That night Ward Cleaver met June...
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- Опубликовано: 21 окт 2024
- June recalls the night she met Ward at the USO in this 4 1/2 minutes of video highlights from the Feb. 1, 1988 Ensign Cleaver episode of The New Leave it to Beaver in which David Prather and Courtney Gebhart play young Ward Cleaver and June Evelyn Bronson
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That was me. I wanted to be just like Ward. I met my wonderful bride almost the same way. She was stunning. I admired her from across the room and I knew she was the One. We met through the help of a friend and I began to get her use to having me around. I popped the question and she said YES immediately. We had to wait 2 years, but then we were married. I wanted what Ward had. A wife, a house and a couple of kids. A job where I could support them and come home to them every night. We had two children, a boy and a girl. This October, we will celebrate 40 years of blissful marriage. I'm not exactly Ward Cleaver, but I got no complaints.
Hugh beaumont, almost became a pastor..or had training to become one
This was very well done! The actor playing young Ward nailed it! I'm watching this after hearing about the sad demise of Tony Dow. Most of the cast is gone now...just fond memories remain.
He does look like a young Ward for sure!
June later wore Pearl's
Which is June's birthstone
Wow.loved the show miss wally june ward larry beaver and eddie great show they are missed
@@kathleenking47 She had neck surgery that left an unsightly groove in her neck. The Pearl necklace filled in the unsightly groove.
@@cynthiadavid5282 Beaver is still with us. He’s 73.
Exactly how I met my Wife. At a place like that where my Sister invited me to come. My Sister was dating my future Wife's Brother. And there she was. I said the same thing at the time; that's the girl I'm going to marry. Now 36 years of a beautiful life together. I'm thankful.
That happens at times
I met my husband, and married 6 months later
We've been married 33 years
It doesnt happen like that all the time
My older sister met a guy, married him 6 months later, but he turned violent..2.5 years into marriage
She had to leave
@@kathleenking47 it was fortunate she got to leave,,some can't.
No swearing,violence,sex, my how things have degraded
People, it is a television show! It’s not real! It doesn’t matter if the story line had them meeting in high school, at State college, or at the USO. It was a delightful family show and I’m grateful for the memories.
TV show? When I first watched it I had no idea
In fact, I kept looking around for the cameras that were filming me.
That was 1963, or so. One of my first memories.
The guy playing Richard Deacon knocked it out of the park
I'm completely charmed by this!
That was too cool. They actually favored the shows actors. She forgot to tell him that she could speak Jive.
🤣
Where were you born? Harlem, why?
@@nate4745 Watch the movie 'Airplane' and educate yourself.
Her part in Airplane was hilarious
@@joejackson73 That was the joke. She asked him where he was born. I assume he eventually asked her where she was born and she replied “Harlem, why?” Because that it is where she learned to speak ‘Jive’. Sheesh. It’s not funny if I have to explain it.
Just a lovely escape and well done. I was Beaver's age so it was especially sweet to wstch. My parents met on a blind date circa 1941. My dad even looked a bit like Ward.❤
I love Ward whistling the theme song to LEAVE IT TO BEAVER as he walks to June’s door.
The show was a staple in my house growing up I grow up with the Beaverand Wally I’m 72 years old and this clip is so awesome I never saw it before
This is so sweet. I still enjoy their closeness in the series. It was fun being part of their family every week.
I had goose bumps the whole time I watched this n smiled when they smiled and talked. This was wonderful to see !!!💕💙💞❤️💓💕💙💞❤️💓
He must have watched her for an hour or more. You can learn a lot by watching.
With a stigmatism, the actor looks almost exactly like a young Hugh Beaumont/Ward Cleaver. Great casting!
I loved this,so sweet & loving. Kind of the way one would hope it was how it all began. Thank you.✌️♥️
That was so sweet. Beautiful. I never saw any of the shows if “The New Leave It To Beaver.” The original show will always be special to me because I watched the reruns every morning when I was recovering from surgery as a child. ❤️
A sweet imagining of how the future Mrs. Cleaver met Ward. TFS
So very sweet. "Thanks for the memories".❤❤❤❤
I just want to cry! Oh the beauty of true love.
I really enjoyed this. I look at Leave It to Beaver every morning. I remember watching it when I was a child and I liked it then and I like it now.
Yep, this is how they met. Loved it! 🙂❤️
Well done! I love seeing the back story of June and Ward.
I watched this show all the time and still do. The show always had a good lesson that Ward taught. Thank you for this. Love from Canada 🇨🇦❤
Love from the USA! Best wishes!😊
How Charming , I Loved it ......... Great Job
Tony Dow had a great life he was fantastic
Great remembering! Only one thing Ward did wrong on the next night. A gentleman ALWAYS walks on the outside, next to the street. That way no water can splash on his date!
I know, I'm telling my age!
My mom always told me it was to protect the girl from getting hit by a car. At first, I thought she meant it as an act of chivalry, now I’m not so sure.
I always heard that it was because of the girl walked on the outside she was assumed to be a hooker.
Yes! I remember this too. I’m old 😢
And opens all doors for the lady. And stands up when she enters the room. That was back when people had manners and respect.
No more........
@@douglasolsen1208
That was also another reason a man walked on the side closest to the street! Thanks.
double nostalgia going on with this! It was charming. never watched the new show. Watching the old series the second time around as an adult.... the issue I laughed at the most was Wally and Beaver always new that they were cruising for a bruising from Dad. How many times did I hear Dad's gonna kill us! line. Ward Never even threatened a spanking and I don't recall him raising his voice. ..... Hind sight... Hugh Beaumount being a minister (for real) surely carried over to the show. his demeanor showed through beautifully. (the term escapes me now (when using a prop) anyway The simplest thing I saw Barbara B. do (and often) when she picked up the phone ... was listened for the dialtone first and then dial. yep those were the days!🙂
Beautiful. Heart-warming. Very well done. Thank you.
Awww.. Thank you so much for sharing this clip, Scott!
A Beautiful love story!
Mr.and Mrs. Cleaver.
They did a good job of capturing the flavor of the 40s.
Except for the dreaded
coffin 🚬🚬🚬🚬nails
I will always love them n keep them in my heart always !!! Thank you for sharing this very sweet video. I adore them so much and watch the show every morning.
Awww…ward whistled their theme song! So sweet!
Fred Rutherford is perfect
Still watch the show never gets old
Knowing Ward, he would have, and certainly should have, walked closest to the street on the other side of June. Proper gentlemen were generally taught this by their fathers. Real gentlemen, that is. And all of us here know Ward was the very model of a proper gentleman, just as June was a lady. R.I.P. Tony Dow and the LITB cast who have passed.
Beautiful, and Thank You!
How romantic. Just love the old black and white films.
Reminds me a bit of how I met my wife. It was on a blind date while I was in the Navy. Like Ward, it was very much love at first sight. After 47 years, I still fall in love each day. Like The Beaver, I have a big brother too.
This was beautiful. Thanks.
Watching this made me smile the whole way through! A lovely memory. This program was part of my life growing up. I had periods of peace in my home but generally speaking it was like riding a roller coaster- I hate roller coasters. Escapism provided moments of peace I am grateful for to this day.
Charming and wholesome. Never saw this.
A beautiful 4 1/2 minutes! I Love it!❤
So sweet and well casted.
I saw "Leave it to Beaver" from its start in 1957 & loved it! However, we didn't get cable t.v.
until 1989, a few weeks before the "New Leave it to Beaver" was cancelled & only saw one
episode, to this day! After looking at this ingenious episode, I want to see more of this
wonderful, sequel series! p.s. The guy who played Fred Rutherford was "dead bang" perfect!
I did not realize, that the tune for leave it to beaver, was a real song, until I saw Wally sing it to his baby, on a clip of the New leave it to beaver.
No way Ward Cleaver could have that kind of game! He was way too straight laced and practical. However this was a charming romantic scene. Reminded me of the innocent courtship between George and Mary Bailey before they were wed in the movie "It's a Wonderful Life."
Thanks for mentioning one of my favorite movies!
NOW THAT IS THE WAY A MAN NEEDS TO ACT TOWARDS A WOMAN HE ADMIRES!
Perfect!!!
How sweet
Leave it to beaver and this is my favorite show in the world. So wholesome.
Thank you for these uploads
Thanks for sharing Scott!!
You bet!
Oh so Ward coached Eddie on politeness. Now I get why June digs Eddie. May they all RIP
That was the best and most interesting scene of the series.
What a sweet loving human moment. Something sorely missing from entertainment today. Why?
In the episode, it was their anniversary. June did look at the picture, but didn't have the memory flashback, until she and Kelly walked past the building that had once hosted the USO dance. June looked into the window, and the flashback was there.
AWESOME 👏
I remember when I first saw this episode. I was a Freshman in college back in Spring 1988. This is the best episode in the whole Leave it to Beaver series both old and new.
The actors did a really good job portraying their characters. Particularly Ward and Fred Rutherford. I could really see a "younger Ward" in the way the actor played him. It was a little harder to see in the actress who portrayed June, though.
I agree that does not seem like June cleaver. But I guess women got beaten down once they had kids back then. My own grandma was a Marine and by the time she had kids there was no inkling of that Marine lady so there you go answer my own question I could have been June cleaver. But yeah that was definitely ward . Fan shows of the originals are great.
I totally agree.
No pearls?
Did anyone notice he was whistling Toy Parade, which was the shows theme.
yes
sweet:)
Yes
Ward and June ❤️
Ward slayed the local trim.
That Ward sure had the moves!!!
Beautiful
Love, love, love this!
Awe, this is perfectly sweet
It’s nice they made a prequel
That was Awesome
That explains how long he's known Fred
Been looking for this one
Thank you Scott Hettrick for showing these videos. Thank you for your efforts. I
My pleasure!
Very romantic! What ever happened to romance?
Now its vulgar insta sex. "hookups"and naked pics sexting of strangers iinstead of romance.
One of my favorite episodes. ❤
Love it!
First time knew.
Thank you.
Always felt born about 20+ too late, although still appreciate, adapt.
Love it! And I am sure that is the way it happened. And....it will remain that way forever in...my heart!
Pitter Patters, smiles, just love Happy people and the time of grace and gentlemanly ways!
😉
Aaaaw…my ❤️ I most definitely need to watch this special movie reuniting the cast for sure!! I don’t care that the tune he was whistling could be viewed as being cheesy and/or cliché. But, I loved that it was the theme song from “Leave it to Beaver” 🤗
Ward was a real operator
Bravo ✊🏽
Perfectly sweet …
I’m from St. Louis, during my working years I met a lot of older couples. It was surprising how many couples did meet at the USO or the local ballroom dancing places.
Maria Riva, daughter of Marlene Dietrich, said her mother got the clap from soldiers while hostessing there during WW2. Raquel Welch said, when asked about her experience entertaining in Vietnam, that the soldiers would have preferred prostitutes. I think we (people in general) romanticize about war, which is, by nature, harsh.
Well, you have cited (third/fourth-hand) two of the millions of interactions and experiences at USOs. I have no doubt there were some bad experiences and surely many of the young men were looking to pick up women just as young women were looking to find a man. I think we (people in general) also tend to make assumptions that something negative we read or hear is the truth in most cases, when that may only be the exception or not the norm.
@@shettrick Maria's information was second-hand; her mother told her. Raquel's experience was first-hand; she was there. Regarding norms, it was certainly normal behavior for Marlene, unless a lot of people are lying, including her daughter. It is certainly normal for straight men to want more than a ballroom dance from beautiful women. I didn't exactly make a judgment about what's negative; you did.
@@akrenwinkleOK, your first example is someone named Maria - if you heard it in person directly from her, who heard it from her mother, that sounds like third-hand to me.
OK, my bad, I've always known the clap to be a negative thing, but I guess you're saying it wasn't a bad thing for Maria's mom - happy to hear that.
@@shettrick No, not Maria, the cashier at RiteAid. My first words were "Maria Riva, daughter of Marlene Dietrich." I had a feeling, seeing your age, photo, sentimentalism, and the same feelings about Tony Dow that I've had for decades, that you knew who Dietrich was, both as a gay icon and WW2 historical figure. I liked the USO story, and so added a little about entertaining the troops. Maybe I shouldn't have. I don't intentionally give anyone the vapors. I don't lie either.
This is such a cute clip. I loved to see backstories of my favorite on screen couples from TV. I can see both of the characters being that way when they met. She's smiley and a positive personality. Ward is a stand-up guy even then. I think June danced with him because he wasn't leering at her. So she says yes, thinking at the very least she sold a war bond. But there was potential for something more. We all know what happened.
And wasn't Ward in the Seabees?
I thought so too.
Yes, Ward was a Seabee
Seabees are Navy.
@@yingthings ….. glad you set them straight… can’t believe they didn’t know the Seabees are Navy 😲
@@marybranicki3354 Wait til they find out about the Marines. 😂
They certainly picked the right couple to play the role of the Cleaver's. I wonder from what movie this was from? In some of the episodes of "Leave it to Beaver" Ward had mentioned he'd served in the Navy. They look soo good together they look like the ideal couple. This should've been part of "Love American Style" from that TV Series of the Lt 60's to early 70's. At least the episode where they met. He was a handsome young man and she was a beautiful young lady. The chemistry certainly was there!!!
I agree. BTW, as it says at beginning of the video, this is a scene from the Ensign Cleaver episode of The New Leave it to Beaver, first broadcast on TBS Superstation Feb. 1, 1988
How wonderfully sweet !!
The guy playing Fred Rutherford was good also.
He SURE was! I also feel he did a fine job playing Mel Cooley in "The Dick Van Dyke Show".
@@docadams7099 Yeah, I wonder how many people still remember Mel was Alan Brady’s brother in law. l used to crack up when Buddy would tear into Mel.
Awww so sweet :)
Grew up watching this show.....loved it then, love it now.......the sweet innocense of America in those days.....can we get America back the way it used to be?
What a great comment Cathy. 😊😊
No and it's bs anyway. America was never really this innocent except in the minds of people addled on nostalgia. I guarantee those sailors were out for more than just a dance.
This Ward seemed overly aggressive compared to the original but still a fun flashback.
This is pretty cool.
For people complaining about consistency, I think LITB was pretty good at being consistent. There was one episode, "The Teacher's Daughter" where Wally and Eddie are double dating. Eddie comments that he doesn't really like the girl he's taking out that much, but that her father is really big in the construction business and that could help him when he's starting a career. In the New Leave It To Beaver show, Eddie has his own construction company. I have no idea if this was done on purpose, but I found it interesting.
That was nice.
I've just stumbled into this after searching fir Judy Hensler and finding that wonderful clip you posted of her as an adult with kids, being as delightfully snarky as ever to her nemesis, "Beaver" Cleaver, who for some reason, she still hates as much as she did when they were in Miss Landers' class. Consider this my comment for that video since you have them turned off there.
Also, what a cool flashback sequence this is, fanciful though it may be. It's so much FUN!! The little touches are perfect too, like the Glen Miller take on the LITB themesong, and how he's gleefully whistling it as he walks to June's door! I vaguely remember one or two of these scenes from my original viewing of TNLITB, but they stand really well on their own. Great stuff!!
🎼 Gee it's Great after being out late Walking my Baby back Home 🎼
Odd-I just finished watching one of the original episodes where they told the boys they met "at State".
Great discontinuity catch !
They actually look just like them except Ward had a memorable and distinctively lower voice and this actor's voice is much higher.
A lot of people's voices deepen with age, including women. Think of what the average 20 year old college guy sounds like compared with a man in his 40s.
@@texasred2702 sure, I get that. But in a movie where the aim is to make viewers believe this is a young version of a character they are very familiar with, a detail like that can do a lot to make or break the connection. At least for me it did.
Yeah this guy didn't convince me he was Ward Cleaver in the least.
The guy playing Fred Rutherford on the other hand - nailed it. I knew he was Fred before his name was even mentioned.
Wards' voice became tempered from smoking non filter Chesterfields. He then gave up the nasty habit just before Wally was born.
Tou high...they USED to train MEN for lower voice acting
It wasnt just the coffin 🚬🚬nails
You have to remember:
Television was new
These guys had to try the RADIO voice
4:39
Ward us on wrong side of sidewalk🤔😋
Very well done, excellent as a matter of fact. And I'm hard to please when it comes to TV shows turned into movies and prequels after the fact. But this is actually very good. I had to subscribe to your channel, SOMEONE has good taste, and a certain refined sense of culture in their work, if the choice of this video is any indication of those qualities. Thanks for sharing.
I too remember them saying in the original show that they met in high school. This guy playing Ward has too high a pitched voice. Also, as conservative as he was I find it hard to believe he would grab June and kiss her after just meeting her. The real June would of probably turned her head and then slapped him. Sorry, I know it’s sour grapes on my part.
I agree Deb Butcher I don't think Ward would've attempted to plant one on June on the first date. In spite of her finishing school manner her charm and grace she might have smacked him, or at the very least turn away.
@@shedwilliams1305 The night before, June went out with Ozzie Nelson, then before that Robert Young. She's waiting for the right sitcom man!
I remember an interview with the late Malachi Throne when the interviewer complimented him on his voice and he said that it was due to scotch and cigarettes (he had long quit smoking by that point). Back then, most men (and women) smoked regularly, usually cigarettes, but also cigars and pipes. So most people's voices became deeper because of it. I do not know if Hugh Beaumont ever smoked cigarettes or cigars, but he looked more like a pipe smoker. By the time of this episode, you had far less people smoking, so as a result, most people's voices are more high-pitched. So this actor playing Ward in the flashback seemed to either not have been a smoker or a very light smoker at best.
@@libertubey2199, very interesting observation. Sadly people many years ago didn’t know that smoking was bad for your health. Many good people died from it.
He didn’t have a high pitched voice. It’s WW2 he’s 18 or 19. Men stay in puberty until 21. When the show came on air in 1957 beaver was like 10, so he was born 47 & Wally 46. So Ward married June right after the war in 45. Joined the Navy before he could get drafted by the Army in 43. The fact they only had 2 kids when birth control was no existent until the “pill” came out in 1960 was rare. Most families had 3-6 kids, which is why they are called Baby Boomers which was the largest spike ever recorded in population which was out of control until after the pill was introduced & still required abortion caused by misuse or deliberate non use in order to turn unplanned or unwanted life into "wanted" life. That is why Gen-X born 1960-1980 was the first generation born that was wanted. But at great cost because birth control cut our numbers in half. 1/4 that of Baby Boomers.
WHISTLING THE LEAVE IT TO BEAVER THEME SONG??????
Good segment.