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. Most of the cast members who have families left them in California. 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. Mathers also remains friends with Barbara Billingsley, who portrayed his mother on the show. 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. 'Leave it to Beaver' continues to be popular, airing in more than 80 countries and in 40 languages. Mathers' answer was that he was happy to see the show picked up for another season.

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.

The question of the day for the cast: How do you feel about the move from Hollywood to Orlando? Leave It to Beaver is a 1997 American comedy film based on the television series of the same name. Actors Jerry Mathers and Tony Dow, who played Beaver and Wally on Leave It To Beaver, sit down with Hoda Kotb and Kathie Lee Gifford to talk about what the.

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