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Scrabjan1 · 08-03-2017, 09:08 AM

I find it so funny how they never show Eddie with the jelly roll style of hair even though he started the craze from a magazine. He didn't have enough hair to wear it that way and wasn't in too many episodes in Season 2.

Torgo · 08-03-2017, 09:12 AM

Yes, there's no way he could have done that style. I love how the haircomb has its own theme song.

Was it ever said why he was absent in so many episodes that season?

SaP81 · 08-03-2017, 12:45 PM

Was that really a fad hairstyle in 1957? Why was it such bad thing? I think there were associated Greasers and Rock 'n' Roll music. The Cleaver's were middle class may have seen the hairstyle the wrong crowd ie working class youth, Rock 'n' Roll, and hot rods.

Bonniegirl · 08-03-2017, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by SaP81

Was that really a fad hairstyle in 1957? Why was it such bad thing? I think there were associated Greasers and Rock 'n' Roll music. The Cleaver's were middle class may have seen the hairstyle the wrong crowd ie working class youth, Rock 'n' Roll, and hot rods.

I think that's exactly why Ward and June frowned on it !

Like when Wally bought that very loud suit too!

Both of these eps. were two of my favorites!!

Tankeryanker · 08-03-2017, 02:39 PM

Yikes! Working class youth. They sound scary.
What does one look like? Got any pics?

Torgo · 08-03-2017, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Bonniegirl

I think that's exactly why Ward and June frowned on it !

Like when Wally bought that very loud suit too!

Both of these eps. were two of my favorites!!

He should have put those two styles together!

SaP81 · 08-03-2017, 03:25 PM

The loud suit and that hairstyle would have been quite a combo. I guess it had those thing were also associated with urban areas with both white and minority working class.

Scrabjan1 · 08-03-2017, 04:35 PM

Funny too how he seemed to dress up to wear the jellyroll. Today he would have been chosen as communications director by Trump but only if he learned to throw kisses and serve for 2 weeks.

MC · 08-08-2017, 07:22 PM

"Wally's Haircomb" acknowledged the greaser/rock 'n roll segment of society, but it was also acknowledged in season one in "Beaver's Shortpants" when Beaver says something along the lines of he wonders if Aunt Martha would buy him the black leather jacket with an eagle on the back, and I forget which episode it's in, but there's one where Wally and Chester are both at the barber and basically tell the barber the same thing (paraphrased here) "Don't touch the sideburns, leave it long enough on top so I can comb it forward, and leave some in the back" and Chester adds to that that he wants to grow it into a ducktail.

tdr · 08-13-2017, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Scrabjan1

I find it so funny how they never show Eddie with the jelly roll style of hair even though he started the craze from a magazine. He didn't have enough hair to wear it that way and wasn't in too many episodes in Season 2.

I've said elsewhere on here my opinion that Ken Osmond was either involved in something else for quite a while around that time, or maybe he was going through an awkward voice and appearance as he changed. Note that when he does reappear in season 3 he is significantly taller and his voice has completely changed. But for many weeks in season 2 he remained an unseen character so the audience would be reminded he was not gone from the show. Such was not done for Chester, Tooey, and Larry.

08-03-2017, 09:08 AM	#1
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Wally's Haircomb I find it so funny how they never show Eddie with the jelly roll style of hair even though he started the craze from a magazine. He didn't have enough hair to wear it that way and wasn't in too many episodes in Season 2.

08-03-2017, 09:12 AM	#2
Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,037	Yes, there's no way he could have done that style. I love how the haircomb has its own theme song. Was it ever said why he was absent in so many episodes that season?
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08-03-2017, 12:45 PM	#3
SaP81 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 06, 2017 Location: Arcadia, CA Posts: 21	Was that really a fad hairstyle in 1957? Why was it such bad thing? I think there were associated Greasers and Rock 'n' Roll music. The Cleaver's were middle class may have seen the hairstyle the wrong crowd ie working class youth, Rock 'n' Roll, and hot rods.

08-03-2017, 02:39 PM	#5
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,051	Yikes! Working class youth. They sound scary. What does one look like? Got any pics?

08-03-2017, 03:25 PM	#7
SaP81 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 06, 2017 Location: Arcadia, CA Posts: 21	The loud suit and that hairstyle would have been quite a combo. I guess it had those thing were also associated with urban areas with both white and minority working class.

08-03-2017, 04:35 PM	#8
Scrabjan1 Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 27, 2013 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 3,521	Funny too how he seemed to dress up to wear the jellyroll. Today he would have been chosen as communications director by Trump but only if he learned to throw kisses and serve for 2 weeks.

08-08-2017, 07:22 PM	#9
MC Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 28, 2017 Location: WI Posts: 30	"Wally's Haircomb" acknowledged the greaser/rock 'n roll segment of society, but it was also acknowledged in season one in "Beaver's Shortpants" when Beaver says something along the lines of he wonders if Aunt Martha would buy him the black leather jacket with an eagle on the back, and I forget which episode it's in, but there's one where Wally and Chester are both at the barber and basically tell the barber the same thing (paraphrased here) "Don't touch the sideburns, leave it long enough on top so I can comb it forward, and leave some in the back" and Chester adds to that that he wants to grow it into a ducktail.