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.
He played a type, one that everybody could identify and laugh about, and he did it brilliantly. Far beyond what one would expect of an actor in his teens. I’d love to see outtakes of Billingsley and other cast members breaking up as Eddie laid on the saccharine. They must have existed once.
Leave it to Beaver has a timeless quality. Kids still do a lot of those things today.
Whereas current shows are packed with so much PC virtue signaling they quickly go out of date.
We call our male cat Eddie Haskell sometimes. When he wants something he goes into super-schmooze mode. So funny.