References in Pop Culture
- In episode 313 of Seinfeld, "The Subway", George Costanza references the show: "You know, my mother used to walk around in our apartment just in her bra and panties. She didn't look anything like you, she was really disgusting, really bad body. If you could imagine an uglier and fatter version of Shirley Booth. Remember Shirley Booth from Hazel?"
- In Season 1, episode 25 of That 70s Show, "The Good Son", Eric calls Hyde "Hazel" because he is doing dishes and cleaning up after himself. Kelso responds, "That's funny, 'cause Hazel is a maid!"
- The Hanna-Barbera series The Jetsons featured a lovable robot maid named Rosie who referred to George Jetson as "Mr. J". It premiered a year after Hazel and was influenced by Hazel's references to her boss as "Mr. B".
- In an episode of "Barney Miller", Inspector Luger refers to the 12th Precinct night cleaning woman as "Hazel."
- In episode 19 of The Sopranos, "The Happy Wanderer", Silvio Dante is getting increasingly agitated during a losing night of poker. He finally explodes after an underling sweeps up crumbs near him, yelling at Tony Soprano: "I'm losin' my balls over here. This fuckin' moron's playing Hazel?"
- In episode 45 of This American Life, Act 4, "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous", Cheryl Trykv tells the story of getting lost as a teenager riding a bike (in only a swimsuit) around Palm Springs on a baking hot day. She gets so dehydrated she knocks on strangers' doors (rather than listen to the lawn-elves she hears telling her to drink her pee) until Shirley Booth answers, invites her in and lets her use the bathroom. Over lemon water they chat about New York City and American Theatre. Shirley tells Cheryl that she hadn't heard rumours about Joan Crawford and Lucille Ball being lovers but that once at a party thrown by then-California Governor Ronald Reagan, Ball had drunkenly thrown a grape down Shirley's bosom.
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