Comments on: 6 Things You Didn’t Know About Leave It To Beaver!

By: jw

jw — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:24:47 +0000

Marty, that’s a different Hugh Beaumont. The one you are talking about was British.

By: Carroll Peterson

Carroll Peterson — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:38:00 +0000

I met Tony and Jerry at a dinner theatre in Indianapolis. It was a joy to shake their hands, get a smile, and get their autographs.

In one episode of Bewitched, Jimmy Mathers played a neighbour kid.

By: dirk alan

dirk alan — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:26:00 +0000

my fave ep is when eddie gets the beve and larry to knock over a liquor store.

By: Jerry Walker

Jerry Walker — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:16:00 +0000

I liked ALL of the episodes. Do they have any on DVD?

By: TVSciFi

TVSciFi — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:42:00 +0000

The kid that played Gilbert went on to become a reporter for NBC TV.

Also there’s this funny shot at Shorpy.com, where they freeze frame on a letter Ward is reading. It has some humorous comments from the prop department.
Search for Leave it to Beaver.

By: vicmeister

vicmeister — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:51:00 +0000

“Unlike his TV brother, Tony Dow had no previous acting experience. A Junior Olympics diving champion, he went to his first audition at the request of the lifeguard who worked at the pool where he worked out. (The lifeguard was up for a role and needed an athletic youth who could dive off of cliffs to play his son.) That particular pilot didnâ€™t sell, but the producers remembered Dow when they were casting the role of Beaverâ€™s older brother, a high school jock who lettered in almost every sport.”

Tony Dow was much younger than high school age at the beginning of the series. Clearly not a high school jock or junior olympics diving champion at the time he auditioned for the show.

By: Barndude

Barndude — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:31:00 +0000

I once had the distinct pleasure to be served milk and cookies at an NAB convention by Barbara Billingsly. She was the kindest, sweetest person of all the celebrities I have ever met. When I bring up, (somewhat frequently when I am in my pints) stars I have met, she is the top! Her role in Airplane! is the greatest playing-against-type in the history of Hollywood, and that includes Henry Fonda in OUTITW. I do adore that woman.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:30:00 +0000

Is there a Gee Wiz drinking game associated with LITb? If not, there should be.

By: danny

danny — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 18:39:00 +0000

Beaver looked like young Wolverine at the end of “Wally’s Haircomb”

By: Ashbourne

Ashbourne — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:18:00 +0000

I saw Jerry Mathers ten years ago in a mall in Birmingham Alabama. He spoke to an audience of five about his diabetes. My brother meets famous people all the time. I have Jerry and Emo Phillips.