Leave It To Beaver

[zapper759]

I believe for this show it was important for the parents to have a strong supporting role to deal with all the trouble BEAVER and WALLY would get into. If an actress like Lucille Ball had been cast as JUNE CLEAVER, she would have been fine but, perhaps restricted to show her talents. Where Lucille Ball may well have paved the way for future stars like Carol Burnett or Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara Billingsley surely did the same for WALLY and the BEAVER, and is fondly remembered by her fans.

[fireman12888]

This and many other things that have gone to degeneracy and "liberating" the libido(impulses, do it if it feels good) contribute to why you've said what you said. Some of the things were just outright incorrect, its a school project nonetheless.

[fireman12888]

I can somewhat surmise why said what you've said. My guess has to do with postmodernist rejection of tradition, which LITB showing the nuclear family as a stronghold for the strengthening of the next generation. This going into the "liberation" of womanhood, and traditional aspects such as chivalry and being the tempered yet brave gentlemen can also be thrown out the door. You see the attack of tradition everywhere nowadays.

[GeorgieWise]

Ha ha ha. Leave it to Beaver ruled! I love this high school project. I would do June right now if she wasn't dead.

[goofermom]

Not funny? Not popular? Citing Lucy's slapstick as some kind of sophisticated progressive behavior? Next time, please use more sources than one bitter woman with an axe to grind. Unless the intention here is revisionism.

[irish89055]

Goody two shoes?? You don't know of what you speak...  sounds like you could have been cast in an episode...

[blkctthwt]

This show is the best.  Ya know, I hear Susan Douglas(feminist) loves to be smacked and called a filthy, white tramp during sex while wearing pearls and high heels. You think not? No, I don't know. But if your going to play amateur sociologist you better consider all the possibilities. Now go put your burka on.

[surb0910]

and your next episode will be about... I now, global warming!

[cmcb09]

You would know that the reason why Ms. Billingsley wore pearls or some other type of necklace in this and most of her film work. Was due to the fact that she had a hollow in her neck that she was very conscious of so she always wore something to help conceal it.

[cmcb09]

To the creator of this YOU ARE AN IDIOT.

If Leave it To Beaver was so unpopular at the time of its original airing it would have not gone on for 6 seasons. And if you would have done any homework at all instead of just stating random facts you found on the web . And quoting that moron Sue Douglas.

[rugged66]

today most women are..................(censored­)

[hdwell]

If "leave it to beaver" was as you say unpopular, then how could it have made it for six seasons? I think it was much more popular than you give it credit for. TV didn't depict real life very often, but still there was a certain genteelity then that one seldom ever finds today. I should know as I grew up then. I may not remember everything, but that I do.

[Kaykay940]

I understand what you're saying about the show. I do. But I enjoy it anyway, and I watch it whenever it comes on. It doesn't have to be slapstick funny to be appealing. The parents were kind and understanding, but not perfect. They both yelled at their kids a bit, and then sat down to listen. Beaver was cute and so was Wally.

I watch it as much or more often than I Love Lucy and it's been on television somewhere for over 50 years, so that has to mean something.

[dudeokdude]

Cynic...

[JHVID1228]

Please repost this with original audio

[oceanbound222]

Brilliant show

[alexyomero76]

in those days role models like the stars of these shows not only represented the aspirations of middle class america, but also reinforced behavioral patterns which kept the system going!

[planetkryton]

omg..i had to stop the audio on this 30 seconds into it! .. lol. wah wah wah wah wah ..thats what it sounds like lol. clearly anyway, that this is one angry fem who has insecurities. sux to be her.

[archulucky]

Wish we could return to the days of leave it to beaver, society was a lot better!

[felixq78]

Feminist propaganda.

[sbmrunning]

i second that !

[threenailzz]

Amen!

[Tarheel1000]

Any show that  is all about Beaver is OK in my book.

[MyPersonalVendetta]

And what is wrong with Leave it to Beaver? What is wrong with escaping reality and engrossing yourself with make believe? Leave it to Beaver was an awesome show.

[ewachrome]

Hugh was a dick. June was a pushover. We get it. No harm done. The show was fun. Hey, didn't Eddie Haskel grow up to be the legendary John Holmes? ;)

[troddsy]

blah blah blah and so leave it to blah blah blah ......blah blah....blah...BLAH..

rad show,but dumb video blobbyboobyblah

[thesaintafterdark]

You missed the entire point of the show. Leave It To Beaver was a show about life, as seen through the eyes of an 8-year-old boy. In fact, it was the first of its kind to do so, as opposed to adult oriented shows which had children to round out the plot lines. The show is loved and watched all over the world to this day. The show may appear dated to today's viewers, but the basic truths which thread throughout the entire series remain the same.

[iggyono]

I'm a crackpot Green progressive academic who would drag O'Reilly over broken glass naked, before feeding him to rabid weasels (wait, he is a rabid weasel). YET and even I think Leave it to Beaver was a hoot.

There is such a thing as over-analysis, folks.

Best lines ever--Wally finds the Beaver using Ward's vise in the garage:

Wally: "What you doin', Beav?"

Beaver: "Crushin' stuff."

[SendMoreAmmo]

Dont tell us what was or was not funny.

It was a hoot.

Oh, we loved it .

[orion1497]

Leave it to beaver is America lost. It's an America that's hated by faggots, muds, and feminist freaks.

[ILOVEDRACO4EVER]

it seems like you dont like leave it to beaver? btw your voice is annoying.

but i love leave it to beaver ! (L)

[katie8753]

This show was created during a time when there was peace & prosperity. No one wanted to watch a real life drama. We liked watching a sweet, funny wholesome show that made us feel good.

[vAIERIEHARPER121]

you see when i watch the show i wish i could of lived like that nothing ever went wrong and believe me every thing goes wrong for my family so i would love to live that and have a mom like june she was awsome

[caliguy92]

They have leave it to beaver in Italy? Do you wish you could live in leave it to beaver? Becuase I do...

[katie8753]

Whoever is narrating this is stupid. Must be a communist.

Get more inflection in your voice.

[Germanicus666]

Yeah if Leave it to Beaver had really been "unpopular" it would not have lasted several years. This is twistery, not history.

[HS22181]

It has been on the air for 50 consecutive years.

[Germanicus666]

I am talking about the original run of the show. Some shows like Star Trek were not as popular when they were new.

[iggyono]

Communists love Leave it to Beaver...they want June in a cell so they can lecture her on the glories of dialectical materialism.

[classicrockcafe]

Liberal kids are all over the place.

Please watch, The Coolest 8 Year Old In The World Talks About O'Reilly.

And then watch the Jaeger Reports.

[classicrockcafe]

For me, Leave It To Beaver was just something to watch, because we did not have Cablevision when it was first aired. Channel choises were very limited. This show did not make an impact with me.

[NancyHey]

Your critique of the show is overly harsh, in my opinion. My husband and I found it quite funny!

[Redheadedhoni]

You have the most annoying voice ever

[obxheel]

You have to consider to the context, sweetheart, this show was as Obama is to Bush for children of that era, it represented the hope of a stable, happy life without war, death, and destruction, and you bet we look back with nostalgia, while at the same time appreciating how the role of women has changed. We can handle both the joy of the message and the joy of women's empowerment, we have benefited from both.

[drapersmokes]

You said "while on the the show was on television, it was unpopular."

What are you talking about and what are you basing your statement on? And Leave It To Beaver had NOTHING to do with continuing the trend of I Love Lucy comedies. You cannot compare these shows. Leave It To Beaver was the first television show to depict the world through the eyes of a child (child here being Beaver). Face it: the show ran for 6 seasons, then was syndicated, and is still being played across the country.

[drapersmokes]

June Cleaver wasn't looking back to the past. She was doing what most moms did in the 1950's: she stayed home. That was things were and that's how life was back then. Some 1950's men were too proud to have their wives work. They felt it was their sole responsibility to support the family, and they would NOT let their wives work.

I'm not defending this attitude. I'm only stating how things were.

[fiddlerpin]

June-- "Ward weren't you a little hard on the Beaver last night"

Ward--"You Betcha"

[moparbeech]

What a bitch! Everything from the cool old cars, the lump, eddy, and junes pointy bras was awesome!

[Gorbachenko]

Why don't you keep your annoying voice and opinions to yourself and go make me a sandwich or something...

[victorfan80]

Televison today sucks I love classic TV :)

[SomewhereInBurnaby]

The fifties were more than, Leave It To Beaver. We also had Elvis and rock and roll.

When I was a kid, I became addicted to TV shows called, One Step Beyond, The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits. I think those shows helped fuel the flames of the turbulent sixties.

The Twilight Zone was mentioned on one of the Leave It To Beaver episodes. The Twilight Zone counterdicted the values of Leave It To Beaver because it taught kids to, step beyond the outer limits, of Leave It To Beaver values.

[SpaceCommand009]

The audio commentary is a perfect example of the phony "woman's liberation," that basically created the two job family for both parents. Scorning the role of a mother and housewife, and the father that worked one job, it tells us a great deal about how the people were conned into economic meltdowns.

[afrodita511]

Your speech is great.

[gmoore9449]

So Lucy was a role model for intelligent, self-directed women ... ? Hogwash.

"Leave It To Beaver" isn't a classic because of Mrs. Cleaver. It's the contrast between the Cleavers and their obnoxious neighbors --- the Haskells and the Rutherfords --- that makes this show work. The Cleaver household is a tiny island of tranquility in a sea of hostility and selfishness.

[rvhawkeye]

Shut up liberal and watch your will and grace gay tv

[SomewhereInBurnaby]

Watch galipoka videos on YouTube.

Galipoka rocks. He is the future.

The Beaver is the past. He sucks.

Do a galipoka study video like this.

That kid is your age.

[SomewhereInBurnaby]

Better yet, compare the Beaver with galipoka.

[tomeurofire]

Great speech!

[donottake]

You are an example of an idiot.

[Nationsnotregimes]

Filthy Marxist feminst nut case moron.

Your sucks big time, and your not funny either.

Idiot.

[laspalmasdesign]

Only a complete moron would depict this show the way micsdshistory did. Why dis such a cute show. It's too bad today's programming stinks so badly. Today's writers are not very creative. Just put lots of raunchy sex in to sell a program and forget about using your brain!

[oldtuberunited]

I'm glad to see that this generation of kids is more liberal. Galipoka's jaeger report #1 is good too. (2akopilag)

[NorthShuswap]

Its true. galipoka videos are better than Leave it to Beaver videos, including all the Jaegerr Reports and Conversation With Hector and Conversation With Tracy.

[NorthShuswap]

Its true. galipoka videos are better than Leave it to Beaver episodes, including all the Jaegerr Reports, Conversation With Hector and Conversation With Tracy.

[Nationsnotregimes]

Worst case of a moron with a mic.

[Nationsnotregimes]

Filth

[OnOctober4th1957]

I am 57 too, but I'm glad our generation broke away from this culture, largely thanks to the Beatles.

[avedron]

I bet she idolizes the bra-burning, career-driven, independent-woman that "don't need no stinkin' man" LoL.

[Nationsnotregimes]

You lunatic KNVD lunatic, you filthy pigs STFU Marxist dogs.

[Nationsnotregimes]

Your womb will never bare a child. Your gene line never continue thank fully.

[indybob55]

what the fuck is this chick rambling about,,this was just a tv show trying to depict the Cleaver clan as the all american family,,,no more no less,,,,theres no point trying to make some kind of idiotic highbrow deep seeded sense of it all...whats next,,,,trying to explain why Samantha Stevens never used her powers to save the world.

[daveydaveydaveys]

You're synopsis svks.

[BuckNekkid2003]

hey ding dong. for your information this show was a situation comedy and not a documentary

[BABYBOOMERworld]

But this video is a documentary. The Little Rascals was comedy too, but it reflected the times it was filmed. Galipoka was funny too, but those YouTube videos reflect TODAY.

The Little Rascals had vintage cars and mush. The Cleavers had black and white television and Nestle's Quik. Galipoka had YouTube and Altoids.

[snufpark]

The social commentary is crap. Anybody who actually WATCHED LITB recognized that June Cleaver usually outmanoeuvered Ward, and out- smarted the boys. She had the power in that family. In fact, when Hugh Beaumont began directing the show, Ward became increasingly the buffoon, and June the maven. Pick on Father Knows Best for cripe's sake, not the Beave.

[Nationsnotregimes]

That voice over sounds so kosher I almost puked.

[BABYBOOMERworld]

If you really are around ten years old, there is a kid about your age making funny videos. His name is Jaeger. He used to have an account called, galipoka. He get suspended but a lot of people copied and uploaded his videos. You might want to check them out.

[BABYBOOMERworld]

If you rally are around ten years old, there is a kid about your age making funny videos. His name is Jaeger. He used to have an account called, galipoka. He get suspended but a lot of people copied and uploaded his videos. You might want to check them out.

[rockthevoteSUPERFAN]

This show sure is a hoo hoo hoot!

---Don't tip the boat over---

[InfernoStudiosNorth]

Leave It To Beaver was as unrealistic as the Outer Limits.

[InfernoStudiosNorth]

NEVER AGAIN! Thank God for the Beatles.

[OnOctober4th1957]

The Outer Limits was more realistic.

[spaceliner62]

you are CORRECT

[spaceliner62]

boohoo poor women - always complaining. this was a good show then, 6 years or so and still on 50 years later - you're too young to acurately give anything but an opinion . . .

[micdshistory]

I'm sorry if I offended anyone. This was a school project and we were supposed to analyze it. I actually love this show and was not trying to insult it in any way. I don't pretend to know a lot about this topic so your comments (the more opinionated ones from people that lived in this time) were VERY helpful. Thanks for the constructive feedback.

[InfernoStudiosNorth]

I hope they did away with Dick and Jane books. What did you read in grade 1.

[OnOctober4th1957]

You don't offend me. There's a NEW kid in town. Actually he is not new and he got banned from YouTube. His name is jaeger. The name of his account was galipoka.

[boxtop2]

When she grows up, she can stay home and bake cookies. Her report card would get an F-.

[halofan3607]

I wish life was like that now. How dare you downgrade such a great show. If life was like this now we wouldn't have the problems in society that we do now. Hugh Beaumont and Barbara Billingsley were the greatest!

[TriggerHappyRetard]

What The Hell? What Would A Modern-Day-Pre-Teen Know About 1950's Television? My Grandmother Grew Up With Leave It To Beaver, As Did My Mother, As Did My Brothers And I! Leave It To Beaver Is An Amazing Show.

[rjdebaun]

Oh my god!!! What does a whinny 10 year old know about baby boomers and society during that time frame?

She is being influenced by her Fem Bot Mom whe probably dropped her off at day care so she could persue 'her' career goals, of which being a full time Mom was not one of those goals. Shame on June Cleaver for being 'Happy' staying home. See how many husbands and years of therapy this 10 year old goes through. Total BS!!!!!

[pootahyt]

The narrator obviously didn't live at the time the program was on. In fact, I'd guess that she is a present day teenager who knows nothing about the 1950's and is trying to use this format as propaganda, trying to convince us that Leave it to Beaver was not a good show. Those of us who grew up with the Beaver know better. And we don't take kindly to brainwashing attempts.

[boxtop2]

Who is this dame? Not funny? Not typical of a 50's mom????

[taylorw]

This must be a high school project. We (boomers) knew what you could identity with and what was silly. The narrative reflects the aspirations of a generation that came out of war and Depression. The peace and prosperity may be dreamily presented here, but it was palpable. Mrs. Cleaver may appear to represent women's last straightjacket, but they also took control of technologies nobody had ever seen, and their daughters grew up to change everything. Halberstam's "The 50's" is great on this.

[ASR10MAN]

Terrible

narration voice

Sounds like a 10 yr old or a computer!

[baronesz76]

we need dvd seasons 3-6

[fireflyann]

I loved this show. Society was very different then, and much more like the sitcom than it is now. Society was better then. There were healthier standards.

[MissLori]

Amen to that!