The Beaver's Mom....Leave it to Barbara Billingsley

My mom never wore her pearls when she did the dishes. I remember watching the show, and noticed that "Mrs. Cleaver" never really did any housework. When I looked at my mom, well, she looked like she just lugged around a vacuum cleaner. And June never got angry and yelled at the kids. I liked that.
 

fuzzybuddy said:
My mom never wore her pearls when she did the dishes. I remember watching the show, and noticed that "Mrs. Cleaver" never really did any housework. When I looked at my mom, well, she looked like she just lugged around a vacuum cleaner. And June never got angry and yelled at the kids. I liked that.
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Funny thing about memories. I clearly remember June Cleaver doing dishes, cooking and vacuuming. True that they didn't yell at their kids, but it must have been going on behind the scenes because Wally & the Beav were always worrying about getting hollered at. :D
 
Today's depiction of the average family emphasizes too many negatives. I think it all started with All In The Family. People used to take pride in how they looked and that is long gone as well. Compare Roseanne to June Cleaver!!
 

Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers and Barbara Billingsley all remained good friends throughout the years. Ms. Billingsley wore pearls to conceal a scar from a previous surgery on her neck. I think Ms. Billingsley had the smallest waist on TV of any other TV mom. During "Leave It To Beaver," her waist was reported to be 22", however, when she died, I believe I read it was 24 1/2". I really liked the show. Tony Dow was the straight man for Beaver.

This was back in the time when brothers would take a bullet for one another. In today's world, I've known a brother to kill his brother.
 
StarSong said:
Funny thing about memories. I clearly remember June Cleaver doing dishes, cooking and vacuuming. True that they didn't yell at their kids, but it must have been going on behind the scenes because Wally & the Beav were always worrying about getting hollered at. :D
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Back in those days, getting "hollered at" meant just catching crap. Not necessarily being yelled at. I remember my sister asked me once what dad and me were talking about after I messed up and I would just say, "Oh, he was just yelling at me about the post holes I dug. " And, he never raised his voice.
 
Roadwarrior said:
@meanderer, I remember her fondly, I think it would be hard to chose which TV mom I liked most. June Cleaver, Harriet Nelson or Margaret Anderson. Ward Cleaver & Jim Anderson both had jobs but can't ever remember Ozzie Nelson going out the door to work. Betty Anderson was my favorite big sister, mine on the other hand was mean to me at times.
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I liked Donna Reed. Does Wilma Flintstone count? šŸ˜‰
 
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Tony Dow, Jerry Mathers and Barbara Billingsley all remained good friends throughout the years. Ms. Billingsley wore pearls to conceal a scar from a previous surgery on her neck. I think Ms. Billingsley had the smallest waist on TV of any other TV mom. During "Leave It To Beaver," her waist was reported to be 22", however, when she died, I believe I read it was 24 1/2". I really liked the show. Tony Dow was the straight man for Beaver.

This was back in the time when brothers would take a bullet for one another. In today's world, I've known a brother to kill his brother.
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In the ancient world, you probably know about the first fratricide, too, biblical accuracy notwithstanding.
 

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