I have to agree with you. I still watch today. It's on METV 7 days a week and its on another channel. I think FETV

The whole series is on Roku also. I binge watched the whole six years in a few months.😃

Jerry Mathers is only one month older than I am!

I'm with you man...also 60. We were past the intended demographic, but we're old enough to realize the sublime quality of the show--of the generation of which we were the tail-end

yea mother was a ball buster

Hugh actually revived his acting career in the late '60's. He appeared on an episode of Mannix and a few other things

@Tim young also gone through is Frank Banks (Lumpy).

@@janispendleton9734 And Whitey.💔

@Tim young They are all gone except the Beav and a couple of his friends.

Frank Bank was underrated. What great characters these were. Miss and RIP Tony, Ken, Frank, Barbara, and Hugh.

I feel like he would have been the same kind of dad IRL as he was on LITB

I don't ever remember seeing this reunion show and I definitely had not seen footage of Hugh Beaumont after LITB .

I never did as a child of course, but as an adult I kinda have a crush on Ward Cleaver. Never thought that would happen. 🥰📺

Mr Cleaver was a busy body at times and caused more trouble for the boys.

@@Brett33 I’ve seen him a movie, but don’t recall the name (maybe more than just one).

A few months ago, I read an article about Hugh. His children said he was pretty much the same kind of dad in real life that he was in Leave It To Beaver. Never raised his voice at his children and would have talks with them.

He was also a minister!@@trey87

He aged very well

AND his admiration for Hugh too, er ah, [pardon the rhyme!!!!!!!

there is no such thing as an african American contrary to what you have been told

I agree. Eddie was classic. Just classic. And a part of me felt sorry for him always wanting to be a big shot. You had a great post.

I didn't grow up with Beaver, early seventies reruns just didn't have this show. I found it a few years ago on MeTV, and now it's as if I did see it as a kid. It's nice to be able to escape into a world where the problems could be solved in 30 minutes. It's tv comfort food.

It was like visiting with old friends that you loved and respected but had not seen in many years! Jerry is the only one left now and God Bless their souls. RIP!

Mr Rutherford would occasionally call his son Lumpy, but correct himself and say Clarence. Hahaaaa

That was hysterical.

Yes!!! Their cadence and timing are perfect. They did fall right back into their characters! It’s great.

Yes seeing Beaumont was the best part, I never knew he had a Stroke only one after the show ended.

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This is a great interview with all the cast members! Especially with Hugh Beaumont. The only mistake was Hugh Beaumont did not suffer a stroke till 1972. Not 1964. He co-starred on Petticoat Junction and the police drama Mannix in the years after Beaver. Great actor he was! All of them!

They won't create anything now with an intact family unit where there are morals and respect.

Amen

Early prn acting. Same level

TV was more innocent, not real life.

So true.

I mention in my book that I learned to love the show after seeing Jerry Mathers and Jay North (Dennis the Menace) interviewed by Charlie Rose back in 1981 or 1982. Jerry was so thankful for his experience and didn't have one bad word to say about LITB. However, Jay North had nothing good to say about his life, his experience on Dennis the Menace, etc. I stopped watching Dennis the Menace then and began watching LITB. Have loved it and Jerry Mathers ever since.

@@TheWorldFamousBeaverpedia I didn't see the interview but would like to know what Jay North had to say. Always interesting to learn about the "inside" of our favorite shows and stars.

I think just Jerry Mathers is the sole survivor. Heaven has: *Wally, Eddie, Lumpy, June (Mother), Ward (Dad), Richard Deacon (Lumpys Dad), Whitey (Beavers Friend)* *Miss Landers (One of Beavers Teachers), Gus The Fireman, Penny Woods (One of Beavers classmates) Julie Foster ( Wally Dated) .* There are more... 🌟🎶✝⛪ ❤

@@garychambers5850 Penny (Karen Sue Trent) has not necessarily passed away even though IMDB lists her as deceased. They have her biography totally messed up. I spoke to the brother of the woman named Karen Sue Trent mentioned in the IMDB listing and she was not an actress. That was the first part of research I did for my nearly 500 page book on Leave it to Beaver that has been out for a few months now. IMDB gets so many things wrong :(

@@garychambers5850 Stephen Talbot/Gilbert is still living at 74.😃

That was great I've hadn't either Great guy and he did do a good job onthe show 👏

He was on petticoat junction 2 episodes

Gilbert was still alive the last I heard..

I think you meant LGBTQ Paul.

@@punkanellylovejoy702 LITB.

It sure made ME feel a lot better seeing Hugh involved, REALLY warmed my heart from that knawing feeling...what COULD have been if Hugh had lived to appear in the reunion movie, it made me SO sad that he passed away not long before they made it, and then seeing this a few months ago, THANK YOU for posting the video, they did a GREAT job making it, I love the reenactments, and hearing what everybody has to say, I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

Little but the name of the show was to the point "Leave it to Beaver." All characters put in the show where they fitted but Beaver as a young man growing up is not a ordinary child. He openly says what's on his mind which makes you laugh! Enjoy the reruns!😊

DITTO 😊❤️👍

MeTV plays heavily butchered versions of the episodes. If you want to get the real experience, you need to watch it on either DVD or a streaming service that plays it *unaltered.*

I *highly doubt* that she called it her "greatest role." She probably said something such as that it is the most unlike her real self.

Hi Michael, I just wanted to let you know that I think you are a winner.

I totally agree. I'm the same age as you. I got hooked on the show when it aired in reruns. It is great fun.

I was born in 1962 & still watch leave it to beaver in reruns I just love that style of people the father figure,the respect of the people & crazy Eddie 😂, quotes,👍

Leave it to beaver has always been one of my favorite classic shows . I'm 62 and I still watch it . The episode _ In The Soup is one of my favorites . So funny .@@Lava1964

I'm 54 it was on everyday after school.

best show ever

When Tony Dow was asked by interviewer Stu Shostak how long it took him to realize he was part of something special with Leave it to Beaver, Tony answered, "About twenty years."

Thanks for the comment Michael.

All are great. I watch MASH also.

I love MASH. So funny until Henry Blake, Trapper John and Frank Burns left. After that, it was never the same.

Same

I just discovered it for the first time too!!!!!

Yes✌️😊

I wish they would have gotten Eddie Haskell calling people "Clem" , "Gertrude" or some of the other names. I never understood that as a little kid watching this show and now I think it's priceless

I know right Bill?. Me too. I'm glad that I just found it.

@@AlmostReady504 rock 2w222

Same here! And I'm 68! 😁

Omgoodness. This made my day yall. Seeing ward clever in that clip with wally all grown up!!

Mastalgic

That's because Hugh Beaumont died a year before the reunion movie. In the movie plot, Ward Cleaver had died in 1977.

There a reason Still the Beaver isn't being shown? AND it would have been great to have had Grandpa Ward on the show. I do remember they paid tribute to him on one scene where June was talking to him at his resting spot.

Yes, they paid homage to Hugh with a cemetery scene in the Movie of the Week and mentioned him throughout the series.

Right. And Beaver died in Vietnam

Great times. Minorities knew their place and stayed in their parts of town. Gays stayed in the closet. Women only worked until they met the right man and settled down to raise a family. You may want to go back to those times, but most of don't.

bingo . 100%

Totally agree!!!

People were being lynched when this show was aired

@@spikejonzelover420 You did read where I said " In many ways " right?

Reunion shows didn't become a thing until the mid-seventies. I think Gilligan's Island was the first one.

Reunion shows didn't become a thing until the mid-seventies. I think Gilligan's Island was the first one.

They had 100 episodes of the sequel series. That is way more than most shows can say.

@@gerrydooley951 Whoa! Jimmy Two Times.

@@gerrydooley951 Father Knows Best, My Three Sons and The Partridge Family had Gilligan's Island beat by at least a year.

I'm always choked up when their father opens the package with his hunting jacket. Reminds me of my love for my Papa. We don't really recognize it until after their gone.

I love all the characters you mentioned.

Stanley Albert Fafara (September 20, 1950 - September 20, 2003) was an American child actor, best known for his role as Hubert "Whitey" Whitney in the original Leave It to Beaver television series. His older brother, Tiger, played "Tooey W. Brown" in the series. Stanley Fafara Stanley Fafara in Leave It to Beaver 1960.jpg Stanley Fafara in Leave It To Beaver 1960 Born Stanley Albert Fafara September 20, 1950 San Francisco, California, U.S. Died September 20, 2003 (aged 53) Portland, Oregon, U.S. Resting place Redland Pioneer Cemetery Nationality American Education North Hollywood High School Occupation Child actor Years active 1955-1963 Children 1 Relatives Tiger Fafara (brother) Dez Fafara (nephew) Early life and career Later years and death Edit Fafara spent the final eight years of his life clean and sober, initially living in a house for recovering addicts and alcoholics, then in a subsidized apartment in downtown Portland, Oregon. He lived on Social Security checks of $475 per month until his hospitalization in 2003. Due to his addiction to heroin, he contracted hepatitis C.[1] Fafara died on September 20, 2003, his 53rd birthday, in Portland, Oregon, of complications from hernia surgery he underwent the previous month.[2] Fafara is buried at Redland Pioneer Cemetery in Redland, Oregon.

@@kimtrells6046 if I did research a while back, I believe their is 7 or 8 cast members alive. Jerry Mathers is still alive. Sad about Tony Dow.

Maybe they only wanted or could afford to bring in actors who appeared in every season to the reunion. Too many characters would have diluted the reunion for the time alloted. I do agree it would have been neat to see everyone you mentioned plus Alma Hansen and Julie Foster. Stephen Talbot (Gilbert) wanted nothing to do with LITB in 1980.

Hey Big V Rocks, any chance you are single and ready to mingle?

@@marilynwong9784 I am, Marilyn 😉 (age 67)