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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Yeah Beav, kindness ‘n’ respect an’ all that junk.’’
I was born well after the initial run of I Love Lucy but used to watch the re-runs as a kid. I remember thinking that Lucy and Ricky must always be angry at each other to have separate beds but at least Rick had a bed. When my parents argued, dad had to sleep on the couch.
FWIW, the first show to depict a couple in bed together was Mary Kay and Johnny in 1947, in which the two stars were married in real life.
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