Isn't it funny "Beaver" never had a Christmas episode

[WI_DEM]

I think i've seen every episode of "Leave it to Beaver" and not one of them is a holiday episode. It seemed that all those family comedies eventually did a holiday show--but not Beaver. Maybe they were right, and didn't want to offend people who don't believe in Christmas. But if any show you'd expect a holiday themed episode it would be Beaver.

I can't believe I began a thread on this subject :)

Come to think of it, "The Munsters" never had a Christmas show either and that show was created by the same team which created and produced Beaver.

[htuttle]

1. You know, I'm not sure Beaver ever actually jumped the shark

I can't remember seeing any episodes that used a traditional shark-jumping maneuver:

- No 'Very Special Guest' appearances
- No 'Cleavers go on vacation in Hawaii' episodes
- No major characters died
- No characters changed actors midway during the show
- Ted McGinley never joined the show

Did it actually never jump the shark?

(actually, same with the Munsters).

[DrWeird]

7. Kids got too old.

Classic shark-jump.

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8. Good point

Beaver's voice was changing in elementary school, and Wally was getting a paunch in HS.

[KansDem]

10. Yeah, but didn't the show bow out gracefully?

Even the episodes for the final season were good, if I recall correctly.

So would canceling the series before it "jumped the shark" constitute "jumping the shark?"


Hey, folks, we DIDN'T jump the shark!


Ward, weren't you a little too hard on the Beaver last night?

[Strawman]

18. But an infant Ted McGinley did have a cameo on one episode the last season

Not really. I made that up.

[XNASA]

2. Isn't is also odd that there's an episode about Wally shaving.....

But none about Beaver shaving.

:shrug:

[realisticphish]

3. wow

subtly, and nicely done. sex thread art!


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[XNASA]

6. That's where I'm a Viking.

[short bus president]

11. Could've sworn you were

just a Trojan.

:P

Nicely done, BTW.

:thumbsup:

[Beware the Beast Man]

4. That one was on real late at night.

Sometimes the picture would unscramble, and...
oh never mind.

[Kahuna]

19. Yeah but, that episode when Wally cut Beaver's hair was ..

one of the funniest. :D

[LisaM]

5. Was it even ever WINTER?

Beaver usually wore a light jacket and cap. Sometimes the weather seemed to get a bit warmer, though (and I have only seen the show in reruns) I can't remember anyone wearing shorts, either.

[KurtNYC]

9. I'll sit the writers down and give them a good talking to

"Gosh Beav, either ya do your homework or they hollar at ya."

[KansDem]

12. I believe LITB was the first TV show to show a toilet...

I thought I read that somewhere...

(or maybe it was the bathroom in general)

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23. All in the Family was the first to have the sound of a toilet flushing

Not sure if one popped up onscreen before that.

[mr_hat]

13. The Cleavers were Jewish.

I thought everyone knew that.

[CO Liberal]

16. I Thought They Were Devil Worshipers

Especially Ward, that pipe-smoking scoundrel....

:-)

[Algorem]

14. Beaver spreading Christmas cheer.Who wouldn't love it?

[signmike]

15. "Ward, I think you're going to have to

spank the beaver tonight."

[Strawman]

17. There was never "A Very Special Beaver" either

Well there is, but I have to go behind that curtain into that little room at the video store to rent that.

That was before alot of the cliches. They were being invented. Trying to remember if they went to church or not even.

[jdots]

20. The show when Eddy Haskel got caught with a gerbal

was kind of festive.

[Algorem]

21. that beaver was never too lippy,which is good

[JVS]

22. In the early days of TV, I think seasonal episodes were avoided

two reasons

1) In a universe where time never advances having an event like Christmas (especially multiple times) conflicts with this. Today, we are more accepting of such irregularities and nobody seems to mind that we've seen a 10 year old boy who has been in 13 different halloween episodes.

2) In the early days of TV they didn't have the rich reservoir or rerun fodder that we enjoy today. So every episode had to be as rerunnable as possible. Xmas episodes are no good in May.