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Jerry Mathers Reveals Why He Retired After Leave It to Beaver

Stepping into the spotlight as Theodore "Beaver" Cleaver in the iconic sitcom "Leave It to Beaver," Jerry Mathers won the hearts of audiences worldwide. However, when the final episode aired, Mathers made a surprising decision that left many fans puzzled - he chose to step away from his acting career. In this video, we delve into Mathers' life post-"Leave It to Beaver," exploring his reasons for leaving the limelight and his experiences after the show.
▬Contents of this video▬
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Fitting In
02:42 - Memories
04:37 - Why He Left
06:35 - Only Cast Member Alive
07:22 - Desire to Play the Character Again
07:43 - Outro
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After the conclusion of "Leave It to Beaver" in 1963, Mathers was just 14 years old and ready to start high school. Unlike many child actors who struggle to adjust to life after a series or movie wraps, Mathers had a different experience. He sought a sense of normalcy and participated in activities that allowed him to fit in with his peers. Joining his high school football team was one of the first things he did, playing center and linebacker. This experience helped him transition from the TV world, fostering camaraderie and friendships.
However, Mathers' football career was short-lived, and he eventually enlisted in the Air Force, serving for six years. After leaving the service, he pursued his passion for education and attended the University of California at Berkeley, majoring in philosophy. During this time, he ventured into the world of investments and real estate, expanding his skill set and gaining valuable experience.
Despite his retirement from acting, he found happiness in leading a normal life while still being connected to the world of entertainment.
Jerry Mathers' retirement from acting following the conclusion of "Leave It to Beaver" was driven by his yearning for a normal life, the support of his family, and the shared desire of the cast and crew to pursue new paths. As the last surviving cast member, Mathers holds a unique position, cherishing the memories and legacy of the show that touched the hearts of millions of viewers.
Jerry Mathers Reveals Why He Retired After Leave It to Beaver

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  • @FactsVerse
    @FactsVerse Жыл бұрын

    Are you a fan of Leave it to Beaver and Jerry Mathers? We have a playlist for you: kzread.info/head/PLkXAntdjbcSKymRuOzWxXUGxSxapNIkT3

  • @bryanpotter3882

    @bryanpotter3882

    Жыл бұрын

    Leave it to beaver 🦫 love that show

  • @DarleneBennett-un6ed

    @DarleneBennett-un6ed

    Жыл бұрын

    I watch it now. Every morning . Love it. I am 80 years old and worked when it was on so watching now is so awesome. Thank you Jerry for doing all you do.❤❤😅❤❤😊😊😊

  • @david0321able

    @david0321able

    Жыл бұрын

    Just started watching "Leave it to Beaver". Love it!!! Would love the Beaver again but again with Jerry. It must be wholesome, family show. Not trashes like the shows are today. Thanks for sharing.

  • @seanmuir9594
    @seanmuir9594 Жыл бұрын

    One of the greatest shows ever made. I'm 60 but showed it to my kids who also loved it. My grandkids are next. I thank all the people involved in the show for a special gift of life that is sorely missed now. Life was not perfect then but there are so many American values shown with an amazing and strong mother and father. Carry on as ambassador Jerry Mathers. You gave a gift to the world.

  • @lanaadams2596

    @lanaadams2596

    Жыл бұрын

    I still watch it almost every day.A very long time ago I saw a show with Mather's younger brother who looked just like him.He was a young boy in it.

  • @earlenem5745

    @earlenem5745

    Жыл бұрын

    The good old days when kids was respectable to their parent😊 unfortunately it is not like that nowadays😢

  • @terrylee3232

    @terrylee3232

    Жыл бұрын

    @lanaadams2596 yeah I saw his brother to he was in an episode of bewitched

  • @h.v.davidson4507
    @h.v.davidson4507 Жыл бұрын

    Never seen the show as a child,,, but I have watched all the shows at least six times since I retired,,, Still start my day watching the beaver at 7 am each day ... Always very classy show,, and it makes my day ,,even at 70 years old ...

  • @makeminefreedom
    @makeminefreedom Жыл бұрын

    Leave it to Beaver was about childhood memories. Simple things that touched all of us. Every time Beaver or Wally made a mistake it was a part of growing up and learning how to become responsible adults. Whenever I feel lost in this wold of madness I watch these episodes to remind me of the time when America really was great.

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    Well said, we strongly concur! Thank you for watching our content and for sharing your thoughts. Which episode of the show appealed to you the most?

  • @janethall6926

    @janethall6926

    Жыл бұрын

    I loved the voodoo episode, Eddie was so funny!😅😅😅😅

  • @markhoward8301

    @markhoward8301

    Жыл бұрын

    I grew up in the 50s with Wally and Beaver and I sometime will watch and it's like visiting with old friends....I was lucky to have lived during the days when being honest polite and respectful was indicated in everything school church entertainment now to behave that way is WHITENESS and need be abolished....When I get to heaven i know exactly what it will look like....Just like the America that used to be

  • @stevehhadley

    @stevehhadley

    Жыл бұрын

    @@FactsVerse Damm like asking my favorite rock sonk or band??? The one where he losted his money? The alligatore one.... Uh All!!!

  • @patodinet842

    @patodinet842

    Жыл бұрын

    Same here, it calms me down and all my childhood memories come flooding back. What a crazy world we now live in.

  • @karenlemire5159
    @karenlemire5159 Жыл бұрын

    Still love and watch it almost daily. Kids today need this type of show. It was wonderful!

  • @kmr9347

    @kmr9347

    Жыл бұрын

    You couldn't get kids off their computers & phones nowadays to watch anything remotely associated with good, clean family life. 😆

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    We're happy to know that you love the show. Who is your favorite cast member?

  • @amazinggrace5692

    @amazinggrace5692

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kmr9347Also imaginary

  • @kmr9347

    @kmr9347

    Жыл бұрын

    @@amazinggrace5692 What's imaginary. ??? 🤔

  • @karenlemire5159

    @karenlemire5159

    Жыл бұрын

    @@FactsVerse The Beaver. I loved his father too. He seemed like he would be the same person in real life. I always enjoyed him in movies too.

  • @Politano1955
    @Politano1955 Жыл бұрын

    I've had the pleasure of meeting Mathers many times at various celebrity shows. My wife and I even spent a whole week on a Cruise with Mathers and his wonderful wife. Just a super nice genuine person.

  • @gailbrooks6309
    @gailbrooks6309 Жыл бұрын

    I still Love Leave it to Beaver . No shows now days can touch it . May God continue to Bless You Jerry in your endeavors. ❤😊

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    We love Leave it to Beaver too! In your opinion, what is the show's most memorable episode?

  • @suebennett9347

    @suebennett9347

    Жыл бұрын

    As I get older (70) I seem to be watching shows like Leave it to Beaver and Ozzie and Harriet on a daily bases just before I shut the lights out. It lightens my ❤ and takes me away from all the negativity of each day.

  • @kmr9347

    @kmr9347

    Жыл бұрын

    @@suebennett9347 Donna Reed Show too.

  • @raymeedc
    @raymeedc Жыл бұрын

    One of the best family oriented shows of all time, unique in it’s primary focus on the kids from their point of view, not as an appendage to the parents, as the other family shows of the day were.👌

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    Couldn't agree more! Thank you for sharing your views on this. Which episode appealed to you the most?

  • @raymeedc

    @raymeedc

    Жыл бұрын

    Too many to mention, the early ones better than the later, tho, as Beaver outgrew the younger lines they were feeding him.

  • @kmr9347

    @kmr9347

    Жыл бұрын

    @@raymeedc They never let him grow up even untill the end.

  • @IFIXCASTLES
    @IFIXCASTLES Жыл бұрын

    It was a wholesome show. He was a cute little boy. I'm happy for him, I'm 66 and was born in 1957 when the show came out. Enjoyed every episode. Wish my dad was like his tv dad.

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely, we feel the same way! Thank you for sharing your sentiments and for watching our content. Which episode of the show appealed to you the most?

  • @debbieappleby6989
    @debbieappleby6989 Жыл бұрын

    I watched Leave It To Beaver when I was a kid. I was born in 1958, the year after it came on TV. I still love to watch it, as it is a wholesome show with a lot of good advice for not only kids, but for parents as well. I still watch it to this day, and still love it. Thank you Jerry!❤

  • @evelynjoy6809
    @evelynjoy6809 Жыл бұрын

    We need shows like this on tv now. Not the crap they show on tv these days.

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    We absolutely agree! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. Who is your favorite cast member?

  • @csnide6702

    @csnide6702

    Жыл бұрын

    now get off my lawn ! ......

  • @MrScottx

    @MrScottx

    Жыл бұрын

    You will NEVER see new TV shows with these kind of values every again. The problem is society is not like it was in the 50's and early 60's. TV reflects the society at the time it is made. American society is at an all time low and that is one of the main reasons why Current TV is so unwatchable.

  • @janethartwig774
    @janethartwig774 Жыл бұрын

    Never missed this show as a child. Being the same age as Beaver made every episode seem real. I dreamed of living in such a beautiful home with a bathroom off my bedroom and a father who reasoned instead of hitting. I still enjoy watching reruns. Thanks for sharing this video.

  • @bobmalack481

    @bobmalack481

    8 ай бұрын

    My dad made no effort to reason or hit, maybe the worst of both worlds. Robert at 68.

  • @heidibee501
    @heidibee501 Жыл бұрын

    He sounds like a well balanced and sensible man who lived a decent and normal life. I hope he gets the show he has in mind. That kind if entertainment is in short supply and would have a positive effect on today's young people.

  • @thisisme3238
    @thisisme3238 Жыл бұрын

    As an actor, Jerry Mathers was one good actor. It's interesting as well as heartbreaking that the rest of the "Leave It To Beaver," crew has passed. Thanks for the information, Facts Verse!

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    You're very much welcome! We're glad to know that you love our video. If we may ask, what other types of video would you like to see on Facts Verse?

  • @rickatkins1789
    @rickatkins1789 Жыл бұрын

    Really glad to hear Jerry Mathers had a normal and productive life. Certainly not the fate of many child entertainment media celebrities. I am 74, watched "Leave It To Beaver" as a kid. In fact, today I watched one of my favorite episodes, where Beaver gets stuck in a big soup bowl on an advertising billboard. It was funny then, and it still is.

  • @rivaridge7211
    @rivaridge7211 Жыл бұрын

    Let's please (also recall) the wonderful Burt Mustin, who played "Gus," the Fire-fighter, on the Beaver show. A wonderful character actor who passed on in 1977, at close to 93.

  • @bigdeagle1331
    @bigdeagle1331 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve watched every episode! Leave it to beaver is in my top 3 for greatest shows ever made! They really captured the family setting!

  • @mickphartaman
    @mickphartaman Жыл бұрын

    Leave it to beaver was my favourite show on tv growing up as a kid.we as a family would watch it every day after school lived it.

  • @mickphartaman

    @mickphartaman

    Жыл бұрын

    Opps loved it

  • @johnminster3205

    @johnminster3205

    Жыл бұрын

    My favorite as well. Loved the "Beaver's" opening theme as well.

  • @michaelmorin1926

    @michaelmorin1926

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mickphartaman - Opps??? Lol. Although I know it was unintentional, I have to thank you for the laugh. We've all had days like that so I hope you aren't offended at my laughing at your attempted correction. Peace ✌️🕊️

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    We're happy to know that you love the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

  • @pamraymond6107
    @pamraymond6107 Жыл бұрын

    I loved this show and still watch it when I find it on tv ❤

  • @kmr9347

    @kmr9347

    Жыл бұрын

    I found it on Roku. The WHOLE season. 💘

  • @pamraymond6107

    @pamraymond6107

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kmr9347 you’re lucky 🍀

  • @kmr9347

    @kmr9347

    Жыл бұрын

    @@pamraymond6107 I've gone thru every episode & I'm starting back to Season 1 Episode 1. I see something different everytime I backtrack. 😃

  • @pamraymond6107

    @pamraymond6107

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kmr9347 I’m envious of you. They’re so much fun to watch again.

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    We're happy to know that you love the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

  • @yourguidetorights3909
    @yourguidetorights3909 Жыл бұрын

    We are the same age and Leave It to Beaver was one of my favorite shows.

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    We're happy to know that you love the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

  • @johnj.flanagan-songsoffaith
    @johnj.flanagan-songsoffaith Жыл бұрын

    I was 12 years old in 1957, when “Leave it to Beaver,” began. I watched it fairly regularly in the earlier years, but by 1962, I was in high School and working a part time job most evenings. But I liked the show, because it did reflect good family values and morals, things which later disappeared from TV and the movies. America changed, becoming more jaded, coarse, and vulgar, reflecting the kinds of values that children should not be exposed to.I am glad Jerry Mathers has had a more normal life than many celebrities who were destroyed by Hollywood morals, drugs, and vain self idolatry. Wish other stars had made the decisions he made, leaving the Hollywood scene. It was a blessing that he had a strong family foundation and good role models to guide him along his life journey. I do not know about his spirituality, but I hope he has faith, and follows Jesus as a Christian.

  • @charlottemiller961
    @charlottemiller961 Жыл бұрын

    Leave it to Beaver is my favorite show from my childhood!

  • @bobwallace9814
    @bobwallace9814 Жыл бұрын

    I've seen every episode many times. Beaver and Wally just like Lumpy and Eddie were done after the show went off. They were as typecast as they come. I did see Tony in a beach movie and he couldn't shake the Wally in him. Jerry was on a My Three Sons as an adult with wife. He grew a mustache but ....he was still the Beaver. Most folks don't realize that when boys turned 18 in that era, they had to by law register for the draft with a very good chance of being drafted and sent to Vietnam. Beaver and older brother MIke on My Three Sons were like a lot of male actors of that time, enlisting in the Air Force Guard to prevent the Army and Vietnam. Considine even wore his uniform on MTS in an attempt to prove patriotism.

  • @jayjay-bz3rr
    @jayjay-bz3rr Жыл бұрын

    I watch Leave It to Beaver on MeTv every morning

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    Us too! What is your favorite episode of the show?

  • @jayjay-bz3rr

    @jayjay-bz3rr

    Жыл бұрын

    @@FactsVerse When Beaver gets locked in the school Principal’s office and he pulls the fire alarm. Because Larry told him there was a “spanking machine”, in the office.

  • @jons.6216
    @jons.6216 Жыл бұрын

    He's the only immediate Cleaver family member still alive, but several of his castmates in his own age group are still living.

  • @waltgzerod5565
    @waltgzerod5565 Жыл бұрын

    BRAVO & THANK YOU!! I still watch "Leave it to Beaver" Almost Daily!! Genuine Americana.

  • @luciabell1028
    @luciabell1028 Жыл бұрын

    I grew up on Leave it to Beaver and I still watch everyday on MeTV. I’d love to see Jerry play Beaver as a grandfather.❤

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    We're happy to know that you love the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

  • @luciabell1028

    @luciabell1028

    Жыл бұрын

    @@FactsVerse To Many to name. As a mother of one son and grandmother of 2 grandsons, I can relate to all the episodes. I start everyday with fond memories of something my son or grandsons did making me laugh. This morning was the episode of the Voodoo Curse on Eddy Haskel, which cover the love hate relationship of Eddy, which was experienced by some of their childhood friends. 👍❤️

  • @arthur-ri4zo
    @arthur-ri4zo Жыл бұрын

    I remember watching the "Beave" on Married with Children in one episode. One of my favorites was Burt Mustin who played the old fireman "Gus". I remember watching him on three episodes of Dragnet. On one show he played the retired Chief of Detectives and on another he played a 90 year old cat burgler.

  • @nancycurtis488

    @nancycurtis488

    Жыл бұрын

    I loved Bert Mustin …a great character actor who I understand didn’t even start acting until he was in his 60’s or 70’s. I loved Leave It To Beaver but it was that cute older brother Wally that I had a crush on…..he came right after my all time favorite, Eric Hillard Nelson, better know as the talented Ricky Nelson whom I named my oldest son after. We live probably 125 miles away from DeKalb where his plane went down…such a horribly sad day for his sweet mother. I am sure she never got over that…and I understand exactly how she felt now because I lost my own Ricky 4 years ago…he was a CPA and owned his own accounting firm. I miss his so much. I hope my two favorite Rick’s got to meet in heaven. I love you, Sugar…..you wait for me. I do not understand why we cannot have shows like Leave It To Beaver, I Love Lucy, The Roy Rogers Show, Sky King, My Friend Flicka, Lassie, Rin Tin Tin, and Gilligan’s Island on today. We watch Gunsmoke, Bonanza and shows like That Girl and Bewitched every day. With TV shows like that at least you don’t have to worry about your children or grandchildren picking up off color words right and left. Why, I never even heard the “F” word until I was in high school and I graduated in 1965. The more children hear 4-letter words, the more they think it is acceptable to say them. Just read the news about how children treat other children…some anyway…and ask yourself if you really think that prices going up SO much in the last 45 years that both parents HAVING to go to work just to have anything in the world today is worth more and more kids not having their mothers at home, so many children being bullied so much that 10 to 12 year olds commit suicide, that even some children murder their grandparents, parents or brothers and sisters? No, I don’t think so. I won’t be around in a few more years but I worry about my 21 grandchildren and our precious new great-granddaughter. With a president who advocates minors having their genitals cut off, being given hormone blockers so they won’t even know what being a real boy or a real girl is like?….and who insists that his son Beau died in Iraq rather than where the man died with a cancerous brain tumor, in a hospital in Bethesda, MD. And is so old he can’t even do the job he was elected to do just a couple of years ago…pathetic…can’t even walk across a stage or up a flight of stairs without falling down…or remember where he is or why? We NEED shows like Leave It To Beaver with Jerry Mathers playing a kind, caring, level headed grandfather to show children that not everyone in this country is going to murder their wives and bury their bodies in the woods, shoot their wife and younger son even if they come from a famous family of attorneys in South Carolina, or murder their children because they don’t want to pay child support or help send their kids to college. This world has gone stark raving crazy and God knows we need something on TV to help kids know that not everyone out there has gone completely around the bend. You go, Jerry….the Hollywood executives are not very bright if they don’t hire you to make the kind of grown up Leave It to Beaver that you want to make. Thank you to everyone involved with your show to help raise at least one generation of good kids.

  • @doug3819

    @doug3819

    Жыл бұрын

    If you watched the Andy Griffith show, I believe Bert mustin played the character jud.

  • @arthur-ri4zo

    @arthur-ri4zo

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nancycurtis488 I agree with everything you say. I'm 70 and there are only a few women that makes my heart pound from the old days. If I had to live my life over it would be Grace Kelly from the 50's. Especially the way she looked in the movie "High Noon". There are only two others that have stayed on my mind in the last 20 years. Kristen Bell & Olivia Wilde. Ironically, 2 of those three women ended up becoming real princesses. But Olivia missed acting and got divorced. There went her crown. I detest the sows on the view. I've listened a total of 3 minutes at most combined all these years. Much of the problem nowadays are because of broken families and homes without a dad. I was a part of my sons life as much as I could. Thankfully he doesn't do drugs. I do not care to reveal his college. But it is well known and he graduated at the top of his class in the engineering department. His department head recommended 4 schools to attend for an advanced degree. MIT, Carnegie-Mellon, Stanford, & Cal Tech. MIT wanted him to sign a contract for 5 1/2 - 6 years all expenses paid with stipend to do research. But he wanted to specialize in AI. He ended up going to Johns-Hopkins for his advanced degree. Now if he'll only go back with his gf and get married. We want grandchildren!

  • @arthur-ri4zo

    @arthur-ri4zo

    Жыл бұрын

    @@doug3819 Jud Fletcher. He was in some of my favorites of the Twilight Zone.

  • @arthur-ri4zo

    @arthur-ri4zo

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nancycurtis488 Last week I watched the episode where Beaver was supposed to go fishing with Gus. Poor Gus got left behind when Beaver didn't want to upset Wally.

  • @debbyhodges1931
    @debbyhodges1931 Жыл бұрын

    It was a great show. So sad many have passed.

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    We absolutely agree! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. Be safe and have a great weekend!

  • @thesarcasticcrafthoarder-b5733
    @thesarcasticcrafthoarder-b5733 Жыл бұрын

    I could see Beaver as a grandpa lol thought bubble above his head.. when did i become my parents? Tfs ♡♡♡♡

  • @grimlockimusprime7469
    @grimlockimusprime7469 Жыл бұрын

    His guest appearance on married with children was priceless

  • @st.charlesstreet9876

    @st.charlesstreet9876

    Жыл бұрын

    Was going to say the same! The script that they wrote for that episode was funny and very enjoyable😂

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    Well said, we strongly concur! Thank you for watching our content and for sharing your thoughts. What other types of video would you like to see?

  • @andynaz5631
    @andynaz5631 Жыл бұрын

    I would watch a new show with Mathers as a grandpa.

  • @keithharrison9797
    @keithharrison9797 Жыл бұрын

    I'm 56 years old , and still enjoy watching Leave it to Beaver. They don't make clean shows like that anymore

  • @mhammer5

    @mhammer5

    Жыл бұрын

    You have that right. I turned 68 today and remember when it was on as new current show. Also you will get similar comical bits from The Munsters with same writers Bob Mosher and Joe Connelly. One episode of the Munsters they go to the Cleaver employment office.

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    Couldn't agree more! Thank you for sharing your views on this. Which episode is the most memorable for you?

  • @keithharrison9797

    @keithharrison9797

    Жыл бұрын

    @@FactsVerse I like the episode when Wally got that ice cream job

  • @deborahf.5671

    @deborahf.5671

    9 ай бұрын

    The picture of the man in the uniform at 4:25 is not Jerry Mathers. It looks nothing like Jerry.

  • @rgs4x
    @rgs4x Жыл бұрын

    When my brother was younger he got mistaken for Jerry all the time. We were at Disneyland and he got mobbed. My mom had to explain his name was James.

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    Interesting, thank you so much for sharing this info about your brother! We would love to see his picture ☺☺

  • @BeverlyM52
    @BeverlyM52 Жыл бұрын

    Seems he had TWO good families...one on screen, and one off screen. God blessed him!

  • @donitaforrest9064
    @donitaforrest9064 Жыл бұрын

    I was born in 1954. Loved "Leave it to Beaver" .... still do. ❤

  • @DouglasR0269
    @DouglasR0269 Жыл бұрын

    Would love to see a remake. Grandpa Beaver would be funny.

  • @chrismnutone8421
    @chrismnutone8421 Жыл бұрын

    Great review - thank you!

  • @christinewhite5977
    @christinewhite5977 Жыл бұрын

    I still love it I have whole dvd set I cherish...

  • @Toboldlygo721
    @Toboldlygo721 Жыл бұрын

    what I like most about leave it to Beaver and I still watch it every day and I'm 66 is no drama no woke crybaby stories👍🏻✨❤️

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    We're happy to know that you love the show. Who is your favorite cast member?

  • @keithbrown8814

    @keithbrown8814

    Жыл бұрын

    And no tattoos!!!!!

  • @ikemancil3850

    @ikemancil3850

    Жыл бұрын

    @@keithbrown8814 At least none that you could see.😏

  • @thomasottey854
    @thomasottey854 Жыл бұрын

    Great show

  • @minnesotafolk8722
    @minnesotafolk8722 Жыл бұрын

    Jerry was entitled to a normal life. Too many stars end up isolated alone depressed and drunk.. so happy that Jerry found a way out! I think him playing a grandpa would be great!

  • @deborahf.5671

    @deborahf.5671

    9 ай бұрын

    I love that idea too.

  • @ernestneal5696
    @ernestneal5696 Жыл бұрын

    Very good show. I grew up watching this. As a matter of fact, I'm 61 and still watching. We need more show's like this. Very positive...

  • @marknelson2905
    @marknelson2905 Жыл бұрын

    Funny how Eddie would still get humbled by the end of the show and still be friends.

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    So true! Thanks for bringing back memories. What other types of video would you like to see?

  • @sking2173

    @sking2173

    Жыл бұрын

    Eddie really spiced up that show. Very insecure and a narcissist to boot, he was still smart as a whip and almost as silver-tongued as Bill Clinton.

  • @marcmenton8063
    @marcmenton8063 Жыл бұрын

    Good for him. You always hear about child star screw ups. Glad Mathers has a level head. I watched leave it to Beaver back in the early 60s and I still watch it today always learning valuable lessons even at age 61.

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    We absolutely agree! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. Be safe and have a great weekend!

  • @PaulNDeputy
    @PaulNDeputy5 ай бұрын

    It was fun hearing this. I was in high school during the original show. My kids watch it through reruns. Leave it to Beaver was the single most significant show in my life. ❤

  • @eugeneday7238
    @eugeneday7238 Жыл бұрын

    Around 1981 I saw a play called So Long Stanley which starred Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow. Got to talk to them at a post-show party and found both to be nice guys.

  • @brucebarton2837
    @brucebarton2837 Жыл бұрын

    I would love to see Jerry Mathers to play a grandfather. He would be the perfect man to play the role.

  • @francrespo553
    @francrespo553 Жыл бұрын

    Love it

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad to know that you love Leave it to Beaver. Which episode is the most memorable for you?

  • @earlenem5745
    @earlenem5745 Жыл бұрын

    When I was younger I was always loving to watch Leave It to Beaver and once in awhile I'll catch a eye of it... my sibling brother watching the show when we was young I nicknamed him beaver ..and he's 70-something years old now and he has always been beaver to me 😊

  • @kmr9347
    @kmr9347 Жыл бұрын

    Leave It To Beaver reruns are my "go to" just before I go to bed. Grew up with them & now I'm seeing stuff I was too young to know what they were talking about. Now, if I hear June & Ward Cleaver call each other DEAR one more time, I'll scream. 🤪 As for today's Beaver, only thing missing is that tuff of hair that always laid on his forehead. 😆

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    We're happy to know that you love the show. Which episode is the most memorable for you?

  • @rickloera9468
    @rickloera9468 Жыл бұрын

    Still watch it almost every day. Being born in the very early 1960s, I didnt see them first run, but caught them later in the decade and became a huge fan.

  • @jimh1487
    @jimh1487 Жыл бұрын

    Growing up, I identified with Beaver because we were the same age. The way he looked at life was the same as mine. Now that I look at the old reruns, I have a totally different perspective.

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    Fun stuff, thank you so much for sharing your life story! Which episode is the most memorable for you?

  • @Happyinmontana

    @Happyinmontana

    Жыл бұрын

    What's the different perspective?

  • @MM-ku2jt
    @MM-ku2jt Жыл бұрын

    I grew up watching reruns of Leave It to Beaver. Loved it and definitely play it for my children.

  • @sailawaybob
    @sailawaybob Жыл бұрын

    Still one of my favorite shows a simpler vtime and most of us baby boomers can relate to.

  • @tubeyouuser
    @tubeyouuser Жыл бұрын

    Why at 4:51, while discussing Mathers, a photo of Tony Dow is shown? Very confusing.

  • @123Rockchild
    @123Rockchild Жыл бұрын

    I still watch this show every morning on MeTV. The show will be appealing forever.

  • @jackdavis5638
    @jackdavis5638 Жыл бұрын

    He was on an episode of "Married With Children."

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    Fun stuff, we remember it too! Thanks for the trip down memory lane. What other types of video would you like to see on our channel?

  • @jackdavis5638

    @jackdavis5638

    Жыл бұрын

    @@FactsVerse , I enjoy all of your videos and keep up the good work.

  • @roberttelarket4934
    @roberttelarket4934 Жыл бұрын

    Barry Gordon played Chopper once and wasn't a cast member. He is still alive. As well hated Judy semi-regular is still with us as a real estate agent. Probably others similarly have not passed on.

  • @daisydukes8252

    @daisydukes8252

    Жыл бұрын

    I think they meant the original cast members of the family. The others were extras in the stories and not always seen every episode.

  • @roberttelarket4934

    @roberttelarket4934

    Жыл бұрын

    @@daisydukes8252: I know they meant the original cast members. They didn't even include Eddie, (Ken Osmond), Lumpie, Judy and Beave's friends. I just wanted to mention the others(Chopper, etc.).

  • @CosmicPen
    @CosmicPen Жыл бұрын

    Well, it was a good show that brought entertainment to many. I'm the same age as Mathers, so the show was just part of life for me.

  • @pauldinatale4338
    @pauldinatale4338 Жыл бұрын

    I AM RETIRED AND 72 YEARS OLD. I STILL TRY TO WATCH THE PROGRAM AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK OR EVERYDAY IF POSSIBLE. IT BRINGS BACK THE MEMORIES OF "AMERICA" IN THE 50'S AND 60'S WHEN IT WAS GREAT (COMPARED TO TODAY.)

  • @theflossi56
    @theflossi56 Жыл бұрын

    Love the show and watch it daily. I love the 1st episode Beaver gets spelled Jerry was adorable. Its great hes had a good life not all child actors did. Rip to the others who have left

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    We're happy to know that you love the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

  • @markhoward8301
    @markhoward8301 Жыл бұрын

    A finer more wholesome show is hard to find the rot that passes as entertainment is stark evidence at how far we've fallen....It's sad sad

  • @mirrortime
    @mirrortime3 ай бұрын

    Jerry is my hero! He's super important as a diabetes spokesman. Helped me by talking about it on a very positive way. He is a USA treasure!❤ God bless Tony Dow. And all the cast we have lost. They live on in Celluloid! Well, digital:)

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    3 ай бұрын

    Fun stuff, thanks for sharing! What other types of video would you like to see on our channel?

  • @daynadiggle8169
    @daynadiggle8169 Жыл бұрын

    Have watched since I was a little boy in the fifties . I'm nearing 70 now and still watch every morning in Central Florida on ME T V .

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    We're happy to know that you love the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

  • @daynadiggle8169

    @daynadiggle8169

    Жыл бұрын

    @@FactsVerse My best episode is the one with the monkey . I'm a big fan of monkeys and I met Zippy The Chimp in person in 1958 in Tampa at I believe Ch . 13 . Us little kids were crazy about Zippy back in the 50's and 60's . I have many other favorite Beaver shows , too numerous to list here !

  • @WildOne71
    @WildOne71 Жыл бұрын

    Gee Wally whadja have to do that for.. Aww com’n Beev be nice to Eddie~~ CLASSIC❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @jerifrench9378
    @jerifrench9378 Жыл бұрын

    I watch Leave It to Beaver all the times that child and now at the age of 67 my husband and I watch it every day incredibly beautiful show when I was 19 we moved to Chatsworth California Jerry Mathers was the president of the Security Pacific National Bank which now is Bank of America he was so lovely charming and a really decent man God bless him always

  • @abcdefg15005
    @abcdefg150059 ай бұрын

    I love Leave it to Beaver!! I would love to live in the good ole days! Comforting and peaceful...Beaver was the cutest little boy ever!! I bought the dvd set so I watch them everyday. I cherish the menories of older times gone by....

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    9 ай бұрын

    We're happy to know that you're a fan of the show. In your opinion, what is its best episode?

  • @carlc5748
    @carlc5748 Жыл бұрын

    His real life father, Norman Mathers was the Principal at my high school! Great vlog, thank you!

  • @ozrob8726
    @ozrob8726 Жыл бұрын

    Good luck with the reprisal, Jerry. Hollywood will NEVER allow a show to be made with the morals and values that "Leave It To Beaver" had.

  • @EdMagee
    @EdMagee Жыл бұрын

    One of the best

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    We absolutely agree! Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. Be safe and have a great weekend!

  • @activationchruchcr
    @activationchruchcr Жыл бұрын

    Here's a pitch I have been working on for a reboot. Beaver is back as a grandfather taking care of his only daughter and her two pre-teen girls. The story line runs with the girls getting into similar problems the Beaver did but obviously with a modern application. As the father figure in the family the Beaver attempts to apply the advice his father gave him. Insert clips from the original show with Ward being the ideal father Beaver remembers. The humor arises in the absolute fails Ward's advice, through Beaver's interpretation, applied to little girls in 2023. It has been writing itself.

  • @nealgordon3712
    @nealgordon3712 Жыл бұрын

    Although there were some child stars that are not cast members, two I'm sure were in the old series Richard Corral and Jeri Wail and Rusty Stevens and still alive.

  • @sallysue2225
    @sallysue2225 Жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't it be wonderful to remake and start Leave it to Beaver again with a new cast. The show having wholesome Ideals to lead us into the future teaching integrity and good family values. Not accepting the negative world views of today. Thank you for sharing this clip.

  • @joanbarker6581
    @joanbarker6581 Жыл бұрын

    That was a great show!!

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely, we feel the same way! Thank you for sharing your sentiments and for watching our content. What other types of video would you like to see on Facts Verse?

  • @millardhale85
    @millardhale85 Жыл бұрын

    That was a great show

  • @angelasmith3967
    @angelasmith3967 Жыл бұрын

    Did you know the role of Beaver was originally supposed to be a girl? And when he auditioned, he complained he wanted to go to the boy's scout. Which is why he got the part. He truly was being a kid at his audition.

  • @footslave4asian

    @footslave4asian

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm guessing that, if they had cast a girl, her nickname would have been VERY different.

  • @angelasmith3967

    @angelasmith3967

    Жыл бұрын

    @@footslave4asian probably. 🤗❤️🙏🏾

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting, thank you so much for sharing this info! What is your favorite episode of the show?

  • @DollyPardonMe701

    @DollyPardonMe701

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ve never heard that the role of Beaver was supposed to be a girl. Where did you read that?

  • @angelasmith3967

    @angelasmith3967

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DollyPardonMe701 oh, this was before the internet when I discovered this. Oh, by the way. Did l just tell my age? Have mercy! 🙏🏾❤️🤣

  • @kellycoleman715
    @kellycoleman715 Жыл бұрын

    I got his autograph at the Beverly Hilton when he was 19. He seemed very shy and awkward and was surrounded by teen girls asking him if he remembered certain episodes. I think it embarrassed him.

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    Fun stuff, thanks for sharing! Which episode of Leave it to Beaver appealed to you the most?

  • @scottliberati5137
    @scottliberati5137 Жыл бұрын

    Larry Mondello was great, always was chomping on an apple, and had great stories about his sister and oft-absent (never shown) salesman dad. Batman's Aunt Harriet played his frazzled mom. In one episode he told Beaver a teacher has a new spanking machine. Top cast but the real stars were the unseen writers who could see both Ward's homespun philosophies and the kids crazy thoughts and antics.

  • @joyousfive
    @joyousfive Жыл бұрын

    We have ALL !!! 6 seasons on DVD!!! 👀❤ - 6/16/23 🤠 Canada

  • @patrickmurawski400
    @patrickmurawski400 Жыл бұрын

    Yes it was a good show! With family values!! So sad things now God help us! Sad maybe to late!!!!

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    We're happy to know that you love the show. Which episode is the most memorable for you?

  • @donaldboggs4069
    @donaldboggs40698 ай бұрын

    Down to earth and wholesome show still watch the reruns today solid cast they really did seem like a regular family

  • @marilyn6979
    @marilyn6979 Жыл бұрын

    hope there is a comeback w Jerry.

  • @RayDickensheets-py4xn
    @RayDickensheets-py4xn Жыл бұрын

    It was a good show and decent one.

  • @scottguthrie8074
    @scottguthrie8074 Жыл бұрын

    Did not discover the show until years after it was off the air; but feel like somehow I live down the street!!😂

  • @dannywallace4905
    @dannywallace4905 Жыл бұрын

    Watching it as I'm commenting on clip. Great show

  • @partain2000
    @partain2000 Жыл бұрын

    It's really great to find out that Jerry Mathers had the support that he needed growing up as a child star from his parents. That was sorely missing in other child actors lives that led to some of their lives being destroyed in one way or another.

  • @straceshow3212
    @straceshow32127 ай бұрын

    It was one of the all time great TV shows. What do we have today that compares?

  • @wandadeleon2044
    @wandadeleon2044 Жыл бұрын

    I’m a super fan of the show! I just started watching it again now I’m older. I never realized how funny it was . I love the value and cleanliness of the show. I think Jerry made a wise decision even though I would have loved to have seen more of it! I love his values in life! Very rare these days! I believe his tv parents as well as his biological parents had a great input in his good values! Just love him and the show!

  • @josephlubbe7416
    @josephlubbe7416 Жыл бұрын

    What An Awesome Show It Was. So Jerry Mathers is Still The Bev. Huh!!!!

  • @tomsaltsman
    @tomsaltsman Жыл бұрын

    I once heard Jerry Mathers say that the show was psychologically dangerous in that it portrayed a fantastically perfect parenthood that was totally unrealistic. Too many children who watched the show regularly felt sorry for themselves because their parents were nowhere near as perfect as Ward and June Cleaver. Born in 1952, I know I was one of those kids. It took me years to appreciate my parents as they really were and realize that the show was an impossible fantasy. No parents were like that. If they did exist, they were freaks.

  • @KE5ZZO
    @KE5ZZO Жыл бұрын

    04:51. Facts verse screwed up again. Picture is tony Dow not Jerry’s mathers

  • @stephenannese8228
    @stephenannese8228 Жыл бұрын

    Great show......!

  • @MDMiller60
    @MDMiller60 Жыл бұрын

    Good for him for staying grounded.

  • @leesashriber5097
    @leesashriber5097 Жыл бұрын

    I know I'm probably going to get shamed, but I never watched Leave It To Beaver. Still, I found this very interesting. It is neat to see what they grew up wanting to do. Thank you friend 😊

  • @IamTaliaIsrael
    @IamTaliaIsrael11 ай бұрын

    Those were the good old days I still watch leave it to beaver today it was a great sitcom I loved beaver he always got into trouble with his friends and he and Tony's relationship as brother's on the show was wonderful and Barbra Billingsley(June clever) and Hugh Beaumont(ward clever) was a great pair i still love leave it to beaver classic sitcom and eddie haskel funny guy and larry mondello beaver's best friend really cool guy always eating a apple😂 and everything else 😂 those 2 were always getting in trouble I love this sitcom I still watch it

  • @maikolmaikol64
    @maikolmaikol64 Жыл бұрын

    It was fun to see the episode of the love boat

  • @ruthvitale3641
    @ruthvitale3641 Жыл бұрын

    Always kept it clean & loved Wally& beaver

  • @johndavid8815
    @johndavid8815 Жыл бұрын

    I met him in the early 90’s at Oxford fest in Alabama. He spent a couple of minutes talking to me and he was a really nice guy. I would like to sit and talk to him again.

  • @FactsVerse

    @FactsVerse

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad to know that you had a chance to meet Jerry. Which episode of the show appealed to you the most?

  • @johndavid8815

    @johndavid8815

    Жыл бұрын

    @@FactsVerse I never saw one I didn’t like. I like all of them. He spent several minutes talking to me, a genuinely nice guy.

  • @bobbybutler4199
    @bobbybutler4199 Жыл бұрын

    The serviceman at 4:30 is not Jerry Mathers, and what's the deal with Sean Hannity in the grab-shot for the clip ?