Not only baby boomers but anyone with a TV has seen “Leave it to Beaver” as a kid — a show that was on for 6 seasons and shown continously since it went off the air in 1963 in reruns. Here’s the grown up “Beaver” Jerry Mathers talking about his TV mom:
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.