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Hazel - The Complete First Season Cast: Shirley Booth, Don DeFore, Whitney Blake, Bobby Buntrock

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  • DVD Release Date: 08/01/2006
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To quote singer Tommy Roe's 1966 Top 40 hit, hooray for Hazel! Academy Award-winning actress Shirley Booth added an Emmy to her shelf with her portrayal Hazel Burke, the spunky, feisty live-in maid for the Baxter family: corporate lawyer George (Don DeFore); wife Dorothy (the glamorous Whitney Blake), and son Harold (Bobby Buntrock). In TV land, maids traditionally serve up comic relief. Think Alice on The Brady Bunch, Florida on Maude, or Florence on The Jeffersons. On this 1961 series, based on Ted Key's Saturday Evening Post cartoons, Hazel was top banana. "Who's the gal who's everybody's pal?" goes the theme song penned by the legendary Sammy Cahn. That's Hazel, who insinuates herself in "Mr. B's" professional and family life. "Hazel can do anything," gushes Harold. But in doing so, she usually winds up "in the soup," as in the first episode, "Hazel and the Playground," when she unwittingly antagonizes one of George's important prospective clients. But by each episode's end, she ultimately finds a way to manipulate matters to her or the family's advantage, whether it's getting George to buy a new color television set (in "What'll We Watch Tonight?," the first season's one and only color episode) or rounding up enough voters to pass a local school initiative (in "Bringing Out the Johnsons"). While Hazel can be overbearing at times, she has a good heart and is devoted to the Baxters. She is no wisecracking put-down artist, although she is not above taking George's money when he unwisely makes sporting bets with her. Hazel was ranked among the top five shows in its first season, and baby boomers will take nostalgic pleasure in welcoming Hazel back into their homes. Vintage TV buffs of the post-boomer variety should take a cue from Hazel's theme song: "It's worth your while to stop and watch that smile." Donald Liebenson, Barnes & Noble

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Hooray for Hazel!by Lisa58

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February 27, 2009: We absolutely love this series. I wish they would come out with the rest of the seasons. It's heartwarming, funny and just plain fun to watch.

Hazel, the Domestic Queen of Comedyby EHG

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February 09, 2009: I was young when "Hazel" aired on tv, and only had a vague memory of the show's characters. I took a chance buying this DVD collection, and it was a chance that paid off in a wonderful way. This collection made me laugh out loud, and yearn for a time in this world when you trusted strangers, embraced your neighbors, and happily did what you could to help others. I hope Season Two will be released soon. I want to be among the first to buy it.


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