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A Chat with ‘Leave It to Beaver’s Stephen Talbot: ‘I May Be a Dirty Rat, But I’m Not a Dumb Rat’
In the first half of our interview with Stephen Talbot, who, in his childhood, played Gilbert Bates in nearly 60…
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Barbara Billingsley didn’t watch Leave It to Beaver reruns
Billingsley wasn’t interested in taking a walk down memory lane. The series Leave It To Beaver is more American than…
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You can thank Leave It to Beaver for bringing the series finale to TV sitcoms
”Family Scrapbook” was for the record books. Imagine a book missing its last chapter, or a film projector going kaput…
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Jerry Mathers wasn’t recognized as The Beaver by other children
Though he was famous as The Beaver, children recognized him as plain old Jerry Mathers. Forget child star, Jerry Mathers…
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Jerry Mathers once said that Tony Dow was more like the Beaver than he was
The on-screen brothers were really nothing like their characters. Not every actor is exactly like the character they play on…
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Jerry Mathers wasn’t recognized as The Beaver by other children
Though he was famous as The Beaver, children recognized him as plain old Jerry Mathers. Forget child star, Jerry Mathers…
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Here’s why Jerry Mathers wasn’t happy with the film ”Still the Beaver”
Mathers didn’t like to see Beaver taking his frustrations sitting down. Even if you’re great at your job, there are…
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Here’s some free love advice from Ward Cleaver
Paging Love Doctor Cleaver, you’re needed. Love is a very grand and complicated thing, and you could live one hundred…
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Hugh Beaumont and Barbara Billingsley didn’t get along, at first
They were lifelong friends, but not at first! It’s hard to remember, sometimes, that not everything is as it appears…
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Jerry Mathers Remembers ‘Leave It to Beaver,’ His Co-Stars and More (EXCLUSIVE)
In this Q&A the star talks working with Alfred Hitchcock and Bob Hope, and what it was like being Beaver…
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