The acting and plots can be lacklustre, but it doesn't really matter. Anyone tuning in to Ozzie and Harriet simply must be doing so for a helping of good old, salubrious Americana. Its nostalgic, even for those not yet born when it aired. Plus, the show is not taxing in the slightest, but it is extremely important to TV and music history; it lay the foundations for sitcoms to come and helped ease rock and roll into the mainstream.
All in all, it's pleasant, clean, and inoffensive (even if white audiences were enraged when Ricky sang a Fats Domino song at the end of an episode). It's something of its time, and its a shame that more entertainment can't be like this.
All in all, it's pleasant, clean, and inoffensive (even if white audiences were enraged when Ricky sang a Fats Domino song at the end of an episode). It's something of its time, and its a shame that more entertainment can't be like this.