There would be no "Leave It to Beaver" without Wally Cleaver, played by the late, great Tony Dow, who passed away on July 26, 2022 at the age of 77. Indeed, the show's title comes from Wally himself.

Sixty-eight years ago this month, Americans were introduced to an everyday kid. While TV viewers loved Lucy and trusted Father to know best, they also embraced the unassuming, impish Theodore “Beaver” ...

Family-friendly sitcoms were everywhere back in the 1950s-60s, and ones centered around families were particularly popular, with the likes of The Andy Griffith Show, My Three Sons, and The Munsters ...

Leave It to Beaver might be remembered for its sweet lessons and perfect suburban charm, but for actor Luke "Tiger" Fafara, the story wasn't always picture-perfect. The beloved Tooey Brown of Wally ...

Luke told That’s Classic that he thinks his time on Leave It to Beaver was cut short due to budget cuts, although no one ever told him the real reason. Tooey and Wally had a great friendship, and Luke ...

Actor Luke "Tiger" Fafara, 80, is opening up about his time on the beloved family series, Leave It to Beaver, which ran from 1957 to 1963. In an August 2025 interview on That's Classic, Fafara, who ...

Everybody knows that the core cast of Leave It to Beaver considered themselves family, both on and off the set and long after the series left the airwaves in 1963. Though it got off to a rocky start, ...

The author argues that the MAGA movement's nostalgia for the "Leave it to Beaver" era ignores the reality of racial inequality during that time. The piece contrasts the idealized 1950s white suburban ...