The Passing of Tony Dow (Wally from Leave It To Beaver) (alcohol, friend)
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Then, I read the comments. All throughout, almost every other comment had to do with the times back then, what the show taught them as children and that each episode had a meaning. You learned something.
I remember watching - maybe I was 5 - and then there were reruns. My parents were pretty strict about TV.
I watched episodes with my own children in the late 80's and 90's - I think they were on Nickelodeon.
Over and over, someone would comment about how the show helped their life, shaped their life and what they learned from it. Also, many mentioned etiquette and manners.
Since this forum skews older, I'm sure most remember this show.
I liked Leave It To Beaver. When I watched it in reruns as an adult, I noticed that they dealt with some significant subjects for its time. One when the alcohol handyman falls off the wagon and Beaver gives him some rum. A couple of times Ward mentions his father beating him when he was a kid growing up on a farm.
Couldn't stand Lucy. Silly and always looking for attention.
Liked the Beav & Wally, enjoyed Eddie Haskell too - he probably was the most sucessfull in his later fictional life since he always told people what they wanted to hear, not the truth.
A friend from work liked to watch the show. This was about 20 years ago, and he was in his 40s at the time. He said he wished his life was like Ward Cleaver's life, instead of his stress-filled existence with a high-pressure job and relationship problems. I guess watching the show was his way of decompressing.
I liked that show and it was one that we watched every week. My little sister used to say that she was "the Beave" and I was Wally. I didn't particularly agree. It was a good show.
I LOVED Lucy. She played a whacky but smart woman and some of the episodes were absolutely hilarious.
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