RIP Eddie Haskell (Ken Osmond) from Leave it to Beaver
The greatest two-faced suck up of all time has passed on to the great sitcom in the sky. A perfect young gentleman in front of parents, a perfect devil when the adults weren’t around. Give our regards to the Cleavers (and then make sure to bully the young ones when they aren't looking).
I watched a lot of Leave it to Beaver on Nick at Nite and the 80s revival show when I was a kid. Loved this guy. RIP
That’s sad to hear, Mrs. Cleaver.
Was just reading about Ken Osmond and was reminded of a cool story...
Unfortunately Ken played the role of Eddie Haskell so well that we was typecast and could no longer find work so he went and joined the LAPD in 1969. He eventually became a motorcycle cop and grew a mustache to disguise himself. In 1980, he was shot three times in a chase with a suspected car thief but escaped serious injury: One bullet was stopped by his belt buckle, the others by his bulletproof vest. He was put on disability and retired from the force in 1988.
"Gee, Mrs. Cleaver, your hair sure looks nice!"
"Thank you, Eddie. Where are your rubbers?"
So, does this mean Alice Cooper has also passed?
RIP Eddie Haskel
I was born in 1965 and grew up watching Leave it to Beaver reruns. I loved this show.
Dang.
"Giving them the business" is a great phrase.
It's in my subconscious.
Thanks Eddie.
Ken Osmond, Legend.
GO BLUE.
Is it me or have more died in the past few months than the past couple years? Seems daily I am reading of those I watched passing. Stay strong Guys/Girls! Its a tough time, but so many have so much more to accomplish!
Thoughts and prayers!
I had the same thought. It seems like every day a famous person or two passes away.
Is it related to Covid? Is it just because there are more people from that generation? Something else?
The rapture...
Honestly I think it is just a perception thing. As life has forcibly slowed down you're more likely to hear of people who have died.
I think it’s a media thing. They realize deaths get clicks, especially when people want to know if it is Covid related, so the media promote the stories more.
Not really, just a lot of actors/actresses in movies and TV shows in the 50s-70s are getting old and dying.
How nice you're looking today, Mrs. Cleaver.
Why thank you, Eddie.
I was 10 when the first show aired. Watched as many as I could. Was told all my teen years I looked like Wally. Good memories
Eddie: Navy Wolverine, that's about the rottenest thing...oh hello Mrs Cleaver.
Mrs. Cleaver: Were you saying something, Eddie?
Eddie: Gee, Mrs. Cleaver, you're looking nice today. I was just telling Navy Wolverine how swell it was of him to remember me today
Although there were some unrealistic things in the show (the way Mrs. Cleaver dressed around the house, etc.) the show overall had an authentic feel. The things the boys got involved in, the attitudes, the general feel were generally believable. I once read that the writers of the show based most of their scripts on their own boys. I believe it.
"The greatest two-faced suck up of all time has passed on..."
Urban died?
Underrated comment.
I would also accept:
“Izzo died?”
Drinking one tonight for Eddie Haskell
Really hated Eddie Haskell. Probably because he reminded me of one of my cousins. His parents and even my parents thought he was a perfect angel and he got away with so much. Still pisses me off.
Maybe his best acting was on the show where he moves out or gets kicked out of his house, and gets a room somewhere. He brags about how great it is, parties and girls every night. I think the landlady tells Ward or Walley, that Eddie is miserable and cries every night. Wally is shocked but, I think Ward goes to pick him up and take him home. My account may be off a bit, but it showed the insecure side of the character and was really well done.
My favorite Eddie Haskell quote -
"Gee Wally, we don't want to look like gypsies but we don't want to look like undertakers either."
Believe it or not, Eddie was saving the Beaver's ass after he stained Wally's sportscoat. Eddie convinced Wally to wear sweaters to a party rather than sportscoats.
I was not old enough to watch the show when it aired on television in 1955-1963 but I do remember watching the reruns in the late 60s and 70s. I think for a while CH.50 aired the reruns at 3 PM every afternoon through the early 70s. Good show. A lot kids would write into CBS and wished their family was like the Cleavers. I liked the Eddie Haskell character.
Some folks say everyone has/had a friend in real life who was like the character Eddie Haskell on "Leave it to Beaver". Also "the Beaver", as the actor Jerry Mathers was called in the show, had a marquee nickname that didn't even draw snickers back in the 60s.