If you are interested in nostalgia and Lionel Postwar Trains, you will really enjoy this episode of The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet titled "The Electric Train" from 1955. You will see lots of Lionel trains in action on the living room floor and a larger layout at the hobby shop. Ozzie can also bee seen paging through the 1954 Lionel catalog. It's a funny episode too. When you have a free half hour, talk a look, I think you will enjoy it too.
http://en.sevenload.com/shows/Classic-TV/episodes/kfG0ScS-The-Adventures-of-Ozzie-Harriet
Dave,
That was excellent and enjoyable.
It, brought back many pleasant memories.
The Nelson's was a wholesome show and it was made more so, due to the Lionel 'O' gauge trains.
Thank you,
Ralph
Great show boy the commercials were long compare to today you get a lot of commercials in that 2 minutes vise one long one back then.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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Thanks for the link and after having watched, a couple of comments here, that I'd like to share. The first is how good natured those shows from that era were, compared to the sarcastic tones of similar shows today. Another is how deeply embedded toy trains were in the culture, and how this remains with us, what? Fifty years later? The last is that this has to be the longest commercial for Lionel Trains under product placement I have ever watched, which is great. Think that was a Gilbert chemistry set that went by the wayside? Many a foul smelling and explosive experiment was conducted in my preteen lab. I remember one joking experiment, a friend played on his Dad and hooked up live voltage to a doorknob, thinking he'd get a mild shock. Old Dads hand became a stuck solenoid whose blistering use of inventive language ..that would make Ozzie blush.. was awe inspiring
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.
Thanks for the link David,
Just got around to watching it today and it was great. Made me want some Aunt Jemina pancackes too.
Kev.
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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL.
I wish they still made shows like Ozzy & Harriet.
cbd I wish they still made shows like Ozzy & Harriet.
"Yeah" Modern Family just don’t cut it with me. Kev
"Yeah" Modern Family just don’t cut it with me.
Kev
The last is that this has to be the longest commercial for Lionel Trains under product placement I have ever watched, which is great.
My thoughts, too. Almost an infomercial for Lionel. Would love to know the "back story" on how this episode came about, how Lionel trains (and boxes) were so prominent, and who from Lionel worked with Ozzie on this program. Sounds like a good CTT article for Roger Carp to research.
Ozzie Nelson was from New Jersey, besides Lionel being popular and having their factory in New Jersey, maybe it was a Jersey connection?!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozzie_Nelson
Clint,
When you click onto the link, above the screen, it will read "The Adventures of Ozzy and Harriet"
The screen first shows black, but it is automatically on, then an Emblem Health Commercial comes on, then Ozzy Nelson appears on the screen.
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