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Bonniegirl · 08-21-2015, 04:17 PM

An old Victorian home! My favorite type of house! And his sister's bedroom was so cool with the old canopy bed!

I love the character of Larry too! And his Mother. IMO they were two of the best LITB characters! I wish they had stayed for the duration of the series! IDK if it was posted here or on IMdB, but I've read posts about Madge Blake being too old to be playing Larry's Mother! I TOTALLY disagree with that! To me she was casted perfectly!

He was a change of life baby! Very believable for back than. A women starting menopause and their wasn't the birth control like there is now. She could easily have gotten pregnant so old. And that is why she is so exasperated all the time with Larry!

Little boys are a handful when you are in your 20's and 30's! I could imagine, I'd be a nervous wreck if I was raising a little boy at my age now!

And also Larry and her really looked alike too!

It just wouldn't seem the same or be as funny if Mrs. Mondello were a younger woman!

Cincy Guy · 08-23-2015, 03:10 PM

I've always thought the victorian house that was shown for Larry seemed to be in keeping with how the Mondello family was portrayed in the series. You tend to think it may have been a house that was passed down from previous generations. It seems most of the scenes that were supposed to be "over at Larry's" were inside shots of a bedroom or in one episode, in the basement.

Although an older woman (she was around 60 during her appearances on LITB), I think Madge Blake was good in the role of Larry's mother. It might be remembered that she was also appearing in the ABC-TV series, "The Real McCoys" at the same time. It was almost as though Mrs. Mondello was a single parent. You never saw her husband who was always said to be "in Cincinnati".

Bonniegirl · 08-23-2015, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Cincy Guy

I've always thought the victorian house that was shown for Larry seemed to be in keeping with how the Mondello family was portrayed in the series. You tend to think it may have been a house that was passed down from previous generations. It seems most of the scenes that were supposed to be "over at Larry's" were inside shots of a bedroom or in one episode, in the basement.

Although an older woman (she was around 60 during her appearances on LITB), I think Madge Blake was good in the role of Larry's mother. It might be remembered that she was also appearing in the ABC-TV series, "The Real McCoys" at the same time. It was almost as though Mrs. Mondello was a single parent. You never saw her husband who was always said to be "in Cincinnati".

I thought the same thing. That the house might have been in the family for generations!

I think in Mrs. Mondello's side of the family, like her husband moved in with her and her family when they got married. Because after Larry ran away, she was telling Ward that things would be so much better if Larry's sister would just get married, than there would be a man around the house to keep Larry in line when Mr. Mondello was out of town! So she was assuming her daughter was going to stay at the house even after she got married like she did!

Also after Mrs. Mondello scolded Larry and sent Beaver home. Larry was talking back to her and said Beaver is the only friend that even wants to come over this crummy old house!

Like Larry was insinuating that his friends all had much more modern homes and his quaint old fashioned home wasn't as cool as their homes! In a kids mind he wouldn't see how nice it was to keep a beautiful, big old house in the family like that! He looked upon it as "a crummy old house"!

08-21-2015, 04:17 PM	#1
Bonniegirl AKA Hazel Horvath Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 10, 2014 Posts: 65,775	I love Larry's house!! An old Victorian home! My favorite type of house! And his sister's bedroom was so cool with the old canopy bed! I love the character of Larry too! And his Mother. IMO they were two of the best LITB characters! I wish they had stayed for the duration of the series! IDK if it was posted here or on IMdB, but I've read posts about Madge Blake being too old to be playing Larry's Mother! I TOTALLY disagree with that! To me she was casted perfectly! He was a change of life baby! Very believable for back than. A women starting menopause and their wasn't the birth control like there is now. She could easily have gotten pregnant so old. And that is why she is so exasperated all the time with Larry! Little boys are a handful when you are in your 20's and 30's! I could imagine, I'd be a nervous wreck if I was raising a little boy at my age now! And also Larry and her really looked alike too! It just wouldn't seem the same or be as funny if Mrs. Mondello were a younger woman!

08-23-2015, 03:10 PM	#2
Cincy Guy Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 20, 2003 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 230	I've always thought the victorian house that was shown for Larry seemed to be in keeping with how the Mondello family was portrayed in the series. You tend to think it may have been a house that was passed down from previous generations. It seems most of the scenes that were supposed to be "over at Larry's" were inside shots of a bedroom or in one episode, in the basement. Although an older woman (she was around 60 during her appearances on LITB), I think Madge Blake was good in the role of Larry's mother. It might be remembered that she was also appearing in the ABC-TV series, "The Real McCoys" at the same time. It was almost as though Mrs. Mondello was a single parent. You never saw her husband who was always said to be "in Cincinnati".