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- Hi, everybody.

I'm Harriet Nelson.

I was just looking at this new issue of "The Woman's Home

Companion."

There's the most wonderful spread on the Nelsons in here.

Great pictures of the boys and everything.

Hope you buy a copy.

It's "The Woman's Home Companion."

And every time I say "Woman's Home Companion,"

I think of Listerine.

It's a wonderful product.

We wouldn't be without it.

- Listerine antiseptic, Prophylactic toothbrushes,

and Listerine toothpaste present America's favorite family

comedy, "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,"

starring the entire Nelson family.

Here is Ozzie, who plays the part of Ozzie Nelson.

And of course, his lovely wife Harriet as Harriet Nelson.

The older of the Nelson boys, David, appears as David Nelson.

And his younger brother, the irrepressible Ricky,

played by Ricky Nelson.

The Nelson's next-door neighbor, Thorny,

is played by Don DeFore.

- You sure the door is locked?

- Yeah, I've tried it about five times.

- I guess nobody's home, huh?

- That's pretty obvious.

- Hey, I've got an idea.

You could boost me up on my roof,

then I could climb down through the chimney.

- Hiya, boys. - Oh, hiya, Pop.

- What's this?

The welcoming committee?

- It's more like the locked-out committee.

All the doors are locked.

- Yeah, I was going to climb down through the chimney.

- Oh, isn't your mother home?

- I think she went down shopping or something.

- Oh, I've got a key here someplace.

- Oh, hiya, Mom. - Hi, everybody.

- Oh, hi. - Oh, hi, Mom.

- Take those packages from your mother, Dave.

- I'm awfully sorry I'm late.

I'll have lunch ready in a minute.

- Oh, that's OK.

- The door was locked, so I was going to climb down

through the chimney.

- Yes, yes, we've all heard.

- I don't think that'll be necessary, Rick.

I've got my key right here someplace.

- Well, that's too bad.

I could have been a hero.

Yeah, I could see the headlines now.

"Extra, extra, small boy climbs down through chimney,

rescues family."

- I think I'll rescue the family the usual way,

if you don't mind.

- OK, Dave, you go ahead.

- Go ahead, Rick. After you.

- That's OK, Pop.

I'll meet you in the living room.

- Oh, no, you don't.

You walk in through the front door

the same as the rest of us.

- Can I have another piece of pie, Mom?

- No, dear. Not right now.

You've had plenty.

You can have some more later on.

- You know, I was just thinking, Pop.

Don't you think I ought to have a front door key of my own?

- Oh, David, you're too young.

- Well, I think it's a good idea myself.

- Oh, I don't know.

That's quite a responsibility having a key to the house,

you know.

- Most of the guys at school have their own keys.

- Well, keys are awful easy things to lose.

- Oh, I'd be careful with it, Pop.

- Well, I know you'd be careful.

At least I know you'd try to be careful.

- I'll bet your father gave you a key to the front door when

he thought you were old enough to take care of it.

- Well, that was a little bit different.

I had to have one.

- What do you mean?

- Well, I was going to college at the time,

so naturally, I needed a key when I came home on weekends.

- I'll bet you had a key to the front door

long before your Rutgers days.

- Well, I suppose so.

To be honest with you, I don't exactly remember.

- Can I have another piece of pie now, Mom?

- No, dear, not right now.

You're liable to explode.

Well, governor, what's the verdict?

- Hmm?

Oh, it was a delicious lunch, Harriet.

Wonderful. - No, dear.

I met about the front door key for David.

- Well, if you think so, it's OK with me.

- Well, I think it's a fine idea.

We've got an extra one right over here in the cabinet.

- Now, you realize what this means, David.

- Yes, sir. I think so.

- What does it mean?

- OK, David, what does it mean?

- Golly, doesn't anybody know?

- If you'll be patient, I'll tell you what it means.

It means that this is a very solemn occasion.

We're presenting David with a key to the house.

- Here's the key, your honor.

- Oh, thank you.

David--

- Shouldn't he raise his right hand?

- That won't be necessary.

David, your mother and I feel that you've

reached a very important milestone in your life.

A man's home is a sacred place.

Here is a key to your home.

Guard it well.

- Yes, sir.

- This calls for a toast.

Let's all have another piece of pie.

- Hi, Oz. - Oh, hiya, Thorny.

- How are you, David?

- Hi, Mr. Thornberry. - What's new?

- Oh, nothing much.

I was looking for you.

- Well, good for you. - How do you like my key?

Isn't it a beauty? - Yeah.

- It's the front door key.

- Yeah, I figured Dave's just about

old enough to have a key of his own now.

- Well, that's fine.

- Yeah, I was telling him he's getting to be a pretty big guy.

It's about time he assumed some responsibilities, just

like an adult.

- Well, good for you.

- I'm keeping it on a string now.

I'm going to get a chain as soon as I can.

- Well, I think that's an excellent idea.

- I sure don't want to lose it after Pop's lecture.

Well, it wasn't exactly a lecture.

- Not exactly a lecture.

See, I was just explaining to Dave

that a key is a pretty easy thing

to lose if you're careless.

And it's especially dangerous, too,

because you never know what type of person

is liable to find a door key.

- Well, you're absolutely right, Oz.

Of course, you might occasionally

misplace your key, which is a lot different than losing it.

Wouldn't you agree with me, Oz?

- Well, uh, frankly, no, Thorny.

It seems to me that misplacing a key

and losing it are the same thing.

- Oh, not at all, Oz.

When you lose something, you can't find it.

But when you misplace something, you just

don't know where it is.

There's a big difference there.

- Oh, I think you're just confusing the boy.

- Well, I'm going to take good care of the key, Pop.

- Oh, good for you, son.

- Well, so long, Pop.

I'm going to play some baseball. Bye, Mr. Thornberry.

- Bye, David.

- So long, son.

- Sure a fine boy, Oz.

- Oh, thanks a lot, Thorny.

We try and teach him what's right.

Oh, you said you wanted to see me about something.

Anything special?

- Well, it was nothing important, really, Oz.

- Come on. What was it?

- Well, I just wanted to borrow a screwdriver from you.

- Oh, that's easy.

Is there anything I can help you with?

- No, no, it's all right.

It's just one of our windows, it seems to be stuck.

- Oh, well, I'll give you a hand with it.

- No, that's OK, Oz.

I certainly can climb through one of our windows by myself.

- What's this about climbing through a window?

- OK, Oz, if you must know, I misplaced my door key.

- Oh, fine.

- Well, it can happen to anybody.

- Boy, oh, boy.

Here I just finished giving David

a big lecture about taking care of his key,

and you, an alleged full-grown man, lose yours.

- I didn't lose my key.

I simply misplaced it.

There's a big difference.

We both agreed on that.

Gee.

How'd I know Catherine wouldn't be home yet?

- I'm sure glad David didn't hear this.

- All right, Oz, if you don't want

to loan me the screwdriver, just say so.

- I'll lend you the screwdriver.

- Well, that's mighty sporting of you, Oz,

in view of the circumstances.

Come around the front, Thorny.

We have a screwdriver right in our hall closet.

- I sure hate to have you go to all this trouble for me, Oz.

- Oh, don't be silly, Thorny.

When a man needs help, he needs help.

- Is it locked? - Yeah, it's OK.

I've got my key right here.

- Something wrong, Oz?

- No, no, no, no, no, no.

- What are you ringing the doorbell for?

Don't tell me you lost your key.

- Oh!

Of course not, Thorny.

I had it this morning.

I-- let's see.

Well, yes, of course.

I let Harriet and David and Ricky in with it this morning,

and, yeah, I put it right back in my coat pocket,

and I hung the coat in the hall closet.

It's right in the pocket of the coat

hanging in the hall closet.

- Well, I'm glad for your sake, Oz,

that it'll still be there when we get the screwdriver.

- Well, uh, yes.

- Oh, hi, Pop.

- Oh, David.

I thought you were out playing baseball, son.

- Oh, I was but some embarrassing thing happened.

I forgot my glove.

- Oh, that's OK.

- Gee, and after all you told me, too.

- Oh, that's all right, son.

A thing like that can happen to anybody.

Oh, uh, look.

Would you do us a favor, please?

There's a screwdriver right in the front hall closet there.

Mr. Thornberry wants to borrow it.

- Oh, I can get it, Oz.

- No, no, no, uh, Thorny.

You, uh-- you've got mud on your shoes.

- Oh, and, David, while you're in there,

will you bring out your father's coat?

He has his key in it.

- Oh, well, I can get the coat, Thorny.

- No, no, no, Oz. You've got muddy feet too.

- Well, Thorny.

- Oh, uh.

- Now, Thorny, that's not very polite to slam

a man's door in his face.

If you asked me, I think you don't believe

the key is in my coat pocket.

- Of course I do, Oz.

Now that you've got the coat, just stick the key

and walk right in.

- Oh, well, thank you very much.

- Thanks, David.

- Little chilly out here.

Wait a minute, son.

You, uh, closed the door and it's locked.

- Oh, I'm sorry, Pop.

I was going to go out and play some baseball.

- Well, that's OK, David.

Have a good time.

- Yeah, that's OK.

Have a good time, son.

See, the boy closes the door and locks it there.

- Well, what are you worrying about, Oz?

Just take the key, open the door, and go in.

- Well, yes, yes.

I will when I feel like it.

It just so happens I'm going to stay out here and enjoy

a little of this glorious weather for a while.

I told you, when I want to go in,

I'll just reach my hand in my coat pocket

and, uh, get the key, and, uh, just walk right in there.

- Uh, try the one with the handkerchief.

- Thorny, you have the screwdriver, haven't you?

- Right.

- Then why don't you--

You have the screwdriver.

Go-- go right ahead.

That's what you wanted.

When I want to go in the house, I'll, uh--

- Oz, if you want my opinion, I think you have lost the key

and you're just not man enough to admit it.

- Thorny, you have the screwdriver, haven't you?

That's what you wanted.

When I want to go in the house, I'll reach in my coat,

get the key, and walk in the house.

- Oz, I don't think I'll need it now.

I just saw Catherine pull up in the driveway.

See you later, old boy.

Oh, uh, you sure now you don't want to admit

that you lost your key?

- Thorny, if there's one thing I can't stand,

it's a nosy neighbor.

- See you in kindergarten.

Harriet?

Harriet?

Harriet?

- Hi, Oz.

- Uh, Thorny.

- The back door was open, so I thought I'd just

walk through and let you in.

- Uh, Thorny.

- Yeah?

- I'm a man who's willing to admit when he's wrong.

I lost my key.

- Good for you, Oz.

- "Ozzie and Harriet" will be back in just a moment.

- Mom?

- Yes, dear?

- Can I have this chain for my key?

- Where'd you get that?

- From the stopper in the bathtub.

It broke off.

- Well, in that case, I guess so.

- Well, what do we have here?

- Hello, dear.

- How do you like my new keychain, Pop?

- Oh, yeah, that's all right, Dave.

- I'm going to put my key on here so I won't lose it.

- Oh, yeah, that's a good idea.

Keys are pretty easy things to lose.

People are always losing keys.

- Oh, not me, boy.

- Oh, well, uh, no, I hope you don't lose your key,

but if you should happen to, it's not a big calamity.

I wouldn't worry too much about it.

- Well, I think David has the right idea.

As long as we've given him a key, he's going to make sure

he takes good care of it.

- Well, yes, yes.

And as I say, I hope he doesn't lose his key,

but if he should happen to, let's

not make a big thing of it.

People lose keys every day in the week.

- Oh, people only lose keys because they're

careless with them.

You and I don't lose our keys because we

have a place to keep them.

I keep mine on that little hook for the back door.

- I'm going to keep mine on this chain.

Where do you keep yours, Pop?

- Uh.

Well, I, uh-- I keep mine in my, uh, pants pocket.

Look, you can get extra keys made for a quarter.

Let's not be big cheapskates about this.

Besides, it's kind of a silly discussion.

Don't you think?

- I agree with you.

Besides, I've got my marketing to do.

- Think I'll go out and work on my chain.

Excuse me, Pop.

- Uh, I think I'll, uh, kind of stay around

the house for a while.

- I'll be back in about an hour.

- Oh, OK.

- Oh, hi, Oz.

- Oh, hi.

- What's new?

- Oh, you know, nothing much.

- Well, I don't want you to think I'm the nosy type, Oz,

but what did Harriet say about you losing the key?

- Well, actually, she didn't say very much about it.

I mean it's not something you get real excited about.

People lose keys every day in the week.

- I know, but have you told her yet?

- You know darn well I haven't told her.

How could I, Thorny, after that big speech

I gave David about responsibility and all?

- Yeah, makes it pretty embarrassing.

- Uh, Thorny, I've just been, uh, mulling

over a little something.

Would you consider it unethical if I borrowed Harriet's key

and took it downtown to a locksmith

and had a duplicate made?

Now, I'd only be borrowing it, you see.

- Oz, what a sneaky thing to do.

- Sneaky? - Of course.

It'd be dreadful.

However, now, if I were to take Harriet's key,

that is if I were to take it off the little--

- Oh, that board hanging there right by the door.

- Yes!

You see, if I were to take this key off the board

and look at it-- and it's perfectly natural

because I'm the kind of a guy who likes to look at keys.

- Everybody is. - That's right.

Now, if I take that key and gently lay it here

on the table, then I go look in your refrigerator, you see,

for something to eat, and then I just-- oh, I found a Coke.

How do you like that?

- Oh, yeah, help yourself.

- And then I'll take the cap off.

Well, for goodness sake, Oz.

What happened to the key I put on the table?

- Well, I can't imagine, Thorny.

You should be more careful about where you leave keys.

- Well, you're right.

- Disappeared.

- Disappeared.

Oz, Charlie Parker in the corner of Euclid and Walnut.

- What's this?

- Charlie Parker, a wonderful locksmith.

- Oh!

Euclid and Walnut, you say.

Well, fine!

- Thanks very much for the Coke, Oz.

I'll see you later.

- OK, you earned it.

Oh, uh, Thorny, I'll recommend you to the Athletic Commission.

- Yeah? What for?

- Well, you'd make a wonderful wrestling referee.

- Oh, here, Mom.

I'll help you with those.

- Thank you, dear.

Just put it right over there on the table.

- OK.

Mom?

- Yes, dear?

- Where are you supposed to leave keys?

- Well now, if you had a key, where would you leave it?

- I'd leave it in the door.

- Well, I don't think that's a very good idea.

- Why not?

It's there whenever you need it.

- Well, yes, but a burglar could simply open the front door

and walk in.

- Oh, I thought burglars came in through windows.

- Well, not if you leave a key in the door.

- David's key's out on the workbench.

He's making a keychain.

- Oh, I think that's a fine idea.

- Where do you leave your key, Mom?

- Right over there on the little hook by the back door.

- Where about?

- Right there in the upper right hand corner.

- Hey, that's a neat place, boy.

I can't even see it.

- It's right there in plain sight on--

Well, for goodness sakes.

What happened to my key?

- You think he left it in the front door?

- Well, no.

I always leave it right there on that little hook.

- It isn't there now.

- Well, I'm positive I hung it there this morning.

I know I did, at least I think I did.

- I wonder where it is.

- If your father ever finds out about this,

I'll never hear the last of it.

- Do you think he lost it?

- Well, I didn't lose it.

I just don't know where it is.

Say, I wonder if I could--

Uh, where'd you say David left this key?

- Out on his workbench in the garage.

- Oh.

Well, you run along, dear.

I've got some things to do.

- OK, Mom.

- Hello.

- Oh, hello.

Uh, sorry.

You aren't by any chance Charlie Parker, the locksmith, are you?

- Yes, I am. - Oh, good.

I kind of thought you might be.

I saw you standing here.

I have a key here, and I wonder whether you

could make a duplicate for me.

Would it take very long?

- Oh, an hour or so.

- Oh, as long as that, huh?

I was kind of hoping it wouldn't take so long.

I'm in a bit of a hurry.

- Well, I'm awfully sorry.

Normally, it would only take a couple of minutes,

but I have to wait until my wife gets here.

She's bringing my key to the shop.

This is very embarrassing, but I seem to have lost mine.

- Oh, that's exactly what happened to me.

I guess it happens all the time, huh?

- Oh, yes, it does. Thank goodness.

I'd be out of business if people didn't lose keys.

- Yeah, I guess you would, at that.

- They're elusive little things.

We make them just small enough so they're easy to misplace.

- You know, I often suspected as much.

How soon do you think your wife will be here?

- Oh, when I called her, she said she'd be right here.

That was a couple of hours ago.

- Oh.

- You know how wives are.

All I can say is that it'll be sometime this afternoon.

I'm awfully sorry.

- Oh, that's OK.

- Why don't you give me the key now,

and I'll make a duplicate of it when she gets here?

Then, I'll drop it off at your house.

- Oh, say, that's very nice.

Here you are.

The name is Ozzie Nelson.

It's right in the phone book.

- I'll just write that down, so I don't forget.

- Here, I'll write the name and address down for you

and be no mistaking it.

- Golly, if my wife doesn't hurry up and get here,

I'm going to have to get into the shop some way.

Say, Mr. Nelson?

- Yes?

- Do you know a good locksmith?

- Hi! - Oh, oh!

Hello, dear.

- What are you doing out here?

- Oh, just sort of waiting around for you.

Where have you been?

- Oh, lots of places.

Where have you been?

- Oh, uh, around.

- Well, it's kind of chilly out here.

Come on. Let's go in the house.

- Oh, in our house here, you mean?

- Well, certainly.

- Uh, well, the front door is locked.

- Well, then unlock it.

You've got your key, haven't you?

- Oh, uh, you mean my front door key?

- Yes.

Where is it?

- Uh, oh, let's stay out here a little while, huh?

It's kind of comfortable leaning up against this sharp post--

I mean, that is, sharp--

Uh, well, it's such a beautiful afternoon.

Why go in a stuffy house?

- Well, it's cold out here.

And besides, I have to get dinner.

Come on. Let's go in.

- Oh!

Uh, here comes David.

Hey, I have a wonderful idea.

Why don't we let David demonstrate his new key to us

and open the front door?

- Oh, well, we wouldn't want to bother David.

- Oh, he'd get a big kick out of it.

He has a new key.

Might as well use it.

Uh, hi, Dave!

- Hi, Pop. Hi, Mom.

- Hello, dear.

- Uh, say Dave, how about giving us a little demonstration

of how your new key works?

Let's see you unlock the front door with it.

- You mean unlock the door with my key?

- Yeah.

Uh, see how fast you can do it.

Doesn't that sound like fun?

- Oh, I think I'll do it some other time, Pop.

I wasn't going in the house right now.

So long, Pop.

- Gee, that's a strange thing.

You give a boy a brand new front door key,

and he doesn't want to open the door.

I'd be delighted to open the front door if somebody gave me

a brand new key.

I'd consider it a lot of fun to demonstrate it.

- Well, just unlock the door with your own key.

- What's the rush?

It's very pleasant standing out here.

- Well, I want to get in the house.

- Oh, go ahead, dear.

Don't wait for me.

- Oh, well, maybe you're right.

Why spend a lovely afternoon like this

in a stuffy old house?

- Oh, well, yes, yes.

Sure.

- What time is it?

A quarter after 5:00.

- I wonder if his wife's gotten there yet.

- Who's wife?

- Oh, look, dear, I may as well tell you.

I can't fib to you.

And besides, I'm getting cold.

I came out and I accidentally locked the front door,

and now I can't get back in because I lost my key.

- You lost your key?

- Uh huh.

I borrowed David's to have a duplicate made.

- Well, no wonder the boy didn't want to try to open the door.

Oh, Harriet.

Now he thinks he lost his key.

Oh, that's a dreadful thing to do to the poor boy.

- Well, he wasn't there when I borrowed it.

And besides, I planned to tell him.

What else could I do?

I knew you'd laugh at me.

- Well, no!

Of course I wouldn't laugh at you.

For goodness sakes, Harriet, lots of people lose keys.

You can tell me about little things like that, dear.

I'm a very understanding person, same as you are.

- Well, you're being very considerate about this.

- Oh, not at all!

After all, it's no crime to lose a key.

I imagine a lot of very intelligent people

have lost keys.

- Well, I must say this is a surprise.

Now unlock the door.

- Oh, uh, do you have a hair pin?

- Your hair looks fine.

Unlock the door.

- Uh, no, no.

I've always kind of thought I'd like

to try and see if I could open a lock with a hairpin.

Doesn't it sound like an interesting experiment?

- Ozzie, did you lose your key?

- Well--

- And did you, by any chance, borrow mine just

for a few minutes?

- Well--

- And did you take it down to a locksmith

to have a duplicate made?

- Harriet, have you ever thought of joining the FBI?

- So that's what happened to my key.

- And I must admit, Harriet, it's been bothering me.

You know something?

I'm glad I confessed.

- Well, fine thing, after all that fuss

you made about giving David a key.

- Oh, now wait a minute.

That isn't very fair, Harriet.

I was very understanding about your losing your key.

I think you should be understanding

about my losing mine.

- Well, yes, dear, I think you're right.

I apologize.

You were very considerate.

Hey, wait a minute.

You took my key.

- Well, I was still very understanding

about the whole thing.

Hey, come on.

Let's get in the house, huh?

- Well, if you don't have a key, and I don't have a key,

and David doesn't have a key, how are we

going to unlock the front door?

- Oh, yeah.

That's-- Oh, hey, wait a minute.

Here comes Ricky.

Maybe he can climb in a window for us.

- After all your talk about not being careless with keys,

how do we explain this to Ricky?

- Leave this to me.

- Hi, Mom.

Hiya, Pop.

- Oh, uh, say, Ricky, your mother

seems to have lost her key and we're locked out of the house.

- Well, you lost your key, too.

- Harriet, please don't confuse the boy.

So, look, son, would you do us a favor and climb

in one of those upstairs windows for us?

- You told me never to do that, Pop.

- Well, yes, I know.

Ordinarily, that's right, but this is sort of an emergency.

- You told me never to climb through a window

no matter what. - Yes, I--

OK, forget what I said.

Will you climb through one of those upstairs windows for us?

- I climbed through a window for Mr. Thornberry once,

and he gave me a quarter.

- OK, I'll give you $0.50.

- OK, I'll get my sneakers.

- Are they inside the house? - Yes, ma'am.

I'll go get them.

- Hey!

Ricky!

Ricky!

- What's the matter, Pop?

- You took out a key and opened the door with it.

Where'd you get that?

- Well, I found it.

- You found the key? Where?

- In the front door.

- Let me see that.

For goodness sakes, this is my key.

I must have left it in the front door when

I let us all in this morning.

- I don't think it's your key, Pop.

- Oh, sure it is.

- I thought you went to Rutgers College.

- Well, yes, I did.

- Look at this key.

It says Yale.

- Hi, Pop. Hi, Mom.

- Oh, hiya, Dave. - Oh, hello, dear.

- Have you got the time, Mom?

Yes, it's almost 5:30.

- Oh, say, we'd better get in the house and have dinner.

- Gee, I wonder if that guy's wife has gotten there yet.

- "Ozzie and Harriet" will be back in just a moment.

- Oh, hello there.

- Well, hello, Mr. Nelson.

Do you remember me?

- Oh, sure, of course.

Mr. uh, Parker, the locksmith.

- That's right.

I have quite a delivery to make.

- Oh, fine.

- Let's see here now.

There are your keys.

- Thank you.

- Here are Mrs. Nelson's keys.

- Yes.

- And one key for David Nelson, and one key for Ricky Nelson.

- Uh, Ricky?

- Yes, that's what he wanted as a reward.

Oh, a fine boy.

- What's this about a reward?

- Well, my wife couldn't find the key to the shop,

so little Ricky climbed through the window for me.

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More thorough cleaning, on teeth and deep inside teeth crevices.

More gentle.

Pro 59 bristles are ideal for massaging gums.

Don't get the old.

Get the new.

The only toothbrush with these modern features and quality

by Prophylactic, the new Pro 59.

Other styles at all counters.

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- Next week, "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,"

starring the entire Nelson family--

Ozzie, Harriet, David, and Ricky--

Will be brought to you by Hotpoint Quality Appliances.

Remember, look to Hotpoint for the finest first.

The part of the locksmith was played by Hal Smith.

Don't forget that a completely different episode

of "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet"

is heard every Friday night on radio.

Consult your newspaper for time and radio station.