June Cleaver dead at 94 Did she ever...

Do you think she ever gave the Beaver an enema?

I'd be OK with that. 🌹

It's interesting to speculate.

The late Hank Ketcham, creator of "Dennis the Menace" did produce at least one feature in which a bed-confined Dennis discussed having gotten an enema with his younger pal Joey ... no depiction of the "main event" was provided.

And I believe the subject was also raised one or two times of late in sitcoms of the present day, where the censorship isn't so strict. Bur in those cases, the character inolved was an adult with a medical issue -- the colonoscopy undergone in HBO's "Arli$$" about ten years ago comes to mind.

As one who watched that show, and being similar in age to 'the Beav', I firmly believed that Beaver got them. But, of course, they Never mentioned it during the show.

Happy Waterings,

Cos.

Mom June had a loving but sometimes firm attitude toward Beaver, so that would hae made her an ideal enema-giver. It would be authentic to have an enema bag hanging from the bathroom door, not that they ever showed a bathroom or discussed bodily functions.

Leave the Beaver out, I want to know if Ward got them after the Bev and Wally went to sleep? Or maybe Ms Cleaver liked a warm 2 quarts inside her as Ward poked fun at her.

Leave it to Beaver did indeed show a bathroom and was the first program to actually show a toilet on screen. as for enemas, i have often thought that in the first shows when beaver was very little that he had a perfect bottom any enema loving mother would love to fill!

I would rather have June give a 3H enema to Eddie Haskel while he was tied to the kitchen table. Of course she would be dressed in one of those quaint little dresses. And buy the way, did Lumpy's nickname have anything to do with his bowel habits?

At that time the network censors would NEVER have let that scene stay in!!!

Keep in mind that the real culture shift that most people refer to as the 1960s didn't really occur till the Kennedy Assassination. It was close to a decade later before the network Censorship rules caught up with a lot of it.

Barbara Billingsly reportedly DID take them.

The big question was more of when June would say something about Ward being "too hard" on the Beaver, was Ward actually the one giving the Enemas? Why leave Wally out of it, as he had one fine looking little butt.

Wally Beaver (Tony Dow) had mixed reports earlier today about either being dead - or being on his deathbed - in hospice care. He was 77 and apparently a relapse with cancer hit him about two weeks ago.

At 12:13 EDT his son said he's still hanging in there…..This afternoon, most news outlets are reporting that he's dead.

At that time the network censors would NEVER have let that scene stay in!!!

OTOH, the PC producers today would never allow a name like “Beaver Cleaver” on a TV show, even on a naïve kid!

There is a story hidden somewhere in the Library. It's entitled Leave it to Mrs. Cleaver. It is merely coincidental that circumstances may feed some of those fantasies mentioned here.

Barbara Billingsley was not so unusual for actresses of that era.

She did what was necessary, Fasting, enemas, laxatives saunas, corsets, longline bras, Corsellets, whatever she needed to do to maintain “the look”

Back then TV shows were either at least 26 episodes per year, some did as many as 48. so while a feature-length movie might have taken a year or more to film. if you were on TV you had a much more relentless “in front of the camera” shooting schedule, increasing the pressure to maintain.

Notable mention !!

RIP

Anthony Dow who'd played the part of the Beavers big brother Wally has passed away aged 77

DOP - 27th July 2022✝️

Speaking of child actors, I wonder if Aunt Bea ever gave Opie enemas. She had a mean streak in her.

Anthony Dow who'd played the part of the Beavers big brother Wally has passed away aged 77

DOP - 27th July 2022✝️

Tony Dow, died a day after his death was announced prematurely on Jul 26th by his distraught wife, and then later retracted by his son. Many news articles erroneously reported his death prematurely.

Tony Dow, died a day after his death was announced prematurely on Jul 26th by his distraught wife, and then later retracted by his son. Many news articles erroneously reported his death prematurely.

I’m sad to hear that. I was never a devoted watcher, but Mr. Dow/Wally was really the only character on that show I really liked.

Eric

Not only did she give Wally, Ward, AND The Beaver enemas; she also spoke Jive!

https://youtu.be/VXbgEqGbveQ