Leave It To Beaver: The Complete Series (Shout Factory)

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  1. jdlaw

    jdlaw Forum Resident

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    Also in regards to the latter seasons, any excuse to not give screen time to Gilbert was a good one! I didn't like that manipulating little brat from his very first appearance! :laugh:
     
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  2. mark renard

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    And he always had to "go home" right before the crap hit the fan!! :laugh:
     
  3. PaulKTF

    PaulKTF Senior Member Thread Starter

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    Hey, Gilbert's mom didn't raise no dummy! :)
     
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  4. MikeInFla

    MikeInFla Glad to be out of Florida

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    Here's some info from Stephen Talbot (Gilvert Bates) on Jerry's website:

    Steve Talbot - My Leave it to Beaver Pal! - The Official Jerry Mathers Website

    He used to frequent the boards on IMBD and answered a lot of questions so I was disappointed when IMBD disabled their discussions.

    One story I remember which was quite interesting is when he wrote about running for some type of school (college) election. He was defeated when his oppenent made up posters with a picture of him saying "Gee Beav, I don't know..." and something along the lines of "would you trust this guy?". He said it cost him the election.

    He has pretty much distanced himself from the show so I find it odd that he wrote a nice piece on Jerry's site.

    Here's another article he wrote last year:

    The Day the Beaver Died: Reflections on Becoming an Anti-War Activist
     
  5. I recently watched Alfred Hitchcock's 1955 film "The Trouble With Harry". I'd never seen it before. It begins with a little boy discovering a dead body in the Vermont woods. And guess who played the boy?
     
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  7. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    Jerry Mathers! : )
     
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  9. milankey

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    I was always a big Leave It To Beaver fan. Kind of a coincidence that my grandparents are buried near Barbara Billingsley in Woodlawn Cemetery in Santa Monica.
    Irene Ryan is there too. So is Hal Smith (Otis the drunk in Mayberry).
     
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  11. PhilBorder

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    Debris? In Mayfield? It must have come from Crystal Falls.
     
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  13. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

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  14. indy mike

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    The Beav's monotone voice is unmistakable, but he does a bang-up job bashing away on his guitar. :cool:
     
  15. JamieC

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    You know, I grew up with Beaver. Watched them all in first run and then ad nauseum in syndication. I would venture I have seen every episode a dozen times. Then I grew up.
    Ran into it a few years ago on cable and realized I had no nostalgia for it at all. It just hasn't aged well for me.
    Beaver was annoying, and stupid even for a little kid, Wally was a dork, and June and Ward were unbelievably dumb and dull. Wanting to punch Eddie Haskell in the face is not a draw. The best thing in the show was the Wilsons, and then he died and things got weird with Mr Wilsons "brother" moving in with Mrs Wilson.

    I would rather watch the Rascals.
     
  16. signothetimes53

    signothetimes53 Senior Member

    I think you're remembering a piece of "Dennis The Menace" here...
     
  17. jason88cubs

    jason88cubs Forum Resident

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    Been years since I watched it but always enjoyed it

    I'm a sucker for black and white tv shows. Makes me feel the world was a better place
     
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  18. milankey

    milankey Forum Resident

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    I'm wondering what he's on about with the Wilsons too. Kind of ruins the point of the whole argument if he comes off as confused.
     
  19. JamieC

    JamieC Senior Member

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    Yeah that one too........
     
  20. JamieC

    JamieC Senior Member

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    Yeah I'm usually more coherent. Somehow my train of thought got derailed. I looked at it twice before posting:doh:

    Just ignore that last part:whistle:
     
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  21. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    yes, the music is great! LOL...
     
  22. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    ...
    for me it's the time...being in real time with the TV Show.
     
  23. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    LOL...tell us more. : ) they were a fine family and I wouldn't have minded being the boys friend. Didn't we all know an Eddie back then? I know I did...Oh yea, I LOVE the Rascals!
     
  24. dance_hall_keeper

    dance_hall_keeper Forum Resident

    Until viewing this box set, I never realized how popular the word "clobbered" was in the series.
     
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  25. MikeInFla

    MikeInFla Glad to be out of Florida

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    Or "give the business" and "hunk o' cake"
     
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