OZZIE'S KID

As I recall...we got our first TV in 1960...I was 6 years old. It was obviously a 'black and white' TV, there were few color programs in those days so no need for a 'color' TV. Not to mention...I'm sure we couldn't afford one.

There were a number of programs that I recall watching from those years...Wrestling...3 Stooges...Soupy Sales...Leave It To Beaver...among them. Also...a family show called 'The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriett'.

As most of us 'older' folks will remember...the show was about the daily happenings of the Nelson family...mom and dad...and 2 sons that 'we' tried to relate to...older brother David...and the boy we all wanted to be, look like, and sing like...Ricky.

They were all a 'real' family...not actors...well...maybe actors...but they were 'acting' like a real family. The real mom and dad have been gone for a number of years...Ricky died in a plane crash under suspicious circumstances years ago...and now older brother David has passed. He was 74. Damn...he was old. Wonder how 'that' happened.

The whole Nelson family...that we watched...is all gone. So is the whole family of Bonanza...the Cartwrights...but they 'were' actors playing a family. The Nelsons 'were' a real family.

Another part of the past...all gone.


Dan