![]() ![]() This perfect suburban family raising wonderful boys who will grow up to be leaders in the future. A way to showcase to people, "THIS is what we are fighting for. So the writers felt a responsibility to present an idealized version of Americana. ![]() The cold war was on and people were concerned. But the 1950's were a scary time in a lot of ways. It's hard to remember now, because we think back to the 1950's through the lens of TV shows such as Leave it to Beaver, I Love Lucy and Ozzie and Harriett. This was touched on by the writers in an interview. He was ahead of his time-who knew that bottled water would become big business! I thought it was ironic that Tooey's mom was upset that Beaver's little scheme could lead to "juvenile delinquency and Communism!" Selling water is about as capitalist as they come! Beaver was really clever in the episode about water selling.
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