1. The Reason June Cleaver Always Wore Heels and Pearls
2. Beaver Gets Turned Down by the Marines for being Too American
3. Eddie Haskell Grows up to be a Cop
Describe someone today as an " Eddie Haskell" and most people will immediately know what you intend . Actor Ken Osmond played the fulsome and fulsome Eddie to such perfection that 40 class later his character is a ethnic reference book . Osmond ( no relation to the singing home ) , like Mathers , was the theme of a couple of urban legends . Just to clarify " “ he did n’t grow up to be either blow - rocker Alice Cooper or porn whiz John Holmes . He grew up to be an L.A. police ship’s officer who was shoot three meter in the line of duty and was saved by his body armour . Enjoy this minute of distinctive Eddie behavior as he smoothly transition from sucking up to the parents to getting Wally and Beav in a heap o ' problem :
4. Why Mr. Cleaver Resented the Show
Hugh Beaumont was a deeply spiritual man and obtained his Master of Theology level from USC in 1946 . He only turned to playacting after he was assigned as pastor to a community of interests that could n’t afford to give him . To affix his income , he first did ads and serials on radio . When he made the transition to video , he was usually put as the " bad guy" untilLeave It to Beavercame along . Beaumont was always professional on the curing and friendly to the shaver , but he harbored a recondite sadness that he blamed on the show . He live with his family part of the twelvemonth in Minnesota , and he usually drove his crew to L.A. when it was time to work . However , because filming on Beaver began rather abruptly after the pilot sold , Beaumont had to pilot to California , leaving his son Hunter to ram Beaumont ’s wife and her mother out west . Hunter lost control condition of the railcar along the means , and Beaumont ’s mother - in - law was kill in the wreck .
5. A Pool of Talent
6. Lumpy Pulls a Wilt Chamberlain
What ’s your favourite Beaver installment ? The one where he falls into the giant soup bowling ball ? Or maybe the one where Wally insists on being provide to buy his own suit and returns home with a multi - pocketed chicken plaid number ? It ’s strong for me to choose , but I tend to angle toward " Wally ’s Haircomb,“ where Wally acquire the latest hairstyle , the Jellyroll . The producers let the hearing know just how subversive and replication - cultural this flair was by playing wild hep - cat euphony every time the greasy " ˜do was express onscreen . Do take clock time after watching this clip to share your LITB memories .
