Like several television dramas and sitcoms of the late 1950s and early 1960s lassie and my three sons, leave it to beaver is a glimpse at middleclass, american boyhood. Leave it to beaver borrowed boat tv episode 1959 imdb. That movie did so well in the ratings that it actually spawned the series the new leave it to beaver, which ran from 1985 to 1989 for a total of 101 episodes. Im enjoying this iconic tv series of leave it to beaver. June evelyn bronson cleaver is a principal character in the american television sitcom leave it to beaver. Leave it to beaver ran for six full 39week seasons 234 episodes. The television movie was a success and led to the revival comedy series the new leave it to beaver which premiered the following year.
Found on this 37disc set are extras such as a pilot episode that was never aired, a. Adult judy hensler returns to mayfield 1987, new leave it. Top 10 leave it to beaver babes countdown the original series fredflix. His frustration turns to panic when corey and oliver run away after they are punished by their father. The series began with the 1983 reunion television movie still the beaver that aired on cbs in march 1983. Jerry mathers beaver cleaver shares his favorite memories from leave it to beaver. He would often lead beaver into mischief and then run off, leaving beaver to face the.
The hoods run off, and when the police arrive on the scene, beaver and larry are caught redhanded. Parents ward and june, and older brother wally, try to keep theodore the beaver out of trouble. The complete series tells the story of a rather mischievous boy by the name of beaver cleaver, as well as his brother wally and his friends. Like several television dramas and sitcoms of the late 1950s and early 1960s lassie and my three sons, leave it to beaver. Leave it to beaver stars barbara billingsley as june cleaver, hugh beaumont as ward cleaver, tony dow as wally cleaver, and jerry mathers as the beaver. Along with parents june and ward cleaver and brother wally, the beaver lives in the sunny suburb of mayfield, where the boy is no stranger to trouble or meeting the consequences of his misdeeds. Jerry mathers theodore cleaver in leave it to beaver. Take our quiz to see how much you remember about this feelgood classic.
Leave it to beaver actors jerry mathers and tony dow on the. Leave it to beaver s06e09 beaver joins a record club. The leave it to beaver show still generates merchandise revenue today, many years after its original production run ended. Leave it to beaver s 1 e 37 beaver runs away video. This is what the leave it to beaver cast looks like 56. Beaver is seven years old almost eight and in the third grade. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. He was the first child actor ever to make a deal to get a percentage of the merchandising revenue from a television show. At the lake, beaver and larry run into a pair of teenagers, who say they are searching for some lost oars for their boat. He was a pudgy kid, constantly munching on apples and candy bars.
The quality is as good as can be expected, considering how old the series is and the quality of tv at the time. Wally is twelve years old and in the seventh grade when the series opens. A look at whitey and miss landers on the leave it to beaver tv show. Leave it to beaver star tony dow explains why he wasnt.
Marion burnside randall october 8, 1935 october 26, 1984, who acted under the name sue randall, was an american actress best known for her role as the kindly miss alice landers, theodore beaver cleavers elementary school teacher in the cbs and abc sitcom leave it to beaver. However, beaver continues to end up in one kind of jam or another. Now you can relive the magic of leave it to beaver with 20 timeless episodes sure to tickle your funny bone and brighten any day. Unlike real life, these situations are always easily resolved to the satisfaction of all involved and the beaver gets off with a few stern moralistic words of parental advice. This set has a clear picture and voice quality to it. The success of the television movie prompted the creation of a revival series, also titled still the beaver, that aired on the disney channel from. The reunion movie inspired a new television series of the same name for the disney channel and featured bank, billingsley, dow, mathers, and osmond. I dont remember seeing the very first ones, either. Moving to a new night thursday rather than saturday, and boasting a jazzy new arrangement of its theme song, leave it to beaver settles down for its sixth and final season.
The cleavers live in two houses over the series run. The twelve best leave it to beaver episodes of seasons. With jerry mathers, hugh beaumont, barbara billingsley, tony dow. Enjoying it so much, that i recently purchased the second season. It was cancelled after one season but was renamed the new leave it to beaver and continued until 1999 in firstrun syndication. The series began with the 1983 reunion television movie still the beaver that. Leave it to beaver beaver runs away tv episode 1958 imdb. The couple are the parents of two sons, wally and beaver. The new leave it to beaver also known as still the beaver is an american sitcom sequel to the original 19571963 sitcom leave it to beaver. Beaver actually goes to larrys with a story about his sick aunt. This 37disc set includes all 234 episodes of the iconic show, which lasted for six seasons.
Leave it to beaver complete series internet archive. Unlike most other sitcoms of that innocent era, the stories. The cleavers reminisce over a family scrapbook and we see flashbacks to different scenes from the series past. Mathers played the beaver for six years, appearing in all 234 episodes of the series. It was cancelled after one season but was renamed the new leave it to beaver and continued until 1999 in first run syndication. For over 50 years, the beave, along with his brother wally, parents ward and june, and their friends, has entertained families around the world with his antics and goodnatured troublemaking. Larry was beaver s classmate at grant avenue grammar school. However, beaver makes some lastminute plans to go with larry on an outing to friends lake. Of course, it is much harder to do a proper finale than it is to just film brief connecting segments and fill the rest of the half hour with flashbacks. Ward gets angry at beaver and decides to run away from home. The new leave it to beaver is an american sitcom sequel to the original 1957 1963 sitcom leave it to beaver.
I think the entire leave it to beaver series never showed the parents bedroom, but a lot of. Leave it to beaver family scrapbook tv episode 1963 imdb. June and her husband, ward, are often invoked as the archetypal suburban parents of the 1950s. First in the reunion tv movie and then the new leave it to beaver series. Rusty stevens played theodore beaver cleavers best friend, larry mondello, on the classic television series leave it to beaver. Leave it to beaver canceled tv shows hq tv series finale. Wally is very upset and vows never to do any favors for beaver again.
The sad end to these two leave it to beaver cast members. Ward lets beaver run away and june probably got the angriest shes ever been during the series. The following season, it moved to abc, where it stayed until completing its run on june 20, 1963. The fourth season of leave it to beaver debuted on abc october 1, 1960 with beaver wont. A feature film remake was released in 1997 with a new cast. Top 10 leave it to beaver babes countdown the original. Beaver is allboy with baseball, carnivals, comic books, moneymaking schemes, and animals of all kinds high on his list of interests while very proper ladies, dance lessons, bathing, and homework test his patience to the limit. The series had its debut on cbs on october 4, 1957. Beaver actually goes to larrys with a story about his sick aunt junes sister this might be the only mention of june having a sister. Leave it to beaver is one of the first primetime sitcom series written from a childs point of view. The first episode of leave it to beaver aired on october 4, 1957. June the perfect housewife, ward the dad what did he do for a living, anyway. Leave it to beaver s 2 e 17 beaver plays hooky video. Osmond returned to acting in 1983 reprising his role as eddie haskell in the cbs madefortelevision movie, still the beaver, which followed the adult cleaver boys, their friends, and their families.
Jerry mathers, born gerald patrick mathers on june 2nd, 1948, is an american actor best known for playing theodore the beaver cleaver in the iconic television sitcom leave it to beaver. Actors jerry mathers and tony dow, who played beaver and wally on. Though beaver has many friends his own age, his best friend is gus, an old fireman in the neighborhood, who gives beaver sound advice and tries to keep the boy on the straight and narrow. One of televisions most iconic series, leave it to beaver follows the adventures of inquisitive but often naive theodore the beaver cleaver. Leave it to beaver harkens back to a simpler time, when moms wore heels and pearls to clean the house and the worst thing a kid had to worry about was a bully or a bad grade. Throughout its run, leave it to beaver never cracked the list of nielsens top 30 rated shows. Still the beaver 1983 reunion movie with original leave it to beaver cast duration. I saw them collected under a heading for leave it to beaver. Leave it to beaver portrayed the iconic postwar american family. Jeri weil reprised her role as judy hensler, the obnoxious classmate of beaver cleaver, in the march 18, 1987 episode of the revival series the new leave it to beaver, this time playing now. What do the cast of leave it to beaver look like today. American sitcom, leave it to beaver first aired on october 4, 1957, and for six years graced our small screen until it ended in 1963. Throughout the shows run, it was shot with a single camera on blackandwhite 35mm film. This week, were finishing coverage on the best of leave it to beaver 19571958, cbs.
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