Sprinting toward the left field foul line in St. Louis ' Busch Stadium, for a ball off the bat of Ozzie Smith, Mitchell realized he had overrun the ball, but was able to reach back and snare the ball with his barehand.

In 1961 Ozzie Nelson directed and edited the video of " Travelin ' Man " by his son Ricky Nelson.

* Nikko Smith, singer, son of Ozzie Smith

He was the second son of big band leader Ozzie Nelson, who was of half Swedish descent, and his wife, big band vocalist Harriet Hilliard Nelson ( née Peggy Louise Snyder ).

Harriett remained in Englewood, New Jersey with her newborn and her older son David while Ozzie toured the nation with the Nelson Orchestra.

The Nelsons bought a two-story Colonial in Tenafly, New Jersey, and six months after the purchase, moved with son David to Hollywood, California where Ozzie and Harriet were slated to appear in the 1941-42 season of Red Skelton's The Raleigh Cigarette Hour ; Ricky remained in Tenafly in the care of his paternal grandmother.

In early summer 1957, Ozzie Nelson pulled his son from Verve after disputes about royalties, and signed him to a lucrative five-year deal with Imperial Records that gave him approval over song selection, sleeve artwork, and other production details.

During the sitcom's run, Ozzie Nelson, either to keep his son's fans tuned in or as an affirmation of his reputed behind-the-scenes persona as a controlling personality, kept his son from appearing on other television shows that could have enhanced his public profile, American Bandstand and The Ed Sullivan Show in particular.

Ozzie's mother, though she loves her son dearly, is a more conventional thinker and can't understand why Ozzie courts trouble at school for posing such unorthodox queries.

* David Nelson ( 1936 – 2011 ), actor, son of Ozzie and Harriet Nelson

The second son of George Waldemar and Ethel Irene ( Orr ) Nelson, Ozzie Nelson was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.

When Ozzie Guillen turned 42 in January 2006, he, his wife, and son Oney became naturalized U. S. citizens.

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet made the Nelsons ' youngest son, Rick, into a music teen idol.

Smith, the son of Baseball Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith, is currently working on an album entitled The Revolution.

He was the elder son of bandleader / TV actor Ozzie Nelson and singer Harriet Hilliard and the older brother of singer Eric " Ricky " Nelson.

The first 12 " single was " I Need Your Love " with vocals by Burke's son, Osaze " Ozzie " Burke.

The film was a hit and Ozzie was convinced the family could make the transition from radio's airwaves to television's small screen.

The background music used on this show originated from sources such as The Capitol Hi-Q Production Music Library, which could be heard on shows like Ozzie & Harriet, The Donna Reed Show, Dennis The Menace, and other 1950s sitcoms.

He could not wear the number he had at the Olympics because 1 was retired for Ozzie Smith.

Ozzie Smith could only produce a sacrifice fly, however, and Herr bounced into a double play to end the threat.

Pierzynski challenged Diamond to a fight, but he was struck from behind with a chair by manager Ozzie Guillén before he could give his response.

She started her career as " Happy Hotpoint ", a tiny elf dancing on Hotpoint appliances in TV commercials during the 1950s series Ozzie and Harriet.

The most prominent American TV series of the 1960s include: The Ed Sullivan Show, Peyton Place, Star Trek, I Dream of Jeannie, The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, The Andy Williams Show, The Dean Martin Show, The Wonderful World of Disney, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Beverly Hillbillies, Bonanza, McHale's Navy, Laugh-In, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Fugitive, The Tonight Show, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, The Flintstones, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Lassie, The Danny Thomas Show, The Lucy Show, My Three Sons, The Red Skelton Show and Bewitched.

Other early hit series on ABC during this period which helped establish the network included The Lone Ranger ( ABC's only Top 10 show before Disneyland ), The Adventures Of Ozzie And Harriet, ( starring the real-life Nelson family ), Leave It To Beaver ( which moved over from CBS ), The Detectives and The Untouchables.

In the channel's first years, shows that aired during its broadcast day included Welcome to Pooh Corner and You and Me Kid along with several foreign animated series and movies including Asterix, The Raccoons, Paddington Bear, and the Australian western Five Mile Creek ; the original late night schedule featured reruns of The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

Ricky Nelson, a performer of rockabilly music, also became a teen idol through his parents ' television series, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

Eric Hilliard Nelson ( May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985 ), better known as Ricky Nelson or Rick Nelson, was an American singer-songwriter, instrumentalist, and actor, starring alongside his family in the long-running television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet ( 1952-1966 ), as well as co-starring alongside John Wayne and Dean Martin in Howard Hawks ' Western feature film Rio Bravo ( 1959 ).

Nelson began his entertainment career in 1949 playing himself in the radio sitcom series, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, and, in 1952, appeared in his first feature film, Here Come the Nelsons.

* Nelson's estate ( The Rick Nelson Company, LLC ) owns ancillary rights to the Ozzie and Harriet television series, and, in 2007, Shout!

In 1954, at the urging of producer Ozzie Cadena, he joined forces with Johnson to produce a highly successful series of trombone duet recordings, which were initially on Savoy Records and then on the Columbia Records label.

Unlike The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Father Knows Best, and other sitcoms and domestic comedies of the era, the show would not focus upon the parents, but upon their children, with the series being told from the kids ' point-of-view.

Vinton and associates also dabbled in animation for the internet with a series called Ozzie the Elf.

Oswald George " Ozzie " Nelson ( March 20, 1906 – June 3, 1975 ) was an American entertainer and band leader who originated and starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet radio and television series with his wife and two sons.

Piniella and Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillén appeared in one commercial to advertise a local car dealership during the first half of the 2008 Crosstown series.

Many famous athletes have been featured in the series, including Rob Ray, Andre Agassi, Ray Allen, Michael Andretti, Carmelo Anthony, Gilbert Arenas, Lance Armstrong, Paul Bearer, Rich Beem, Drew Bledsoe, King Kong Bundy, Bill Bradley, Drew Brees, Kobe Bryant, Mark Buehrle, Kurt Busch, Jennifer Capriati, Brandi Chastain, Chris Chelios, Roger Clemens ( who was in 5 of them, the most of any athlete ), Sidney Crosby, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Carl Edwards, Roger Federer, Kevin Garnett, Ozzie Guillén, Mia Hamm, Jim Harbaugh, Evander Holyfield, Tim Hudson, LeBron James, Keyshawn Johnson, Roy Jones Jr., Jim Kelly, Alexi Lalas, Bobby Labonte, Lennox Lewis, Mark McGwire, Shawn Micheals, Gheorghe Muresan, Dwyane Wade, Steve Nash, Candace Parker, Chris Paul, Gaylord Perry, Adrian Peterson, Michael Phelps, Mary Lou Retton, Ben Roethlisberger, Tony Romo, Pete Sampras, Maria Sharapova, Andriy Shevchenko, Jerry Stackhouse, Kerri Strug, Fernando Vargas, Adam Vinatieri, Shaun White, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Tiger Woods, David Wright, Alexander Ovechkin, and The Undertaker.

After several guest roles in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet between 1960 – 62, and guest appearances on TV series such as Wagon Train and Outlaws, Evans gained her first regular role in in 1965 in The Big Valley.

By the fourth game in the series, LeChuck has been freed from his icy prison by Ozzie Mandrill, an Australian capitalist.

In 1944, the Nelsons began a domestic-comedy series for radio, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.

The series stars Ozzie Nelson and his wife, singer Harriet Nelson ( née Hilliard ), and their young sons, David and Eric " Ricky " Nelson.

It also doubled as a " pilot " for the television series, as Ozzie wanted to see if his family would be accepted on film as they were on radio.

Before the show aired, Ozzie Nelson persuaded ABC to agree to a 10-year contract that paid the Nelsons whether the series was canceled or not.

When the real David and Rick got married, to June Blair and Kristin Harmon respectively, their wives joined the cast of Ozzie and Harriet, and the marriages were written into the series.

Ozzie, who wrote and directed all of the series ' episodes, attempted to change with the times, but most viewers related the show to a long gone era.

In that season, Ozzie tried to recapture the series ' earlier success portraying a young, growing family, by introducing 9-year old Joel Davison and other boys to interact with the Nelsons and create the illusion of a younger family.