Cultural shock might not be a problem after all. He was encouraged by the availabililty of the sort of entertainment one might find in Los Angeles. On weekends, he said, the Beaver immigrants will play softball and go to the movies together. 'Play golf in the morning, then work late since we don't have family here.' 'The writers are already talking about starting work at noon,' said executive producer Levant. There is an upside to being away from home. The shooting schedule, which starts Monday, has been arranged to provide long Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks. At 33, he was out of work, had two young sons he couldnt communicate with (Corey Feldman played one of the kids. Beavers eternal innocence had not served him well in adult life.

Most of the cast members who have families left them in California. Twenty years after Leave It to Beaver ended its original run, viewers got a glimpse of what had become of the Cleavers in the March 1983 TV movie Still the Beaver.Unlike most TV reunions, this one was bittersweet. Michael Houbrick, a spokesman for the show, said last season might have been Beaver's last if it had had to continue production on the West Coast where union wages are considerably higher than in Florida.

Translation: He misses his family, but he'd rather be working here than looking for work in Hollywood.Įconomy was a big factor in the move east. Universal Pictures released the film on August 22, 1997. It features many of the original regular characters, most played by new actors, with some cameos by the original TV cast. Many in-jokes and sub-plots relating to the series are adapted for the film. Mathers' answer was that he was happy to see the show picked up for another season. Leave It to Beaver is a 1997 American comedy film based on the television series of the same name. The question of the day for the cast: How do you feel about the move from Hollywood to Orlando?

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