Barbara Billingsley as June Cleaver Hugh Beaumont as Ward Cleaver Tony Dow as Wallace 'Wally' Cleaver Jerry Mathers as Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver Ken Osmond as Eddie Haskell Frank Bank as Clarence 'Lumpy' Rutherford Richard Deacon as Fred Rutherford Robert 'Rusty' Stevens as Larry Mondello Madge Blake as Mrs. Mondello
Leave It To Beaver: The Complete First Season (Limited Edition Lunchbox) All 39 episodes from the premiere season--including "Captain Jack," "The Haircut," "Beaver's Crush," "Wally's Girl Trouble," and "The State vs. Beaver"--are presented in a three-disc set. Includes the unaired pilot. Special edition comes in collectible lunchbox packaging, and includes a "Cleaver Family Album." Leave It To Beaver: The Complete First Season [DVD](1957) DVD All 39 episodes from the premiere season--including "Captain Jack," "The Haircut," "Beaver's Crush," "Wally's Girl Trouble," and "The State vs. Beaver"--are presented in a three-disc set. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish; unaired pilot. Leave It To Beaver: The Complete Second Season [DVD](1958) DVD All 39 episodes from the second season--including "Beaver's Poem," "Eddie's Girl," "The Shave," "Wally's New Suit," and "Beaver Plays Hooky"--are presented in a three-disc set. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.
Get the Books:
The World According to Beaver by Irwyn Applebaum, Jerry Mathers (Introduction) This is a great book for Leave It to Beaver fans with background info, show quotes and dialog organized by topic, and an episode guide. The characters are described with show details and dialog samples. Reading the episode summaries, I can't help smiling. The author wrote a useful and fun guide to the show. Call Me Lumpy : My Leave It to Beaver Days and Other Wild Hollywood Life by Frank Bank, Gib Twyman, Jerry Mathers, Brad Breon Gee, what was the Beav really like? Was Wally actually that squeaky-in-his-sneakers clean? Was Eddie Haskell the personification of every parents nightmare? Well Frank Bank is here to tell you everything about life with America's most-loved family, the Cleavers. Frank played Clarence Rutherford, something of a teenage misfit himself. He was always telling other kids, "Don't call me Lumpy," (but of course that is what they called him). Find out about Frank's Leave it to Beaver Days and Other Wild Hollywood Life.
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Dave Smith Writes: Hi Morty, What did Ward Clever do for a living? Morty Writes: Hi Dave, I've read a several articles that have given differing answers, engineer, ad man, architect,  and although advertising exec may be the closest, as a big fan of the show I can tell you they're wrong.  They never said what Ward does.  We know that Fred Rutherford and Ward competed for the same account,  the company had a market research department,  and the office was located in Mayfield, an unlikely location for a large ad agency.  Rumors of him being an engineer or architect might have come from the fact that in more than one episode Ward spoke of his days in the Navy Seabees.  When "Still the Beaver" was made I remember they defined Ward's job.  I was angry that whatever they made up conflicted with what we knew from the original series.  I have this same problem with people writing me about Ozzie's work in "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet."  The series started on radio, and the character was a band leader.  When it when to TV, his schedule and lifestyle sure didn't look like bandleader.  But then Ricky Ricardo was always leaving for the club in the morning.  Where did he find a band that would work to 2:00AM and be back for rehearsal at 9:00AM?  Thanks for writing, stay tuned, -Morty- www.mortystv.com
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Some Morty Trivia About The Beav:
Jerry Mathers was discovered at age 2 by a department store manager who used Jerry's photo on the store's Christmas calendar.  In 1954,  at age 2.5 Jerry made his TV debut on The Ed Wynn Show.  In 1955 his made his movie debut in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Trouble With Harry." Tony Dow's mother was Murial Montros, an actress in the "Our Gang" comedies.  He got his first job by accident when he accompanied a friend to an audition to lend moral support.  But Tony got the job instead.
The Movies: OK, I didn't like the movies, I felt they missed the spirit of the original series, but for those of you that loved, or just want to have a complete 'Beaver' collection, here they are:
Leave It To Beaver(1997) VHS The perennially popular sitcom about the joys and travails of childhood in the '50s gets a modest updating for the '90s in a charming comedy for all ages. Cameron Finley stars as precocious Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver, whose world revolves around his rivalry with big brother Wally (Erik von Detten), playing football to impress parents Ward (Christopher McDonald) and June (Janine Turner), and getting his new bike back from a local bully. 88 min.   Leave It To Beaver [DVD](1997) DVD  Standard; Soundtrack: English 5.1, Spanish, French; Subtitles: English, Spanish; theatrical trailer; biographies; production notes; scene access.

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