky with Mary Jane. Ricky wants to get out of the date. Harriet will make up an excuse why Ricky can't go and try to find someone else. Mickey Darby comes by selling tickets to a high school play that evening. Mickey has a small part in it. At the malt shop, Ricky talks Mickey into going out with Mary Jane. Ricky then sees a pretty girl leave the shop and learns that was Mary Jane. Ricky is able to talk Mickey out of the date. Ricky gets home and Harriet tells him she called Mrs. Bradford and told her about Mickey. Ricky borrows Ozzie's reading glasses and will pretend to be Mickey. Ricky picks up Mary Jane and Mrs. Bradford doesn't recognize him as Ricky. She asks if he could drop her off at Harriet's house. Things get confusing when Harriet isn't home and Mrs. Bradford thinks David is Ricky. The real Mickey shows up and gets Mary Jane to go to the play because he says Mickey (Ricky) is in it. Mary Jane and Mrs. Bradford sit next to Ozzie and Harriet. There's more confusion when both Ricky and Mickey wind up on stage. Mrs. Bradford finally learns which boy is really Ricky. It turns out Mary Jane couldn't make the trip and it's really her sister Barbara. Jack Ellena as Audience Member.

Ricky is discussing with Joey (Gary Vinson) and Ronnie their financial situation for Saturday night. They have $19 and sixteen people. Ricky reminds the guys they're going bowling Thursday night. Ozzie doesn't think Ricky should go out on a school night and he asks Ricky has his grades are. Ozzie asks him how he's doing in chemistry. Ozzie goes to the drugstore for some ice cream and talks to Jack the Soda Clerk (Jack Wagner). Ozzie runs into Doc. Doc mentions how well his son is doing in chemistry. While paying for his ice cream, Ozzie meets Mr. Barnsworth, his son's chemistry teacher. Barnsworth says the boy isn't doing well in class and he needs to study more. Harriet reminds Ozzie that he wasn't great in chemistry. Ricky had a date with Gloria, but Ozzie thinks he should study for the chemistry test. Ricky has James (James Burton) come over to help him study, but they wind up playing guitar. Ozzie mentions to Ricky that he saw his chemistry teacher, Mr. Barnsworth. Ricky says his teacher's name is Mrs. Krauss. It turns out Mr. Barnsworth is David's teacher and David is the one not doing well. Ricky is able to go on his Saturday date with Gloria. David has Connie (Joyce Taylor) come over to help him study.

Song: Ricky sings "I Love You Because".

Ozzie, Darby, Doc, and Butch are to be singing waiters at the Women's Club luncheon. They are to dress as though it were the "Gay Nineties". Ozzie tells the family the fine art of carrying dishes. He tries to show them and breaks one of Harriet's dishes. Ozzie runs into Darby outside the China Shop. Ozzie is buying Harriet a replacement dish. Darby wants to know who broke the dish and reluctantly Ozzie admits to it. Ozzie then breaks one of the store's dishes. Darby hopes that Ozzie doesn't break a dish at the luncheon. He reminds Ozzie that everything happens in threes. Ozzie goes to see Doc and bring him his costume. Ozzie tells Doc that he's not sure he can go to the luncheon. He's afraid of breaking something. After talking to Doc, Ozzie feels better. But now Doc is worried about breaking something. During the luncheon, Ozzie is very confident with carrying the dishes. He tells Darby that he had all plastic dishes sent over. Darby tells him that he sent the plastic dishes back and the ones they are using are glass. Ozzie does break a glass when he hits a high note during the quartet. Dorothy Abbott as Dinner Patron. Jack Ellena as Dinner Patron. Bess Flowers as Dinner Patron. Shep Houghton as Dinner Patron.

Song: Ozzie Nelson, Frank Cady, Parley Baer, and Gordon Jones sing "My Gal Sal".

Darby is over at Ozzie's house. Wally comes by dressed in a Bavarian outfit. David says it's for International Week at school as a welcome for exchange students. Ozzie and Darby think they should have a costume party. Ozzie and Harriet decide to throw a Japanese themed party. While mailing the invitations, Ozzie runs into Darby. Darby says that he's throwing a Mexican themed party. They learn that they're throwing the parties on the same night. Harriet calls everyone up and says they're canceling their party and going to the Darby's. Ozzie finds a Mexican outfit in the attic. Darby comes by dressed in a Japanese costume and says they called off their party. Ozzie and Darby decide to combine the parties with a Mexican theme. Ozzie will take care of the decorations and Darby will order the food. The Party Shop Lady (Madge Blake) tells Ozzie that she rented out all her Mexican decorations. They were rented by Darby. Darby says that the kids took the decorations and will have their own Mexican party. Ozzie will throw a Japanese Party. He calls the Caterer (Jack Wagner) and orders the food. Ozzie learns from the Party Shop Man (Stanley Farrar) that the Japanese decorations have been rented. Ozzie tells Harriet they will have an India themed party. He has to call the Caterer again. Things get confusing when David calls the Caterer and orders Bavarian food. Guests arrive at Ozzie's house and they're dressed as Native American Indians. The Bavarian food arrives. Ricky and David wind up bringing their separate parties to the house. Hal Smith as Chef. Maria Tsien as Japanese Girl. Dorothy Abbott as Party Guest. Shep Houghton as Party Guest.

Songs: Ricky sings "I'll Walk Alone" and "Shirley Lee".

Ozzie meets a new neighbor, Harry Benson (Steve Brodie). Harry needs to borrow some tools. Ozzie mentions to Harriet that his bridge night is getting monotonous. He goes bowling and plays golf with the same guys every week. Ozzie feels he's in a rut. Doc, Darby, Butch and their wives arrive. Ozzie tells the guys he doesn't want to play bridge. Harry comes by and is willing to sit in for Ozzie. It's Saturday morning and Ozzie is looking for his golf cart. Thinking Ozzie wasn't going golfing, Harriet used it for groceries. Ozzie finds out that Harry is golfing with the guys and will bowl with them on Thursday. David tells Ozzie that his bowling team is bowling against Ozzie's team with Harry. Harriet has Ozzie go with her to her sketching class. The Art Instructor (Jack Wagner) introduces Miss Weber (Corinne Cole), who will model for the class. Ozzie is embarrassed and leaves. The next night Harriet agrees to go to the fights with Ozzie. Harriet doesn't stay long. The guys on either side of Ozzie get into a fight and Ozzie gets hurt. Ozzie tries horseback riding but falls off the horse. Doc, Darby and Butch come by and Ozzie asks if they want to play bridge. Barney Phillips as Man at Fight. Dorothy Abbott as Art Student. Jack Ellena as Golfer. Shep Houghton as Man at Fight. Brick Sullivan as Man at Fight.

Clara calls Harriet and tells her that she heard Ozzie is taking a week off. Clara believes he and Harriet are going on a vacation. Harriet says it's the time of year when Ozzie goes on a fishing trip. Clara suggests Harriet go on a vacation by herself. Harriet is hoping to talk Ozzie into going on a dry land cruise. Ozzie insists on going fishing so Harriet will go by herself. Ozzie drops Harriet off for the cruise. She meets the Cruise Director (Ray Montgomery), who takes her bags. What Harriet doesn't know is that Ozzie will join the cruise later and surprise her. What Ozzie doesn't know is that Harriet decides to not go. On the cruise, Ozzie wants to send some flowers to Harriet but he doesn't know her room number. He just leaves her name. The flowers get delivered to a Miss Nelson (Penny Edwards). The Dining Room Steward (Tom Keene) shows Ozzie to the table that Miss Nelson is sitting at. Things are a little awkward. Ozzie checks with the Purser (Joseph Kearns), who tells Ozzie there is no Harriet Nelson on board. Ozzie explains to the Captain (Emile Meyer) about the confusion with Miss Nelson. Harriet eventually arrives. Ozzie has to explain Miss Nelson to her. There's more confusion for the Captain and Purser because Harriet registered under her maiden name, Hilliard. Things do get straightened out.

Songs: Ozzie and Harriet sing "Catch a Falling Star" and "Just Because".

Wally (Skip Young) tells David and the guys that he has a date with Sally Martin. Wally's been trying to get a date with her for the past three months. She finally said yes to the dance tonight. However, Sally will only go on the date if another couple comes along. Wally asks David to double with him. There is a girl David would like to take, but every time he gets near her, he turns into a total klutz. After a test, David introduces himself to Carolyn Lake and then he walks into a locker. At home, Harriet tells David that her and Ozzie are going to the dance as well. David tells her about his problem talking to Carolyn. Harriet suggests calling her. Wally calls David and says he got a date for him. Wally doesn't say that it's with Carolyn. It's time for the dance. Wally tells David the girl is Carolyn and gives him her address. David picks up Carolyn and he is still quite clumsy. At the dance, David has more problems. David brings Carolyn home early and apologizes for losing her coat check slip. David learns from Carolyn's little brother that she has been clumsy all day as well. They both feel better about themselves and go back to the dance. James Stacy as Maurice. Dorothy Abbott as Chaperone at Party. James Burton as Lead Guitarist.

Song: Ricky sings "I Got a Feeling".

David tells the family that he's taking over as playground director for a couple weeks. He'll be coaching the little league football team. David is holding tryouts for the team. David picks a child to be quarterback and it turns out to be a girl, Jane Moxley. David's not sure she should be on the team. Little Stanley (Stanley Livingston) says they've been playing with Jane for a long time. David brings the kids over to the house for cookies. David tells Ozzie he found a good quarterback, but it's a girl. He's hoping Ozzie can talk Jane out of wanting to play. Harriet asks if there's anything in the rule book that says a girl can't play and Ozzie says there isn't. David worries about Jane getting hurt. He goes to talk to Jane's parents. David meets Jane's older sister, Betty (Andra Martin). Betty says that her parents are all for Jane playing. Betty tells David that she played football as well. She was a fullback. Darby (Parley Baer) learns from Ozzie about Jane. David is having a practice with the team. Harriet finds a way to get Jane more interested in boys than football.

Doc (Frank Cady) asks Ozzie if he'd like to go fishing this weekend. Ozzie tells him it's his birthday on Saturday. Later, Joe (Lyle Talbot) tells Ozzie it's his and Clara's (Mary Jane Croft) 25th wedding anniversary on Monday. Joe wants to redecorate some rooms in the house as a surprise present. He needs to find a way to have Clara away for the weekend. Harriet suggests that Clara go to her mother's. Ozzie says that Joe should pretend that he's going fishing and Clara will feel free to see her mother. Ozzie comes by Joe's house and they plan the fishing trip. Doc calls and Clara tells him about Joe and Ozzie going fishing. The next morning, Harriet tells David that they'll pretend there's no presents for Ozzie. Joe and Clara come by. Joe says that Clara's mother is away, so he was hoping she could stay with Harriet while they went fishing. Ozzie has to spend the day and night with Joe at Joe's house. He says it's not much of a birthday. They decide to go bowling. Doc calls Ozzie's house and Clara answers. He's up at the lake and wonders where Joe and Ozzie are. Ozzie and Joe sneak into Ozzie's house to get his bowling stuff. They have to hide in the basement and wind up there the whole night. Clara finds them.

Song: Mary Jane sings "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It".

Harriet is expecting a dress to be delivered from the Emporium. She places a note on the back door to put it in the kitchen. Three Deliverymen come by and, seeing the note, put a pony in the kitchen. Harriet and Clara come home and find the pony. Harriet gets a call from Mr. Perry, advertising manager from the Peter's Taffy Company. Ozzie won their pony naming contest and the pony is the prize. The winning name was Taffy. Ozzie gets his picture in the paper. He tells Harriet he doesn't remember entering the contest. Tony, Stanley and some of the other neighborhood kids come by. They remember Ozzie telling them that he wished he had a pony when he was a little boy. The kids entered him in the contest. Ozzie takes the kids for a ride with the pony. Darby sees Ozzie with the kids and the pony. Ozzie says he's going to raffle off the pony to one of the kids. Ozzie gets calls from several parents saying they want Ozzie to fix it so their kids don't win. Ozzie asks Mr. Perry if he could take the pony back, but he says that isn't possible. Ozzie tells the boys he's decided to keep the pony. One night Stanley's mother comes looking for him. They find him in the garage sleeping with Taffy. Ozzie eventually gives Taffy to a place that gives pony rides. Cheerio Meredith as Mrs. Marshall. Brick Sullivan as Deliveryman.

At school, Ricky introduces David to Mary Jane Blake (Yvonne Lime). After Mary Jane leaves, Wally comes by and introduces George Randall (Sean Garrison) to Ricky and David. Wally's invited George to their fraternity rush party. At home, David asks Ricky if he's going to the rush party, but Ricky says they're all the same. At the party, everyone tries to impress George because his parents own a cabin and a speed boat. Wally invites George to a dance, but George doesn't have a date. George mentions that there's a girl from his home town. He doesn't know her too well, but her name is Mary Jane Blake. David doesn't think they should ask Mary Jane as Ricky is interested in her. David can't talk Ricky out of taking Mary Jane to the dance. At the dance, Wally asks Ricky to sing. That would free Mary Jane up for George. After a couple songs, Ricky asks Wally where Mary Jane is. To change the subject, Wally asks Ricky to pledge the fraternity. George finds out Mary Jane is Ricky's date and he apologizes to him. He would like a date with Ginger Philips, not knowing she's Wally's date. Later, the frat boys learn that George's parents rented the cabin and boat to another fraternity. Jack Ellena as Jack. James Stacy as Fred. Gary Vinson as Fraternity Member.

Songs: Ricky sings "Lonesome Town", "Cindy, Cindy" and "I Got a Feeling".

David and Ricky will be spending a couple nights at the fraternity. Their dates to the dance are coming from out of town and will stay at the Nelson house. Ozzie goes to Mr. Philips (Stanley Farrar), the Florist, to get some flowers to put in the girls room. Mr. Philips says that raising girls is a lot different than boys. Wally comes by and mentions that he's taking Mr. Philips' daughter Ginger to the dance that night. When Ozzie gets home, Joan Adams and Linda Brown are there. It's time for the dance and Ozzie gives David and Ricky a hard time for being a couple minutes late. Ozzie starts questioning the boys as if the girls were his daughters. Harriet wants to go to a movie. Ozzie just wants to make sure they're home before the girls. After the movie, Ozzie keeps checking the time. Despite it being very late, Ozzie calls Mr. Philips to find out where the dance is being held. Mr. Philips tells Ozzie to not worry. Ozzie goes to the dance to see how things are going. Fred tells Ozzie that David and Ricky have left. Ozzie finds David's car along the street. Two Police Officers (Barney Phillips and Tom Keene) ask him what he's doing by the car. Ozzie tries to explain that David was having trouble with his car and he's looking for the boys. Meanwhile, David, Ricky, Wally and their dates are at home. Ozzie claims he wasn't worried, but the kids find out he went looking for them. Mr. Philips, the Officers and the Cab Driver (Jack Wagner) that brought the kids home, show up.

Song: Ricky sings "Lonesome Town".

David gives little Tony a detective kit as a birthday present. Stanley says his birthday is in three weeks. Doc calls Ozzie and tells him they didn't sell that many raffle books. They won't raise enough money for the Boy's Club. Harriet suggests a raffle to guess the amount of beans in a jar. Ozzie brings up Harriet's suggestion at a special meeting of the Men's Club. They'll give away a TV set. They vote to have Ozzie count the beans. David and Harriet help Ozzie count. The next morning Ozzie learns that Tony and Stanley are playing with beans that Ricky gave them. Ozzie panics until Harriet says that Ricky gave the kids old beans she had in the cabinet. Darby, Doc and Joe write down their guesses. Ozzie learns that Tony told the men the number of beans. Ozzie is forced to count the beans again when Darby takes a handful and throws them out. It's the night of the dance. A pretty woman (Corinne Cole) is taking the written guesses and it's going quite well. Later, the Chairman (Stanley Farrar) has Ozzie come up on stage to announce the winner. The slip of paper that was to have the exact number of beans written on it, is blank. It turns out that Ozzie wrote the number with invisible ink. With David's help, Ozzie gets the number. Doc is the winner.

Song: Ricky sings "I Got a Feeling".

Wally, Ricky and David are going horseback riding. Despite having taken some lessons, Wally has a hard time controlling his horse. Wally is about to take another lesson. He tells David and Ricky his instructor is an old guy. The stable hand tells Wally his instructor is coming. It's a beautiful blonde named Judy Sanders (Venetia Stevenson). The stable hand then realizes that Wally was taking lessons from Hank (Emmett Lynn). Ricky pretends to be a novice and asks Judy for a lesson. At home, Ricky tells the family he's going to teach Judy how to play guitar in exchange for the riding lessons. Harriet wonders what Judy will do when she finds out that Ricky knows how to ride. Judy does see Ricky riding really well and now she's not talking to him. Later, Ricky keeps calling the stable and leaving messages for Judy. David leaves for the Hay Ride. Ozzie gives Ricky some advice and he'll go to the Hay Ride and apologize to Judy. Ricky asks Mr. Sanders (Ray Teal) where the Hay Ride is now. Ricky borrows a horse and catches up to the Hay Ride. Judy tells Ricky she knew he could ride and he finds out she knew how to play the guitar. They spend the evening together and have a nice time. Dorothy Abbott as Dorothy.

Song: Ricky, David, Ozzie and Emmett Lynn perform "Cindy, Cindy". Ricky sings "Tryin' To Get To You".

Wally is working at the malt shop and he brings Harriet a special desert. She had only ordered tea. Harriet runs into an old schoolmate, Helen McDermott (Peggy Knudsen). Helen introduces Harriet to her daughter Peggy (Luana Patten). Helen says they moved back into town. She says that Peggy is shy and is having trouble meeting kids her age. They come up with a plan to have David and Peggy meet each other. Meanwhile, Ricky and Fred are playing tennis. Betty comes by and introduces Peggy to the boys and they play tennis together. Harriet sends David over to the McDermott house. Ricky tells Harriet that he met Peggy and he'd like to ask her out. Harriet calls the McDermott house and learns David is already there. David and Ricky find out they're both interested in Peggy. Without Ricky knowing it, David sets him up with Dorothy. Helen calls and tells Ozzie that she'll be coming by, but Peggy is going to the movies with a friend. David comes by with Dorothy for Ricky and Ricky comes by with Betty for David. Things get confusing when they learn that Peggy is with Wally.

Joe comes by and tells Ozzie that Clara wants to buy a French dress shop. Joe would like Ozzie to get Harriet to talk Clara out of the idea. Ozzie doesn't think Harriet should get involved in a family dispute. Joe invites himself and Clara over for dinner. After dinner, Clara tells Harriet about how she learned that Pierre is selling the shop. Ozzie and Joe find out that Harriet wants to partner with Clara in the shop. Ozzie and Joe go to the store to see if it makes any money. Later, Harriet tells the men that they decided to not buy the shop. Clara comes by and says she gave Pierre a check for the store. It's been a while and the store is doing well. Instead of golfing, Ozzie and Joe wind up watching the store while the girls go to lunch. Ozzie pretends to be Pierre and flirts with some of the ladies. Joe pretends to be François, a French dress designer. Harriet and Clara start to get jealous. Ozzie tells Harriet that he and Joe would like to work at the store as well. That night Clara tells the men she sold the shop. Harriet learns that the men staged all the whole thing. Joi Lansing as Beautiful Girl. Corinne Cole as Beautiful Girl. Cheerio Meredith as Woman. Dorothy Abbott as Customer. Bess Flowers as Customer.

Ozzie and Harriet are out in the country. Harriet promised Sally Darby that she'd look at a model home out there. Sally's cousin is interested in the home. They see a bunch of young men riding motorcycles up and down a hill. One of the guys turns out to be David. He borrowed the motorcycle from Bob. Harriet thinks what the guys are doing is dangerous. David comes home with the motorcycle. He tells Ozzie he's thinking of buying the bike and selling his car. Ozzie talks to Darby about David. Darby suggests Ozzie take David fishing and he could talk about the motorcycle then. There's a misunderstanding and Ricky thinks Ozzie wants to take him to the lake for a man-to-man talk. Ozzie does take David to the lake. Fred and Joe show up on their motorcycles. Fred has a new bike and lets David ride it. Ozzie's car has a flat and the spare tire is flat also. David and Ozzie ride home on one of the bikes and Fred and Joe are on the other. David and Ozzie run out of gas and push the bike to a gas station. Ozzie never gets a chance to talk to David. David decides against buying the bike. Harriet jokes about wanting a motorcycle. Lucien Littlefield as Gas Station Attendant.

Ozzie goes to Darby's to see if he wants to play golf. Darby wants to surprise Sally and is going to paint the living room. Sally comes home and says the bridge club was coming over this afternoon. Ozzie suggests having the bridge club over to his house. Harriet is not happy because she's not prepared. Ozzie has to give up golfing and run some errands for Harriet. As he's going into town anyway, Doc and Darby ask Ozzie to pick things up for them. In town, Ozzie runs into Ethel (Cheerio Meredith), who introduces him to Alice Green. Alice just moved into town and has a baby boy. Ozzie says he'll watch the baby while Alice goes into the hardware store. A Girl in Sports Car (Penny Edwards) asks Ozzie's help in starting her car. Ed (Ray Montgomery) says that was his car the girl drove off with. Ozzie offers to drive Ed to the police station, but then he remembers he left his keys in Alice's baby buggy. He has to take a cab home. Harriet finds his keys in the bag of éclairs she had him buy. Ozzie forgot to get Darby's paint. He left Doc's bracelet, a goodbye gift for his nurse, in the baby buggy. Ozzie, Doc and Darby go back to the hardware store. They talk to Mr. Jenkins (Tom Keene) to see if they can track down Alice Green. There is some confusion, but Alice winds up at the Nelson home. Doc winds up having to give the bracelet to his wife for an anniversary gift. Things work out with Ed and the woman that took his car.

Songs: Ozzie sings "I Still Get A Thrill (Thinking Of You)". Ricky sings "It's Late".

Ozzie comes home from buying donuts. Harriet notices that some are missing. Ozzie discovers two small children hiding in the backseat of his car. Donnie (Donald Losby) and his sister Katie say they are going to Alaska. Ozzie and Harriet try and learn the kid's last name and address with no luck. Ozzie calls the police and they tell him to bring the kids to the station. The kids agree to go because Ozzie says he'll get them a "runaway permit" there. Sergeant Thompson (Tom Keene) tells Ozzie and Harriet that he's sure the parents will call looking for the kids. When they get back home, Ozzie and Harriet find the kids in the back seat again. Harriet calls the Sergeant to see if he's heard anything yet. When Ozzie tells Donnie he can keep Ricky's old bike, Donnie gives his last name and address. Harriet says that the Sergeant just called and Mr. Losby (Richard Crane), the kid's father, is there. Donnie tells Ozzie the reason he ran away is because his father wouldn't let him have a bike. Ozzie finds a way to get the bike back. Mr. Losby comes by. He says the reason he wouldn't let Donnie have a bike was because he was going to surprise him with one for his birthday. The kids are gone again. After checking with the police, Mr. Losby learns the kids are back home. Hal Smith as Charlie. Brick Sullivan as Pete.

Songs: Ozzie sings "Home! Sweet Home!". Ricky sings "Never Be Anyone Else But You". Katie Sweet sings "K-K-K-Katy".

Wally runs into David, Fred and Zeke in the malt shop. He wants to set one of the guys up with a blind date. Fred and Zeke leave. Wally tells David the girl is his cousin who's coming to town. David already has a date. He suggests that Wally trick Ricky into it. Wally will convince Ricky that he has scientific method to select the perfect date for him. Wally comes by the house with a questionnaire for Ricky. The next day Wally calls Ricky and says he has the perfect girl for him. He wants Ricky to meet them at the malt shop that night. David goes with Ricky to the malt shop. David checks the girl out first, but then won't tell Ricky what she's like. Wally introduces Ricky to Cathy (Judy Lewis) and she's very pretty. David tells Wally that Ricky had a great time and is very interested in Cathy. Wally gets a call from his Uncle George, who asks how Cathy is. Wally tracks down Ricky and Cathy at the malt shop. He reminds Cathy that she's going home that evening. Wally gets excited when Cathy later tells him she's packing to leave. Wally panics when Ricky tells him that he's getting married. It's really a practical joke and Ricky and Cathy get to spend some more time together. Jack Wagner as Soda Clerk.

Songs: Ricky sings "It's Late" and "One Of These Mornings".

Ozzie tells Harriet that Doc, Darby, Butch and Joe are coming over tonight to play poker. Harriet and Ricky tell him that Ricky invited Connie (Tuesday Weld) and her parents over for dinner. They are new to the neighborhood. Ozzie will have to cancel the poker game. Ozzie goes shopping for the dinner. He meets a man named Dick Johnson (Francis DeSales) who says Ozzie's son is coming over for dinner. Ozzie tells Ricky that he's expected at Connie's house. Ozzie can now have his poker game. Harriet will go to the movies with Clara. Ricky goes over to Connie's house. He meets her father, Bill Edwards. They are looking forward to dinner at Ricky's house. Ricky calls home and tells Ozzie they'll be coming for dinner. Ozzie learns that David is going to Helen Johnson's house for dinner. Ozzie tells the guys that the poker game is off and they have to leave. Ozzie wants Joe to find Clara and Harriet. He finds out that Butch made sandwiches out of the turkey that was supposed to be for dinner. Darby and Doc offer to cook a dinner. Meanwhile, Ricky is stalling for time and the Edwards are getting concerned. They finally get to the Nelson home and Harriet is there as well. After dinner, the guys are playing poker in the basement and Ozzie brings Bill down there. Jack Wagner as Attendant. Shep Houghton as Theater Patron.

Song: Ricky sing "Never Be Anyone Else But You".

Ozzie finds little Tony and Stanley playing rockets in his back yard. Ozzie goes to the Barber (Jack Wagner) to get a hair cut. Doc and Darby are there. Darby sees an ad for a sci-fi movie at the theater in the paper. There's also an ad that says the Bijou Theater is offering $1,000 to anyone who can get a picture of a flying saucer. Doc and Darby think Ozzie should try and get a picture of one. The family thinks Ozzie should try as well. Doc and Darby trick Ozzie into looking with his camera up in the sky. They take a picture of him and put it in the paper. As a joke, they say he's entering the contest. After Ricky's suggestion, Ozzie decides to have some fun and fake a picture with a tea cup saucer. He has Doc and Darby sign a paper stating they saw the saucer as well. Ricky tells him that he wasn't able to throw the saucer. Ozzie, Doc and Darby believe they have a picture of a real flying saucer. They go to the City Editor of the paper, but he won't print it. The next day, they go to see the Theater Manager (Joseph Kearns). They learn that he's been handing out plastic saucers. It turns out that's what Ozzie took a picture of. Shep Houghton as Theater Patron.

Ozzie, Harriet, Joe and Clara went to the movies. After, they talk about the movie and how jealous the wife was. As her and Joe are leaving, Clara whispers something to Ozzie. Harriet wants to know what's going on. Flattered that she's jealous, Ozzie says that Joe's birthday is coming up. Clara wants Ozzie to go with her to the Emporium to pick out a fishing reel for Joe. Ozzie is trying to sleep and Harriet asks him if he would be happy married to someone else. The next morning, Harriet asks Ozzie if he finds Clara attractive. Joe comes by and wants to go golfing. Ozzie says he has to meet someone downtown. Ozzie brings up Harriet's conversation about Clara. Things get awkward when Ozzie calls Clara about where to meet and Joe answers the phone. Clara comes by and Joe hears her voice. After Ozzie and Clara leave, Joe comes by. Ricky tells him they went shopping. Joe sees Clara and Ozzie at the Emporium. Joe follows them to the restaurant in the store. Ozzie sees him and crawls away from the table and sits at another woman's table. Joe confronts Ozzie. Ozzie tells him they were buying him a birthday present and Joe says his birthday was three months ago. Joe gets a laugh out of it because it's Clara's birthday that's coming up. It turns out the woman Ozzie sat with was Mary Joe Calhoun (Janet Waldo), who he danced with at a party a while ago. Dorothy Abbott as Restaurant Patron.

Ricky and Zeke are taking pictures of pretty girls on campus for the Campus Queen contest. The fraternity brothers are going over the pictures. Wally keeps saying they should pick his girlfriend, Ginger. They come across a picture of a girl's body with Ricky's face on it. The guy that printed the pictures did it as a joke. Ricky's not happy that, as freshmen, they can't vote on which picture to choose. As a joke, Ricky comes up with the idea to have the Photographer (Jack Wagner) make a composite picture with parts of different girls. Ricky waits until the guys have already picked their choice to show them the finished picture. Later, Ricky learns that the guys changed their minds and entered the composite picture. It's one of the four finalists. Ricky confesses to David that the picture is a composite and was supposed to be a joke. The picture winds up being chosen as the winner. The guys try to find a girl that looks like the picture. Ozzie sees a commercial on TV for a local gym. He thinks the Fitness Model (Corinne Cole) looks like the picture. Ozzie goes to see the Gym Manager (Jack Ellena). It's the night of the dance where the contest winner's name is to be revealed. The Photographer tells Ozzie there was a mix-up and the picture he sent Ricky wasn't the composite picture. It was of a model he often uses. At the dance, Ricky confesses to the people the picture was a composite and that all the girls should consider themselves the winner. The Photographer comes to the dance and tells Ricky about the mix-up.

Songs: Ricky sings "Never Be Anyone Else But You" and "You Tear Me Up".

At the Men's Club meeting, Ozzie is introduced to Harry Andrews (Alan Hale Jr.), a new member. Harry remembers playing with Ozzie on their high school football team. Ozzie and Harry have different recollections of a certain game. Ozzie claims they won the game and Harry says they lost. Harry thinks Ozzie's name is Ziggy. The next day, Ozzie tries to find his high school yearbook to check if they won the game, with no luck. Harriet tells Ozzie she met Harry's wife and invited them to Saturday night's party. Darby comes by and says he drove Harry home last night. Harry had his yearbook and Ozzie's name wasn't on the team roster. There was a Ziggy Wilson. Ozzie goes bowling with the guys and isn't doing well. The guys tease him about football. Ozzie calls Howard "Hammerhead" Stuart (John Doucette), who was on the team, but there's no answer. That night, Ozzie dreams about the football game, but he doesn't find out who won. The next day Ozzie does get a hold of Howard, but he doesn't remember the game. It's the night of the party and everyone comes by. They meet Harry's wife, Estelle (Dorothy Abbott). Harry brought his yearbook. They discover that Harry belonged to the other high school football team and Ozzie's team did win. Jack Ellena as Football Player in dream. Arthur Tovey as Club Member. Jack Wagner as Sports Announcer.

Darby shows Ozzie that he was named "Neighbor of the Week" and has his picture in the paper. There is also a very faltering article about Darby. Ozzie thinks the whole thing is staged. Darby is pictured in a smoking jacket with trophies and a moose head beside him. Darby says that he's just jealous. Ozzie gets a call from the editor of the paper and is told he'll be the next "Neighbor of the Week". Ozzie says he's not going to do anything special for the picture. The next day Darby is there when a smoking jacket is delivered for Ozzie. Ozzie claims he didn't order it. Ricky comes by with the moose head. Turns out Harriet ordered the jacket. Harriet starts putting trophies on the mantle. Harriet thinks they should have cake and coffee for the photographer and sends Ozzie to the bakery. At the bakery Ozzie runs into two women (Paula Winslowe and Cheerio Meredith). They comment on how nice Darby's picture was and how well dressed he was. Ozzie gets a chocolate cake from the Baker (Hal Smith). Now Ozzie wants to wear the smoking jacket. Doc comes by and suggests that Darby may be getting back at Ozzie and pretended to be the editor on the phone. Ozzie calls the paper and the editor says he didn't call him. Ozzie puts on his old clothes. Darby comes by and Ozzie learns he called the wrong paper. The Photographer (Jack Wagner) arrives and suggests that Ozzie get dressed up and put trophies on the mantle.

David and Wally are at the malt shop and Wally is complaining about Professor Fairchild. Just then his daughter Betty Fairchild (Luana Patten) walks in the shop. It seems that both David and Wally have taken her out. Wally mentions that her birthday party is tonight. David hasn't been invited yet. Betty comes by and tells David that she asked Wally to invite him to the party. Meanwhile, Harriet is wrapping cologne, which will be the prize for the Bridge Club. David goes shopping for a present and talks to the Salesgirl (Vera Marshe), who recommends a stuffed animal. Wally comes by and tells David they're supposed to buy "dollar gag gifts". David buys an exploding book. The ladies arrive for the Bridge Club. Mrs. Dipple (Madge Blake) tells David that Wally bought a stuffed animal as a gift. David is upset that Wally tricked him. Ozzie tells David to take the cologne, he'll find something else for the Bridge Club. Ozzie learns from Harriet that he actually gave David the exploding book. Ozzie has Ricky bring the cologne to the party and then he calls David. Ricky gets to the party and gives to cologne to Wally to give to David. Wally hides the cologne. David figures out what Wally did. He switches the name tags on his and Wally's present. Betty thinks that David gave her the stuffed animal. David tells Wally that he switched the exploding book with the cologne so Wally wouldn't get in trouble. Professor Fairchild winds up opening the exploding book. Dorothy Abbott as Bridge Partner. Jack Ellena as Party Guest.

Song: Ricky sings "You Tear Me Up".

Ozzie is growing a beard. He hopes to portray the town's founder, Colonel Warfield, in the upcoming Centennial Pageant. Ozzie's not having any luck finding any information on Warfield. Harriet says that Darby claims to be related to Warfield. Harriet suggests Ozzie talk to Mr. Hendrix (Will Wright). He's lived in the town a long time. Mr. Hendrix has no information for Ozzie. Some of the guys are discussing plans for the pageant and who to get as honorary guest speaker. Butch suggests Ex-Governor Harris (Francis DeSales). Joe suggests putting Darby in charge of the pageant and playing Warfield instead of Ozzie. They offer Ozzie the part of the Indian Chief. At home, Ozzie is shaving off his beard. Ricky says Ozzie got a letter from the State Historical Society. Ozzie learns that Warfield was a phony. He didn't found the town and he sold moonshine to the Indians. Ozzie tells Darby about the letter. Darby doesn't think they should ruin people's perception of Warfield. It's the night of the pageant. Ozzie compromises and goes along with the Warfield story, with some embellishments.

Ricky is going to Crystal Lake Lodge to go skating with some friends. Ricky says it's too cold to camp out. Ozzie is sitting outside with Darby and Joe. Joe and Darby are cold and want to go inside, but Ozzie wants the fresh air. Darby and Ozzie decide they want to go camping. Joe reluctantly agrees. They'll ask the wives figuring they'll say no. The wives think it's a great idea, until they find out about the camping. The guys decide to not go, but then the wives says they want to go. Ozzie, Joe, Darby and the wives stop at the lodge. Ozzie wanted to tell Ricky where they'll be. Ozzie tries to talk the wives into staying in the lodge, but they say no. There's not enough room in the tent, so the wives tell the men to sleep outside. The men decide to go to the lodge and the wives catch them. They still go claiming to go get hot chocolate. Darby talks to the Desk Clerk (Jack Wagner) and gets a room. Joe and Ozzie decide to join Darby. The men find they have no money and head back to the tent. They decide to sleep in the car. The next morning the wives says they slept great. They all go for breakfast at the lodge. The men admit they're softies. The Desk Clerk let's it slip that the wives slept at the lodge.

Song: Ricky sings "Never Be Anyone Else But You".

Ricky is interested in Maria (Joyce Taylor), an exchange student from Spain. Zeke introduces Ricky to her. Ricky asks her if she'd help him with his Spanish. Ricky goes to Maria's house and finds Wally, Zeke, Norman and Joe there as well. They meet Maria's uncle, Vincente Gomez. Ricky knows him as a famous guitarist and asks him to play something. The boys learn that Maria's brother is a Matador. Back at home, Ozzie jokes that if Ricky wants to get in good with Maria, he should take up bullfighting. Ricky builds a makeshift practice bull. Harriet's worried and wants Ozzie to take the bull apart. At school, Wally and Zeke joke to Maria that Ricky is going to be a bullfighter. Maria volunteers to show Ricky some things that her brother showed her. Ozzie dreams that Ricky is a Matador and goes by Ricardo Nelson. Ricky is in a large stadium and Ozzie is worried because they are using a real bull. Ricky does really well. Ozzie will not let Ricky kill the bull. Ricky wakes Ozzie up. Ricky wants to show Maria his practice bull. The other guys show up in Matador costumes. Ricky tells Ozzie he's giving up on bullfighting if the other guys are going to do it as well. Ricky decides to impress Maria with his music at a party.

Songs: Ricky and Vincente Gomez perform a guitar duet, "Sevillanas". Ricky sings "You Tear Me Up".

Harriet reminds Ozzie that they are going to a lecture at the Women's Club. Mrs. Peabody (Paula Winslowe) is going to speak on the subject of 'Togetherness'. Ozzie doesn't want to go. At the lecture, Ozzie nods off. At home, the boys ask about the lecture. Harriet gets Ozzie to agree to let her go golfing with him instead of the guys. The next morning, Harriet gives Ozzie the opportunity to have her stay home, but he says she can go with. Joe makes fun of Ozzie when he tells him he's golfing with Harriet. On the golf course Ozzie and Harriet run into Joe and Clara. Then Darby and Sally come by and then Ricky and David. At home, the boys tell Ozzie and Harriet they're not going to a party because they want to spend time with them. The family go to a Mexican restaurant for dinner. They have the Waiter (Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez) order for them. For days, the family does a lot more things together. David gets a call from Betty about another party and Ozzie tells him that he and Ricky should go. Harriet suggests that she and Ozzie's mother go to the movies and Ozzie and Darby should go to the fights. The family agrees that togetherness is great, but it can be overdone. Cheerio Meredith as Women's Club President. Shep Houghton as Audience Member.

Ricky tells Wally that he's meeting Betty at the library. Wally wants to know if Ricky's put Betty's name in the log book at the fraternity. The book is there so the other guys don't take the girl out. Zeke comes by and says that Connie's mad at him. Zeke thought he saw Connie with another guy at the movies, but it turns out it wasn't her. He would like Ricky to talk to Connie. Zeke needs Ricky to do it right away and he'll explain things to Betty. Zeke lies to Betty and says Ricky couldn't meet her because he's sick. Betty gets mad when she catches Ricky with Connie at the malt shop. Harriet suggests Ricky bring Betty flowers or candy and explain things. Meanwhile, Zeke goes to Betty's house to talk to her. Ricky sees them together. Ozzie thinks Ricky should go out with Connie to make Betty jealous. Zeke sees Ricky driving off with Connie. Wally is talking to the frat boys about Ricky and Zeke's problem. Wally says in the old days, Ricky and Zeke would've settled this with a duel. Wally and Harriet arrange for Ricky and Zeke to talk to each other. Ricky and Zeke realize they misunderstood the situations and are friends again. They straighten things out with the girls.

Song: Ricky sings "It's Late".

The fraternity brothers are holding a meeting. As they are the only fraternity that hasn't held a dance, they think it's time. They ask Wally, their treasurer, how much money they have. Wally doesn't really know. When Ricky mentions that Ozzie is the treasurer of the Men's Club, he gets railroaded into being Wally's assistant. Wally leaves Ricky with all the disorganized books. Ricky figures they have a surplus of $150. Ricky suggests they rent the Men's Club for their dance. Ricky gets stuck negotiating with Ozzie. Ricky discovers that Wally never paid for the frat house water heater. They won't have any money for the dance. Harriet suggests that the Men's Club let the fraternity hold their dance free of charge. When Ozzie brings it up to some of the men, Joe says that this was Ozzie's plan all along. They vote against the idea. Later, Doc, Darby and Joe come by and show Ozzie an item in the paper that says the Men's Club is letting the fraternity hold their dance for free. They want to know how it got in the paper. Not wanting to create bad publicity, they allow the dance to go on. At the dance it comes out that Harriet put the article in the paper.

Songs: Ricky sings "You Tear Me Up" and "I Can't Help It". Skip Young sings "Never Be Anyone Else But You".

After bowling Ozzie and David stop at the malt shop. Dave's friend Betty (Jean Moorhead) comes by to say hello. David will see her that night. David tells Ozzie that Bob and Diane invited them to dinner at their new apartment. Bob and Diane are newlyweds. That night, David leaves for his date and says that George and another girl will also be there. Ozzie wonders whether Bob and Diane will try to show David how great it is to be married. Ozzie says that Betty probably set it up to trap David. Later, David and George come by. George says all they talked about was what Bob and Diane would do when they can afford it. The next day, Harriet tells Ozzie it wouldn't be horrible if David got married. Ozzie asks Ricky if David mentioned how he felt about Betty. Fred Turner (Francis DeSales) comes by with his granddaughter. Ozzie didn't know Fred's son Tom was married. Fred says that Tom is actually a couple months younger than David. Ozzie fantasizes that David and Betty are married and have a baby boy. Ozzie, Harriet and Ricky come over for dinner. Back to reality, Harriet tells Ozzie that David is having some friends over for a special occasion. That night there's quite a crowd at the house. Wally mentions an announcement about an engagement to Ozzie. Ozzie panics. David announces that Betty and George are engaged. Ozzie's thrilled but Harriet's disappointed. George has been seeing Betty for quite some time. David introduces Susie Walker to his parents. Jack Wagner as Soda Clerk.

Song: Ricky sings "You Tear Me Up".

Ozzie wants to go bowling and calls Joe. He learns from Clara that Joe is at a Men's Club committee meeting about the upcoming dance. Ozzie thinks they purposely didn't tell him about the meeting, because he wants to do something special for the dance. Ozzie goes to the meeting and he learns that they just want to have the same old dance. Ozzie thinks it should be a themed costume dance. People should come dressed as the person they'd most like to be. After Ozzie leaves, the men say they'll come as the person they'd most like to be, themselves. At home, Ozzie tries to think of who'd he'd like to be. Ozzie fantasizes that he is Houdini and is to do one of his famous escape acts. He is tied up, locked in a trunk and dropped in the river. Ozzie then fantasizes he's Benjamin Franklin and decides to dress as him. After Ricky's suggestion, Ozzie fantasizes he is William Shakespeare and decides to go as him. Ozzie dreams he's Julius Caesar. The next morning Clara comes by and says that Joe didn't mention anything about a costume dance. Ozzie now thinks that as a joke, the guys will set it up so he's the only one to show up in a costume. Meanwhile, the guys of the fraternity are discussing their upcoming dance. Ozzie comes by to drop off a vacuum. Ozzie suggests a costume themed dance. Joe comes to the house and says they now have to have the costume dance. Clara told all the other wives about it. Ozzie goes to the Costume Shop and learns everything's been rented. It's the night of the dance. Ozzie is dressed as Julius Caesar and Harriet is a Fairy Godmother. When they get to the dance, they are the only ones dressed up. It turns out that the fraternity rented all the other costumes. In a fantasy, Harriet waves her magic wand and everyone is in costume. Hal Smith as Commissioner. Dorothy Abbott as Party Guest.

Mr. Wilson (Hal Smith), an exterminator, tells the guys that the frat house has termites. It will take three days to fumigate the place. Everyone will have to move out. Meanwhile, Ozzie is not looking forward to a weekend trip with Doc and the wives to Doc's cabin in the mountains. David comes home and tells his parents about the termites. He invited George and Joe to stay at the house. Ozzie will use the excuse of the boys staying as a reason to not go to the cabin. Ozzie calls Doc with the news. Ricky brings home Zeke and Tom to stay. Wally brings over three more guys. Some more guys show up. Ozzie and Harriet actually don't mind. The next morning, Harriet is busy feeding everyone. Harriet then makes up a large list of food for Ozzie to buy. Harriet winds up dancing with the boys. The next morning, the guys surprise Ozzie and Harriet with breakfast in bed. David tells them they're having a party that night. The next morning it's finally time for everyone to leave. Doc comes by and tells them what a dull weekend he had at the cabin. It rained the whole time, so they just slept and sat around.

Song: Ricky sings "It's Late".

Harriet and Clara are trying to think of a place to go out to eat on Saturday night. When David mentions there's a fight on that night, the girls figure the men will be staying home to watch it on TV. Joe and Ozzie come home from bowling. The women ask them a lot of questions about their evening. Ozzie says that women are naturally more curious than men. Harriet has the boys make her a large black box with a padlock on it. Harriet and Clara put something in the box and won't let the men know what it is. Ozzie tells Joe that the women are trying to prove that men are just as curious. Harriet makes a bet with the men. If the men try to open the box before Saturday night, they have to take the women out to dinner. If they don't try to open the box, the women will go to the fights with them. A couple days go by and the men have not tried to open the box. Ozzie dreams that he and Joe open the box and the women are in it. It's Saturday morning and Ozzie and Joe are playing golf. Joe says he's got to find out what's in the box. Joe suggests they build a similar box and switch them. Ozzie asks the boys to build them a box, but they promised Harriet they wouldn't. Ozzie and Joe build the box and make the switch. Ozzie asks Doc to x-ray the box, but nothing shows up. Ozzie gets a locksmith to open the box and there's four tickets to the fights inside. Ozzie let's it slip to Harriet that there are tickets in the box and the men lose the bet. The women still go with the men to the fights and then they'll go out to eat after. Brick Sullivan as Fight Spectator.

David tells Ozzie and Harriet that Phil and Helen Carter are having a baby. The fraternity appointed David chairman of the committee to buy a present. Ricky and Wally bring an old English car, a Buckingham, to the house. Wally says he'd buy it if he had the money. Wally, David and Ricky go for a ride. David and Ricky come back with the car and say they bought it. Ozzie's not sure it was a good investment. David says he and Ricky are going on a picnic tomorrow with Toby and Sue Benson. After the picnic, they find the car has a flat tire and no jack. Fred drives by. He has a jack and he agrees to take the girls home. David and Ricky find the car doesn't get good gas mileage. The boys start to think the car was a mistake. They want to sell the car and put an ad in the paper. The boys don't get any calls. Ozzie suggests selling shares in the car to the guys at the fraternity. The guys will take turns driving the car and share expenses. Things get too complicated with who is driving when. The guys agree to raffle off the car to one of the shareholders. Phil and Helen are there as well and Helen thinks it's time for the baby. David drives Phil, Helen and Doc to the hospital. David comes home and says the baby boy was born in the car. The guys award the car to Phil.

At the bowling alley, Zeke asks Ricky why he isn't taking Sandy to the dance on Saturday. Ricky would like to take someone different. Two girls, Gladys and Norma (Joyce Taylor), ask Ricky how to keep score. It's the first time they've been bowling. Norma drops her charm bracelet and Ricky picks it up. Zeke has to get going as he has a date. The girls tell Ricky they'll be bowling this Sunday. Back at home, Ricky learns the dance is this Saturday, not next Saturday. He wanted to ask Norma, but he forgot to get her last name or her phone number. Ricky goes back to the bowling alley because he forgot his shoes. Ricky asks the Alley Proprietor (Jack Wagner) about Norma as he still has her bracelet. He leaves his phone number. Harriet looks at Norma's bracelet to maybe get a clue. It's Friday and David tells Ricky he needs to get a date for the dance. Because there was a ballet slipper charm on the bracelet, Ricky asks the Ballet Teacher if she knows Norma. Ricky and David then go see the Registrar (Paula Winslowe) of the local girls college. They then try several other places, with no luck. They then see her at the Emporium. Ricky learns her last name is Hilliard and tells her about the bracelet. She agrees to go to the dance that night. At the dance, Ricky tells Norma he learned a lot about her from her bracelet. She tells him it's her sister's. It turns out that Harriet had something to do with Ricky finding Norma. Dorothy Abbott as Bowling Alley Patron.

Song: Ricky sings "That's Why I Love You Like I Do".

Ozzie and Harriet are watching TV. It's announced that the annual hobby show will be soon. Footage from last years show is shown and Ozzie and Darby are in it. Ozzie falls asleep and dreams about last years show. Mrs. John Albright (Ida Moore) is running a booth about button collecting. Ozzie and Darby talk to her about it. They stop at several more booths. A Barbecue Man (Hal Smith) tells them about building a barbecue. Ozzie buys a plan to build one. Ozzie wakes up and Darby comes by. Darby says he'll have a booth at the show featuring rocks. Darby asks Ozzie to go rock collecting with him. He's going to a creek and Ozzie can also fish there. When they get there, Ozzie finds that Darby tricked him and the creek is dried up. Back at home, Harriet wants Ozzie to finally build the barbecue. She invited people over. Ozzie and little Stanley collect rocks in a vacant lot. Darby comes by and says he has rocks Ozzie can use. Harriet is very impressed with the finished barbecue. Ozzie learns that he used the rocks from Darby's collection, not the extra ones. Darby wants his rocks back. Later, the whole barbecue is gone. Ozzie goes to the hobby show and finds Darby there cooking with his barbecue. Ozzie finds a way to get back at Darby. Jack Wagner as Rock Collector.

Harriet baked three cakes for the Charity Bazaar. Ozzie says that she usually bakes only one. Harriet is helping Sally Darby, who's having a Mambo lesson, and Helen Cosgrove is having a baby. Ozzie thinks they're taking advantage of her. He mentions several other things that Harriet has been doing for others. David brings by curtains from the fraternity house for Harriet to wash. Harriet has to pick up some party favors for Clara. At the party store, the Clerk (Stanley Farrar) tells Mrs. Marjorie Evans (Paula Winslowe) that he doesn't have any clowns. Ozzie and Harriet arrive. Marjorie was the boys third grade teacher and asks how they are. Marjorie asks Harriet if she could sing some songs at a party for the children that afternoon. Harriet agrees to do it. Thinking Harriet is doing too much, Ozzie goes to the school to tell them Harriet can't make it. He doesn't tell them and winds up volunteering to help if they need it. Ozzie asks Doc to put on a puppet show for the kids, but Doc says no. Ozzie then asks Joe to do cards tricks for the kids, but Joe is out of practice. Ozzie then asks Darby to be a clown and he says no. As Ozzie and Harriet are about to leave for the school, Joe, Doc and Darby show up to entertain. At the school, it turns out that Doc, Darby and Joe aren't needed. Harriet and Ricky each perform. Dorothy Abbott as Mother.

Songs: Harriet sings "The Mexican Woodpecker". Ricky sings "Cindy, Cindy".

It's Harriet's birthday the next day. Ozzie and the boys are trying to sneak out of the house to get her something, but Harriet catches them. Harriet says she always finds out what they are going to get her. Ozzie says not this time. Ozzie and the boys are at the Emporium and are trying to be very secretive. A Clerk is becoming very suspicious and asks the Store Detective about them. She says they're obviously trying to surprise someone. Clara shows up and sees the sweater Ozzie is buying for Harriet. Clara says she won't say anything. When they get home, Harriet knows exactly what they bought. Ozzie calls Joe and invites him and Clara to a surprise party for Harriet. Ozzie doesn't want Clara to know about it yet. Ozzie calls more husbands. Ozzie takes a nap. The boys tell Ozzie that he was talking in his sleep about the party. Doc suggests that Ozzie try to stay awake until the party. It's late at night and Ozzie calls Joe and asks if he wants to come over to play poker. Joe tells him to go to sleep. The next morning the boys give Harriet her present. She says she didn't really know what it was, it was just a lucky guess. That night, Harriet tells Ozzie and the boys she knows about the surprise party at the Buccaneer Room. The boys surprise Harriet by having the party at the house. Jack Wagner as Soda Clerk. Dorothy Abbott as Woman Passing Out Cake.

Ozzie's old college friend, Charlie Hathaway (Wayne Morris), is coming for a visit. Charlie is now a sea captain. When Charlie quite college, he asked Ozzie to travel the world with him, but Ozzie turned him down. David says that if someone offered him that, he'd do it. Charlie arrives and has gifts for the family. He tells them about some of his travels. David is very fascinated. Charlie invites David to join him on his next round-the-world cruise. Harriet and Ozzie are a little concerned that David might do it. Ozzie dreams that David did go and is in a foreign land. He is in a bar and a Harem dancer asks him to meet her outside. David doesn't know, but she drops an emerald in his pocket. Ozzie wakes up saying "David don't go". Ozzie tells Harriet his dream. Harriet then dreams that two men follow David out of the bar and start chasing him. Harriet wakes up and checks on David. She mentions her dream to him. David then dreams that he is surrounded by Harem girls. Ricky wakes David up and hears about the dream. Ricky then dreams about David and the Harem girls and Ricky shows up and sings. The next morning, the family show David and Charlie a good time. David says that he's going to wait a couple years to make the trip. Charlie also feels it's time to settle down. Jack Ellena as Bandit in Dream. Herman Hack as Waiter.

Note: Wayne Morris passed away 3 weeks before this aired on September 14, 1959.

Songs: Ricky sings "You'll Never Know What You're Missin'". Wayne Morris, Ozzie, Harriet, David and Ricky sing "On the Banks of the Old Raritan".

Ozzie is at the malt shop and orders some ice cream from the Clerk (Jack Wagner). Darby (Parley Baer) comes by and invites Ozzie and Harriet over tomorrow night. Darby then suggests getting together at Ozzie's place. Ozzie tells Harriet about the plans for tomorrow night. There are things Harriet wants to do in preparation for tomorrow. Ozzie tells her to not go to any trouble and keep it low key. Harriet wants to call the Williams' and the Randolphs. The next day Butch (Gordon Jones) comes by and asks Ozzie if he wants to go bowling that night. Butch gets invited to the party. More and more people wind up getting invited. It's almost time for the party and Ozzie is doing all the work. Mr. Gates (Hal Smith), from the Rotary Club, stops by. Ozzie learns from Gates that Doc (Frank Cady) will be bringing Senator George Cosgrove (Maurice Manson). Gates would like to speak to Cosgrove about a bill he is proposing. The party is turning out to be a formal affair because of the Senator. Ozzie winds up having everyone meet at a German restaurant.

Songs: Ozzie and David sing "Schnitzelbank". Ricky sings "Just a Little Too Much".

Ozzie and Joe (Lyle Talbot) are at the golf club locker room. Joe's old friend Ralph Dobson (Francis DeSales) comes by. Ralph invites Joe to lunch the next day so they can catch up. Joe tells Ozzie that Ralph is a prominent attorney. At home, David tells the family that he's going to apply for a job as a law clerk. His first pick is the firm owned by Ralph Dobson. Wanting to put in a good word for David, Ozzie calls Joe hoping to join him and Ralph for lunch. Harriet tells Ozzie that Mrs. Dobson is a member of the Women's Club and she'll talk to her. At lunch, Ralph complains to Ozzie that everyone's been coming to his office with a friend or relative who wants the clerk job. David tells his parents that he would rather they didn't say anything about him to the Dobsons. David and Ricky are golfing and run into Judge Charlie Warren (Maurice Manson). Charlie is golfing with Ralph. David doesn't know how to act in front of Ralph. That night at a dance, Zeke tells David that his dad needs the car and he has to leave. Zeke asks David to keep his date company until he gets back. Things get awkward when David learns that Norma is Ralph's daughter. David dreams that he's on trial for staging all these chance meetings in hopes of getting the law clerk job. Back to reality, David meets with Ralph. Ralph mentions all the circumstantial meetings. David does get the job, because his Dean gave him a good recommendation.

Ricky, Fred (James Stacy) and Phil are at the malt shop. Phil is on the phone trying to break a date with Betty. Wally (Skip Young) and David come by. The guys are going camping in the mountains for the weekend. Ricky says he wants to go to the dance, even though he doesn't have a date. Gloria stops by and tells Ricky she'll see him Saturday. The guys tease Ricky about how he'll wind up taking Gloria to the dance. At home, Ricky tells the family he's decided to go camping. They say that Ricky's taken Gloria to the last several dances. She probably expects him to take her to this one. Ricky calls Thad Benson about taking Gloria to the dance. Ricky doesn't have to worry about Gloria falling for Thad. Ricky is surprised when Thad tells him that Gloria said she already had a date. Now the guys say they decided to go to the dance and they got dates. Ricky talks them into going camping. The guys are at the camp site and go fishing. Bored, they decide to go to the dance and drive home. They can't get dates and play poker. Gloria calls Ricky and asks him why he hasn't picked her up yet for the dance. The guys show up to the dance and dance with Gloria. Jack Wagner as Soda Clerk.

Songs: Ricky sings "That's All" and "You'll Never Know What You're Missing Till You Try".

Harriet asks Ozzie why he isn't going fishing. He says the spot they usually go to just hasn't produced any fish lately. When Ozzie asks Doc and Joe to go fishing, they also complain about the lack of fish. David is at the malt shop. He shows the Soda Clerk (Jack Wagner) some pictures of Dorothy Jones (Joyce Taylor). Her father owns a ranch in the valley. Dorothy and her father, Bill Jones (Jack Kirkwood), are coming over for dinner. Bill has a small lake on his property and he brings Ozzie some fish. Doc and Joe stop by and ask Ozzie if he wants to play cards. Ozzie tells them about his dinner guests. They see the large fish that Bill brought. Ozzie gets them to leave. But they come back later and meet Bill. Doc and Joe talk Bill into playing poker. After a hint from Doc and Joe, Bill invites them all up for some fishing. Later, David tells Ozzie that he had an argument with Dorothy. Ozzie feels the fishing trip is off. David tells Ozzie, Doc and Joe that he has no problem apologizing to Dorothy. Dorothy wonders if David is apologizing just so the men can go fishing. David assures her that's not the reason he's there. Bill insists the men come to his lake.

Harriet has a long list of things for Ozzie to do around the house. Joe comes by and tells Ozzie that he has to put in a new furnace. Joe says that sometimes he wishes he lived in an apartment. Ozzie brings up the idea of selling the house to Harriet. Harriet says the boys are hardly ever at home and it won't be long before they move out. Ricky tells his parents he doesn't have a problem with them moving. Ozzie and Harriet are playing cards with Joe and Clara (Mary Jane Croft). Ozzie mentions selling the house. Doc comes by and hears the news. Realtor Mr. Fowler (Howard McNear) shows Ozzie and Harriet an apartment. The place seems small to them. Mr. Fowler mentions a home in a managed development. All repairs are done by a trained staff. Ozzie dreams that they are living in an extremely small apartment. A lot of guest come by and no one can move in the place. The next morning, David and Ricky say how much they'd miss the house if it were sold. Ozzie is feeling the same way. The boys say that Harriet went to the real estate office. Ozzie calls Mr. Fowler and now believes Harriet is talking to an architect about building a new house. Ozzie tells Joe he's not moving. Turns out Harriet wants to add a playroom to the house.

David tells Dorothy that he can't make her party as he has to study. He also has to work at the law office. Ricky mentions the law cases that David has to investigate. David tells Ozzie about how many people fake injuries to collect insurance money. At the law office, Ralph Dobson is talking to George Gibson (John Hubbard) about his arm injury. Later, David is with Ricky at the bowling alley. David sees George there bowling. When David can't reach Ralph by phone, he calls secretary Miss Edwards. She suggests David take a picture of George bowling. Ricky goes home to get a camera. By the time Ricky gets back, George is gone. They follow the girl that was with George. She starts to drive off and the boys hail a cab. They tell the Cab Driver (Hal Smith) to follow her. They follow her into a department store, but lose her when she goes in an elevator. After a suggestion from Harriet, the boys search the local barber shops. They eventually find him. David gets a picture of George helping Ricky lift a crate. David goes to Dobson's house and shows him the pictures. It turns out that George is there. He's a golfing buddy of Dobson's and was faking the injury to help his golf handicap. Jack Wagner as Bowling Attendant. Frank Richards as Truck Driver. William White as Barber.

Joe and Ozzie are going bowling. Harriet and Clara are going to their Women's Club meeting. The meeting is about their annual charity fund raising event. Joe complains that every time they have one of those events, it's the husbands that do all the work. The men offer to drive the women to the meeting. Ozzie stops at the gas station and asks George Peters (Joe Flynn) to check the tires. George mentions he'll be taking the weekend off to go fishing. At the meeting, Clara suggests as their charity event, they take over Mr. Peters' gas station and split the profits. Mrs. Peabody (Paula Winslowe) thinks it's a good idea. George tells Harriet that he'll think it over and call her in a little while. George calls, but Ozzie answers the phone and finds out about the women running the gas station. Ozzie and Joe makes plans to turn their wives down. Harriet and Clara come home and Ozzie tells them about George's call. Harriet says they have no intention of asking the men's help. Ozzie is upset that Harriet asked Ricky and David how to do things around the gas station. After five hours, Ozzie, Darby and Joe wonder why the wives haven't called yet. Clara calls and Ozzie learns about a car with two men that keeps driving past the station. The guys decide to move their poker game to the station to keep an eye on things. The car stops by and Sgt. Miller (Barney Phillips) introduces himself to the men. Sgt. Miller says he's arresting the men for playing poker. Ozzie claims they are helping the ladies. The men realize the women tricked them. Vera Marshe as 4th Driver. William White as 2nd Driver.

The fraternity brothers are discussing putting in a pool in back of the frat house. The boys plan to do the digging themselves. The engineering department will put in the wiring and concrete. The fraternity set up a pool fund years ago. The boys hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the pool. When they start digging, they find the ground a lot harder than they expected. They decide to have a pool company do the work. They then find there's a large shortage of funds. Fred suggests getting an idea how to raise the money from Ozzie as he is the Men's Club treasurer. Ozzie tells David to use some harmless trickery to get the money. Wally suggests having a Dad's Night steak dinner at the fraternity. At the Men's Club, the fathers are suspicious about the boys motive for the Dad's Night. After something Ozzie, Darby and Joe say, David and Ricky figure the dads know they're going to hit them up for the money. Harriet gives David a suggestion. At the dinner, David tells the fathers that the fraternity has figured out a way to raise the money themselves. The fathers are somewhat tricked and do wind up having to kick in the money. Jack Ellena as Big Guy.

Song: Ricky sings "Mighty Good".

Harriet and Ozzie give each other anniversary gifts. They can't decide what to do or where to go to celebrate. They reminisce about other anniversary's and what they did. Ozzie asks Joe to hide a bottle of Empress champagne that he bought. Harriet and Clara come by and talk about an Italian restaurant. Harriet finds out about the champagne. Even though she made a reservation at the restaurant, Harriet suggests staying home. Ozzie and Harriet overhear David making a reservation for four at a restaurant. They think the boys are going to surprise them. Later, they find out the boys are taking dates to the restaurant, not them. Harriet tells Ozzie she wouldn't mind if he went bowling. Ozzie goes to see Joe and Joe's drinking the champagne that Ozzie asked him to hide. Harriet calls Clara and asks if Joe could stall Ozzie while she makes another reservation at the Italian restaurant. Joe takes Ozzie to go shopping for Empress champagne. They find a store that has it, but it's closed. Ozzie calls Mr. Crawford (Richard Deacon), the owner of the store. Crawford agrees to come by and open the store. Ozzie winds up not taking the champagne. Joe calls Clara and asks the name of the Italian restaurant, but she doesn't know it. Joe and Ozzie search Italian restaurants looking for Harriet. They finally find it and Ozzie goes to join Harriet, but it's not her. Ozzie sees Harriet at a different table. David and Ricky join them. Jack Ellena as Man in Cafe.

Song: Ricky sings "Mighty Good".

Ricky's car is being worked on, so he asks to borrow David's. Ricky meets Wally at the malt shop. Cathy Stewart (Tuesday Weld) is there and the guys say hello. Ricky tries to ask Cathy to the dance Saturday night, but can't bring himself to do it. As Cathy is leaving, she backs her car into David's. Ricky asks her to the dance and she says yes. She doesn't want to get the insurance company involved because her father would get upset. Cathy offers to pay for the damage to the car by working it off doing things for Ricky. Ricky explains what happened to David and Ozzie. Ricky gets a call from Cathy and she comes up with several excuses why she can't go to the dance. To get even, Ricky is going to make sure she works the money off. Ricky has many errands for Cathy to do. David figures that Cathy has worked off her debt. Ricky says that she insists on still doing things for him. Ricky goes to her house and speaks with Mrs. Stewart. Mrs. Stewart says she knows about the accident. Ricky tells her that Cathy's done enough for him. Mrs. Stewart says that Cathy has a crush on him and explains that she called off the date because she couldn't get a new dress. David learns from a note that someone else dented his fender before Cathy thought she did. Ricky can give Cathy her money back. She buys the dress and goes with Ricky to the dance. Ricky and David learn that Harriet wrote the note so Cathy would be able to get a new dress and go with Ricky. David will have Ricky work off the debt. Jack Wagner as Soda Clerk.

Song: Ricky sings "I Wanna Be Loved".

Ozzie tells Harriet that he's going golfing. He asks her if she has something to do and she says she has a lot of work to do around the house. Ozzie tells the boys about the only serious argument he and Harriet had. Flashback to two weeks after their marriage. Ozzie always played golf on Saturdays. When he goes to leave, it seems Harriet is upset. Ozzie gets a call at the golf course. Harriet decided to take a drive and got a flat tire. Ozzie takes a cab to help her. He discovers that Harriet put the nail in the tire. Back to the present, Ozzie asks Harriet to go with him to the golf course, but she declines. Doc calls and says he's not golfing, he's staying home with June. On the course, Ozzie tells Joe and Darby that maybe he should've stayed home with Harriet. Darby suggests that Harriet go bowling with Sally. Harriet tells Clara she thinks the reason Ozzie asked her to go with him golfing is because he thinks she's gaining weight. When Ozzie suggests to Harriet she go bowling for the exercise, she gets upset. The next day Harriet tells Ozzie she's not going bowling because Sally doesn't feel well. Ozzie calls Joe and tells him he's not going to play softball, he's staying home with Harriet. After something Darby says, Ozzie thinks Harriet would have fun making a special meal and he could play softball. Harriet thinks Ozzie wants to spend the afternoon cooking with her. Misunderstandings are straightened out. Ozzie plays softball and helps Harriet cook on an outdoor grill by the ballpark.

This coming Saturday is Ozzie's birthday. He finds a present from Harriet that she had hidden. Ricky mentions that Saturday is also Judy Masters' birthday, the girl he's been dating. Harriet gets a call from Mrs. Masters (Peggy Knudsen) asking if her and Mr. Masters (Harry Lauter) could come by. When they arrive, Mrs. Masters asks if Ozzie and Harriet could help in planning a surprise birthday party for their daughter. Ricky is taking Judy out Saturday. Mrs. Masters wonders if there's a way they could get the couple to come to Judy's house. They don't want Ricky to know the reason why. Later, Ozzie tells Harriet that he thinks Ricky could be trusted to keep the surprise a secret. Ozzie decides against telling Ricky. Ozzie learns that Ricky plans on taking Judy out to dinner for her birthday. Ozzie thinks he has a way to get the couple to the surprise party. It's Saturday night and Ozzie doesn't find out what restaurant Ricky is going to. Ozzie calls Mr. Masters and asks him to find out where Ricky's taking Judy when he picks her up. Masters finds out and calls Ozzie. Ozzie calls the restaurant and tells Ricky he ran out of gas and could Ricky come and get him. The plan doesn't work because Ricky just called a gas station to help Ozzie. A little more back and forth happens and Ricky and Judy finally drive to where Ozzie is. Turns out Judy knows about the party because her dad told her. Ozzie comes home and there's a surprise party for him. Joe Flynn as Charlie, gas station attendant. Vera Marshe as Operator. Dorothy Abbott as Party Guest.

Song: Ricky sings "I Wanna Be Loved".

At work, David asks secretary Miss Edwards how Ralph Dobson feels about giving advances on salaries. She's not sure, but David will try anyway. David doesn't ask Ralph because Ralph's frustrated over his golf game. At the malt shop David asks Ricky for $25, but he doesn't have it. Ricky suggests borrowing it from Dad, but David doesn't want Ozzie to know what it's for. Joe comes by and tells Ozzie that his nephew bought an 18 foot sailboat. Joe's proud of how the boy worked and saved for the boat. Ozzie thinks his boys handle money very well. David comes home and asks Ozzie for the money and Ozzie gives it to him. Later, Wally comes by looking for David, who isn't home. Wally tells Ozzie that David owes him $7. Miss Edwards calls the house and tells Ozzie that David shouldn't ask Dobson for an advance. In the mail Ozzie finds a letter informing David that he has missed several car payments and his car could be repossessed. David sees the letter, but doesn't say anything about it. Ozzie tries to subtly get David to talk about it, but it doesn't work. Ozzie offers David money and he accepts saying he needs it for a date. Mr. Ferguson, from the finance company, comes by asking for David. Ozzie tries to stall him. David tells Ozzie he's up to date with his payments. Ozzie learns that the letter is actually an advertisement. Ferguson returns a check that Harriet sent him. David was looking for money to lend Joe's nephew, who was over his head after buying the boat. Joe buys the boat from his nephew. Jack Wagner as Soda Clerk.