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rockrgurl71111 · 01-14-2005, 08:02 PM

hey

rockrgurl71111 · 01-14-2005, 08:05 PM

[SIZE=7]Awww he's sooo dreamy![SIZE=7] highlight: He's so fine!

rockrgurl71111 · 01-14-2005, 08:10 PM

Leave It To Jerry
by Maurine Myers Remenih, Jack and Jill, October 1961

This is Jerry Mathers, better known as "Beaver", or "The Beav." Every Saturday night from 8:30 to 9:00 (E.S.T.) on ABC-TV’s "Leave It To Beaver" show, Jerry officially becomes "Beaver" to many fans.

Off the screen it’s a little hard to decide whether he’s really Jerry or Beaver. Even his friends can’t tell you. Perhaps Jerry does not always know. Mrs. Mathers thinks that’s because he’s so much like himself on the screen. Jerry doesn’t act, he just is.

Jerry got into the television world the same way many other children do, through modeling. He began as an infant model for the advertising department of a store. Before his mother knew what was happening, Jerry was one of the busiest little models in town. Then he began to work in movies, and he finally auditioned for the role of Beaver.

Bob Mosher, who produces the show with Joe Connelly, remembers the day Jerry appeared to audition for the part. There were nearly 100 boys auditioning. Some of them even had their hair curled!

Jerry had his Cub Scout uniform on. When it was his turn to talk to Mr. Mosher, he seemed very fidgety. Finally Mr. Mosher asked if something were bothering him.

"Aw, gee, I want to get to my Cub Scout meeting before it is over!" Jerry answered.

Mr. Mosher decide right then that Jerry was the one to play Beaver.

At the studio where "leave It To Beaver" is filmed, Jerry has a busy day. He leaves home at 6:30 a.m., and doesn’t leave the studio until 6:45 in the evening. Of course, Jerry still has to go to school. He does that for three hours a day right on the set. He and Tony Dow (who plays his "big brother" on the show), and the other boys and girls appearing in the series, share a little classroom built into one corner of the huge sound stage. Right now, for his science class, Jerry is making some interesting discoveries about how plants grow. A long table at one end of the classroom is covered with sprouting sweet potatoes, sprouting peanuts, sprouting all-sorts-of-things.

At lunchtime, Jerry eats in the busy commissary of the TV studio. Despite all the delicious and fancy dishes on the menu, Jerry has the same thing every day. The waitress knows what to bring him without even asking. The Beaver always had a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich and a glass of chocolate milk!

When he isn’t going to school, or playing Beaver, Jerry is often at the basketball hoop which one of the crew put up in a corner of the studio. Jerry and Tony, along with other athletic members of the crew, have a running competition to see who shoots the most baskets. Many times Tony acts as though he really were Jerry’s big brother, and shows him the find points of basketball.

Jerry’s parents are having an area near their back-yard swimming pool paved to make a badminton and basketball court for Jerry and his friends. The paving may be extended to provide some hopscotch markings for Jerry’s sister, Susie, 10, and a shuffleboard for his brother, Jimmie, 7.

If he isn’t shooting for baskets, Jerry may be playing tricks on his TV parents, Hugh Beaumont and Barbara Billingsley, or perhaps on his director, Norman Tokar. He’s a steady customer at the trick and magic shop near his home, and people at the studio never know what he’s going to do next.

"Last week I had one of those buzzers you hid in the palm of your hand," Jerry said, laughing.

Jerry is a real hobby-bug. Him mother says the model industry people don’t bring out new models fast enough to suit Jerry. He buys them as soon as they show up in the hobby shop. He has built the big motorized model of the Curtiss Pusher, and the visible V-8 engine, and "The thinking Man," a life sized model of the human skull. He has stopped counting the number of model cars, boats, planes, and tanks he has built.

Another enthusiasm brought an avalanche of rocks into Beaver’s house. He become a rock hound. Whenever he had an interview with someone, he was very careful to mention his rock collection. Then he added, as politely as possible, "If you come across any nice rocks back around where you live, I sure would appreciate it if you would send me some of them."

These people did send him some rocks, and they said that Jerry liked rocks in the stories they wrote about him.

A lot of the boys and girls who watched him on television sent him rocks, too. The mail carrier who brought the Matheres’ packages got very tired carrying rocks up to their front door.

What does Jerry thin of being a television star? He shrugs off his of acting as "nothing much." But there are many people who disagree with him. In 1959, he won the Mars Gold Star Award as the year’s best male child actor. The state of Oregon, called the "Beaver State," made Jerry an honorary citizen for his work in 1959. About a year ago, he went to Washington, D.C. to accept a Treasury Aware on behalf of the "Beaver" show, and in 1960, the "Leave It To Beaver" show won a Christopher Award.

That’s something very special to Beaver’s friends and fans.

rockrgurl71111 · 01-14-2005, 10:25 PM

hey

~*KristenCleaver*~ · 01-14-2005, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by rockrgurl71111

hey

Cute pic, but I've read those articles/stories about ten times lol!

rockrgurl71111 · 01-14-2005, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ~*KristenCleaver*~

Cute pic, but I've read those articles/stories about ten times lol!

I thought he looked especialy sexy in the pic above! LOL!

highlight:ha ha u looked losers!

~*KristenCleaver*~ · 01-14-2005, 10:49 PM

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I thought he looked especialy sexy in the pic above! LOL!

highlight:ha ha u looked losers!

Yes, I have never seen that one before! Where did you get it? eBAY? I haven't been there in a while, but they have some good LITB stuff on there. That's where I bought Jerry Mather's autobiography, "And Jerry Mathers As The Beaver" like two years ago lol. You got the articles from leaveittobeaver.org right? Yeah I used to go there and LITB.com a lot too.

rockrgurl71111 · 01-14-2005, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by ~*KristenCleaver*~

Yes, I have never seen that one before! Where did you get it? eBAY? I haven't been there in a while, but they have some good LITB stuff on there. That's where I bought Jerry Mather's autobiography, "And Jerry Mathers As The Beaver" like two years ago lol. You got the articles from leaveittobeaver.org right? Yeah I used to go there and LITB.com a lot too.

I tryed going to www.litb.com a few days ago I geuss they shut it down

~*KristenCleaver*~ · 01-14-2005, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by rockrgurl71111

I tryed going to www.litb.com a few days ago I geuss they shut it down

Really??? Wow, it probably wasn't getting enough site visitors or something. That sucks though. I haven't been there in a while. I liked that site too! Oh well lol.

~*KristenCleaver*~ · 01-15-2005, 02:55 PM

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Originally Posted by rockrgurl71111

I tryed going to www.litb.com a few days ago I geuss they shut it down

Hey I just went there now, and they didn't shut it down! It came up normal as it always does lol...maybe you were having problems with your server or something.

rockrgurl71111 · 01-15-2005, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by ~*KristenCleaver*~

Hey I just went there now, and they didn't shut it down! It came up normal as it always does lol...maybe you were having problems with your server or something.

hey its working! oh well!

~*KristenCleaver*~ · 01-15-2005, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by rockrgurl71111

hey its working! oh well!

LOL yeah, maybe it was down temporarily or something. I think Tony Dow looks WAY better clean cut!

rockrgurl71111 · 01-15-2005, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ~*KristenCleaver*~

LOL yeah, maybe it was down temporarily or something. I think Tony Dow looks WAY better clean cut!

I think thats drawn on.

~*KristenCleaver*~ · 01-15-2005, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by rockrgurl71111

I think thats drawn on.

Ha! You think so? It always looked pretty natural to me!...Natural but weird!

rockrgurl71111 · 01-15-2005, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by ~*KristenCleaver*~

Ha! You think so? It always looked pretty natural to me!...Natural but weird!

yeah that what I tought but they worked on LITB 5 days a week from 1958-1963 and I don't think the adverage male grows a mustaache like that in 5 days. LOL my dad can't grow a mustache in 5 days!!!!

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rockrgurl71111 Quit asking me!!!!!! Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 02, 2005 Location: ~ Where ever Amy Lee,Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Bank, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles, Drew Carey, and Tony Dow hang out~ Posts: 214	Leave It To Jerry by Maurine Myers Remenih, Jack and Jill, October 1961 This is Jerry Mathers, better known as "Beaver", or "The Beav." Every Saturday night from 8:30 to 9:00 (E.S.T.) on ABC-TV’s "Leave It To Beaver" show, Jerry officially becomes "Beaver" to many fans. Off the screen it’s a little hard to decide whether he’s really Jerry or Beaver. Even his friends can’t tell you. Perhaps Jerry does not always know. Mrs. Mathers thinks that’s because he’s so much like himself on the screen. Jerry doesn’t act, he just is. Jerry got into the television world the same way many other children do, through modeling. He began as an infant model for the advertising department of a store. Before his mother knew what was happening, Jerry was one of the busiest little models in town. Then he began to work in movies, and he finally auditioned for the role of Beaver. Bob Mosher, who produces the show with Joe Connelly, remembers the day Jerry appeared to audition for the part. There were nearly 100 boys auditioning. Some of them even had their hair curled! Jerry had his Cub Scout uniform on. When it was his turn to talk to Mr. Mosher, he seemed very fidgety. Finally Mr. Mosher asked if something were bothering him. "Aw, gee, I want to get to my Cub Scout meeting before it is over!" Jerry answered. Mr. Mosher decide right then that Jerry was the one to play Beaver. At the studio where "leave It To Beaver" is filmed, Jerry has a busy day. He leaves home at 6:30 a.m., and doesn’t leave the studio until 6:45 in the evening. Of course, Jerry still has to go to school. He does that for three hours a day right on the set. He and Tony Dow (who plays his "big brother" on the show), and the other boys and girls appearing in the series, share a little classroom built into one corner of the huge sound stage. Right now, for his science class, Jerry is making some interesting discoveries about how plants grow. A long table at one end of the classroom is covered with sprouting sweet potatoes, sprouting peanuts, sprouting all-sorts-of-things. At lunchtime, Jerry eats in the busy commissary of the TV studio. Despite all the delicious and fancy dishes on the menu, Jerry has the same thing every day. The waitress knows what to bring him without even asking. The Beaver always had a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich and a glass of chocolate milk! When he isn’t going to school, or playing Beaver, Jerry is often at the basketball hoop which one of the crew put up in a corner of the studio. Jerry and Tony, along with other athletic members of the crew, have a running competition to see who shoots the most baskets. Many times Tony acts as though he really were Jerry’s big brother, and shows him the find points of basketball. Jerry’s parents are having an area near their back-yard swimming pool paved to make a badminton and basketball court for Jerry and his friends. The paving may be extended to provide some hopscotch markings for Jerry’s sister, Susie, 10, and a shuffleboard for his brother, Jimmie, 7. If he isn’t shooting for baskets, Jerry may be playing tricks on his TV parents, Hugh Beaumont and Barbara Billingsley, or perhaps on his director, Norman Tokar. He’s a steady customer at the trick and magic shop near his home, and people at the studio never know what he’s going to do next. "Last week I had one of those buzzers you hid in the palm of your hand," Jerry said, laughing. Jerry is a real hobby-bug. Him mother says the model industry people don’t bring out new models fast enough to suit Jerry. He buys them as soon as they show up in the hobby shop. He has built the big motorized model of the Curtiss Pusher, and the visible V-8 engine, and "The thinking Man," a life sized model of the human skull. He has stopped counting the number of model cars, boats, planes, and tanks he has built. Another enthusiasm brought an avalanche of rocks into Beaver’s house. He become a rock hound. Whenever he had an interview with someone, he was very careful to mention his rock collection. Then he added, as politely as possible, "If you come across any nice rocks back around where you live, I sure would appreciate it if you would send me some of them." These people did send him some rocks, and they said that Jerry liked rocks in the stories they wrote about him. A lot of the boys and girls who watched him on television sent him rocks, too. The mail carrier who brought the Matheres’ packages got very tired carrying rocks up to their front door. What does Jerry thin of being a television star? He shrugs off his of acting as "nothing much." But there are many people who disagree with him. In 1959, he won the Mars Gold Star Award as the year’s best male child actor. The state of Oregon, called the "Beaver State," made Jerry an honorary citizen for his work in 1959. About a year ago, he went to Washington, D.C. to accept a Treasury Aware on behalf of the "Beaver" show, and in 1960, the "Leave It To Beaver" show won a Christopher Award. That’s something very special to Beaver’s friends and fans.

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