The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet came along in 1944... after a 3 year run as sidekicks on The Red Skelton Show, Skelton was drafted into the war; Ozzie Nelson the bandleader and Harriet the singer took  the opportunity and created a family sitcom for CBS. Ozzie insisted that the shows themes stayed simple...Usually the shows had Ozzie confused and over reacting and Harriet bringing him back to reason. They were billed as "America's favorite young couple!". They used their real boy's names for the characters on the show, David and Ricky, young actors played the boys but he wouldn't allow his real sons to appear on the show until 1949 when it moved to the new ABC network. It would run on radio until 1954 after it was moved to TV in 1952, It would become a big hit on new Television network. David and Ricky becoming teen heartthrobs, with Ricky having a successful singing career. The show would run successfully until 1966 until it got a bit out of date; becoming the longest running family sitcom in TV history.

Here are a couple episodes that shows the simple charm the Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet  had and why it lasted so long....