The BEST episodes of Hazel
Every episode of Hazel ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hazel!
Based on the Saturday Evening Post cartoons, the series centered around Hazel Burke, a maid, who for the first four seasons worked for the Baxter family. George Baxter was the head of the family which consisted of his wife, Dorothy and their son, Harold. Hazel ran the household and often preempted George's authority. The next door neighbors, Herbert and Harriet Johnson were occasionally seen. When the series moved to CBS in the fall of 1965, Hazel was given a new family to look after. George and Dorothy were transferred to the Middle East leaving Hazel and Harold behind. They moved in with George's brother, Steve and his family, which consisted of Steve's wife, Barbara and their daughter Susie.
#2 - What'll We Watch Tonight?
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/2/1961
George and Dorothy's nightly television viewing has been getting interupted by Hazel who's excuse is that her television set in her room is broken. This leads to George taking her down to the store to by her one, which is where she decides to get a color TV and quickly becomes the talk of the town.
#4 - A Matter of Principle
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/1961
Hazel is in no mood to be the perfect maid to an important client of George's after she gets a parking ticket that she is sure she didn't deserve. Although, the fine is only a couple of dollars, Hazel wants George to represent her and help her prove that she wan't at fault.
#9 - Hazel's Christmas Shopping
Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/1961
Hazel has one gift to buy before Christmas and it's for Dorothy. However, when she discovers she doesn't have enough money for it, she gets a job at a department store and encounters a shoplifter.
#12 - Dorothy's New Client
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/26/1961
A competitor of Dorothy's is trying to get her to join her interior decorating business but Dorothy is content with her own small business despite few customers. This prompts Hazel to try to influence the new neighbors into hiring Dorothy to furnish their home.
#13 - A Dog for Harold
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/9/1961
Harold is out playing and finds an abandoned dog and brings him home. Hazel and Dorothy are overjoyed but the joy becomes fear when they remember that George forbids a dog in the house. This leads them to plot together to convince George to let Harold keep the dog.
#17 - Pot Luck a La Mode
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1963
While the Baxters are out for the evening, Hazel entertains dinner guests who arrive at their house on the wrong night.
#18 - Everybody's Thankful But Us Turkeys
Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/23/1961
It's Thanksgiving, and the Baxter's have company. George's sister is there, upset with her husband. George's mother talks of being lonely. Hazel steps in and helps each of them while trying to get the dinner made.
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - A Lot to Remember
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/15/1965
Hazel and Barbara go to a land auction. Hazel gets caught up in bidding and wins a plot of land for a few hundred. When she tells Steve which lot she purchased, she finds out it is a small strip of land, just about worth nothing.
Watch Now:Amazon#22 - Hazel Plays Nurse
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/1961
Hazel plays Nurse for Mr. B & Missy as she taking care of the ill Baxters around the house after getting caught the flu. It's up to Hazel to get them better with a dose of medicine until Harold is the last Baxter to get caught by the flu.
Watch Now:Amazon#24 - Hazel Makes a Will
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/1961
It's that time of the year when Hazel begins warming George up to the idea of a raise but this year, he absolutely refuses, leaving Hazel furious. Later, when Hazel falls and hurts herself, she decides to draw up a will, but George thinks she's planning a lawsuit against him.
#25 - Number, Please?
Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/22/1962
Man's innate stubbornness is the topic of this episode. Mr. Baxter is tired of getting telephone calls from salesmen, so he stubbornly insists on switching to an unlisted number. The switch is made, but he loses the new number and stubbornly insists he remembers it. Of course, he doesn't and all the family's calls are going to a small taxicab company.
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