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Frank Bank Frank Bank (April 12, 1942 – April 13, 2013) was an American actor, particularly known for his role as Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford on the 1957–1963 situation comedy television series "Leave It to Beaver". Bank was cast in fifty episodes of "Leave It to Beaver" between January 24, 1958, until the series finale on May 30, 1963. Thereafter, he was cast as Clarence Rutherford in 101 episodes of the series sequel, "The New Leave It to Beaver", which aired on cable television from 1985 to 1989. Beginning in 1973, Bank became a bond broker in his native Los Angeles,
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Lumpy Rutherford Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford is a fictional character in the television sitcom "Leave It to Beaver". The show aired from October 4, 1957 to June 20, 1963. Lumpy is a bit of a bully and, with Eddie Haskell, is one of Wally Cleaver's friends. Lumpy was portrayed in the original series by Frank Bank. The actor also appeared as Lumpy in the sequel series, "The New Leave It to Beaver" (1985–1989). "Lumpy" was portrayed by Justin Restivo in the 1997 spin-off film, "Leave It to Beaver", also his portrayer Frank Bank made an appearance in the film as "Frank".
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Fred Rutherford Frederick "Fred" Rutherford is a fictional character in the television sitcom "Leave It to Beaver". The show aired October 4, 1957 to June 20, 1963. Fred is portrayed by Richard Deacon. Alan Rachins played the character in the 1997 film adaptation of the series, "Leave It to Beaver". Fred is the head of the "Rancho Rutherford" household and is married to Geraldine/Gwendolyn. He is the father of a son named Clarence, played by Frank Bank, and nicknamed "Lumpy" by everyone in town, and a daughter named Violet, played by Veronica Cartwright. Fred in public considers Clarence a model
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California. His autobiography, "Call Me Lumpy: My Leave It To Beaver Days and Other Wild Hollywood Life," was published in 1997. Bank died of cancer on April 13, 2013, in Rancho Mirage, California, one day after his 71st birthday. He was survived by his third wife, Rebecca, four daughters, and five grandchildren. He is interred at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. Frank Bank Frank Bank (April 12, 1942 – April 13, 2013) was an American actor, particularly known for his role as Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford on the 1957–1963 situation comedy television series "Leave It to Beaver". Bank
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Frank Bank Frank Bank (April 12, 1942 – April 13, 2013) was an American actor, particularly known for his role as Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford on the 1957–1963 situation comedy television series "Leave It to Beaver". Bank was cast in fifty episodes of "Leave It to Beaver" between January 24, 1958, until the series finale on May 30, 1963. Thereafter, he was cast as Clarence Rutherford in 101 episodes of the series sequel, "The New Leave It to Beaver", which aired on cable television from 1985 to 1989. Beginning in 1973, Bank became a bond broker in his native Los Angeles,
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Oliver. Wally Cleaver lives next door with his wife Mary Ellen, his daughter Kelly and later, his son Kevin. Hugh Beaumont, who played Ward Cleaver in the original series, had died in 1982. His character, Ward, died in 1977. The 1983 telemovie is dedicated in Beaumont's memory. Other series regulars included Wally's old friend Eddie Haskell (Ken Osmond) and his sons Freddie and Bomber (played by Osmond's two real-life sons), as well as "Lumpy" Rutherford (Frank Bank) and his daughter J.J., with Diane Brewster returning for four episodes to recreate her role as "Miss Canfield," Beaver's original grade schoolteacher. Some
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Fafara), Gilbert Bates (Stephen Talbot), Judy Hensler (Jeri Weil), Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford (Frank Bank), his younger sister Violet (Veronica Cartwright), Richard Rickover (Richard Correll), Julie Foster (Cheryl Holdridge) and Mary Ellen Rogers (Pamela Beaird). Burt Mustin played elderly fireman Gus, Richard Deacon played Ward's co-worker and Lumpy's father Fred Rutherford, Doris Packer played school principal Mrs Rayburn, and Sue Randall played schoolteacher Miss Landers. The show's chief writers, Bob Mosher and Joe Connelly, met while working in New York City for the J. Walter Thompson Agency. Once in Hollywood, the men became head writers for the radio show "Amos 'n'
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wise-guy Eddie Haskell (Ken Osmond, November 1, 1957 – June 6, 1963), Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford (Frank Bank, January 24, 1958 – May 30, 1963), Tooey Brown (Tiger Fafara, November 15, 1957 – May 28, 1960) and Chester Anderson (Buddy Hart, November 8, 1957 – May 28, 1960). Eddie and Lumpy appear in all six seasons while Tooey and Chester appear in the first through third seasons. Buddy Hart's father, John Hart (star of television's "Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans", and part-time "Lone Ranger"), appears in three episodes though in no scenes with his son. Several episodes in the
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show. Actors Lucas "Tiger" Fafara II (Tooey Brown), Buddy Hart (Chester Anderson), and Bobby Mittelstaedt (Charles Fredericks) leave the show. Ken Osmond as Eddie Haskell and Frank Bank as Lumpy Rutherford become Wally's best friends and constant companions for the remainder of the series. Norman Tokar directs the majority of episodes. Hugh Beaumont directs his first episode, "Wally and Alma" and would ultimately direct twenty-three episodes for the show. Several directors new to the series (including Norman Abbott) participate. When the second season closes, the Cleavers have sold their house on Mapleton Drive. In the first episode of the third
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and Jerry Mathers — appear in all first-season episodes. Richard Deacon as Fred Rutherford, Frank Bank as his son, Clarence ("Lumpy"), Ken Osmond as Eddie Haskell, Pamela Baird as Mary Ellen Rogers, Doris Packer as Mrs. Rayburn, and Stanley Fafara as Whitey Whitney are introduced in the first season and remain as recurring characters through the series' six-season run, appearing in every season. Diane Brewster plays Miss Canfield, Beaver's second grade teacher, in four first-season episodes and then leaves the show. Rusty Stevens as Larry Mondello, Jeri Weil as Judy Hensler, Burt Mustin as Gus the Fireman, Tiger Fafara as
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1997's movie adaptation of the series starred Christopher McDonald as Ward, Janine Turner as June, Erik von Detten as Wally, and Cameron Finley as the Beaver. It was panned by many critics, with the notable exception of Roger Ebert, who gave it a three-star rating. It performed poorly at the box office, earning only $11,713,605. Barbara Billingsley, Ken Osmond and Frank Bank made cameo appearances in the film. Universal Studios Home Entertainment released the first two seasons of "Leave It to Beaver" on DVD in Region 1 in 2005/2006. Season one was released in two versions: an inexpensive cardboard slip-cased
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audience members in a spoof seminar on motherhood. Billingsley's final film role was as "Aunt Martha" in the 1997 film version of "Leave It to Beaver". She made her final onscreen appearance in the 2003 television movie "Secret Santa". After the show's cancellation, Mathers remained her close friend. They were reunited on "The New Leave It to Beaver". Billingsley, Mathers, Dow, Frank Bank, and Ken Osmond celebrated the show's 50th anniversary together on ABC's "Good Morning America". Billingsley was married three times and had two children. She married Glenn Billingsley, Sr. (1912–1984) in 1941. Glenn Billingsley was a restaurateur who
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Council. Its reception led to a new first-run, made-for-cable series, "The New Leave It to Beaver" (1984–1989), with Beaver and Lumpy Rutherford running Ward's old firm (where Lumpy's pompous, demanding father – played by Richard Deacon in the original series before his death in 1984 – had been the senior partner), Wally, who married his high school girlfriend Mary Ellen Rogers, as a practicing attorney and expectant father, and June having sold the old house to Beaver himself but living with him as a doting grandmother to Beaver's two young sons. Eddie Haskell runs his own contracting business and has
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last seasons concentrate on Eddie's adventures, with one episode following his plans to work on an Alaskan fishing boat and another chronicling his troubles with a credit card. Lumpy is the heavy-set, not-very-bright, yet sincere football-playing Clarence, the son of Ward's co-worker, Fred Rutherford. While later appearances would cast him as a friend and classmate, Initially he is an 'outsider' who is older than both Beaver and Wally (When Lumpy is later in Wally's class, it is mentioned that he failed a grade). As Beaver's nemesis, he bullies both Beaver and Wally in his first appearance Wally has several girlfriends
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has an unseen brother. Lumpy is not the brightest fellow in Mayfield. He is a very hefty young lad and is often teased because of it. Lumpy often persuades others to do things that he is really too afraid to do himself. He sometimes picks on Beaver. Beaver responds by yelling at Lumpy from a distance "Lumpy Dumpy looks like an ape." Several references are made that Lumpy plays the clarinet, and later plays the tuba. When Lumpy wins a college football scholarship in a later episode, June Cleaver throws a party and bakes a cake in the shape of
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a football field. In another episode, Wally and Eddie Haskell play a prank on Lumpy that involves the rear axle of his car being removed with a chain. Lumpy and Beaver form a successful business partnership (the "Cleaver and Rutherford Co."). As with their fathers, it is never specified exactly what the scope of the business is. Previously, both men had worked for Fred Rutherford's company until Fred fires Lumpy, and Beaver resigns. Lumpy is married and has a daughter, J.J. Lumpy's character plays a major role in the short film "Darwin's Tears". Lumpy Rutherford Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford is a
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Mayfield. His sons and he move in with their widowed mother and grandmother June (Ward had died several years earlier) until he can get back on his feet. Eventually, the Beaver finds work at Fred Rutherford's company, but even when he begins collecting regular paychecks, he decides that he appreciates the living arrangement and continues to live with his mother. By the time "The New Leave It to Beaver" began, the Beaver was partners with Lumpy Rutherford at the Cleaver and Rutherford Co.; what exactly they did was never clearly explained. Kip, the older of the Beaver's sons, is a
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high school is never seen. Fred Rutherford (Richard Deacon, October 18, 1957 – May 23, 1963) is Ward's pompous, overbearing co-worker. Fred is the father of an awkward teenage son named Clarence ("Lumpy"), and a daughter about Beaver's age named Violet. The Rutherfords socialize with the Cleavers on a couple of occasions: playing cards in the Cleaver home and, at a later time, enjoying a picnic outing together. Fred travels widely and gives Ward a meerschaum pipe after visiting Germany. Several "Andy Griffith Show" players appeared on "Leave It to Beaver". Hal Smith, Mayberry's town sot Otis Campbell, appeared as
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as the entire rear axle, wheels and all, became detached when Lumpy tried to move the car. The prank has been repeated on police and gangster cars in scenes in various films including "American Graffiti" (1973), "Porky's" (1981), and "Gone in 60 Seconds" (2000). In the 1980s revival series, titled "The New Leave It to Beaver", Eddie is now married to Gert, and they have two sons, Freddie and Edward Jr. (played by Osmond's real-life sons, Eric and Christian, respectively). Edward Jr. (nicknamed "Bomber") is enrolled at Vicksburg Military School, the result of Bomber's having spilled grape juice on the
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and Deacon would find roles in the series as Miss Canfield, Beaver's second grade teacher, and Fred Rutherford, Ward's co-worker and father of "Lumpy," Eddie Haskell's easily duped henchman/bully. Other cast members include Russ Thorson as Man with Milk Bottles, Leonard Bremen as Milk Bar Operator, Tim Graham as Doc, and Virginia Carroll as Nurse. After the series was picked up by CBS, Hugh Beaumont replaced Casey Adams as Ward Cleaver while the role of Wally went to Tony Dow after Sullivan experienced a growth spurt before the series' production. It's a Small World (Leave It to Beaver) "It's a
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He is well known for referring to his father as "Daddy." Fred would tell Clarence he was too old or too big (usually referring to his "lumpiness") to call him "Daddy." A running gag on the show was to have Fred, who always referred to his son as Clarence, call him "Lumpy" when angry. Fred would also call Lumpy a "big boob" or a "big oaf." Lumpy's mother Gwendolyn ("Geraldine", in some early episodes) and his younger sister, Violet (who is about Beaver's age), round out the family. Violet gives Beaver a black eye in an early episode. Lumpy also
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Beaumont had died. As a result, the writers and producers decided to make June a widow. June still lives in the same home (211 Pine Street) as the original series was set. She lives in the home with her son, Beaver (now a businessman and co-owner of the Cleaver and Rutherford Co. with Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford) and two grandsons, Kip and Ollie. The living arrangement began when Beaver was divorced from his wife, Kimberly, and Beaver was unemployed; it continued after Beaver found work at a business owned by Fred Rutherford and (after Fred's death) he and Lumpy formed their
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Woods. Penny is more of his frenemy than just a mere enemy, as well as his constant love-hate-relationship. Wally's obnoxious pals, Eddie Haskell and Clarence "Lumpy" Rutherford pick on the Beaver at every opportunity (though Lumpy seems to be more friendly towards the Beaver in the final season). Wally ably defends his brother against their nasty onslaughts. The Beaver is often exploited by others or becomes the victim of malicious persons. In one episode, Wally's classmate Mary Ellen Rogers makes friends with the Beaver in order to snaggle a date with Wally. As soon as Mary Ellen has the date
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receives his first letter in sports and begins wearing a letter sweater in "Beaver the Athlete". The sweater becomes a constant in his wardrobe and is featured significantly in a future episode. Lumpy Rutherford becomes a member of Wally's circle of friends though retaining something of his first-season bullying nature. Towards the end of the season, the Cleavers consider moving and, in one episode, look at a house in the nearby community of Madison. In the season's closer, "Most Interesting Character", Ward announces to the boys that the Mapleton Drive house has been sold, and, in the opener of the
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Adventures of Superman", played Mrs. Donaldson in "New Neighbors," while "Superman" heavy Herb Vigran appeared in the first-season episode "Brotherly Love". Two actors playing veterinarians on the long-running CBS children's series "Lassie" appeared on "Leave It to Beaver". Frank Ferguson (Dr. Peter Wilson in the early seasons of "Lassie") played Jeff, the tramp, in "Beaver's Good Deed", and Arthur Space, who portrayed Doc Weaver through the Timmy years of "Lassie", played Mr. Judson in "Wally's Present". Veteran film and television character actresses appearing on the show included Maudie Prickett as Mrs. Bennett, the owner of a lost chihuahua in "Beaver
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in the sitcom "Leave It to Beaver". Madge Blake, a peripheral figure in "Leave It to Beaver" as well as the Walter Brennan series "The Real McCoys", also guest starred on "City Detective". Andy Clyde, who played Madge Blake's brother on "The Real McCoys", appeared as Pop in the 1955 episode "Desert Ice". Doris Packer of "Leave It to Beaver" and "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" appeared as Florence in the episode "Sixteen Vertical". Frances Bavier, later "Aunt Bee" on CBS's "The Andy Griffith Show", appeared three times on "City Detective". Lloyd Corrigan, a co-star of the future NBC
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the role gave her as much publicity as "Beaver", and revived her career. Returning to TV work, she appeared on episodes of "Mork & Mindy" and "The Love Boat". In 1983, she reprised her role as June Cleaver in the "Leave It to Beaver" reunion television movie entitled "Still the Beaver" in 1983. Hugh Beaumont had died the year before of a heart attack, so she played his widow. She also appeared in the subsequent revival of the series, "The New Leave It to Beaver", from 1985-89. During the run of "The New Leave It to Beaver", Billingsley became the
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Leave It to Beaver (film) Leave It to Beaver is a 1997 comedy film adapted from the television series of the same name. Many in-jokes related to the series pepper the film. It features all the original regular characters, all played by new actors. Universal Pictures released the film on August 22, 1997. Beaver has his heart set on a bicycle in a store window, but does not think his parents will buy it for him. Eddie Haskell tells him if he signs up for football, he will get it on his birthday. He joins the football team and endures
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Episodes were written by either the writing teams of Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher or Dick Conway and Roland MacLane. All four cast members appeared in every episode. Rusty Stevens who played Larry Mondello in the first four seasons returns in the finale, Family Scrapbook, in flashbacks. In this season, Wally and Beaver are both finishing phases of their education. Beaver is in eighth grade at Grant Ave. Grammer School and is preparing for high school. Wally is in twelfth grade and is finishing high school. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Leave It to Beaver (season 6) The sixth and final season of
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starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. Randall's reoccurring role as a teacher on "Leave It to Beaver" spanned the years 1958 to 1962, when the actress was in her twenties. She appeared in twenty-eight episodes of the popular sitcom after replacing Diane Brewster, who played "Miss Canfield" both during the first season and in the 1980s television movies based on the series. Sue Randall's first appearance as Miss Landers was in the "Leave It to Beaver" episode "Ward's Problem," which originally aired on October 16, 1958. Primarily, Randall's roles on television were as a featured actor or supporting character, often
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Pamela Baird Pamela Baird (born Pamela Beaird on April 6, 1945) is an American former actress, best known for her role as "Mary Ellen Rogers", the girlfriend of "Wally Cleaver" on the classic sitcom, "Leave It to Beaver". She appeared in seven of the show's 235 episodes, but her name was mentioned in many other segments. Mary Ellen and Wally eventually wed, as they were shown as a married couple in the 1983 reunion movie "Still the Beaver" and the subsequent "The New Leave It to Beaver" series (in which Janice Kent played "Mary Ellen"). Prior to "Leave It to
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released starring young Cameron Finley as the Beaver. In "Still the Beaver" and "The New Leave It to Beaver", the Beaver is divorced from Kimberly (played by Joanna Gleason); the couple had two sons, Ward (named after his grandfather, he goes by the nickname Kip) and Oliver (whose nickname is Ollie). Kimberly and the Beaver had clashed over her dream of becoming a veterinarian, and that plus other problems had strained their marriage to its breaking point. The Beaver (who is unemployed) wins custody of his sons, although they have a stormy relationship because they resent having to move to
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from Season 1, but did not actually air until the third season on TBS. From this season onward, the show aired on TBS as "The New Leave It to Beaver". The New Leave It to Beaver The New Leave It to Beaver (also known as Still the Beaver) is an American sitcom sequel to the original 1957–1963 sitcom "Leave It to Beaver". The series began with the 1983 reunion television movie "Still the Beaver" that aired on CBS in March 1983. The success of the television movie prompted the creation of a revival series, also titled "Still the Beaver", that
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The New Leave It to Beaver The New Leave It to Beaver (also known as Still the Beaver) is an American sitcom sequel to the original 1957–1963 sitcom "Leave It to Beaver". The series began with the 1983 reunion television movie "Still the Beaver" that aired on CBS in March 1983. 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 1984 to 1985. In 1986, the series was picked up by TBS where it aired until June 1989. "The New Leave It to Beaver"
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Charla Doherty Charla Doherty (August 6, 1946 – May 29, 1988) was an American actress who had short-term roles on "Wagon Train" and "Dr. Kildare" before originating the role of Julie Olson on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives". Doherty played the role from 1965 until she left the series in 1967. She played the role of Melinda Neilson in the 1963 season of Leave It to Beaver in the episode "Don Juan Beaver." She played the role of Nancy in the 1965 movie "Village of the Giants". She played the role of Joanna Ramsey in the 1967 made-for-television
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regarding his misbehavior. "Leave It to Beaver" was created by the writers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, who found inspiration for dialogue and plot lines among their own children. The Beaver was based on Connelly's son Ricky. Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver was portrayed by Jerry Mathers in the pilot, "It's a Small World"; the original series; the spinoff telemovie, "Still the Beaver"; and the sequel series, "The New Leave It to Beaver". In the reunion telemovie and the sequel series, the Beaver is a divorced father of two children living at home with his widowed mother, June. In the later years,
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Beaver is re-married to Mary Ellen's sister, Rosemary, and they have a son, Theodore Jr. (Played by Francine Martin) In Beaver Grows, Beaver and Rosemary were expecting their second child born Easter Sunday: A baby girl named Addelyn Waldalie Maria Cleaver. (played by Kailee Kareson) Addelyn was pronounced stillborn at first, because the nurse wouldn't give Rosemary a candy bar. In the 1997 feature film adaptation of the original series "Leave It to Beaver", the Beaver was played by Cameron Finley. The Cleavers live in the fictional town of Mayfield. Ward is a white-collar, brief case-toting professional; he states he
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Buddy Hart Nathaniel "Buddy" Hart is an actor, best known for his child-actor role in the sitcom "Leave It to Beaver", in which he played the character of "Chester Anderson," a friend of Wally Cleaver. Hart appeared in 15 episodes of the show between 1957 and 1960. Hart was born on June 10, 1944, and is the son of John Hart, who, among other numerous acting credits, played "The Lone Ranger" for two seasons on the TV series of the same name. They appeared together in the Feb. 28, 1958 episode, "Lonesome Beaver". Hart’s film credits include "Outlaw's Son" (1957),
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a restaurant manager in the fourth-season episode "Beaver Won't Eat", while Dorothy Neumann, Otis Campbell's wife Rita on "The Andy Griffith Show", appeared in "The Community Chest" as a Mayfield housewife. Howard McNear, Mayberry's barber Floyd Lawson, played a barber in a second-season "Beaver" episode. Burt Mustin (Mayfield's Gus, the fireman) had a long career as Jud Fletcher on "The Andy Griffith Show" and Will Wright (Mayfield's first season Pete, the fireman) appeared on "The Andy Griffith Show" as Ben Weaver, a sour, miserly Mayberry department store owner. Phyllis Coates, who portrayed Lois Lane during the first season of "The
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1958 – February 17, 1962) becomes Beaver's third grade teacher in the second season, replacing Miss Canfield. She remains his teacher for several seasons. Beaver develops a crush on her but his joy turns sour when she announces her engagement to Tom Brittingham. Cornelia Rayburn (Doris Packer, October 4, 1957 – June 13, 1963) is the principal of Grant Ave. Grammar School and, later Beaver's teacher, after Miss Landers, replacing Mr. Bloomgarten. In the later seasons, Beaver has male, rather than female, teachers who include Mr. Willet and Mr. Blair, both played by Wendell Holmes. Wally's closest friends are archetypal
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Lumpy Stevens Edward "Lumpy" Stevens (1735 – 7 September 1819) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from around 1756 to 1789. He was an outstanding bowler who is generally regarded as the first great bowler in the game's history. He was universally known by his nickname and was always called "Lumpy" in contemporary scorecards and reports. Stevens was born in 1735 at Send, Surrey. The beginning of Stevens' career was before scorecards began to be kept on a regular basis. Stevens probably began playing in great matches around the mid-1750s at a time when bowlers still bowled
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CBS and later ABC. "Leave It to Beaver" also had a character named “Larry" – Larry Mondello, played by Rusty Stevens, the son of Margaret Mondello, played by character actress Madge Blake. "Leave It to Larry" aired on Tuesday at 8 p.m. before "The Red Buttons Show" on CBS and opposite Milton Berle’s "Texaco Star Theater" on NBC. In the 1953-1954 season, "The Gene Autry Show" replaced "Leave it to Larry" on the CBS schedule, and Red Buttons yielded to the long-running "The Red Skelton Show". Leave It to Larry Leave It to Larry is a 1952-1953 CBS sitcom starring
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Teacher of the Year Award while, in 2005, Ken Osmond was nominated for TV Land's Character Most Desperately in Need of a Timeout Award. "Leave It to Beaver" placed on Time's "The 100 Best TV Shows of All-Time" list. Bravo ranked Beaver 74th on their list of the 100 greatest TV characters. Leave It to Beaver Leave It to Beaver is an American television sitcom about an inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver (portrayed by Jerry Mathers), and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh
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Leave It to Beaver (season 1) The first season of the American television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver premiered on October 4, 1957 and concluded on July 16, 1958. It consisted of 39 episodes shot in black-and-white, each running approximately 25 minutes in length. This was the only season that the show originally aired on CBS. "Leave It to Beaver" debuted Friday, October 4, 1957 at 7:30 P.M. (EST) on CBS with "Beaver Gets 'Spelled". Mid-season, the show was rescheduled to Wednesday nights at 8:00 P.M. In the second season, the show would move to ABC. The first season
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Leave It to Larry Leave It to Larry is a 1952-1953 CBS sitcom starring Eddie Albert (1906–2005) as Larry Tucker, a shoe salesman who lives with his own family in the residence of his employer and father-in-law, Mr. Koppel, played by Ed Begley, Sr. (1901–1970). Joining Albert and Begley on the short-lived series were Betty Kean (1915–1986) as wife Amy Tucker; Glenn Walken (born 1945) as 7-year-old Stevie Tucker; and Lydia Schaffer in her only acting role, as daughter Harriet Tucker. The program aired five years before Jerry Mathers starred in the similarly titled "Leave It to Beaver", originally on
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Ellen Rogers and Alma Hanson, make appearances while new girlfriend Julie Foster is introduced. Wally's one-shot girlfriends this season include Kitty Bannerman, Margie Manners, and Ginny Townsend. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Leave It to Beaver (season 4) The fourth season of the American television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver premiered on October 1, 1960 and concluded on June 24, 1961. It consisted of 39 episodes shot in black-and-white, each running approximately 25 minutes in length. The fourth season of "Leave It to Beaver" debuted on ABC October 1, 1960 with "Beaver Won't Eat" and aired its last episode, "Substitute Father", June
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Leave It to Beaver (season 4) The fourth season of the American television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver premiered on October 1, 1960 and concluded on June 24, 1961. It consisted of 39 episodes shot in black-and-white, each running approximately 25 minutes in length. The fourth season of "Leave It to Beaver" debuted on ABC October 1, 1960 with "Beaver Won't Eat" and aired its last episode, "Substitute Father", June 24, 1961. At forty-thousand dollars, "In the Soup" (May 6, 1961) would be the most expensive episode produced during the series' run. Like the previous three seasons, the fourth
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and his bowling prowess earned him a job on the Walton-on-Thames estate of the Earl of Tankerville, a noted patron of the game. It is known that in a single wicket match on 22–23 May 1775, Stevens beat the great Hambledon batsman John Small three times with the ball going "through" the two stump wicket of the day. As a result of his protests, the patrons agreed that a third stump should be added. Lumpy Stevens Edward "Lumpy" Stevens (1735 – 7 September 1819) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from around 1756 to 1789. He was
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It's a Small World (Leave It to Beaver) "It's a Small World" is the pilot episode from the iconic American television series "Leave It to Beaver" (1957–1963). The pilot (originally proposed as "Wally and The Beaver") was first televised April 23, 1957, on the syndicated anthology series, "Studio 57", without a laugh track nor the series' well known theme song, "The Toy Parade". It never aired as an episode within the series. It was televised again in October 2007 as part of TV Land's 50th anniversary celebration of "Leave It to Beaver". It was released to DVD in 2005. The
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He was co-creator and executive producer of the PBS music specials, "," and an online series of music videos called, "Quick Hits." Talbot's first appearance as "Gilbert" on "Leave it to Beaver" was in a 1959 episode called "Beaver and Gilbert," where he plays a new kid in town who is prone to telling tall tales. Talbot's signature episode in the "Leave it to Beaver" series is "The School Picture" in which he (Gilbert) tricks the Beav into making a face during the annual class photo. In another memorable episode, "Long Distance Call," Gilbert convinces Beaver to place an expensive
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Cub Scout meeting than auditioning for the part. The producers found his candidness appealing and perfect for the role. Mathers played the Beaver for six years, appearing in all 234 episodes of the series. He was the first child actor ever to make a deal to get a percentage of the merchandising revenue from a television show. The "Leave It to Beaver" show still generates merchandise revenue today, many years after its original production run ended. The original sitcom has been shown in over 80 countries in 40 languages. Mathers has noted that the "Leave It to Beaver" phenomenon is
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features Ackmena (Bea Arthur) running the Mos Eisley cantina. Ackmena is approached by an admirer: Krelman, an amorous alien, who has misunderstood something she said to him recently. When the Empire announces the curfew, Ackmena announces last call, and when she is ignored, sings "Good Night, But Not Goodbye". Lumpy uses this opportunity to put his plan into motion, faking a repeated call for the Imperials to "return to base." They leave, but one stormtrooper stays behind and realizes they were tricked. He finds Lumpy and destroys the machine, then chases Lumpy outside. As they both run onto the deck,
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</onlyinclude> Leave It to Beaver (season 3) The third season of the American television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver premiered on October 3, 1959 and concluded on June 25, 1960. It consisted of 39 episodes shot in black-and-white, each running approximately 25 minutes in length. The third season of "Leave It to Beaver" debuted on ABC October 3, 1959, with "Blind Date Committee" and concluded its run June 25, 1960, with "Beaver's Team". The show moved from its Thursday time-slot to Saturday at 8:30 P.M., where it remained until September 1962, when it moved yet again for the final
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Leave It to Beaver (season 3) The third season of the American television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver premiered on October 3, 1959 and concluded on June 25, 1960. It consisted of 39 episodes shot in black-and-white, each running approximately 25 minutes in length. The third season of "Leave It to Beaver" debuted on ABC October 3, 1959, with "Blind Date Committee" and concluded its run June 25, 1960, with "Beaver's Team". The show moved from its Thursday time-slot to Saturday at 8:30 P.M., where it remained until September 1962, when it moved yet again for the final season.
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Leave It to Beaver (season 2) The second season of the American television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver premiered on October 2, 1958 and concluded on June 25, 1959. It consisted of 39 episodes shot in black-and-white, each running approximately 25 minutes in length. This was the first season that the show was originally aired on ABC after the first season was televised on CBS. "Leave It to Beaver" moved from CBS to ABC before the season debut and would remain with ABC for the rest of its run. The move is attributed to the show's sponsor, Ralston Purina,
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third season, "Blind Date Committee", the Cleavers are comfortably settled in the Pine Street house. No episode features the actual move. <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Leave It to Beaver (season 2) The second season of the American television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver premiered on October 2, 1958 and concluded on June 25, 1959. It consisted of 39 episodes shot in black-and-white, each running approximately 25 minutes in length. This was the first season that the show was originally aired on ABC after the first season was televised on CBS. "Leave It to Beaver" moved from CBS to ABC before the
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plans to attend a carnival with their pals. In her final appearance, Martha presses her wish that Beaver attend a hoity toity prep school on the east coast. Although Beaver gives the idea some consideration, he finally tells Martha he would rather attend Mayfield High with the friends he has known for years. In another inconsistency, Aunt Martha is sometimes referred to as living in Bellport. In The New Leave It To Beaver Aunt Martha appears in 2 episodes. She is played by Irene Tedrow. In a previous series, "Professional Father", in which Billingsley played the wife of a child
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children. Distinguished children's author Beverly Cleary published three softcover novels based on the series, "Leave It to Beaver" (1960), "Here's Beaver!" (1961), and "Beaver and Wally" (1961). Whitman Publishing printed "Leave It to Beaver: Fire!" (1962), a hardcover novel by Cole Fanin. In 1983, "The Beaver Papers" () by Will Jacobs and Gerard Jones was published. The book is a parody of a lost season comprising twenty-five episodes written in the style of various authors such as Tennessee Williams, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner – a 30th Anniversary Edition was published in 2013 by Atomic Drop Press. Dell Comics published
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six "Leave It to Beaver" comic books with photo covers of Beaver, Beaver and Wally, or Beaver and Ward. The first comic book (Four Color No. 912) is dated June 1958 and the last (Four Color No. 01-428-207) May–July 1962. In 2004, all six Dell "Leave It to Beaver" comic books in 'Near Mint' condition were valued in excess of two hundred dollars each. Three "Leave It to Beaver" juvenile board games were released in 1959 by toymaker Hasbro. The games were typical roll-and-move track games for two to four players. All three game box covers feature photographic portraits of
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Leave It to Beaver (season 6) The sixth and final season of the television series Leave It to Beaver aired from September 27, 1962 to June 20, 1963 on ABC. It consisted of 39 black-and-white episodes, each running approximately 25 minutes. The sixth season of "Leave It to Beaver" debuted on ABC September 27, 1962 with "Wally's Dinner Date" and aired its last episode, "Family Scrapbook", June 20, 1963. Like the previous five seasons, the sixth season consists of 39 black-and-white, full-screen, half-hour episodes (with ads) shot on 35mm film. In the opening sequence, the camera shows the Cleaver's front
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<onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Leave It to Beaver (season 5) The fifth season of the American television series Leave It to Beaver aired from September 30, 1961 to June 30, 1962 on ABC. It consisted of 39 black-and-white episodes, each running approximately 25 minutes. The fifth season of "Leave It to Beaver" debuted on ABC September 30, 1961 with "Wally Goes Steady" and aired its last episode, "Un-togetherness", June 30, 1962. Like the previous four seasons, the fifth season consists of 39 black-and-white, full-screen, half-hour episodes (with ads) shot on 35mm film. The opening sequence, as in the fourth season, shows the
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Leave It to Beaver (season 5) The fifth season of the American television series Leave It to Beaver aired from September 30, 1961 to June 30, 1962 on ABC. It consisted of 39 black-and-white episodes, each running approximately 25 minutes. The fifth season of "Leave It to Beaver" debuted on ABC September 30, 1961 with "Wally Goes Steady" and aired its last episode, "Un-togetherness", June 30, 1962. Like the previous four seasons, the fifth season consists of 39 black-and-white, full-screen, half-hour episodes (with ads) shot on 35mm film. The opening sequence, as in the fourth season, shows the front entrance
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Brewster played Miss Canfield on "Leave It to Beaver" for the first season on CBS in 1957-1958 and for the 1980s television revivals. Brewster appeared in the show's pilot, "It's a Small World," as Miss Simms, a secretary with a dairy company, and in four regular season episodes as Miss Canfield. In Episode 1 she appears in the credits as "Diana Brewster", a mistake which was corrected in her next appearance in Episode 8. Brewster was replaced by Sue Randall as "Miss Landers" on the second season of "Leave It to Beaver". In 1957, she co-starred with George Montgomery in
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in 31 of the 235 "Leave It to Beaver" episodes. Weil quit acting when she was dropped from "Leave It to Beaver" in October 1960. She is currently a writer as well as realtor with Prudential John Aaroe and Associates Realty in the Studio City area of Los Angeles. Jeri Weil Jeri Warner Weil (born May 15, 1948, in California), billed professionally as Jeri Weil, is an American former child actress, best known for her role as Judy Hensler in the classic television series "Leave It to Beaver". Prior to being cast on "Leave It to Beaver", Weil had appeared
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Rusty Stevens Robert "Rusty" Stevens (born November 25, 1948) is an American former child actor best remembered for his role as Larry Mondello, Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver's young friend, in the original "Leave It to Beaver" television series. Stevens appeared in 68 of the show's 235 episodes, between 1957 and 1960. Stevens was reported to have left the show in 1960 because his family moved from Burbank to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Barbara Billingsley, who played "June Cleaver" on the series, said in a TV Archive interview that Stevens was dropped because his overbearing mother caused grief for the producers of the series.
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Jerry Mathers as Beaver. "Leave It to Beaver Money Maker Game" suggests one of the show's recurrent themes – Beaver's attempts to make money. Equipment includes a center-seamed board with illustrations of Beaver and Ward. One player distributes and collects money as "Father". "Leave It to Beaver Rocket to the Moon Space Game", rather than using dice or a spinner to advance players along the track, employs a rocket-shaped cone that is flipped onto a board to determine the number of spaces to be moved. "Leave It to Beaver Ambush Game" is a track game with an Old West theme.
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student at Mayfield High School, while the younger Oliver attends Grant Avenue School. Beaver Cleaver Theodore "the Beaver" Cleaver is the fictional title character in the American television series "Leave It to Beaver". Originally played by Jerry Mathers, seven-year-old ("almost eight") Beaver is the son of June and Ward Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont) and the brother of 13-year-old Wally Cleaver (Tony Dow). The Beaver prefers "messin' around" with his pals and reading comic books to attending church or taking dance lessons. Most episodes in the series feature the Beaver getting into trouble at home, in school, or around
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Beaver Cleaver Theodore "the Beaver" Cleaver is the fictional title character in the American television series "Leave It to Beaver". Originally played by Jerry Mathers, seven-year-old ("almost eight") Beaver is the son of June and Ward Cleaver (Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont) and the brother of 13-year-old Wally Cleaver (Tony Dow). The Beaver prefers "messin' around" with his pals and reading comic books to attending church or taking dance lessons. Most episodes in the series feature the Beaver getting into trouble at home, in school, or around the neighborhood and then receiving timely and appropriate moral instruction from his father
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the house and he decides to read to the Beaver. Cameos by actors and actresses from the television series The film was poorly received by critics, as it currently holds a rating of 21% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 28 reviews. The film grossed an estimated $10,925,062 in the United States and Canada. Compared to its $15 million budget, it was a flop. Leave It to Beaver (film) Leave It to Beaver is a 1997 comedy film adapted from the television series of the same name. Many in-jokes related to the series pepper the film. It features all the original
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"Horace Vandergelder" in the long-running musical "Hello, Dolly!", reuniting him onstage with Diller, who played the musical's zany title character. In 1983, Deacon reprised his role of Fred Rutherford in the television movie "Still the Beaver", a sequel to the TV series "Leave it to Beaver", which aired from 1957 to 1963. When the television movie spawned a series of the same name on The Disney Channel, he was to reprise the role once again but passed away weeks before the series began production. In 1984, Deacon had a cameo role in the teen comedy film "Bad Manners" (also known
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"Leave It to Beaver". "TV Guide" dubbed the show "the sleeper of the 1957-58 season". But the season did not break into the Nielsen Top 20. It was in the first season, however, that the show received its only Emmy nominations in its history: the first nomination, for Best New Program Series of the Year, and the second, for Best Teleplay Writing - Half Hour or Less (Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher) for the premiere episode, "Beaver Gets 'Spelled". <onlyinclude> </onlyinclude> Leave It to Beaver (season 1) The first season of the American television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver
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to the North Pole. After coming across two paths, they begin to wonder which way to go. Darby suggests that they should follow the North Star. Roo, Lumpy, and Holly get separated from the others and fall down a pit. After many failed attempts to get out, the others arrive using Tigger as a rope to get them out. With Lumpy the only one out of reach, Tigger uses his mask as an extra rope to get him out, but it breaks and falls in the pit, but he was able to get Lumpy out. After being forced to leave
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friends in two episodes. Ken Osmond played a delivery boy in a season two episode and a smart-aleck kid whose carelessness causes a forest fire in the season four episode "The Cub Scout". Except for Beaumont, who had died in 1982, and Stanley Fafara, who was replaced as Whitey by Ed Begley, Jr., the main cast appeared in the reunion telemovie "Still the Beaver" (1983). The film followed adult Beaver's struggle to reconcile his recent divorce and single parenthood, while facing the possibility of his widowed mother selling their childhood home. June Cleaver is later elected to the Mayfield City
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explains that the machine is only capable of logging molecules of a given entity. Lumpy attacks her, and Bubblegum forces her to leave. Lamenting at a bar, she meets Johnnie (Mark Proksch), a former mate at their secondary school. Johnnie confesses his anxiety regarding a scheduled interview with Bubblegum for a business venture. Lumpy advises that he fix his posture as to appear more confident. Johnnie thanks Lumpy for her advice and invites her to his complex. Looking through Johnnie's record collection, Lumpy Space Princess finds a copy of Frank Zappa's album Apostrophe (') and plays a joke by putting
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months earlier when he knocked on her door asking for permission to cut across her parents property to go ice fishing. After catching a fish, Lumpy falls through the ice and is rescued by Ramsey. He takes her back to his hotel room where they both get cleaned up but end up having an argument after he asks her to leave. The hotel clerk calls the police on Lumpy and he is arrested, but released after Ramsey shows the police the fishing hole and accident. After this, Lumpy begins visiting Ramsey more frequently and the two develop a close friendship.
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also in this region. The Alluvial Fan trail leads to a bridge over the river that had been the site of the Lawn Lake Flood. Lumpy Ridge Trail leads to Paul Bunyan's Boot at about from the trailhead, then Gem Lake, and a further to Balanced Rock. Black Canyon Trail intersects Cow Creek Trail, forming part of the Gem Lake loop which goes through the old McGregor Ranch valley, passing Lumpy Ridge rock formations, with a loop hike that goes into the McGraw Ranch valley. Cow Creek Trail follows Cow Creek, with its many beaver ponds, extending past the Bridal
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his two sons. When the sequel series begins in 1985, Wally and Mary Ellen are the parents of a 10-year-old daughter, Kelly (Kaleena Kiff). In 1987, Mary Ellen gives birth to their second child, Kevin (who was age advanced to 3 years old in the fall 1987 season and played by Troy Davidson). The family lives at 213 Pine Street ... next door to his widowed mother June, Beaver, and Beaver's sons; Ward had died shortly before the events of "Still the Beaver" take place (series star Hugh Beaumont had died in 1982). In 1997, the feature film "Leave It
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two sons; eldest son Freddie (played by Ken Osmond's real-life son, Eric Osmond), who was every inch his father's son – right down to the dual-personality, and a younger son, Eddie, Jr., aka "Bomber" (played by Osmond's younger real-life son, Christian Osmond), who was often away at military school, but would periodically come home to visit. The show proved to be a scheduling headache for CBS and ABC, airing on four different evenings (Wednesday through Saturday) during the series' run. CBS first broadcast the show on Friday, October 4, 1957, at 7:30 pm (EST) opposite "Saber of London" on NBC
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Stanley Fafara Stanley Albert Fafara (September 20, 1949 – September 20, 2003) was an American child actor, best known for his role as Hubert "Whitey" Whitney in the original "Leave It to Beaver" television series. His older brother, Tiger, played "Tooey W. Brown" in the series. Fafara was born in San Francisco, California. In 1957, at the age of 7, his mother took him to an open casting call for a new family television series titled "Leave It To Beaver". He had been working in commercials and television westerns since the age of 4. He earned the part of "Whitey"
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of "The New Leave It To Beaver", which it picked up after that series was canceled by The Disney Channel in 1985. (TBS's addition of "The New Leave It To Beaver" to its lineup also coincided with the original "Leave it to Beaver" airing in reruns on the channel, as Ted Turner felt that the former would make a good programming fit with the latter.) On September 7, 1987, the "W" from the "WTBS" callsign was dropped from the superstation's on-air branding – changing its name to SuperStation TBS – in order to emphasize the channel's national programming prominence, with
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psychologist (Stephen Dunne), there was also an "Aunt Martha", the aunt of Billingsley's character. Martha Bronson Martha Bronson is a fictional recurring character in the American television sitcom "Leave It to Beaver". "Aunt Martha," as she is known in the series, appears in five of the show's 234 episodes and is mentioned occasionally but not seen. The character is portrayed by Madge Kennedy. In the 1997 film adaptation of the series, "Leave It to Beaver", Aunt Martha is played by Barbara Billingsley. Billingsley portrayed June Cleaver in the original series. Aunt Martha (Bronson) is June Cleaver's spinster aunt. June credits
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Martha Bronson Martha Bronson is a fictional recurring character in the American television sitcom "Leave It to Beaver". "Aunt Martha," as she is known in the series, appears in five of the show's 234 episodes and is mentioned occasionally but not seen. The character is portrayed by Madge Kennedy. In the 1997 film adaptation of the series, "Leave It to Beaver", Aunt Martha is played by Barbara Billingsley. Billingsley portrayed June Cleaver in the original series. Aunt Martha (Bronson) is June Cleaver's spinster aunt. June credits Martha with raising her and says Aunt Martha was practically the only mother she
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late 1970s to the mid-1980s, Leave It To Beaver gained in popularity. In Chicago, the show aired on a shaky independent station 44 WSNS. But when WSNS began to phase in subscription TV in 1980, they did not renew and WGN-TV, which also became a Superstation picked it up. So in the early 1980s the show was airing in most large, major, and medium TV markets. Still, TBS and WGN showed it for many years in the late 1980s and into the 90s (TBS sometimes running it back-to-back with the "New Leave It to Beaver" on occasion), and briefly on
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the series pilot, "It's a Small World" which aired in April 1957. In the 1997 film adaptation of the original series, "Leave It to Beaver", Wally is portrayed by Erik von Detten. Tony Dow (Wally Cleaver) starred in an episode of "Mr.Ed talking horse. "Leave it to Beaver" was created by writers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher, who found inspiration among their own children for plot lines and dialogue. Wally is based on Connelly's son, Jay. Wally is the "all-American" boy. He is an intelligent, polite teenager, who is trusted by his parents, popular with his peers, and liked by
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set entitled "Leave It to Beaver: 20 Timeless Episodes. In spite of solid and consistent ratings, "Leave It to Beaver" never climbed into the Nielsen's top-30 though similar sitcoms of the period like "Father Knows Best", "The Donna Reed Show", "The Real McCoys", and "Dennis the Menace" managed to do so. "Leave It to Beaver" faced stiff competition in its time slots. During its next to last season, for example, the show ran against "The Defenders", a program examining highly charged courtroom cases about abortion and the death penalty. In its final season, the show was up against "Perry Mason"
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was produced called "Still the Beaver", again starring Jerry Mathers and other original cast members. The series lasted one season on the Disney Channel before being picked up by TBS in 1986 and renamed "The New Leave It to Beaver". The series aired until 1989. In "Still the Beaver" and "The New Leave It to Beaver", Wally is married to high school-sweetheart Mary Ellen and is an attorney engaged in private practice. Although it is not specified what Wally's exact specialties are, he did serve as Beaver's attorney during his brother's divorce and was able to win Beaver custody of
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"Happy Tree Friends" features a variety of characters, each with varying appearances and personalities. However, almost all share identical Pac-Man eyes, boot-shaped feet, buckteeth, and pink heart-shaped noses; characters include Cuddles, a yellow bunny, Giggles, a pink chipmunk, Toothy, a mauve-colored beaver, Lumpy, a blue moose, Petunia, a blue skunk, Handy, an orange beaver with amputated hands, Nutty, a green squirrel, Sniffles, a light blue anteater, Flaky, a red porcupine, Disco Bear, a gold-orange bear, Lifty & Shifty, 2 olive raccoons, Flippy, a green army veteran bear, etc. While working on Mondo Media, Rhode Montijo drew on a piece of
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Tony Dow Tony Lee Dow (born April 13, 1945) is an American film producer, director, sculptor, and television actor. He is best known for his role in the television sitcom "Leave It to Beaver", which ran in primetime from 1957 to 1963. Dow played Wally Cleaver, the elder son of June (played by Barbara Billingsley) and Ward Cleaver (played by Hugh Beaumont) and the brother of Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver (played by Jerry Mathers). Dow was born in Hollywood, California, to John Stevens Dow, Jr. (1908–1987), a designer and general contractor, and Muriel Virginia Dow (née Montrose) (May 27, 1906 –
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1968, Jerry Mathers appeared in "Lassie and the 4-H Boys", an episode about two teen brothers quarreling over the disposition of a prize-winning bull, while, the same year, Tony Dow appeared with Jan-Michael Vincent as a hippie-type character in a three-part story called "Hanford's Point". Stephen Talbot (Gilbert) was featured in two episodes of "Lassie" in 1959, "The Flying Machine" and "Growing Pains". Before their commitments to "Leave It to Beaver", "Tiger" Fafara appeared in one "Lassie" episode while Madge Blake made appearances in two episodes. In the 1960–61 season, Richard Correll played Steve Johnson, one of Timmy Martin's Calverton
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and 234 episodes, the writers could have come up with a better origin story. In 1983, CBS aired the reunion telemovie "Still the Beaver" starring Jerry Mathers. Other members of the original series cast reprised their roles. In 1985, a sequel to the original series was produced called "Still the Beaver", again starring Jerry Mathers and other original cast members. The series lasted one season on the Disney Channel before being picked up by TBS in 1986 and renamed "The New Leave It to Beaver". The series aired until 1989. In 1997, the feature film "Leave It to Beaver" was
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Professional Father Professional Father is an American situation comedy that aired from January to July 1955 on CBS. The series stars Stephen Dunne. It replaced "That's My Boy" in the CBS schedule. Dr. Tom Wilson (Dunne) is a child psychologist who is successful with his patients but less than effective with his own family. Barbara Billingsley, two years before she was cast as the concerned mother in "Leave It to Beaver", played Tom's wife, Helen Wilson.Beverly Washburn starred as daughter Kathryn "Kit" Wilson. Ted Marc portrayed the son, Tom Wilson, Jr., or "Twig". Phyllis Coates and Joseph Kearns played the
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lessons for the parents through the adventures of their boys. She was included in Yahoo!'s Top 10 TV Moms from Six Decades of Television for the time period 1957-1963. June is played by Barbara Billingsley in both the pilot, "It's a Small World" (which aired in April 1957 on "Studio '57"), and in the original television series. Billingsley also plays the character in the show's television reunion movie, "Still the Beaver" (1983), and the show's sequel series, "The New Leave It to Beaver" (1985—1989). In the sequel series, Wally and Beaver are both parents, and June is a grandmother. Janine
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Leave It to Beaver (Veronica Mars) "Leave It to Beaver" is the twenty-second and final episode of the first season of the American television series "Veronica Mars". Series creator Rob Thomas wrote the story, and collaborated with Diane Ruggiero to write the teleplay. The season finale was directed by Michael Fields, and was first aired on May 10, 2005 in the United States on UPN. The finale concludes the storyline of Lilly Kane's murder, as Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) finally discovers the identity of the murderer after investigating the mystery with her father Keith Mars (Enrico Colantoni) throughout the season.
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result, "Leave It To Beaver" ended its network run on June 20, 1963. The series finale, "Family Scrapbook", was directed by Hugh Beaumont, written by Connelly and Mosher, and is regarded as being one of the first sitcom episodes written expressly as a series finale. Several "Leave It to Beaver" performers appeared on the CBS television series "Lassie". Hugh Beaumont had yet to snag his role as Ward Cleaver when he appeared in "The Well", one of the two pilots filmed for the series. The episode was filmed in color and aired monochromatically in the series' first season (1954). In
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acquired Bellanca monoplane for Lindbergh’s trans-atlantic flight unless his company could choose the pilot. His best-known roles are milksop Mel Cooley (producer of "The Alan Brady Show") on CBS's "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961–1966) and Fred Rutherford on "Leave It to Beaver" (1957–1963), although Deacon played Mr. Baxter in the 1957 "Beaver" pilot episode "It's a Small World". He co-starred as Tallulah Bankhead's butler in a classic episode of "The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour" called "The Celebrity Next Door". Deacon played Roger Buell on the second season of TV's "The Mothers-in-Law" (1967–1969), having replaced Roger C. Carmel in the role.
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Spanking Machine Spanking Machine is the debut album by American punk rock band Babes in Toyland, released in 1990. The working title of the album was "Swamp Pussy", which later ended up becoming the opening song on the album. The album title was later changed to "Spanking Machine," after the "spanking machine" from an episode of "Leave It to Beaver" titled "The Price of Fame."<ref name="starpulse.com, "Leave It to Beaver: The Price of Fame Summary, Cast and Crew" http://www.starpulse.com/Movies/Leave_It_to_Beaver%3A_The_Price_of_Fame-V339371/ Retrieved on June 11, 2010.">starpulse.com, "Leave It to Beaver: The Price of Fame Summary, Cast and Crew" http://www.starpulse.com/Movies/Leave_It_to_Beaver%3A_The_Price_of_Fame-V339371/ Retrieved on June
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Getting to this reveal was worth the season-long wait." BuzzFeed listed the episode as the second best episode of the series, calling it "one of the most intense, thrilling, and emotional episodes of the show." On a similar list, TV Line ranked the episode as the fourth best episode of the show. Leave It to Beaver (Veronica Mars) "Leave It to Beaver" is the twenty-second and final episode of the first season of the American television series "Veronica Mars". Series creator Rob Thomas wrote the story, and collaborated with Diane Ruggiero to write the teleplay. The season finale was directed
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as "Beaver" Cleaver's second-grade teacher "Miss Canfield" in "Leave It to Beaver" and as gambler "Samantha Crawford" in "Maverick" opposite James Garner and Jack Kelly as well as in a single episode of "Cheyenne", played the role of Miss Lynn Harrison in the 2-part episode "The Conspiracy" (1959). Kevin Hagen appeared as Ace Williams in "The Fourth Man" (1961). Lon Chaney, Jr. played the role of Rance Fletcher in "Bat Trap" (1961). The series was loosely based on Richard O'Connor's 1957 biography of Masterson. This was highlighted by the book's front cover being shown at the end of the closing
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Slime Princess's whole being while the losers are caged up. Finn, Jake and Lumpy Space Princess enter, but lose, only to learn that by losing they still get absorbed. While Finn manages to grab the crown, Jake gets fully absorbed into Slime Princess forcing Lumpy Space Princess to save Finn, revealing in the process that 'her lumps' protect her from corruption. They are ejected from Slime Princess and forced to leave. Finn is saddened at the loss of Jake, but Lumpy Space Princess explains that Finn and Jake always win which inspires Finn to continue his mission. Sometime later, Finn,
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of radio and early television found inspiration for the show's characters, plots and dialogue in the lives, experiences and conversations of their own children. "Leave It to Beaver" is one of the first primetime sitcom series written from a child's point of view. 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 of middle-class American boyhood. In a typical episode, Beaver gets into some sort of boyish scrape, then faces his parents for reprimand and correction. Neither parent was omniscient; the series often showed
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Leave It to Beaver Leave It to Beaver is an American television sitcom about an inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver (portrayed by Jerry Mathers), and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the United States, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century. The show was created by the writers Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher. These veterans
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