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The First Reality TV Show - in 1952

Reality television shows have been a craze				time, the music was dropped altogether with
for the past few years. You				the scripts being penned by Oswald.

may not realize that the first reality tv				The subject was once again their own family
show was first aired in the 1950s. It				life including their two sons,

featured a band leader and his family. The				played by actors.By 1949 the actors were
show actually started on the radio				replaced by the real David and Ricky, largely
				as a
and was a husband and wife affair. The
children were brought in and later, after				result from pressure from the boys
				themselves and a guest appearance by Bing
it had transferred to tv, the kids grew up,
got married and their wives were				Crosby who brought his own two sons along to
				appear in the show. If Bing's kids
also in the show.It was called The
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and had its				could do it, then so could Ozzie's kids.In
				1952 the show was premiered on ABC
roots in a spot on a radio show in 1935 and				television. By now David was 16 and
lasted 31 years until it ended its
				Ricky was 12. The theme continued to be the
tv run in 1966.Oswald Nelson was born in				family. Many of the comedy script
1906 in New Jersey. He studied law at Rutgers
				ideas came from incidents that actually
University and was also a keen musician. To				occurred in the Nelson household. If the
help pay the fees, he was a
				boys took up a hobby, that would be
part-time football coach. He also was in a				featured. When David and later Ricky started
band, playing saxophone. In time, he
				dating girls this was also included and
learned to play most of the band's				became a regular theme.By the time he was 17,
instruments.When the depression hit in late				Ricky began to take an interest in the new
1929, Oswald realized that there was no				rock 'n'

guarantee of a job at the end of his				roll music that had taken hold of so many of
studies. He enjoyed playing in the band and				his generation. He once dated a

as this was a proven source of income, he				girl who swooned over Elvis Presley. Not
decided to form his own band and try				wishing to be outdone, Ricky told her

his luck.The Ozzie Nelson Band had moderate				that he was cutting his own disc, a fact
success playing lowly clubs around New York				that had absolutely no foundation.
and the
				Wishing to turn this white lie into reality
East Coast. When a competition was run by				he asked his father to pull some
the New York Daily Mirror for
				strings. By 1957, Ricky had a recording deal
readers to vote for their favorite band, he				and released Fat's Domino's song I'm
and the band obtained hundreds of
				Walking. Ozzie duly produced a special
unsold newspapers and sent in votes for				script of The Adventures of
themselves. When they won the
				Ozzie and Harriet that would feature the new
competition the publicity spurred them into				song. A few years back this may
a bigger league and they could at
				not have had any great effect, but by the
least scrape a living. Oswald recruited				late 1950's television was rapidly
beautiful 23 year old vaudeville
				being taken up across the country and I'm
showgirl Harriet Hilliard				Walkin' became a big hit. Ricky

as lead singer in 1932. They soon fell in				was an overnight pop idol. Oswald soon
love and were married within three				realised that the tv show was a perfect

years.Their big break came when they were				way to promote Ricky's records and that the
booked at the Glen Island Casino.				show would attract more viewers,

Their performance was broadcast on national				especially teenagers. From this point
radio. In those days radio was as				onwards, Ricky's songs would feature in

big as tv is today and this exposure led to				many of the episodes. When they couldn't be
their first big hit And then Some				incorporated into the script, a song

along with regular spots on The Baker's				performance by Ricky would simply be tacked
Broadcast				on to the end of an episode.When the boys
				finally married - David to June Blair in 1961
radio show from 1935. They were then				and Ricky to
recruited to do regular spots on another
				Kristin Harmon in 1964 - the
popular radio show, The Red Skelton Show.In				art-imitates-life theme was taken to new
1936 Harriet gave birth to their first son,				heights
David, followed in 1940 by
				when the wives were cast in the show to play
brother Eric, later known as Ricky.Ozzie and				themselves.Had The Adventures of Ozzie and
Harriet were increasingly inserting comedy				Harriet not been cancelled in 1966,
skits between musical
				maybe the show would still be playing with
numbers, and this seemingly spontaneous				Ozzie and Harriet's grandchildren
repartee went down well with the
				taking up the baton. What was striking was
audience. These were basically skits based				the way that the scripts, all written
around the couple's family life. When
				or supervised by Oswald, paralleled their
Red Skelton was drafted in 1944, Ozzie and				real life so closely.When Ozzie and Harriet
Harriet were offered the vacated				cracked their first joke on stage together
				back in the
timeslot and filled it with The Adventures
of Ozzie and Harriet. Oswald				1930's, little did they know that this would
				lead to one of the longest running
decided to major on the comedy scripting,
with the music taking second place. In				shows on tv and the grand-daddy of today's
				reality tv.

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The First Reality TV Show - in 1952