Sitcoms Online - Main Page / Message Boards - Main Page / News Blog / Photo Galleries / DVD Reviews / Buy TV Shows on DVD and Blu-ray

View Today's Active Threads (No Chit Chat/Chit Chat Only) / View New Posts (No Chit Chat/Chit Chat Only) / Mark All Boards Read / Chit Chat Board

Leave it to Beaver Online / Leave it to Beaver links and theme songs at Sitcoms Online / Leave it to Beaver Photo Gallery / Leave it to Beaver - Fan Fiction Board / The New Leave it to Beaver / Still the Beaver Message Board


Leave it to Beaver - The Complete First Season

Buy Leave it to Beaver - The Complete First Season on DVD
Leave it to Beaver - The Complete First Season (Limited Edition Gift Set)

Buy Leave it to Beaver - The Complete First Season (Limited Edition Gift Set with Cleaver Family Photo Album) on DVD
Leave it to Beaver - The Complete Second Season

Buy Leave it to Beaver - The Complete Second Season on DVD
Leave it to Beaver - Season Three

Buy Leave it to Beaver - Season Three on DVD
Leave it to Beaver - Season Four

Buy Leave it to Beaver - Season Four on DVD
Leave it to Beaver - Season Five

Buy Leave it to Beaver - Season Five on DVD
Leave it to Beaver - Season Six

Buy Leave it to Beaver - Season Six on DVD
Leave it to Beaver - The Complete Series

Buy Leave it to Beaver - The Complete Series (2019 Release) on DVD
The World Famous Beaverpedia (Book)

Buy The World Famous Beaverpedia (Book)
Leave it to Beaver - The Complete Series on Blu-ray

Buy Leave it to Beaver - The Complete Series on Blu-ray

Sitcoms Online Message Boards - Forums  

Go Back   Sitcoms Online Message Boards - Forums > 1950s Sitcoms > Leave it to Beaver

Notices

SitcomsOnline.com News Blog Headlines Facebook X/Twitter Bluesky Threads Instagram YouTube RSS

Conan O'Brien Must Go Season 3; Disney's Hidden Heroes: A Descendants Story
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows; This Week in Sitcoms (Week of August 10, 2026)
SitcomsOnline Digest: Joe Dirt Animated Series in the Works at Fox; First Look at The Varnell Hill Show
Disney's Big City Greens Brings Out the Guest Stars; The New SuperKitty Premieres Today
The Varnell Hill Show Coming to Paramount+ on September 1; Hallmark's 3rd Installment of Holiday Touchdown
Colin from Accounts Final Season Premieres September 10; The X-Files: I Want to Believe Gets Director's Cut on Disney+ & Hulu
Amazon MGM Studios Orders Improvised Sitcom; The CW Renews Game Shows for Season 3


New on DVD and Blu-ray

Abbott Elementary - The Complete Fourth Season (DVD) The Office - The Complete Series - Superfan Extended Episodes (Blu-ray) The Bill Dana Show - The Complete Series (DVD) I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray) Perfect Strangers - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)

01/20/26 - The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection (Blu-ray)
01/27/26 - The New Fred and Barney Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/11/26 - Tom and Jerry - The Complete CinemaScope Collection (Blu-ray)
03/24/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 2 (Blu-ray)
04/11/26 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Fourth Season (DVD)
04/21/26 - Famous Studios Champion Collection (Blu-ray) (DVD)
05/19/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (DVD)
05/19/26 - Looney Tunes Cartoons - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
06/16/26 - Difficult People - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
06/30/26 - Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
07/14/26 - The Office - The Complete Series - Superfan Extended Episodes (Blu-ray)
07/28/26 - The Bill Dana Show - The Complete Series (DVD)
07/28/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)
07/28/26 - The Paper - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
08/25/26 - Perfect Strangers - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
09/08/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 3 (Blu-ray)
09/22/26 - Bridget Loves Bernie - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)

More Recent and Upcoming TV DVD and Blu-ray Releases / TV Shows on DVD, Blu-ray and Prime Video / DVD Reviews Archive


Search Sitcoms Online:



Donate

Please make a donation if you can help with Sitcoms Online's web hosting costs. Thanks for your support!

We receive a small commission on all DVDs, Blu-rays, CDs, Books, and any other items ordered through our Amazon.com links as an associate. Thanks for using our links for your online shopping!

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 05-28-2020, 08:54 AM   #1
Scrabjan1
Member
Forum 3000 Club Member
 
Scrabjan1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 27, 2013
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 3,521
Confused June Changed Her Mind

In Beaver’s Poem I can hear her now “Don’t write it for him.”

In Beaver’s Poster she says “He looked so sad I would think you can draw him a lovely poster.”

Ward learned something in Beaver’s Poem don’t do his homework you will have to face Mrs. Rayburn. So why was June telling him to do his poster? I know the writers never saw the earlier seasons.

Btw I’m convinced Beaver was mentally challenged not having a subject before he started painting and soaking both sides of the board.

When Ward has a book and sketching an outline for Beaver you see the pages side when there’s a closeup of Ward the binder park is now showing. Continuity.
Scrabjan1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-29-2020, 10:15 AM   #2
stevea
22 Years On Sitcoms
Moderator
Forum Legend
 
stevea's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 13, 2003
Location: Indy
Posts: 45,412
Default

Yes, a central theme of the Poem episode is June's insistence that Ward is wrong for writing the poem. And I never noticed she's the total opposite in the Poster.

When you see another sitcom -- Andy Griffith, I think, (or it could be My Three Sons) you see a credit Script Continuity Ruth Burch (may be the name). So presumably it was this person's job to point out things like this in their show's scripts, and the writer would revise it. Now they missed things too, like Clara's two last names, Goober's last name not being Pyle in an early appearance, etc.
stevea is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-31-2020, 08:37 AM   #3
Scrabjan1
Member
Forum 3000 Club Member
 
Scrabjan1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 27, 2013
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 3,521
Default

Right Clara Johnson and Clara Edwards and Goober Beasley.

I recently saw the episode when Goober gets a girl, Lydia. I would hate to play that character he was so awkward almost mentally challenged. He’s told what to say to Lydia and then abruptly leaves as he ran out of conversation.

The two of them showing up not realizing they’re interrupting an evening with Andy and Barney and their girls because they finished all the candy and had nothing to do. You wonder how Goober and Lydia survived as long as they did.

Lydia however was very funny. As to a movie “I already saw it”, how about bowling “If I tried to throw a ball I’d be in traction for a month.” Let’s go for a drive “I get carsick. “ Very funny but so embarrassing playing Goober.

I read somewhere where George Lindsay said that Andy could be totally irritable and unapproachable later in the show and he stayed away from him so he wouldn’t scream at him. Andy seemed annoyed with the character.
Scrabjan1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-31-2020, 10:29 AM   #4
stevea
22 Years On Sitcoms
Moderator
Forum Legend
 
stevea's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 13, 2003
Location: Indy
Posts: 45,412
Default

Andy's role later seemed to be, being irritated. To Opie, "You got somethin' to do?" As in, dismissed!

One thing I liked was the show's treatment of Howard McNear--they allowed him to continue despite his declining mobility.

Lydia was in another episode before this one, but she "made" that date with Goober episode. Also funny is the scene where Barney and Goober are spying on Andy and Helen, allegedly to give Goober tips. And Goober starts cheering Andy on. In the Mayberry RFD years they made him seem a little more intelligent--but not much. In one episode he thought he was competing for best gas sales (for a trip to Hawaii), but he was working on it in the wrong month.
stevea is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-31-2020, 07:57 PM   #5
Scrabjan1
Member
Forum 3000 Club Member
 
Scrabjan1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 27, 2013
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 3,521
Default

Never saw Mayberry, RFD. It wasn’t The Andy Griffith Show not with Ken Berry and Arlene Golonka. I happened on one episode about how the women were wearing their skirts midi length upsetting all the men. I thought who wrote this #~*€!
Scrabjan1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 05-31-2020, 08:48 PM   #6
stevea
22 Years On Sitcoms
Moderator
Forum Legend
 
stevea's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 13, 2003
Location: Indy
Posts: 45,412
Default

That WAS a lousy episode. There were many of them, unfortunately. One good one was where Howard read poems on TV. Then he acted like a big shot with Emmett and Goober, and they decided to play a joke on him and write a fake love letter to him. The actress who played Charlene Darling (now playing a waitress at the diner) signed the letter.

MRFD got good ratings, but was a victim of the CBS purge. Bev. Hillbillies was a victim, too--it deserved it, and probably overstayed its welcome by about 2 or 3 seasons.
stevea is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-21-2020, 07:18 PM   #7
CosmicCharlie
Member
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 14, 2019
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,497
Default

Charlene Darling - I like her ! cute sexy wholesome ...
CosmicCharlie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-22-2020, 07:32 PM   #8
stevea
22 Years On Sitcoms
Moderator
Forum Legend
 
stevea's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 13, 2003
Location: Indy
Posts: 45,412
Default

The women had the best TAGS episodes--Charlene, fun girls, Lydia Crosswaithe.

Helen Crump--uh, no. Helene Alexian Dubois can stuff it.
stevea is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-22-2020, 08:22 PM   #9
Scrabjan1
Member
Forum 3000 Club Member
 
Scrabjan1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 27, 2013
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 3,521
Default

Not a Helen fan either. Loved how taken Andy was when Charlene sings that lovely tune ‘There is a time when leaves are falling.’ Very pretty song. “Makes me cry!“
Scrabjan1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-26-2020, 10:25 AM   #10
TV Guy
Member
Forum 3000 Club Member
 
Join Date: Jun 25, 2001
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Posts: 3,420
Default

Ugh - Helen. They should have keep Peggy (Joanna Moore) around. She was beautiful, charming, and actually from the South!
TV Guy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-26-2020, 07:55 PM   #11
CosmicCharlie
Member
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 14, 2019
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,497
Default

so ya think ANYONE on 50's sitcoms ever made "love" and it was clear to the audience ?
CosmicCharlie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-26-2020, 07:59 PM   #12
stevea
22 Years On Sitcoms
Moderator
Forum Legend
 
stevea's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 13, 2003
Location: Indy
Posts: 45,412
Default

On 50s sitcoms making love had a first base meaning, not a home run.
stevea is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-26-2020, 10:54 PM   #13
CosmicCharlie
Member
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jan 14, 2019
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,497
Default

Necking LOL !
CosmicCharlie is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-27-2020, 08:00 AM   #14
Scrabjan1
Member
Forum 3000 Club Member
 
Scrabjan1's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 27, 2013
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 3,521
Default

I liked Peggy the best of Andy’s girlfriends but read somewhere Mrs. Griffith wanted Joanna Moore gone as she was a bit too sexy to have around. Wonder what happened to the one time episode with Karen? Sorry this is LITB not TAGS .
Scrabjan1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 06-27-2020, 09:13 PM   #15
TV Guy
Member
Forum 3000 Club Member
 
Join Date: Jun 25, 2001
Location: Boston, MA, USA
Posts: 3,420
Default

Joanna Moore got pregnant and couldn’t do the show for a while.
TV Guy is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply



Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 12:02 AM.


Although the administrators and moderators of the Sitcoms Online Message Boards will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of the Sitcoms Online Message Boards, nor vBulletin Solutions Inc. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message. The owners of the Sitcoms Online Message Boards reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason.

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2026, vBulletin Solutions Inc.