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howilu · 01-17-2022, 10:43 AM

Anyone see the feature on Tony Dow on CBS Sunday Morning? I felt it was really interesting to see clips from Leave it to Beaver as well as his career as a sculptor. His wife of 41 years, Lauren is also an artist. They even showed some Beaver memorabilia, including old scripts.

PaperClips · 01-17-2022, 12:18 PM

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Originally Posted by howilu

Anyone see the feature on Tony Dow on CBS Sunday Morning? I felt it was really interesting to see clips from Leave it to Beaver as well as his career as a sculptor. His wife of 41 years, Lauren is also an artist. They even showed some Beaver memorabilia, including old scripts.

I watched it. He looked really good - he didn't look 76. He had pneumonia awhile back and was in the hospital so I'm glad he is doing fine. He seems like a really nice person who has had his struggles with depression.

stevea · 01-17-2022, 01:58 PM

at 18:13 on the video:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/this-we...nuary-16-2022/

stevea · 01-17-2022, 02:59 PM

Very interesting. I really wish he had the time or could take the time to scan those scripts onto an internet site.

Stepperry40 · 01-17-2022, 03:01 PM

That would be cool.

Sgt. Saunders · 01-19-2022, 04:10 PM

One of my brothers used to live in Santa Monica. He told me that he was in a restaurant there with his German girlfriend. So, Tony Dow walks in with several people and most of the other diners took immediate notice of Mr. Dow.

My brother’s German girlfriend had no idea who Tony Dow was. After my brother explained that Tony Dow was a big star on LITB during the late 1950s and early 1960s, she told him that LITB was not aired on West German television.

I wonder what June, Ward and the boys would sound like in German? I remember once when Johnny Carson played a scene from “Bonanza” on “The Tonight Show” that had been aired in Japan. To hear Big Hoss Cartwright sound like Toshiro Mifune was very funny! I wonder if Eddie Haskell would sound even more unctuous in Japanese?

PracTz · 01-19-2022, 07:20 PM

I'll bet it was refreshing to Mr. Dow to have that person's German girlfriend react to him as HIMSELF and not due to having been Wally a teen idol.

Still, I saw the interview and it's great that he seems to have made his peace with all the angst of having been Wally AND that he recognizes how the show has made so many people happy for several generations and is now proud to have been part of it. Also, it's good to see that he's found his own niche, happily married, and appears healthy & years younger than 76!

Tankeryanker · 01-19-2022, 08:30 PM

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unctuous

unctuous
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adjective
Excessively ingratiating or insincerely earnest.
Containing or composed of oil or fat.
Having the quality or characteristics of oil or ointment; slippery.

Sgt. Saunders · 01-20-2022, 07:06 AM

Eddie Haskell = Unctuous

Clarence “Lumpy” Rutherford = Fatuous and Ravenous

Gilbert Bates = Duplicitous and Instigator

Fred Rutherford = Vainglorious and Officious

Marlene Holmes = Nymphomaniacal

Larry Mondello = Voracious, also Gluttonous

Andy Hadlock = Dipsomaniacal

Judy Hensler = Backstabber and Hubristic

Aunt Martha Bronson = Hidebound and Republican

Ward Cleaver = Perspicacious and Convivial

Gus the Fireman = Horse Sense and Pragmatic

Uncle Billy Cleaver = Jocose and Free-Spirited

June Cleaver = Prim and Decorous

Richard Rickover = Braggadocious and Unreliable

Julie Foster = Space Cadet and Capricious

Wally Cleaver = Mensch and Selfless

Mrs. Cornelia Rayburn = Sage and Savoir Faire

Whitey Whitney = Impish and Espiegle

Miss Landers = Pedantic and Chaste

Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver = Callow and Ingenuous

Tankeryanker · 01-27-2022, 11:44 PM

I rewatched the clip.
Is he saying he got depressed because his fame/money/career did not continue?

Sgt. Saunders · 01-28-2022, 03:38 PM

The video of that interview on YouTube started to actually repeat prior segments of the interview, making it difficult to follow the thing.

Stepperry40 · 01-28-2022, 04:18 PM

I believe it may have also been connected to swimming or diving that did before acting.

Sgt. Saunders · 01-28-2022, 07:11 PM

Then what’s Andy Hadlock’s excuse?

vitoscotti · 01-29-2022, 12:04 PM

Don't know about Tony Dow. But don't a lot of "stereotyped" actors fall on hard times when their acting careers are pretty much over after a series run. Though, a lot of comeback stories by the resilient if not in acting, in other fields.

Tankeryanker · 01-29-2022, 01:02 PM

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Don't know about Tony Dow. But don't a lot of "stereotyped" actors fall on hard times when their acting careers are pretty much over after a series run.

That is what I am trying to get at. Why interview him if all you are going to say in the end is that he wished to god his acting career and all that goes with it continued in a meaningful way.

That is one big no-duh and the interview did not need to be done.

01-17-2022, 10:43 AM	#1
howilu Member Senior Member Join Date: Apr 20, 2003 Location: St. Louis Park, MN Posts: 1,961	Tony Dow on CBS Sunday Morning Anyone see the feature on Tony Dow on CBS Sunday Morning? I felt it was really interesting to see clips from Leave it to Beaver as well as his career as a sculptor. His wife of 41 years, Lauren is also an artist. They even showed some Beaver memorabilia, including old scripts.

01-20-2022, 07:06 AM	#9
Sgt. Saunders Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 27, 2021 Location: The Garden State Posts: 540	Eddie Haskell = Unctuous Clarence “Lumpy” Rutherford = Fatuous and Ravenous Gilbert Bates = Duplicitous and Instigator Fred Rutherford = Vainglorious and Officious Marlene Holmes = Nymphomaniacal Larry Mondello = Voracious, also Gluttonous Andy Hadlock = Dipsomaniacal Judy Hensler = Backstabber and Hubristic Aunt Martha Bronson = Hidebound and Republican Ward Cleaver = Perspicacious and Convivial Gus the Fireman = Horse Sense and Pragmatic Uncle Billy Cleaver = Jocose and Free-Spirited June Cleaver = Prim and Decorous Richard Rickover = Braggadocious and Unreliable Julie Foster = Space Cadet and Capricious Wally Cleaver = Mensch and Selfless Mrs. Cornelia Rayburn = Sage and Savoir Faire Whitey Whitney = Impish and Espiegle Miss Landers = Pedantic and Chaste Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver = Callow and Ingenuous
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01-17-2022, 01:58 PM	#3
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,695	at 18:13 on the video: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/this-we...nuary-16-2022/

01-17-2022, 02:59 PM	#4
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,695	Very interesting. I really wish he had the time or could take the time to scan those scripts onto an internet site.

01-17-2022, 03:01 PM	#5
Stepperry40 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 11, 2019 Location: CA Posts: 163	That would be cool.

01-19-2022, 04:10 PM	#6
Sgt. Saunders Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 27, 2021 Location: The Garden State Posts: 540	One of my brothers used to live in Santa Monica. He told me that he was in a restaurant there with his German girlfriend. So, Tony Dow walks in with several people and most of the other diners took immediate notice of Mr. Dow. My brother’s German girlfriend had no idea who Tony Dow was. After my brother explained that Tony Dow was a big star on LITB during the late 1950s and early 1960s, she told him that LITB was not aired on West German television. I wonder what June, Ward and the boys would sound like in German? I remember once when Johnny Carson played a scene from “Bonanza” on “The Tonight Show” that had been aired in Japan. To hear Big Hoss Cartwright sound like Toshiro Mifune was very funny! I wonder if Eddie Haskell would sound even more unctuous in Japanese?

01-19-2022, 07:20 PM	#7
PracTz Member Senior Member Join Date: Jul 14, 2002 Location: United States of America [Happily Living in the 20th Century] Posts: 2,711	I'll bet it was refreshing to Mr. Dow to have that person's German girlfriend react to him as HIMSELF and not due to having been Wally a teen idol. Still, I saw the interview and it's great that he seems to have made his peace with all the angst of having been Wally AND that he recognizes how the show has made so many people happy for several generations and is now proud to have been part of it. Also, it's good to see that he's found his own niche, happily married, and appears healthy & years younger than 76!

01-27-2022, 11:44 PM	#10
Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,049	I rewatched the clip. Is he saying he got depressed because his fame/money/career did not continue?

01-28-2022, 03:38 PM	#11
Sgt. Saunders Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 27, 2021 Location: The Garden State Posts: 540	The video of that interview on YouTube started to actually repeat prior segments of the interview, making it difficult to follow the thing.

01-28-2022, 04:18 PM	#12
Stepperry40 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Mar 11, 2019 Location: CA Posts: 163	I believe it may have also been connected to swimming or diving that did before acting.

01-28-2022, 07:11 PM	#13
Sgt. Saunders Member Forum Regular Join Date: Nov 27, 2021 Location: The Garden State Posts: 540	Then what’s Andy Hadlock’s excuse?

01-29-2022, 12:04 PM	#14
vitoscotti Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 14, 2017 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,083	Don't know about Tony Dow. But don't a lot of "stereotyped" actors fall on hard times when their acting careers are pretty much over after a series run. Though, a lot of comeback stories by the resilient if not in acting, in other fields.