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Tankeryanker · 06-08-2017, 01:35 PM

I know that there was a set downstairs and I think we see Ward and June watch it one time. Then we see Beaver and Gilbert watch it. There is supposed to be a set in Ward and June's room and we see them watch it at least once. Do we see Wally watch TV?

PracTz · 06-08-2017, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Tankeryanker

I know that there was a set downstairs and I think we see Ward and June watch it one time. Then we see Beaver and Gilbert watch it. There is supposed to be a set in Ward and June's room and we see them watch it at least once. Do we see Wally watch TV?

I can think of at least one memorable occasion. That time Wally came home from school early due to a sore throat and June actually put a set in the boys' room to entertain Wally. Wally saw Beav + Larry Mondello on some then-trendy local housewives' noontime show in the studio audience lamely (and vainly) explaining why they weren't in school to the host. Anyway, Wally saw them and pointed it out to June and it wasn't too long before the younger kids' hooky day came to an end.

Torgo · 06-08-2017, 04:10 PM

I don't recall them ever showing a TV in Ward and June's room, or them watching it.

stevea · 06-08-2017, 04:36 PM

I think they were watching TV during Wally's party (the one that Beaver sabotaged). I don't think they showed the TV, but what else would Ward and June do in their room?

visaman666 · 06-08-2017, 06:25 PM

Licking their Green Stamps?

70s show watcher · 06-09-2017, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by stevea

I think they were watching TV during Wally's party (the one that Beaver sabotaged). I don't think they showed the TV, but what else would Ward and June do in their room?

things that could not be talked about on leave it to beaver unless marlene holmes was around

Scrabjan1 · 06-09-2017, 08:54 AM

Ward and June were watching Dorothy Lamour in the swamps probably in one of those Hope/Crosby road pictures during Party Spoilers.

Remember in Beaver on TV everyone was watching, the whole Rayburn class, Ward and Fred and Wally and June. I get mixed up when Gilbert and Beaver watch TV they do it so much.

The only time we see a TV in the boys' room in the second house is Beaver The Hero.

Coffeecup · 06-12-2017, 11:24 AM

In those days, people had a living room set and a portable. My family never had a second set til the late 1970's.

biffbronson · 06-12-2017, 01:47 PM

From about the mid-'60s on, and maybe earlier, we always had 2 TVs:
A big floor-model RCA or Zenith in the living room, and a relatively small portable set in a corner of the dining room (we usually ate in the kitchen, so no TV during mealtimes).

The big TV we all watched starting about the time of the evening news, after dinner (early dinner people!). The smaller one was mainly for daytime: soaps, Capt. Kangaroo, game shows, and syndicated re-runs.

dakert · 06-12-2017, 03:07 PM

I will never forget the line in the episode where Beaver was suppose to read The Three Musketeers but instead watches a funny tv version.

Beaver learns his lesson that reading is important.
"If a guy didn't know how to read how would they know what is on television."

jehobden · 06-12-2017, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Tankeryanker

I know that there was a set downstairs and I think we see Ward and June watch it one time. Then we see Beaver and Gilbert watch it. There is supposed to be a set in Ward and June's room and we see them watch it at least once. Do we see Wally watch TV?

On one of my favorite episodes, "Beaver on TV" from Season 6, Wally & June are seen in the den watching Beaver on Teenage Forum on the tv there, while Ward & Fred Rutherford watch it on a set at the office and Beaver's class members watch it on a tv brought into the class for the day. Wally also made jokes about (then) contemporary tv programs Meet the Press and Captain Kangaroo.

stevea · 06-12-2017, 04:59 PM

I think we had a Motorola color TV in the liv. room, in the early 60s, before that some B/W console TV, and the parents had a B/W portable TV in their bedroom. That was updated to a GE portacolor TV sometime in the late 60s.

Remember that Lumpy line, "I was watching Captain Kangaroo...", etc.? What episode was that from? I really don't remember...

Scrabjan1 · 06-12-2017, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by jehobden

On one of my favorite episodes, "Beaver on TV" from Season 6, Wally & June are seen in the den watching Beaver on Teenage Forum on the tv there, while Ward & Fred Rutherford watch it on a set at the office and Beaver's class members watch it on a tv brought into the class for the day. Wally also made jokes about (then) contemporary tv programs Meet the Press and Captain Kangaroo.

I mentioned that already.

Scrabjan1 · 06-12-2017, 06:40 PM

Lumpy said he was watching Captain Kangaroo in Bachelor at Large. He pulls into the Cleaver driveway and tells Wally he was watching Capt Kangaroo and his father yelled at him, probably about not going to Eddie's. Love how Wally was looking for a particular sports jacket to wear to Eddie's rented room with a clothes line, hot plate and cot. Wow.

TVJoy · 06-13-2017, 10:11 PM

In the new house the TV was in the den. Was there a TV in the living room in the old house? I can't remember. Season 1 episode 1 starts tomorrow on ME TV. I'll keep a look out. On old TV shows sometimes the TV is shoved into a corner out of the way. The living room furniture isn't even in front of the TV. Sometimes there's a single chair in front of it.

06-08-2017, 01:35 PM	#1
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,051	How much TV did the Cleavers watch? I know that there was a set downstairs and I think we see Ward and June watch it one time. Then we see Beaver and Gilbert watch it. There is supposed to be a set in Ward and June's room and we see them watch it at least once. Do we see Wally watch TV?

06-08-2017, 04:10 PM	#3
Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,037	I don't recall them ever showing a TV in Ward and June's room, or them watching it.
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06-13-2017, 10:11 PM	#15
TVJoy Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 08, 2017 Posts: 29	Missing TV? In the new house the TV was in the den. Was there a TV in the living room in the old house? I can't remember. Season 1 episode 1 starts tomorrow on ME TV. I'll keep a look out. On old TV shows sometimes the TV is shoved into a corner out of the way. The living room furniture isn't even in front of the TV. Sometimes there's a single chair in front of it.

06-08-2017, 04:36 PM	#4
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,845	I think they were watching TV during Wally's party (the one that Beaver sabotaged). I don't think they showed the TV, but what else would Ward and June do in their room?

06-08-2017, 06:25 PM	#5
visaman666 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 06, 2007 Posts: 818	Licking their Green Stamps?

06-09-2017, 08:54 AM	#7
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Ward and June were watching Dorothy Lamour in the swamps probably in one of those Hope/Crosby road pictures during Party Spoilers. Remember in Beaver on TV everyone was watching, the whole Rayburn class, Ward and Fred and Wally and June. I get mixed up when Gilbert and Beaver watch TV they do it so much. The only time we see a TV in the boys' room in the second house is Beaver The Hero.

06-12-2017, 11:24 AM	#8
Coffeecup coffeecup. Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 17, 2003 Location: snoozeville Posts: 3,183	In those days, people had a living room set and a portable. My family never had a second set til the late 1970's.

06-12-2017, 01:47 PM	#9
biffbronson Sentimental Fool Forum Star Join Date: Aug 22, 2009 Location: Near Notre Dame Posts: 10,512	From about the mid-'60s on, and maybe earlier, we always had 2 TVs: A big floor-model RCA or Zenith in the living room, and a relatively small portable set in a corner of the dining room (we usually ate in the kitchen, so no TV during mealtimes). The big TV we all watched starting about the time of the evening news, after dinner (early dinner people!). The smaller one was mainly for daytime: soaps, Capt. Kangaroo, game shows, and syndicated re-runs.

06-12-2017, 03:07 PM	#10
dakert Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 10, 2007 Location: Altoona PA Posts: 3,411	I will never forget the line in the episode where Beaver was suppose to read The Three Musketeers but instead watches a funny tv version. Beaver learns his lesson that reading is important. "If a guy didn't know how to read how would they know what is on television."

06-12-2017, 04:59 PM	#12
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,845	I think we had a Motorola color TV in the liv. room, in the early 60s, before that some B/W console TV, and the parents had a B/W portable TV in their bedroom. That was updated to a GE portacolor TV sometime in the late 60s. Remember that Lumpy line, "I was watching Captain Kangaroo...", etc.? What episode was that from? I really don't remember...

06-12-2017, 06:40 PM	#14
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Lumpy said he was watching Captain Kangaroo in Bachelor at Large. He pulls into the Cleaver driveway and tells Wally he was watching Capt Kangaroo and his father yelled at him, probably about not going to Eddie's. Love how Wally was looking for a particular sports jacket to wear to Eddie's rented room with a clothes line, hot plate and cot. Wow.