Rick Counts the Ballots

Episode aired Dec 28, 1960
TV-G
30m

IMDb RATING

8.0/10

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Ricky Nelson, Skip Young, Karl Kindberg, and Norman Hudson in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952)

Comedy Drama Family

Rick is in charge of the committee counting the votes to elect a new Prom Queen. His girlfriend is among the candidates, and Rick does his best to keep the winner's identity a secret from he... Read allRick is in charge of the committee counting the votes to elect a new Prom Queen. His girlfriend is among the candidates, and Rick does his best to keep the winner's identity a secret from her and everyone else until the prom.Rick is in charge of the committee counting the votes to elect a new Prom Queen. His girlfriend is among the candidates, and Rick does his best to keep the winner's identity a secret from her and everyone else until the prom.

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Trivia
Rick and Linda Bennett sing a duet, "You are the Only One" at the end of the episode.

Crazy credits
The end credits feature Ricky dancing with a girl at the party instead of the traditional background.

Soundtracks
You Are The Only One
(uncredited)
Written by Baker Knight
Performed by Linda Bennett and Ricky Nelson

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8/10

"Rick's in charge of counting the ballots."

The college campus is having a beauty contest and Ricky's current girlfriend is one of the finalists. He is trying to convince David and others to vote for Terry. The other guys who will be helping Rick count the ballots are Norman, Joe, Wally, and Dink. These five boys have the responsibility of keeping the results secret until it can be announced at the dance the next night.

After counting the ballots, it appears that Terry has barely won the competition. The boys now have the difficulty of keeping this secret, especially Ricky. When he gets home his family tries to press him to get him to spill who won the beauty contest. He stays strong until Harriet is able to worm it out of him. He asks them not to say anything especially to Terry.

Unfortunately Ricky receives a call from George a few hours later. It seems that another Ballot Box was found in the chemistry building. Lois Harper is only seven votes behind Terry, and Louis is a chemistry major.

This was another good episode to watch filled with a surprising twist and leaves you with some suspense of who will actually win the beauty contest.