LEAVE IT TO BEAVER 🌟 THEN AND NOW 2020

you [Music] the cleavers were the perfect nuclear family in the perfect suburbia of fictional may felt USA where was Mayfield situated in the Midwest perhaps or near the ocean it could have been anywhere in America and that is one reason why live it to Beaver struck a chord with viewers from 1957 to 1963 beaver and his big brother Wally grew up before the audience's eyes the boys got into scrapes and developed crushes while their ideal parents Juna Ward steered them straight the serious still resonates as a quaint reminder of a bygone era but it was surprisingly revolutionary for its time it was rather novel to tell stories through children's perspectives Leave It to Beaver also went out on its own terms as we will see as always you were watching how they changed and let's take a look at some fascinating facts about the show that will make you say golly before he was the beaver Jerry Mathers was little rocky on I Love Lucy well for once seen at least an uncredited Mathers appeared and Lucy's lap in Ricky's old girlfriend when she dreams that her husband has left her for his old squeeze Coolatta Romero the to beg for money outside a theater as Ricky and his new bride dropped coins in their cups this isn't three episode aired in 1953 four years before beaver kicked off the show was launched the same days Sputnik as live at - beaver was premiering on CBS on the 4th of October 1957 the Soviet Union was celebrating the launch of its Patna Kwon satellite it was the first television program to show a toilet it was just a tank but the appearance of a toilet on screen was TV first the boys were often in the bathroom of their bedroom in this case in the episode Captain Jack well it puts an alligator in the toilet tank telling the creature to aquarium the first episode in production order Captain Jack was intended to be the premier but instead aired the second week it was originally called it's a small world the pilot for the series titled it's a small world arid as an installment of the anthology series Hein studio 57 Harry Shara of this is spinal tap and the Simpsons appeared in the episode as bicycle Punk another potential title was Wally and the beaver but the corporate sponsor worried that it sounded too much like a nature program a growth spurt led to new Valley Falls Sullivan originally portrait Valley in the pilot he was reportedly replaced because he went through a growth spurt after film of the episode enter Tony Dow who only turned up in the studio to the company a friend who was auditioning it was cancelled after its first season despite its legendary status livets beaver was not a smash hit at the time after the first season ended in 1957 CBS axed the series fortunately ABC swept in and rescued it it would air on ABC for its remaining five seasons in the soup was the most expensive episode ABC did not skimp on the budget in season four episode in the soup Bieber gets stuck inside a giant bowl of soup in a billboard he wanted to see if there was real soup in there naturally the episode cost fifty thousand dollars which is little over $400,000 in today's money it never broke into the top 30 throughout its run liberty beaver never cracked the list of Nelson's top 30 rated shows that put it behind the lesser remembered series like the Garry Moore Show the Ford show and the in southern show it's no real knock there were a lot of classic shows on at the time Mathers was the first child actor to get a cut of the merchandise revenue while it may not have lit up the charts beaver nevertheless spawned truckloads of tie-ins from bird games to comic books mothers got a cut of all of it which was revolutionary for a preteen Congrats to his agent and parents Beverly Cleary wrote delivered to Beaver novels speaking of merchandise National Book Award in Newbery Medal winner Beverly Cleary creative Ramona and three tiny novels she was not particularly fond of the work it was a boring work she told the LA Times I'm not used to writing prayers by the yard and I received several letters saying the books were better than the movie I cut out dear all dads philosophizing the family was forced to move in the middle of the series the cleavers move from 485 mapleton drive to 2 1 1 Pine Street it was a production reason for the reuleaux the facade of the original home was located on the Republic Studios lot and the show switched its production to Universal the Pine Street home was also used in Marcus Welby MD and Desperate Housewives some jokes were removed from the screams gee Wally the serious aimed at an even level of amusement and intentionally avoided riotous laughter of the I Love Lucy sort Tony doubt old AARP magazine if any line got too much of a laugh they take it out they didn't want a Big Love they wanted chuckles there were practical reasons Barbara Billingsley wore pearls and high heels June's formal attire wasn't just about style she wore pearls to conceal a big Hollow in her neck as she confessed in an interview she switched from flats to high hills to appear taller as the boys grew I was lucky they didn't put me in an Apple box she joked it served up one of the TV's first intentional series finales at the time most series were unceremoniously car from the skate Hill but as well he was about to enter college and as mother's yearned to attend high school in real life this shoe had reached a natural end in family scrapbook livid beaver said farewell with a nostalgic look back plus we finally learned why he was called beaver few serious plans there end in the 1960s outside of Howdy Doody and the fugitive they were several reunions of course that was not the end the TV movie still the beaver brought the game back in 1983 followed by a sequel series then you leave it to beaver which rang a surprising 105 episodes Jerry mother's woo his Cub Scout uniform to his audition the five year old actor already had a long list of credits behind him after being discovered at a Los Angeles department store however when he arrived for what would become his most well remembered world he was more concerned about it being over with in time for him to make his Cub Scout meeting mother says endearing honesty and integrity instantly confirmed he was the perfect cater for the job well he was a real-life job before the show Tony Dow was an avid swimmer and junior Olympian in fact he owes his acting career to lifeguard who attended his gene the lifeguard happened to be auditioning for other roles when he heard about the athletic team character who letters in every high school sport and recommended thou audition Holly you can still visit the cleaver home when the production moved to Universal Studios backlot they build a new version of their house that still remained standing which you can see for yourself while enjoying a tour of their lot mother's got discovered while shopping in more technically he was probably taken along but Jerry mother's was shopping with his mother when he was scouted by photographer the two year ruled mothers was recruited as model for her children's clothing catalog catapulting his acting career in commercials films and TV shows at five years old he was professionally ready for his role as Theodore cleaver starting out young in show business is ideal and this appeared as day gave mother's the ticket in a good reminder to look your best even when getting dish soap from Target don't forget to leave a like subscribe and share this video with fans take care [Music] [Music]

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Length: 10min 3sec (603 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 16 2020