He also still makes guest appearances in an unsuccessful attempt to make him seem important and worthy of respect.

He also maintains a website where he refers to himself as 'An Entertainment Legend and American Icon' even though his only acting of any significance ended 43 years ago when he was a mere 15 years old. I remember seeing him playing a washed-up loser (i.e., himself) on an episode of Married With Children in the early 1990s. It also crosses cultural lines well enough that. Even though its original broadcast run ended in 1963, the half-hour comedy hardly ever has been off of the small screen since on its 50th anniversary it was noted as the longest-running scripted show in TV history. He occasionally shows up in self-parody roles. Leave It to Beaver is one of the most beloved TV series of all time and often is used as a perfect example of 1950s Americana. Rather than accept his fate in life and attempt to move on to bigger and better things, Mathers has attempted to stay in the limelight long after his time has passed. Mathers morphed from a cute wholesome kid into an ugly little troll as is painfully obvious in the pictures below: Puberty, however, was extremely harsh to Mathers, as it gave him a good ass-kicking from which he never recovered. The sit-com followed the young Beaver as he experienced his adolescent years at school, the candy shop, and throughout his neighborhood. He was a cute and wholesome young boy growing up in a time of innocence. Here are some early pictures of a young Mathers:Īmerica loved the inquisitive young tyke on Leave It To Beaver.

When the show opens, Beaver is seven years old ('almost. Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver (Jerry Mathers) is the younger son of Ward and June Cleaver and Wally's brother. The character Wally was portrayed by Paul Sullivan in the pilot episode.

He would later play the role in spin-offs.

For all intents and purposes, he was the ' Dustin Diamond' of the 1950s, reaching the pinnacle of his life before he even hit age 15 when he starred as Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver on the hit TV show ' Leave It To Beaver' from 1957-1963. Leave It to Beaver was actor Tony Dow's first dramatic experience. Jerry Mathers is the granddaddy of all washed-up celebrities.

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