![]() Truth be told, though, Eddie was a rather pathetic figure. Then he’d be directed upstairs and it would be “hiya, Sam” (to Wally) and hiya, squirt” (Beaver) and his whole tenor would change. Might I see your son Wallace? And I must say I saw young Theodore on his way home from school. The writers’ intent with Eddie was hammered home like a 2×4 with a nine-inch nail.Īnyone who ever watched the show knew exactly what was going to happen when the Cleaver doorbell rang and Eddie was on the other side of it. He was painted with the broadest of brushes. Whereas the Cleaver sibs were drawn with intricate strokes (for a medium that was still in its infancy in 1957, the boys had plenty of nuance). Eddie knew how to get to The Beav, and - as the show went on - The Beav learned to give it right back. ![]() Eddie may have been Wally’s age, and Wally’s buddy, but he was Beaver’s foil. Then there was Lumpy - perhaps our favorite sad sack.īut Eddie Haskell was the constant thorn in everyone’s side. Larry Mondello gave way to Gilbert, Whitey and Richard and Chester and Tooey fell by the wayside. Who doesn’t want to break into a whistle when they hear the theme song? Wally and The Beav got into their share of trouble, especially when the series was young and they were too. “Leave it to Beaver” gave us so many memories. You got a kick out of him even if your mother would have forbidden you from hanging around with him. And on a show such as “Leave it to Beaver,” that went out of its way to embrace the “wholesome slice of Americana” tag, Eddie was the one counterbalance to all that goodness. He was so oily you could fry fish on him. If you’re of a certain age - and that age cuts a wide swath - you probably thought, or perhaps even said, “this kid reminds me of Eddie Haskell.”Įddie, as we say, had all the moves. ![]() Think back to when you were young and you ran into a smarmy kid just itching to butter up your parents before he let loose on you. Any child or adult whose manner of flattery toward authority figures is excessive, unctuous, and reeking of hypocrisy.
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