It looks like Ozzie's going to be late to a luncheon where he's scheduled to deliver a speech on the importance of being on time.

Ricky wants to send a letter to a cute girl who wrote to him, but Ozzie has accidentally destroyed the envelope containing her return address.

The Nelsons decide to start using a suggestion box for family matters.

Hasty Tasty Pancake Company is offering a double-your-money-back guarantee, so Ricky decides to apply for a refund.

Harriet loses a gold pin Ozzie had given her. It was insured, and they collect on it. The check comes made out to both of them, and they disagree on who should endorse it over to the other person and what the money should be spent on.

When one of Ricky's Christmas gifts cannot be located, the entire Nelson family's holiday spirits plummet. However, the ensuing search enables the family to demonstrate the true spirit of Christmas.

Ozzie and Thorny's discussion about basketball escalates until they challenge each other to a game. They include their sons in the grudge match but then begin having second thoughts.

Ozzie becomes upset, and increasingly obsessed, by a newspaper tribute to him that messes up his name.

Confusion reigns when the local department store delivers two new chairs to the wrong Nelson family and then drops off additional chairs or takes back the wrong pieces of Nelson's furniture.

Ozzie and Harriet desire to convert the boys old bedroom into something else. Harriet suggests a guest bedroom, but Ozzie secretly wants to buy a used pool table and convert the space into a game room.

Ozzie accidentally damages a surprise birthday present for a nine year old boy he's been babysitting.

Repair work in David's office building causes him to move his office into his own living room.

Ozzie helps a neighborhood boy get a job in David and Ricky's law office.

With Harriet's help, June tries to trap Dave into taking a trip to Hawaii, and with the help of Ozzie, Rick, and Wally, Dave tries not to trip into her trap.

June talks Dave into taking some time off but Dave can't relax and worries that Rick might not be able to handle things by himself.

Using reverse psychology, Ricky tries to cure Kris's extravagance by threatening to buy a horse

Ozzie and Joe impulsively accept an invitation to have lunch in Mexico City. Will they be able to make it home in time to make a planned dinner date with their wives?

Kris has left an important message for Rick. The trouble is, Wally has torn it into six pieces to use as paper to write IOUs, which he has issued to several fraternity brothers.

The fraternity brothers throw a party in Ozzie and Harriet's honor.

June decides to help David in his law office by becoming his unofficial private eye.

Ricky tries to patch up a spat between Wally and Ginger only to have it backfire.

Ozzie is on the spot when Clara introduces him as Joe to a visiting friend.

Rick's fraternity throws an illegal party to recruit a high school football star.

Kris and Harriet have photos taken for Rick and Ozzie to put on their desks.

Kris's old girlfriend comes back to town to live permanently in Hillsdale but stays with Kris and Rick instead of searching for her own apartment.

The college dean gets Ricky and his pals to help the school set a record for staying in bed for the longest time.

Ozzie, David, and Rick try to convince their wives to let them go fishing.

Because of the cost, June won't be able to accompany David when he goes to a lawyers' convention.

Ozzie and Joe try to play a practical joke on Harriet and Clara. But the joke backfires when the girls run out of gas in the desert.

Rick's in a jam after he accidentally sends a photograph of himself to a girl he hardly knows.

The women's club elect Ozzie to be in charge of organizing the annual children's play.

Harriet accepts the chairmanship of her women's club's annual children's dance.

Ozzie and Harriet plan a trip down to Mexico. Then the Randolphs announce that they want to come along too.

Mrs. Bradford, a long-time client of Dave's boss, Mr. Kelley, wants to sue a local bakery. She claims they stole her favorite cake recipe.

Ozzie and Harriet become lonely when they don't hear from David and June.

Fraternity brother Wally confesses to Ricky that he can't afford a fancy dinner at a plush restaurant.

Ozzie tries to ease the fears of young Barry who's scheduled to have an operation removing his tonsils.

Harriet hires on as the new cook for Rick and his fraternity brothers.

June badly wants a new lamp for their apartment but David says they don't have enough money in their budget.

June bakes a special cake for Dave, in hopes he'll remember the first anniversary of his marriage proposal.

Ozzie judges a neighborhood pet show held in his backyard.

Rick feels pressured into pinning a girl he's been dating for only a few weeks.

Harriet is made custodian of the women's club trading stamps.

Rick and his date get invited to Dave and June's apartment for dinner.

Rick is put in a position where he must grade his girlfriend's English exam.

The fraternity brothers rent out a room to one of their professors.

While Dave and June are on their honeymoon, Harriet decides to unpack their wedding gifts and fix up their new apartment.

Ricky and his fraternity brothers find the cost of dates with their damsels getting higher and higher.

After their wives insist that they escort them to the women's club dance, Ozzie and pal Joe decide to take dancing lessons.

Getting a free used television set from neighbor Joe becomes a very expensive proposition for Ozzie.

Rick's late Great-Uncle Walter left an envelope for Rick to be opened on his 21st birthday, and the entire Nelson household can hardly wait to find out what's inside.

Ozzie and Joe make a bet with their wives that they can prove men have greater extra sensory perception than women.

With the help of Bruce, Dave schemes to secretly sell Rick's old drum set to a pretty girl, who both he and Rick want to meet and ask out on a date.

A pen and pencil set is among some old items found at the Nelson household.

Wally stands up his galpal using the excuse that he was visiting a friend with a broken arm---Ricky.

Dave has a great golf story, but Wally submits it to the attractive campus newspaper editor as his own.

In David's absence, Ozzie and Harriet decide to deliver some important papers for his boss.

A pretty college student paints a portrait of Rick, but Ozzie and Harriet are afraid that Dave will become jealous.

David plays the judge over the rightful owner of a dog when two boys claim it to be their's.

Ricky's frat brothers think he's been giving out information about fraternity activities to a school newspaper gossip columnist.

Ozzie inadvertently invites the wives to come bowling with the guys.

Ozzie & Harriet volunteer to be chaperone's at a party for Rick's fraternity. But there seems to be some confusion as to where the party is going to be held.

Ozzie and Joe scheme to make their wives jealous.

Rick's girlfriend becomes jealous when he keeps bumping into a klutzy girl.

It's time for the Campus Queen contest and Rick gets assigned to count the ballots.

David and Ricky's fraternity decides to throw a Christmas party but there's no piano to be found.

After meeting a girl who works in an emporium, Ricky applies for a Christmas job there.

Ozzie and Ricky break into Joe Randolph's garage to retrieve a borrowed lawnmower.

David hires a pretty girl to be his boss's secretary when the regular gal takes a vacation.

Ozzie and Harriet think David is planning to get married when they get invited to dinner at his galpal's house.

Galpal Joyce begins knitting a sweater for beau Ricky but when it takes up too much of her time he begins seeing another damsel.

Ozzie and Joe Randolph exchange gifts.

David is anxious for his boss to give him a raise.

Dave falls for Rick's girlfriend, Jane, and the feeling is mutual. Dave invites Jane to a dance and can't decide how to break the news to his brother.

Ozzie lets nieghbor Joe Randolph store his new boat at the Nelson home.

After Dave's boss, Mr. Kelley, asks him to do several menial tasks, Dave feels like he's not getting anywhere in the law profession, so he considers quitting his job and entering the advertising field.

A stranger with a British accent is passing through town, and he looks exactly like Ozzie.

Ozzie and Harriet are receiving a visit from a couple they met when away for a weekend through mutual friends but are having trouble remembering who they are.

David and Ricky finally get their own separate rooms - with hilarious results.

Ozzie gets roped into agreeing to fight Thorny in a boxing exhibition match to be held at an evening Boy Scout rally.

David is given his first house key and the responsibility that goes with it.

David is excited about an upcoming dance and it's going to be formal. But Ozzie thinks buying his son a new tuxedo is too expensive so carious options are explored. Ozzie discusses it with Thorny whose boy Will also needs a tux.

Ozzie is distressed by unexpected bills and David always seems to need extra cash. He takes a stand when David asks for $10 while Thornberry has the same situation with his son Will. In the end the two dads undermine each other.

After hearing a speech at the women's club about exciting careers for women. Harriet starts to think about pursuing a career of her own, something "old-fashioned" Ozzie is dead against.

David has a problem: he has to find a date for his girlfriend's visiting cousin.

A stray dog attaches itself to the Nelsons, and they can’t get rid of him to go on a planned trip to Rainbow Lake.

David doesn't like Ricky's jazz music records, and Ricky doesn't care for David's classical music records. It's a battle of the phonographs!

Harriet thinks that she and Ozzie are not spending enough quality time together. Ozzie offers to take her golfing but Harriet has other plans.

Ozzie and Thorny decide to become volunteer firemen.

Harriet accidentally takes the wrong car home from the supermarket.

David treats his parents and date to dinner at an upscale restaurant, but it's possible he may not have enough money to cover the tab.

Ricky wants a car of his own. Ozzie agrees but only if he earns enough money to pay half the purchase price.

Feeling nostalgic on the day after Christmas, Ozzie is determined to take the family ice skating up at the lake.

In order to get new fashion ideas, Harriet decides to attend a beauty show.

One of the founders of the Men's Club is returning to town and Ozzie's in charge of getting T-shirts welcoming him back.

Rick agrees to substitute for the vacationing milkman.

Ozzie decides to diet so he can fit into a pair of size 33 pants.

David gets a babysitting job and Ozzie is worried about David and the baby.

While in Herb Dunkle's empty office, Ozzie teaches Ricky how to crack a safe.

David and Ricky would like an increase in their allowances so Ozzie develops a point system regarding household chores. He includes every family member but regrets it as it points out that one person is doing very little of the tasks.

Harriet encounters an older man who worked at an amusement park she and Ozzie frequented when they dated. She invites him to dinner where he thinks Ozzie is named Walter, then spends the evening telling stories about Harriet and Walter.

The boys just got a newspaper route, but it's Ozzie who winds up having to make the rounds on their first morning.

Harriet decides to give a dinner party but runs into problems when she learns her friend has already planned a dinner party and the Thornberrys are not invited.

Ozzie treats a cold the way his mother used to do - with booze.

Both Dave and Ricky want Ozzie to partner with them for the Father And Son Table Tennis Tournament. The dilemma is that he can only play with one son.

Ozzie and Harriet anguish over whether or not to allow 13-year-old Ricky to take a 150-mile train trip on his own.

Ozzie and Thorny stage their version of "Hamlet" in the Nelson's living room.

Harriet writes to 'Aunt Martha', who gives advice through her 'A Friend of the Family' column in the local newspaper.

Ozzie and Harriet must decide whether to celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary with a night on the town or to stay at home and chaperon a party for Ricky.

In order to make closet space, Harriet insists Ozzie get rid of his multitude of neckties.

When Harriet insists that everyone write thank-you notes, Ozzie struggles to write his to Thorny.

As a favor to their wives, Ozzie and Thorny are to deliver sandwiches and potato salad to the women's club. They need to use David's car but he leaves with the food in the trunk. Ozzie takes Ricky's bike and Thorny is on skates as they try to locate the missing refreshments.

After a fender-bender, Thorny gets his day in court.

Ozzie & Thorny decide it would be a great idea to postpone their chores and go up to Pine Lake for the weekend. Harriet and the boys are busy, so Ozzie promises to look after Thorny's house, while the Thornberry's go up to the lake.

While digging for worms to go fishing, Ricky discovers an old Spanish Doubloon.

Rick and his band get their first engagement to play at a sorority dance. Ozzie and his friend think they might be able to play banjos at the dance.

The boys want to raise money for Christmas presents. They decide on selling Christmas trees, if only they can fund a lot. After receiving a new shipment of trees they find themselves in need of a new lot once again. Ozzie comes to the rescue when he sets up a deal with a real estate agent to give them a building if the boys will take out his nieces, who recently moved into town. But business seems slow at this location so Ozzy suggests that Ricky plays his music to attract customers.

David is borrowing money from everyone he knows to help out a friend. When Ozzie misinterprets a letter from a finance company to David, (it's an advertising flier), he thinks that David's car in being repossessed. Oz and Harriet think that David is in deep financial trouble.

Members of a sorority refuse to have anything more to do with David and Ricky's fraternity until they improve their dressing habits.

David has a rival, and his name is Will Thornberry - his next door neighbor.

Ozzie and Harriet read the newspaper and talk about Nancy Walker.

On Halloween night, Ozzie and Thorny make plans to attend a non-costume party as Satan and a Scotsman. Meanwhile Ricky and David attend a Halloween Party at school and the Nelson household is besieged by children demanding candy - or else.

Having come home the previous day from Aunt Ellen's without any Thanksgiving leftovers, Ozzie and the boys become obsessed with a craving for more turkey

While discussing The Rover Boys' books with Thorny, Ozzie takes off to check out a book at the library, hoping to prove Thorny wrong. But when he's caught with a big book, one of his boys' teachers is convinced he knows a lot about the Peloponnesian War and asks him to lead a book discussion. Ozzie is just too proud to admit the truth and decides to learn everything he can before the PTA meeting.

An old friend of the family mails a monogrammed pipe to David, not realizing he isn't even college age, yet.

Herb Dunkle talks to Ozzie about a new organization in town, "The National Anti-Noise Society". But is this new club ready for Ozzie & Thorny to join?

David and Will Thornberry's school essays give them both a chance to be mayor for the day during "Civic Day". Now if only Ozzie and Thorny will quit arguing about which son is going to be the honorable mayor.

Thorny needs a reference about his fiscal worthiness and asks Ozzie to write one for him. Ozzie as a joke writes a negative one but goes into a panic when he thinks Ricky mailed it.

Ozzie gets upset when the gravel Thornberry ordered is dumped in his yard instead. After a phone call, things get worse. Worse yet, Thornberry is down on his back and can't deal with the problem himself, which leaves only one person to take care of the mess.

Ozzie and David receive Christmas gifts after Christmas from Grandma Nelson.

Ozzie quickly regrets advising David against allowing people to take advantage of his good nature.

Ozzie has tickets to the Riviera Ballet, but Harriet doesn't want him to go because the actresses will be wearing skimpy bathing suits.

Ricky receives a perfumed letter from his neighbor, Julie Thornberry, inviting him to his first dance.

Ozzie is outraged after he doesn't receive a timely 'thank you' for the birthday gift he sent to Thorny.

Harriet decides to try a new hair style but it doesn't go over well with the Nelson men. Ozzie gently tries to suggest he wants her to go back to the look he's used to.

The boys want to earn extra money for Christmas, so Ozzie gives them permission to look for work.

Ozzie discovers his family worrying about different things, and admonishes them, as well as rationalizing them out of their concerns. But later he reads a magazine article and seems to have trouble fighting off worry himself.

Ozzie wants to establish that he's head-of-the-household, and Harriet wants to be a good wife. Marital strife ensues.

Ozzie and Harriet are concerned that David will blow all the money he's saved on a new girl he's taking to a Valentine's Day dance.

There's a new traffic signal, and no one knows who should take the credit or get the blame.

Ozzie soon regrets a flirtatious moment shared with his dentist's new southern belle receptionist.

Ozzie painstakingly rehearses for a speech.

Andy Beesley gives Ozzie a new outlook on life: Enjoy life, while you can. Ozzie takes this philosophy to heart and sends the family on a spending spree down at The Emporium - a spending spree he soon regrets.

Fearing that Ozzie is coming down with a cold, Harriet orders her husband to spend the evening convalescing and then goes shopping with a friend. Ozzie manages a rapid recovery when Thorny reminds him of a date they made to go bowling.

It's spring, and love is in the air, so Ozzie wants to surprise Harriet by having a bunch of violets delivered to her. When orchids show up, instead, Ozzie suspects they're from an old rich boyfriend of Harriet's.

Ozzie has some fast talking to do, after Harriet falls under the impression that he was taken in by an attractive young door-to-door saleswoman.

To prove a point, Ozzie starts a rumor in the neighborhood by tricking his best friend Thorny into believing that the fish are biting like crazy in Mud Basin.

Ozzie finds out from Thorny that he is taking adult education courses at the local high school in the evenings. So Ozzie decides to take some classes and Harriet signs up too.

Ozzie tries to teach Ricky and David how to get a good deal in the swap trades they make with friends.

Ozzie is brimming with enthusiasm about appearing in the PTA pageant's play, until he learns that his role is the front end of Robin Hood's horse.

Ozzie and Harriet try to kill each other's cat with curiosity.

Ozzie is stuck in his conservative routine, until he has a chat with the ever-exuberant Emmy Lou.