And BTW, who remembers the old Alice Cooper rumor?
We are losing all the wonderful character actors who made our TV viewing fun, back when shows had value.
Wow he was much younger than I would have thought. Leave It To Beaver was old time when I was an adolescent in the 1980’s.
RIP
Wasn’t a huge star, but he was a household name. That’s pretty good.
Fifty years from now, certain young “celebrities” are going to pass away and I think only a very small number of people will remember them at all.
Rest in peace, Eddie.
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Didn’t know he’d been hit 5 times in a shoot out. Four to the vest and one to the belt buckle. Yikes. RIP sir.
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Gee Wally
Not your typical child star. RIP
He was my favorite on Leave it to Beaver. He was a funny but loveable character :)
My older brother had a good friend who reminded me so much of him. Once, on Halloween, he came to the door in a homemade Halloween costume and said to my mother, “Mrs. C, I’m afraid Lloyd had a slight altercation” at which precise moment my brother showed up with his costume in rips and a black eye.
Pretty much like Eddie Haskell.
Eddie Haskell: Not me! Your father doesn’t like me.
Wally Cleaver: Why would you say that?
Eddie Haskell: On account of the way he looks at me when he opens the door. Sometimes I think he’d be happier to see Khrushchev standing there.
And BTW, who remembers the old Alice Cooper rumor?
I bought my grands all of the Leave It To Beaver shows - it’s a great series! They get a kick out of Eddie. I also bought Andy of Mayberry and The Waltons.
A great and unforgettable character. RIP
“You look lovely today, Mrs. Cleaver.”
“Thank you, Eddie.”
RIP, Ken!
He had some good hits singing with his brothers back in the 70s.
I saw Ken last August at my dad’s memorial service...Ken was a very good friend of my mom and dad and had been ill for some time. He was always a very caring and gracious person and will be missed.
I never saw the later series, and even now don’t see it on the channels that run the old television shows. But Leave It To Beaver, the original is on every day now.
I often wondered what Ken was like when he was himself and not doing the Eddie Haskell role.
Yes, no normal mom dressed like June Cleaver at home all the time (don’t think we once saw June in what we used to then call a “house dress”), and some other stuff was not realistic.
But the show did handle child, and parent-child experiences in ways that usually showed some good lessons. Those things to me were the heart of show, not the externalities the critics always harped about.
Tempus fugit...
RIP, Eddie Haskell
The Boomer generation is getting smaller
Amazing how those shows were so popular and entertaining without any homosexuals or trannies. /sarcasm