Posted on 01/19/2025 10:25:50 AM PST by DallasBiff
Leave It to Beaver highlighted the Cleaver family’s traditional family values. A large portion of the show revolved around two brothers—Beaver and Wally Cleaver—as they constantly weaseled their way in and out of trouble. The sitcom, which was one of the first shows portrayed from a child’s perspective, pushed the limits of ’50s television.
Despite today’s nearly nonexistent level of censorship, TV in the ’50s was extremely conservative! Shows were not allowed to use bathroom or toilet footage, but Leave It to Beaver decided to stretch censorship boundaries. In the original pilot episode “Captain Jack,” Wally put a small alligator inside the toilet tank as if it were an aquarium.
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The first time you saw Eddie, no matter how young you were, you KNEW he was a wiseass the second he opened his mouth.
In the little town we lived in back in the early 1960s, there was a much older kid who I thought looked and acted just like Eddie Haskell. I finally mentioned this to my mom and dad when watching the show, and they both started laughing. I was told to keep my observation within the family, etc, but they did confirm the resemblances.
“You can never buy beer …. You only rent it.”
LOL!
That was an actual LOL from me. Good one!!!
CPT obvious here, I assume the bev got a Brazilian wax treatment? /s
Yup.
And Barbara Billingsly was was a cigarette smoker who quit when she got the June Cleaver role. She told why in an interview that she did not think it appropriate that America's mom smoked. Different times, huh?
Billingsly was a babe too. I saw a pin up of her from the war years. Not your neighbor’s mom!
I recall that as well.
Kind of cool.
I wish Rush was alive to witness everything that has happened in the last few years.
Knowing where Rush is at however I can rest assured he doesn’t share my sentiment.
LMAO!!!
Eddie Haskell - ‘nuff said.
Played by Ken Osmond. A straight up righteous dude in real life. In 1970 became an LAPD cop. Got on motorcycles, and was in the thick of things. In a foot chase with a car thief, took three bullets. Two in his vest, one in his belt buckle.
Grew a cop mustache so the public wouldn’t recognize him.
In one episode of the show "The Farmer's Daughter" the honeymooning couple were given a hotel room with two separate beds, not a single bed. Due to the requirements at the time when they complained they could not use the word "bed", instead they had to complain about the "wrong accomodations".
I remember that episode, the guy who played Captain Jack was also the same one who played Uncle Billy..great show Ive seen every episode, repeatedly they show it all the time on MeTV
Strange how Lumpy morphed from a big, oafish bully to a friend, and contemporary of Wally. Held back a couple of years?
Don’t sell Larry Mondello short....
Figures.
Ditto 👍
So Mrs. Cleaver how’s the beaver?
Eddie asked as Mrs. Cleaver preparing dinner.
Pre slang times
The late '40s show Mary Kay and Johnny had a married couple sharing a bed.
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