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bkohatl · 12-09-2000, 07:59 PM

These two men are the creators of Leave It To Beaver, and also unsung heroes. While researching a book on Anissa Jones, "Buffy" on Family Affair that I am writing, I ran across several interesting facts about these two men. First, they based Leave It To Beaver on their kids: life from their kid's point of view. They would run story lines by them and ask what would you do? Which, if you think about it, is really what makes Leave It To Beaver different. Life without idiots or Saints for parents, seen through the eyes of the kids. One of the best things about the show was that Ward, especially, could be sincere and wrong at the same time. He could blow up, and later be filled with regret.
What is really funny about that is that they got their start on Amos and Andy. Verrrrry Interesting.
The neatest thing about them ties directly into Anissa's life. As producers of the show, they only allowed one publicity trip per year to New York for a weekend. Otherwise you had to wait to interview Tony and Jerry at the studio during normal work hours, or not at all. They makes two men heroes in my eyes and Tony Dow's eyes too. I was lucky enough to meet both of them in the 1970's and you walk away with the feeling that a lot of people must have done the right thing.
Contrast that with Anissa, who was forced to work five days a week, for six months a year. And then expected to go on Publicity trips forty weekends a year, including Christmas and Thanksgiving. It was in her contract. What about summer? She had to work summers. It sux! She asked her Mom to let her quit acting after Family Affair ended its run. That is why Anissa disappeared from the public eye. I think that Joe and Bob got it right. No "bean-counters" should be allowed any say over the lives of children, because they inevitably get it wrong.

Some web sites I have created about Anissa: http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl2001...nTheWater.html http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl2001/Anissa1958.html http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl2001/index.html http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl2001/PaulJones.html http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl/index.html http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl/The...raveledBy.html

12-09-2000, 07:59 PM	#1
bkohatl Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 09, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 16	Bob Mosher and Joe Connelly These two men are the creators of Leave It To Beaver, and also unsung heroes. While researching a book on Anissa Jones, "Buffy" on Family Affair that I am writing, I ran across several interesting facts about these two men. First, they based Leave It To Beaver on their kids: life from their kid's point of view. They would run story lines by them and ask what would you do? Which, if you think about it, is really what makes Leave It To Beaver different. Life without idiots or Saints for parents, seen through the eyes of the kids. One of the best things about the show was that Ward, especially, could be sincere and wrong at the same time. He could blow up, and later be filled with regret. What is really funny about that is that they got their start on Amos and Andy. Verrrrry Interesting. The neatest thing about them ties directly into Anissa's life. As producers of the show, they only allowed one publicity trip per year to New York for a weekend. Otherwise you had to wait to interview Tony and Jerry at the studio during normal work hours, or not at all. They makes two men heroes in my eyes and Tony Dow's eyes too. I was lucky enough to meet both of them in the 1970's and you walk away with the feeling that a lot of people must have done the right thing. Contrast that with Anissa, who was forced to work five days a week, for six months a year. And then expected to go on Publicity trips forty weekends a year, including Christmas and Thanksgiving. It was in her contract. What about summer? She had to work summers. It sux! She asked her Mom to let her quit acting after Family Affair ended its run. That is why Anissa disappeared from the public eye. I think that Joe and Bob got it right. No "bean-counters" should be allowed any say over the lives of children, because they inevitably get it wrong. Some web sites I have created about Anissa: http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl2001...nTheWater.html http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl2001/Anissa1958.html http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl2001/index.html http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl2001/PaulJones.html http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl/index.html http://www.geocities.com/bkohatl/The...raveledBy.html