Leave It to Beaver - Show News, Reviews, Recaps and Photos. Leave It to Beaver portrayed the iconic postwar American family: June the perfect housewife, Ward the dad (what did he do for a living, anyway? And why did he always wear a suit to dinner?), big brother Wally, and of course Theodore ("The Beaver"), the good- hearted kid whose adventures propelled the show. Leave It to Beaver debuted in October of 1. CBS. In the fall of 1. CBS dropped the series. ABC picked it up and ran it for an additional 5 years.

Leave it to Beaver is a painful family oriented comedy that is dreadful from start to finish. I felt that the film was poorly constructed, and did not withstand. · The phrase “guilty pleasure” has long outlived its usefulness. If you really like a song or a movie or a TV show, no matter how cheesy the conventional.

· The Leave It to Beaver actress who died Saturday was happy as a lark, says her TV son.

Few people know that Leave it to Beaver was the first American television show broadcast behind the Iron Curtain - - perhaps part of the reason for so many references to God, Sunday School, Breaking Bread, etc. In several episodes, there are subtle references to the Soviet Union. In episode #3. 1 ( New doctor ): Wally, has a model plane. Look close, it,s a Russian bomber. With, the red star decals. In episode #1. 19 ( Beaver's House Guest ), the two boys are wearing their camp sweatshirts. With the name Camp Chekov on it.

• · Frank Bank, who played the clumsy bully Clarence “Lumpy” Rutherford on the popular 1957-1963 series Leave It to Beaver, died Saturday, one day after.
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Propaganda? Maybe. What the average American family was like in the 1. I don't think so. What ever, I guess it worked.

The series focuses on Theodore Cleaver (Beaver). Beaver (who was 7 when the series began) is your basic everyday little boy who had a knack of getting himself into trouble at every turn. His older brother Wally, is just entering his teen years and often wonders out loud how Beaver could be so dumb to get himself into stupid situations.

Examples: getting himself locked in the principals office, letting the bathtub overflow, letting the washing machine overflow, getting his head stuck in a fence at the park, constantly losing things (cats, change, etc.) His parents are your everyday 1. June and Ward Cleaver, who do their best to understand and support Beaver and Wally as they grew up. Other characters were mostly friends of Wally and Beaver. Wally's friends included Lumpy Rutherford and the two- faced Eddie Haskell. Eddie was courteous to June and Ward but when the grown ups weren't around he was a bully to Beaver and his friends.

Beaver's friends include Whitey Whitney, Gilbert Gates/Bates/Harrison (inconsistent last name), Larry Mondello and Richard Rickover. Beaver's teachers, Miss Canfield and later Miss Landers were seen frequently as well as Lumpy's father, played by Richard Deacon known for his role on The Dick Van Dyke Show. While most people lump in Leave it to Beaver with other family sitcoms, such as Father Knows Best, and The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, this series was truly an original, and very much ahead of its time.

It showed the world through the eyes of a young boy, and sometimes dealt with rather controversial subjects. One episode ("Beaver and Andy") dealt frankly with the subject of alcoholism. Another episode ("Beaver's House Guest") showed how divorce can affect a child. In 1. 98. 5, Leave It to Beaver was in a full blown revival after a 1. Still the Beaver, when a spin- off series, with the title of the reunion movie, was proposed. It later begin airing in syndication under the title, The New Leave It to Beaver and starred all of the original cast members except Hugh Beaumont who died on May 1.

First Telecast: October 4, 1. Last Telecast: September 1.

Episodes: 2. 34 B& W Episodes +1 Unaired B& W Pilot Theme Song: "The Toy Parade" Written by: Melvyn Leonard, Mort Greene & Dave Kahn Spin- offs: The New Leave It to Beaver NOTE: All air dates have now been verified through TV Guide. CBS Broadcast History October 1. March 1. 95. 8- -- -Fridays- -- -7: 3.

March- September 1. Only The Brave Full Movie Online Free there. Wednesdays- -- -8: 0.

ABC Broadcast History October 1. June 1. 95. 9- -- -Thursdays- -- -7: 3. July- September 1.

Thursdays- -- -9: 0. October 1. 95. 9- September 1. Saturdays- -- -8: 3. September 1. 96. 2- September 1. Thursdays- -- -8: 3. Nielsen Ratings: (Top 3.

Better) Never hit the top 3.