Leave It To Beaver (surprisingly) was shown on British TV at one point in the early 90's, mind you it was on Sky TV (satellite) on the short-lived Comedy Channel (which had nothing to do with the later Paramount Comedy Channel that later morphed into Comedy Central), which showed on all whole bunch of classic US sit-coms including Green Acres and Petticoat Junction, and since I was about 9 or 10 when this was happening I could innocently not know what else Beaver could mean.
The biggest question I have watching this is WHERE IN THE HELL IS THE FAMILY'S TOILET? - actually I know the answer to this and this actually did end up being the first show to have a toilet in it's bathroom (crazy I know) it's just not here in the pilot
I digress, let's start with the well... start, titled "It's A Small World", Beaver's teacher - who is hot... but I'm sure she's dead or very old by now so I'm barking up the wrong tree - gives Beaver a note to take home, but it just causes him panic and he ends up not giving it to his parents even getting advice from his brother, it all seems rather quaint... I imagine even then.
It's enjoyable Beaver and Wally just digging a hole for themselves with them coming up with excuses of not getting the letter including pretending there's a fire, a ill dead and a letter full of inaccuracies.
For a show I haven't seen in so long I enjoyed it... it was nice and as some funny little moments, not up there for in The Phil Silvers Show and The Addams Family but I certainly would be willing to watch more episodes, I liked the characters dynamics from the parents Ward and June (who I am told can speak jive) to Beaver and Wally.
Among the cast for this episode is a then child actor - Harry Shearer - I knew he was at one point he was a child actor (most likely when he was a child) but this is the first time I've seen him in out from back then, so we got in this episode 2 people would future be in 2 of the most awesome-ist comedy movies (Billingsley in Airplane and Shearer in Spinal Tap just for spelling it out circumstances).
So there you have it, sometimes shows don't need to be groundbreaking, safe and gentle is sometimes good because you can just turn your brain off while you watch it.
The biggest question I have watching this is WHERE IN THE HELL IS THE FAMILY'S TOILET? - actually I know the answer to this and this actually did end up being the first show to have a toilet in it's bathroom (crazy I know) it's just not here in the pilot
I digress, let's start with the well... start, titled "It's A Small World", Beaver's teacher - who is hot... but I'm sure she's dead or very old by now so I'm barking up the wrong tree - gives Beaver a note to take home, but it just causes him panic and he ends up not giving it to his parents even getting advice from his brother, it all seems rather quaint... I imagine even then.
It's enjoyable Beaver and Wally just digging a hole for themselves with them coming up with excuses of not getting the letter including pretending there's a fire, a ill dead and a letter full of inaccuracies.
For a show I haven't seen in so long I enjoyed it... it was nice and as some funny little moments, not up there for in The Phil Silvers Show and The Addams Family but I certainly would be willing to watch more episodes, I liked the characters dynamics from the parents Ward and June (who I am told can speak jive) to Beaver and Wally.
Among the cast for this episode is a then child actor - Harry Shearer - I knew he was at one point he was a child actor (most likely when he was a child) but this is the first time I've seen him in out from back then, so we got in this episode 2 people would future be in 2 of the most awesome-ist comedy movies (Billingsley in Airplane and Shearer in Spinal Tap just for spelling it out circumstances).
So there you have it, sometimes shows don't need to be groundbreaking, safe and gentle is sometimes good because you can just turn your brain off while you watch it.
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