Holy Cow!? Is This True About Eddie Haskell on 'Leave It To Beaver?!?' - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 02-12-2012, 10:27 PM

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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Jack1000 · 02-13-2012, 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Damage

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

scrapple · 02-16-2012, 12:17 AM

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.

JudgeGarth · 02-16-2012, 10:35 AM

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

jetboy24 · 09-23-2012, 11:05 PM

they are the same age..

mrbreezeet1 · 12-09-2012, 03:40 PM

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

02-12-2012, 10:27 PM	#1
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02-16-2012, 12:17 AM	#3
scrapple Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Feb 03, 2012 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 259	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.

02-16-2012, 10:35 AM	#4
JudgeGarth Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 07, 2004 Location: Wheaton, IL Posts: 443	This one is true. In the pilot, "Small World", Harry Shearer played a character named Frankie, who was a prototype for Eddie Haskell.

09-23-2012, 11:05 PM	#5
jetboy24 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 23, 2012 Location: DC Posts: 8	they are the same age..

12-09-2012, 03:40 PM	#6
mrbreezeet1 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 25, 2012 Posts: 286	l used to hear at one time, eddie went on to be Alice Cooper.