Leave it to Beaver pilot Small World w/ Harry Shearer, new Ward, Wally & teaser on ET

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5 жыл бұрын

Highlights of the original and previously unaired pilot for Leave it to Beaver, called "It's a Small World" and featuring different actors in roles of Ward and Wally, and Harry Shearer as an Eddie Haskell-type smart-aleck, and Richard Deacon (Mr. Rutherford) and Diane Brewster (Miss Canfield) as different characters, was teased on Entertainment Tonight and then shown for the first time as the first episode of the 1987 season of The New Leave it to Beaver on TBS Superstation October 4th, with an introduction by Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Barbara Billinglsey, and Kipp Marcus (Beaver, Wally, June, and Kipp Cleaver).

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@cards0486 Жыл бұрын

Changing Ward and Wally were very wise executive decisions.

@blacsouljah Жыл бұрын

And adding Eddie Haskell was brilliant casting.

@ukiahsguitarsolos3436 Жыл бұрын

Tony Dow was the best choice by a landslide. Glad he made it.

@wb3381 2 жыл бұрын

June aged very well over the years

@carlc5748 Жыл бұрын

Barbara Billingsley actually owned a very fine steak restaurant, called "Billingsley's". One of the best steaks that Ihave ever had, was near the Van Nuys Airport.

@debbieleroy8146 4 жыл бұрын

Thank goodness they chose Hugh and Tony

@lauraprincipato8079 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@mariocisneros911 5 жыл бұрын

HUGH BEAUMONT was the right choice. Stern , practical and loving. Good chemistry with Barbara, Tony and Jerry

@pappysprite 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree. Casey Adams? Just the smoke coming out of his nostrils was one sign he was not the choice.

@jaelge 2 жыл бұрын

@@pappysprite: Agreed, that Beaumont was the better choice, but to be fair Adams's smoking would've been the director´s decision not Adams.

@michaelziggiotto1164 2 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@cjmacq-vg8um Жыл бұрын

casey adams, aka Max Showalter, played tuesday weld's dad in the classic '66 film "lord love a duck." the scene where he watches weld try on a bunch of different cashmere sweaters is hilarious! (the whole movie is just great. one of my favorites.) he has one of those great laughs that make you laugh. he has about 1000 movie and tv credits. little known fact: they were going rename "its a small world" to - "look, its gopher boy!" but the producer owned a beaver farm (otherwise known as a "cat-house.") in upstate wisconsin so they renamed it "leave it to beaver" for the free advertising. and the rest is beaver history.

@thecawdsquad875 Жыл бұрын

@@cjmacq-vg8um Stupid.

@sadiegrill2846 Жыл бұрын

Also, I am going to add. Tony Dow was the right choice to play Wally. R.I.P Tony.

@blacsouljah Жыл бұрын

Dow and Mathers had far better chemistry.

@richardyoung9024 Жыл бұрын

And Hugh Beaumont was the best choice to play Ward.

@Elphaba1952 2 жыл бұрын

Ward SMOKING!!! SO happy they made the cast changes!! Hugh Beaumont was born to play Ward Cleaver... which was amazing since he started out in movies as the "heavy."

@juliasewillfarmer6073 Жыл бұрын

I think not sure Ward smoked a pipe

@petercrowl9467 Жыл бұрын

@@juliasewillfarmer6073 He may have had a pipe rack on his desk but I don't recall ever seeing him smoke one

@blacsouljah Жыл бұрын

Really? I understand Beaumont was a Methodist minister and was in a least one Christian film with Mathers pre-Cleaver.

@mikedoran9851 Жыл бұрын

Pre-Beaver, Hugh Beaumont played private eye Mike Shayne in several B-movies.

@michaelcunis8329 9 ай бұрын

I saw a picture of Hugh smoking a cigarette on the set of leave it to beaver. So I think he did smoke.

@marlenepearson3936 Жыл бұрын

I am glad they recanted Ward and Wally. And came up with Eddie Haskell!

@patriciarodrigue5778 2 жыл бұрын

The Leave it to Beaver show would never have been as successful w/o Tony Dow. While Jerry was adorable, Tony was the dreamboat that made all us little girls swoon!

@jchapman8248 2 жыл бұрын

@@steveniavarone3683 Whoa, easy now. That's an unnecessarily harsh comment to the lady. She's entitled to her opinion. I'm sure she's not alone in her views on Tony Dow. I'd question the appropriateness of your comment with a comment of my own but it's not PC on YT. It addresses a weird group who come with a multi-colored flag, special month and a movement of falsely aware folks that starts with an uppercase 'w'!

@cjmacq-vg8um Жыл бұрын

mathers didn't age well into later seasons. he was goofy as hell. we used to get stoned and watch the reruns just to make fun of him. remember the episode where he danced? that was one of the goofiest things ever caught on film. casey adams, aka Max Showalter, played tuesday weld's dad in the classic '66 film "lord love a duck." the scene where he watches weld try on a bunch of different cashmere sweaters is hilarious! (the whole movie is just great. one of my favorites.) he has one of those great laughs that make you laugh. he has about 1000 movie and tv credits. little known fact: they were going rename "its a small world" to - "look, its gopher boy!" but the producer owned a beaver farm (otherwise known as a "cat-house.") in upstate wisconsin so they renamed it "leave it to beaver" for the free advertising. and the rest is beaver history.

@patriciarodrigue5778 Жыл бұрын

@@steveniavarone3683 How dare you judge what type of boy is attractive to a seven year old girl?? I will say it again, he was a dream boat in my youthful eyes. His eyes were absolutely gorgeous 😍. All my then friends loved Tony DOW. I will miss him. I am so sorry that he passed. P.S. I do not smoke!!! I especially didn't smoke in 1958.

@m.e.d.7997 Жыл бұрын

His talented acting helped too. Wally was just as much a star of the show as Jerry

@m.e.d.7997 Жыл бұрын

@@cjmacq-vg8um Tony Dow was a much better actor too.

@slugcult-10_years_and 3 жыл бұрын

0:56 To think that the infamous Eddie Haskell type character could've been played by the Legendary Derek Smalls, is completely mind-blowing to me!!

@farrellmcnulty909 Жыл бұрын

Yes, and he was replaced by a guy who was rumoured to really be Alice Cooper. Heavy Metal rules in Mayfield. Gotta watch these small towns.

@slugcult-10_years_and Жыл бұрын

@@farrellmcnulty909 LMAO!! 😂😂 The seedy, dark underbelly of the small towns of the TV world. I'm waiting for that one brave journalist to peel back the layers of counterfeit wholesomeness. To reveal the facade perpetrated by the likes of Andy Griffith, Aunt B, and all the other family shows back then.

@dellalyn9918 Жыл бұрын

Hugh Beaumont was 100% the right choice, and the character Eddie Haskell was perfect.

@thecausalgamer7916 4 жыл бұрын

That Harry Shearer kid he looks like he’s going to have a career in voiceover work

@dskyyksd 4 жыл бұрын

And end up too short to give Beaver the business.

@catharineorellana3522 3 жыл бұрын

And become the bassist in the loudest band in rock and roll, Spinal Tap.

@akbarlebowitz8151 Жыл бұрын

That, plus a couple of stints on Saturday Night Live.

@mommyj6586 4 жыл бұрын

Thank Goodness they replaced the guy portraying Ward. Hugh Beaumont was a much classier choice. That other guy was very irritating and unlikable! Eddie Haskell and Wally switch was a better fit. If the changes weren't made I don't think the show would have lasted. I still love watching the re runs. Nice wholesome TV : ). This world definitely need more of it.

@slugcult-10_years_and 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the scene they showed had the father character blowing smoke in his wife's and their guest's faces. Ummm, Ward would never be that unclassy.

@Tommygunz838 3 жыл бұрын

Ya I was watching that episode of the bottlecaps and I was like, " that's not Wally! That's not Ward!" Lol now it all makes sense. Thanks for sharing

@bretcobearo373 4 жыл бұрын

I think that Shearer guy has a future in a fictional British rock band where they all turn their volumes up to 11!

@boataxe4605 2 жыл бұрын

Fictional? I don’t know, I think the fact that they were all musicians as well as actors and they wrote and performed the songs and did live concerts makes them pretty real. They played better live than many “real” bands.

@charlessmith48 10 ай бұрын

@bretcobearo373😂😂😂 YES!! 🇬🇧🤘🇬🇧 I was Specifically looking for comments about "SPINAL TAP" I'm shocked that whoever made this ONLY said that Harry Shearer was on SNL, & NOTHING about S.T.!? But, it's funny, even to see Him that young, You can totally see the big moustache , the long Mullet wig, & Bass Guitar!! "GOD SAVE THE QUEEN"🇬🇧👑💂👑🇬🇧 🎛🎛🔊🎚🔥🎚🕪🎛🎛 TURN IT⬆⚁🖑🖐➕🖕

@peterraymond8470 3 жыл бұрын

Max Showalter may not have made it as Ward Cleaver yet he nevertheless had a long and successful acting career and he killed it as Grandpa Fred in John Hughes' seminal Sixteen Candles in 1984. "He's three sheets to the wind. Bwa-ha-ha-ha! He's drunk as a skunk. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!"

@cjmacq-vg8um Жыл бұрын

@ronleight9341 Жыл бұрын

That first Dad was in the movie Niagara with Marilyn Monroe!! Something to tell the grandkids!!

@jackm4457 2 жыл бұрын

So Leave It To Beaver debuted on the same day that the Soviets launched Sputnik I -- Monday, October 4. 1957. Another interesting fact is The Three Stooges, which had been sold into syndication by Columbia, was first show on Television two days earlier... Saturday, October 2.

@UncleTermite 2 ай бұрын

The U.S had to counter Sputnik , the answer was this show so no one cared about space race .

@Tiberius291 Жыл бұрын

I love how fate makes things right 99% of the time.

@suestephan3255 Жыл бұрын

Well it wasn’t exactly the same vibe as the original. Wally calling Beaver stupid. No no no Glad that Wall grew too tall to stay in the part

@stephanieperry1119 10 ай бұрын

From what can figure out is only about 5ft 10ins to 6ft tall as an adult so he couldn’t grown all that tall.

@mistercool3859 4 жыл бұрын

Just caught a glimpse of Paul Sullivan on The Donna Reed Show. He was tall and looked more like Hugh Beaumont than Tony Dow did. HOWEVER, I prefer Tony Dow. He was very handsome and had an unassuming quality about him that you don't see in a lot of actors.

@kellycoleman715 Жыл бұрын

The original Ward smoked like a freight train. 😄 That actor was good in other roles through the years though. My wife and I saw Harry Shearer at a jazz club in New Orleans several years ago. I got Jerry Mathers’ autograph at a convention at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills when I was a kid. He was about 19 at the time and very shy and self conscious. But still quite popular!

@tedrosato4472 Жыл бұрын

Leave it to Beaver my favorite TV show I was 5 years old 1957 June's my favor she's a good actress

@curious1curious 2 жыл бұрын

Man, that pilot was terrrrrribbble. So glad they got Hugh and Tony and changed up the characters to wholesome examples.

@cjmacq-vg8um Жыл бұрын

you ever see the "dick van dyke show" pilot? it was called "head of the family" and starred carl reiner as the dad. it had several different actors in famiiar roles. and it was pretty bad too. but once they changed the casting the show became, i believe, one of the best sitcoms ever produced. odd how casting can be so important in the success of film and tv shows.

@blacsouljah Жыл бұрын

@@cjmacq-vg8um Thanks for the history.

@cjmacq-vg8um Жыл бұрын

@@blacsouljah ... you're welcome. it wasn't so much a history as another example of what you wrote. both pilots were pretty bad but both shows turned out pretty good.

@SurferJoe1 Жыл бұрын

"Casey Adams" was a rarely-used stage name for Max Showalter, whom (under his real name) you've seen in everything.

@estebancruz6194 4 жыл бұрын

I just started watching the show this year & had no idea about this pilot. Very intetesting. Thanks for the upload.

@georgie2315 4 жыл бұрын

IN REAL LIFE "GILBERT" (Beavers friend) WAS HARRY SHEARER'S SON!

@georgie2315 4 жыл бұрын

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE THE KID WHO PLAYED, "CHESTER?" HE WAS GOOD 👍 DID HE CONTINUE WITH AN ACTING CAREER?

@cdgates1 3 жыл бұрын

@@georgie2315 Buddy Joe Hooker is his real name. He has a facebook. He became a stuntman after Leave it to Beaver

@jehobden 4 жыл бұрын

This pilot also featured Joe Kearns, who would 2 years later play George Wilson in DENNIS THE MENACE.

@robertsr.249 4 жыл бұрын

He died young at age 54 ( I’m pretty sure )

@jehobden 4 жыл бұрын

@@robertsr.249 I think he'd just turned 55 recently when he died. I'll be 55 myself next month, so I'm almost as old as he was.

@norms3913 3 жыл бұрын

Joseph kearns also did appear as a bank officer in a few early episodes of gunsmoke

@normanwhite6677 Жыл бұрын

Kearns was a prolific radio actor.

@RayPointerChannel Жыл бұрын

@@normanwhite6677 He was also the voice of the Door Knob in Walt Disney's ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

@randallreiter9679 4 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad they got Hugh and tony after this. If these actors had stayed on I wouldn’t have liked the show or watched it. I have the complete series and it’s one of my favorites. And I’ve only watch this pilot once. Barbara and jerry were the only ones in the pilot I liked and they are the only ones who stayed in the series thankfully.

@shettrick 4 жыл бұрын

I agree, and also remaining in the series from this pilot was the actor who played the bike company business man (Richard Deacon, who became Mr. Rutherford), and his secretary (Diane Brewster, who played Beaver's first teacher, Miss Canfield)

@hardren101 Жыл бұрын

Casting is a gift....Norman Lear had the gift as did William Asher....

@catharineorellana3522 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. The smoking in the house in front of the kids. On TV! Times have changed!!!

@thomaslucas6079 3 жыл бұрын

My mom chain smoked with me sitting on her lap.

@boataxe4605 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, for the worse.

@RayPointerChannel Жыл бұрын

That was common in the 1950s. My father smoked until 1968. He lived to age 98, by the way.

@susanthames8466 2 ай бұрын

Smoking was commonplace back then, it wasnt yet considered taboo like it is now.

@alvinjones670 4 жыл бұрын

INTERESTING, THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD!!!

@mistone9784 Жыл бұрын

never new this thanks for sharing this video

@elizabethramirezsierra3700 10 ай бұрын

Rest In Peace, Barbara Billingsley(June) Rest In Peace, Tony Dow(Wally) 1945-2022

@shettrick 10 ай бұрын

Nice, as well as Richard Deacon (Mr. Rutherford) and Diane Brewster (Miss Canfield)

@SL-vi4tk 9 ай бұрын

Fred Rutherford... Renaissance man

@melaniec1074 4 жыл бұрын

Let's all pile on Max Showalter, a tv and movie icon, just because he wasn't Hugh Beaumont and the directors told him to smoke. "Play Moonglow"

@dskyyksd 4 жыл бұрын

And "Stardust"

@tomflorio3639 3 жыл бұрын

Canine cologne

@8176morgan 4 жыл бұрын

I see that beautiful Diane Brewster who played his 2nd grade teacher Miss Canfield later on the show appears in the pilot episode, and can be seen at 3:11. Beaver Cleaver purportedly had a crush on her, and to tell you the truth so did I, but not when I was in second grade; that was later, much, much later.

@shettrick 4 жыл бұрын

Yep, same actress for Miss Canfield and Mr. Rutherford in different roles in the pilot

@8176morgan 4 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised to learn that she only appeared in four episodes as Miss Canfield before she quit the series. I thought that it was a lot more than that, like around twenty. Her replacement Miss Landers was quite a cutie as well, although I myself preferred the former.

@scotthettrick9125 4 жыл бұрын

@@8176morgan Yes, Diane Brewster only in five of the 39 episodes of first season - but did you know she also did five episodes of Still/The New Leave it to Beaver in 1980s? Before and during the original LitB series, Brewster had a busy career in movies and TV shows, as did Sue Randall (Miss Landers); but yes, Randall did do 29 episodes of LitB but that was over five seasons, which is 5-6 per season - about same as Brewster

@8176morgan 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I did know that Diane Brewster made a few appearances in the New Leave It To Beaver series in the 1980's, but not poor Sue Randall as she died young from lung cancer being a heavy smoker for man years. How sad. I remember seeing her a few years ago in an episode of Perry Mason and thought that she looked so pretty.

@scotthettrick9125 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, Sue was no different than millions of others in those years who was a smoker and died of cancer but in her 20s she was in dozens of TV shows and movies I have posted here. Hugh Beaumont, Ken Osmond (Eddie Haskell) and others were also smokers

@camwilliams2827 4 жыл бұрын

Jerry looks like a grown up child

@georgie2315 4 жыл бұрын

Cam Williams ! Right & Beaver is as cute now too!

@heatherboster1937 Жыл бұрын

😅🤣🤣🤣 " Grown child!!!! Really, it's like this: 'Baby Face! You've got that cuteest little BABY FACE!"

@avvocato5543 5 жыл бұрын

Max Showalter sure was smoking a lot.

@elizabethramirezsierra3700 10 ай бұрын

Fact: Harry Shearer who played Frankie in the pilot on the LITB pilot also voiced Ned and other characters on The Simpsons

@shettrick 10 ай бұрын

Fact: also more notably and recognizable in dozens of TV shows as himself and hugely popular movies from This is Spinal Tap to The Right Stuff and many others

@michaelcase8574 10 ай бұрын

Harry Shearer worked on the Jack Benny show on radio. He was one of the Beaver patrol. A club with Benny as the treasurer. Leave it ro Beaver and Neaver patrol....mmmmm

@mikeraffanelli8265 Жыл бұрын

There was more than one. I remember watching 6 or 8 of these.

@Transterra55 2 жыл бұрын

Good to see Hugh Beaumont's Ward didn't smoke...

@melaniec1074 4 жыл бұрын

I don't care what you say. Max Showalter was a prince of a guy. Sure, he was no Hugh Beaumont, but he had his own thing going on. Like co-starring with Marilyn Monroe in Niagara. But, nooo, he's not fit to shine Hugh Beaumont's wingtips!

@song8777 Жыл бұрын

A member of Spinal Tap. I never would've guessed that. 🎸🎶🥚🐣

@trent3872 3 жыл бұрын

June Cleaver was smokin hot, I dont care what anybody says. She used to hang out with Old blue eyes and the rat pack.

@boataxe4605 2 жыл бұрын

That’s why Ward was hard on the beaver.

@jaredjlinden Жыл бұрын

Grandpa Fred from Sixteen Candles!

@dgray9020 Жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace Mr Tony Dow

@cjmacq-vg8um Жыл бұрын

he's still alive. that was a false report.

@maddyhayes617 Жыл бұрын

@@cjmacq-vg8um he has since passed away.

@cjmacq-vg8um Жыл бұрын

@@maddyhayes617 ... no, that report was false. tony dow is still alive.

@benleung6331 Жыл бұрын

@@cjmacq-vg8um When they corrected that false report, they said Tony Dow was still alive but was in hospice care, which meant he hadn't died yet but his death would be imminent, so it should be no surprise to anyone when the news broke the next day that Tony Dow really did die.

@cjmacq-vg8um Жыл бұрын

@@benleung6331 ... uummm, ok. thanks for the info. sorry to see tony go to the great rerun in the sky. my condolences to his on-screen and off-screen families.

@ldfreitas9437 Жыл бұрын

Harry Shearer from NPR's Le Show? Wow.

@cw9664 Жыл бұрын

June always looked good

@safeatthird6060 4 жыл бұрын

Damn even Father Knows Best didn't smoke thank god for better casting and Hugh Beaumont, the first husband seem like a frickin police inspector something like Law and Order.

@gispel7058 4 жыл бұрын

But Mr Beaumont smoked off screen. Its what killed him.

@sdstewart1962 Жыл бұрын

"Father Knows Best didn't smoke." You probably shouldn't watch this, then. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hZxko7Vlrsy9cmQ.html

@arhatyellow Жыл бұрын

Wrong. Robert Young smoked a pipe on Father Knows Best, as did Hugh Beaumont on Beaver. Andy Griffith smoked cigarettes on his show the first couple of seasons. How about Lucas McCain and his cigars? Jeesh

@dannythomas417 4 жыл бұрын

The early childhood of Armin Tamzarian!

@zt1053 Жыл бұрын

Mr. Wilson from Dennis the Menace was also in his pilot

@JewandGreek Жыл бұрын

Can't believe how little Tony Dow had changed.

@Zooba57 3 жыл бұрын

The Ward looked more like he would be Gilbert's father. Bulging eyes and manic just like the kid who played Gilbert. Wasn't he one of the people that Billy Mumy sent to the Cornfield in THE TWILIGHT ZONE? Hugh Beaumont and Barbara B. were great as Mom and Dad.

@musicaltheatergeek79 3 жыл бұрын

I can see it now. LOL! They should have had him guest star as Gilbert's dad, who we never saw but often heard about. I enjoyed it whenever Gilbert told stories about his father. They were funny, and the young actor's delivery was perfect.

@m.e.d.7997 Жыл бұрын

Barbara Blllingsley was around 42 when she started on the show. Ward was even older.

@BrentWebbOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Scott! I just finished an interview with "Leave It To Beaver" star Jerry Mathers and his wife Teresa last week where he talks about his life and career, including his memories of Ken Osmond. Part one of the interview is available on my KZfaq channel: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eNFkotuG05zennU.html with part two coming soon!

@erikhertzer8434 4 жыл бұрын

Wally should have gave Harry Shearer the business...

@dannythomas417 4 жыл бұрын

SEYMOUR!!

@elvicare35 4 жыл бұрын

Harry was really cocky/mouthy, he can't talk to Wally like that!!!!!!!!

@hijodelaisla275 3 жыл бұрын

"should have gave"

@ThekiBoran Жыл бұрын

Had no clue Harry Shearer was in the LITB pilot. I only knew him from 'This is Spinal Tap'.

@evalu3260 5 жыл бұрын

I sure don’t like the guy playing Ward Cleaver with that cigarette stuck in his face.

@shettrick 5 жыл бұрын

Well, maybe that was part of the reason they recast that role to be played by Hugh Beaumont, which I think we all believe was a great decision.

@bobapbob5812 4 жыл бұрын

@@shettrick I agree. That scene brought back bad memories of my home full of tobacco smoke.

@bobapbob5812 4 жыл бұрын

@Cory Allen what an idiotic reply.

@bobapbob5812 4 жыл бұрын

@Cory Allen you did a good troll impersonation.

@johndean4727 4 жыл бұрын

@@shettrick Leave it to Beaver was so funny.i don't think people appreciate it.

@dwaynecoy1871 3 жыл бұрын

A little exposure for Rob Weller, long-time host of "Entertainment Tonight" and "Entertainment This Week" at the beginning of the clip. I was at a college football game where Weller returned as an alumni yell leader and one of his bits was responsible for popularizing the "The Wave" in the early 80's.

@maddyhayes617 Жыл бұрын

Happy you posted this. I could not come up with a name. I wonder what he is doing now. Was the female commentator Leeza Gibbons? It sounded like that was the name, but it was a bit muffled .

@andymullarx6365 Жыл бұрын

In a film vault in Illinois. Imagine what else is out there yet to turn up.

@alanstrong3295 5 жыл бұрын

Baxter had no choice but to get that bicycle back. It was ordered by the one who played Mr Wilson.

@montibarnett6740 Жыл бұрын

The only thing I remember was her talking job on her airplane

@jackievegas6987 Жыл бұрын

The Pilot Wally and the pilot Ward were best left behind. I like Harry but he is best as a Simpson’s voice actor.

@stephanieperry1119 10 ай бұрын

Is the whole show anywhere?

@rickloera9468 3 жыл бұрын

I like Tony Dow but the original Wally seemed like a good fit. The father on the other hand was definitely not Ward Cleaver. Frankie was good. I'm surprised they didn't look him up when casting for.Eddie Haskell. Maybe the biggest difference between Frankie and Eddie was on the inside Eddie was really a good guy and that came through on the show. Frankie seemed more like a trouble maker.

@blacsouljah Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the analysis. In your opinion, what made Ken Osmond's portrayal of Eddie Haskell so great? Was it Osmond's acting, better writing than that of the pilot, or was it better direction?

@maddyhayes617 Жыл бұрын

Tony was so handsome. Later he was in the teen soap opera Never Too Young. Dack Rambo also acted in the soap.

@lhisafans Жыл бұрын

I'm glad a couple of the original Actors got changed out. The original guy playing Wally doesn't work for me, nor does that original archetype for Eddie Haskell. And obviously I'm use to Hugh Beaumont playing the Father, not that original guy.

@stephanieperry1119 10 ай бұрын

Ken Osmond was definitely a better Eddie.

@cheesypoofs1703 Жыл бұрын

Max Showalter as Casey Adams as Ward Cleaver.

@worldsgreatestimpressionis6462 Жыл бұрын

Showalter was a fine actor ( check Twilight Zone) but Hugh Beaumont was the best father in television history.

@blacsouljah Жыл бұрын

I think Beaumont was born for the role.

@maddyhayes617 Жыл бұрын

All TV fathers on successful shows were admirable.

@blacsouljah Жыл бұрын

@@maddyhayes617 But look at a lot of t.v. fathers now ---IF they're there at all. Where did we go wrong.

@RayPointerChannel Жыл бұрын

True, but he was totally wrong for this role. The tone of his voice was a bit irritating.

@RayPointerChannel Жыл бұрын

@@blacsouljah Beaumont was from Kansas and being a true midwesterner, seemed right for this show.

@chrisnewman7281 Жыл бұрын

Harry Shearer would’ve provided a connection between the worlds of leave it to Beaver and spinal tap

@georgewashington3012 Жыл бұрын

Hugh Beaumont definitely played a more wholesome father figure. This guy came across as a sarcastic and quick tempered chain smoker.

@ellendolber2765 3 жыл бұрын

How do I see the entire pilot, We watch LITB almost every morning on METV

@scotthettrick9125 3 жыл бұрын

You won't see it as part of reruns in syndication on MeTV because it was never part of the series. It's on DVD and there are some web sites that you it but only with images reversed so everything is backwards

@DFDuck55 3 жыл бұрын

Leave It To Beaver - S 1 E 0 - Pilot It's A Small World archive.org/details/leave.it.to.beaver.complete.series/Season+1/Leave+It+To+Beaver+-+S01E00+-+Pilot+It's+A+Small+World.avi

@aljackson6802 3 жыл бұрын

@@DFDuck55 Thanks for posting!!!

@girlinabox1943 3 жыл бұрын

@@DFDuck55 whoooooa thanks!!!!

@drbonesshow1 Жыл бұрын

Some TV shows pick the right cast after the pilot. The Munsters is another example. Look it up.

@jeffkarrow6924 4 жыл бұрын

That's the wrong house exterior shot here at the end. That was used in later versions of the show. The original Cleaver house had an entry stage right with stairs stage left. Living room with easy chair is visible when the camera backs up. This other set was used later and featured entry stage left with stairs stage right. Ward's den/library/office was left of the entry (where a print of Thomas Gainsborough's "Blue Boy" hangs inside the front door - check it out). In these later episodes the Cleavers have moved into a larger set, but this is not a real house - it's a shell in a "fake" neighborhood. For Trivia freaks, this is the house (set) used in "The Desperate Hours" with Humphrey Bogart and Frederick March in 1955.

@shettrick 4 жыл бұрын

Not wrong -- this was the pilot -- a practice show filmed to see if CBS would buy the concept. CBS and others made all kinds of changes before they decided to buy the show -- changed actors for Wally and Ward, changed characters for Richard Deacon and Diane Brewster, changed name of show from Small World to Leave it to Beaver, and gave them a new set for the house in a new studio

@cjmacq-vg8um Жыл бұрын

@readthebible1958 Жыл бұрын

He was also the antique dealer on The Andy Griffith Show.

@cjmacq-vg8um Жыл бұрын

@@readthebible1958 ... man, he sure got around didn't he?

@joshfrederick2035 3 жыл бұрын

Young Harry Shearer here looks like a human version of Scar from The Lion King

@walkergillette3918 Жыл бұрын

I know it seems strange to see these other actors, but if they stayed on the show, you would have been used to them, just like the title, if it stayed "it's a small world" then the title, "leave it to beaver" would have seemed strange

@georgiasmith64 5 жыл бұрын

211 pine ave compared to 285 mapleton (in the earlier shows)

@shettrick 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, after shooting for the first two seasons at Republic Studios in a house they said was a 485 Maple Drive (sometimes called Mapleton Drive), Leave it to Beaver moved production to Universal Studios for seasons 3-6 where the house was said to be at 211 Pine Street.

@johndean4727 4 жыл бұрын

Smart!

@stacystoltz8722 2 жыл бұрын

Sweet dreams

@iancole931 Жыл бұрын

It's interesting how in the pilot the father was seen to be smoking. In those days the actors were made to do this to satisfy the producers who were getting paid millions to promote their cigarettes.

@shettrick Жыл бұрын

Well, also in those days those actors and about half the adult population, including Hugh Beaumont and Sue Randall (Miss Landers) smoked like chimneys

@georgewashington3012 Жыл бұрын

@@shettrick Sue also was diagnosed with lung and larynx cancer in 1982. She died from from it in 1984, sadly. She was 49 with two children… :(

@shettrick Жыл бұрын

@@georgewashington3012 Yes, certainly well aware of the death of Sue Randall far too young due to a choice she made regarding cigarettes, which was very common then. Well before that she suffered disabling injuries in a car accident that cut her career very short at age 32 in 1967, just four years after Leave it to Beaver ended, but that didn't stop her from working for multiple charities. And she also lived long enough to get married and have two children.

@boataxe4605 2 жыл бұрын

When I hear the name Harry Shearer I think more of The Simpsons and Spinal Tap than I do of SNL. And I wonder,if he had gotten the part and become typecast as Frankie would he still have gone on to do all that he has done?

@hehhaha8232 2 жыл бұрын

this was 1987. Derek Smalls didn't hook up with The Simpson until they did their first full episode in 1989.

@5277088 3 жыл бұрын

Check the knockers on the bicycle secretary.. later to be Miss Canfield on LITB

@5277088 3 жыл бұрын

Wheres the full length? Come on its 2020 and Covid and we need a break!

@Huskrrrr Жыл бұрын

Wow, a long way from Spinal Tap

@tomgunn8004 2 жыл бұрын

it sort of shocked me to see June kissing another man.

@sking2173 Жыл бұрын

Yep … I never knew June was such a tramp !!

@jaengen Жыл бұрын

June Cleavage?

@thomasbinninger1355 Жыл бұрын

So mr.burns was on it's a small world aka leave it to beaver.make a note of that smithers.yes sir.

@irish89055 Жыл бұрын

That Dad was the pits...prob a belt guy

@Harpo.jr70 3 жыл бұрын

Hugh was a minister and actor. Driving out to California for the show him and his family were in a car accident and his Mother in law died. Sad.

@dianecole9837 3 жыл бұрын

The rest of his family was involved in a car accident to include his mother who was killed.

@mikescarlett3186 Жыл бұрын

Cheese whiz what happened to walleye yo?

@andyscott6315 4 жыл бұрын

before shearer got a deep voice

@dannythomas417 4 жыл бұрын

(Dr. Hibbert laugh)

@bsully9219 9 ай бұрын

Casey adams looks and talks like a grown up Gilbert.

@melaniec1074 3 жыл бұрын

So who was in one of the most iconic episodes of the Twilight Zone and also co-starred in a movie with Marilyn Monroe? Hmmmmm? Hint: it wasn't Hugh Beaumont.

@cdgates1 2 жыл бұрын

Max Showalter

@drbonesshow1 Жыл бұрын

Too bad Ward (i.e., Hugh Beaumont) didn't smoke like this: 0:37

@MUSTBUYRIGHT Жыл бұрын

I just wondering why is it with Leave it to Beaver all the numbers they use equal 11 Wally's license plate wards license plate their house address their telephone number. is that like an inside joke about the books that were stolen?

@cdgates1 Жыл бұрын

Whatever happened to Paul Sullivan?

@JPBAMA Жыл бұрын

that pilot seems a lil mean spirited. Glad they got Hugh , Ken and Tony on board! and a cigarette puffing Ward,, yikes!

@blacsouljah Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that smoking Ward was shocking.

@maddyhayes617 Жыл бұрын

Alot of stars smoked on tv in earlier years.😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖😖

@irish89055 Жыл бұрын

That Wally had to be 43-44 then..sure didn't look like it

@d.j.7069 3 жыл бұрын

Who was the handsome boy with the soccer ball?

@shettrick 3 жыл бұрын

He was the star of Still the Beaver / New Leave it to Beaver for four years and 101 episodes, Kipp Marcus, who played Beaver's oldest son Kip Cleaver. Terrific singer and dancer -- you can see every episode here on my channel

@nancycahill2225 15 күн бұрын

short pilot!

@shettrick 15 күн бұрын

It's just a teaser, as noted in title of video

@DOLsenior 4 жыл бұрын

Ward Cleaver smoking 😳

@evalu3260 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@boataxe4605 2 жыл бұрын

Ward always smoked, they just changed it to a pipe.

@1pottercounty 4 жыл бұрын

No sound

@shettrick 4 жыл бұрын

The sound is there and has been enjoyed by more than 22,000 viewers, so it must either be a problem with your computer/phone, or you are in a country where this clip is restricted