I think so, anybody else think it?

I thought it was a little creepy when Buffy would say things like 'Mrs. Beasley and I are upset' or 'Mrs. Beasley and I didn't sleep very good last night'. It was almost like Buffy had a multiple personality disorder and Mrs. Beasley was one of her alter egos.

The other day I ran across a "Mrs. Beasley" A-B-C coloring book in the garage, which belonged to my sister. Interestingly, it's dated 1972, a year after the series ended. Each page is devoted to a letter in the alphabet, and has a drawing of Mrs. Beasley to color. Some make sense, like Mrs. Beasley baking a cake, or making a quilt. But others are startlingly weird, like Mrs. Beasley riding atop an elephant, or sitting in a kangaroo's pouch!

Nope, my grandmother bought one when I was a kid so I would see it all the time at her house. :lol:

I never found Mrs. Beasley creepy.

I never found Mrs. Beasley creepy.

I agree. The Mrs. Beasley doll may be a little unusual, but it is far from creepy. It is a cute doll in an odd sort of way.

That's weird -- you said the same thing as old grouch did, word for word!!

That's weird -- you said the same thing as old grouch did, word for word!!

They did the exact same thing in the Leave It To Beaver thread, copied what I said word for word.

I'm glad I'm not the only one creeped out by this "doll". :eek4:

I guess I never thought about it one way or the other!!

This type of thing was repeated in 1969 on the other Fedderson series, My Three Sons, where young Dodie is very attached to a hand puppet named Myrtle -- similar relationship as Buffy with Mrs. Beasley.

In each instance, I suppose it was a way to give a very young character a means of expressing emotions or relating fears. It gave the sitcom writer a tool as far as handling a very young child. Of course Jody didn't have that going for him, but he was coming on strong anyway -- you might say he was a young stud-in-waiting!

I never found Mrs. Beasley creepy.me ether

To me Mrs. Beasley looked more like a school teacher. It never crossed my mind that she was creepy. Atleast not any more so than Kitty Kariall on the Brady Bunch.

I think so, anybody else think it?

Creepiest. Doll. Ever.

It was creepy enough to warrant a Twilight Zone crossover episode.

Creepiest. Doll. Ever.

It was creepy enough to warrant a Twilight Zone crossover episode.

Talking Tina! One of my favorite Twilight Zone eps. Though it premiered a few years before Family Affair was even on the air.

I never thought Mrs. Beasley was creepy. Buffy having Mrs. Beasley in the first season when she first came to live with Uncle Bill, was cute. However, when the producers of Family Affair continued to have Buffy carrying around Mrs. Beasley in the 4th and 5th seasons, when she was like 11 or 12, well that was just weird!

I agree with that as far as Buffy being a little too old to continue with the doll.

I think the doll is fine -- it has a nice, happy look. However, in new commercials airing on Me-TV, Kathy Garver is holding some sort of replica that looks pretty weird...!

i liked mrs. beasley..my aunt had a mrs. beasley..i agree with another post that the mrs. beasley featured in the MEtv commercial is scary...her hair..what did they do to that poor doll's hair?

Yeah...I've always found Mrs. Beasley a little creepy.

If you want to see a doll that will scare the crap out of you,check out
The Night Gallery episode " The Doll "

I still have my Mrs. Beasley doll. At the time it seemed a bit weird to me when I got it because as a kid the whole dialogue with the doll seemed strange. I think my mother was more excited about me having the doll than I was. As adult I understood what she was doing since her parents died. Now just having a toy from my childhood is nice since I only have a few left. I do wish I hadn't lost those darn glasses!! I think they came with a rubber band on them and once I took it off losing the glasses happened all the time. The day finally came when I could no longer find them...

That doll was creepy I was always imagining the eyes moving...

At 13 carrying that doll and wearing little girl clothes and having pigtails was creepy too....

Actually I thought Anissa was pretty well-dressed through the whole series. What did you think she should have worn, halter tops and stiletto heels?

I got the idea that Buffy got the "Mrs . Beasley" doll from her parents . There was one espisode of "Family Affair" where Buffy and Jody had a little problem keeping their toys picked up, which made extra work for Mr . French . Uncle Bill told Buffy and Jody they were going to have a "mess box" . Any toy left laying around was going to be put into the "mess box" and donated to charity .

Uncle Bill's "mess box" solved the problem until Buffy put her beloved "Mrs . Beasley" doll on the arm of an easy chair, left the room, and the doll fell to the floor . When Buffy came back, her beloved "Mrs . Beasley" doll was in the hands of Mr . French . Uncle Bill had to decide -- did the "Mrs . Beasley" doll go into the "mess box" or did Buffy get to keep it since her parents gave it to her ? Uncle Bill decided that the "mess box" served its purpose .

Mrs. Beasley was a granny doll, which was unusual in the 1960s . Most of the time we think little girls like baby or toddler dolls so they can play "mommy" , but granny dolls go back to the nineteenth century and are great for kids with absent or dead parents, or who have moved around a lot . Having a granny doll gives them a sense of stability and an image of continuity and kindness, as well as someone to look after . Finally, I know they tried to keep Buffy and Jody the same age forever, and that wasn't right, but it makes sense that Buffy might want to keep her "Mrs Beasley" doll handy as a souvenir of her parents . It would've been too sad to see Buffy give her "Mrs Beasley" doll to another little girl .

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The other day I ran across a "Mrs. Beasley" A-B-C coloring book in the garage, which belonged to my sister. Interestingly, it's dated 1972, a year after the series ended. Each page is devoted to a letter in the alphabet, and has a drawing of Mrs. Beasley to color. Some make sense, like Mrs. Beasley baking a cake, or making a quilt. But others are startlingly weird, like Mrs. Beasley riding atop an elephant, or sitting in a kangaroo's pouch!
I bet if anybody has one of those dolls today in mint condition it's worth alot of money.

Not particularly. Most girls I know had or have a doll or stuffed animal to which they share their secrets. Mrs. Beasley was probably the first really successful doll of its kind (my then six-year-old niece was thrilled to get a Mrs. Beasley doll from her uncle!).

And as fate has it today, I now have a "Mrs. Beasley" in my family...my younger daughter is married to a guy whose last name is Beasley!

My aunt had a Mrs. Beasley doll but when MeTv aired promos for "Family Affair"(I'm not sure whether you've seen the promos or not), It's like they didn't comb her hair down-they had her hair all wild and free. I'm like, "Mrs. Beasley wouldn't have stood for that":)..So Missy, you have a Mrs. Beasley in the family? That's awesome!

Not particularly. Most girls I know had or have a doll or stuffed animal to which they share their secrets. Mrs. Beasley was probably the first really successful doll of its kind (my then six-year-old niece was thrilled to get a Mrs. Beasley doll from her uncle!).

And as fate has it today, I now have a "Mrs. Beasley" in my family...my younger daughter is married to a guy whose last name is Beasley!


That is really cool. Your daughter is Mrs. Beasley! :)

Yes. I remember not wanting one as a child, because she did seem a strange, elderly doll.

When you figure how Buffy used her as comfort after her parents' death, though, I guess it makes sense that she would bond with a doll who seemed old enough to fill the role of a friend and caretaker when Buffy needed comfort, rather than a baby doll who needed total care from grieving Buffy.

I thought Mrs. Beasley was cute and this morning's episode was cute when Buffy said that Ms. Beasley didn't have to make her own decisions about where she wanted to live because she went where Buffy went.

I thought Mrs. Beasley was cute and this morning's episode was cute when Buffy said that Ms. Beasley didn't have to make her own decisions about where she wanted to live because she went where Buffy went.


That is cute! Buffy was adorable!! :)

LOL not compared to Talky Tina from the TZ!

There is a restaurant in Toledo, Washington called Mrs. Beezley's that serves burgers and really good milkshakes. My husband and I stopped there a couple of times on our way from Portland, Oregon. It's named for the people who own it, but I always think of Family Affair whenever I see it!





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There is a restaurant in Toledo, Washington called Mrs. Beezley's that serves burgers and really good milkshakes. My husband and I stopped there a couple of times on our way from Portland, Oregon. It's named for the people who own it, but I always think of Family Affair whenever I see it!





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Love Mrs Beezley's! We always stopped their coming back from visiting relatives/friends in the Seattle area when I was a kid, and the wife and I ate there when we were getting to know each other, and now we try to stop there when ever we can on road trips.

For my mom one of the main reasons she liked Family Affair so much was not only because it was a cute show. But because of Mrs. Beasley and I never thought she was creepy from what my mom described her to me she was darling. And my mom adored Mrs. Beasley so much that Mom begged Santa for a Mrs. Beasley doll of her own but they were sold out and Mom couldn't get one so my grandma got her stuffed animals instead. I think why Buffy was so attached to Mrs. Beasley was because to Buffy Mrs. Beasley was "alive" in her world and Mrs. Beasley was her bestie. And Buffy didn't want anyone to know about her friendship with Mrs. Beasley for fear that they might take the doll away. If you look at children today when most children have dolls or action figures they simply think they are real even though they are not but children have a favorite doll that simply is their best friend all their life
Bestie

In Western culture, generally speaking an aged person tends not to be celebrated or beloved in the same way as we've learned about other parts of the world (like the far east).

So I think there may be a little ageism involved with those who find the doll less-than-appealing. The doll is clearly a representation of an elderly woman (and in one episode Buffy meets a real-life Mrs. Beasley), and as such may not be embraced by fans as a doll of a baby or child would be -- in a culture that celebrates youth & vitality.

In Western culture, generally speaking an aged person tends not to be celebrated or beloved in the same way as we've learned about other parts of the world (like the far east).

So I think there may be a little ageism involved with those who find the doll less-than-appealing. The doll is clearly a representation of an elderly woman (and in one episode Buffy meets a real-life Mrs. Beasley), and as such may not be embraced by fans as a doll of a baby or child would be -- in a culture that celebrates youth & vitality.

It was creepy but FAR less creepy than M3S Dodie's giant puppet head Myrtle wound up being. At least Mrs. Beasley had a proportionate body attached to her head. I once knew someone who'd gotten a Mrs. Beasley doll as a present so I guess it was sold in toy stores but I somehow can't imagine Myrtle dolls would have flown off any toy store shelves!

I will say however if you're a fan of comic strips like me, I grew up with the disproportionately large heads of The Family Circus and Peanuts children, among others...! LOL Not certain how that began, as older characters like Skippy, Skeezix, and Smitty were drawn with their heads in proportion to the bodies.