Before he was renamed Eddie Haskell, the sycophant character was called Frankie and was played by Harry Shearer, whose parents pulled him from the show so he could have a normal childhood. Yep, the same Harry Shearer who voices Simpson characters!

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Before he was renamed Eddie Haskell, the sycophant character was called Frankie and was played by Harry Shearer, whose parents pulled him from the show so he could have a normal childhood. Yep, the same Harry Shearer who voices Simpson characters!

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Nope,

That is a classic LITB legend. Right up there with Jerry Mathers dying in Vietnam.

Jack

Its amazing how many LITB urban myths there are. Growing up, everybody I knew swore Jerry Mathers died in Vietnnam and Ken Osmond was porn star John Holmes.

This one is true. In the pilot, "Small World", Harry Shearer played a character named Frankie, who was a prototype for Eddie Haskell.

they are the same age..

l used to hear at one time, eddie went on to be Alice Cooper.