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Complaints (Aired March 27, 1949)
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet launched on CBS October 8, 1944, making a mid-season switch to NBC in 1949. The final years of the radio series were on ABC (the former NBC Blue Network) from October 14, 1949, to June 18, 1954. In an arrangement that amplified the growing pains of American broadcasting, as radio "grew up" into television (as George Burns once phrased it), the Nelsons' deal with ABC gave the network itself the right to move the show to television whenever it wanted to do it---they wanted, according to the Museum of Broadcast Communications, to have talent in the bullpen and ready to pitch, so to say, on their own network, rather than risk it defecting to CBS (where the Nelsons began) or NBC. Their sons, David and Ricky, did not join the cast until five years after the radio series began. The two boys felt frustrated at hearing themselves played by actors and continually requested they be allowed to portray themselves. Prior to April 1949, the role of David was played by Joel Davis (1944-45) and Tommy Bernard, and Henry Blair appeared as Ricky.
THIS EPISODE:
March 27, 1949. "Complaints" - NBC network. Sponsored by: International Silver. Ozzie's attempt at complimenting Harriet just doesn't seem to work. Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Hilliard, Tommy Bernard, Henry Blair, John Brown, Lurene Tuttle, Billy May (composer, conductor), Verne Smith (announcer). 29:29. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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