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There was an episode of a picnic where Mr. Rutherford was wearing an Hawaiian shirt, backwards baseball hat and bermuda shorts and he looked like a person of today though in black and white. People at the picnic thought he looked ridiculous and were trying to keep from laughing at him.

krushnoi 4 years ago

When the series moved from Saturday to Thursday nights in the fall of 1962 {on ABC}, it picked up Chrysler as a primary sponsor; that's why their car is so prevalent in the opening title here, and scenes of various Chryslers tooling around Beaver's neighborhood were often seen....

fromthesidelines 4 years ago

I love the video, I loved the theme. Also, I loved the show. Heck, I still watch it whenever I get a change. It was good, clean entertainment. Unfortunately, TV has gone downhill, not too many nice clean wholesome shows to watch.

terricraparo 4 years ago

beaver is really funny but at least one teenager has to say june acted like a bitch to those boys sometimes when no slack was cut for them she was too hard on them

hssenior 4 years ago

I'm so misunderstood

thepoolbeaver 4 years ago

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Leave it to Beaver has provided gay men like myself countless hours of sexual fantasies. I have used Beaver, Wally, and Ward in many sex fantasy stories. I have also included Eddie and Lumpy in my sex stories. Wally has always been a treat for chicken hawks when he was younger. As he grew into a strapping teenager. Yeah, I truly believe that Wally and Ward were especially well hung.

nelbearforties123 4 years ago

I believe Chrysler's Plymouth division was the primary sponsor during the show's final season; that's why the car is prominent in the opening credits....

fromthesidelines 4 years ago

Yes they were a sponsor way back in the series. If I recall, the dad drove a 57' Ford when the show was first on. I love that 62' Plymouth shown here.

Auggie56 4 years ago

that Tony Dow was a cutie!!

bfnfamily 4 years ago 3

i totally agree cept he was kinda short...

luvbubbleso 4 years ago

lol yeah but id still take him like that

babyshoe1 4 years ago

it went downhill in the late 60s with the free love bs and drugs, and here we are now, a normal show is will and grace? yuk

rvhawkeye 4 years ago 2

i love leave it to beaver

woodylove06 4 years ago

although the older the Beav got I suppose people liked the show less, I liked this jazzy theme and the fun energy it had best of all.

keithcop 4 years ago

man does anyone have the original music for this without the man announcing all the actors?

Furiousity 4 years ago

Actually, I think they announced the actors in ALL the versions of the opening. That started with the first version -- which was only used for the first few shows -- where you don't see the actors -- just their names in a animated stylized sidewalk 'written' in the 'concrete'.

midknightryder13 4 years ago

I hate this opening!!!

I loved the other ones better.

Especially the first one.

LorenNotLauren 4 years ago

if life were only so simple

avedron 4 years ago

was a staple in my childhood, that show.

Leanne60 4 years ago

As much as people make fun of the fifties families, they sure did a lot better than today. If we are so much better off today, why is divorce so prevalent, kids live in day care practically, we have more money but more credit debt? Kids eat primarily fast food. Day care is now being linked to autism.. I'll take the fifties any day

kathryn120 4 years ago 7

Amen,, i know what you people mean. I wish my wife could be like June Clever but that was a different in time for sure.

daveasan 4 years ago

Maybe I'm living in a fools paradise, but I love this show. Who wouldn't want to come home to a clean house and a good meal everynight. It doesn't get better than that. Also, having a mother that that. June had a great husband who appreciated her and always helped with the dishes. (That's the only way you could get me to do it!) I loved June Cleaver and wish I could measure up to her.

ladylike1980 4 years ago 3

I totally agree with you. I think couples today totally work against eachother. As much as women think they've come a long way, it costs them and the men too. But the kids are really the ones suffering. They are even making links between day care and autism. Sometimes "evolution" becomes de evolutioin

kathryn120 4 years ago

shizzlin

jkilts 4 years ago

You know this is my favorite Leave It To Beaver theme song its so jazzy I wish they extended.

drcoxcentral 4 years ago 2

I like all of the opening themes, but my favorites are the earlier versions.

garfieldspen 4 years ago

This is the version they used in the final season ONLY. Does anyone have the any of the earlier openings with the ORIGINAL arrangement of the theme?

midknightryder13 4 years ago

One of the best shows ever, no doubt.

odiedude 4 years ago

i luv leav it to beaver .beaver is soooooo cute!

malakargirl 4 years ago

Dude below me,what are you talking about? Im 17,i dont live in the City, The Suburbs lol. But im black,and me and my parents have loved this show as long as i can remember. It's funny. It's not like a crappy black and white show. Its like a current show in black and white,the picture quality is great.

GrayRoy 4 years ago 3

To an Inner City Minority, you would just laugh at it everytime as you know these shows weren't made for you, but wealthy Caucasins. Sitcoms that were targeted towards inner city minorities didn't really make airway until the Norman Lear/Bud Yorkin/Tandem Productions era.

vfreeck 4 years ago

Yep' I asked a 20 year old the other day if he knew what "Leave It to Beaver" was. He didn't know??? Times have changed! ;)

Regards

e.man -SK

EmanEzone 4 years ago

Who is the fellow that's introducing the cast members in this particular version? After listening to this for so many years, my guess would be: "William Schallert", the man who played the father on "The Patty Duke Show".

luvthoseclips 4 years ago

Times really do change, obviously. TV nowadays, "reality" is just pure reality. It doesn't let us zone out in a Story. It's sad to see the family-based sitcoms die out. I think we are too caught up in our cell phones and 300-channel cable tv to need good-old-entertainment anymore.

mcfegp1234 4 years ago 3

i wanted this life- wow

dellgard 4 years ago

i still watch this show almost everyday

maidenman33 4 years ago

I used to love watching "Beaver" on our old b/w tv set. I really thought life was supposed to be like that until life gave me a rude awakening.

southfieldmo 4 years ago

i love this show! t.v. land is purrty awesome lol

iheartsethmacfarlane 4 years ago

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"What gain is there in my destruction, [d] in my going down into the pit? Will the dust praise you? Will it proclaim your faithfulness?

Hear, O LORD, and be merciful to me; O LORD, be my help." You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,

that my heart may sing to you and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give you thanks forever.

SC4EV34D 4 years ago

I grew up in a cult. Get happy whoever you are, because you seem obsessed.

mcfegp1234 4 years ago

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For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime; weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning.

When I felt secure, I said, "I will never be shaken." O LORD, when you favored me, you made my mountain [c] stand firm; but when you hid your face, I was dismayed.

To you, O LORD, I called; to the Lord I cried for mercy:

SC4EV34D 4 years ago

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Psalm 30

A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. Of David. [a]

I will exalt you, O LORD, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me.O LORD my God, I called to you for help and you healed me.O LORD, you brought me up from the grave [b] ; you spared me from going down into the pit.

Sing to the LORD, you saints of his; praise his holy name.

SC4EV34D 4 years ago

Jerry Mathers is starring on Broadway in HAIRSPRAY with Ashley Parker Angel and Darlene Love. Apparently he's excellent in the part! (So's APA--who's my step-grandson.)

7NTM61Ic 4 years ago

As a child growing up in Los Angeles we had only seven channels of television to view, and Leave it to Beaver was a show I never missed. Today my grandchildren have over 150 channels to select from, but complain, there's nothing on TV Papa. Go figure?

edp53 4 years ago

Thank god for the cultural revolution of the mid 60s

abhitron 4 years ago

Have to disagree there.

7NTM61Ic 4 years ago

Yeah, I thought someone would have.

abhitron 4 years ago

Tony Dow was the most beautiful young man that ever lived!

rickhatch1 4 years ago

we still need dvds seasons 3-6

baronesz76 4 years ago

I remember the sequel called The New Leave It To Beaver. It used to come on in 1986. Beaver and Wally were grown up with kids of their own. I wish someone would post the intro to that show.

rubeecube80 4 years ago

that swing version of the theme music is hot

blaknyte08 4 years ago

The Cleaver house is now on Wisteria Lane (Universal back lot) on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. It's the house that Mary Alice Young lived in.

madman37115 4 years ago

This is the opening title from the last season (1962-'63), with re-orchestrated theme by Paul Smith.

fromthesidelines 4 years ago

so...fucking...nerd...

danamescoop 5 years ago

One of the most wide sread urban legends in 20th century America: that Jerry Mathers was killed in Vietnam. I saw him do a Disney promo live in Boston. Man, to be heckled by being called "Beaver"for the rest of you natural life. Must be tough.

Arkady63 5 years ago

Sorry about accidentally removing your comment; I don't know if this only happens to me, but it doesn't always load the whole page, and the reply buttons immediately changes to the remove button. You can see where I'm going with this.

theuselessone 5 years ago