That night Ward Cleaver met June...

[@waynekaress5778]

This was very well done! The actor playing young Ward nailed it! I'm watching this after hearing about the sad demise of Tony Dow. Most of the cast is gone now...just fond memories remain.

[@joeschsuster4804]

He does look like a young Ward for sure!

[@kathleenking47]

June later wore Pearl's Which is June's birthstone

[@cynthiadavid5282]

Wow.loved the show miss wally june ward larry beaver and eddie great show they are missed

[@parkjv1]

@@kathleenking47 She had neck surgery that left an unsightly groove in her neck. The Pearl necklace filled in the unsightly groove.

[@sharynloshakoff5404]

@@cynthiadavid5282 Beaver is still with us. He’s 73.

[@kurtb8474]

That was me. I wanted to be just like Ward. I met my wonderful bride almost the same way. She was stunning. I admired her from across the room and I knew she was the One. We met through the help of a friend and I began to get her use to having me around. I popped the question and she said YES immediately. We had to wait 2 years, but then we were married. I wanted what Ward had. A wife, a house and a couple of kids. A job where I could support them and come home to them every night. We had two children, a boy and a girl. This October, we will celebrate 40 years of blissful marriage. I'm not exactly Ward Cleaver, but I got no complaints.

[@kathleenking47]

Hugh beaumont, almost became a pastor..or had training to become one

[@mikebland4935]

Exactly how I met my Wife. At a place like that where my Sister invited me to come. My Sister was dating my future Wife's Brother. And there she was. I said the same thing at the time; that's the girl I'm going to marry. Now 36 years of a beautiful life together. I'm thankful.

[@kathleenking47]

That happens at times I met my husband, and married 6 months later We've been married 33 years It doesnt happen like that all the time My older sister met a guy, married him 6 months later, but he turned violent..2.5 years into marriage She had to leave

[@roberthuot7887]

@@kathleenking47 it was fortunate she got to leave,,some can't.

[@valeriethomas4168]

People, it is a television show! It’s not real! It doesn’t matter if the story line had them meeting in high school, at State college, or at the USO. It was a delightful family show and I’m grateful for the memories.

[@w.patterson4413]

TV show? When I first watched it I had no idea In fact, I kept looking around for the cameras that were filming me. That was 1963, or so. One of my first memories.

[@AldousHuxleysCat]

The guy playing Richard Deacon knocked it out of the park

[@cards0486]

I love Ward whistling the theme song to LEAVE IT TO BEAVER as he walks to June’s door.

[@vilstef6988]

I'm completely charmed by this!

[@msbelinda1000]

Just a lovely escape and well done. I was Beaver's age so it was especially sweet to wstch. My parents met on a blind date circa 1941. My dad even looked a bit like Ward.❤

[@marypettitt9150]

This is so sweet. I still enjoy their closeness in the series. It was fun being part of their family every week.

[@joejackson73]

That was too cool. They actually favored the shows actors. She forgot to tell him that she could speak Jive.

[@pippishortstocking7913]

🤣

[@nate4745]

Where were you born? Harlem, why?

[@joejackson73]

@@nate4745 Watch the movie 'Airplane' and educate yourself.

[@PolGara0139]

Her part in Airplane was hilarious

[@nate4745]

@@joejackson73 That was the joke. She asked him where he was born. I assume he eventually asked her where she was born and she replied “Harlem, why?” Because that it is where she learned to speak ‘Jive’. Sheesh. It’s not funny if I have to explain it.

[@leesmith5419]

The show was a staple in my house growing up I grow up with the Beaverand Wally I’m 72 years old and this clip is so awesome I never saw it before

[@marywegrzyn506]

I had goose bumps the whole time I watched this n smiled when they smiled and talked. This was wonderful to see !!!💕💙💞❤️💓💕💙💞❤️💓

[@johnschuh8616]

He must have watched her for an hour or more. You can learn a lot by watching.

[@rozchristopherson648]

That was so sweet. Beautiful. I never saw any of the shows if “The New Leave It To Beaver.” The original show will always be special to me because I watched the reruns every morning when I was recovering from surgery as a child. ❤️

[@themermaidstale5008]

A sweet imagining of how the future Mrs. Cleaver met Ward. TFS

[@normamcmanus1139]

With a stigmatism, the actor looks almost exactly like a young Hugh Beaumont/Ward Cleaver. Great casting!

[@anncarper8163]

Yep, this is how they met. Loved it! 🙂❤️

[@donnaferrier101]

I loved this,so sweet & loving. Kind of the way one would hope it was how it all began. Thank you.✌️♥️

[@bovnycccoperalover3579]

So very sweet. "Thanks for the memories".❤❤❤❤

[@bettyc.parker-young1437]

I just want to cry! Oh the beauty of true love.

[@morganincognito1988]

Awww.. Thank you so much for sharing this clip, Scott!

[@kimkochel6754]

I watched this show all the time and still do. The show always had a good lesson that Ward taught. Thank you for this. Love from Canada 🇨🇦❤

[@docadams7099]

Love from the USA! Best wishes!😊

[@jackieelmore1870]

I really enjoyed this. I look at Leave It to Beaver every morning. I remember watching it when I was a child and I liked it then and I like it now.

[@ronmccombs9133]

No swearing,violence,sex, my how things have degraded

[@thatolderitalianlady184]

double nostalgia going on with this! It was charming. never watched the new show. Watching the old series the second time around as an adult.... the issue I laughed at the most was Wally and Beaver always new that they were cruising for a bruising from Dad. How many times did I hear Dad's gonna kill us! line. Ward Never even threatened a spanking and I don't recall him raising his voice. ..... Hind sight... Hugh Beaumount being a minister (for real) surely carried over to the show. his demeanor showed through beautifully. (the term escapes me now (when using a prop) anyway The simplest thing I saw Barbara B. do (and often) when she picked up the phone ... was listened for the dialtone first and then dial. yep those were the days!🙂

[@jimmyolsen5897]

Tony Dow had a great life he was fantastic

[@johnbastille5483]

They did a good job of capturing the flavor of the 40s.

[@kathleenking47]

Except for the dreaded coffin 🚬🚬🚬🚬nails

[@gailgriggs8914]

Well done! I love seeing the back story of June and Ward.

[@deborahmorreale9488]

Beautiful. Heart-warming. Very well done. Thank you.

[@pitsnipe5559]

Reminds me a bit of how I met my wife. It was on a blind date while I was in the Navy. Like Ward, it was very much love at first sight. After 47 years, I still fall in love each day. Like The Beaver, I have a big brother too.

[@Mary-el3pi]

Awww…ward whistled their theme song! So sweet!

[@31Alden]

Knowing Ward, he would have, and certainly should have, walked closest to the street on the other side of June. Proper gentlemen were generally taught this by their fathers. Real gentlemen, that is. And all of us here know Ward was the very model of a proper gentleman, just as June was a lady. R.I.P. Tony Dow and the LITB cast who have passed.

[@crazyelf3839]

Great remembering! Only one thing Ward did wrong on the next night. A gentleman ALWAYS walks on the outside, next to the street. That way no water can splash on his date! I know, I'm telling my age!

[@douglasolsen1208]

My mom always told me it was to protect the girl from getting hit by a car. At first, I thought she meant it as an act of chivalry, now I’m not so sure.

[@tedmccarron]

I always heard that it was because of the girl walked on the outside she was assumed to be a hooker.

[@Tomes23]

Yes! I remember this too. I’m old 😢

[@mtntime1]

And opens all doors for the lady. And stands up when she enters the room. That was back when people had manners and respect. No more........

[@crazyelf3839]

@@douglasolsen1208 That was also another reason a man walked on the side closest to the street! Thanks.

[@leealvarez6857]

How Charming , I Loved it ......... Great Job

[@raymondrochajr9621]

A Beautiful love story! Mr.and Mrs. Cleaver.

[@marywegrzyn506]

I will always love them n keep them in my heart always !!! Thank you for sharing this very sweet video. I adore them so much and watch the show every morning.

[@richdouglas2311]

This was beautiful. Thanks.

[@msjoanofthearc]

Beautiful, and Thank You!

[@michelleblakeney9079]

How romantic. Just love the old black and white films.

[@janicebrowningaquino792]

Watching this made me smile the whole way through! A lovely memory. This program was part of my life growing up. I had periods of peace in my home but generally speaking it was like riding a roller coaster- I hate roller coasters. Escapism provided moments of peace I am grateful for to this day.

[@manlymanyo2511]

Leave it to beaver and this is my favorite show in the world. So wholesome. Thank you for these uploads

[@DCToonTime]

What a sweet loving human moment. Something sorely missing from entertainment today. Why?

[@miketalas7998]

I did not realize, that the tune for leave it to beaver, was a real song, until I saw Wally sing it to his baby, on a clip of the New leave it to beaver.

[@BlackOperations530]

A beautiful 4 1/2 minutes! I Love it!❤

[@williamoxendine6121]

Still watch the show never gets old

[@roslyndecanio81]

Charming and wholesome. Never saw this.

[@rongendron8705]

I saw "Leave it to Beaver" from its start in 1957 & loved it! However, we didn't get cable t.v. until 1989, a few weeks before the "New Leave it to Beaver" was cancelled & only saw one episode, to this day! After looking at this ingenious episode, I want to see more of this wonderful, sequel series! p.s. The guy who played Fred Rutherford was "dead bang" perfect!

[@nrjohns50]

Fred Rutherford is perfect

[@sfgnyy]

I remember when I first saw this episode. I was a Freshman in college back in Spring 1988. This is the best episode in the whole Leave it to Beaver series both old and new.

[@rockybalboa2526]

NOW THAT IS THE WAY A MAN NEEDS TO ACT TOWARDS A WOMAN HE ADMIRES!

[@ambrlie06]

Did anyone notice he was whistling Toy Parade, which was the shows theme.

[@marilyn6979]

yes sweet:)

[@karenholladay2612]

Yes

[@ONEREMEDYUSA]

Oh so Ward coached Eddie on politeness. Now I get why June digs Eddie. May they all RIP

[@tampazeke4587]

That was the best and most interesting scene of the series.

[@markcromer5792]

Thanks for sharing Scott!!

[@shettrick]

You bet!

[@stevemccrory3660]

No way Ward Cleaver could have that kind of game! He was way too straight laced and practical. However this was a charming romantic scene. Reminded me of the innocent courtship between George and Mary Bailey before they were wed in the movie "It's a Wonderful Life."

[@docadams7099]

Thanks for mentioning one of my favorite movies!

[@mikeifyouplease]

Love it! And I am sure that is the way it happened. And....it will remain that way forever in...my heart!

[@tb9489]

Awe, this is perfectly sweet

[@crankygurl4311]

Perfect!!!

[@georgemartinez9414]

How sweet

[@nancystone6044]

So sweet and well casted.

[@julieletford5695]

In the episode, it was their anniversary. June did look at the picture, but didn't have the memory flashback, until she and Kelly walked past the building that had once hosted the USO dance. June looked into the window, and the flashback was there.

[@jenniferrootham4425]

Aaaaw…my ❤️ I most definitely need to watch this special movie reuniting the cast for sure!! I don’t care that the tune he was whistling could be viewed as being cheesy and/or cliché. But, I loved that it was the theme song from “Leave it to Beaver” 🤗

[@smichaels10]

Ward slayed the local trim.

[@Breeze0911]

Pitter Patters, smiles, just love Happy people and the time of grace and gentlemanly ways! 😉

[@kathiadams1266]

Love, love, love this!

[@sterlingholobyte]

The actors did a really good job portraying their characters. Particularly Ward and Fred Rutherford. I could really see a "younger Ward" in the way the actor played him. It was a little harder to see in the actress who portrayed June, though.

[@alyciamariecomic]

I agree that does not seem like June cleaver. But I guess women got beaten down once they had kids back then. My own grandma was a Marine and by the time she had kids there was no inkling of that Marine lady so there you go answer my own question I could have been June cleaver. But yeah that was definitely ward . Fan shows of the originals are great.

[@karenwernecke8220]

I totally agree.

[@NKBobcat]

No pearls?

[@d.g.n9392]

I’m from St. Louis, during my working years I met a lot of older couples. It was surprising how many couples did meet at the USO or the local ballroom dancing places.

[@akrenwinkle]

Maria Riva, daughter of Marlene Dietrich, said her mother got the clap from soldiers while hostessing there during WW2. Raquel Welch said, when asked about her experience entertaining in Vietnam, that the soldiers would have preferred prostitutes. I think we (people in general) romanticize about war, which is, by nature, harsh.

[@shettrick]

Well, you have cited (third/fourth-hand) two of the millions of interactions and experiences at USOs. I have no doubt there were some bad experiences and surely many of the young men were looking to pick up women just as young women were looking to find a man. I think we (people in general) also tend to make assumptions that something negative we read or hear is the truth in most cases, when that may only be the exception or not the norm.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@shettrick Maria's information was second-hand; her mother told her. Raquel's experience was first-hand; she was there. Regarding norms, it was certainly normal behavior for Marlene, unless a lot of people are lying, including her daughter. It is certainly normal for straight men to want more than a ballroom dance from beautiful women. I didn't exactly make a judgment about what's negative; you did.

[@shettrick]

@@akrenwinkleOK, your first example is someone named Maria - if you heard it in person directly from her, who heard it from her mother, that sounds like third-hand to me. OK, my bad, I've always known the clap to be a negative thing, but I guess you're saying it wasn't a bad thing for Maria's mom - happy to hear that.

[@akrenwinkle]

@@shettrick No, not Maria, the cashier at RiteAid. My first words were "Maria Riva, daughter of Marlene Dietrich." I had a feeling, seeing your age, photo, sentimentalism, and the same feelings about Tony Dow that I've had for decades, that you knew who Dietrich was, both as a gay icon and WW2 historical figure. I liked the USO story, and so added a little about entertaining the troops. Maybe I shouldn't have. I don't intentionally give anyone the vapors. I don't lie either.

[@lauraprincipato8079]

It’s nice they made a prequel

[@schallrd1]

Ward and June ❤️

[@irgski]

That Ward sure had the moves!!!

[@janejones7638]

This is such a cute clip. I loved to see backstories of my favorite on screen couples from TV. I can see both of the characters being that way when they met. She's smiley and a positive personality. Ward is a stand-up guy even then. I think June danced with him because he wasn't leering at her. So she says yes, thinking at the very least she sold a war bond. But there was potential for something more. We all know what happened.

[@deborahf.5671]

One of my favorite episodes. ❤

[@aliostrowski1935]

That explains how long he's known Fred

[@heidiholom8086]

Been looking for this one

[@Breeze0911]

Love it! First time knew. Thank you. Always felt born about 20+ too late, although still appreciate, adapt.

[@cathycorriher6313]

Grew up watching this show.....loved it then, love it now.......the sweet innocense of America in those days.....can we get America back the way it used to be?

[@franknew9001]

What a great comment Cathy. 😊😊

[@marcschneider4845]

No and it's bs anyway. America was never really this innocent except in the minds of people addled on nostalgia. I guarantee those sailors were out for more than just a dance.

[@aw8701]

Thank you Scott Hettrick for showing these videos. Thank you for your efforts. I

[@shettrick]

My pleasure!

[@nightowl7052]

AWESOME 👏

[@michaelcunis8329]

Ward was a real operator

[@lawrencetalbot55]

Very well done, excellent as a matter of fact. And I'm hard to please when it comes to TV shows turned into movies and prequels after the fact. But this is actually very good. I had to subscribe to your channel, SOMEONE has good taste, and a certain refined sense of culture in their work, if the choice of this video is any indication of those qualities. Thanks for sharing.

[@tomburns41]

Beautiful

[@joegongora2200]

They certainly picked the right couple to play the role of the Cleaver's. I wonder from what movie this was from? In some of the episodes of "Leave it to Beaver" Ward had mentioned he'd served in the Navy. They look soo good together they look like the ideal couple. This should've been part of "Love American Style" from that TV Series of the Lt 60's to early 70's. At least the episode where they met. He was a handsome young man and she was a beautiful young lady. The chemistry certainly was there!!!

[@shettrick]

I agree. BTW, as it says at beginning of the video, this is a scene from the Ensign Cleaver episode of The New Leave it to Beaver, first broadcast on TBS Superstation Feb. 1, 1988

[@moemcgovern7345]

Very romantic! What ever happened to romance?

[@bobcadley3763]

Now its vulgar insta sex. "hookups"and naked pics sexting of strangers iinstead of romance.

[@DrQuizzler]

I've just stumbled into this after searching fir Judy Hensler and finding that wonderful clip you posted of her as an adult with kids, being as delightfully snarky as ever to her nemesis, "Beaver" Cleaver, who for some reason, she still hates as much as she did when they were in Miss Landers' class. Consider this my comment for that video since you have them turned off there. Also, what a cool flashback sequence this is, fanciful though it may be. It's so much FUN!! The little touches are perfect too, like the Glen Miller take on the LITB themesong, and how he's gleefully whistling it as he walks to June's door! I vaguely remember one or two of these scenes from my original viewing of TNLITB, but they stand really well on their own. Great stuff!!

[@donaldbrinks5115]

The guy playing Fred Rutherford was good also.

[@docadams7099]

He SURE was! I also feel he did a fine job playing Mel Cooley in "The Dick Van Dyke Show".

[@donaldbrinks5115]

@@docadams7099 Yeah, I wonder how many people still remember Mel was Alan Brady’s brother in law. l used to crack up when Buddy would tear into Mel.

[@Roe-Roe59]

That was Awesome

[@billrose581]

🎼 Gee it's Great after being out late Walking my Baby back Home 🎼

[@randallleephegley9071]

How wonderfully sweet !!

[@calvinnme2]

For people complaining about consistency, I think LITB was pretty good at being consistent. There was one episode, "The Teacher's Daughter" where Wally and Eddie are double dating. Eddie comments that he doesn't really like the girl he's taking out that much, but that her father is really big in the construction business and that could help him when he's starting a career. In the New Leave It To Beaver show, Eddie has his own construction company. I have no idea if this was done on purpose, but I found it interesting.

[@richjasso]

Perfectly sweet …

[@RF1972.]

Awww so sweet :)

[@marysketch4772]

This is pretty cool.

[@norms3913]

If I'm not mistaken ward clever was in the seebees in the construction

[@contraryMV]

Of course you are not mistaken. Didn't he remind us every other episode ... in between rounds of golf... 😉

[@norms3913]

@@contraryMV he only mentioned it in 1 episode

[@timmarshall7292]

@@norms3913 Probably some sort of engineering based off the tools the Beaver found in his chest.

[@norms3913]

@@timmarshall7292 I do believe beaver made up a story about ward Cleaver being a war hero during the war and he was suppose to make up a essay to class about their hero and beaver chose his dad as a war hero when wally tried to make up a walloping fake war story about ward Cleaver

[@timmarshall7292]

@@norms3913 Yes, they seemed embarrassed by the position actually held by their father; at the end it always had a moral to the episode and I think that is what made early television great. It seems to me we use to try and lift people up, but now we seem to cast our young to the vipers.

[@Gameon-lu9fy]

WHISTLING THE LEAVE IT TO BEAVER THEME SONG??????

[@JOSELOPEZ-zd2px]

Bravo ✊🏽

[@jayseaborg3895]

Odd-I just finished watching one of the original episodes where they told the boys they met "at State".

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Great discontinuity catch !

[@RedRonFJB]

Young Ward Cleaver sounds just like Dan Duryea.

[@joebondo2422]

That was nice.

[@robynowen2583]

And wasn't Ward in the Seabees?

[@kimkochel6754]

I thought so too.

[@danielwood6446]

Yes, Ward was a Seabee

[@yingthings]

Seabees are Navy.

[@marybranicki3354]

@@yingthings ….. glad you set them straight… can’t believe they didn’t know the Seabees are Navy 😲

[@yingthings]

@@marybranicki3354 Wait til they find out about the Marines. 😂

[@ub1953]

Was a great fantasy and tribute prequel....

[@karenwernecke8220]

A great memory in the making!