"The World According to Beaver" (book) - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

MichaelMartinD · 05-25-2017, 10:11 AM

I just bought a used copy of the book "The World According to Beaver" by Irwin Applebaum - billed on the cover as "the official Leave It to Beaver book" and published way back in 1983. It is excellent. It really is a definitive book about the show, featuring detailed synopses of all the episodes, character analysis, and information about the stars as well as some of the more hilarious snippets of dialogue and of course ample photographs. Anybody else have this book?

stevea · 05-25-2017, 10:58 AM

Great...will look for this one. Also, if you haven't seen Mathers' book, And Jerry Mathers as the Beaver, it's also a good read.

MichaelMartinD · 05-25-2017, 11:54 AM

There's also Ken Osmond's EDDIE, which I found a bit disappointing although filled with some interesting facts about when Ken was working on the show.

Hazel Anyday · 05-25-2017, 08:29 PM

Yes, I bought that book (World Acc. To Beaver) back when it first came out. I actually went to a bookstore to buy, saw and talked to real people in the store (imagine that). Ahh, the good old days before internet stores.

stevea · 05-25-2017, 09:46 PM

Ah, yes, the good, old-fashioned store. I took my 97 year old mother to buy shoes at an old-fashioned shoe store last week (like the one where Beaver got Chuckie his shoes)...I felt like June and Ward might march in any minute. Only trouble is, this was Beech Grove (state unknown, of course!), not Mayfield.

70s show watcher · 05-26-2017, 12:14 PM

its a pretty good book i need to find me another cp[y to replace the one that i lost in a move

Scrabjan1 · 05-26-2017, 04:51 PM

I found And Jerry Mathers as the Beaver full of errors especially when Mathers tells about an episode. I think that's the book when Mathers meets up with Hugh in a store and he had Tourette syndrome.

stevea · 05-26-2017, 05:09 PM

It's an interesting book--but he has a bad memory. When I was looking up something the other day (trying to find the makeup guy's name--he said Bob Dawn, but I see Jack Barron in the credits), I found 2 of his errors--one where he describes a scene incorrectly, and another where he says we never knew Miss Landers' first name.

Scrabjan1 · 05-26-2017, 06:06 PM

Yeah and Jerry loves to talk about being the first show to show a toilet tank. Tony is more subdued but I bet he has a better memory.

05-25-2017, 10:11 AM	#1
MichaelMartinD Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 23, 2013 Posts: 576	"The World According to Beaver" (book) I just bought a used copy of the book "The World According to Beaver" by Irwin Applebaum - billed on the cover as "the official Leave It to Beaver book" and published way back in 1983. It is excellent. It really is a definitive book about the show, featuring detailed synopses of all the episodes, character analysis, and information about the stars as well as some of the more hilarious snippets of dialogue and of course ample photographs. Anybody else have this book?

05-25-2017, 08:29 PM	#4
Hazel Anyday Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 12, 2002 Posts: 2,135	A Trip To Britanos Yes, I bought that book (World Acc. To Beaver) back when it first came out. I actually went to a bookstore to buy, saw and talked to real people in the store (imagine that). Ahh, the good old days before internet stores.
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05-25-2017, 10:58 AM	#2
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,820	Great...will look for this one. Also, if you haven't seen Mathers' book, And Jerry Mathers as the Beaver, it's also a good read.

05-25-2017, 11:54 AM	#3
MichaelMartinD Member Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 23, 2013 Posts: 576	There's also Ken Osmond's EDDIE, which I found a bit disappointing although filled with some interesting facts about when Ken was working on the show.

05-25-2017, 09:46 PM	#5
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,820	Ah, yes, the good, old-fashioned store. I took my 97 year old mother to buy shoes at an old-fashioned shoe store last week (like the one where Beaver got Chuckie his shoes)...I felt like June and Ward might march in any minute. Only trouble is, this was Beech Grove (state unknown, of course!), not Mayfield.

05-26-2017, 12:14 PM	#6
70s show watcher Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 20, 2008 Location: between point place and studio 8 h Posts: 4,549	its a pretty good book i need to find me another cp[y to replace the one that i lost in a move

05-26-2017, 04:51 PM	#7
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	I found And Jerry Mathers as the Beaver full of errors especially when Mathers tells about an episode. I think that's the book when Mathers meets up with Hugh in a store and he had Tourette syndrome.

05-26-2017, 05:09 PM	#8
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,820	It's an interesting book--but he has a bad memory. When I was looking up something the other day (trying to find the makeup guy's name--he said Bob Dawn, but I see Jack Barron in the credits), I found 2 of his errors--one where he describes a scene incorrectly, and another where he says we never knew Miss Landers' first name.

05-26-2017, 06:06 PM	#9
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Yeah and Jerry loves to talk about being the first show to show a toilet tank. Tony is more subdued but I bet he has a better memory.