Ken Osmond who portrayed Eddie Haskell on “Leave It To Beaver” has passed away at age 76. I grew up watching this show after school in syndication in the late 70s.
After watching it again as an adult…I see that it was a well-written show from a child’s point of view. Ken Osmond played Eddie Haskell…who was the pot-stirrer on the show and he was needed. He kept it from becoming too sweet…plus we all know an Eddie Haskell or two.
RIP Ken Osmond.
We need more shows like that.
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I love it…I still watch it. It has some adult humor that flys over the heads of children…but not bad.
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Shrek is like that for us. đ
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Yes it is…that is a good comparison.
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Wow. Tough to hear he’s died, but also odd to hear that he was only 76?! Eddie Haskell, as a character and an archetype, has been around for so long. There are still people in the world who understand the adjective, Eddie Haskell-ish. Iconic character.
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He really balanced that show out…that show needed an Eddie Haskell… We all know more than one.
Yes there are some around that still know that.
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I watch the show nearly every weekday morning- it holds up well and I always enjoyed the Eddie Haskell character- he played it well. RIP.
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One of my favorite tv shows. An oldie but a goodie. Eddie Haskell was a sneaky, well-mannered bully. Ken Osmond was a great choice for that character!
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He was great at it no doubt. We all know a Eddie Haskell
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Yes, he sure was great at it. I know a couple of them.
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Sorry to hear of his passing. He is a well-remembered character on a wholesome tv show.
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I always remember the episode where Eddie tells Beaver to just randomly cut someone’s lawn and say, “Hey, Mister, pay me.” He did stir it up.
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Yes he did… that is great.
I saw one the other day that it shocked me quite a bit.
Eddie tells June that he is allergic to mayonnaise. Well he then pisses her off and she loads his sandwich with mayonnaise! It shocked me but I thought…well Mrs. Cleaver doesn’t take crap.
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I liked everybody–yes, even Eddie–on Leave it to Beaver except for Beaver. He was just too squishy. Somehow, he was squishier than Lumpy. Lump was just…well, Lumpy. Beaver was squishier than Whitey and Whitey was lumpy.
It was a good show. Well written. June and Ward represented a traditional family without being sickeningly wholesome. June actually had a backbone and Ward sometimes helped in the kitchen! Amazing!
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Squishy!
Beaver was ok when he was a small child but he was awkward when he became a teenager…more than usual. Wally was THE brother you would want to have. Lumpy…you had to feel for Lumpy…slow on the uptake.
The one kid I didn’t like was Gilbert…but I really liked Larry.
Eddie had to be there…he balanced the show to me. You had to have bad with all of the good.
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Oh yeah. Larry, not Whitey. I liked Whitey too, but Larry I loved–and he was lumpy. Whitey was just a regular little kid. Cute.
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When he left Gilbert came aboard. Out of all of them…Whitey is the one with a very sad story afterward in real life.
I was surprised when I saw Tim Matheson on there as a kid.
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Oh. That is sad. I looked it up. Poor guy. He was a casualty of the counter culture, I guess. Died on his birthday. Whew! Like Edgar Alan Poe. At least he finally got sober.
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Which one was Gilbert? I don’t remember him…
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Stephen Talbot…. you would know him when you see him. You know I’m going to try to paste an image into comments…sorry for the attempt if it doesn’t succeed.
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Well…I looked him up. (The image didn’t load) Ha!
Aw, come on! I liked him! He was cute. Ha!
Well, I’m going to bed. Thanks for indulging me, Max.
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Have a good one Pam…he may have been cute but he was a little… nevermind lol.
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Lord have mercy…the machine language…LOL!
Where were you trying to link from?
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Some photo somewhere…I’ve never attempted before.
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On your computer or on a website?
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No on a website…no I didn’t think it would link to my computer…I could have uploaded it to media I guess
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Judging by the lack of a link, above, you didn’t grab it…obviously. Remember the website?
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Oh no…. it came up with images. It was the picture link…
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Yeah. You gotta be careful with that stuff. I am forever harvesting things and some stuff out there are echoes, meaning, search engines hold pix that came from sites that have removed them. It’s hard to link to an echo.
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We are losing the old actors every day.
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A personal role model for CB.
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