If you don't have Beaver Season 1, looks like now is a good time to pick it up -- 50% off at Amazon (as of this writing on 03/28/2006). Won't last forever, no doubt...so stock up on your Beavers (and Wards, to boot). :) ...
Some Additional Casual Beaver Observations & Hunks O' Trivia..........................
Anybody notice something somewhat unusual about the TV series Leave It To Beaver (in general terms that is)?........
This something "unusual" hit me recently when watching the Season-One LITB episode "The...
I have no idea about the "Film" dates with regard to LITB, or the "Small World" pilot. But the pilot aired for the first time (in syndication) in April 1957, so it was either filmed in very early '57 or late '56 even.
For just a second (when I saw "review" here in your post) I thought that perhaps it was I who had foolishly put such inaccurate info in my review here. But then I saw that you were referring to somebody else.
Yes, that person is definitely mistaken re. the pilot. I've had it on homemade VHS...
Merry Christmas to you too, Mike. (And everyone.)
And I, too, Greg, would send that talking TV packing due to its horrid taste in sitcoms. A shocking lack of Beaver appreciation! :)
Something else for you to watch out for next week, Mike, when you get your Beaver ....... Watch for an "alternate take" of one line of dialogue by Ward during the pre-show "Preview" clip on "The Perfect Father" episode. Ward's line "By the way, it's regulation" (referring to the new basketball...
I recently discovered this promotional photo (below) of the Cleaver gang. It's a Christmas promo pic. Unfortunately, however, there was never a Christmas-themed episode of "Leave It To Beaver" made (despite the fact that there were six opportunities in which to film one during the series'...
Another scene and hunk o' dialogue I'd never seen or heard prior to these DVDs......
In the episode "Brotherly Love", Ward says to The June-ster:
"June, a man's head has always been softer than a woman's heart." :)
LITB Trivia For Today.........
I just noted via the sparklingly-clear ending credits on the S.1 DVDs from Universal that the "Assistant Director" on many of the LITB episodes was Hilton A. Green .... the same Mr. Green who was Asst. Director for the film "Psycho", and who pops up on a DVD...
Note Re. The "SDH English Subtitles" For "Leave It To Beaver: The Complete First Season" .........
These subtitles are very nicely done, with all dialogue written out verbatim on screen (plus even references to background sounds and ambient noises -- e.g., "Footsteps Approaching" and "Phone...
Yeah...that price is highway robbery of the first order. No question about that fact. Especially when comparing it to the $210 price tag that I'll end up paying for the six top-quality and officially-licensed LITB complete-season sets via Universal. (This assumes that all six seasons will be...
A private seller is providing an ALL-SIX-SEASONS COLLECTION of LITB on DVD-R. Plus extras, including a couple of things I'd love to see Universal Studios also make available via a future mainstream seasonal boxed set of the series......
>>> Leave It To Beaver U.S. Savings Bonds Public Service...
Shame on you, Mike! Such foul-mouthed language! I'm sending you to Mrs. Rayburn's office post-haste...and you can have a taste of her automatic "spanking machine" for your attitude! So there! :)