It wasn’t *explained *until the final episode, but it was noted in the very first season.
Although it’s labeled that way on some sites, it can’t possibly be from 1965.
Aside from the fact that a commercial that risque could never have aired, at the time beer in Canada was almost exclusively sold as stubbies,long-neck bottles not being introduced until the 1980s.
Not to mention that neither CBC or CTV broadcast in color (or colour) until 1966, so why would Molson spend the money to film in color.
I thought he was called 'The Beaver b/c of his large front incisors too, I think he was called Beaver b/c he his brother Wally called him that first
Leave It to Beaver (TV Series 1957–1963) - FAQ - IMDb Yup I was right !
You could have just read post #11 too.
Ah, the evanescent grace and charm of a vanished world of elegance in yesteryear… It was a different time: people wouldn’t understand now.
Some countries they’d arrest you.
And beat you up on the way to jail.
According to Jeeves books, small kids shouted out "Beaver !" at any aged gent with a beard in the '20s.
Claverhouse, there is a little context to the anecdote. I believe you’re in Britain, and so may not get that–but until the late 1960s athletes, in this case baseball players, were portrayed as unblemished heroes by the press, which covered up their more off-color escapades. The book “Ball Four” was intended to be funny and salacious, but also to let Americans know what the “good guys” were really up to. Very much in keeping with the cultural currents of the late 1960s.
I don’t know if anything similar would have happened in Britain around, say, football or cricket.
I didn’t read every post ! I have heard June saying to Ward “He was too hard on the Beaver last night” and I had forgotten about 'beaver ’ being a word for a woman part. It’s very funny no one of the show picked up on this . you never saw June and Ward bedroom so this had to been an huge oversight .
It might be interesting to learn that in Beaver, Wisconsin their liquor store is named (Yes, you guessed it!) Beaver Liquors!
Ain’t America Great?
This being GQ, you should probably check to see if the answer has been given already, especially when it’s within the first dozen posts.
Cite? No one else has been able to find this exact quote.
You really should read the thread. It’s been explained already that it did not become common knowledge until sometime in the 1970s.
Nobody on Leave It To Beaver ever said exactly “Beam Me Up, Scotty” either, AFAIK.
Considering how long this meme has been around and the hive-mind of the Internet, if the quote did exist, somebody would have a clip on YouTube by now. (Kinda like “Up the butt, Bob!” or Carl Sagan’s “billions and billions”.) So my money’s on the theory that she never said those precise words.
I saw a bumper sticker in the mid-70’s that said, “Save a Tree, Eat a Beaver!” At the time I was way too young to get the sexual connotation, but boy howdy, the idea of literally eating beavers was hilarious!
I think it worth mentioning that this is almost exclusively American and, possibly, Canadian. On this side of the Atlantic, we do get the connection, although I always assumed that the reference was to pubic hair (remember that?) rather than the genitals themselves. The word itself, is not considered at all sexual here.
There are words that do the opposite of course - Fanny being one. Do not talk about ‘fanny packs’ if you are a visitor to the UK.
Is there an aisle at Autozone labeled Women’s Parts?
What does the Catholic schooling have to do with it? The Nuns taught you to use the term?