June Cleaver on womens changing roles in the 1960s

[@ducttape82]

June Cleaver was clearly intelligent. She eventually learned how to speak Jive.

[@user-zn7he5rm5t]

Truly an example of culture and inclusion, not to mention femininity

[@Mrnumber]

I dug her rap!

[@kurtb8474]

Slip me some slack Jack!

[@mtntime1]

@@user-zn7he5rm5t When there was such a thing. Before tattooed freaks.

[@Soxruleyanksdrool]

Chump don't want the help, chump don't get the help.

[@Krystalmyth]

Doing housework wearing pearls. She's sure was something.

[@mariahyohannes]

@@THE-MAD-TECHIE what?

[@eileenmaher2101]

Yes. She had a scar or something on her neck. So she wore the pearls on camera to cover it. Plus she mentioned many of the necklaces were gifts and she liked wearing them on camera to show her appreciation for them.

[@Kerithanos]

June: "Well Beaver, today girls can be doctors and lawyers too, you know." Beaver: *doubt*

[@webherring]

They can be. But they don't have to be. 😛

[@marshallmohammad7308]

pro tip : watch series on Flixzone. Been using it for watching lots of of movies lately.

[@zainlucian6318]

@Marshall Mohammad Yea, I have been using flixzone for years myself =)

[@yougetagoldstar]

@@marshallmohammad7308 If that's stealing though, don't do it.

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

@@yougetagoldstar Yeah, Mr Cleaver might holler at you, then you'd feel like a creep.

[@lillybloom1590]

Perhaps the most beautiful and classiest woman in TV-ever!

[@HaywardEntertainment]

And.... she can speak Jive;) Now that's a plus

[@mtntime1]

Not quite. That would be Margaret Anderson (Jane Wyatt)

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

@@mtntime1 Naw, Margaret Anderson was nice & wise but not as bright, clever, or classy as June. The Andersons were more Midwest lumpen proliteriate types whereas the Cleavers were upper middle class Northeastern types, albeit not specifically in the Northeast.

[@mtntime1]

@@RaptorFromWeegee Oh, I thought Margaret Anderson was very intelligent and classy. Like June Cleaver, they dressed nice and took pride in their appearance. Unlike now, when many women cover their bodies in graffiti and look like something out of a freak show. It's really a shame.

[@latinhero1818]

The approach that June Cleaver took here was exactly correct. Instead of bloviating about some 50s era version of feminist rhetoric at her son, she was able to clearly see that there were some insecurities that he had. June cleaver saw this and had the patience to A. help him overcome his insecurities and B. help him begin to gain a wider understanding of the world and the opposite sex. Well Done Mrs. Cleaver!

[@namenotavailable7365]

Yeah. What a contrast to the scene where Ward tells Wally a woman's place is in the home LOL

[@byronbolen72]

Such a great example of a loving mother. Non-triggered, patient, and insightful.

[@one7decimal2eight]

​@J N tell us you are a woketard without telling us you're a woketard.

[@MartinRiosIII]

She’s smart she can speak JIVE!!

[@bobbycraig6168]

June Cleaver My Generation Will Always Remembered For The Voice Of Nanny In The Muppet Babies Cartoon During The Late 1980’s And Early 1990’s And While In Which I’ll I Remember Of Her Just Like Everybody Else Is Just Her Voice When Looking Straight Down At Her Colored Socks ! 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉

[@Krystalmyth]

Holy shit. She was Nanny? I so hear it now. Thanks for that. I think I had to have seen that show back to front and sideways a dozen times growing up.

[@TomekiaLloyd]

I didn't know that. Whoa! I loved Nanny! Such a comforting voice and character. She always seem to calm the nursery down and place things back in order just by talking.

[@namenotavailable7365]

"No dumb ppl left in the world." LMAO 2022 sez we still got 'em.

[@mgtowproperties]

You’re 100% correct

[@kai223noa6]

Unfortunately they will always be around.

[@chrisn7259]

He thinks women are dumb, but he's afraid he won't pass an intelligence test.

[@TylerJC1212]

June Cleaver and Claire Huxtable are my all time moms

[@Maplecook]

I would also like to add Morticia Addams to make an even trio!

[@denihand9739]

June was always the model mother in my life growing up.

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

So true. If they ever develop robot mothers wt her personality, she'd be the best selling model.

[@herbredholtz1738]

June Cleaver was beautiful and smart! Her fit and flare dresses were perfect for her!

[@stacystoltz8722]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@AnomieTrain]

Beaver: You mean there's no dumb people left in the world, mom? June: No, silly, you're here, aren't you?

[@Pendaws]

Ahh, such a great time to be alive. :)

[@jehobden]

I never knew (or maybe forgot) that Ward or June had a father who was a professor.

[@loomason5929]

Grandfather was a profesor on june side of family

[@charles2241]

It's just one of those parental lies they told to get their idiot sons from bumping themselves off. After all, Eddie Hassle so regularly made fools of them, they should had concluded they were idiots, so mama does one of those little cheerleader sessions occasionally.

[@stacystoltz8722]

😎

[@beegee22]

👏👏👍👍❤❤

[@luvamber222]

Who came here after Drake and Josh?

[@retronostalgiafan8635]

ICarly

[@midnight9umbreon]

**caught**

[@christianbravo505]

Your Dad when did Drake and Josh reference Leave it to Beaver?

[@breezyobeatz]

8 Mile buddy!

[@toxichammertoe8696]

"I speak Jive"😂

[@jokerz7936]

This show always gets remembered as the model for people who want to live in those old days where white man made all the decisions but June could throw some shade and didn't take shit on this show.

[@packingten]

We were capable of making decisions!. Let me give you some places where BLACKS make the decisions.Detroit,Memphis Atlanta,St Louis,Dist Col Baltimore,Dallas,Philly Chicago.Now won't you tell me of the "Leave it to Beaver" towns that these cities replicate best...Need some help??..Do let me tell you with a single word... NONE!. So print your crap about how "Blacks were ruled", Blacks stayed in their areas we stayed in ours!. Uncle Sam didn't do blacks ANY FAVORS!. Chicago has 4 or 5 murders a day!. And stop&frisk could save a LOT of black AND white lives!.I would rather have my kid frisked than in prison FOR MURDER!. So tell us about those leave it to beavers places in black areas!,PLEASE

[@charles2241]

Yeah, you know how it is. You start to dominate others when you go so far as correcting their use of the word "sweat" as being something of a dirty word/slang, and instead they should say "perspire". Actually, I thought such mindless word correction was confined to LITB, but just today seeing season four of Dennis the Menace (60's) and Dennis says he wants to pitch "good" tomorrow. Mother gives him a stare, and then Dennis corrects the word "good" with "well". Talk about dorky! Since when is the word good slang? The word "well" just sounds so tepid too.

[@tobe1207]

And it's not like Ward was an asshole or monster. They had a very nice TV family. God forbid a man take charge of his family anymore. As for him being white... I thought all this shit was supposed to mean that his skin doesn't matter and his actions do

[@tobe1207]

Charles maybe they were onto something. Seemed silly then. But now people talk exclusively in slang and there's so many amazing words that don't get used

[@saberiandream316]

@@tobe1207 Remember the episode with the little Hispanic boy? Forgot his name, but Ward asked Wally, in his subtle, roundabout way, if he had problems with the kid, since undoubtedly the town bigots would, and Wally and Beaver had no issues. Ward was proud of his kids. So yeah, calling out racism in a subtle way. Who'd have thought?

[@stacystoltz8722]

🎉🎉🎉🌙🌙🌙

[@darrint9398]

THE GOOD DAYS 🇺🇸

[@nephewbob7264]

Do you suppose Ward gave June the pearl necklace before or after she made him a sammich?

[@stacystoltz8722]

🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🤑

[@marcschneider4845]

Beaver didn't pass that intelligence test. That's why he couldn't get out of the draft and got killed in Vietnam.

[@DavidLS1]

Still fared better than that kid Mikey who combined Coca Cola and Pop Rocks.

[@RaptorFromWeegee]

@@DavidLS1 Or Cousin Oliver from the Brady Bunch. He had a sex change, and joined a religious cult. I think he goes by "Mother Shabubu" now.

[@DavidLS1]

@@RaptorFromWeegee And we all know what happened to Chuck, Richie's older brother, and Scout, the family dog on Happy Days.

[@randomdude6719]

And to think, this mom would eventually go on to be the funniest black joke in history

[@stacystoltz8722]

🥞☕️🥚🍕🥞❤

[@Terminatorfan-2016]

Is it okay to like this show if you're a person of color? And yes I am being serious. No negativity intended, just need honest opinions.

[@marcschneider4845]

I'm white but here is my opinion. There's nothing particularly wrong about the show other than it is a completely unrealistic portrayal of life in the fifties or anytime. It's focused on a perfect family that has probably never existed and ignores the fact that things weren't so great for everyone. Anyone can like anything they want, and, obviously, it's not my place to decide, but it sure seems to me that it would be hard to like this show if you weren't white. I'm old enough to (barely) remember watching it when it was originally on and I probably liked it, but, today I find it cringeworthy. It's not that there's anything wrong with it; the values it presents are all fine and decent as far as it goes. But it's just not realistic. Of course, few shows in that era were. But my father, who ran a grocery store, didn't wear a tie in the house and my mother didn't wear pearls. Eddie Haskell is probably the most realistic character on the show; he at least reflected a type that did exist in that era.

[@Terminatorfan-2016]

@@marcschneider4845 you're right. A lot of white baby boomers that I know and just baby boomers in general who even grew up upper middle class did not have the Beaver Cleaver lifestyle. A lot of emotional and physical abuse. Alcoholism on top of it. Plus they're finding out that a lot of the great generation / world war II veterans suffered from a lot of ptsd. From obvious reasons. The Great depression and world war II. So you're right about it being an unrealistic portrayal. Nonetheless it still has good values. Yes Eddie is the most realistic. Now the sequel show that came out in the '80s to the early 90s the new leave it to beaver, that's what I grew up with and that's more realistic in my opinion. Thanks for your input. Much appreciated.

[@DavidLS1]

Minorities didn't exist in the beaververse, but at least there were no black stereotypes. For a real answer to your question, you're going to have to hear from some black commenters.

[@joevining2603]

@@marcschneider4845 It wasn't a documentary - no one ever said it was.

[@libertyann439]

Interesting question. People like certain TV shows for a lot of reasons. Maybe you want to live a "white life style " in your imagination. Maybe you just think the characters are adorable. The suburbs depicted in this show was a white world. Those of color were just never acknowledged.

[@jaengen]

You go, June Cleavage!

[@blackhoundrise8431]

Wow... stunning. Let me get my infinity stones or that dumb time machine...

[@HummBabyBaseball]

Goosagai daluki don't they mom? WTF did he say

[@DavidLS1]

He was speaking jive. Don't worry, June understood him.

[@notme1728]

Back then women went to school just to find a husband that’ll take care of her 🙄

[@one7decimal2eight]

They still do this. They're all over tik thot.

[@tommyleedy2798]

Hang loose blooooood, she gonna catch you on the backside with some medici.....

[@kgldude]

Honestly, also a pretty accurate depiction of why young men start spouting misogynistic bullshit: They're insecure about themselves, so they take it out on women.

[@WeeWyllie]

June: "They're just as ambitious as boys are!" And there's the nub, because NO THEY AREN'T! ... as a group of people, I mean.

[@akb7271]

Uh yes we are

[@saberiandream316]

If it helps, society as a WHOLE is less ambitious these days. We are no longer at the cutting edge of innovation and pioneering and discovery and technology. It's all stagnant, stagnant, stagnant, stagnant, stagnant. Corporate sterility rules the day.

[@simplequestioncanuanswer2457]

Thats a man.

[@earthstewardude]

Beaver: Mom - why does Wally keep playing with his wiener? June: That's what boys do when they're 13 Beaver Beaver: Hey Wally - can I play with it? Wally : Sure Beaver - trim your nails first !

[@skullduggery3377]

miserable in self pity, she mostly overly complained, overly worried, overly protected and pushed the parenting off on her husband.

[@charles2241]

It's because Ward was so soft, he needed more opportunities to do some real man parenting.

[@manco828]

So this show was woke Hollywood garbage too.

[@kthevsamig4958]

No. The show was pretty conservative

[@akb7271]

So saying a woman can be a doctor is too woke for u?? 😭

[@p.z.arnott2329]

@@akb7271 For the time period, it could have seen as woke

[@akb7271]

@@p.z.arnott2329 I understand. But him calling it woke garbage means he doesn’t like it. Even tho it’s rlly just talking abt women being as capable as men to be doctors

[@tobe1207]

But this show was talking about equality, it's not about women having more power then men and telling us what to do. Feminism can go too far.. But wanting rights and equality is more then fair. This shit doesn't fit into the 2021 l vs r shit. If you have a problem with this you actually are bigoted and you're giving ammunition to crazy feminists