The 1997 Leave It to Beaver movie was rated PG, so Jerry Mathers declined to be in it - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 03-05-2023, 04:50 AM

https://www.metv.com/stories/the-199...ed-to-be-in-it

The actor felt anything Beaver-related should be "G-rated" and voiced his issues with television in the '90s.

Tankeryanker · 03-05-2023, 11:04 PM

Good for him.

CosmicCharlie · 03-06-2023, 10:22 PM

they were thinking? Fast Times at Beaver High ?? lol

cd637299 · 03-15-2023, 01:44 PM

I certainly give him credit….but even in the TV-movie “Still the Beaver,” even Mathers himself said a “Norman-Lear-friendly” word [“I don’t give a ****….].

Wally also used a word that Lear would be okay with, IIRC.

I do seem to recall Mathers saying he didn’t like the PG movie because the new Beaver character lied to Mom & Dad’s face, something Jerry said that the original Beaver would never do.

But didn’t Beaver lie a few times right at Mom and Dad? I cannot think of occasions at this time.

cd

stevea · 03-15-2023, 06:48 PM

Yes, I think Jerry has a brain fade on that one. Beaver's lying (more younger than older Beaver) generated a lot of his problems.

I will say that most of Beaver's lies were to outsiders like Miss Landers. Mathers had a funny way of pausing, like Beaver's brain was generating a whopper, and it took a few seconds. "My father fell out of an airplane." "My mother has pneumonia."

Tankeryanker · 03-15-2023, 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by stevea

"My father fell out of an airplane." "My mother has pneumonia."

and he would say it and leave his mouth open an kind of twisted. Total liar

03-05-2023, 04:50 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 126,267	The 1997 Leave It to Beaver movie was rated PG, so Jerry Mathers declined to be in it https://www.metv.com/stories/the-199...ed-to-be-in-it The actor felt anything Beaver-related should be "G-rated" and voiced his issues with television in the '90s.

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Tankeryanker Do you like my monkey picture? Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 22, 2014 Posts: 3,049	Good for him.

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CosmicCharlie Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 14, 2019 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,437	they were thinking? Fast Times at Beaver High ?? lol

03-15-2023, 01:44 PM	#4
cd637299 cd637299 Forum Regular Join Date: Dec 14, 2022 Location: South Florida Posts: 849	I certainly give him credit….but even in the TV-movie “Still the Beaver,” even Mathers himself said a “Norman-Lear-friendly” word [“I don’t give a ****….]. Wally also used a word that Lear would be okay with, IIRC. I do seem to recall Mathers saying he didn’t like the PG movie because the new Beaver character lied to Mom & Dad’s face, something Jerry said that the original Beaver would never do. But didn’t Beaver lie a few times right at Mom and Dad? I cannot think of occasions at this time. cd

03-15-2023, 06:48 PM	#5
stevea 22 Years On Sitcoms Moderator Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 13, 2003 Location: Indy Posts: 44,693	Yes, I think Jerry has a brain fade on that one. Beaver's lying (more younger than older Beaver) generated a lot of his problems. I will say that most of Beaver's lies were to outsiders like Miss Landers. Mathers had a funny way of pausing, like Beaver's brain was generating a whopper, and it took a few seconds. "My father fell out of an airplane." "My mother has pneumonia."