The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet [1952]

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• Until it was surpassed by [The Simpsons] in 2004, this was the longest running comedy series in American television history.
• The episode {Painting from the Past} was the last episode originally broadcast in black and white.
• The Nelsons' house shown in exterior shots on the show is actually the Nelson family's real home in the Hollywood hills above Hollywood Boulevard.
• The show began as a radio series in 1944. David Nelson and Ricky Nelson were played by professional actors, because the Nelsons' sons were too young, but by 1949 the real David Nelson and Ricky Nelson were part of the show. In 1952 the show became a television series.
• Numerous 1950s episodes were sponsored by Hotpoint and included a prologue featuring Mary Tyler Moore as "Happy Hotpoint", a dancing pixie.
• After the series was cancelled, the series was replaced by [Batman].
• This show frequently employed the comic technique of having an actor turn directly to the camera to address the audience with an "aside," or a funny comment on the action of the scene.
• The character 'Ozzie Nelson' was ranked #21 in [TV Guide]'s list of the {50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time} (20 June 2004 issue).