The dreaded "Govahnah" Mcquire episode
Apparently, sometime back in the early 60's, at a network board meeting, somebody said, "Wouldn't it be hysterical if we made a show that annoyed the Hell out of people for 30 minutes?" And then the casting call went out...
We need an "actress" that is annoying, interfering, condescending, manipulating, arrogant, ugly as sin, has a voice more disturbing than nails on a chalkboard, has crazy eye, a bad hairstyle, is fat, pronounces the letter B as "bay", and most importantly, walks bent forward as if she has a large metal hoopajoop inserted in her nether regions.
And Shirley Booth fit the bill perfectly.
But the board must have realized, although it was the most annoying thing ever broadcast, they added another character that was even more arrogant and condescending than Hazel (as if that was even humanly possible) named "Deirdre".
It seems as if as the show went on, it wasn't annoying enough. It needed a little push to the point it could actually be used to induce vomiting. So they must have hired the best writers in the world to come up with the ultimate puke factor.
Hence the Governor Mcquire episode. Or as Shirley Booth would say "Govahnah" Mcquire. In order to get the desired effect and effectively make a show that could actually induce vomiting, the combined genius of the writers came up with a song Hazel wrote for the Govahnah. Then they put it over the top by having Shirley Booth "sing" it. Several times.