The BEST episodes of Hazel season 1
Every episode of Hazel season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Hazel season 1!
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.
#1 - Heat Wave
Season 1 - Episode 33 - Aired 5/24/1962
Hazel learns that a neighbor just had air conditioning installed. The maid at that house is a friend of hers who brags how her place has air conditioning. Hazel pesters Mr B to have air conditioning installed at his house.
Watch Now:Amazon#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.
#3 - 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.
#4 - George's Niece
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/1961
When Hazel plays matchmaker between George's niece and her own nephew, George's sister doesn't like it one bit.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Hazel's Secret Wish
Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/1/1962
Hazel is snubbed by other vacationers at a resort.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - George's Assistant
Season 1 - Episode 34 - Aired 5/31/1962
George decides to hire an assistant to help him at his law office. Hazel thinks it is a great idea and has a neighbor's son in mind. However, George hires a woman who just happens to be gorgeous.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - 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.
#8 - Dorothy's Birthday
Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/15/1962
Hazel gives up her day off to prepare food for Dorothy's luncheon.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Hazel's Pajama Party
Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/5/1962
Hazel organizes a pajama party for a motherless girl.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - 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.
#11 - 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.
#12 - Dorothy's Obsession
Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/1961
Dorothy must have a piano she sees at an antique auction.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - Hazel's Mona Lisa Grin
Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/1/1962
Hazel discovers that the artist who painted her portrait is now famous.
Watch Now:Amazon#14 - 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#15 - Hazel's Day
Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/7/1962
Harold realizes there is a Mother's Day and a Father's Day, but no day to celebrate Hazel. So the family makes the next Sunday as Hazel's Day a grand celebration.
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - Hazel's Tough Customer
Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 1/25/1962
Mr. Griffin asks Hazel to marry him after buying a house in the neighborhood.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - Rock-a-Bye Baby
Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/10/1962
George Baxter grumbles when Hazel spends half her time helping the neighbors but when she brings home one of their babies - and asks him to be its sitter - he puts his foot down.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - 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#19 - 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.
#20 - 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.
Watch Now:Amazon#21 - Hazel and the Playground
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/1961
While trying to teach Harold how to kick a football, Hazel realizes that what is needed in town is a playground for the children. This leads her to go all out to try to get one despite George and his clients' opinion.
#22 - Replacement for Phoebe
Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1962
Hazel helps an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, to find a new maid after their own housekeeper quits.
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - Hazel's Famous Recipes
Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1962
Hazel writes a cookbook and has trouble getting it published until Mr. Baxter helps.
Watch Now:Amazon#24 - Hazel and the Gardener
Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/8/1962
Hazel tries boosting a gardener's self-confidence.
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - Hazel the Matchmaker
Season 1 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/3/1962
The Baxters' neighbor, a widower with four children, finds himself in deep trouble when both George Baxter and Hazel decide to push him into marriage - to two different women.
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